“El Firulete” by Ana Roth y Fernando Lema

The “El Firulete” is one of the most known tangos, writen in 1958; its lyrics refers to the tango importance over the new music invasion to the Buenos Aires culture. The word “Firulete” comes from the word Feroleto (small flower) and refers to the decorations. The Firulete is a very delicate and complicated tango movement that only can run the great dancers. July 28, 2011, “Spingold Trophy” Gordon (Seed # 12) vs Iceland (Seed # 21) after the first 16 hands the match was: Iceland 44- Gordon 12. In the open room for Iceland were: Jon Baldursson (West) – Thorlakur Jonsson (East) and for  Gordon: Mark Gordon (North) – Pratap Rajadhyaksha (South) “Who was the rare insect that told you, hey kid that the time of the arabesque is gone? No matter how much they play merengues and congas it has always been time for a milonga… Dealer North E/W Vul

	7 2 K J 10 9 8 6 5 10 3 Q 5
A 10 9 6 4 Q 7 A 9 7 A 9 6		K Q J 4 3 Q 8 6 5 2 K 4 3
	8 5 3 A 2 K J 4 J 10 8 7 2

Close Room:

West	North	East	South
Sontag	Jorgensen	Berkovich	Einarsson
	2°	Pass	2
2	Pass	3	Pass
3	Pass	Pass	Pass

° Multi Opening Lead: 10 Declarer played  dummy’s Q, South played his K and West won the trick with his A. He played 3 trump rounds (K, Q y J), lost a diamond and a heart for 10 tricks: +170. Open Room:

West	North	East	South
Baldursson	Pratap	Jonsson	Gordon
	2	Pass	Pass
2	Pass	3	Pass
4	Pass	Pass	Pass

Opening lead: 5