Bulletin Nr. 3
Monday - May 16, 2016
After 81 boards of the qualification, 6 international
pairs and 2 German pairs reached Final A. Kevin
Castner & David Gold, the winners of 2015, are
currently on top of the Final A with a score of
+1.111 IMPs per board. Runner-up are Erikas
Vainikonis & Andrej Arlovich (+1.088 IMPs per
board), followed by Waltraud Vogt & Loek Fresen
as best German pair (+0.845 IMPs per board). The
carry-over is calculated in the way, that the results
of the qualification (81 boards) and the final scores
of 28 boards will count each 50%. That way, the
lead of Kevin Castner & David Gold is now only 5.5
IMPs and actually all 8 pairs of Final A still have the
chance to win the 7th edition of “Gro’s Supercup”!
Joerg Schinze & Joachim Cappeller had an excellent
result in the second qualification round and are
now in the lead of Final B (+0.365 IMPs). But the
next 3 German Pairs are very close to them, so that
everything is possible in this final, too.
In Final C, Martin Wuest & Vitaliy Khanukov have
currently the lead with an average score of -0.117
IMPs per board. But we all know that things are
changing very quickly, when you are playing “IMPs
across the field”!
!
Round 2 Qualification
(24 boards)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Pair
Player 2
Joachim Cappeller
Ralf Schlotmann
Erikas Vainikonis
Kevin Castner
Rainer Handel
Doris Fischer
Waltraut Vogt
David Kendrick
Christian Schlicker
Dima Nikolenkov
Michael Gromöller
Florian Alter
Felix Zimmermann
Vytautas Vainikonis
Maarten Schollaardt
Udo Kasimir
Jerzy Kozyczkowski
Karl Wartlick
Roland Voigt
Sibrand van Oosten
Martin Wuest
Jörg Fritsche
Frederic Boldt
Elke Weber
Wolf Stahl
Mats Nilsland
Uschi Stumm
Annikki Schoolmann
Joerg Schinze
Ulli Trepnau
Andrej Arlovich
David Gold
Christoph Kemmer
Bernd Saurer
Loek Fresen
David Cole
Claus Guenther
Andrea Haidorfer
Ludger Silva
Lauritz Streck
Axel Meuer
Wojtek Olanski
Milan Macura
Peter Jokisch
Jacek Grzelczak
Uli Staber
Ulrich Voigt
Philipp Pabst
Vitaly Khanukov
Klaus Reps
Helmut Horacek
Fried Weber
Fred Wrobel
Mads Eyde
Thorsten Cmiel
Uwe Schoolmann
Winners of
Round 2: Joerg
Schinze (left)
and Joachim
Cappeller (right)
Total IMPs
950,8
694,3
596,2
560,0
485,0
399,0
344,0
297,5
225,0
176,8
146,7
95,2
73,0
15,0
-91,5
-118,2
-130,0
-160,0
-219,0
-341,0
-364,0
-381,8
-442,0
-467,0
-503,0
-536,0
-631,0
-674,0
IMPs/board
2,032
1,484
1,274
1,197
1,036
0,853
0,735
0,636
0,481
0,378
0,313
0,203
0,156
0,032
-0,196
-0,253
-0,278
-0,342
-0,468
-0,729
-0,778
-0,816
-0,944
-0,998
-1,075
-1,145
-1,348
-1,440
Round 3 Qualification
(33 boards)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
Pair
Player 2
Felix Zimmermann
Kevin Castner
Maarten Schollaardt
Karl Wartlick
Erikas Vainikonis
Waltraut Vogt
Udo Kasimir
Christian Schlicker
Ralf Schlotmann
Vytautas Vainikonis
Frederic Boldt
Dima Nikolenkov
Mats Nilsland
Martin Wuest
Wolf Stahl
David Kendrick
Michael Gromöller
Annikki Schoolmann
Sibrand van Oosten
Florian Alter
Joachim Cappeller
Jörg Fritsche
Rainer Handel
Doris Fischer
Roland Voigt
Elke Weber
Uschi Stumm
Jerzy Kozyczkowski
Axel Meuer
David Gold
Milan Macura
Uli Staber
Andrej Arlovich
Loek Fresen
Peter Jokisch
Claus Guenther
Ulli Trepnau
Wojtek Olanski
Helmut Horacek
Andrea Haidorfer
Mads Eyde
Vitaly Khanukov
Fred Wrobel
David Cole
Ludger Silva
Uwe Schoolmann
Philipp Pabst
Lauritz Streck
Joerg Schinze
Klaus Reps
Christoph Kemmer
Bernd Saurer
Ulrich Voigt
Fried Weber
Thorsten Cmiel
Jacek Grzelczak
Winners of
Round 3: Felix
Zimmermann
(left) and Axel
Meuer (right)
Total IMPs
586,0
544,0
446,0
431,0
341,0
279,0
254,0
243,0
241,0
238,0
134,0
105,0
76,0
48,0
21,0
-39,0
-70,0
-78,0
-96,0
-147,0
-240,0
-263,0
-297,0
-354,0
-361,0
-563,0
-714,0
-765,0
IMPs/board
1,366
1,268
1,040
1,005
0,795
0,650
0,592
0,566
0,562
0,555
0,312
0,245
0,177
0,112
0,049
-0,091
-0,163
-0,182
-0,224
-0,343
-0,559
-0,613
-0,692
-0,825
-0,841
-1,312
-1,664
-1,783
Final A
(with carryover from qualification)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pair
Player 2
Kevin Castner
Erikas Vainikonis
Waltraud Vogt
Maarten Schollaardt
Doris Fischer
Felix Zimmermann
Vytautas Vainikonis
David Kendrick
David Gold
Andrej Arlovich
Loek Fresen
Milan Macura
Bernd Saurer
Axel Meuer
Wojtek Olanski
David Cole
Total IMPs
270,0
264,5
205,4
168,8
146,5
137,9
129,9
118,5
IMPs/board
1,111
1,088
0,845
0,695
0,603
0,567
0,535
0,488
Final B
(with carryover from qualification)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Pair
Player 2
Joachim Cappeller
Udo Kasimir
Ralf Schlotmann
Karl Wartlick
Hr. Michael Gromöller
Christian Schlicker
Dima Nikolenkov
Mats Nilsland
Joerg Schinze
Peter Jokisch
Ulli Trepnau
Uli Staber
Ludger Silva
Claus Guenther
Andrea Haidorfer
Mads Eyde
Total IMPs
88,8
81,5
71,8
70,4
16,2
-5,5
-6,0
-21,5
IMPs/board
0,365
0,335
0,295
0,290
0,067
-0,023
-0,025
-0,088
Final C
(with carryover from qualification)
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Pair
Player 2
Martin Wuest
Florian Alter
Frederic Boldt
Rainer Handel
Sibrand van Oosten
Elke Weber
Wolf Stahl
Jerzy Kozyczkowski
Roland Voigt
Annikki Schoolmann
Jörg Fritsche
Uschi Stumm
Vitaly Khanukov
Lauritz Streck
Helmut Horacek
Christoph Kemmer
Philipp Pabst
Fried Weber
Fred Wrobel
Jacek Grzelczak
Ulrich Voigt
Uwe Schoolmann
Klaus Reps
Thorsten Cmiel
Total IMPs
-47,5
-156,6
-162,7
-188,1
-200,8
-210,0
-240,4
-250,5
-284,6
-326,2
-361,5
-466,5
IMPs/board
-0,117
-0,387
-0,402
-0,464
-0,496
-0,519
-0,594
-0,619
-0,703
-0,805
-0,893
-1,152
Challenging boards in Round 3
When I talked to some players at the dinner table last night, I heard that especially two boards in the
last qualification round gave good opportunities to earn many IMPs – or to loose even more of them.
For me this was good reason enough to check both hands.
♠
♥ AKB7652
♦ AB4
♣ AD10
9
Nord / OW
♠ KD543
♥ D1043
♦7
♣ 984
♠ 108762
♥8
♦ D10982
♣ 52
N
9
♠ AB9
♥9
♦ K653
♣ KB763
N/S 7♣ =
♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ SA
N 7
S 7
O–
W–
4
4
–
–
6
6
–
–
1
1
–
–
5
5
–
–
In board 9, North had a real good hand and South immediately knew that slam was on. Unfortunately it
was very tempting for North to fix  as trumps, but this slam badly needs the trump finesse of
singleton opposite AKJxxxx. 8 tables went down in slams and one declarer went down twice in
6NT. But 3 pairs managed to find cold 7. One nice (and uncontested) bidding sequence was 2
(strong) - 3 (natural + strong) - 3 (natural) – 5NT (pick a slam) - 6 (should we try a grand?) - 7 (ok,
maybe in ?) – pass (let’s go). Well done, both David’s!
IMP
NS
−85,0
92,0
95,0
163,0
163,0
−85,0
−85,0
−85,0
24,0
−85,0
−85,0
163,0
−85,0
−105,0
28
18
21
22
23
24
25
12
11
10
2
3
7
5
N
S
N
N
N
N
N
S
N
N
N
N
N
S
Kontrakt
Aussp.
6♥ -1
6♥ =
6♥ +1
7♣ =
7♣ =
7♥ -1
6♥ -1
6♥ -1
4♥ +2
6♥ -1
6♥ -1
7♣ =
6♥ -1
6SA -2
♦10
♠K
♦10
♠4
♣2
♦8
♦10
♠K
♦10
♥3
♦5
♣2
♦10
♠K
Board 14 was a real adventure for both sides.
Ergebnis
50
980
1010
1440
1440
480
1440
OW
IMP
85,0
19
20 −92,0
17 −95,0
16 −163,0
15 −163,0
50 14
85,0
50 13
85,0
50 26
85,0
27 −24,0
50 1
85,0
50 9
85,0
8 −163,0
50 4
85,0
100 6
105,0
♠9
♥ A84
♦ D53
♣ AKDB103
14
Ost / -
♠ B873
♥ 10972
♦2
♣ 9842
14
O
♠ D5
♥ DB65
♦ 10986
♣ 765
O/W 6♠ =
♠ AK10642
♥ K3
♦ AKB74
♣
♣ ♦ ♥ ♠ SA
N 2
S 2
O–
W–
–
–
1
1
1
–
–
–
–
–
6
6
–
–
–
–
If you open the East hand with 1, slam was not in sight. Cold 12 tricks with 19 HCP only!
IMP
NS
66,0
−82,0
66,0
−181,0
66,0
66,0
66,0
66,0
66,0
66,0
−82,0
−82,0
−19,0
−82,0
28
12
15
16
17
18
19
6
5
4
23
24
1
26
Kontrakt
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
O
W
W
O
O
O
O
5♠
6♠
4♠
6♠
4♠
4♠
4♠
4♠
4♠
4♠
6♠
6♠
5♠
6♠
+1
=
+2
XX =
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
+2
=
=
X +1
=
Aussp.
♣6
♥D
♥D
♦9
♣5
♣3
♣6
♣7
♣K
♣3
♣5
♦10
♥D
♥D
Ergebnis
480
980
480
1620
480
480
480
480
480
480
980
980
750
980
OW
IMP
13
14
11
10
9
8
7
20
21
22
3
2
25
27
−66,0
82,0
−66,0
181,0
−66,0
−66,0
−66,0
−66,0
−66,0
−66,0
82,0
82,0
19,0
82,0
BBO table: Kevin Castner & David Gold vs. Mats Nilsland & Mads Eyde,
operator Monsti
Lille 1998:
Nikos & Gro
Gro’s Supercup 2016
Both our BBO operators are doing a great job – thanks a lot, Mirjam & Anna!
Both our Tournament Directors are doing a great job – thanks a lot, Simone & Marc!

Bulletin number 4

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final result FINAL A

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final result FINAL B