Bucureºti, 31-08-2004
Bucureºti, 21-3-2005
Boards from Friday 18-03-2005, teams at Atomic.
   
    | 1.N/-
     | North 
     |  | North
     | East
     | South
     | West
     | 
   
    |  |  96
 |  | 1NT
     | 3  | Ap
     |  | 
   
    |  |  KQ10
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  AQ1032
 |  | Lead:
     |  2
 |  |  | 
   
    | W (Truus)
     |  AJ3
 | E (Louis)
     |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  A10854
 |  |  KJ7
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  J975
 |  |  A2
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  J86
 |  |  4
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  6
 | South
     |  K1098753
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  Q32
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  8643
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  K975
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  Q4
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
A simple board.
 -Lead, so no losers in this suit. In the red suits 2 losers.
-Lead, so no losers in this suit. In the red suits 2 losers.
So only 2  -losers are allowed.
-losers are allowed.
Try trick1: 10.
10.
Then  to
 to  K and again play a
K and again play a  .
.
If  10 loses then continue
10 loses then continue  to
 to  A and
A and  to
 to  K.
K.
At oyr table the leader let run  6.
6.
So 3  -tricks were lost, -1.
-tricks were lost, -1.
A nice bidding-convention.
   
    | 4. E/All
     | North 
     |  | North
     | East
     | South
     | West
     | 
   
    |  |  109
 |  | -
     | P
     | P
     | 1NT
     | 
   
    |  |  J103
 |  | P
     | 2  | P
     | 2  | 
   
    |  |  QJ3
 |  | P
     | 3 i | P
     | 4  | 
   
    | W(Truus) 
     |  A10842
 | E(Louis) 
     | Ap
     |  |  |  | 
   
    |  AK8
 |  |  QJ642
 | i
     | invite
     | 5-crd
     |  | 
   
    |  KQ2
 |  |  A975
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  K64
 |  |  10
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  Q973
 | South 
     |  J65
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  753
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  864
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  A98752
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  K
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
We play: East transfer, and a new suit is gameforcing.
With a transfer and 2SA you miss the 4-4 fit  .
.
There are 2 solutions for East:
You make a transfer and a new suit inviting.
Or
You make 2 , and then 3
, and then 3 inviting.
 inviting.
After  A Lead and
A Lead and  continuation the play wasn’t the problem,
 continuation the play wasn’t the problem,  3-3.
 3-3.
At the end a tricky contract
   
    | 5. Z/-
     | North 
     |  | North
     | East
     | South
     | West
     | 
   
    |  |  10965
 |  | -
     | -
     | 1  | P
     | 
   
    |  |  J102
 |  | P
     | 1NT i
     | P
     | 3NT
     | 
   
    |  |  97
 |  | Ap
     |  |  |  | 
   
    | W (Truus)
     |  J765
 | E (Louis)
     |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  J432
 |  |  KQ
 | i 10-12 
     |  points 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  A84
 |  |  K973
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  1082
 |  |  A653
 | Lead:
     |  K
 |  |  | 
   
    |  AKQ
 | South 
     |  1098
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  A87
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  Q65
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  KQJ4
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  432
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
Take trick1 with  A, North plays
A, North plays  7
7
North also has  9, the best play is
9, the best play is  .
.
Making 2  -, 2
-, 2 -, 2
-, 2 , 3
, 3 -tricks,
-tricks,  6 in East is higher then
6 in East is higher then  4 in South.
4 in South.
Also you can duck a  , you have 3
, you have 3  -tricks.
-tricks.
Beginning with  K and
K and  Q also works.
Q also works.
If South takes the 2nd and continues  naspeelt you play
 naspeelt you play  .
.
If South takes the 2nd and plays  you duck.
 you duck.
Conclusion:
It was in fact an easy game.
Louis, the Dutch player.