Table of Contents Page The Never Ending Story 1 Open Round 18: Spain vs France 2 Women Round 2: England vs Austria 3 Kaplan Nuggets 4 Open Round 19: Russia vs The Netherlands 5 Laws of Bridge (6) 6

It was business as usual in the Open as Italy scored a regulation 50 VP from their two matches to increase their lead over second placed Norway to 67 VP. Bulgaria are still third, with Spain fourth and Poland, who have recovered from an indifferent start, fifth. With the EBL Champions Cup in mind, Turkey and Netherlands occupy the next two places.

Germany's Women recorded a tenth successive win and then held on to their unbeaten record by a whisker, pulling out their match against perennial rivals Austria on the very last board. Denmark and England lost ground, the Danes losing 4-25 to Ireland and England going down 18-12 to France.

At the moment the Seniors is easily the most exciting of the three contests, with France only 3 VP ahead of Israel and Denmark a further six points behind