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English 54 BOARD 9 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Q10942 K8752 3 73 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ KJ6 AQ K1042 AQ108 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A5 42 AQ98 KJ942 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 873 J1096 J765 65 C ontract 6NT. Lead ♣7. T he main point - When you have a two- way finesse, choose your play so that you will have a second chance if you guess wrongly. Play the ace and queen of diamonds. If South holds four diamonds to the jack, you can finesse on the third round. If North holds four diamonds, you can remove his clubs and throw him iri on the fourth round of diamonds. He will then have to give you a twelfth trick in one of the major suits. Hie result from the Closed Room - Contract 6NT, +1440 for EW . You made the correct play of the ace and queen of diamonds: +1440 - no swing. If not: -100 = -17 IM P BOARD 10 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A63 6 KQ10752 642 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K942 KQ10975 3 J10 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 875 AJ82 A8 AQ98 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QJ10 43 J964 K753 Contract 4♥. Lead ♦ K. The main point - Keep the dangerous opponent off lead. With the intention of keeping South off lead, and preventing a lead through the king of spades, you should allow the king of diamonds to win the first trick. You can then pitch a club on the ace of diamonds and, after drawing trumps, take a ruffing club finesse into the safe hand. Closed room - Contract 4♥, +620 for EW . You conceded the king of diamonds - no swing. You took the first trick with the ace of diamonds: -100 = -12 IMP. The first match with Croatia has finished. How did you fare in the European Championships? Faultless declarer’s play would bring you an impressive 36 IMP, In this event the teams play 20 - board matches . After converting it to VP, a 36- IMP win would produce a 22-8 score in VPs. Krzysztof Martens published 12 books – high level bridge, You can find all in website www.martensuniversity.com