INDONESIA Vs Poland

Maastricht – The Netherlands
11th WORLD TEAMS BRIDGE OLYMPIAD
1st WORLD UNIVERSITY TEAMS CUP

INDONESIA Vs Poland (Round 1, Sunday, August 27th, 2000) By Freddy Yohan Hendrik, Indonesia

After just arrived and having jetlag, we were playing against Poland in the first round. Board No. 3 gave us a test and the full distribution was

Board 3. Vul EW. Dealer South

	K QT942 AKJ43 K8
QJT9862 K6 – Q432		A543 A5 T9865 J6
	7 J873 Q72 AT975

West	North	East	South
	Me		Elwindra
			pass
3	4	4	5
5	All pass

The result was 5+0 (-650), while in the Open Room, the opponent played 5 doubled down 1 (+100). We lost 11 IMPs in this board.

Another lost on board no. 5

Board 5. Vul None. Dealer North

	AQ Q975 T7 Q9762
	KJT87 A8 QJ43 KT

West	North	East	South
	Me		Elwindra
	pass	1	1
pass	1NT	pass	2
pass	2NT	pass	3NT

I played 3NT down 1, while in the Open Room the opponents made 2 ! We lost 5 IMPs.

The next board, No.6, we had a chance to get 6 IMPs after we were reaching game and the opponent stopped at part score.

Board No.6, Vul EW, Dealer E

	T84 Q6 AJ9 AKT83
	KJ9763 A92 T6 72

On this board, my partner Elwindra played 4 and LHO led J, won by A in hand. He then played 2 to A, T to K and West took with A. West cashed heart, switched to diamond and contract was down 1. In the Open Room the opponent stopped at 2 plus 2, another double-score for Poland, we lost another 6 IMPs.

The Final Result was 11-19 VPs.

I concluded that despite of jetlag, we lost to Poland mostly because we wasted so many chances to win. The Polish had some underbid in the Open Room against my teammate, Hidayattullah-Muhammad Reza, but at the same time I did so many wrong guesses and did not handle the hands correctly. I hoped that on the next rounds I would play better.

Written By:
Freddy Yohan Hendrik
GABRIAL-UI (Gabungan Bridge Alumni Universitas Indonesia)
University of Indonesia Olympiad 2000 Bridge Team Member
Email: freddy_yh@yahoo.com