43rd World Bridge Teams Championships

Lyon, France • 12 – 26 August 2017

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August 15th On 6 and 7 July 2013 took place a funny event called “Truck de Ouf” in Lyon, Place Bellecour. The principle, imagined by the artist François Abelanet for the Renault Trucks brand, was to place the new trucks of the brand in imaginary worlds using the principle of anamorphosis (optical illusion). 4 drawings were created to give the illusion of landscapes to the Lyonnais, the curious and the tourists present in the square. The other stake was also for the main cover of 4000 square meters to be homologated in the Guinness Book of Records, which was officially the case.

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9th Round of the WBTC 2017 Board 5 This board presented some kind of illusion to various players… This was what happened with the board in the USA1 Vs USA2 match. The bidding (open room):
B. MOSS E. RODWELL J. GRUE J. MECKSTROTH
1Spade Suit 1NT Pass
3NT All Pass
Lead: Diamond Suit5 J. Meckstroth easily found the killing lead, a diamond and the illusion of a diamond stopper vanished in the fine air…the first 6 tricks were for the defense. The bidding (closed room):
R. LEVIN M. FLEISHER S. WEINSTEIN C. MARTEL
2Spade Suit 3Heart Suit Pass
4Heart Suit All Pass
Lead: club suitK As you can see a diamond lead also defeats the contract, but the leader chose the club king from hisclub suitK Q holding. The declarer won with the club suitA, played four trump rounds, to continue with theclub suitJ. When South ducked, he claimed 10 tricks, losing only two diamonds and a spade. 11 IMPs for USA1. The match ended  USA2 28 –  USA1 13 (IMPs) This is what happened with the Board in all the tables: 

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