2014 Spingold Knockout Teams. The pairing of the Round of 64 has been definited. There were ninety-four registered teams: by the Opening Round (Day 1) the teams have been rectified to sixty-four. The Round of 64 starts today, Tuesday, July 22.
The following teams move to Round of 64 (day 2): Lavazza-Duboin, who defeated Krizel in the Day 1; Assael -Sementa, who defeated Dezieck; Cayne, who defeated Angus; and Monaco who defeated Badiani.
Today’s matches:
Lavazza-Duboin (Giorgio Duboin, Zia Mahmood, Alejandro Bianchedi, Agustin Madala, Norberto Bocchi)
vs
Eythorsdottir (Hjordis Eythorsdottir, Magnus Olafsson, Julius Sigurjonsson, Bjarni Einarsson, Petur Gislason).
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Cayne (James Cayne, Michael Seamon, Alfredo Versace, Lorenzo Lauria, Thomas Bessis, Cedric Lorenzini)
vs
Fourcadout (Marc-Andre Fourcaudot, Pascale Gaudreault, C. Ganzer, Ranald Davidson).
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Team Assael -Sementa (Antonio Sementa, Alexander Smirnov, Josef Piekarek, Mustafa Cem Tokay)
vs
Narasimhan – India Nationa Team (Hansa Narasimhan, Pritish Kushari, Bhabesh Saha, Sumit Mukherjee, Keyzad Anklesaria, Debabrata, Sumit Majumder).
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Monaco (Pierre Zimmermann, Franck Multon, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Fulvio Fantoni, Claudio Nunes)
vs
Litvack (Irving Litvack, Ian Findlay,Vince Oddy, Roy Dalton).
The winning teams in Round of 64 (Day 2) move to Rounf of 32 (Day 3, Wednesday, July 23).
In the Opening Round the following teams has been eliminated: Michelis (Luca De Michelis, Dario Attanasio, Paolo Clair, Giusseppe Failla), which lost both matches against Tucker and Chen in Day 1; De Falco (Dano De Falco, Gabriella Olivieri, Patricia Cayne, Jacqui Mitchell, Benito Garozzo), which lost both matches against Gu and Ash; Moorthy (Kirubakara Moorthy, Uttam Gupta, Massimiliano Di Franco, Andrea Manno), which lost both matches against Zhuang and Dinkin in Day 1).
The 2014 Summer NABC (North American Bridge Championships) are underway in Las Vegas (Nevada, Usa) from July 17 to 27, 2014. The host hotel and playing site is the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino.
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