Our friend Fernando Lema is the vice-champion of Argentina 2011. Together with his team he finished second in the 60th Championship of the Republic of Argentina open team: Maria Loreto Cuevas, Marcelo Cracci, Fernando Lema, Adriàn Iglesias and Mauro Uberti. The title was won by the team of Pierre Pejacsevich (with Virginia Muller, Marìa Mayorga, Walter Fornasari and Marcelo Villegras). Read the rest of this entry…
A never-ending Italian story. The second hearing has been held today: The TNAS (National Court of Arbitration for Sport of CONI – Italian Olympic Committee) after hearing the parties, granted to both time to submit a pleading or a reply, reserving the fixing of the next hearing. As it is known, Francesco Angelini appealed to the National Court of Arbitration for Sport against the Italian Bridge Federation (FIGB). The matter of appeal was the statement of November 30, 2010 by which the CNG (National Tournament Committee) disqualified Angelini Team from 2010 Club Team Championship (Campionato Societario). Read the rest of this entry…
On the occasion for Veldhoven World Championships, the Bridge has been put for the first time in list by two important online betting companies: Unibet and Paf. It was possible to wager on Bermuda Bowl winner, and the Italian Team was favourite by bookmakers. On October 16, the Italian Bridge Federation (FIGB) published on official site the news that one of ‘our players’ hurried up to bet on Italy before the odds could lower, and the same – to bet crafty at once, avoiding the danger of a lower odd – were done by the author of the article, in Veldhoven on behalf of the FIGB. Read the rest of this entry…
Listen to the Auction. Killing leads always involve listening, and understanding the bidding. Our friend Peter Goodman lives in Ireland but play for Wales, his country. He recently won the 2010 Memorial Shapiro and the 2011 Camrose Trophy. Also he plays in InterCity League in Wales United Team. Peter sent us an interesting problem on leading, from an hand played in the last Bermuda Bowl. Read the rest of this entry…
Fall 2011 NABC - The team captained by James Cayne wins the Mitchell Open Board- a- Match Teams: Cayne, Michael Seamon, Lorenzo Lauria, Alfredo Versace, Giorgio Duboin and Antonio Sementa. The other two Italian champions participating in the event, Norberto Bocchi and Agustin Madala, came in fifth place with the George Jacobs Team. Read the rest of this entry…
Fall 2011 NABC – The team captained by George Jacobs leads the Mitchell Open B-A-M Teams: Jacobs, Steve Beatty, Walid Elahmady, Tarek Sadek, Agustin Madala and Norberto Bocchi. In the provisional ranking in second place there is Bramley team and in third place Cayne Team with Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Giorgio Duboin and Antonio Sementa. The Mitchell Board-a-Match Teams is one of the many events of the Fall NABC: It is held in Seattle November 27- 28. Read the rest of this entry…
Nail Life Master Open Pairs – Seattle Fall 2011 NABC. Justin Lall and Ishmael Delmonte win this edition of Nail Life Master Pairs. Second place goes to Doug Doub and Adam Wildavsky. Third place goes to Eric Greco and Jeoff Hampson. This event is held at the Fall North American Bridge Championship and is restricted to players that have achived a Life Master rating. It is named after Bobby Nail, a 1974 winner. Read the rest of this entry…
10th European Champions’ Cup – Bad Honnef, Germany 17th – 20th November 2011. The final of the 10th European Bridge Champions’Cup was held between two of the world’s strongest teams. BC ‘t Onstein 1 had a great season. First of all the club is Cup holder (Izmir 2010), and then it won respectively the Dutch national championship, the prestigious Zhejiang China Gate Cup and last but not least the Bermuda Bowl in Veldhoven. All members of Allegra Lavazza have multiple world, European and Olympic championships to their names. Consequently the encounter between both teams certainlywas something to look forward to. Read the rest of this entry…
BBO InterCity League Autumn 2011: Round of 16. The InterCity League Round Robin ended. The sixteen teams qualified to knock-out stage – four from each group – are one from each of these eight nations: Italia, Poland, Switzerland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Serbia, Montenegro; two from Slovenia; six from GB (England, Ireland, two from Scotland, two from Wales). The Great Britain has qualified six of seven teams; the only eliminated is Cloonboo (Ireland), fifth in Group A by only two VPs. Read the rest of this entry…
As reported by Bridgewinner.com, starting with the 2012 Summer NABC Zia Mahmood will partner with Chip Martel in the Fleisher team. So, two of the most famous pairs of the world are going to split. Chip Martel and Lew Stansby have been playing together for 30 years, reaching a remarkable series of successes. Read the rest of this entry…
Fall 2011 National American Bridge Championships. Where did Meg and Tom go to dwell? Meg Ryan lives in Baltimora (Maryland), Tom Hanks in Seattle (Washington). In the Nora Ephron’s romantic movie “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), they become pen pales, then, thanks to Tom’s child (Tom is widower), they eventually meet and go to live… where do they go, to Seattle or to Baltimore? Read the rest of this entry…
Andrew Robson, World Master, 1989 World Junior Team, 1991 European Champion, etc (look up the Official Encyclopedia for more), invite us to the “Night of Stars 2012”: “Please join us for the Night of the Stars 2012. The Stars are coming out in force to support the event and we are now taking bookings for our Auction Pairs on Sunday 27, November when you may take part in Paul Mendelson’s entertaining auction of Stars. Read the rest of this entry…
Italy withdrew from the inaugural edition of SportAccord World Mind Games. Italian team will be replaced by Dutch team. The event is organized by IMSA and SportAccord according the agreement signed during the latest edition of the SportAccord International Convention held in London – UK (3/8 April 2011).The inaugural SportAccord World Mind Games will take place in the Beijing International Convention Center, in Beijing, China, 10-16 December 2011. Read the rest of this entry…
The National Court of Arbitration for Sport (CONI – Italian Olympic Committee) has fixed the second hearing at 12,45 a.m. of Dicember 1, 2011. As it is known, Francesco Angelini appealed to the National Court of Arbitration for Sport against the Italian Bridge Federation (FIGB). The matter of appeal was the statement of November 30, 2010 by which the CNG (National Tournament Committee)disqualified Angelini Team from 2010 Club Team Championship (Campionato Societario) Read the rest of this entry…
Lederer Memorial Trophy 2011 – London 19th -20th November. The winner of the 2011 edition is Team Premier League: Michael Byrne, Mike Bell, Espen Erichsen, Norman Selway, Neil Rosen, Martin Jones. Second place for Spring Fours: Sandra Penfold, Nevena Senior, Stefan Skorchev & Rumen Trendafilov. Third is Young Chelsea: Frances Hinden, Graham Osborne, Mike Scoltock, Barry Myers, Andy Bowles, John Howard. Read the rest of this entry…
The Neapolitan Club comes mainly from H. S. Vanderbilt ' s Strong Club (1926) and from the Culberston System (1934). It employs sound openings and overcalling, and fully protected 3NT contract. As logical corollary for such sound system, it obeys the principle “first double”: it's better to punish opponents instead of looking for our own game contract.
Contested auction
Middle strength jump overcall: 12-15 points with a good six or more card suit. Standard double, takeout up to 4♦. 2NT overcall: clubs and lower rank free suit, reverse strength. Direct cue-bid: game forcing.
When LHO overcalls at one level, the double is punitive. When LHO doubles, the redouble is forcing up to game or at least to level 4 in a minor.
Openings
1♣: 17+, but 21-22 balanced and full protected (2NT).
1♥, 1♠: 12-16. Natural 4+ card suit.
1♦: 12-16, sometime by 3 cards. It can happen when the opener has only clubs or when he has not a biddable suit. “Biddable” in the opening bidding is a four card suit headed at least by Q9 or J10, or any five card suit.
1NT: 13-16, balanced or semi-balanced one suited in clubs.
2♣: 5+ clubs, 12-16. One or two suited.
2♦, 2♥, 2♠: Weak one suited.
Responses
On 1♣: controls by steps up to 2♦ (six or more). Weak jump from 2♥ to level three.
On 1♦, 1♥, 1♠: natural responses. Strong jump. 2NT and 3NT responses are very strong balanced (respectively: 17-18 or 16), without support in opening suit.
On 1NT (remember: it’s always one suited in clubs), all the responses are natural: 2♣ and 3♣ are support. Just 2♦, is a relais; the opener will bid 2♥ and the responder will explain his hand.
Other
Neapolitan Club does not employs 5CM nor Long Suit First systems. It follows the Principle of Preparedness, i.e. “The idea, originally called Anticipation, of looking forward to the next round of bidding when selecting a bid...” (ACBL Official Encyclopedia , VI ed. Page 362). Because of this Principle, the length of the suits is undefined. The only exception is when the opener has a reverse two suited hand with less than 17 points (with 17+ the opening is 1♣). In this case the reverse will be made bidding the short suit first (Albarran’s Canapé ).
Notes by Rhoda Walsh on the 1 NT gf response in the "2 over 1 game forcing system" (Walsh System). Rhoda Walsh, attorney, is a bridge theorist and champion: she’s WBF Grand Master and an ACBL Grand Life Master. 7th in all time masterpoint list for women; With Paul Soloway, John Swanson, and her ex-husband Richard Walsh, Rhoda is one of the co-developers of the 2 over 1 Game Forcing System, formerly known as theWalsh System. Table of Contents>>
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The idea was born in 2003 when I suggested to few of my friends from all over ex-Yugoslavia that we should start some kind of competition on BBO, primarily to allow teams from small towns to be able to play serious bridge without travelling. We started in spring 2004 with only 4 teams, playing on Tuesdays nights. By 3rd edition the League was already international and we moved to Wednesdays nights. Number of teams participating was gradually growing and now is from 24 to 30 each edition. It runs twice a year (spring and autumn) and every edition we have some new teams. read more >>
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NORBERTO BOCCHI released to Neapolitan Club a long interview a little before to leave Veldhoven. The Italian Champion reports with great sincerity on the atmosphere in Veldhoven, and explains the reasons for the Italian defeat against the Dutch in the semifinals. A quite “hot” interview. (read more >>)
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VALERIO GIUBILO. Nowadays the Franco-Polish financier Zaleski is the third major sponsor of Italian bridge. He is the only one that seems able to compete with the two historic giants: Angelini and Lavazza. Zaleski recently hired three top Italian players, who had previously played for the Angelini team: Lauria, Versace and Giubilo. Valerio Giubilo is seen as a major force in the composition of the new team. Giubilo, Lauria and Versace are completely interchangeable as teammates, as they have been playing the same system for a number of years. All together this was a good reason for Neapolitan Club to have an interview with the third man, Valerio Giublio. (read more)
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FEDERICO PRIMAVERA. The former member of Italian Junior team nowadays partner of Francesco Angelini and Benito Garozzo granted us a long interview. Federico Primavera tells us his experience with the mithic Garozzo and speaks about the most burning questions of Italian Bridge: The exclusion of Fantunes from the National team, The Angelini's disqualification and other. (reed more)
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ANTONIO SEMENTA. During the past months Neapolitan Club had interviews with all the players of the national selection of Italy. All but one, Antonio Sementa who is playing nowadays with Giorgio Duboin for Team Lavazza. Here is Sementa’s story. (read more)
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We give a follow up to previous interview with LORENZO LAURIA, September 15th 2010. Again Lauria is quite outspoken on different issues: the Reisinger Cup, the new Zaleski team, the Italian Cup, the break between Angelini and Fantunes and the related decision of Fantunes to play for Monaco. (read more)
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FULVIO FANTONI, the Number One of world ranking, has kindly granted us a very long and structured interview in which he accepts to discuss all the arguments proposted. There are references, direct and indirect, to the thorniest issues and to the latest Lauria's interview. (read >>) ___________________________________________________________
If you want to understand the sarcastic joke cracked by GIORGIO DUBOIN, you have to remember this famous Esopo's tale. A hungry fox saw some fine bunches of grapes hanging from a vine along a high trellis. He tried his best to reach the grapes by jumping as high as he could. All in vain, for they were just out of reach. So the fox gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking: "I thought those grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.” (read more >>)
ALFREDO VERSACE. The Club Team Championships, the divorce from Angelini, the interview that Fantoni has released to Jan van Cleeff: these and many other topics have been discussed in a bright and sincere interview with Alfredo the Great. (read >>)
AGUSTIN MADALA. The pair Bocchi-Madala can easily be considered as world class. Bocchi-Madala is a relatively new partnership but has achieved already some big results: with Italian Team Madala won the latest European Championship in Ostend. We were curious about the life of young Agustin and talked with him. Italian National Team, private life and bridge technique are the topics covered in this interview. (read more >>)
NORBERTO BOCCHI has kindly granted to Neapolitan Club a long and well-articulated interview. A number of topics is referred to, each accompanied by a quote, and the Italian Ace has been invited to discuss them. The result can be considered as a little vademecum: Bridge according to Norberto. (read >>)
LORENZO LAURIA has granted a long interview to Neapolitan Club in which he approached with clarity the topical issues proposed: above all the thorny affair dealing with the former team-mates Claudio Nunes and Fulvio Fantoni. Lauria expecially responds severely to some Fantunes' statements reported in the interview by Jan van Cleeff some day earlier for BridgeTopcis.com. (read >>)
CLAUDIO NUNES and FULVIO FANTONI participated in the Onstein Patton in The Netherlands. Jan van Cleeff took this opportunity to talk with them. As both Fantoni and Nunes share the same view on the matter, they are referred to as ‘Fantunes’. (read >>)
MARIA TERESA LAVAZZA. The frank statements of coach of the Italian open team to Neapolitan Club. Mrs. Lavazza is also, together with Francesco Angelini and Romain Zaleski, one of the three major sponsors of Italian top bridge. (read>>)
FRANCESCO ANGELINI'S REPLY. Neapolitan Club reported on discussions and conflicts between players and sponsors in Italy: is Francesco Angelini's turn to express his views. Of course this important Roman sponsor and player focusses on interview with Maria Teresa Lavazza. (read>>)
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SILVIO SBARIGIA was born in Rome and lives there. He has won the European championship in 1975, runner up at 1974’s and at Olympic games of 1976. Sbarigia is member of Neapolitan Club Technical Commettee.
Some articles by Paolo Enrico Garrisi, one of the founders of Neapolitan Club.
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