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 |
3 2 |
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:
