Marathon of Sittard Imp Pairs 1999

Marathon of Sittard 1999 (Imp pairs)

Sittard, Euregionaal Sportcentrum, August 28

Session 01, Boards 09-16

Board 09 North/EW	ª 652 © JT542 ¨ 872 § A7
ª K943 © AQ8 ¨ A65 § Q63	N W E S	ª Q7 © K76 ¨ KQ93 § JT98
	ª AJT8 © 93 ¨ JT4 § K542

Mean score:		620

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
630	1	15	-15
-120	1	11	-11
-180	1	10	-10
-600	5	1	-1
-630	23	0	0

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- 1NT pass	pass pass pass	pass 3NT pass.	pass pass

9. (Discussion to follow)

Board 10 East/Both	ª T6 © 8532 ¨ 95 § AQJ86
ª AK83 © KQ74 ¨ 8763 § 7	N W E S	ª Q74 © AT6 ¨ AKJT § K94
	ª J952 © J9 ¨ Q42 § 7532

Mean score:		-590

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
630	1	15	-15
400	1	14	-14
200	1	13	-13
100	2	12	-12
-600	7	0	0
-620	1	-1	1
-630	11	-1	1
-660	6	-2	2
-1700	1	-15	15

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

10. (Discussion to follow)

Board 11 South/-	ª QJT64 © 9 ¨ JT92 § J54
ª 9752 © A52 ¨ AK63 § Q3	N W E S	ª 8 © KQT84 ¨ 875 § K876
	ª AK3 © J763 ¨ Q4 § AT92

Mean score:		-20

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
300	1	8	-8
170	1	5	-5
140	4	4	-4
120	1	4	-4
110	4	4	-4
100	1	3	-3
70	1	3	-3
50	1	2	-2
-50	5	-1	1
-100	2	-2	2
-140	4	-3	3
-170	1	-4	4
-300	1	-7	7
-420	2	-9	9
-530	1	-11	11
-590	1	-11	11

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- dbl rdbl 4© dbl	--- 1ª pass 4ª pass	--- 2© 2ª pass pass	1§ dbl dbl pass pass.

11. (Discussion to follow)

Board 12 West/NS	ª AKT72 © 843 ¨ 92 § AK65
ª J986 © J72 ¨ 8 § QJT94	N W E S	ª 4 © AKQ9 ¨ AKJT43 § K5
	ª Q53 © T65 ¨ Q765 § A62

Mean score:		-120

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
100	8	6	-6
50	1	5	-5
-100	1	1	-1
-130	7	0	0
-140	2	-1	1
-170	2	-2	2
-180	1	-2	2
-200	2	-2	2
-230	1	-3	3
-400	1	-7	7
-420	3	-7	7
-450	1	-8	8
-470	1	-8	8

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
pass pass pass.	1ª 3ª	dbl pass	2ª pass

12. (Discussion to follow)

Board 13 North/Both	ª A52 © AKJ82 ¨ JT7 § T6
ª Q86 © 93 ¨ 8543 § A753	N W E S	ª JT4 © T5 ¨ A96 § KJ942
	ª K973 © Q764 ¨ KQ2 § Q8

Mean score:		-100

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
620	3	12	-12
140	1	6	-6
-100	27	0	0

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- dbl pass	1© 3© pass	2§ pass pass.	3§ 4©

13. (Discussion to follow)

Board 14 East/-	ª AJ96 © K ¨ KQJ7653 § 6
ª K8 © QJ732 ¨ T942 § JT	N W E S	ª 43 © T954 ¨ J § Q98742
	ª QT752 © A86 ¨ A § AK53

Mean score:		980

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
1520	2	11	-11
1510	3	11	-11
1020	1	1	-1
1010	13	1	-1
980	6	0	0
510	3	-10	10
480	2	-11	11
-50	1	-14	14

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- pass pass pass pass	--- 2¨ 3ª 5§ (1403) pass	pass pass pass pass pass.	1ª 3§ 4NT 6ª

14. (Discussion to follow)

Board 15 South/NS	ª 752 © A9752 ¨ 9763 § 9
ª A864 © T84 ¨ AT52 § AT	N W E S	ª Q93 © KQ ¨ KJ84 § QJ83
	ª KJT © J63 ¨ Q § K76542

Mean score:		-360

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
150	3	11	-11
50	2	9	-9
-120	1	6	-6
-150	1	5	-5
-400	15	-1	1
-430	7	-2	2
-460	1	-3	3
-630	1	-7	7

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

15. (Discussion to follow)

Board 16 West/EW	ª 8732 © Q4 ¨ Q642 § AJT
ª AKJ65 © K2 ¨ AK73 § 43	N W E S	ª Q94 © JT75 ¨ 95 § K987
	ª T © A9863 ¨ JT8 § Q652

Mean score:		-510

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
100	5	12	-12
-100	1	9	-9
-170	2	8	-8
-200	1	7	-7
-620	19	-3	3
-650	2	-4	4
-790	1	-7	7

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
1ª 4ª	pass pass	2ª pass	pass pass.

16. (Discussion to follow)

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