Monaco improved a little its performance but Italy isnt easy. Now the match is Italy 134 Monaco 81. USA1 and Poland are almost even in the BB playoffs.
The two players in a bridge partnership have to play defense like a synchronized swimming motion, because a single weakness and the entire defense will fail. Foto: Geir Helgemo & Tor Helness
4 of the favorite teams arrived to the semifinals. Poland defeated The Netherlands, but the two teams are both definitely the powers of the bridge. At the end Poland qualified
Bali 2013: Italy-the Netherlands faced in Round 18...highly anticipated match in Italy. The first board that broke the balance was number 19 where the Netherlands arrived to...Photo: Bocchi - Madala (ITA)
Board 31 (RR, R12) was a rara avis in the World Bridge Championships, Bali 2013. In the Open only one person bid and make 6. In the Ladies 4 played it all done. In the Senior only 3 arrived to it nobody arrived to 12 tricks.
Today was our first good day. We played a close match against GERMANY, winning by an IMP to get 10.3 victory points (VPs). We then got 16.73 VP against EGYPT and all 20 against GUADELOUPE