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Rosenberg-Willenken Joining Fleisher in 2012

Bridge Sparring by Ana Roth

 

Martin Fleisher wrote in a Bridgewinners article in July 13, 2011: For almost two full years, the regular roster of the FLEISHER team has read like a “Who’s Who” of bridge: Levin, Weinstein, Martel, Stansby and Kamil. Led by captain Marty Fleisher, the team’s perennial success has led to the expectation that the road to any championship goes through them. Beginning with the 2012 Spingold, Michael Rosenberg and Chris Willenken will be joining the FLEISHER team. Along with Fleisher/Kamil and Martel/Stansby, they will seek to continue the FLEISHER legacy for years to come.

 

Photo: Williken-Rosenberg

 

One player asked: "Beginning with the 2012 Spingold"; at world level this means after the 2012 World Mind Sports Games,

 beginning with 2013 Bermuda Bowl. Right?

 

And Martin answered: Exactly right. We are planning to play with Levin-Weinstein in the 2012 World Mind Sports Games and Rosenberg-Willenken in the 2013 Bermuda Bowl. There is, of course, the technicality of winning the trials in those years, but perhaps we'll get to go simply by acclimation.

 

 Steve Weinstein, June 27 2011, wrote: This week we take a trip back to where it all began to once again pick on Michael Rosenberg,

this time partnering Chris Willenken. Though the partnership is relatively new, they have already managed several promising results.

 This includes a run to the semifinals of last year’s Rosenblum, where their team lost by 4 IMPs to the NICKELL squad.

Expect to see them in the winner’s circle frequently in the future.

 

So when I saw them playing in BBO, with their sparring-opps: Gary Cohler & Warren Spector I decided to stop by and kib for a while.

 And the very first board I watch is this one:

 

 Dealer North; All Vul

 

 

K 10 9 5 3
 10 4 3 2
 10 7
10 2

 7 
 A J 7
 K Q 8 5 4 3
 K 9 8

A J 6 2
8 6 5
 A 9
A Q 6 3

 

 Q 8 4
 K Q 9
J 6 2
J 7 5 4

 

West

North    

  East    

  South

Scotty(Rosenberg)

gcohler

(G.Cohler)

Junior

(Williken)

Warrens

"W. Spector)

 

  Pass

1NT

  Pass

3*

  Pass

3

Pass

3**

Double

Redouble***

Pass

4

 Pass

4

Pass

4

 Pass

4

Pass

6

Fin

   

* Diamonds  

** Short

*** Hope not to play (this was Junior´s bid description...LOL)

 

  Lead: 2

 

 This hand was played in 16 different BBO-tables, almost all of them played 3NT, and only one arrived to the same contract but the end of it, was 1 down. Double dummy, the hand is cold, via a double heart finesse, so lets see how Williken played the hand.

 

 He won the lead with his A, and played another two high diamonds. He continued playing a club to the A

and a little heart to the J, when this won, he played a spade to the A and ruffed a spade. Afterwards he played a diamond, North played a heart, dummy played a spade and South played the  Q. The position was:

 

K 10
 10 4
 
2

 
 A 7
 8 
 K 9

J

 
Q 6 3

 

 
 K Q

J 7 5

 

 Williken continued with a diamond...and South loose by a squezze-knockout...13 tricks for not playing a heart honour.

 

 This was the postmortem dialog:

 

scotty: I've been playing the heart jack for 40 years, and it's never held, well done
warrens: the J in dummy was like a dagger in my

junior: ty-- complicated to play