US Bridge Championship Schwartz vs_ Ekeblad SF 7 of 8 Schwartz vs. Ekeblad =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 91 | 3S S -3 150 | 3NT E = 400 | 6 | | | 92 | 1NT E +2 150 | 1NT E +3 180 | 1 | | | 93 | 4H S +2 680 | 4H S +1 650 | 1 | | | 94 | 4C W = 130 | 3NT W -1 50 | | 5 | | 95 | 3H W = 140 | 4H W = 420 | 7 | | | 96 | 3S N -1 50 | 3NT S -2 100 | 2 | | | 97 | 3NT N +1 430 | 3NT S = 400 | 1 | | | 98 | 2D S +1 110 | 1NT E -3 150 | | 1 | | 99 | 3S S -1 50 | 3S S -1 50 | | | | 100 | 2S E = 110 | 2S E -1 100 | | 5 | | 101 | 4D E -2 100 | 3H S -1 100 | 5 | | | 102 | 4S E +1 650 | 1NTX S -4 800 | 4 | | | 103 | 4H E +1 650 | 3NT E +1 630 | | 1 | | 104 | 1NT W +1 120 | 1NT W +1 120 | | | | 105 | 1NT S -1 50 | 1NT S +2 150 | | 5 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 27 17 | | Carryover: 164 169 | | Total: 191 186 | =================================================================== Board 91 - Dealer South - None vul. S Q 2 H A Q 5 D Q J 5 2 C 8 4 3 2 S K 9 8 5 S A H K 3 H 10 6 4 2 D 9 8 7 3 D A K 6 C K 7 6 C Q J 10 9 5 S J 10 7 6 4 3 H J 9 8 7 D 10 4 C A Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass Pass 1D 2C Dbl 3C Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C6 C2 C9 CA 2: S S3 S8 SQ SA 3: E C10 S4 C7 C3 4: S SJ SK S2 D6 5: W CK C4 C5 S6 6: S D10 D8 D2 DK 7: E CJ H7 D7 C8 8: E DA D4 D3 D5 9: E CQ H8 D9 H5 3S by S, down 3, NS: -150 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 2S Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S6 S5 S2 SA 2: E CQ CA C6 C3 3: S S3 SK SQ H4 4: W D9 D2 DA D4 5: E C9 S4 CK C2 6: W D3 D5 DK D10 7: E CJ H7 C7 C4 8: E C10 S7 S8 C8 9: E C5 H8 S9 H5 10: E D6 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -400 ------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 170 - Ekeblad 169 ============================================================= Board 92 - Dealer West - NS vul. S A 10 9 5 H K 8 2 D J 10 5 3 C 8 5 S Q J 6 S 8 7 4 H Q 10 9 4 H A J 6 5 D 9 7 4 2 D A K C 9 2 C K Q 10 3 S K 3 2 H 7 3 D Q 8 6 C A J 7 6 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass Pass 1C Pass 1D Pass 1NT 1) Pass Pass Pass 1) 17-18 Play 1: S C6 C9 C5 C3 2: W H10 H2 H5 H3 3: W H9 H8 H6 H7 4: W C2 C8 CK CA 5: S D6 D7 D10 DK 6: E S4 SK S6 S5 7: S DQ D2 D3 DA 8: E S7 S3 SJ SA 9: N S9 S8 S2 SQ 10: W HQ HK HA 1NT by E, making 3, NS: -150 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1NT! Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C6 C9 C5 C3 2: W H10 H8 H6 H3 3: W H9 H2 H5 H7 4: W HQ HK HA S2 5: E S7 SK S6 S5 6: S D6 D2 D10 DK 7: E S4 S3 SJ SA 8: N C8 CK CA C2 9: S D8 D4 D3 DA 10: E S8 C4 SQ 1NT by E, making 4, NS: -180 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Schwartz, Schwartz 171 - Ekeblad 169 ============================================================= Board 93 - Dealer North - Both vul. S A 10 8 5 3 H A 8 D K J 8 C 10 8 3 S Q 4 S J 9 7 2 H 7 6 5 H J 9 2 D 9 3 D Q 7 4 C A Q J 9 6 2 C K 5 4 S K 6 H K Q 10 4 3 D A 10 6 5 2 C 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1S Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CA C3 C4 C7 2: W CQ C8 C5 H3 3: S H4 H7 HA H2 4: N H8 H9 HK H5 5: S HQ H6 C10 HJ 6: S D2 D3 DK D4 7: N DJ D7 4H by S, making 6, NS: 680 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1S Pass 2C! Dbl Pass Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 4D Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CA C3 C5 C7 2: W CQ C8 CK H3 3: S H4 H5 HA H2 4: N H8 H9 HK H6 5: S HQ H7 S3 HJ 6: S D2 D3 DJ DQ 4H by S, making 5, NS: 650 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Schwartz, Schwartz 172 - Ekeblad 169 ============================================================= Board 94 - Dealer East - None vul. S K 4 2 H A K Q 7 6 D 10 8 7 3 C 7 S A 7 S Q 6 5 H J 4 3 H 10 2 D K 6 5 4 D A Q 9 C A K 8 6 C Q J 5 3 2 S J 10 9 8 3 H 9 8 5 D J 2 C 10 9 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1D 1) Pass 2C 2H 3C Pass 3D 2) Pass 4C Pass Pass Pass 1) could be 2 2) forcing Play 1: N HK H2 H8 H3 2: N HQ H10 H5 H4 3: N C7 C2 C9 CK 4: W C6 H7 CQ C4 5: E C3 C10 CA H6 6: W HJ HA C5 H9 7: E D9 DJ DK 4C by W, making 4, NS: -130 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2D! Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HK H2 H9 H3 2: N HA H10 H8 H4 3: N HQ S5 3NT by W, down 1, NS: 50 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 172 - Ekeblad 174 ============================================================= Board 95 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 8 7 6 4 2 H 8 6 D Q 8 4 C K 5 3 S J 5 S K Q 10 3 H A K Q 7 4 H J 10 9 2 D A J 10 D 9 7 6 2 C 10 6 2 C 9 S A 9 H 5 3 D K 5 3 C A Q J 8 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1C 1H Dbl 3D Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C3 C9 CA C6 2: S D3 DA D4 D2 3: W HK H6 H2 H3 4: W H4 H8 H9 H5 5: E S3 S9 SJ 3H by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 2C! 2H D! 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N C3 C9 CA C6 2: S D3 DJ DQ D2 3: N D8 D9 D5 D10 4: W H4 H6 HJ 4H by W, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 179 - Ekeblad 174 ============================================================= Board 96 - Dealer West - EW vul. S A J 10 8 5 H 9 4 2 D J 10 8 C Q 9 S 9 4 S Q 3 2 H A Q 10 7 6 3 H D K Q 3 D 9 7 6 5 2 C 6 2 C A 10 8 7 3 S K 7 6 H K J 8 5 D A 4 C K J 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1H 1S Pass 2H Pass 2S 2NT Dbl Pass Pass 3C Dbl 3D Pass Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D9 D4 DQ D8 2: W D3 DJ D7 DA 3: S C4 C2 CQ CA 4: E C10 CJ C6 C9 5: S S6 S4 SA S2 6: N S5 S3 SK S9 7: S CK H3 H2 C3 8: S C5 H6 S8 C7 9: N H9 D6 3S by N, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1H 1S Pass 2H D! 2S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W DQ D8 D2 DA 2: S C4 C2 CQ CA 3: E D6 D4 DK D10 4: W D3 DJ D7 H5 5: N C9 C10 CK C6 6: S CJ H3 H2 C3 7: S S6 S9 SA S2 8: N SJ S3 SK S4 9: S H8 H10 H4 C8 10: W H7 H9 3NT by S, down 2, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 181 - Ekeblad 174 ============================================================= Board 97 - Dealer North - None vul. S K 6 4 H A Q J 7 D 9 4 C A Q 7 5 S 9 3 S 10 8 7 5 H K 9 8 6 H 10 4 3 2 D K J 7 D 10 8 6 C 10 9 4 2 C K J S A Q J 2 H 5 D A Q 5 3 2 C 8 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D6 D2 DJ D4 2: W H6 HQ H4 H5 3: N D9 D10 DQ DK 4: W C2 C5 CJ C3 5: E S5 SQ S9 S6 6: S DA D7 3NT by N, making 4, NS: 430 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1C! Pass 1H! Pass 1S! Pass 1NT! Pass 2C! Pass 2H! Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C2 C5 CJ C3 2: E S7 SQ S3 S6 3: S H5 H8 HQ H3 4: N CA CK C8 C4 5: N D4 D6 DQ DK 6: W C10 CQ H2 C6 7: N HA H4 D2 H6 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 400 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Schwartz, Schwartz 182 - Ekeblad 174 ============================================================= Board 98 - Dealer East - NS vul. S 9 7 5 4 H A Q 4 D 5 3 2 C 7 6 2 S 10 8 6 3 S K 2 H J 9 8 6 H K 10 5 D 9 8 D K 10 6 C Q 5 3 C K J 10 8 4 S A Q J H 7 3 2 D A Q J 7 4 C A 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1NT Dbl 2C Pass 1) Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass 1) forcing Play 1: W S6 S4 SK SA 2: S H2 H6 HA H5 3: N D2 D6 DQ D8 4: S DA D9 D3 D10 2D by S, making 3, NS: 110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DA D8 D5 D6 2: S DQ D9 D3 DK 3: E CK CA C3 C7 4: S DJ H6 D2 D10 5: S D7 S3 S9 H5 6: S D4 H8 S7 C8 7: S C9 CQ C2 C4 8: W C5 C6 C10 H7 9: E CJ H2 H9 H4 10: E S2 SJ S6 S4 11: S H3 HJ HA H10 12: N S5 1NT by E, down 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Schwartz 182 - Ekeblad 175 ============================================================= Board 99 - Dealer South - EW vul. S J 7 5 H K 9 8 3 2 D 8 7 C A 5 2 S A 2 S 9 3 H A Q 6 H J 10 4 D J 3 D A K 10 6 4 2 C K Q 7 6 4 3 C J 9 S K Q 10 8 6 4 H 7 5 D Q 9 5 C 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 2S 3C 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CK C2 C9 C8 2: W CQ CA CJ C10 3: N D7 DK D5 D3 4: E S3 S6 SA S5 5: W S2 S7 S9 SQ 6: S H5 HA H2 HJ 7: W DJ D8 DA D9 3S by S, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 2S 3C 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C2 C9 C8 2: W CK CA CJ C10 3: N D7 DK D5 D3 4: E S3 S4 SA S5 5: W S2 S7 S9 SK 6: S H5 HA H2 H4 7: W DJ 3S by S, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 182 - Ekeblad 175 ============================================================= Board 100 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 10 2 H J 10 6 5 D A 10 7 6 C K Q S K 5 S Q 9 8 7 4 3 H K Q 8 7 3 H 4 2 D K 5 3 2 D 9 C 10 4 C A 9 6 3 S J 6 H A 9 D Q J 8 4 C J 8 7 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C2 C4 CK CA 2: E H2 HA H3 H6 3: S DQ D2 D7 D9 4: S DJ D3 D6 S3 5: E C3 CJ C10 CQ 6: N DA S9 D8 D5 7: E S4 S6 SK SA 8: N S2 SQ SJ S5 2S by E, making 2, NS: -110 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1H Pass 1S Pass 2D Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C2 C4 CQ C6 2: N CK CA C5 C10 3: E D9 D4 DK DA 4: N D6 S3 D8 D2 5: E H4 H9 HK H5 6: W D3 D7 S4 DQ 7: E H2 HA H3 H6 8: S DJ D5 D10 S7 9: E S8 S6 SK SA 10: N H10 C3 SJ H7 11: S CJ S5 S10 2S by E, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 182 - Ekeblad 180 ============================================================= Board 101 - Dealer North - NS vul. S A J 6 H 10 8 5 D 9 8 6 5 C 5 4 3 S Q 10 2 S K 8 7 5 H 9 7 6 H 3 D K 4 2 D Q J 10 7 3 C A K 9 2 C Q 10 7 S 9 4 3 H A K Q J 4 2 D A C J 8 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass Pass 1H Dbl 2H Dbl 3H Pass Pass 3S Pass 4C Pass 4D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S HK H6 H5 H3 2: S HJ H7 H8 D3 3: E DJ DA D2 D5 4: S HQ H9 H10 D7 5: E S5 S3 S10 SJ 6: N D6 D10 H2 D4 7: E C7 C6 CA C3 8: W CK C4 C10 C8 9: W C2 C5 CQ CJ 10: E S7 S4 SQ SA 11: N D8 DQ HA 4D by E, down 2, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 2H Pass 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H6 H5 H3 HA 2: S HK H7 H8 DQ 3: S HQ H9 H10 S8 4: S HJ D2 C3 C7 5: S H4 C2 C4 C10 6: S CJ CK C5 CQ 7: W C9 D5 D3 C6 8: W CA D6 D7 C8 9: W D4 D8 D10 DA 10: S S3 S10 SJ SK 11: E DJ H2 DK 3H by S, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 187 - Ekeblad 180 ============================================================= Board 102 - Dealer East - EW vul. S 10 8 H 9 6 4 3 D J 9 7 2 C 9 5 2 S 9 6 2 S K J 7 5 4 H A 10 2 H K J 8 7 D K Q 6 3 D 5 C K J 3 C A 7 6 S A Q 3 H Q 5 D A 10 8 4 C Q 10 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker 1S Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C4 CJ C2 C7 2: W S2 S8 SJ SQ 3: S C8 CK C5 C6 4: W S9 S10 SK SA 5: S CQ C3 C9 CA 6: E S7 S3 S6 D7 7: E D5 D4 DK D2 8: W H2 H3 HK 4S by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin 1S 1NT Dbl Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W S2 S10 SK SA 2: S DA D6 D2 D5 3: S D4 DQ D7 C6 4: W S9 S8 S5 SQ 5: S D8 DK D9 C7 6: W S6 C2 SJ S3 7: E S7 D10 D3 C5 8: E S4 H5 CJ C9 9: E H7 HQ HA H3 10: W H10 H4 1NTX by S, down 4, NS: -800 ------------------------------------------------------------- 4 imps to Schwartz, Schwartz 191 - Ekeblad 180 ============================================================= Board 103 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A J 10 9 8 H 2 D Q 5 3 C 10 8 5 4 S 7 4 S K Q 5 H A J 8 5 H K Q 9 3 D A 10 6 D K 9 8 2 C K J 9 2 C Q 7 S 6 3 2 H 10 7 6 4 D J 7 4 C A 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3C Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S2 S4 SA S5 2: N SJ SQ S3 S7 3: E HK H4 H5 H2 4: E H3 H6 HJ C4 5: W C2 C5 CQ CA 6: S H7 H8 S10 H9 7: E SK S6 D6 S8 8: E C7 C3 CK 4H by E, making 5, NS: -650 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass 1D! 1S Dbl Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S S2 S4 S8 SK 2: E H9 H4 HA H2 3: W C2 C4 CQ CA 4: S S6 S7 S9 SQ 5: E HK H6 H5 D3 6: E HQ H7 H8 SJ 7: E H3 H10 HJ S10 8: W CK C5 C7 C6 9: W CJ C8 S5 C3 10: W DA D5 D2 D4 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to Ekeblad, Schwartz 191 - Ekeblad 181 ============================================================= Board 104 - Dealer West - None vul. S A 10 9 H K Q 6 5 D J 10 8 C 9 4 2 S 7 6 5 S J 8 3 H 10 2 H A 7 4 3 D A 4 2 D K 5 3 C A 10 8 6 5 C K J 3 S K Q 4 2 H J 9 8 D Q 9 7 6 C Q 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass Pass 1D Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HQ HA H8 H2 2: E CK C7 C5 C2 3: E CJ CQ CA C4 1NT by W, making 2, NS: -120 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass Pass 1D! Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H5 H3 HJ H2 2: S H9 H10 HQ H4 3: N H6 HA H8 D4 4: E CK C7 C6 C4 5: E CJ CQ CA C2 1NT by W, making 2, NS: -120 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, Schwartz 191 - Ekeblad 181 ============================================================= Board 105 - Dealer North - EW vul. S Q 7 6 4 H 5 4 3 D A 10 9 2 C J 8 S J 10 S 9 8 H A 7 6 H K 9 8 2 D 7 5 4 3 D 8 6 C A K Q 5 C 10 9 7 6 3 S A K 5 3 2 H Q J 10 D K Q J C 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Hampson Schwartz Greco Becker Pass Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C8 C3 C4 2: W CK CJ C10 C2 3: W C5 S4 C6 S2 4: E H2 HQ HA H3 5: W CA H4 C7 S3 6: W H7 H5 HK 1NT by S, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Berkowitz Ekeblad Cohen Rubin Pass Pass 1C! Pass 1D! Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W CQ C8 C3 C4 2: W CA CJ C9 C2 3: W SJ S7 1NT by S, making 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to Ekeblad, Schwartz 191 - Ekeblad 186 =============================================================