Photo: G. S. Allegra 2011 Champion
Eilat, Israel • 15-18 November 2012
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November 15: The teams were divided in two groups: A and B and BBO VG broadcasted 2 matches. One of them was:
Allegra (2011 Champion: Maria Teresa LAVAZZA, Noberto BOCCHI, Giorgio DUBOIN, Guido FERRARO, Agustin MADALA, Antonio SEMENTA, Capitán: Maria Teresa LAVAZZA) played against Radkov Bridge Club. The match ended: Allegra 23Vp -Radkov 7Vp.
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G.S. Allegra (defending champions) |
Norberto BOCCHI Giorgio DUBOIN Guido FERRARO Maria Teresa LAVAZZA (pc) Agustin MADALA Antonio SEMENTA Massimo ORTENSI (coach) |
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Radkov BC | Anton ANDONOV Stanislav NEDKOV Radosslav RADEV Stefan SKORCHEV Tenyu TENEV Roumen TRENDAFILOV (pc) |
This is the hand with the biggest swing of the match:
Board 11 Dealer South None Vul
Radev opened with a weak 2
bid that was the final contract. Declarer was three down: -150. The lead was the 
J, declarer won the trick in his hand with the K to continue with a little heart, Duboin won with his 8 and played the 
J, Radev won in dummy with the Q, and continued with a little spade to his 
K, Sementa covered with the A and immediately played the K. Radev covered with dummy’s ace, but Duboin ruffed and played his 4. Now South ruffed to continue with a club to the queen and A. Duboin ruffed with his 5, Radev over-ruffed with his J, Sementa won the trick with the Q and continued with the 10. Duboin played his A, and got the 2 over the table, ruffed with the K…last trick for declarer…
In the other room the bidding was very different. Madala passed and West opened the bidding with a 1 call. Bocchi over-declared 2 and Trendafilov declare the spade game. Madala doubled and Bocchi informed him about his two minors hand. Madala preferred diamonds.
Lead: A
Skorchev lead the spade ace, and when he saw Madala’s king continued with his Q… Madala ruffed to continue with a diamond to the A, now was declarer who saw the J. Agustin played a club to the K… continued with a diamond… and claimed…
What happened with this board in the other tables? The board produced swings in all the tables:
Group A
| Table | Home Team | Visiting Team | Room | Cont. | Decl. | Lead | Tricks | NS | EW | Home Res. | Vis Res. |
| 1 | Monaco | Hinden | Open | 5♦ | N | ♣10 | 12 | 420 | 4 | ||
| Closed | 5♦x | S | ♠A | 11 | 550 | ||||||
| 2 | Angelini | Burghausen 1 | Open | Adj. | W | ♣7 | 8 | 650 | 13 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♦J | 10 | 100 | ||||||
| 3 | BK Lavec | Israel Blue | Open | 5♠ | W | ♣7 | 8 | 150 | 6 |
Group B
| Table | Home Team | Visiting Team | Room | Cont. | Decl. | Lead | Tricks | NS | EW | Home Res. | Vis Res. |
| 1 | G.S. Allegra | Radkov | Open | 5♦ | S | ♠A | 11 | 400 | 11 | ||
| Closed | 2♥ | S | ♣J | 5 | 150 | ||||||
| 2 | Het Witte Huis | Consus Kalisz | Open | 5♣x | N | ♦J | 10 | 100 | 11 | ||
| Closed | 5♣ | N | ♦J | 11 | 400 | ||||||
| 3 | BC Real | Israel White | Open | 5♦x | S | ♠A | 11 | 550 | 10 | ||
| Closed | 4♠x | W | ♣A | 9 | 100 |