8th World Youth
Bridge Team Championship, Mangaratiba, Brazil |
Wednesday,
8 August 2001 |
In
the Steps of Tuszynski
You may recall this deal from Monday's opening round.
In the match between Israel and Argentina, a deceptive lead
reaped a huge dividend.
Board 3. Dealer
South. East/West Vul.
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ª
A 6 4 3
©
10 8 6 4
¨ 8
6
§
A J 6 |
ª
J 5
© Q
9
¨ A Q
J 5 4 3
§ Q
8 7 |
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ª
K 10 9 8 2
© J
3
¨ 10
9
§ 10
9 4 2 |
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Q 7
©
A K 7 5 2
¨ K
7 2
§
K 5 3 |
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Open Room |
West |
North |
East |
South |
Pellegrini |
Roll |
Bauenna |
Schneider |
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1© |
2¨ |
3¨ |
Pass |
4© |
All Pass |
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West led the jack of spades, but declarer made no mistake,
going up with the ace and cashing two rounds of hearts. The
club finesse was right, so +420 for Israel.
Closed Room |
West |
North |
East |
South |
WarszaWski |
Madala |
Liran |
Pugliese |
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1© |
Pass |
2NT* |
Pass |
3¨ |
Pass |
4© |
All Pass |
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North's 2NT promised a good heart raise or better.
West declined to overcall and also refrained from doubling
Three Diamonds. There was a fair chance that declarer would
now have ducked a spade lead, allowing East to win and switch
to a diamond, but West had a different idea in mind when he
led the nine of hearts!
Declarer played dummy's tem and took East's jack with the king.
He crosssed to dummy with a winning club finesse and ran the
eight of hearts.
It must have been quite a surprise to see it lose to the queen
and Israel had gained 10 IMPs.
There was a similar hand in the final of the 2000 Olympiad between
Italy and Poland where Tuszynski made a similarly brilliant
lead. However, experienced declarers do not consider it likely
that a defender will lead a singleton trump and the redoubtable
Lorenzo Lauria took the winning view by dropping the queen.
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