VENICE, ITALY, Reuter: India won a controversial appeal against Ireland on Saturday, leaving it within reach of qualifying for the quarterfinals of the world bridge Olympiad.
India contested the result of a match against Ireland on Friday which it narrowly won by 1614 after Ireland’s Monty Roseberg claimed that Jaggy Shivdanasi of India had failed to “alert” the meaning of an artificial opening bid by his partner Rajesh Dalal
The world bridge federation ruled in India’s favor after watching a video recording of the game and revised the score to 1812. Ireland lost 1,100 points as a result of the ruling, going down doubled in not rumps,
Ireland remained second to Italy in group B after both teams won maximum point victories against Trinidad and Toago and the Netherlands on Saturday.
India remained in fourth place after beating Surinam without dropping point.
Four teams each from Group A and Group B qualify for Tuesday’s quarterfinals,
In group A. Greece, ignored in pretournament forecasts, consolidated its lead by beating Australia 21-9,
Austria vaulted into second place, beating Yugolsalvia 252. The United States finished third after a tough game against Norway which it won 1614.
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Article extracted from this publication >> October 21, 1988
