We were notified that in round eleven the Norwegian pair in the Open Room had a major accident in their match against Yugoslavia. Turning to the records we discovered that details of the hand in question were missing! Now we knew we were onto something! It was only a matter of time before we found an informant.

Dealer South. EW Game ª K J 7 © A Q J 3 ¨ K Q J 6 § A J ª A 8 4 3 2 ª 10 5 © 8 7 6 5 2 © K 9 ¨ 9 3 ¨ 10 8 7 4 § 3 § K 9 8 7 4 ª Q 9 6 © 10 4 ¨ A 5 2 § Q 10 6 5 2

In the other room a sensible sequence led to a final contract of 4NT and declarer had no difficulty in arriving at eleven tricks.

East thought he was asking West to bid his better major but he is still waiting for a reply! The defenders showed no mercy, putting the contract five down, a small matter of -2800.