2011, September 22: Italian Club Teams Championships
And one learns...
by Ana Roth y Fernando Lema
And
one learns….
that one can really endure,
that one is really strong,
and that one can learn in each good bye.
Author: Jorge Luis
Borges
Note: we sent this
article by e-mail
to Fantoni before
publishing it, and asked him about some bidding details...who were
included... TYVM Fulvio...
The 22
of September, thanks to the BBO VG, people all over the world could
watch the
Italian Club Teams Championships 2011 semifinals and learn from the
best bridge masters.
Playing for the Angelini Team,
were: Benito Garozzo; the legend, with Leonardo Cima, and the great
partnership Fantunes (Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes)
that as usual, continued to develop high level performances.
Hand
22:
Dealer
East, E/W vulnerable.
|
Mina |
|
|
7
K 4
J 10 9 7
A Q 8 7 5 3 |
|
Garozzo |
|
Cima |
J 10 9 8 6 5 2
10
8 6 3
K 10 |
|
A K Q 4
Q 8 3
K Q 4
6 4 2 |
|
Fornaciari |
|
|
3
A J 9 7 6 5 2
A 5 2
J 9 |
|
West |
North |
East |
South |
Garozzo |
Mina |
Cima |
Fornaciari |
|
|
1NT |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Fin |
East
opened
1NT(15 to 17) vulnerable and Fornaciari overbid 3.
Garozzo said 4,
showing his long spades and leaving no space for a 4
opps bid. Mina
didn't doubt and declared 5,
but Cima didn't hesitate too and finished as a 5
contract declarer. He couldn't avoid loosing a heart
and 2 clubs in the first 3 tricks, later he also
lost a diamond trick for 2 down.
On
the other table, in N/S were Fantoni-Nunes and in East/West Comella-Buratti
and the auction was:
West |
North |
East |
South |
Comella |
Fantoni |
Buratti |
Nunes |
|
|
1NT |
3 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
Double |
Fin |
|
|
The bidding started exactly the same; but
Nunes
didn't pass over Buratti´s 5
and declared the heart slam, Comella doubled.
The contract is always
cold, but in this case the lead was the K
so Nunes made the 13 tricks scoring 1310 IMPs.
The play: Claudio won the
lead with the A,
played a heart to the J,
and continued with the J,
playing the Q
from dummy, to continue with the 8,
pitching his spade looser. When West didn't ruff, he claimed 13
tricks. The hand scored 15 IMPs
for Angelini Team. With their foot still on the accelerator, the
hand 23 arrived, and Fantunes showed again their incredible skills.
Hand
23:
Dealer
South, All vulnerable.
|
Mina |
|
|
A J
A 4
K Q J 9 6 2
J 9 3 |
|
Garozzo |
|
Cima |
K 10 2
Q J 10 9 8
A 10 7
10 2 |
|
9 8 7 6 5 4
7 5 3
8 4
8 4 |
|
Fornaciari |
|
|
Q 3
K 6 2
5 3
A K Q 7 6 5 |
|
West |
North |
East |
South |
Garozzo |
Mina |
Cima |
Fornaciari |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
3NT |
When
South closed the contract in 3NT North passed....very different was
the auction in the other table:
West |
North |
East |
South |
Comella |
Fantoni |
Buratti |
Nunes |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
2 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
3 |
Pass |
3NT |
Pass |
4 |
Pass |
4 |
Pass |
4 |
Pass |
4NT |
Pass |
6 |
fin |
|
When Nunes
said 3NT, Fantoni continued bidding showing a good club support and
slam intentions, Nunes now showed his heart control (denying diamond
control and so showing 2 or 3 small diamond cards). Fantoni´s 4
informed his partner about his diamond and spades control. When Nunes
4NT showed an even number of keycards, Fantoni decided to say 6
(to play): I prefer to play in diamond, because I want to be
protected from a spade lead just in case you have the Q.
As you can see the contract is always cold. Another 1370
points and 12 IMPs for the "Angelini" team that won the
semi-final...to play the finals against the Allegra Team...
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