Bridge

Thursday's bridge...

THIS was Scotland's best board at the Senior Camrose. When the English South overcalled 1S Roy Bennett's double promised four hearts, so David Liggat invited game and Roy accepted. This contract has no play on a trump lead, but South led the king of spades to the ace. David led the eight of diamonds towards dummy, scoring the queen when South ducked. Now ace of clubs, club ruff, and a diamond from dummy. South won the ace, cashed one spade and switched to a heart, but too late. Declarer won in dummy, his fifth trick, and led a diamond, West ruffed in with the eight, and East overruffed; he ruffed a club, led another diamond, ruffed and overruffed, ruffed a third club; then led dummy's last diamond to make the seven of hearts en passant.

The English East opened 1NT and Brian Short overcalled 2S, spades and a minor. West doubled, showing values, and East made an ill-judged pass. A trump lead is best here too, but West led his singleton club to the ace before East played two rounds of spades to cut down ruffs in dummy.

Hide Ad
Hide Ad

Declarer led the king of clubs, ruffed by West, who cashed one heart and led a diamond to the king and ace. Declarer ruffed a diamond with dummy's last trump, discarded a diamond on the queen of clubs, ruffed himself back to hand and conceded the jack of diamonds to the queen, establishing the ten as his eighth trick. Sadly, the duplicated good board was worth just 15 imps.

Related topics: