When Madsen (Denmark) met Sandsmark (Norway) in Round 10 of the Mixed Teams, Morten Lund Madsen thought that he was dreaming as the auction progressed on one board. This was the board:

ª Q © A K 10 8 5 ¨ K J 8 7 5 § K 5 ª K 10 4 ª J 8 3 2 © Q J 4 3 2 © 7 ¨ 10 6 4 3 ¨ Q 9 § 6 § A Q 10 9 7 3 ª A 9 7 6 5 © 9 6 ¨ A 2 § J 8 4 2

West's Two Heart opening was weak with five hearts plus a four-card or longer minor. Lund Madsen was slightly surprised by the opening bid but he passed to see what would happen. When East asked for his partner's minor and West admitted to holding diamonds, Lund Madsen was even more surprised. Still, he had to pass again as a double would have been for take-out. Imagine his pleasure when he saw that Maria Rahelt had made a balancing double! Three Diamonds doubled made just three tricks for +1700 to the Danes, helping them to a 25-4 VP win and catapulting them into contention for a semi-final spot with two rounds to go to the cut.

Meanwhile, Paul Chemla's French team were lying 15th at the start of the day and in need of a big win to get in touch with the leaders. Chemla also enjoyed the above board, though not achieving quite the same score as Lund Madsen.

The opening lead was a low spade to dummy's ace. Chemla played ace, king and a third diamond, East pitching a club. He ruffed the diamond and led the © 9, covered by the jack and king. When the © 7 fell, Chemla decided that the suit was probably breaking 5-1, especially given that east seemed to be long in both black suits from the bidding and his opening lead. He continued by cashing the jack of diamonds, then exited with the king of clubs. East won the §A but then made the fatal error of failing to cash the §Q. Instead, he led a spade for Chemla to ruff. Chemla again exited with a club and East was obliged to lead a black card for him to ruff again. Finally, Chemla played his last diamond and West had to ruff and lead into the © A10 at trick twelve to give the tenth trick. Strangely, this fine effort was not matched at the other table. The Chemla team gained a 25-3 VP win and were right in the thick of the qualification battle.

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