Marathon of Sittard Imp Pairs 1999

Marathon of Sittard 1999 (Imp pairs)

Sittard, Euregionaal Sportcentrum, August 28

Session 01, Boards 01-08

Board 01 North/-	ª KJ5 © J6 ¨ A98654 § J5
ª A © Q93 ¨ J32 § AQ9872	N W E S	ª QT9832 © AKT5 ¨ --- § KT4
	ª 764 © 8742 ¨ KQT7 § 63

Mean score: -380

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
100	2	10	-10
50	4	10	-10
-190	1	5	-5
-200	1	5	-5
-420	5	-1	1
-440	2	-2	2
-450	11	-2	2
-500	1	-3	3
-940	4	-11	11

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 2§ 3§ 4ª 5ª pass	pass pass pass pass pass pass.	1ª 2© 4¨ 4NT 6§	pass pass pass pass pass

1. (Discussion to follow)

Board 02 East/NS	ª --- © K842 ¨ KQT942 § A98
ª AKT652 © J973 ¨ 6 § Q6	N W E S	ª 94 © AQT6 ¨ 73 § KJT42
	ª QJ873 © 5 ¨ AJ85 § 753

Mean score: 50

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
750	1	12	-12
620	3	11	-11
600	3	11	-11
300	1	6	-6
170	1	3	-3
130	4	2	-2
110	1	2	-2
100	3	2	-2
50	1	0	0
-100	1	-4	4
-110	1	-4	4
-140	1	-5	5
-170	1	-6	6
-200	2	-6	6
-420	3	-10	10
-500	3	-11	11
-800	1	-13	13

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 1ª 3© pass.	--- 2¨ 5¨	pass dbl pass	pass 3¨ pass

2. (Discussion to follow)

Board 03 South/EW	ª JT94 © 743 ¨ K62 § JT5
ª K8753 © K9852 ¨ T9 § 7	N W E S	ª 62 © JT ¨ AQ743 § AK64
	ª AQ © AQ6 ¨ J85 § Q9832

Mean score: -10

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
500	1	11	-11
300	3	7	-7
200	1	5	-5
100	6	3	-3
90	4	3	-3
-50	2	-1	1
-90	3	-2	2
-110	2	-3	3
-140	3	-4	4
-150	1	-4	4
-300	1	-7	7
-500	1	-10	10
-600	1	-11	11
-800	2	-13	13

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- pass	--- pass	--- pass.	1NT

3. (Discussion to follow)

Board 04 West/Both	ª A76 © QT642 ¨ 964 § Q4
ª K85 © KJ98 ¨ Q3 § AJ93	N W E S	ª J9432 © --- ¨ AKT7 § 7652
	ª QT © A753 ¨ J852 § KT8

Mean score: -110

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
100	8	6	-6
-110	4	1	-1
-140	6	0	0
-170	4	-1	1
-200	4	-2	2
-620	5	-10	10

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 1§ 1NT pass	--- pass pass pass.	--- 1ª 2§	pass pass pass

4. (Discussion to follow)

Board 05 North/NS	ª KT54 © J85 ¨ QJ93 § AQ
ª AJ83 © A643 ¨ K § T843	N W E S	ª 7 © KQT97 ¨ A8542 § K7
	ª Q962 © 2 ¨ T76 § J9652

Mean score: -460

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
-230	1	6	-6
-420	3	1	-1
-450	14	0	0
-480	13	-1	1

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 3¨ pass	1¨ pas pass.	1© 4©	pass pass

5. (Discussion to follow)

Board 06 East/EW	ª AQJT © K862 ¨ Q8762 §"c.gif"> ---
ª K532 © AJT ¨ T § A7432	N W E S	ª 8 © Q954 ¨ AKJ43 § J96
	ª 9764 © 73 ¨ 95 § KQT85

Mean score: 80

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
400	1	8	-8
300	1	6	-6
200	9	3	-3
140	1	2	-2
100	9	1	-1
-50	1	-4	4
-100	1	-5	5
-120	3	-5	5
-140	1	-6	6
-600	3	-12	12
-800	1	-13	13

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 2§ 3§	--- dbl pass	1¨ rdbl pass	pass pass pass.

6. (Discussion to follow)

Board 07 South/Both	ª A © A95 ¨ AT832 § KT76
ª 876 © JT8642 ¨ Q7 § AQ	N W E S	ª Q9532 © KQ73 ¨ K4 § 83
	ª KJT4 © --- ¨ J965 § J9542

Mean score: 210

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
800	1	11	-11
750	2	11	-11
600	6	9	-9
500	1	7	-7
300	1	3	-3
200	3	0	0
150	2	-2	2
130	1	-2	2
100	6	-3	3
-100	1	-7	7
-140	3	-8	8
-200	1	-9	9
-300	1	-11	11
-400	2	-12	12

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- pass 2© pass	--- 1¨ dbl pass	--- 1ª 3© pass.	pass 2¨ 5¨

7. (Discussion to follow)

Board 08 West/-	ª A97 © 9873 ¨ 86 § AK65
ª QT © KQ5 ¨ KQT432 § Q2	N W E S	ª KJ854 © T64 ¨ A9 § T97
	ª 632 © AJ2 ¨ J75 § J843

Mean score: -110

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
100	2	5	-5
50	3	4	-4
-50	1	2	-2
-90	2	1	-1
-100	1	0	0
-110	10	0	0
-120	1	0	0
-130	3	-1	1
-140	4	-1	1
-150	1	-1	1
-170	3	-2	2

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
1¨ 2¨	pass pass	1ª pass	pass pass.

8. (Discussion to follow)

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