August 15th
Lyon, as Paris, has his own world underground. Like the catacombs in Paris, you can enter, through the sewers, multiple galleries/tunnels under the hill of Fourviere dating back from the Roman empire. This includes the remains of a Roman aqueduct. The rumor tells that, under this hill, there is an underground lake too. The goal of those underground addicts is, each week end, to find new paths that will lead to it. Other stories tells the existence of an underground path between the two hills of fourviere and La Croix-Rousse. We haven’t found the entrance yet… (Source: Quora, Nicolas Fleury, Lyon, France).
Lyon 2017 The view on Lyon from Fourviere8th Round of the WBTC 2017 Board 17
This board wasn’t played underground, but in many tables was an underbid board.
This was what happened with the board in the Germany-USA1 match.
The bidding (closed room):
Lead: 2
Declarer won the first trick with dummy’s A, cashed the A pitching a diamond from his hand, continued with a diamond to his ace, and another diamond. South won the trick and returned a trump. But now declarer could win the trick and trump a diamond for 12 tricks, +480.
The bidding (open room):
Lead: 2
The play and the defense were exactly the same.
The match ended USA1 41 – Germany 1 (IMPs)
This is what happened with the Board in all the tables:
This was what happened with the board in the Germany-USA1 match.
The bidding (closed room):
M. REHDER
E. RODWELL
