Winners
Open Teams
1. Zimmermann: Piotr Gawrys, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Michal Klukowski, Franck Multon, Pierre Zimmermann
2. Lavazza: Alejandro Bianchedi, Dennis Bilde, Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Agustin Madala, Antonio Sementa, Maria Teresa Lavazza (npc), Massimo Ortensi (coach)
3. Allfrey: Alexander Allfrey, Edward Jones, Thomas Paske, Andrew Robson
3. Spector: Vincent Demuy, John Hurd, John Kranyak, Warren Spector, Gavin Wolpert, Joel Wooldridge, Warren Spector (pc)
Women Teams
1. Baker: Lynn Baker, Sally Brock, Fiona Brown, Irina Levitina, Karen McCallum, Kerri Sanborn, Beth Palmer
2. Smith: Kathrine Bertheau, Jessica Larsson, Paula Leslie, Solvi Remen, Nicola Smith, Yvonne Wiseman
3. Aperol: Tatiana Dikhnova (pc), Catherine d’Ovidio, Victoria Gromova, Anna Gulevich, Tatiana Ponomareva, Sylvie Willard
3. Baroni: Irene Baroni, Veronique Bessis, Anne-Laure Huberschwiller, Simonetta Paoluzi
Senior Teams
1. Milner: Steve Garner, Michal Kwiecien, Mark Lair, Hemant Lall, Krzysztof Martens, Reese Milner, Petra Hamman (npc), Jacek Pszczola (coach)
2. China Evertrust: Rongqiang Lin, Mingkun Shen, Xiaonong Shen, Ming Sun, Jian Hua Tao
3. Silverman: Robert Lebi, Barnet J Shenkin, Neil Silverman, Fred Stewart
3. Wolfson: David Berkowitz, Bart Bramley, Bob Hamman, Michael Rosenberg, Jeff Wolfson, Kit Woolsey
Mixed Teams
1. Manfield: Beth Palmer (pc), William Cole, Melanie Manfield, William Pettis, Debbie Rosenberg, Michael Rosenberg
2. Wilson: Sally Brock, Richard Ritmeijer, Magdalena Ticha, Ricco van Prooijen, Chris Willenken, Alison Wilson
3: Ferm: Sjoert Brink (pc), Simon De Wijs, Bas Drijver, Barbara Ferm, Christina Lund Madsen, Daniela von Arnim
Open Pairs
1. Mikael Rimstedt – Ola Rimstedt
2. Joe Grue – Brad Moss
3. Boguslaw Gierulski – Jerzy Skrzypczak
Women Pairs
1. Veronique Bessis – Anne-Laure Huberschwiller
2. Kathy Sulgrove – Candace Griffey
3. Yan Huang – Nan Wang
Senior Pairs
1. Marc Jacobus – Mike Passell
2. Apolinary Kowalski – Jacek Romanski
3. Mark Itabashi – Eddie Wold
Mixed Pairs
1. Franck Multon – Sylvie Willard
2. Petra Hamman – Hemant Lall
3. Benedicte Cronier – Philippe Cronier
It Depends on Ma Mood
Some years ago, playing in the Reisinger against Zia and Michael Rosenberg I noticed on the Convention Card that there was a note in the[...]
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Wrong Numbers
Many years ago I saw a hand where declarer made a slam by ruffing a loser, at the same time executing a squeeze. That doesn’t[...]
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The Perfect Sequence
Looking back at the teams finals I spotted this deal from session 3: The auction did not develop well for North, who had no real[...]
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This deal from round four of the Mixed teams proved to be very tough, but three pairs were given an opportunity to thwart destiny: Looking[...]
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Expert Bidding
Have you noticed that experts appear to bid more of the time? This is partly because they bid a lot when they have bad hands,[...]
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Testing Times
Almost from the start the players in the Mixed teams had problems to solve: Do you agree with North’s rebid? As the cards lie 3NT[...]
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Every Trick Counts
When the opponents are in a hopeless contract that you have doubled it is all too easy to for the defenders to drop a trick[...]
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The Elimination Game
One of the most important techniques at declarer’s disposal is that of elimination. In general terms, it is almost never wrong to eliminate suits, as[...]
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Classic Combination
The last deal of the fourth session of the finals offered up a well known card-combination: North led the 9 and declarer won with dummy’s[...]
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