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The 2015 Yeh Bros Cup (at The Shanghai ) which is staged by The Shanghai Financial Bridge Club, includes the Open Teams, Swiss Plate and Open Pairs.
Friday April 10, 2015
We had hoped to be down to two undefeated teams and six once defeated teams at the end of play Friday. However the best made plans of mice of men rarely come to fruition. At the end of play China Open had defeated Italy by 5 IMPs. However on a board where China gained enough IMPs to make an appeal significant, Italy has elected to appeal on matters relating to mis-explanation and subsequent correction of that explanation. The appeal is to be heard before play commences Saturday morning to determine which team out of China Open and Italy remains in the Undefeated section and which team is relegated to the Once Defeated Pool. The following results are subject to the determination of the appeals committee. (Source: Yeh Bros Bulletins)
These are two boards from China Open-Italy KO match, Segment 1.
Board 5 KO Segment 1 Match Italy-China Open
Sementa opened with 1
, Versace showed his spade suit, Sementa continued showing a limited hand with no spade support, and Versace showed spade extra length and game values, North doubled asking for a club lead and Sementa redoubled showing clubs, and denying spade support. West showed his hearts and finally the pair landed in a 3NT contract.
Lead: K
The K won the first trick, and South left his hand playing a spade, Sementa won with the ace. As declarer’s hopes were to take 1 club, 1 diamond, 4 hearts,and 3 spades, he immediately played the J, watching South pitching a heart. North won with his Q and returned the 
J.
Sementa covered with the Q, to create an entry to dummy, and South covered with his A to return a diamond, Sementa won with his 10 and things were easier now…He played his three hearts, watching South’s 
10 (remember that he pitched a heart in the clubs). East now could afford to overtake the third round of hearts, and he claimed 9 tricks
At the other table, E/W arrived to the same contract but with West as the declarer:
Bocchi led a smal club, el 2, Madala after winning the trick with his K returned a heart: 5.
Declarer won in his hand, with the J and trying to create an entry to dummy played the Q, Madala won with his A and returned a heart, declarer was again in his hand.
East played the A, the 10 didn’t appear, continued with the 
A and a high diamond to the K. He played the K y and K, Q but as the J was still alive…he couldnt make his contract, one down.
Board 12 KO Segment 1 Match Italy-China Open
Bocchi opened with 1NT (revaluating his hand as they play NT 15-17 when Vulnerable) and Madala closed the game.
Lead: A
East won the first trick and continued with a small club. Bocchi won with his Q, and run his five hearts. East needed to find 4 discards; he pitched: two diamonds, one spade and one club. Bocchi continued with K and , watching East’s Q over the table… he claimed his contract…his J was the ninth trick…
At the other table, North opened with 1, Sementa introduced his clubs and South supported hearts at the two level; 2…that ended the bidding. Nine tricks for declarer and 10 IMPs for Italy.