Marathon of Sittard Imp Pairs 1999

Marathon of Sittard 1999 (Imp pairs)

Sittard, Euregionaal Sportcentrum, August 28

Session 01, Boards 17-24

Board 17 North/-	ª K87 © 43 ¨ K9872 § 976
ª T54 © 52 ¨ A643 § QJ54	N W E S	ª Q83 © A987 ¨ T5 § AT32
	ª A962 © KQJT6 ¨ Q8 § K8

Mean score:		130

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
430	1	7	-7
400	1	7	-7
180	1	2	-2
170	4	1	-1
150	5	1	-1
140	1	0	0
130	1	0	0
120	5	0	0
110	8	-1	1
-50	3	-5	5
-100	1	-6	6

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

17. (Discussion to follow)

Board 18 East/NS	ª Q854 © T53 ¨ T65 § KT6
ª KT96 © --- ¨ QJ942 § AJ87	N W E S	ª J3 © KJ9864 ¨ AK3 § Q9
	ª A72 © AQ72 ¨ 87 § 5432

Mean score:		-150

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
300	1	10	-10
100	1	6	-6
50	12	5	-5
-110	2	1	-1
-130	1	1	-1
-140	1	0	0
-150	1	0	0
-400	5	-6	6
-430	6	-7	7
-550	1	-9	9

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

18. (Discussion to follow)

Board 19 South/EW	ª KQT642 © K4 ¨ AQ6 § J7
ª A875 © QT8 ¨ 42 § T853	N W E S	ª 3 © 3 ¨ KT853 § AKQ962
	ª J9 © AJ97652 ¨ J97 § 4

Mean score:		-130

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
500	2	12	-12
420	3	11	-11
200	2	8	-8
-50	8	2	-2
-100	5	1	-1
-150	2	-1	1
-300	1	-5	5
-600	1	-10	10
-750	6	-12	12

Pair 35		-3
Pair 45		-3

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
--- pass 5§ pass.	--- 4© 5©	--- 4NT pass	3© pass pass

19. (Discussion to follow)

Board 20 West/Both	ª A93 © Q ¨ AKT8643 § J4
ª KQJ52 © KT83 ¨ Q72 § A	N W E S	ª T4 © A765 ¨ 5 § KQT532
	ª 876 © J942 ¨ J9 § 9876

Mean score:		-420

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
110	1	11	-11
100	7	11	-11
-100	1	8	-8
-200	2	6	-6
-230	1	5	-5
-620	14	-5	5
-650	3	-6	6
-1100	1	-12	12
-1700	1	-15	15

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
1ª 2© pass	2¨ 3¨ pass.	dbl 4©	pass pass

20. (Discussion to follow)

Board 21 North/NS	ª A63 © Q83 ¨ KQT9 § QJ6
ª 842 © KT965 ¨ A54 § 85	N W E S	ª KT95 © A7 ¨ 32 § AK743
	ª QJ7 © J42 ¨ J876 § T92

Mean score:		-130

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
50	3	5	-5
-90	4	1	-1
-100	3	1	-1
-110	6	1	-1
-120	1	0	0
-140	7	0	0
-170	1	-1	1
-200	2	-2	2
-400	2	-7	7
-420	1	-7	7
-1100	1	-14	14

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

21. (Discussion to follow)

Board 22 East/EW	ª Q8642 © J92 ¨ AT4 § AQ
ª A73 © AQ ¨ K9752 § 985	N W E S	ª KJ © K763 ¨ J83 § T764
	ª T95 © T854 ¨ Q6 § KJ32

Mean score:		80

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
170	1	3	-3
140	13	2	-2
110	7	1	-1
-50	3	-4	4
-90	1	-5	5
-110	2	-5	5
-150	3	-6	6

Pair 4	7	-3
Pair 1	4	3

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

22. (Discussion to follow)

Board 23 South/Both	ª K932 © AQ3 ¨ 76 § K754
ª AT64 © K542 ¨ AJ § AT8	N W E S	ª J © J9 ¨ KT8532 § QJ96
	ª Q875 © T876 ¨ Q94 § 32

Mean score:		-130

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
800	1	12	-12
500	1	9	-9
400	6	7	-7
300	3	5	-5
200	5	2	-2
100	4	-1	1
-90	1	-6	6
-110	2	-6	6
-130	4	-6	6
-600	1	-12	12
-660	3	-13	13

Recommended bidding sequence:

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

23. (Discussion to follow)

Board 24 West/-	ª 75 © AQ953 ¨ K543 § J7
ª AQ © T86 ¨ A98 § AT984	N W E S	ª KJ63 © J742 ¨ Q6 § KQ3
	ª T9842 © K ¨ JT72 § 652

Mean score:		-420

Score NS	Number	Imps NS	Imps EW
-80	1	8	-8
-100	1	8	-8
-110	2	7	-7
-140	1	7	-7
-300	1	3	-3
-400	3	1	-1
-420	1	0	0
-430	9	0	0
-460	11	-1	1
-500	1	-2	2

Recommended bidding sequence:

West	North	East	South
1NT 3NT	2© pass	3© pass	pass pass.

One of the rare flaws in Rubensohl, for if West responds 4§, he susrpasses the only game that makes (© 3-3, 4-2, or a stiff honor in that suit, for a total probability of 91.25%!).

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