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Beijing Hua Yuan Cup World Women’s Bridge Tournament - (China, 4-9 September 2011) – This event is reserved exclusively for women and is held from September 4 to 9 in Beijing (China). Some of the strongest teams, including China, the U.S., France, the U.K., Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada, compete for or the cup and prize money of US$ 200,000. The tournament comprises Teams and Pairs competitions. The matches will be broadcast on BBO.
Tournament Format - 8 teams will compete in the Women’s Team. A single round robin consisting of y rounds of 16-board matches will be played. The team accumulating the highest number of Victory Points will be the winner.
24 pairs will compete in the Women’s Pairs. An Endless Howell of 23 rounds of 3 boards each will be played, in barometer style. The pair accumulating the most match points will be the winner.
Teams:
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Walsh Systen 2/1 gf - Annotations by Rhoda Walsh on the 1 Notrump game forcing response in the "2 over 1 game forcing system" (Walsh System). 
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The great Italian champion Norberto Bocchi, will contribute articles on a regular basis to Neapolitan Club. Norberto will refer in his column ‘My Way’ to political issues which may arise in the bridge world and sometimes he will describe interesting hands. 
