It is a pleasure once again to see so many strong players from abroad and from Denmark as well. A special welcome to all the foreigners headed by Zia this time with Roy Welland as partner and to the strong ladies, Sabine Auken and Daniela von Arnim, the Polish internationals Pepsi Kwiezcen, the French quartet (Levy, Mouiel, Quantin and Chemla), the Dutchmen Jansma and Verhees, the Spanish Argentine combination Ventin_Lombardi, the Norwegian trio Helgemo, Brogeland and Sælensminde, and the Swedes Bertheau, Nyström and Fredin (the latter almost classified as a Dane).

And of course to all the Danish participants. It is difficult to guess which one of these 16 strong pairs we have to celebrate as the first winner of the Hecht Cup in the new format.

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Back in business!
Many old friends, some new but in contrast to the past six tournaments we are now using the well-known format from Sunday Times, Politiken World Pairs etc. The field is reduced to 16 pairs, which because of a more uniform field should result in first class results.

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With a score of 67_13 against our host (shame on you, Sweden) Bertheau_Nyström took over the lead after the morning session, but it was a very close race, and after round 6 they were overtaken by a group of four pairs with Pszola_Kwiezcen in front.

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Bjarnarson_Askgaard managed to stay at the 1st place after the first round Sunday, but then they lost their go. After round 12 Blakset_Helgemo took over ahead of Pepsi_Kwiecien, and same standing after round 13 and 14. Blakset_Helgemo were respectively 15, 15 and 21 ahead. Everything was settled for an exciting finish.

Bjarnarson_ Askgaard were 46 points behind when they played against the leaders in the final round, while the Poles met Lombardi_Ventin. The Danish-Norwegian pair scored 50 points, while the Poles only got 37. "May the best of you be runners-up", Lars joked in the pre-bulletin. Now we know who is second to none as well! The 3rd place ended up in a tie congratulations all of you!

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