43rd World Bridge Teams Championships

Lyon, France • 12 – 26 August 2017

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August 16th
Alessandro Gandoglia, Giovanni Donati & Valerio Giubilo, Lyon 2017.
Known as France’s gastronomic capital, Lyon has more to offer than fine dining.
Why? With 14 Michelin restaurants in the city, the world-famous chef Paul Bocuse (3 stars), the typical restaurants called bouchons, the wine, the pork specialties, the delicious chocolates. . . One of the finest bridge features is team play. A bridge’s enjoyable delicatessen is when at one of the tables a pair avoids a slam that is not 100% cold and at the other table their team mates find the best defense to defeat that slam. BB: 11th Round of the WBTC 2017 Board 4 This was what happened with the board in the Brazil Vs Italy match. The bidding (open room):
G. Donati G. Chagas A. Gandoglia M. V. Boas
1Spade Suit Pass 2club suit 2Diamond Suit
2Heart Suit Pass 2Spade Suit Pass
2NT Pass 3club suit Pass
3Heart Suit Pass 3Spade Suit Pass
4club suit Pass 4Diamond Suit Pass
4Heart Suit Pass 4Spade Suit Pass
5Diamond Suit Pass 6Spade Suit All Pass
Lead: Diamond Suit9 Villas Boas’s 2Diamond Suit overcall helped his partner to find the only lead that defeats immediately the slam. Any other lead gives declarer time to pitch dummy’s diamond loser. The bidding (closed room):
M. Thoma M. Di Franco P. Ravenna A. Manno
1Spade Suit Pass 2club suit 2Diamond Suit
2Heart Suit Pass 3Spade Suit Pass
3NT Pass 4club suit Pass
4Diamond Suit Pass 4Heart Suit Pass
4NT Pass 5Heart Suit Pass
5Spade Suit All Pass
Lead: Diamond Suit9 When Thoma asked for keycards and found that the trump queen was missing decided to stop at the game level. The lead was the same and declarer didnt have any problem for his needed eleven tricks. Watch the videos Match: