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English 55 Virtual European Championship - part 1 Krzysztof Martens BOARD 7 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A8762 AQ95 763 6 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K KJ84 AKJ42 AK2 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QJ4 - Q1098 987543 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 10953 107632 5 QJ10 Contract 6♦ Lead ♠A and switch to ♦ 3. S plays ♦ 5. The main point - Protect the contract against unfavourable distribution whenever possible. Order of play: 1. Win the diamond in the dummy. 2. Pitch two clubs to two spades . 3. Play a club to the ace. 4. Enter dummy with a diamond. 5. Ruff a club with the ace of diamonds. 6. Enter dummy with a diamond. 7. Ruff a club. You have made the contract against a 3-1 distribution of both diamonds and clubs (3 diamonds with a singleton club). Closed room: Contract 3NT, +600 for EW . If you played successfully: +1370 = +13 IMP If you failed: -100 = -12 IMP BOARD 8 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 10874 QJ4 98 J753 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QJ9 A3 42 AK10984 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A 109852 AKQJ10 Q2 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K6532 K76 7653 6 . Contract 6♣ Lead ♠4 Th e main point - Concede a trump trick when it is safe to do so. At the second trick lead ♣2 and finesse ♣10! To make the contract you need only five trump tricks, to go with five diamonds and the major-suit aces. You should lose a trump trick while dummy has a trump to protect you against a spade continuation. North is powerless. Closed room - Contract 6♦ +940 for EW (Lead ♣6) You finessed the Ten of clubs: +920 = -1 IMP. You played carelessly: one off -50 = -14 IMP.