The 19 th BFAME Championships gets underway

Bulletin - 1 Tuesday, 4 th April 2017 The 19 th BFAME Championships gets underway The 19 th BFAME Championships organised by the United Arab Emirates Bridge Committee (UAEBC) commenced yesterday at Holiday Inn, Al Barsha Hotel, Dubai. The Championships will continue till Tuesday, 11 th April, 2017. His Highness, Sheikh Nayhan Bin Mubarak Al Nayhan, of UAE Ministry of Culture and Knowledge Development graced the inauguration ceremony as Chief Guest and inaugurated the championship at Hotel Metropolitan yesterday. The tournament commenced with a Friendship Pairs event of 22 boards. 36 pairs, including many local pairs participated in the event. Ibrahim Alqattan nabeel with 62.43% and Ravi Arun with a score of 57.95 were first & second respectively in the NS direction, whereas Asif ia with 61.89% and Rajeev Vasu with 56.59% were first & second respectively in the EW direction. For detailed score, See page 5. Play in 2 events i.e. OPEN, WOMEN will start today. The matches are being shown live on BBO. The Seniors matches will start from tomorrow as was discussed in the 1 st BFAME meeting. Seven teams are participating in the Open event and will play an all-play-all double round-robin and the TOP 4 teams will qualify for the semi-finals. Six teams In the Women event and 5 teams in the Seniors event are participating. The ladies will play a triple round robin and the top 4 teams will then play a Semi-final of 6 sessions of 16 boards each. The Seniors team s format will be decided at the end of today as the participation of Bangladesh team is not yet 100% confirmed, as two of their players have not received the VISA. In case they arrive, the Seniors will play a triple round robin or else the format will be decided later in the day. The 2 teams reaching the finals in all the 3 events will qualify from Zone-4 for the Bermuda Bowl 2017 to be held at Lyon, France later this year. Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 1 of 8

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Chairman Mr. Ahmed Al-Midfaa On-Site Chief Advisor Mr. Mazhar Jafri Championship Manager Mr. Amr Mekky Director of operations Mr. Waleed EL-Menyawi Members Mr. Houssain Khalfan Al Shamssi, Gen. Sec., Mr. Abdelrahim Mehilba, Ms. Roxana Jaffer, Mr. Darshan Valrani, Ms. Narmeen Qasim, Mr. Usama Faris, Ms. Maria Hindie TOURNAMENT COMMITTEE Mr. Ashok K. Goel: President, BFAME (India) Mr. Ahmed Al-Midfaa: Vice President, BFAME (UAE) Mr. Bahjat Al-Majaly: Vice President, BFAME (Jordan) Mr. Azwerul Haque: Vice President & Secretary, BFAME (Pakistan) Mr. Numan Al-Turki Mr. Syed Shujauddin Ahmed REVIEWIER Mr. Mazhar Jafri TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS Chief Tournament Director Mr. Waleed El-Menyawi Asst. Chief Tournament Director Mr. Ihsan Qadir Directors Mr. Tarek Abdel-Rahman Mr. Raad Oloom Asst. TD & Operation Mr. Raad Darwish TECHNICAL COMMITTEE Line-up In-Charge T.C. Pant Web Site, Scoring & Bridge Mates Mr. Waleed El-Menyawi Vu-Graph Commentator Mr. Munir Ataullah Bulletin Editor T.C. Pant BBO Chief Mr. Abdelrahim Mehilba Pre-Dealt Boards Mr. Tarek Abdel-Rahman Mr. Raad Otoom Vu-Graph on BBO Live Vu-graph of the 19 th BFAME Championships on BBO will be available daily from 4 th April to 11 th April 2017 as per the following Schedule: 1030 Hrs (0630 Hrs. GMT) Session-1 1430 Hrs (1030 Hrs. GMT) Session-2 1730 Hrs.(1330 Hrs. GMT) Session-3 Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 2 of 8

Participants of the 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS, DUBAI Country Team Members OPEN EVENT BANGLADESH Mushfiqur Rahman MOHAN (Chief Delegate), Mirza Sajid ISPAHANI, Shah Ziaul HAQUE, Md. Rashedul AHASAN, A.H.M. KAMRUZZAMAN, M. Asifur Rahman CHOWDHURY, Md. Moshiur RAHMAN INDIA Ashok GOEL (Captain), K R VENKATRAMAN, Sumit MUKHERJEE, Debbrata MAJUMDAR, P. SRIDHAR, S. SUNDERRAM JORDAN Zafar JARRAR (Coach), Samer Mohammad ALRAWASHDEH, Amr Agha NIMER, Fadi SWAIDAN, Iskandar Issa Iskander IMSEEH, Sakher Mohammed Mahmoud MALKAWI, Jawan Kh. Gh. HALLASA KUWAIT Fayez AL SHAMMARY (Head of Delegation), Ibrahim AL QATTAN, Mohammed Tawfik MORSI, Abdul Aziz AL DASHTI, Nabil AL HUSAINI, Khalid AL OBAIDI, Numan AL TURKI PAKISTAN Ahsan J. QURESHI, Ghias MALIK, Zia Hyder NAQI, Nauman BUTT, Junaid SAID, Mubashir PURI SRI LANKA UAE INDIA JORDAN KUWAIT PAKISTAN PALESTINE Rex PERERA (Captain), Rumesh BANDARANAYAKE, Edward PERERA, Dr. V. VASANTHAKUMAR, Lucky FERNANDO, Lalith GANLATH Elvan EDIS, Timur EDIS, Nermeen QASIM, Humayun SUMAR, M. SALAH, Tamer AL LADIES EVENT Bindiya NAIDOO, Sathyavati VASANTH, Alka KSHIRSAGAR, Vasanti SHAH, Marianne KARMARKAR, Rupa BAKERI Azza Rafat Khalil QASHU, Dima AL TAHER, Mays Wahib Rashid AL BITTAR, Randa a. AL SAKET, Aaida Haider Hanna Abu JABER, Alia M.A. RIDA Nagwa Abdel SALAM (Technical Delegate), Naelah Mohammed Abo HANTASH, May ANABTAWI, Rana ANABTAWI, Rola G. AKIL, Rima AL KALOUTI Shamim AKHTAR, Roshan BOKHARI, Qudsia DOSSA, Shahnaz PIRZADA, Samina RAZA, Rehana SAIGOL Hanan AL BITAR (Captain), Abla MUSA, Maha Ahmad MALHAS, Selva HAIRBEDIAN, Fadia KARASH UAE Maria HINDIE, Hongyan CAO, Sawsan EL ABYARI, Manju LAW, Fernanda SAROJINI, Vandana VALRANI SENIORS EVENT BANGLADESH Khondker Saiful ALAM (NPC), Farooq SOBHAN (Captain), Syed Shujauddin AHMED, A T M Moazzem HUSSAIN, Mohammad Azizul HAQUE, Khandakar Muzharul HAQUE, Md. Jahirul HAQUE INDIA Dipak PODDAR (Captain), Jitendra SOLANI, Anand SAMANT, R.A. AGARWAL, R. SRIDHARAN, S. DHAKRAS JORDAN PAKISTAN UAE Huda Abdul Halim Ahmed ALSAKET, May Abdel Ghani Mustafa Abu GHARBIEH, Marwan Asad Salim GHANEM, Ghassan Asad Salim GHANEM, Nuha Hattar GHANEM Ghalib BANDESHA, Assad MAQBOOL, Safder KHAN, Izzat KHALIL, Masood MAZHAR, Mirza Shauq HUSSAIN M. Wael ELAGAMAWY, Akiel ALMADI, Ravi SHANKAR, Arun CHOPRA, Ahmed AL MIDFA, Darshan VALRANI IMPORTANT LOCAL CONTACT OF ORGANISERS Mr. Amr Mekky: 0557118844 Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 3 of 8

Tournament Draw OPEN TEAMS (7 TEAMS) RND # TBL-1 TBL-2 TBL-3 BYE TBL Team # TEAM NAME 1 2 Vs 7 3 Vs 6 4 Vs 5 1 Vs 8 1 PAKISTAN 2 7 Vs 1 6 Vs 2 5 Vs 3 8 Vs 4 2 BANGLADESH 3 1 Vs 6 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 7 Vs 8 3 JORDAN 4 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 7 Vs 6 8 Vs 3 4 KUWAIT 5 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 7 6 Vs 8 5 UAE 6 3 Vs 1 6 Vs 5 7 Vs 4 8 Vs 2 6 SRI LANKA 7 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 7 4 Vs 6 5 Vs 8 7 INDIA 8 BYE WOMEN TEAMS (6 TEAMS) RND # TBL-4 TBL-5 TBL-6 Team # TEAM NAME 1 1 Vs 6 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 1 KUWAIT 2 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 6 Vs 3 2 PALESTINE 3 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 6 3 PAKISTAN 4 3 Vs 1 6 Vs 2 5 Vs 4 4 INDIA 5 1 Vs 2 4 Vs 6 3 Vs 5 5 UAE 6 JORDAN SENIOR TEAMS (5 TEAMS) RND # TBL-7 TBL-8 BYE TBL Team # TEAM NAME 1 2 Vs 5 3 Vs 4 1 Vs 6 1 BANGLADESH 2 5 Vs 1 4 Vs 2 6 Vs 3 2 UAE 3 1 Vs 4 2 Vs 3 5 Vs 6 3 INDIA 4 3 Vs 1 5 Vs 4 6 Vs 2 4 JORDAN 5 1 Vs 2 3 Vs 5 4 Vs 6 5 PAKISTAN 6 BYE NOTE: The Team Nos. for the first Round-Robin were taken out by Draw in the 1st BFAME Council Meeting. In the subsequent Round-Robin, the same draw will continue with new Team Nos. being allocated to Teams, based on their rankings at the end of previous round-robin Today s Play Schedule (Monday 4 th April 2017) OPEN TEAMS TBL # RND-1 (1030 Hrs.) RND-2 (1430 Hrs.) RND-3 (1730 Hrs.) TBL-01 BANGLADESH Vs INDIA INDIA Vs PAKISTAN PAKISTAN Vs SRI LANKA TBL-02 JORDAN Vs SRI LANKA SRI LANKA Vs BANGLADESH BANGLADESH Vs UAE TBL-03 KUWAIT Vs UAE UAE Vs JORDAN JORDAN Vs KUWAIT WOMEN TEAMS TBL # RND-1 (1030 Hrs.) RND-2 (1430 Hrs.) RND-3 (1730 Hrs.) TBL-04 KUWAIT Vs JORDAN UAE Vs KUWAIT KUWAIT Vs INDIA TBL-05 PALESTINE Vs UAE INDIA Vs PALESTINE PALESTINE Vs PAKISTAN TBL-06 PAKISTAN Vs INDIA JORDAN Vs PAKISTAN UAE Vs JORDAN Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 4 of 8

RESULT OF FRIENDSHIP PAIRS NS Direction Rank Pair # Pair Name Score % 1 D-10 Ibrahim Alqattan - Nabeel 137.35 62.43 2 D-5 Rayi - Arun 127.50 57.95 3 D-3 Tamer Eissa - Hazem 121.50 55.23 4 D-15 Air Cdre - Izzat 121.20 55.09 5 D-18 Abdelrahim Mehel - Mohamed Abdellah 120.00 54.55 6 D-12 Paro Raza - Rehana 117.55 53.43 7 D-17 Tamer Ali - Salah 116.70 53.05 8 D-1 Nermeen - Humaym 116.50 52.95 9 D-6 Raila - Margia 111.50 50.68 10 D-13 Maria - Hongyam 110.70 50.32 11 D-16 Lucky - Laili 110.45 50.20 12 D-14 Abdulaziz - Khalid 107.85 49.02 13 D-7 Esam - Sawsan 104.00 47.27 14 D-8 Shauq - Masood 97.50 44.32 15 D-9 Oosman - Nauman 93.65 42.57 16 D-4 Mashliqre - M.haque 92.00 41.82 17 D-11 Edward - Vasaniha 91.05 41.39 18 D-2 Roshan Ara Borha - Qndes Jossa 85.00 38.64 EW Direction Rank Pair # Pair Name Score % 1 D-2 Asif - Zia 136.15 61.89 2 D-18 Rajeev - Vasu 124.50 56.59 3 D-10 Numan Alturki - Mohammed 122.65 55.75 4 D-3 Moshivr Rahman - Rashedvl Ahsan 122.00 55.45 5 D-5 Shehnaz - Soga 121.00 55.00 6 D-16 Baudull - Ahmed 116.80 53.09 7 D-12 Ghalib - Assad 116.30 52.86 8 D-7 Ahsre - Ghias 110.00 50.00 9 D-15 Darshan - Atm Moazzem 110.00 50.00 10 D-11 Musharulhaq - Jahsirus 108.50 49.32 11 D-17 Monjie - Sawsan 105.85 48.11 12 D-14 Lylr - Rupa 105.55 47.98 13 D-4 Rola Akil - Rima Kalouti 102.45 46.57 14 D-13 Wael - Akeel 100.50 45.68 15 D-8 Elvan - Timur 99.30 45.14 16 D-1 Layla - Ferechteh 97.50 44.32 17 D-9 Abou Dahab - Nicole Elzir 90.00 40.91 18 D-6 Vaudure - Lernanda 88.95 40.43 IMPORTANT NO PAY NO PLAY All NBO Captains are informed that by today evening all arrears, BFAME Subscription & Entry Fee should be cleared. The teams will not be allowed to play any further, in case they default. Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 5 of 8

Today s Vu-Graph Matches on BBO BBO 1: BBO2: BBO 1: BBO2: BBO 1: BBO2: Round-1: 1030 Hrs BANGLADESH Vs. INDIA (OPEN) KUWAIT Vs. UAE (OPEN) Round-2: 1430 Hrs INDIA Vs. PAKISTAN (OPEN) JORDAN Vs. PAKISTAN (WOMEN) Round-3: 1730 Hrs PAKISTAN Vs. SRI LANKA (OPEN) BANGLADESH Vs. UAE (OPEN) No Mobile Phones Use of Mobile telephones is prohibited in the playing area, while the play session is on. No player can take the Mobile phone inside the playing arena. It has to be deposited outside playing area and TDs will make a random check. Strict action will be taken against the offending players. No Smoking Smoking in the playing area, is strictly prohibited. and will attract heavy penalties. VERY IMPORTANT SUBMITTING YOUR LINE-UP It is mandatory for Captains to give their Lineup through the LINE-UP Software. Captains are requested to contact Mr. T.C. Pant, the Line-Up in-charge for learning the usage of the software in the Captains meeting. Each Captain will be provided with a PASSWORD for accessing the software. For the Round-Robin matches, it will be a blind line-up. For KO matches, the line-up for Visiting / Away Teams must be submitted 20 minutes before the beginning of all matches or sessions and the line-ups for Home Teams must be submitted within 5 minutes thereafter. Offenders will be penalized by the TDs IMPORTANT - PLEASE NOTE The Tournament Directors would award penalties as prescribed by the Laws and Conditions of the contest for Use of Mobiles, Slow play or Late Arrival. All players are informed that ENGLISH is the official language of the tournament for interacting while the match is on. Live Results & Daily Bulletins of 19 th BFAME BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS @ http://www.bridgewebs.com/bfame/ Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 6 of 8

THE HOLIDAY INN BRIDGE QUIZ I - By Munir Ataullah Here is a chance for two people to win for themselves --- and a companion each ----, a sumptuous dinner for two, at one of the many award-winning restaurants in the Holiday Inn, Barsha. The competition is open to everyone, but one of the two prizes is reserved for UAE residents. All you have to do is answer the question (or questions) posed everyday in the bulletin under the above heading. Make sure you submit your answer, with your name, to the Bulletin Office, in writing, BEFORE the end of the final playing session the SAME day. This deadline is important because the answer will be carried in the Bulletin the following day. The two lucky winners will be the ones who score the highest marks at the end of the competition. Ties will be broken by lottery. In all cases, the decision of the problem setter will be considered final. UAE residents should indicate that with their answers. So let me get you all off to flying start by posing some easy questions today. 1. Who was the first President of BFAME? (2 points) 2. What year was the first BFAME Championship held? (2points). 3. Which country won the Open event? (2 points) 4. You play 3NT as South, after the lead of H2 (4th best). You duck East s HK, and his HJ, but win the next Heart. Diamonds are 2/2. What is your plan? (4 points) 1076 76 AQ976 A108 AQ A984 KJ104 Q97 SCORING ON BRIDGEMATES Participants must note that the correct rule for entering the scores on Bridge mate is: NORTH is to enter the Score and EAST is to verify the same on Bridgemate. In case of any mistake made while entering, please call the director immediately and get the entry rectified on the Bridgemate. Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 7 of 8

The 19 th BFAME Championships, DUBAI 3 rd April to 11 th April 2017 Championships Schedule April 04 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R1 to R3) WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R1 to R3) April 05 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R4 to R6) WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R4 & R5) & RR - 2 (R1) SENIORS Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R1 to R3) April 06 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R7) & RR-2 (R1 & R2) WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R2 to R4) SENIORS Teams - Round Robin - 1 (R4 & R5) & RR - 2 (R1) April 07 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R3 to R5) WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R5) & RR-3 (R1 & R2) SENIORS Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R2 to R4) April 08 OPEN Teams - Round Robin - 2 (R6 & R7) WOMEN Teams - Round Robin - 3 (R3 to R5) SENIORS Teams - Round Robin 2 (R5) & RR-3 (R1 & R2) 2030 Hrs: - 2 nd BFAME Council Meeting April 09 OPEN Teams Semi-Finals Segment 1 to 3 (16 Boards each) WOMEN Teams - Semi-Finals Segment 1 to 3 (16 Boards each) SENIORS Teams - Round Robin 3 (R3 to R5) 2030 Hrs: - Special Meeting with WBF President on Dinner April 10 OPEN Teams Semi-Finals Segment 4 to 6 (16 Boards each) WOMEN Teams - Semi-Finals Segment 4 to 6 (16 Boards each) April 11 Finals for all Categories Session 1 & 2 1930 Hrs: - Prize Distribution over Victory Banquet Round Robin: SFs Open / Women: Finals (all categories) Session Timings Session 1: 10: 30 am; Session 2: 14: 30 pm; Session 3: 17: 30 pm Session 1: 10: 30 am; Session 2: 14: 30 pm; Session 3: 17: 30 pm Session 1: 10: 30 pm; Session 2: 14: 30 pm IMPORTANT: The above time schedule is subject to change at the discretion of the Tournament Committee. Entire Water of the Sea can t Sink a Ship unless it gets inside the Ship Similarly, Negativity of the World can t put you down unless you allow it to get inside You. Bulletin - 1 19 th BFAME CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017, DUBAI, UAE Page 8 of 8