Dealer North. All Vul
	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		ª K Q J 5 3 © A J 10 3 ¨ A K Q § J
	ª 10 9 © K 6 5 2 ¨ 10 8 3 § 8 5 3 2

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.

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		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 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		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!