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Italian Club Teams Championships: The Finals
The Coup de Grace
by Ana Roth y Fernando Lema
This
year again the
Allegra Team won
the
Italian Club Teams Championships.
The teams that found their way to the finals were Allegra and
Angelini:
ALLEGRA: BOCCHI Norberto - DUBOIN Giorgio - GIUBILO Valerio -
LAURIA Lorenzo - MADALA Agustin - SEMENTA Antonio - VERSACE Alfredo
- ZALESKI Roman
ANGELINI: ANGELINI Francesco - CIMA Leonardo - FANTONI Fulvio -
GAROZZO Benito - NUNES Claudio - PRIMAVERA Federico
2011,
September 24, in the second set of the final match, the players
positions were:
Close
Room: N/S Cima-Garozzo for the Angelini Team and E/W Lauria-Versace
for Allegra
Open
Room: N/S Bocchi-Madala for Allegra and E/W: Fantoni-Nunes for
Angelini
We
don't know if it was coincidence or causality what get
Benito Garozzo, the 84 years Italian legend, who won 10
Bermuda Bowls for Italy (1961, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966,
1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975) in the same position
that Agustín Madala, the new Italian bridge star, only
25 years old, and member for the first time of the Blue
team that will represent Italy in the next Bermuda Bowl.
The match started with Allegra 10 IMPs over Angelini and
ended with Allegra 71 IMPs over his opps, we can say it
was the "Coup de Grace" as Angelini any more could
recover.
The
first 2 hands gave Allegra 22 IMPs, lets see how:
Hand
17:
Dealer
North, None vulnerable.
|
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Cima |
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 9 6 4 2
 A 3
 Q 3
 K Q 6 3 2 |
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Versace |
|
Lauria |
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A Q 3
K J
8 7 6 5 2
A 9 7 |
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K J 10 7
10 9 6 4 2
A 9
J 10 |
|
|
Garozzo |
|
|
|
8 5
Q 8 7 5
K J 10 4
8 5 4 |
|
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West |
North |
East |
South |
|
Versace |
Cima |
Lauria |
Garozzo |
|
|
Pass |
Pass |
Pass |
|
1NT |
Pass |
2 |
Pass |
|
2 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
|
3 |
Pass |
3NT |
Fin |
After 3 Pass, Versace opened 1NT, Lauria transferred to heart and
showed 9 or more cards in the majors with 3,
Versace with his 3
showed his 3 spades cards, and Lauria's 3NT confirmed his majors:
5/4 . The lead was the
2
and dummy's 10
won the trick. Lauria continued with
to the J,
Cima won with his A
and played the
3.
When the declarer played dummy's A,
Benito unblocked the suit playing his J...and
generated the 9th trick for Versace. In the other room, the same
contract was played, with the same lead and first 2 tricks but when
Bocchi won the heart trick in the second round, he left his hand
playing the Q
and declarer couldn't do nothing to win the hand.
Hand
18:
Dealer
East, N/S vulnerable.
|
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Cima |
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A Q 9 4
9 8 7 2
J 10
K Q 7 |
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Versace |
|
Lauria |
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10 6 2
5 4
A 5 2
J 10 9 8 3 |
|
K J
8 5
Q J 10 6 3
K 8
6 4 |
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Garozzo |
|
|
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7 3
A K
Q 9 7 6 4 3
A 5 2 |
|
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West |
North |
East |
South |
|
Versace |
Cima |
Lauria |
Garozzo |
|
|
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Pass |
1 |
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Pass |
1 |
Pass |
2 |
|
Pass |
3NT |
fin |
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Lauria
leaded his
Q,
Cima won with dummy's A
and played diamond, Versace won with his A
and returned his second heart, now the declarer had to lose 2
diamonds and three hearts. In the other room, with the same
contract, the same lead, and the same second play, Nunes played a
little diamond instead and Fantoni had to use his only hand entrance
while Bocchi still had his heart stopper...another 12 IMPs for
Allegra.
From
the Hand 19 to the hand 25 Angelini recover 6 IMPs, but suffered a
lose of 45 IMPs from hands 26 to 31. Lets see...
Hand 26:
Dealer
East, all vulnerable
|
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Cima |
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|
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7
A Q 9 5
K J 10 8 3
A 6 2 |
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Versace |
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Lauria |
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A Q 8 5 4 3
8 3 2
Q 4 2
4 |
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K 10 9 2
4
A 9 7 6
K J 8 5 |
|
|
Garozzo |
|
|
|
J 6
K J 10 7 6
5
Q 10 9 7 3 |
|
|
West |
North |
East |
South |
|
Versace |
Cima |
Lauria |
Garozzo |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
4 |
4 |
Pass |
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Pass |
5 |
Double |
fin |
Lauria, opened 1,
Garozzo overcalled his heart suit, Versace transferred to spades and
Cima showed with a
4
fit-showing his heart support
and good diamond suit. Lauria closed the game; 4,
Garozzo passed and Cima defended to 5,
Lauria doubled. Lauria would have done his 4,
loosing only a club, a diamond and a heart: a diamond lead, the best
one, doesn't defeat the contract because the player that has the
A
is also the one who has the
K,
Cima was one down, doubled. In the other table:
|
West |
North |
East |
South |
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Nunes |
Bocchi |
Fantoni |
Madala |
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|
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Pass |
Pass |
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2 |
Double |
4 |
5 |
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5 |
Pass |
Pass |
Double |
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fin |
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Fantoni didn't open the hand, so
Madala passed and Nunes opened with 2,
Bocchi doubled and Fantoni used all the bidding space he could with
4.
Madala continued with 5,
and now Nunes adding his partner not opening hand to his weak hand,
decided to defend and said 5,
Agustín doubled. Only 10 tricks...and 9 IMPs for Allegra.
Hand 27:
Dealer
East, All vulnerable
|
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Cima |
|
|
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Q J 7 5 3
8
Q 9 7 4
Q J 7 |
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Versace |
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Lauria |
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Q 10 7 5
A 10 8 5
A K 10 9 6 |
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K 10 6 4
A 9 4 2
K 3 2
8 3 |
|
|
Garozzo |
|
|
|
A 9 8 2
K J 6 3
J 6
5 4 2 |
|
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West |
North |
East |
South |
|
Versace |
Cima |
Lauria |
Garozzo |
|
|
|
|
Pass |
|
1 |
Pass |
1 |
Pass |
|
3 |
Pass |
4 |
fin |
Garozzo
passed,
Versace opened with 1
and Lauria answered 1,
Versace invited with 3,
showing a non balanced hand with 14-15 HP, Lauria closed to game. 5
done...Fantoni y Nunes played 6,
and were several down trying to make their contract...12 IMPs for
Allegra
Hand 28:
Dealer
West, N/S vulnerable
|
|
Cima |
|
|
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Q 10 7 5 4
K 8 7
K Q 6 5 2 |
|
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Versace |
|
Lauria |
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K 8 2
Q 3
A Q J 9 5
7 4 3 |
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A
K 10 9 4
10 6 4 3 2
10 9 8 |
|
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Garozzo |
|
|
|
J 9 6 3
A J 8 7 6 5 2
A J |
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West |
North |
East |
South |
|
Versace |
Cima |
Lauria |
Garozzo |
|
1 |
1 |
Double |
2NT |
|
Pass |
4 |
5 |
5 |
|
Pass |
5 |
Pass |
6 |
|
fin |
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Versace, opened 1,
Cima
overcalled 1,
Lauria doubled and Garozzo said 2NT (redouble with 4 cards support).
When Versace passed, Cima closed the game, but that didn't stopped
Lauria to bet 5
and Garozzo, in a poker style raise the bet inviting to slam with
5,
but didn't use the break when his partner suggested stopping at the
5 level...
In the other room; the opening bid was a weak 1NT, and this
generated a totally different bidding sequence, E/W never knew they
had 10 diamond cards and let play 4:
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West |
North |
East |
South |
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Nunes |
Bocchi |
Fantoni |
Madala |
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1NT |
2 |
Double |
4 |
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fin |
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They
made 10 tricks, only losing:
A
y K...and
1 heart...another 13 IMPs.
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