WYOC Lyon 2017; Juniors: Japan vs China (RDFZ SYNREY)

5th FunBridge World Youth Open Championships

Lyon, France • 15 – 24 August 2017

 Match China RFDZ Synrey vs Japan

This was the very first match from the Youth World Bridge Teams Championships to be broadcasted in BBO. The match finished with a Japan Victory by 44 to 12 IMP.

These are some boards that contributed to Japan’s supremacy.

Board 3

The bidding (Closed room):

Eishi Imak	Shiyu Sun	Kouki Koba	Hongji Wei
			Pass
2 1	Pass	2	Pass
2NT	Pass	32	Pass
3	Pass	4	Pass
4	Pass	5	Pass
6	All Pass

1 : FG

2 Transfer

Lead: 4

The heart lead immediately shatters the declarer’s hopes, but he was lucky to receive a diamond lead.

Declarer pitched a heart from dummy and covered the 9 with his J to continue cashing the A to pitch another heart. He cashed the trump ace, and the ace and queen of spades.

Now he played a small club to dummy’s king, and ruffed a spade with his last trump. He lose a heart and claimed 12 tricks.

The bidding (Open room):

Si Ian	Hino T.	Yin Yichen	Yamada R.
			Pass
1	1	2	Pass
3	Pass	3NT	Pass
4	Pass	4	All Pass

I dont know what North’s 1 was (a bluff?) but helped to stop China in the game level.

Lead: 2

Declarer made 11 easy tricks but the board was a 12 IMPs lose.

Board 9 

The bidding (Closed room):

Eishi Imak	Shiyu Sun	Kouki Koba	Hongji Wei
	Pass	Pass	1
Double	1	2	Pass
2NT	Pass	3	All Pass

Lead: 3

Declarer lose only two spades, one heart and one club, scoring +130.

The bidding (Open room):

Si Ian	Hino T.	Yin Yichen	Yamada R.
	Pass	1	1
Double	Pass	1NT	2
3	Pass	3NT	Pass
3NT	All Pass

In this room East’s 1 opening bid led them to the NT game.

Lead: 4

A club or spade lead defeats the contract instantly, but South chose to lead from a small heart, his suit. And he was able to make three heart tricks, five diamonds and a club for 10 IMPs for his team.

Board 10: 

The bidding (Closed room):

Eishi Imak	Shiyu Sun	Kouki Koba	Hongji Wei
		Pass	Pass
2NT	Double	Redouble	3
Pass	3	Double	3
Pass	Pass	Double	All Pass

North must have regretted his vulnerable intromision.

Lead: K

West won the lead, and immediately switched to a trump, the 2. Declarer did well, playing the A. He continued with a club to the ace and back came a diamond ruff, a heart ruff and a diamond ruff. Now he played the 9, the Q wining the trick.

West now continued with the A, declarer ruffed but was endplayed and lose the rest of the tricks. Three down : 800 for Japan.

The bidding (Open room):

Si Ian	Hino T.	Yin Yichen	Yamada R.
		Pass	3
3NT	All Pass

In this room South decided to open his hand with 3, West said 3NT and this ended the bidding.

Lead: 5

Yamada duck the lead and dummy’s J won the trick. Declarer cashed his four diamonds, and continued playing the Q, Hino covered with his ace to find out that he was endplayed. He chose to return the J and declarer claimed 10 tricks. +630 and 5 IMPs for Japan.

The match: