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English 55 Virtual European Championship - part 1 Krzysztof Martens BOARD 15 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QJ109752 A J65 Q5 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K6 QJ10942 K 10864 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A43 K873 AQ42 K7 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 8 65 109873 AJ932 Contract 4 ♥ . North opened 3♠. Lead ♠Q T he ma i n po i n t - D i s c a r d i n t h e s u i t wh e r e a r u f f i s t h r e a t e n e d . Order of play: 1. Win with the king of spades. 2-3. Overtake the king of diamonds with the ace and pitch a spade on the diamond queen. 4. Now it is safe to play trumps. Closed room - your teammates played in 4 ♠ doubled, down two: +500 for EW . You discarded a spade +420 = -2 IMP. You allowed the defenders to score a spade ruff: -50 = -11 IMP. BOARD 16 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K1052 Q53 K1075 J10 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Q3 AKJ2 QJ KQ532 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A98 98764 642 A6 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ J764 10 A983 9874 C o n t r a c t 4 ♥ . L e a d ♣ J The main point - Maintain communication between the hands. Order of play: 1. The ace of clubs. 2. The ace of hearts. 3-4. The king and queen of clubs, discarding a spade. If North ruffs with the queen, you discard a spade from, dummy and (with the tramp entries to your hand intact) can set up a club for a spade further spade discard. You lose against these two layouts: = ♥ Q10x with two clubs with North. = ♥ Qxx with two clubs with South. In both these situations, it will not help you to draw a second round of trumps before playing clubs. Closed room - Contract 4 ♥ , +620 for EW (Lead ♠ 2). Proper play +620 = no swing You did not follow the correct line -100 = -12 IMP.