Even although most experts know them, we think it useful to give some explanatory examples of play tactics and the influence which the method of scoring has when applied to various tournaments. Read the rest of this entry…
IMPs is the abbreviation for International Match Points. An IMP tournament is a Mitchell which assigns points used in duplicate bridge in accordance with the IMP table. Read the rest of this entry…
Anche se per lo più note agli esperti, riteniamo utile descrivere con esempi esplicativi le varie tattiche di gioco e l’influenza del particolare metodo di attribuzione di punteggio, applicate ai vari tornei. Poiché il bridge duplicato è differente dal bridge del torneo a coppie è evidente che le tattiche di gioco debbono essere improntate a caratteristiche dissimili e specifiche per ciascun tipo di bridge. Read the rest of this entry…
IMPs è l’acronimo di International Match Points. Un torneo IMPs è un torneo Mitchell che che assegna il punteggio utilizzato negli incontri di duplicato, in accordo alla tabella IMP. Richiede una filosofia di gioco tipica del duplicato. Il vero bridge, per intenderci! Anche se giocato a coppie, il torneo IMP è da ritenersi ideale per chi intende prepararsi per i campionati a squadre. Read the rest of this entry…
These are the new playing cards with symmetrical symbols for spades, hearts and clubs. They were introduced a few years ago on both a national and an international level. Read the rest of this entry…
Ciao Enrico, ti chiamo per discutere di quello che oramai chiamiamo ‘Affaire Fantunes’ ovvero l’esclusione di Nunes e Fantoni dalla nazionale che ci rappresenterà agli Europei di Ostenda. E sappi che ho preparato per te moltissime domande… Sono pronto! Read the rest of this entry…
Era il capodanno 2006 quando Vincenzo Delle Cave ( partner italiano di Bridge Base Online) e il suo amico Fulvio Fantoni (numero uno del ranking mondiale) organizzarono quasi per gioco una vacanza di bridge in quel di Andalo. L’evento ebbe un tale successo che nacque l’organizzazione, diventata ben presto molto conosciuta fra i bridgisti italiani, denominata Bridge Vacations with Fantoni. Read the rest of this entry…
BBO Intercity League 2010 Spring edition In the semis we will have this matches:
1. A1 Walles United
5. C2 Konavle
6. A2 Ascoli Piceno
7. A3 Zagreb
Gli ‘Amici del bridge on line’ stanno facendo le valige. Dal 6 al 9 maggio prossimi avrà luogo ad Arezzo l’ennesimo raduno di questo storico club. Così ce lo presenta il carismatico Presidente, Rosalba Carbonetti: “Il nostro prossimo raduno sarà ancora una volta ad Arezzo, che ha lasciato in tutti noi un bellissimo ed indimenticabile ricordo. Read the rest of this entry…
Stasera si giocano i quarti di finale di Intercity League; le otto squadre qualificatesi nei gironi eliminatori si affronteranno in incontri di ventiquattro mani ad eliminazione diretta (tra parentesi, i nomi dei capitani in BBO): Read the rest of this entry…
Tonight number one of the World Rank, Fulvio Fantoni, will play at BBO tournament directed by Rosalba Carbonetti, President of ‘Amicidelbridgeonline’.
Don’t miss the appointment: Fulvio’s fans will embrace their favourite champion. Will be present at the event Vincenzo Delle Cave, BBO Italia Director. Read the rest of this entry…
noneQuesta sera il numero uno del rank mondiale, Fulvio Fantoni, interverrà al torneo di BBO Italia diretto da Rosalba Carbonetti, presidente di ‘AmicidelBridgeon line’.
L’appuntamento è di quelli da non perdere: i fan di Fulvio avranno occasione di incontrare su BBO il loro beniamino. Alla serata interverrà il direttore di BBO Italia Vincenzo Delle Cave. Read the rest of this entry…
noneConvocati e non, a livello tecnico sono chiaramente tutti ottimi giocatori. Tuttavia, in campo internazionale riconoscono qualcosa in più alla coppia Lauria/Versace.
Fulvio Fantoni, un campione dal volto umano, anche per una serie di attività collaterali (BBO & Viaggi ecc. ecc.) è più conosciuto e più amato dai bridgisti italiani. Ed è comprensibile quindi che la sua “non convocazione” crei notevoli malumori. Ma questo è solo una parte del problema. Read the rest of this entry…
oneCarte simmetriche. Con tale definizione facciamo riferimento alle nuove carte da gioco con i simboli (picche cuori e fiori) simmetrici. Carte introdotte da qualche anno, sia a livello nazionale sia internazionale. Read the rest of this entry…
In principio fu Tea Club: più di cento iscritti e quasi sette anni di tornei on-line culminati con uno storico raduno a Milano. Sulla scia di quella entusiasmante esperienza Lupo Cattivo, insieme a twosolus bigdaniele Lilly manu24 bluebird ed altri amici, fonda il TOL CLUB, nel quale confluirono moltissimi degli ex-soci del Tea Club. 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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Mario Martinelli is a Neapolitan excellent player and accredited bridge teacher. He is an expert about systems and he developed the system "Standard BBO Italia". Mario is also the nephew of Eugenio Chiaradia, the creator of the Neapolitan Club, a system which our magazine is dedicated to. Index >>
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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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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. Read Bocchi's column >>
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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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