The Tenace that was no Menace


In the seniors match between Turkey and Poland 3, won by Poland 19-11, one hand created a problem for the defenders, when one of them did not realize that dummy's cards weren't worth the paper they were printed on:

Board 18. Dealer East. NS Game
ª A K Q 10
© K 9
¨ J 10 8 5 2
§ 10 8
ª J 7 2 ª 6
© © A Q 10 8 6 5 2
¨ A 7 ¨ Q 6 4 3
§ A Q J 9 7 6 4 3 § 2
ª 9 8 5 4 3
© J 7 4 3
¨ K 9
§ K 5

West North East South
Sarimsakci Korkut

3© Pass
Pass 3ª Pass 4ª
5§ Dble All Pass

North led ªA and switched to a trump, to prevent declarer from taking a spade ruff. Left with not much of an alternative West played out all his trumps, dicarding two diamonds and five hearts from dummy. In a moment of confusion South discarded all his spades and came down to © Jx and ¨Kx in the four-card ending.

West assumed that he had presented South with a tough defensive problem playing him for ©Kx and ¨Kx and exited with ¨A and another diamond. As South had no spade left he was forced to lead into East's hearts to give declarer two more tricks and +550 Turkey.


Results Contents
{short description of image}{short description of image}Open Teams
{short description of image}O28, O29, O30

{short description of image} {short description of image}Ladies Teams
{short description of image} L15, L16

{short description of image} {short description of image}Senior Teams
{short description of image} S20, S21, S22
{short description of image}{short description of image}Greece v France
{short description of image}Open, Round 26

{short description of image}{short description of image}Sweden v Portugal
{short description of image}Open, Round 27

{short description of image}{short description of image}Double Trouble for Ireland
{short description of image}{short description of image}The Tenace that was no Menace
{short description of image}{short description of image}No presents today?


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