Venice Cup Estoril 2005 SF Segment 1 FRANCE vs. USA 1 =================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | 2D E -2 100 | 1NT E -2 100 | | | | 2 | 3NT N -1 100 | 3H W = 140 | 1 | | | 3 | 3NT N +2 460 | 3NT S -1 50 | 11 | | | 4 | 3NT E = 600 | 3NT E = 600 | | | | 5 | 2S W -2 100 | 1NT N -1 100 | 5 | | | 6 | 3S W = 140 | 4S E = 620 | 10 | | | 7 | 3NT E +1 630 | 3NT E = 600 | | 1 | | 8 | 2H W +2 170 | 4H W +1 450 | 7 | | | 9 | 4H E +2 680 | 3NT W +3 690 | | | | 10 | 2S W -1 100 | 3S W -1 100 | | | | 11 | 4S W = 420 | 3NT E -3 150 | | 11 | | 12 | 3S E -3 150 | 2S S -2 200 | 8 | | | 13 | 3NT E = 600 | 3S W -1 100 | | 12 | | 14 | 4S N = 420 | 4S N = 420 | | | | 15 | 4H S = 620 | 4H S +1 650 | | 1 | | 16 | 3NT E +1 630 | 3NT W = 600 | | 1 | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 42 26 | | Carryover: 16 0 | | Total: 58 26 | =================================================================== Board 1 - Dealer North - None vul. S 10 8 4 3 H J 7 3 2 D A C A 10 9 6 S 7 6 5 S A K 9 H 10 9 8 4 H A Q 5 D 9 7 6 5 2 D Q 10 8 3 C K C J 8 2 S Q J 2 H K 6 D K J 4 C Q 7 5 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SQ S5 S8 SA 2: E D10 D4 D2 DA 3: N S3 SK S2 S6 4: E C2 C3 CK CA 5: N S4 S9 SJ S7 6: S C7 D5 C6 C8 7: W D6 H3 D8 DJ 8: S DK D7 S10 D3 9: S C4 D9 C9 CJ 10: W H4 H2 HQ HK 11: S CQ H8 C10 DQ 12: E HA H6 2D by E, down 2, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C4 CK CA C2 2: N C10 CJ CQ D2 3: S C5 D5 C9 C8 4: N S3 SA S2 S5 5: E DQ DK D6 DA 6: N C6 H5 C7 H4 7: S C3 H8 H7 S9 8: S SQ S6 S4 SK 9: E D8 D4 D7 H2 10: E D3 DJ D9 H3 1NT by E, down 2, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, FRANCE 16 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 2 - Dealer East - NS vul. S K 9 3 H A Q D Q J 10 5 3 C A 5 3 S A 10 5 S J 7 6 4 2 H K J 10 9 8 6 H 5 3 2 D 7 D A C J 10 9 C K Q 8 4 S Q 8 H 7 4 D K 9 8 6 4 2 C 7 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass 2H 2NT 3H 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H5 H4 HK HA 2: N DQ DA D2 D7 3: E H3 H7 H8 HQ 4: N DJ S6 D4 S5 5: N D10 C4 D6 S10 6: N D5 S2 D8 CJ 7: S D9 C10 D3 C8 8: S DK C9 S3 S4 9: S C2 HJ CA CK 3NT by N, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass 2H! 2NT 3H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DQ DA D9 D7 2: E H2 H4 H10 HQ 3: N S3 S2 SQ SA 4: W HJ HA H3 H7 3H by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to FRANCE, FRANCE 17 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 3 - Dealer South - EW vul. S Q 7 H 8 7 D A Q J C A K 10 7 6 4 S K 6 S J 8 5 4 3 H K J 9 6 4 H A 10 2 D K 10 D 8 6 3 2 C 8 5 3 2 C J S A 10 9 2 H Q 5 3 D 9 7 5 4 C Q 9 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D6 D4 DK DA 2: N C6 CJ CQ C2 3: S C9 C3 CA D2 4: N CK S5 S2 C5 5: N C10 S3 H3 C8 6: N C7 D3 H5 H4 7: N C4 D8 S9 D10 8: N DQ S4 D5 H6 9: N DJ H2 D7 H9 10: N S7 S8 SA S6 11: S D9 HJ 3NT by N, making 5, NS: 460 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 3C Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W H6 H7 HA H3 2: E H10 H5 HJ H8 3: W HK S7 H2 HQ 4: W H9 DJ D3 D4 5: W H4 DQ S3 D5 6: W DK DA D2 D7 7: N C4 CJ CQ C5 3NT by S, down 1, NS: -50 ------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to FRANCE, FRANCE 28 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 4 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 7 6 4 H Q J 7 6 D 10 8 6 2 C 4 S Q 9 8 3 S K J 2 H 3 2 H A K 10 D A 5 D 9 7 3 C A 8 7 6 3 C K Q J 5 S 10 5 H 9 8 5 4 D K Q J 4 C 10 9 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass 1C Pass 2C Pass 2NT Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DQ D5 D8 D3 2: S DK DA D2 D7 3: W C3 C4 CK C2 4: E CQ C9 C6 S6 5: E CJ C10 C7 H7 6: E C5 S5 CA S4 7: W C8 S7 H10 H5 8: W S3 SA SK S10 9: N D6 D9 DJ H2 10: S D4 S8 D10 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2D Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DQ DA D10 D7 2: W H2 H6 H10 H4 3: E CK C2 C3 C4 4: E CQ C9 C6 S7 5: E CJ C10 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, FRANCE 28 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 5 - Dealer North - NS vul. S K Q H A 10 7 3 2 D J 3 C K Q 7 2 S A 9 2 S 10 6 5 4 3 H K J 9 6 H 8 D Q 9 8 7 D A 5 C 4 3 C A 10 9 8 5 S J 8 7 H Q 5 4 D K 10 6 4 2 C J 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard 1H 2H Pass 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N SK S3 S8 S2 2: N SQ S4 S7 SA 3: W C4 C2 C10 CJ 4: S SJ S9 H2 S5 5: S H4 HJ HA H8 6: N D3 D5 DK D7 7: S D6 D8 DJ DA 8: E CA C6 C3 C7 2S by W, down 2, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan 1NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E C10 CJ C4 C2 2: S H4 H6 HA H8 3: N H7 S3 HQ HK 4: W C3 CQ CA C6 5: E C9 D2 D8 CK 6: N SK S4 S7 S2 7: N D3 D5 DK D7 8: S S8 SA SQ S5 9: W HJ H2 S6 H5 10: W D9 DJ DA D4 11: E C8 D6 H9 C7 12: E C5 D10 S9 H3 13: E S10 SJ DQ H10 1NT by N, down 1, NS: -100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to FRANCE, FRANCE 33 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 6 - Dealer East - EW vul. S Q 8 H 10 5 3 D 8 6 4 3 2 C 8 3 2 S K 5 3 2 S J 10 9 7 4 H A 2 H Q 8 7 6 D A 9 7 D J C 10 7 6 4 C A J 9 S A 6 H K J 9 4 D K Q 10 5 C K Q 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass 1D Pass Pass Dbl Rdbl 1S 2D 2S Pass Pass 3D Pass Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H3 HQ HK H2 2: S H4 HA H5 H6 3: W DA D2 DJ D10 4: W D7 D3 S4 D5 5: E SJ S6 SK S8 6: W S2 SQ S7 SA 7: S H9 S3 H10 H7 3S by W, making 3, NS: -140 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass 1D Pass Pass 1S Dbl Rdbl 2D Pass Pass 2S 3D 3H Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S SA S2 S8 S7 2: S S6 SK SQ S9 3: W DA D2 DJ D5 4: W D7 D6 S10 D10 5: E CJ CQ C4 C3 6: S DK D9 D4 S4 7: E CA C5 C6 C2 8: E C9 CK C7 C8 4S by E, making 4, NS: -620 ------------------------------------------------------------- 10 imps to FRANCE, FRANCE 43 - USA 1 0 ============================================================= Board 7 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 6 4 2 H Q 7 5 D K 10 4 2 C J 6 5 S A K 10 8 7 S 9 3 H A K J 6 H 10 9 8 D J 7 5 D A 9 8 3 C 3 C A Q 7 2 S Q J 5 H 4 3 2 D Q 6 C K 10 9 8 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass 1C Pass 1NT Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3H Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C10 C3 C5 CQ 2: E S3 S5 SA S6 3: W SK S4 S9 SJ 4: W S7 S2 D3 SQ 5: S H4 H6 HQ H10 6: N CJ CA C4 D5 7: E H8 H3 HA H7 8: W HK H5 H9 H2 9: W HJ D4 C2 D6 10: W S8 C6 D8 CK 11: W S10 D2 D9 DQ 12: W D7 D10 DA C8 13: E C7 C9 DJ DK 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2H Pass 2S Pass 3D! Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S C9 C3 C6 CQ 2: E S3 S5 SA S2 3: W SK S4 S9 SJ 4: W S10 S6 C2 SQ 5: S CK D5 CJ CA 6: E H10 H2 HA H5 7: W S8 D2 D3 H3 8: W S7 D4 D8 H4 9: W HK H7 H8 C4 10: W D7 D10 DA D6 11: E D9 DQ DJ DK 12: N HQ H9 C8 H6 13: N C5 C7 C10 HJ 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, FRANCE 43 - USA 1 1 ============================================================= Board 8 - Dealer West - None vul. S 10 9 8 H 10 5 3 D A 10 9 5 4 C K 3 S A J 5 4 2 S 7 6 H A K J 7 6 2 H 8 4 D D K J 8 6 2 C Q 9 C J 10 8 5 S K Q 3 H Q 9 D Q 7 3 C A 7 6 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard 1C Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 1S Pass 2H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N S10 S6 SQ SA 2: W S4 S9 S7 S3 3: N H5 H4 HQ HA 4: W S2 S8 H8 SK 5: E D2 D3 H2 D4 6: W HK H3 D6 H9 2H by W, making 4, NS: -170 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan 1H Pass 1NT Pass 3S Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N DA D2 D3 H2 2: W SA S8 S6 S3 3: W S4 S9 S7 SQ 4: S CA C9 C3 C5 5: S H9 HA H3 H4 6: W S2 S10 H8 SK 7: E DK D7 CQ D5 8: E C8 C2 H6 CK 9: W HK H5 D6 HQ 10: W HJ H10 D8 C4 4H by W, making 5, NS: -450 ------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to FRANCE, FRANCE 50 - USA 1 1 ============================================================= Board 9 - Dealer North - EW vul. S A 10 5 2 H K 10 2 D J 7 4 3 C J 6 S K Q 4 S 9 8 6 H 9 6 5 3 H A Q J 4 D A 8 D K Q 2 C A K 10 8 C Q 9 2 S J 7 3 H 8 7 D 10 9 6 5 C 7 5 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass 1NT Pass 2C Pass 2H Pass 4C Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S D10 DA D7 D2 2: W H3 H2 HQ H7 3: E C2 C5 CA C6 4: W H5 H10 HJ H8 5: E HA D5 H6 HK 4H by E, making 6, NS: -680 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass 1C Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2NT! 1) Pass 3D! 2) Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) forcing any hand 2) positive with !dvalues Play 1: N S2 S9 SJ SK 2: W H5 H2 HJ H8 3: E C2 C4 CK C6 4: W H3 H10 HQ H7 5: E HA S7 H6 HK 6: E H4 S3 H9 CJ 7: W C8 D3 CQ C3 8: E C9 C5 CA D4 9: W C10 3NT by W, making 6, NS: -690 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, FRANCE 50 - USA 1 1 ============================================================= Board 10 - Dealer East - Both vul. S J 4 3 H A K 10 6 3 2 D K 3 C 6 5 S A 9 8 7 2 S 6 5 H Q H J 8 5 D A Q J 7 D 6 5 4 2 C A 9 7 C Q 10 4 2 S K Q 10 H 9 7 4 D 10 9 8 C K J 8 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass 1C 1H Pass 2H 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H5 H4 HQ 2: N S4 S5 SQ SA 3: W S2 S3 S6 S10 4: S D10 DQ DK D2 5: N D3 D4 D8 DA 6: W S9 SJ C2 SK 7: S D9 DJ H2 D5 8: W D7 H3 D6 C3 9: W S8 H6 H8 H7 10: W CA C6 C4 C8 2S by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass 1S 2H Pass 3H Dbl Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HA H5 H4 HQ 2: N DK D2 D8 DA 3: W SA S3 S5 S10 4: W S2 S4 S6 SQ 5: S D10 DQ D3 D4 6: W S7 SJ C2 SK 7: S H9 S8 H6 H8 8: W DJ H3 D5 D9 9: W D7 H2 D6 C3 10: W CA C5 C4 C8 11: W C7 C6 3S by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, FRANCE 50 - USA 1 1 ============================================================= Board 11 - Dealer South - None vul. S J 6 3 H 8 4 3 D Q 10 9 3 2 C 7 5 S K 8 7 5 4 S A Q H 10 2 H A 9 D 8 7 6 D K J 5 4 C K 9 3 C Q J 6 4 2 S 10 9 2 H K Q J 7 6 5 D A C A 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard 1H Pass 1NT 2C 2H 2S Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N H3 H9 HJ H10 2: S S9 S4 S3 SQ 3: E SA S2 S5 S6 4: E HA H5 H2 H8 5: E C2 C8 CK C7 6: W SK SJ D4 S10 7: W C9 C5 CQ C10 8: E C4 CA C3 D2 9: S HK S7 H4 D5 10: W D6 D3 DJ DA 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan 1H Pass Pass 2NT! 1) Pass 3H! 2) Pass 3S Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass 1) 17-19 balanced 2) Transfer to !s Play 1: S HQ H2 H3 HA 2: E SQ S2 S4 S3 3: E SA S10 S5 S6 4: E C6 CA C3 C5 5: S HK H10 H4 H9 6: S HJ D6 H8 D4 7: S H7 D7 D2 D5 8: S H6 D8 D3 C2 9: S H5 S7 C7 C4 10: S DA CK D9 DJ 3NT by E, down 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to USA 1, FRANCE 50 - USA 1 12 ============================================================= Board 12 - Dealer West - NS vul. S Q J 10 8 H Q J 2 D K 9 8 3 C J 2 S 6 5 4 2 S K H 9 8 7 6 3 H A K 4 D 7 D A Q 6 4 C 7 5 4 C K Q 10 8 3 S A 9 7 3 H 10 5 D J 10 5 2 C A 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass 1C Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 2NT Pass 3D Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S DJ D7 D9 DQ 2: E CQ CA C4 C2 3: S D2 C5 D8 DA 4: E HA H5 H3 H2 5: E HK H10 H6 HJ 6: E CK C9 C7 CJ 7: E C10 C6 H7 S8 8: N SQ SK SA S2 9: S S3 S4 S10 H4 10: N SJ C3 S7 S5 11: N DK D4 D5 S6 3S by E, down 3, NS: 150 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass 1C Pass Pass Dbl 1D 1S Pass Pass Dbl Pass 2C 2S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W D7 D3 DQ D5 2: E DA D10 H3 D8 3: E HK H5 H8 H2 4: E D6 DJ S2 D9 5: W H6 HJ HA H10 6: E D4 D2 S4 DK 7: W C4 C2 C10 CA 8: S C6 C5 CJ CQ 9: E H4 S7 H7 HQ 10: S C9 C7 S8 CK 11: N SQ SK 2S by S, down 2, NS: -200 ------------------------------------------------------------- 8 imps to FRANCE, FRANCE 58 - USA 1 12 ============================================================= Board 13 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 10 4 3 2 H A 9 6 D K 9 2 C 7 5 3 S A K Q 8 7 5 S 9 H K 7 H Q 10 2 D Q 7 5 D J 10 4 C J 9 C A Q 10 8 4 2 S J 6 H J 8 5 4 3 D A 8 6 3 C K 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass Pass Pass 1S Pass 1NT Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H4 H7 H9 H10 2: E S9 S6 SA S4 3: W SK S3 C2 SJ 4: W SQ S2 D4 D6 5: W CJ C7 C4 CK 6: S H3 HK HA H2 7: N H6 HQ H5 S5 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass Pass Pass 1S Pass 2C! 1) Pass 2D! 2) Pass 3C 3) Pass 3S Pass Pass Pass 1) Drury 2) ambigous 3) Natural Play 1: N D2 DJ DA D7 2: S S6 SA S2 S9 3: W SK S3 C2 SJ 4: W SQ S4 D4 D3 5: W D5 DK D10 D6 6: N C5 C4 CK C9 7: S H8 H7 HA H2 3S by W, down 1, NS: 100 ------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to USA 1, FRANCE 58 - USA 1 24 ============================================================= Board 14 - Dealer East - None vul. S A Q 9 3 2 H K 10 4 3 D Q 5 C 9 5 S J 10 7 S 6 H A J 2 H Q 9 7 5 D K J 9 2 D 10 8 6 4 C K 10 3 C J 8 7 6 S K 8 5 4 H 8 6 D A 7 3 C A Q 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard Pass 1C Dbl 1S 2H 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E H7 H6 HA H3 2: W HJ HK H5 H8 3: N S2 S6 SK S7 4: S D3 DK D5 D4 5: W SJ SA 4S by N, making 4, NS: 420 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan Pass 1C Pass 1S Pass 2S Pass 4S Pass Pass Pass Play 1: E D6 D3 DK D5 2: W D2 DQ D4 D7 3: N SA S6 S4 S7 4: N S3 D10 SK S10 5: S H6 HA H3 H7 6: W SJ SQ D8 S5 7: N C5 C6 CQ CK 4S by N, making 4, NS: 420 ------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, FRANCE 58 - USA 1 24 ============================================================= Board 15 - Dealer South - NS vul. S A 10 4 3 H 7 2 D A 9 6 2 C Q 6 5 S Q J 9 6 5 S K 2 H 3 H Q J 8 6 D 8 7 D Q 10 5 4 C K 9 8 4 2 C J 7 3 S 8 7 H A K 10 9 5 4 D K J 3 C A 10 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard 1H 2H Dbl Pass 3H Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W SQ SA S2 S7 2: N H2 H6 H9 H3 3: S HA C2 H7 H8 4: S HK S6 S3 HQ 5: S CA C4 C5 C7 6: S C10 CK C6 C3 4H by S, making 4, NS: 620 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan 1H 1S 2NT Pass 4H Pass Pass Pass Play 1: W C2 C5 CJ CA 2: S C10 CK C6 C7 3: W D8 D2 DQ DK 4: S HA H3 H2 H6 5: S S7 SJ SA S2 6: N CQ C3 S8 C4 7: N H7 H8 H9 S5 8: S DJ D7 D6 D4 9: S D3 C8 DA D5 10: N S3 SK H4 S6 4H by S, making 5, NS: 650 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, FRANCE 58 - USA 1 25 ============================================================= Board 16 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 10 9 7 H Q J 10 9 4 D J C J 10 5 4 S A K J S Q 4 3 2 H A 8 H K 5 2 D A Q 7 5 3 D 10 4 2 C Q 6 2 C A 9 7 S 8 6 5 H 7 6 3 D K 9 8 6 C K 8 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin D'Ovidio Picus Gaviard 1C 1H 1NT 2H Pass Pass 2S Pass 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: S H7 H8 H9 H2 2: N HQ H5 H6 HA 3: W DA DJ D4 D6 4: W D3 S7 D10 DK 5: S H3 C2 H10 HK 6: E D2 D8 DQ C5 7: W D7 C4 C7 D9 8: S S5 SA S10 S2 9: W D5 3NT by E, making 4, NS: -630 ------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Willard Levitina Cronier Narasimhan 2NT Pass 3NT Pass Pass Pass Play 1: N HJ H2 H3 HA 2: W DA DJ D4 D6 3: W D5 S7 D10 DK 4: S H7 H8 H9 HK 5: E D2 D8 DQ S9 6: W SA S10 S2 S5 7: W SK C4 S3 S6 8: W SJ H4 S4 S8 9: W C2 C5 CA C3 10: E SQ C8 D3 H10 11: E H5 H6 D7 HQ 12: N CJ C7 CK C6 13: S D9 CQ C10 C9 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 ------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, FRANCE 58 - USA 1 26 =============================================================