The Beauty Of Bridge

Whenever we are packing our suitcases and are leaving for yet another bridge trip abroad, the question should arise why we are doing all this. In my opinion, there are two basic reasons: the beauty of the game at which we want to do well and win. Here in Rome, new deals are waiting for us, on a number of which you will be able to read tomorrow and the day after, so for now we have to be content with old deals that some of us may remember and some may not.

No, we won't reprint the deals that brought our friends who came from Haifa to play here their first European Open teams title; that's only a few months ago so we all remember. We can't reprint too many of the Italian brilliancies over the last decade, as Bocchi and Duboin are not here. However, Heimdal Bridge Club from Trondheim, Norway, is here, fielding two pairs who for many years have been the basis of the Norwegian National Team. Their matches against Italy were usually shown on Bridge-Rama, so who does not remember Lauria's lead to beat a slam made at the other table? Here it is again:

Board 4 - W/All
	ª A J 9 7 6 5 3 © J 4 2 ¨ 2 § K 8
ª - © K 10 8 ¨ Q 7 4 3 § Q J 10 7 6 2