2003 Venice Cup Final 2a USA 1 vs. CHINA ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 17 | 2D S -1 50 | 2S W -1 50 | | 3 | | 18 | 2H W -3 150 | 1NT E = 90 | 6 | | | 19 | 2S S -2 100 | 3C S -1 50 | | 2 | | 20 | 2NT N = 120 | 1NT E -2 200 | | 2 | | 21 | 2SX N +2 1070 | 4SX N = 790 | 7 | | | 22 | 5D E = 600 | 5D E = 600 | | | | 23 | 4S E -1 100 | 4S E +1 650 | 13 | | | 24 | 6H S = 980 | 6H S = 980 | | | | 25 | 2D S -1 50 | 1NT S -2 100 | 2 | | | 26 | 5SX S -1 200 | 4S S = 620 | | 13 | | 27 | 1NT S +2 150 | 2S E -1 50 | 3 | | | 28 | 2H N +2 170 | 2SX E -4 800 | | 12 | | 29 | 4S S +2 680 | 4S S +1 650 | 1 | | | 30 | 3NTX N = 550 | 2NT N +1 150 | 9 | | | 31 | 3D N = 110 | 1NT N +2 150 | | 1 | | 32 | 2S S -2 100 | 2NT E -1 100 | | 5 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 41 38 | | Carryover: 39 45 | | Total: 80 83 | ===================================================================== Board 17 - Dealer North - None vul. S A 6 H Q 10 2 D 8 7 6 5 4 C A 7 6 S 10 8 S Q 9 7 4 3 H A 6 4 H J 9 8 D A Q 3 2 D 9 C K Q 5 2 C J 9 4 3 S K J 5 2 H K 7 5 3 D K J 10 C 10 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 2D by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 2S by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to CHINA, USA 1 39 - CHINA 48 ===================================================================== Board 18 - Dealer East - NS vul. S A 9 3 H K 10 8 5 D Q J 9 8 C J 4 S K 7 2 S 10 6 H Q 9 4 3 H J 6 2 D 10 7 6 D A K 5 3 2 C K 8 6 C A Q 3 S Q J 8 5 4 H A 7 D 4 C 10 9 7 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1D p 1H p 2H p p p Play 1: N DJ DA D4 D7 2: E S6 S5 SK SA 3: N D8 DK H7 D6 4: S SQ S2 S3 S10 5: S SJ S7 S9 H2 6: E C3 C5 CK C4 7: W C6 CJ CA C2 8: E CQ C9 C8 H5 9: N DQ D2 S4 D10 10: N D9 D3 S8 H3 11: W H4 H8 HJ HA 12: S C10 H9 H10 D5 13: N HK H6 C7 HQ 2H by W, down 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1NT by E, making 1, NS: -90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to USA 1, USA 1 45 - CHINA 48 ===================================================================== Board 19 - Dealer South - EW vul. S K J 9 5 H A K 10 2 D A 7 6 3 C 7 S A 6 S 8 7 3 2 H J 5 H Q 9 7 3 D K 9 5 4 D Q 10 8 2 C A K 6 5 3 C 8 S Q 10 4 H 8 6 4 D J C Q J 10 9 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p 1NT 2D! 1) p 2S p p p 1) Majors Play 1: W CA C7 C8 C4 2: W H5 HA H3 H4 3: N DA D8 DJ D5 4: N D3 D2 S4 D4 5: S CQ CK S5 S7 6: E S3 S10 SA SJ 7: W S6 S9 S2 SQ 8: S CJ C3 D6 S8 9: E D10 C2 DK D7 10: W HJ H2 H7 H6 11: W D9 SK DQ H8 12: N HK H9 C9 C5 13: N H10 HQ C10 C6 2S by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 3C by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to CHINA, USA 1 45 - CHINA 50 ===================================================================== Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul. S K Q H K 8 D 10 8 6 5 4 C Q 10 9 3 S 9 7 6 3 2 S A J 5 H J 9 3 H Q 7 4 2 D 7 3 D K 9 C A 8 6 C K J 5 2 S 10 8 4 H A 10 6 5 D A Q J 2 C 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p p 1C 1D p 2C! p 2D p 2NT p p p Play 1: E H2 H5 H9 HK 2: N D8 D9 DQ D7 3: S S4 S2 SK SA 4: E H4 HA H3 H8 5: S S8 S3 SQ S5 6: N D5 DK DA D3 7: S DJ S6 D4 C2 8: S D2 C6 D10 C5 9: N D6 HQ C4 C8 10: N CQ CK C7 CA 11: W S7 C3 SJ S10 12: E CJ H6 S9 C9 13: E H7 H10 HJ C10 2NT by N, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p p 1C p 1S p 1NT p p p Play 1: S H5 H9 HK H2 2: N H8 H4 H6 HJ 3: W C6 C3 CJ C4 4: E CK C7 C8 CQ 5: E C2 S4 CA C9 6: W S2 SQ SA S8 7: E SJ S10 S3 SK 8: N C10 C5 DQ H3 9: N D5 D9 DJ D3 10: S HA S6 D4 H7 11: S DA D7 D6 DK 12: S D2 1NT by E, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to CHINA, USA 1 45 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 21 - Dealer North - NS vul. S A Q 9 7 6 H 10 8 D 6 C A 10 9 8 2 S 5 4 S J 10 H Q J 5 H A K 9 7 6 3 D K Q 4 3 2 D J 9 8 C 7 6 5 C K Q S K 8 3 2 H 4 2 D A 10 7 5 C J 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p 1H p 2H 2S d p p p Play 1: E HA H2 HQ H8 2: E CK C3 C5 CA 3: N SQ S10 S2 S4 4: N S7 SJ SK S5 5: S CJ C6 C2 CQ 6: E HK H4 H5 H10 2SX by N, making 4, NS: 1070 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1S 2H 2S 3H 3S 4H 4S p p d p p p Play 1: E HA H2 HQ H8 2: E H3 H4 HJ H10 3: W C7 C9 CQ C3 4: E SJ S2 S4 SQ 5: N S7 S10 SK S5 6: S DA D2 D6 D8 7: S D5 DK S9 D9 8: N S6 H6 S8 H5 9: S CJ C6 CA 4SX by N, making 4, NS: 790 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 imps to USA 1, USA 1 52 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 22 - Dealer East - EW vul. S K 9 6 5 3 2 H J 10 3 D C Q J 9 8 S 10 4 S J H K Q 9 7 4 H A 5 D A 6 5 D Q J 10 9 7 4 C 10 4 2 C A K 5 3 S A Q 8 7 H 8 6 2 D K 8 3 2 C 7 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1D p 1H 1S 2D 2S 3D 3S 5D p p p Play 1: S SA S4 S2 SJ 2: S S7 S10 SK D4 3: E DQ D2 D5 S3 4: E HA H6 H4 H3 5: E H5 H2 HK H10 6: W HQ HJ C3 H8 7: W H9 S5 C5 D3 8: S C7 C2 C8 CK 9: E DJ 5D by E, making 5, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1D p 1H 2S 3D 4S 5D p p p Play 1: S SA S4 S9 SJ 2: S SQ S10 SK D4 3: E D10 D2 D5 S2 4: E HA H2 H4 H3 5: E H5 H6 HK H10 6: W HQ HJ C5 H8 7: W H7 S3 C3 D3 5D by E, making 5, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 52 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 23 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 2 H 9 8 3 D 6 3 2 C A Q 9 6 4 3 S K 9 7 5 3 S A J 6 H K 7 6 2 H A 5 4 D K 9 4 D A J 10 7 5 C 7 C J 5 S Q 10 8 4 H Q J 10 D Q 8 C K 10 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p p p 1NT p 2C d 2D p 3H! 1) p 4S p p p 1) 5!s and 4!h Play 1: S C2 C7 CA C5 2: N C6 CJ CK S3 3: W S5 S2 SJ SQ 4: S HQ HK H3 H5 5: W S7 C4 SA S4 6: E S6 S8 S9 C3 7: W SK C9 H4 S10 8: W DK D2 D5 D8 9: W D9 D3 D7 DQ 10: S C10 H2 CQ D10 11: N H9 4S by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p p p 1NT p 2C d p p r p 2D p 3H p 3S p 4S p p p Play 1: S C8 C7 CA C5 2: N D6 D5 DQ DK 3: W S3 S2 SJ SQ 4: S HQ HK H3 H4 5: W S5 C3 SA S4 4S by E, making 5, NS: -650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 imps to USA 1, USA 1 65 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 24 - Dealer West - None vul. S A K 8 7 6 4 H K 10 6 D A K C K Q S Q 5 S J 9 3 H 8 5 H 9 3 2 D Q J 7 6 5 2 D 9 3 C 10 6 2 C A 9 8 7 5 S 10 2 H A Q J 7 4 D 10 8 4 C J 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 3D d p 4H p 4NT p 5D! p 6H p p p Play 1: W C2 CK CA C3 2: E C5 C4 C6 CQ 3: N SA S3 S2 S5 4: N H6 H2 HA H5 5: S H4 H8 H10 H3 6: N SK S9 S10 SQ 7: N HK H9 H7 D5 8: N S4 SJ HJ 6H by S, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p 1C p 1H p 1S p 1NT p 2H p 4H p 4NT p 5C p 5D p 6H p p p Play 1: W C2 CK CA C3 2: E C5 C4 C6 CQ 3: N HK H2 H4 H5 4: N H6 H3 HJ H8 5: S HQ D7 H10 H9 6H by S, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 65 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 25 - Dealer North - EW vul. S K 8 7 6 H 10 9 3 D K 5 3 C 9 6 2 S Q 3 S J 10 9 5 2 H A J 6 5 H K 8 4 D 9 7 D Q J 8 C Q J 8 5 4 C K 10 S A 4 H Q 7 2 D A 10 6 4 2 C A 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p p 1N!T 1) p p d 2D p p p 1) 14-16 Play 1: W CQ C2 CK C3 2: E C10 CA C4 C6 3: S C7 CJ C9 S2 4: W D9 D3 DQ DA 5: S S4 S3 SK S5 6: N H10 H4 H2 HJ 7: W D7 DK D8 D2 8: N H3 H8 HQ HA 9: W H5 H9 HK H7 10: E DJ D4 C5 D5 2D by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p p 1NT p p p Play 1: W C5 C2 CK CA 2: S D2 D9 DK D8 3: N D3 DJ D4 D7 4: E C10 C3 C4 C6 5: E H4 H2 HJ H3 6: W CJ C9 DQ C7 7: W CQ S6 S2 H7 8: W C8 S7 S5 D6 9: W HA H9 H8 HQ 10: W H5 H10 HK S4 1NT by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to USA 1, USA 1 67 - CHINA 52 ===================================================================== Board 26 - Dealer East - Both vul. S 4 3 2 H 2 D K 6 5 4 C K J 10 8 4 S 7 5 S A 8 H Q J 10 8 5 H A K 9 7 4 3 D J 9 3 2 D Q 8 C 6 2 C Q 9 7 S K Q J 10 9 6 H 6 D A 10 7 C A 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1H 2S! 1) 3H 4S 5H 5S p p d p p p 1) opening hand Play 1: W HQ H2 H7 H6 2: W D3 D4 DQ DA 3: S SK S5 S2 SA 4: E D8 D10 DJ DK 5: N S3 S8 SQ S7 6: S SJ H8 S4 H9 7: S S10 H5 C4 H4 8: S CA C2 C8 C7 9: S C5 C6 CJ CQ 10: E HA S9 H10 D5 11: S C3 D2 CK C9 12: N C10 H3 D7 D9 13: N D6 HK S6 HJ 5SX by S, down 1, NS: -200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1H 1S 3H p p 3S p 4S p p p Play 1: W HQ H2 H7 H6 2: W DJ DK D8 D7 3: N S2 S8 SK S5 4: S S9 S7 S3 SA 5: E DQ DA D2 D4 6: S SQ H8 S4 H3 7: S SJ H5 C4 H4 8: S D10 D3 D5 H9 9: S CA C2 C8 C7 10: S C3 C6 C10 4S by S, making 4, NS: 620 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 imps to CHINA, USA 1 67 - CHINA 65 ===================================================================== Board 27 - Dealer South - None vul. S A 8 5 H 8 D K J 9 6 4 C 10 5 4 3 S J 9 6 S K 10 7 4 3 H K Q 9 H 10 7 4 3 D A 7 5 D 8 2 C A 9 8 2 C 7 6 S Q 2 H A J 6 5 2 D Q 10 3 C K Q J Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1NT p p p Play 1: W HQ H8 H3 H6 2: W HK C3 H4 HA 3: S DQ D5 D4 D8 4: S D10 D7 D6 D2 5: S CK CA C4 C7 6: W C2 C5 C6 CQ 7: S D3 DA D9 S3 8: W S6 S5 SK S2 9: E H10 HJ H9 S8 1NT by S, making 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1H d p 1S p p d 2S p p p Play 1: S CK CA C4 C6 2: W SJ SA S3 S2 3: N H8 H7 HA H9 4: S H2 HQ S5 H3 5: N C3 C7 CJ C2 6: S H5 HK S8 H4 7: N C5 S4 CQ C8 8: E SK SQ S6 D9 2S by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to USA 1, USA 1 70 - CHINA 65 ===================================================================== Board 28 - Dealer West - NS vul. S 2 H A K Q 10 7 D Q 8 7 5 C A J 9 S 9 6 S K 10 8 7 5 H 8 4 3 2 H J 9 6 5 D A K J D 4 2 C K 6 4 3 C 7 2 S A Q J 4 3 H D 10 9 6 3 C Q 10 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p 1H p 1S d 2H p p p Play 1: E D4 D3 DK D7 2: W DA D5 D2 D6 3: W DJ DQ H5 D9 4: E S5 SA S9 S2 5: S CQ C4 C9 C7 6: S C5 C3 CJ C2 7: N HA H6 S3 H2 8: N HK H9 S4 H3 9: N HQ HJ D10 H4 10: N H10 2H by N, making 4, NS: 170 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1C 1H 1S p 1NT d 2S d p p p Play 1: S D10 DA D7 D4 2: W S6 S2 S5 SJ 3: S D3 DK D5 D2 4: W S9 H7 S7 SQ 5: S D6 DJ DQ S8 6: E C2 C8 CK CA 2SX by E, down 4, NS: 800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to CHINA, USA 1 70 - CHINA 77 ===================================================================== Board 29 - Dealer North - Both vul. S A K 8 3 H K 6 D 9 7 4 3 2 C Q 3 S 10 S 5 2 H J 10 8 7 4 3 H 9 5 D 10 5 D K Q 8 6 C A 8 7 6 C K J 10 9 4 S Q J 9 7 6 4 H A Q 2 D A J C 5 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1D p 1S p 2S p 4S p p p Play 1: W HJ HK H5 H2 2: N SA S2 S6 S10 3: N S3 S5 SJ H3 4: S HA H4 H6 H9 5: S HQ H7 C3 C10 6: S C5 C6 CQ CK 7: E CJ C2 C7 S8 8: N D2 D8 DJ D5 4S by S, making 6, NS: 680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1D p 1S p 2S p 2NT p 4S p p p Play 1: W HJ HK H5 H2 2: N SA S2 S4 S10 3: N SK S5 SQ H3 4: N H6 H9 HA H4 5: S HQ H7 C3 C4 4S by S, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, USA 1 71 - CHINA 77 ===================================================================== Board 30 - Dealer East - None vul. S K 10 6 H J 4 3 D A Q C K Q J 8 7 S Q J S A 5 4 3 2 H 9 7 5 H Q 10 2 D K 9 8 6 3 D J 7 C A 9 6 C 10 5 3 S 9 8 7 H A K 8 6 D 10 5 4 2 C 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p p 1D 1NT p 2C! p 2D p 2NT p 3NT d p p p Play 1: E S3 S7 SQ SK 2: N CK C3 C2 CA 3: W SJ S6 S2 S8 4: W D6 DQ D7 D2 5: N CQ C5 C4 C6 6: N CJ C10 D4 C9 7: N C8 S4 S9 D3 8: N C7 S5 D5 D8 9: N H4 H10 HA H5 10: S D10 D9 DA DJ 11: N H3 H2 HK H7 3NTX by N, making 3, NS: 550 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p p p 1C p 1D p 1NT p 2C p 2D p 2NT p p p Play 1: E S3 S7 SJ SK 2: N CJ C3 C2 CA 3: W SQ S6 S2 S8 4: W D6 DQ D7 D2 5: N CK C5 C4 C6 6: N CQ C10 S9 C9 7: N C8 S4 D4 D3 8: N C7 S5 H6 D8 9: N DA DJ D5 D9 10: N H3 H2 HA H5 11: S HK H7 H4 H10 2NT by N, making 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to USA 1, USA 1 80 - CHINA 77 ===================================================================== Board 31 - Dealer South - NS vul. S J 9 7 6 H 10 6 D A 9 7 6 C 10 9 4 S A 8 5 3 2 S 10 4 H A 9 5 H Q 8 7 2 D 10 3 D K 8 5 C Q 5 3 C J 7 6 2 S K Q H K J 4 3 D Q J 4 2 C A K 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender 1C 1) 1S d! 2S d! p 3D p p p 1) Strong Play 1: E S10 SQ SA S7 2: W S2 S6 S4 SK 3: S D2 D3 DA D5 4: N H6 H2 HK HA 5: W D10 D6 DK D4 6: E D8 DJ S3 D7 7: S H3 H5 H10 HQ 3D by N, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang 1C 1H p 1S d p 1NT p p p Play 1: E S10 SQ S2 S6 2: S DQ D3 D6 DK 3: E C2 CA C5 C4 4: S DJ D10 D7 D5 5: S SK S3 S7 S4 6: S D2 S5 DA D8 7: N SJ C7 H3 SA 8: W CQ C9 C6 CK 9: S D4 H5 D9 H2 10: N S9 H7 C8 S8 11: N C10 CJ H4 C3 12: E H8 HJ HA H6 1NT by N, making 3, NS: 150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to CHINA, USA 1 80 - CHINA 78 ===================================================================== Board 32 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 7 5 H A Q 8 5 D K 10 9 8 C A 10 7 S Q 10 S A K J 8 H 9 7 4 H J 6 3 D J 5 3 2 D A Q 6 C 6 5 3 2 C K Q 4 S 9 6 4 3 2 H K 10 2 D 7 4 C J 9 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender p 1D d 1S p 1NT d 2S p p p Play 1: W C5 C7 CQ C9 2: E HJ H2 H4 HQ 3: N S5 SK S2 S10 4: E SA S3 SQ S7 5: E H6 HK H7 H5 6: S S6 C2 D8 S8 7: E SJ S4 C3 D9 8: E H3 H10 H9 HA 9: N H8 D6 D7 D2 10: N D10 DQ D4 D3 11: E DA S9 D5 DK 12: S C8 C6 CA C4 13: N C10 CK CJ DJ 2S by S, down 2, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Sokolov W.Wang Molson H.Wang p 1D d p 2C p 2NT p p p Play 1: S S3 SQ S7 SJ 2: W C2 C7 CK C8 3: E S8 S6 S10 S5 4: W C3 C10 CQ CJ 5: E SK S2 D2 D9 6: E C4 C9 C5 CA 7: N H5 H3 H10 H4 8: S S4 H7 D8 SA 9: E H6 HK H9 H8 10: S S9 C6 2NT by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to CHINA, USA 1 80 - CHINA 83 =====================================================================