48th European Bridge Team Championships Page 2 Bulletin 15 - Saturday Evening 26 August 2006

Tough Game

by Marek Wojcicki

During the only ladies match shown in Vugraph we could see one more example of a tough battle between the defenders and the declarer:

Board 9. Dealer North. E/W vul.
 ♠ 8 6 5 2
♥ J 9 5
♦ A Q 9
♣ 7 5 3

♠ K 7 3
♥ 7 3
♦ J 8 4		Bridge deal
♠ A Q 10 9 4
♥ K Q 8 4
♦ K
 ♠ J
♥ A 10 6 2
♦ 10 7 6 5 3 2
♣ 4 2

Open Room

WestNorthEastSouth
Von ArnimSmithS. AukenDhondy
 pass 1♣(1) 2♦2
dbl.3♦3♠pass
4♠pass4NTpass
5♣pass5♠pass…

(1) strong club

2 preemptive The German pair, after a slam try, was in a contract that was in danger when the trump split 4-1. Heather Dhondy led ♦2. Small from the dummy, ace from North and king from the declarer. N now returned the nine of diamonds. Declarer could discard from the hand, but had she a chance to guess it? She ruffed and cashed ace of trumps. Jack from South… Could it be a falsecard? Rather not, as North could have something like Qxx in trumps. Sabine Auken decided to play for the 4-1 trump split. For this, North had to have at least three clubs. Declarer now played three rounds of clubs, ending in dummy. When South discarded a diamond, the contract was safe. In this ending:

 ♠ 8 6 5
♥ J 9 5
♦ Q
♣ -

♠ K 7
♥ 7 3
♦ J		Bridge deal
♠ Q 10 9
♥ K Q 8 4
♦ -
 ♠ -
♥ A 10 6 2
♦ 10 7 6
♣ -

Declarer played double dummy - heart to the king and ace. Now a diamond, ruffed in hand. Queen of hearts and a heart ruff with the trump seven and a club… Just made.

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