2006 PABF Youth Championships 4-7 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand

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1 2006 PABF Youth Championships 4-7 June 2006, Bangkok, Thailand Bulletin 2 5 June 2006 A Good Start Thanks to BBO, the first day of competition finishes with over 700 viewers each on the 3 vu-graph broadcasts. Indonesia led the Junior series with 4 wins and 86 VPs. 15 VPs behind is Singapore with 71 VPS. Thailand is third with 62. In the School series, Chinese Taipei has 3 impressive wins and, with 69 VPs out of a possible 75, is 20 VPs ahead Singapore with 49 VPs. Indonesia is third with 42.5 VPs. Captains are reminded to check their NBO s pigeon holes for convention card changes and other notices. Vu-graph Matches Today (Junior series) 10:00 Japan v China Hong Kong 12:00 Chinese Taipei v Japan 15:00 Singapore v Thailand 17:00 China Hong Kong v Australia 19:00 Chinese Taipei v China Championship website: 1

2 Junior Series Results Current Ranking 1RR Round 1 Rank Team VPs IMP Quotient 1. Indonesia Singapore Thailand Philippines China Australia China Hong Kong Japan Chinese Taipei Philippines - Thailand Japan - China Australia - Chinese Taipei Indonesia - China Hong Kong Singapore - bye RR Round 2 China Hong Kong - Singapore Japan - Philippines Chinese Taipei - Thailand China - Indonesia Australia - bye RR Round 3 Singapore - China Philippines - China Hong Kong Thailand - Australia Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Japan - bye RR Round 4 Chinese Taipei - Singapore Indonesia - Japan China Hong Kong - Thailand China - Australia Philippines - bye 18-0 Championship website: 2

3 School Series Results Current Ranking Rank Team VPs IMP Quotient 1. Chinese Taipei Singapore Indonesia Japan China Hong Kong Thailand China RR Round 1 Singapore - China Hong Kong Thailand - Indonesia Chinese Taipei - Japan China bye RR Round 2 China Hong Kong - China Japan - Thailand Indonesia - Chinese Taipei Singapore bye RR Round 3 China - Indonesia Singapore - Japan Chinese Taipei - China Hong Kong Thailand bye 18-0 Championship website: 3

4 BRIDGE in THAILAND by Daniel WINDSOR I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome all delegates and players to the PABF Youth Championships in Bangkok. I hope you enjoy your stay here. In my 20+ years of playing bridge here, I have thoroughly enjoyed myself. 99% of bridge players here do it for pleasure and have a lot of fun, even at their own expense, which is the way it should be. They have a good sense of humour and don't take it too seriously. Although your contact with Thai bridge players will be minimum, I thought you might like some explanations of Thai bridge vocabulary. FOREST. After a long and complicated auction, one of the bidders might use this term to confess that they are completely lost (like in a dark forest). TWO CAN-THREE CAN. Is the logic you use when you raise 2NT to 3NT because you have no idea who has what or what will make. SQUEED. squeeze. No, it is not a form of octopus. It is known elsewhere as a DUKE. An extremely bad lead. (after your lead, declarer ducks and wins it real cheaply in his hand). After the Far East that was played in New Zealand a few years ago, 2 members of our team were given the permanent titles Duke of Edinborough and the more appropriate Duke of Wellington. TOE. Of all the plays this is the Holy Grail of Thai bridge players. Forget Double Squeezes, Vienna coups, Dummy Reversals. Nothing brings more pleasure to a local bridge player than the Throw in. On the other end of the spectrum, being the victim of a toe is the ultimate insult. You can unblock and throw away 2 tricks just to avoid this and your partner will forgive you. If it happens, you will be subject the snide remark before you left your house this morning, didn't your father warn you not be thrown in?. If someone could ever find a way to use this play to bring home a Grand Slam, I am sure he would be Thai. Championship website: 4

5 Introducing the Australian Junior Team This year, Australia is represented by only a 4-person team due to the unavailability of one of the pairs on our national squad. Mike Doecks is from Adelaide, South Australia and studied mathematics at university. Sadly, this will be his first and last year of international youth bridge as he turns 26 in June. He is infamous for bidding 7 D. Nye Griffiths is from Canberra but now lives in Sydney. He has studied classics at university and is currently completing a Law degree. This is Nye s first year on the Australian Junior Team. He is infamous for bidding 5H. Matt Porter is from Adelaide but now lives in Canberra. He is currently studying aeronautical engineering. This is Matt s second year on the Australian Junior Team, having played in last year s PABFC in Seoul and WJTC in Sydney. He is infamous for bidding 1NT. Griff Wave is from Canberra and studied Mathematics and Philosophy as an undergraduate. He is currently enrolled in a PhD program in mathematics. This is Griff s third year on the Australian Junior Team. He is infamous for bidding. Championship website: 5

6 Player Profile Chinese Taipei Youth Teams Junior Team Tzu-Lin Wu, 26 and Chung-Chuan Lee, 21 Normally friendly and cheerful, Tzu-Lin Wu is instantly transformed into a grim and fierce competitor the moment he sits down for bridge, making you work for every IMP. Today, as the undisputed best young expert in Taiwan, Mr. Right is the senior statesman on the team. He is known for being able to win matches single-handedly and has spearheaded National Chiao-Tung University to many collegiate trophies, including the latest (third) National Collegiate Championship. He also has a national team congress championship to his credit. It is the fifth time that Tzu-Lin represents Taiwan at bridge to the PABF, the first time in In real life, he is just finishing a master degree in Electronics Engineering at NCTU. Tzu-Lin's newest partner is a junior at National Taiwan University, majoring in computer science. For some unfathomable reason clearly unconnected to his actual initials, Chung-Chuan is referred to as Lee-A-A by everyone else. He came from the same student club that produced most of Taiwan's best players over the ages. Yen-Hsuan Wu, 22 and Lo-Mei Chang, 20 His diffident and sometimes lugubrious exterior belies the determination and dedication of Yen-Hsuan Wu as a competitor. However, noeye is by no means a novice to international competition. He had won the gold medal at the Junior event at the 2004 Pacific Asia Bridge Federation Congress in Taipei, and along with Tzu-Lin came in fifth and sixth at the 2004 World University Bridge Championship in Istanbul and the 2005 World Junior Championship respectively, the best finish by an Asian team in either event. No one younger had ever played for Taiwan's ladies team than Lo-Mei cutedolphin Chang last year in Seoul. She is now trying her hand at a different event. In real life, the Dolphin is a sophomore at National Taiwan University, majoring in computer science like her teammate. She also plays volleyball in her spare time. Chia-Yu Gean, 26 and Kang-Wei Fan, 23 The polite and self-effacing Gean is well-regarded by everyone in collegiate bridge in Taiwan. At the moment, he is trying to finish his studies at the Chang-Gung Medical University and become an M.D. He plays as often as his Championship website: 6

7 busy schedule permits and did well enough to have won the 2004 PABF Congress Junior championship in Taipei as a teammate of Yen-Hsuan Wu. Known as firebolt, the mercurial and intense Fan forms a stark contrast to his more senior partner. However, at the table they are a solid and dependable pair. The partnership has a scientific bent with many homebrew gadgets. In real life, he is also a medical student at Chang-Gung Medical University. School Team Chih-Hung Lin, 20 and Yi Ou-Yang, 19 Lin, known to all as The Gorilla, is finishing his second year as a computer science major at National Taiwan University. Ou-Yang is a freshman at the same school, doing a double major in EE and mathematics. He has also won a Silver Medal in the International Mathematics Olympiad and is known as a veritable lady-killer. Kun-Chieh Wang, 19 and Yu-Hsiang Cheng, 19 Having played together since high school, the two are now both freshmen at National Taiwan University, majoring in Electrical Engineering and Mathematics respectively. Wang, nicknamed "the Prince" by his friends, was a gold medalist in the International Mathematics Olympiad. Both the above named pairs play a relatively standard 5-card major system. Li-Hsiang Kuo, 21 and Ho-Yi So, 19 The leader of the team, Li-Hsiang the Dog Kuo, majors in computer science at the National Taiwan University. Representing the famed student club of his school, he has won many collegiate events and is already representing Taiwan for the third year internationally. His partner, known as curiousbaby, is a sophomore at the Soochow University majoring in Japanese Literature. The pair plays Precision with medium no-trumps. Championship website: 7

8 Profile of the China Hong Kong Youth Teams Junior Team Sunny Yee-Sum MO, 26 Always use skart as web-name. Sunny graduated in Mathematics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is now a mathematics teacher in a secondary school. He has played bridge for 7 years. This is his first time to play in the PABF Youth series. Sunny treasures this second last chance (hopefully the last chance would be the World Junior, held in late July at Bangkok) to participate in the Junior event. Jacky Yu-Cheung IP, 25 Jacky uses SoldatoJ and yc_ip as BBO login. You are always welcome to play with him. Jacky is also interested in playing various board games, like Settlers, Puerto Rico, Caylus, etc, with the same login in BSW (Brettsipel.de). He also brings a cards game called Fluxx to Bangkok. If you are interested to play, you may ask him. Baron Chi-Cheung NG, 26 Baron graduated in Computer Science, in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He is now getting involved in the family business of international trading. He has got the Bronze medal in both PABF Congress (2004, in Taipei) and PABF (2005, in Seoul). Kinman Cheuk-Hin LEUNG, 23 Kinman is now studying Building Survey at the Polytechnic University. He has played the PABF Youth since 2003, and participated in the last World Junior in Sydney. He claimed himself the fastest youth player in Hong Kong. Wai-Sing YIU, 21 Sing is studying Nursing in the University of Hong Kong. Besides bridge, he likes various kind of sports, e.g. soccer, athletics, table tennis He has also the fastest typing speed in chinese (170wpm!!). You are always welcome to challenge him! Ivan Chung-Man LEUNG, 21 Ivan is now studying Actuarial Science at the University of Hong Kong. He likes playing card games like San Juau, Fluxx etc. He joined the Youth Team since 2004 and played in the last World Junior in Sydney. Ivan uses ivanlcm login in the okbridge, and is willing to make friends on the net. Championship website: 8

9 School Team Charlie Hing-Lung LEE, 18 Charlie is now studying in Lui Cheung Kwong Lutheran College, and taking the risk of having the final exams in the next few weeks to participate in this tournament. You may see how keen he is. The leadership and the ability to take care of the other teammates are also appreciated. Ben Chun-Pong LAI, 18 Ben has a keen mind in Bridge. He is a logical person and interested in challenging difficult declarer play quizzes. Ben is also cautious and concentrated person. His calmness is often a blessing to the team. Ben will be studying Actuarial Science next year, in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Adam Tsz-Nam FOK, 19 Adam is now studying Physics in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His analytical mind often works perfectly with his partner Himmy. His perseverance is also encouraging to the team. Himmy Pak-Him NG, 19 Himmy is a very friendly and cheerful person. He has just completed his high school study and going to pick the business course in the University. His passion on bridge is undoubtedly a turbo to the team. Championship website: 9

10 Photo Gallery Hi, Dan and his Philippines Junior. NPC Chen of Chinese Taipei delivering a lecture? Indonesia and Thailand School teams making their first debut. Watching the vu-graph on BBO. You know there were over 700 more online!! A scene from the Open Room. Ana and the Philippines team, again. Nan of the Thailand School team looking puzzled? Vallapa scouting the opponents? Chang Lo-mei from Chinese Taipei. This time playing in the Junior team instead. Seriously considering the situation. Griff doesn t waste time being dummy. What are you up to partner? Championship website: 10

11 Datum Reports The following 16 pages contain: 1. Junior series 1RR1 board datum. 2. Junior series 1RR1 team/pairs datum report. 3. Junior series 1RR2 board datum. 4. Junior series 1RR2 team/pairs datum report. 5. Junior series 1RR3 board datum. 6. Junior series 1RR3 team/pairs datum report. 7. Junior series 1RR4 board datum. 8. Junior series 1RR4 team/pairs datum report. 9. Junior series accumulative pairs datum report. 10. School series 1RR1 board datum. 11. School series 1RR1 team/pairs datum report. 12. School series 1RR2 board datum. 13. School series 1RR2 team/pairs datum report. 14. School series 1RR3 board datum. 15. School series 1RR3 team/pairs datum report. 16. School series accumulative pairs datum report. (For web-based bulletin, the above reports are available under Results ) Championship website: 11