Sittard BC
Internal Championships Imps Pairs 2002
Session 06, Baandert, Sittard,
April 09, 2002
Group A, Boards 13-16
Copyright © 2002-2025 by Michel
Franssen
Board 13
N/All
WEST |
NORTH
ª A J
© Q 8 4
¨ 9 8 5 4 2
§ J 9 3 |
EAST |
ª K Q T 9 4
© A K J T 7 3
¨ - - -
§ T 6 |
SOUTH |
ª 8 7 5
© 9 6 2
¨ K Q J T 6
§ 8 5 |
|
ª 6 3 2
© 5
¨ A 7 3
§ A K Q 7 4 2 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
imps NS |
imps EW |
200 |
2 |
2 |
-2 |
100 |
4 |
-1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
NS |
avg
= |
120 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
pass |
pass |
1§ |
| 4§ |
pass |
4¨ |
pass |
| 4© |
pass |
pass |
pass. |
|
4§ = Super Michaels, used to shut the enemy out of the bidding, or to
show enough strength to play game in one of the majors, opposite any hand that is not a
complete yarborough.
4¨ = Asking West to bid his longer or better major.
Board 14
E/-
WEST |
NORTH
ª - - -
© A K Q 9 5 2
¨ K Q 9 4
§ T 8 2 |
EAST |
ª A K Q 4
© J T 7 4
¨ 3
§ K 7 6 3 |
SOUTH |
ª J 9 7 5
© 8 3
¨ A J T 8
§ J 9 4 |
|
ª T 8 6 3 2
© 6
¨ 7 6 5 2
§ A Q 5 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
imps NS |
imps EW |
300 |
2 |
4 |
-4 |
110 |
2 |
-1 |
1 |
50 |
1 |
-3 |
3 |
-800 |
1 |
-14 |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
NS |
avg
= |
140 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
pass |
pass |
| 1§ |
1© |
dbl |
pass |
| 1ª |
2© |
2ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
Dbl = Negative, showing
4-card ªuit and 6+ hcp, or just 12+ hcp.
Board 15
S/NS
WEST |
NORTH
ª A 7 5 4 3
© 8 7 4
¨ - - -
§ Q J 7 5 4 |
EAST |
ª Q J
© A K T 9
¨ K 6 2
§ A K 6 2 |
SOUTH |
ª K T 9 8 2
© 6
¨ A Q 8 7 4 3
§ 8 |
|
ª 6
© Q J 5 3 2
¨ J T 9 5
§ T 9 3 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
imps NS |
imps EW |
50 |
2 |
11 |
-11 |
-460 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
-990 |
2 |
-11 |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
NS |
avg
= |
-460 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| --- |
--- |
--- |
pass |
| 2NT |
pass |
3© |
pass |
| 3ª |
pass |
4¨ |
pass |
| 4© |
pass |
4NT |
pass |
| 5¨ |
pass |
6¨ |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
2NT = Balanced hand, 20-21 hcp.
3© = 5+ ª-suit (Jacóby Transfer).
4¨ = 4+ suit, slamtry.
4© = No preference for one of the suits offered by East.
4NT = Six Aces KeyCard Blackwood, where the queen of the last bid suit is
considered as queen of trumps, in this case the queen of diamonds.
5¨ = 0 or 3 out of 6 aces (1403-variation, as usual).
6¨ = To play.
East uses Six Aces Blackwood to explore grand slam, since he was almost
certain that West held enough keycards to warrant small slam.
6¨ fails when one defender holds all of the diamonds of NS.
The convincing tournament winners Rob van Wel and Onko-Jan Gelling stranded in 6NT by
accident. This accident turned out to be of the sort that happened to Robinson Crusoe,
alias Alexander Selkirk, some 300 years ago: §Q for the king, ªQ, ªJ to the king, ªT
for the ace, ©8 (a desperate attempt to destroy communications for a squeeze), for jack
and king, ©A, §A, ¨ to ace, ª9, ª8, and South was squeezed in the reds.
Board 16
W/EW
WEST |
NORTH
ª 9
© T 9 8 4
¨ 9 7 5 4
§ J T 4 2 |
EAST |
ª K J 4 3
© A 3
¨ A Q 6 2
§ A 7 6 |
SOUTH |
ª 8 7 6 5
© Q J 7
¨ K 3
§ K Q 9 3 |
|
ª A Q T 2
© K 6 5 2
¨ J T 8
§ 8 5 |
|
|
NS score |
Freq |
imps NS |
imps EW |
-600 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
-620 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
-650 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
-660 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
NS |
avg
= |
-630 |
|
|
Recommended bidding sequence:
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| 1¨ |
pass |
1ª |
pass |
| 4§ |
pass |
4ª |
pass |
| pass |
pass. |
|
|
|
4§ = 4+ ª-support, §-control (not necessarily singleton or void), 18-19 hcp.
4ª = Declining the slam attempt, since EW have at most 30 hcp between them, in which case
the bad ª-suit of East is likely to cause misery.
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