2003 Venice Cup Final 3a USA 1 vs. CHINA ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 1 | 3S E -1 50 | 2D E +3 150 | 5 | | | 2 | 4H W = 420 | 4H E +2 480 | 2 | | | 3 | 6H N = 980 | 6H N = 980 | | | | 4 | 5D W = 600 | 3NT W +1 630 | 1 | | | 5 | 4S W = 420 | 5HX N -3 800 | 9 | | | 6 | 3NT E = 600 | 3NT E -1 100 | | 12 | | 7 | 4H S +2 680 | 4H N +2 680 | | | | 8 | 4H N = 420 | 4H S = 420 | | | | 9 | 3C N -1 50 | 3H E = 140 | 3 | | | 10 | 4S N +1 650 | 5S N = 650 | | | | 11 | 3NT S -3 150 | 3D W -1 50 | | 5 | | 12 | 4H W -2 100 | 4H E = 420 | 11 | | | 13 | 4H E -1 100 | 4H E -1 100 | | | | 14 | 3H E -1 50 | 3H E -1 50 | | | | 15 | 1NT S = 90 | 1NT S -1 100 | 5 | | | 16 | 4S S +1 450 | 4S S = 420 | 1 | | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 37 17 | | Carryover: 79 83 | | Total: 116 100 | ===================================================================== Board 1 - Dealer North - None vul. S 5 4 3 2 H Q 9 8 D A 7 C Q 10 9 8 S A K 6 S 10 9 8 7 H 4 H A 7 2 D J 10 9 8 6 5 4 D K C 5 2 C A K 7 6 4 S Q J H K J 10 6 5 3 D Q 3 2 C J 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p 2C 2H d 3H 3S p p p Play 1: S HJ H4 H8 HA 2: E H2 H3 S6 H9 3: W DJ DA DK D2 4: N S2 S7 SJ SK 5: W C2 C8 CK C3 6: E CA CJ C5 C9 7: E C4 D3 SA C10 8: W D10 D7 H7 DQ 9: S HK D4 HQ S8 10: E C6 H5 D5 CQ 11: N S3 S9 SQ D6 12: S H10 D8 S4 S10 13: E C7 H6 D9 S5 3S by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 2D by E, making 5, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to USA 1, USA 1 84 - CHINA 83 ===================================================================== Board 2 - Dealer East - NS vul. S A 8 5 4 H Q 9 D 7 4 C 10 9 6 5 3 S S K 7 3 2 H A K 7 4 3 H J 10 2 D A J 10 3 2 D 9 8 5 C A K 4 C Q J 7 S Q J 10 9 6 H 8 6 5 D K Q 6 C 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p p 1C! 1) p 1D! p 1H p 1S p 3D p 4H p p p 1) Strong Play 1: N C3 CQ C2 C4 2: E HJ H5 H4 HQ 3: N C10 C7 C8 CA 4: W H3 H9 H10 H6 5: E H2 H8 HA C5 6: W DA D4 D5 D6 7: W D3 D7 D9 DQ 4H by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4H by E, making 6, NS: -480 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to USA 1, USA 1 86 - CHINA 83 ===================================================================== Board 3 - Dealer South - EW vul. S Q J 6 H A 10 7 3 2 D A J 5 C 8 5 S K 8 7 3 S 10 9 5 4 2 H 5 H 6 4 D K 8 6 2 D Q 9 7 3 C A 10 6 2 C 9 7 S A H K Q J 9 8 D 10 4 C K Q J 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1C! p 1H! p 2H! p 2NT 1) p 3D! p 4C! p 5C! p 5H! p 6H p p p 1) Play 1: E C9 CK CA C5 2: W D6 DA D7 D4 3: N H3 H4 HK H5 4: S HQ D2 H2 H6 5: S CQ C2 C8 C7 6: S HJ C6 6H by N, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 6H by N, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 86 - CHINA 83 ===================================================================== Board 4 - Dealer West - Both vul. S A 8 5 2 H K 10 6 4 3 D Q C 10 5 3 S 9 S K Q J 10 7 H A Q 7 5 H J 9 D A 9 7 6 4 D K 8 5 2 C K Q 8 C 7 4 S 6 4 3 H 8 2 D J 10 3 C A J 9 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1D! p 1S p 2H p 4D! p 5C! p 5D p p p Play 1: N DQ D2 D3 DA 2: W S9 SA S7 S6 3: N H3 HJ H2 H5 4: E DK D10 D4 S2 5: E SK S3 C8 S5 6: E SQ S4 CQ S8 7: E SJ DJ CK H4 5D by W, making 5, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 3NT by W, making 4, NS: -630 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, USA 1 87 - CHINA 83 ===================================================================== Board 5 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q 7 H A K 10 9 6 3 D K Q 6 C J 4 S A 6 5 2 S K J 9 3 H Q H 4 D J 8 4 3 D A 10 9 7 5 C A 6 5 3 C K 10 7 S 10 8 4 H J 8 7 5 2 D 2 C Q 9 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1H d 3H! 1) d 4H p p 4S p p p 1) Pre-empt Play 1: N HA H4 H2 HQ 2: N CJ C7 C2 CA 3: W SA S7 S3 S4 4: W S2 SQ SK S8 5: E SJ S10 S5 H9 6: E DA D2 D4 D6 7: E D5 H8 DJ DQ 8: N C4 CK C8 C3 9: E D7 H5 D8 DK 10: N HK C10 H7 S6 4S by W, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 5HX by N, down 3, NS: -800 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 imps to USA 1, USA 1 96 - CHINA 83 ===================================================================== Board 6 - Dealer East - EW vul. S Q 10 9 6 4 H J 9 4 D 10 C K Q 9 6 S A K 3 2 S 8 5 H K 8 5 2 H A Q 6 D Q J 5 D A 7 4 C 10 4 C A 7 5 3 2 S J 7 H 10 7 3 D K 9 8 6 3 2 C J 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1NT p 2C! p 2D! p 3NT p p p Play 1: S D6 DQ D10 D4 2: W C4 C6 C2 C8 3: S SJ SA S4 S8 4: W C10 CK C3 CJ 5: N SQ S5 S7 S2 6: N S6 C5 D2 SK 7: W H2 H4 HA H7 8: E CA D3 S3 C9 9: E HQ H3 H5 H9 10: E H6 H10 HK HJ 11: W H8 S10 C7 D8 12: W D5 S9 DA D9 13: E D7 DK DJ CQ 3NT by E, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 imps to CHINA, USA 1 96 - CHINA 95 ===================================================================== Board 7 - Dealer South - Both vul. S A 9 H 7 5 4 2 D A 10 C A Q 7 3 2 S 10 7 6 3 S K J 8 5 H J 10 H Q 3 D K 7 3 D Q 8 4 2 C K 10 5 4 C J 9 8 S Q 4 2 H A K 9 8 6 D J 9 6 5 C 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1H p 2N!T 1) p 3C! 2) p 3D! p 4H! p p p 1) Forcing Game raise 2) Short !c Play 1: W HJ H2 H3 HA 2: S D5 D3 D10 DQ 3: E HQ HK H10 H4 4: S D6 D7 DA D2 5: N CA C8 C6 C5 6: N C2 C9 H6 C4 7: S DJ DK H5 D4 8: N C3 CJ H8 C10 9: S D9 S7 S9 D8 10: S S2 S3 SA S8 11: N C7 S5 H9 CK 12: S S4 S6 H7 SJ 13: N CQ SK SQ S10 4H by S, making 6, NS: 680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4H by N, making 6, NS: 680 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 96 - CHINA 95 ===================================================================== Board 8 - Dealer West - None vul. S 10 9 7 4 2 H A K Q 7 2 D A 10 C 4 S K 8 6 3 S Q J H 4 3 H 10 9 D K Q J 5 3 D 9 8 6 4 C K 3 C A 10 7 6 2 S A 5 H J 8 6 5 D 7 2 C Q J 9 8 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1D! 2H! 1) p 3H p 4H p p p 1) Majors Play 1: E D9 D2 DJ DA 2: N S4 SJ SA S3 3: S S5 SK S2 SQ 4: W DK D10 D4 D7 5: W CK C4 C2 C5 6: W S6 S9 H10 HJ 7: S H5 H3 HA H9 8: N HK 4H by N, making 4, NS: 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4H by S, making 4, NS: 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 96 - CHINA 95 ===================================================================== Board 9 - Dealer North - EW vul. S Q 9 6 H 10 D K Q 9 3 C K Q J 6 2 S K 8 7 5 S J 10 4 H A 9 3 H K J 8 7 6 2 D A 10 7 6 D 8 2 C 9 4 C A 5 S A 3 2 H Q 5 4 D J 5 4 C 10 8 7 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1D! 1) 1H 1NT 2D! 2) 3C! p p p 1) May be 2 cards 2) !h support Play 1: E H7 H4 HA H10 2: W S7 S9 S10 S2 3: E SJ S3 SK S6 4: W S5 SQ S4 SA 5: S C3 C4 CK CA 6: E HK H5 H9 C2 7: N CQ C5 C7 C9 8: N DK D2 D4 DA 3C by N, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 3H by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to USA 1, USA 1 99 - CHINA 95 ===================================================================== Board 10 - Dealer East - Both vul. S K Q J 5 3 H 9 6 4 D Q 6 C A Q 3 S A S 10 9 8 H J 10 7 5 3 H K Q 8 2 D A 5 4 2 D 7 3 C 7 5 2 C J 10 6 4 S 7 6 4 2 H A D K J 10 9 8 C K 9 8 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p 1D! 1) p 1S p 2S p 4S p p p 1) May be 2 cards Play 1: E HK HA H3 H6 2: S S2 SA S3 S8 3: W C2 CA C6 C8 4: N SK S9 S4 H5 5: N SQ S10 S6 D5 4S by N, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 5S by N, making 5, NS: 650 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 99 - CHINA 95 ===================================================================== Board 11 - Dealer South - None vul. S Q 6 3 H K J 8 7 6 D C K Q 5 3 2 S 5 2 S A K 9 8 7 H 10 2 H Q 5 4 3 D A Q J 9 7 3 D 8 5 C 8 7 4 C A 10 S J 10 4 H A 9 D K 10 6 4 2 C J 9 6 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p 3D 3H p 3NT p p p Play 1: W S5 S3 S7 SJ 2: S C6 C4 CK CA 3: E SA S4 S2 S6 4: E SK S10 D3 SQ 5: E S9 D2 C8 H6 6: E S8 D4 C7 H7 7: E D8 D10 DJ H8 8: W DA C2 D5 D6 3NT by S, down 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 3D by W, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to CHINA, USA 1 99 - CHINA 100 ===================================================================== Board 12 - Dealer West - NS vul. S A 8 7 6 2 H 6 2 D 7 6 4 3 2 C A S J 5 4 S K 9 H K 9 7 5 H A J 10 8 D Q J 5 D A 8 C K Q 6 C J 8 5 3 2 S Q 10 3 H Q 4 3 D K 10 9 C 10 9 7 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1D 1S d 2S p p d p 3H p 4H p p p Play 1: N CA C2 C4 C6 2: N D7 D8 DK D5 3: S C7 CK H2 C3 4: N SA S9 S3 S5 5: N D2 DA D10 DJ 6: E H8 H3 HK H6 7: W H5 S2 HA H4 8: E H10 HQ H7 D3 4H by W, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4H by E, making 4, NS: -420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to USA 1, USA 1 110 - CHINA 100 ===================================================================== Board 13 - Dealer North - Both vul. S 9 6 4 3 H 10 6 2 D A J 6 2 C 8 4 S K Q 2 S J 10 H A 7 H Q J 9 8 5 3 D 10 9 7 4 D Q 8 3 C A Q J 10 C K 5 S A 8 7 5 H K 4 D K 5 C 9 7 6 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p 2D! p 4C! p 4D! d p p 4H p p p Play 1: S DK D4 D2 D8 2: S D5 D7 DJ DQ 3: E CK C7 C10 C4 4: E C5 C2 CJ C8 5: W CQ H10 HJ C3 6: E H3 H4 HA H2 7: W CA H6 H8 C6 8: E SJ S5 S2 S3 9: E S10 SA SQ S4 10: S HK H7 D6 H5 11: S C9 D9 S6 H9 12: E HQ S7 D10 S9 13: E D3 S8 SK DA 4H by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4H by E, down 1, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 110 - CHINA 100 ===================================================================== Board 14 - Dealer East - None vul. S J 9 7 H 9 D A K Q J 4 3 C 8 6 2 S 10 8 4 3 S A Q H A K J 4 H 10 8 6 5 2 D 9 6 2 D 7 5 C 9 7 C A Q 10 3 S K 6 5 2 H Q 7 3 D 10 8 C K J 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin 1H p 3C! 3D 3H p p p Play 1: S D10 D2 DK D5 2: N DA D7 D8 D6 3: N DQ H10 HQ D9 4: S H3 HA H9 H2 5: W HK D3 H5 H7 6: W C7 C6 CQ CK 7: S C4 C9 C2 C3 8: W S3 S7 SQ SK 3H by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 3H by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, USA 1 110 - CHINA 100 ===================================================================== Board 15 - Dealer South - NS vul. S Q J 8 7 4 H 5 D 9 7 5 3 C A K 6 S 10 9 3 S K 6 2 H K 9 7 6 3 H A Q 10 D A 8 D Q 10 6 2 C 10 7 4 C J 9 5 S A 5 H J 8 4 2 D K J 4 C Q 8 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p p 1S p 1N!T p p p Play 1: W H6 H5 HQ H2 2: E HA H4 H3 D3 3: E H10 H8 H9 D5 4: E D2 DJ DA D7 5: W HK S4 S2 HJ 6: W H7 S7 C5 D4 7: W S3 SQ SK SA 8: S C2 C4 CA C9 9: N CK CJ C3 C7 1NT by S, making 1, NS: 90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 1NT by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to USA 1, USA 1 115 - CHINA 100 ===================================================================== Board 16 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 9 7 H A 3 2 D 10 5 C A J 10 7 6 5 S 10 6 S A 3 2 H J 10 7 H Q 5 4 D A J 9 8 2 D K Q 6 4 3 C 9 8 3 C Q 4 S K Q J 8 5 4 H K 9 8 6 D 7 C K 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wen Fei Picus HongLi Levin p p 1D 1) 1S p 2C p 2H p 2S p 3S p 4S p p p 1) Play 1: W DA D5 D6 D7 2: W DJ D10 DQ S4 3: S SK S6 S7 SA 4: E H4 HK H7 H2 5: S SQ S10 S9 S2 6: S SJ D2 H3 S3 7: S CK C3 C5 C4 8: S C2 C8 CA CQ 4S by S, making 5, NS: 450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Kennedy Zhang Wei-Sender Gu 4S by S, making 4, NS: 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to USA 1, USA 1 116 - CHINA 100 =====================================================================