Dealer North. All Vul |
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ª
8 7 6 4 2
© Q 7 4
¨ 5
§ A K 10
7 |
ª
A
© 9 8
¨ J 9 8 7 6
4 2
§ Q 9 6 4 |
![Bridge deal](../../../Graphics/Hand/board.gif) |
ª
K Q J 5 3
© A J 10 3
¨ A K Q
§ J |
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ª
10 9
© K 6 5
2
¨ 10 8 3
§ 8 5 3
2 |
West
Peter
1NT
2¨ *
3NT |
North
Levy
Pass
Pass
Pass
All Pass
|
East
Dorthe
1ª
2§ *
3© ** |
South
Willard
Pass
Pass
Pass |
Two Clubs was forcing, and the reply denied
five or more hearts or a six card minor with two honours. Three
Hearts was game forcing.
North cashed a top club and switched to
a spade. Declarer won, cashed three top diamonds, North discarding
a club and a heart, and played a low heart. North won the queen
and exited with a spade. Declarer won, cashed the ace of hearts,
and played spade, spade, spade to endplay North into giving
the ninth trick to the queen of clubs.
West
Mouiel
Pass
1NT
3NT |
North
Jens
Pass
Pass
All Pass
|
East
Cronier
1ª
2© |
South
Sabine
Pass
Pass |
North cashed a top club and switched to
a spade. Declarer won, cashed three top diamonds, North discarding
a club and a heart, and two more rounds of spades, discovering
the 5-2 break, before playing a low heart. North won with the
queen and exited with a spade. Declarer won, cashed the ace
of hearts, and played a spade to endplay North into giving the
ninth trick to the queen of clubs.
The armchair analysts can have some fun
working out if it is better to play the nine of hearts at trick
three, intending to run it if North does not cover.
Hot on his parent’s heels is Martin Schaltz,
representing the Danish Junior team. Ib Lundby reported the
following award winning deal.
Lizzi and Jørgen-Elith Schaltz were some
of the hot bridge names I read about and learned from, when
I was a junior player. Lizzi won the European Ladies Team title
several times, and her husband played on our national team as
well. For a couple of years my partner was Peter Schaltz, their
son, and in 1970 I was his captain when he and his team won
the European Junior title in Dublin. Since then Peter has for
many years played on our national team with different partners,
among them his wife Dorthe and his cousin Knud-Aage Boesgaard.
Dorthe and Peter are still competing in
the Danish first division, but their chances to represent Denmark
again maybe have decreased a little. No problem at all - the
third generation is ready to take over! Meet 14 years old Martin
Schaltz in this fascinating hand from a club evening where Martin
ended up as declarer.
Dealer South. None Vul |
|
ª
Q 8 4
© Q 6
¨ A K 10
7 2
§ Q 10 2 |
ª
J 10 7 3
© K 9 7 4
3 2
¨ 8
§ J 8 |
![Bridge deal](../../../Graphics/Hand/board.gif) |
ª
A 6
© 10
¨ J 9 5 4 3
§ K 9 7 4
3 |
|
ª
K 9 5 2
© A J 8
5
¨ Q 6
§ A 6 5 |
West
Pass |
North
3NT |
East
All Pass |
South
1NT |
West led his fourth best heart, won by
dummy's queen, and after a diamond to the queen the next diamond
trick told Martin that he had to work for it. So he did!
The ¨K
took trick 3, and a heart to the 8 end-played West on the 9.
He elected to play the ªJ
which was taken by the ªK,
and a spade went to the 8 and the bare ace. Now it was East's
turn to be thrown in! A low club went to the jack and queen,
and before Martin cashed the ªQ
this was the picture:
|
ª
Q
© -
¨ A K 10
7 2
§ Q 10 2 |
ª
J 10 7 3
© K 9 7 4
3 2
¨ 8
§ J 8 |
![Bridge deal](../../../Graphics/Hand/board.gif) |
ª
-
© -
¨ J 9 5
§ K 9 7 |
|
ª
9 5
© A J
¨ -
§ A 6 |
Look what happens to East when the ªQ
is played. If he throws a diamond, declarer will cash the ¨A
and continue with a diamond, thereby making his third end-play.
Therefore East had to throw a club, but it didn't help him very
much. Instead Martin played a club to his ace, discarded a diamond
on the ©A and
threw East in with the §K.
Dummy's A10 in diamonds took the two last tricks. 3NT made with
an overtrick.
Two end-plays and a throw-in squeeze in
the same hand... I guess that we will meet Martin at the international
scene very soon. Right you are!
We have spotted several well-known
names in the programme, and we invite you to work out (assuming
we are right!) whom their (doubtless temporarily!) more famous
parents might be!
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