2003 Venice Cup Final Segment CHINA vs. USA 1 ===================================================================== | Brd | Open Room | Closed Room | IMP | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | 17 | 5C N +1 420 | 6C N = 920 | | 11 | | 18 | 3H E -1 50 | 2H E +1 140 | 5 | | | 19 | 3NTX W -1 200 | 3NT W -2 200 | | | | 20 | 3NT W = 600 | 3NT E +2 660 | 2 | | | 21 | 2S S +1 140 | 2S S -1 100 | 6 | | | 22 | 6S S = 980 | 7S S -1 50 | 14 | | | 23 | 3D N -1 100 | 2NT S = 120 | | 6 | | 24 | 3NT S +2 460 | 3NT S +1 430 | 1 | | | 25 | 2NT W +2 180 | 3NT W -4 400 | | 11 | | 26 | 1NT E = 90 | 2NT E +1 150 | 2 | | | 27 | 4H E -2 100 | 4H E -2 100 | | | | 28 | 3NT N -1 100 | 3C S = 110 | | 5 | | 29 | 3NT S = 600 | 3NT N = 600 | | | | 30 | 1NT W +1 120 | 1H E +1 110 | | | | 31 | 3NT E -1 50 | 4H W +1 450 | 11 | | | 32 | 3S W -2 200 | 4S W -3 300 | | 3 | |-------------------------------------------------------------------| | IMPs this segment: 41 36 | | Carryover: 169 193 | | Total: 210 229 | ===================================================================== Board 17 - Dealer North - None vul. S Q H Q J 6 5 2 D 5 C A K J 9 4 3 S 9 4 S 10 8 3 2 H K 10 9 8 H 7 4 D K 9 8 3 2 D A Q J 10 7 C 10 6 C 8 2 S A K J 7 6 5 H A 3 D 6 4 C Q 7 5 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 2C p 2D! p 3H p 3S p 4C p 4NT p 5C! p p p Play 1: E DA D4 D2 D5 2: E DQ D6 D8 C3 3: N CA C2 C5 C6 4: N CK C8 C7 C10 5: N SQ S2 S5 S4 5C by N, making 6, NS: 420 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 6C by N, making 6, NS: 920 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to USA 1, CHINA 169 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 18 - Dealer East - NS vul. S Q 7 4 H 2 D J 7 5 2 C A Q 10 6 3 S K 10 5 S A 6 3 2 H K 8 5 H A Q 10 9 7 D Q 10 9 6 D A 8 C 8 7 4 C 9 5 S J 9 8 H J 6 4 3 D K 4 3 C K J 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 1H p 2H p 2S p 3D p 3H p p p Play 1: S C2 C4 CA C5 2: N C6 C9 CJ C7 3: S CK C8 C3 H7 4: E HA H3 H5 H2 5: E SA S8 S5 S4 6: E S2 S9 SK S7 7: W S10 SQ S3 SJ 8: N D5 D8 DK D6 9: S D3 D9 D2 DA 10: E H9 H4 HK 3H by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 1H p 2H p p p Play 1: S D3 D6 DJ DA 2: E HA H3 H5 H2 3: E H7 H4 HK C6 4: W H8 D2 HQ H6 5: E D8 DK D9 D5 6: S C2 C4 CA C5 7: N C3 C9 CJ C7 8: S HJ S5 2H by E, making 3, NS: -140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to CHINA, CHINA 174 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 19 - Dealer South - EW vul. S A 10 5 H 9 2 D J 10 7 6 5 C 10 9 4 S J 7 4 S K Q 9 6 H 7 H K Q 8 6 5 3 D A K 9 8 2 D Q 4 C Q 7 5 2 C A S 8 3 2 H A J 10 4 D 3 C K J 8 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p p 1C! p 2H! p 3H p 3NT p p d p p p Play 1: N H9 HK HA H7 2: S C6 C5 C10 CA 3: E SK S2 S4 SA 4: N H2 H6 H10 C2 5: S S8 S7 S10 SQ 6: E S6 S3 SJ S5 7: W D2 D5 DQ D3 8: E HQ H4 C7 C9 9: E S9 C3 CQ D6 10: E D4 C8 DA D7 11: W DK D10 H3 3NTX by W, down 1, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p p 1H p 1NT p 3H p 3S p 3NT p p p Play 1: N D6 DQ D3 D2 2: E SK S2 S4 SA 3: N C10 CA C6 C2 4: E D4 S8 DK D5 5: W H7 H2 HK HA 6: S S3 S7 S10 SQ 7: E HQ H4 D8 H9 8: E S6 C8 SJ S5 9: W DA D7 H3 C3 10: W D9 3NT by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, CHINA 174 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 20 - Dealer West - Both vul. S J 8 7 4 2 H 2 D A 8 4 C K J 7 2 S K 10 S A 6 3 H K 10 5 3 H Q J 4 D K Q J 6 2 D 10 9 7 3 C A Q C 10 8 4 S Q 9 5 H A 9 8 7 6 D 5 C 9 6 5 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 1C! p 1D p 1NT p 2C p 2H p 2NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: N C2 C4 C6 CQ 2: W H3 H2 HQ HA 3: S C3 CA C7 C8 4: W DQ D4 D3 D5 5: W D6 DA D7 H6 6: N CK C10 C5 H5 7: N CJ S3 C9 3NT by W, making 3, NS: -600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 1D p 1NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: S H7 H3 H2 HQ 2: E D10 D5 D2 D4 3: E D3 H6 DQ DA 3NT by E, making 5, NS: -660 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to CHINA, CHINA 176 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 21 - Dealer North - NS vul. S Q J 9 H Q 9 7 4 3 D A J 3 C 5 2 S 10 7 4 2 S 3 H J 10 8 5 H A K 6 2 D K D 10 7 6 5 2 C A Q 9 6 C K 10 8 S A K 8 6 5 H D Q 9 8 4 C J 7 4 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p 1S p 2C p 2D p 2H d 2S p p p Play 1: W HJ H3 H2 S5 2: S D4 DK DA D2 3: N SQ S3 S6 S2 4: N SJ D5 S8 S4 5: N S9 H6 SK S7 6: S SA S10 H4 D6 7: S D8 H5 DJ D7 8: N D3 D10 DQ C6 9: S D9 C9 C2 C8 10: S C3 2S by S, making 3, NS: 140 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p 1S p 2C p 2S p p p Play 1: W HJ H3 H6 S5 2: S C4 C6 C2 C8 3: E S3 S6 S2 S9 4: N C5 C10 CJ CQ 5: W S4 SJ D2 SK 6: S D4 DK DA D6 7: N H7 H2 S8 H5 8: S C3 C9 SQ CK 9: N DJ D5 D8 S7 10: W H8 H9 HK SA 2S by S, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to CHINA, CHINA 182 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 22 - Dealer East - EW vul. S A J 2 H 10 6 D A Q J 3 2 C Q 10 3 S 10 7 6 4 S H K J 2 H 8 3 D 10 6 D K 8 7 5 4 C K 9 6 5 C A J 8 7 4 2 S K Q 9 8 5 3 H A Q 9 7 5 4 D 9 C Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p 1S p 2D p 2H p 4S p 6S p p p Play 1: W S4 S2 C2 S5 2: S HA H2 H6 H3 3: S D9 D6 DA D4 4: N H10 H8 HQ HK 6S by S, making 6, NS: 980 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p 1S p 2D p 2H p 2S p 5C p 5S p 6H p 7S p p p Play 1: W S4 SJ C8 S3 2: N H6 H3 HQ HK 3: W C6 C3 C2 S5 4: S HA H2 H10 H8 5: S H4 HJ S2 C4 6: N SA D4 S8 S6 7: N C10 C7 S9 C5 7S by S, down 1, NS: -50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 imps to CHINA, CHINA 196 - USA 1 204 ===================================================================== Board 23 - Dealer South - Both vul. S 7 5 4 3 H K 3 D K J 10 9 6 C A 7 S J 10 9 S K Q 8 H A 10 9 7 4 2 H 8 6 5 D 3 D A Q 5 2 C Q 6 4 C 10 5 3 S A 6 2 H Q J D 8 7 4 C K J 9 8 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p 1D p 1NT 2H p p d! p 3D p p p Play 1: E H5 HJ HA HK 2: W SJ S3 S8 S2 3: W S10 S4 SQ SA 4: S D4 D3 DJ DQ 5: E SK S6 S9 S5 6: E H6 HQ H2 H3 7: S D7 3D by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p 1D p 2NT p p p Play 1: W H9 H3 H5 HJ 2: S D7 D3 D6 D2 3: S D4 H2 D9 DQ 4: E C10 CJ CQ CA 5: N C7 C5 C2 C4 6: N S3 SQ SA SJ 7: S CK C6 D10 C3 8: S C9 H4 S4 H8 9: S C8 H7 S5 D5 10: S D8 2NT by S, making 2, NS: 120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 imps to USA 1, CHINA 196 - USA 1 210 ===================================================================== Board 24 - Dealer West - None vul. S 10 5 H 9 7 D K 9 2 C A Q 8 6 4 3 S J 8 6 4 2 S K 7 3 H J 5 4 H K 10 3 2 D 8 5 3 D Q 6 4 C J 10 C K 5 2 S A Q 9 H A Q 8 6 D A J 10 7 C 9 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p 1D 1NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: W S4 S5 SK S9 2: E S7 SA S8 S10 3: S C9 C10 CQ CK 4: E S3 SQ S2 H7 5: S C7 CJ CA C2 6: N C8 C5 H6 H4 7: N C6 H2 H8 H5 8: N C3 H3 D10 S6 9: N C4 H10 DJ D5 10: N H9 3NT by S, making 5, NS: 460 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p p 1NT p 2C p 2H p 3C p 3NT p p p Play 1: W S4 S5 SK S9 2: E S7 SA S2 S10 3: S C9 CJ CQ C2 4: N CA C5 C7 C10 5: N C3 CK H6 D3 6: E S3 SQ S6 H7 7: S D7 D5 D9 DQ 3NT by S, making 4, NS: 430 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 imp to CHINA, CHINA 197 - USA 1 210 ===================================================================== Board 25 - Dealer North - EW vul. S J 5 H 8 6 3 2 D A K 9 7 6 C Q 9 S K 10 S 8 3 2 H A K 10 H J 9 7 D 8 2 D Q 10 5 4 3 C A J 10 8 6 3 C K 5 S A Q 9 7 6 4 H Q 5 4 D J C 7 4 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p 2D! 2NT p p p Play 1: N SJ S2 S4 SK 2: W CJ CQ CK C7 3: E HJ HQ HA H6 4: W CA C9 C5 C2 2NT by W, making 4, NS: -180 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p 2D 2NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: N D7 D10 DJ D2 2: S S9 SK S5 S2 3: W C3 C9 CK C7 4: E C5 C4 CJ CQ 5: N DK D3 C2 D8 6: N DA D4 S7 H10 3NT by W, down 4, NS: 400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to USA 1, CHINA 197 - USA 1 221 ===================================================================== Board 26 - Dealer East - Both vul. S K 7 6 H K Q 9 7 6 D K Q 4 C 10 6 S A 10 8 5 3 S J 9 H 10 8 3 H A J 2 D A 5 2 D J 10 8 3 C J 7 C K Q 3 2 S Q 4 2 H 5 4 D 9 7 6 C A 9 8 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 1D p 1S p 1NT p p p Play 1: S C5 C7 C10 CQ 2: E SJ SQ SA S6 3: W S3 S7 S9 S4 4: E DJ D6 D2 DQ 5: N C6 C3 C4 CJ 6: W DA D4 D3 D7 7: W D5 DK D8 D9 8: N SK H2 S2 S5 9: N H7 HA H4 H3 10: E D10 C8 S8 H6 1NT by E, making 1, NS: -90 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 1D p 1S 2H p p d p 2NT p p p Play 1: S H5 H3 HQ H2 2: N H6 HJ H4 H8 3: E SJ SQ SA S6 4: W S3 S7 S9 S4 5: E C3 C4 CJ C10 6: W S10 SK C2 S2 7: N C6 CK CA C7 2NT by E, making 3, NS: -150 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 imps to CHINA, CHINA 199 - USA 1 221 ===================================================================== Board 27 - Dealer South - None vul. S 7 H 10 9 8 4 D J 10 8 5 C A Q 9 4 S A K Q 4 S 9 6 H Q 6 H A K J 5 3 2 D Q 7 6 D 3 2 C K J 8 7 C 10 5 2 S J 10 8 5 3 2 H 7 D A K 9 4 C 6 3 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p 1C! p 1H p 1NT p 2H p 4H p p p Play 1: S DA D6 D5 D3 2: S DK D7 D8 D2 3: S C6 C7 CQ C5 4: N CA C2 C3 C8 5: N C4 C10 H7 CJ 4H by E, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 2D 2NT p 4D d p p 4H p p p Play 1: S DA D6 D5 D3 2: S C6 C7 CQ C10 3: N CA C5 C3 C8 4: N C4 C2 H7 CJ 5: S DK D7 D8 D2 4H by E, down 2, NS: 100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, CHINA 199 - USA 1 221 ===================================================================== Board 28 - Dealer West - NS vul. S Q 10 4 2 H 7 5 D 10 5 4 3 C A 10 4 S K J 8 7 6 S 9 5 3 H Q 8 6 2 H J 9 D K D Q J 9 6 2 C 6 5 3 C K J 2 S A H A K 10 4 3 D A 8 7 C Q 9 8 7 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p p 1C! 1S d 1) p 2H p 2NT p 3C p 3H p 3NT p p p 1) T/O Play 1: E S9 SA S6 S2 2: S H3 H2 H7 H9 3: E DQ D7 DK D3 4: W C6 C4 CK C7 5: E HJ HA H6 H5 6: S HK H8 D4 D2 7: S H4 HQ D5 S5 8: W SK S4 S3 D8 9: W C3 C10 3NT by N, down 1, NS: -100 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p p 1H 1S p 2S d p 2NT p 3C p p p Play 1: W C3 C4 CK C7 2: E DQ DA DK D3 3: S HA H2 H5 H9 4: S HK H6 H7 HJ 5: S H3 H8 C10 CJ 6: E S3 SA S8 S2 7: S H4 HQ CA S5 8: N S4 S9 C8 S6 9: S CQ C5 D4 C2 10: S C9 C6 D5 D2 11: S H10 S7 S10 D6 3C by S, making 3, NS: 110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 imps to USA 1, CHINA 199 - USA 1 226 ===================================================================== Board 29 - Dealer North - Both vul. S A 9 6 H A 10 4 2 D J 8 4 C A 9 3 S K Q J 5 S 8 7 2 H 9 8 7 5 H K J 3 D A 9 D 10 5 3 2 C 6 5 4 C J 10 8 S 10 4 3 H Q 6 D K Q 7 6 C K Q 7 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 1D p 2NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: W SK S6 S2 S4 2: W SQ SA S8 S3 3: N D8 D2 DK DA 4: W SJ S9 S7 S10 5: W S5 H2 H3 H6 6: W H9 HA HJ HQ 7: N C3 C8 CQ C4 8: S C2 C5 CA C10 9: N C9 CJ CK C6 10: S C7 H5 H4 D3 11: S D6 D9 DJ D5 3NT by S, making 3, NS: 600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 1C p 2C p 2NT p 3NT p p p Play 1: E D5 D6 DA D8 2: W SK S6 S7 S3 3: W SQ S9 S2 S4 4: W H9 H2 HK 3NT by N, making 3, NS: 600 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, CHINA 199 - USA 1 226 ===================================================================== Board 30 - Dealer East - None vul. S J 6 2 H A K J 9 D A 3 C J 10 6 4 S K 9 5 S A Q 7 4 H 10 8 H Q 7 6 3 2 D K 8 5 4 D 10 9 2 C A K 9 5 C 8 S 10 8 3 H 5 4 D Q J 7 6 C Q 7 3 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p 1D d 1H p 1NT p p p Play 1: N C4 C8 CQ CA 2: W H10 HK H2 H4 3: N CJ D2 C2 C5 4: N C10 D9 C3 CK 5: W H8 HA H3 H5 6: N C6 D10 C7 C9 7: W S5 S2 SQ S3 8: E HQ D6 D4 H9 9: E S4 S8 SK S6 10: W S9 SJ SA S10 11: E S7 D7 D5 D3 1NT by W, making 2, NS: -120 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p p 1D d 1H p p p Play 1: S S3 S5 SJ SA 2: E H2 H5 H8 H9 3: N C6 C8 CQ CA 4: W H10 HK H3 H4 5: N CJ D2 C3 CK 6: W C5 C4 H6 C2 7: E SQ S8 S9 S2 8: E S4 S10 SK S6 9: W C9 C10 H7 C7 10: E S7 D6 D4 HJ 11: N HA HQ D7 D5 1H by E, making 2, NS: -110 --------------------------------------------------------------------- No swing, CHINA 199 - USA 1 226 ===================================================================== Board 31 - Dealer South - NS vul. S 10 8 7 2 H 10 5 3 D 9 8 5 3 C K Q S J 4 S A K Q 3 H K 8 7 6 4 2 H Q D 10 7 4 D A Q 6 2 C A 9 C J 5 4 3 S 9 6 5 H A J 9 D K J C 10 8 7 6 2 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang p p p 1C! p 1H p 3NT p p p Play 1: S HA H2 H3 HQ 2: S C8 C9 CK C5 3: N CQ C3 C2 CA 4: W D4 D5 DQ DK 5: S C7 H4 H5 CJ 6: E S3 S5 SJ S7 7: W HK H10 D2 H9 8: W S4 S2 SA S6 9: E SK S9 H6 S8 10: E SQ C6 H7 S10 11: E C4 3NT by E, down 1, NS: 50 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow p 2D p 2NT p 3H p 4H p p p Play 1: N CK C3 C2 CA 2: W SJ S8 S3 S5 3: W S4 S2 SA S6 4: E SK S9 C9 S7 5: E HQ HA H2 H3 6: S C6 H4 CQ C4 7: W HK H5 D2 H9 8: W H6 H10 4H by W, making 5, NS: -450 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 imps to CHINA, CHINA 210 - USA 1 226 ===================================================================== Board 32 - Dealer West - EW vul. S 2 H K Q 7 D A Q 5 4 C K Q 8 3 2 S K Q 8 5 4 S A J 9 7 6 H J 10 8 H 9 5 4 D K 7 D J 9 6 C A 7 6 C J 10 S 10 3 H A 6 3 2 D 10 8 3 2 C 9 5 4 Open Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Levin H.Wang Picus W.Wang 1S d 3S p p p Play 1: N CK C10 C4 C6 2: N S2 S6 S10 SK 3: W S4 C3 SJ S3 4: E CJ C9 CA C2 5: W C7 C8 S7 C5 6: E H4 H6 HJ HQ 7: N HK H5 H2 H8 8: N H7 H9 HA H10 9: S D3 D7 DQ D6 10: N DA D9 D2 DK 3S by W, down 2, NS: 200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Closed Room WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH Wang Molson Zhang Sokolow 1S d 4S p p p Play 1: N CK C10 C4 CA 2: W SK S2 S6 S3 4S by W, down 3, NS: 300 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 imps to USA 1, CHINA 210 - USA 1 229 =====================================================================