August 16th
Rihanna Diamonds Tour 2013
Diamonds World Tour was the fifth concert tour by Rihanna. It was launched in support of her seventh studio album Unapologetic (2012). The tour was announced in September 2012 following the singer’s performance at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. The tour kicked off on March 8, 2013 in Buffalo, New York and officially commencing on November 15, 2013 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The tour visited the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia with 96 shows in total.
Rihanna in Lyon
The set list for the concerts included songs from a selection of Rihanna’s studio albums, the Diamonds World Tour includes five acts and an encore. Rihanna’s outfits were designed by a variety of designers including Riccardo Tisci of Givenchy, Raf Simons of Christian Dior and Alber Elbaz, footwear was designed by French fashion line Christian Louboutin and Manolo Blahnik. The tour featured support acts including David Guetta, Haim and ASAP Rocky among others.
One of the Europeans cities who was fortunate to be included in the tour was Lyon. Four years after the Diamond World Tour, diamonds are playing an important role again here in Lyon, but today, included en bridge cards, as in this board from the Bermuda Bowl.
10th Round of the WBTC 2017 Board 18
This was what happened with the board in the USA1 Vs France match.
The bidding (open room):
N.Nickell
C.Lorenzini
R.Katz
J. Quantin
Pass
1
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
3
Pass
4
Pass
4NT
Pass
5
Pass
6
All Pass
Lead: 7
After his partner’s opening bid, Lorenzini started showing a forcing game hand, and after realizing his partner had 5 or more diamonds showed his support. Quantin led the partnership to a diamond slam tour. Twelve easy tricks for declarer…
The bidding (closed room):
F. Volcker
E. Rodwell
T. Bessis
J. Meckstroth
Pass
1
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
2
Pass
3
Pass
3
Pass
4
All Pass
Lead: 8
In the closed room Meckwell decided to stop at the game level, and missed the possibility to live again a Diamonds World Tour…
The match ended France 38 – USA1 27 (IMPs)
This is what happened with the Board 18 in all the tables:
USA1 Vs 
The bidding (open room):
C.Lorenzini
