After five days of computer-bridge competition, including a 20-board
round robin, a 48-board semifinal and a 64-board final, Jack (Hans
Kuijf, The Netherlands) nipped WBridge5 (Yves Costel, France) by
1 IMP. It came down to the last board.
Board 64. Dealer West E/W Vul. |
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ª
A Q 9 4
© K Q 3 2
¨ 10
§ K 6 4 2 |
ª
K 6 2
© 8 7 6 4
¨ A 9 6
§ 10 8 7 |
![Bridge deal](../../../Graphics/Hand/board3.gif) |
ª
10 5
© A 10 9
¨ J 8 5 4
§ A Q J 9 |
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ª
J 8 7 3
© J 5
¨ K Q 7 3 2
§ 5 3 |
WBridge5 did well to stop in Two Spades and had to make nine tricks
to tie the match. At the "other" table Jack had gone down
one in four spades. West led the §7.
There are four obvious losers, two clubs, one heart and one diamond.
If declarer could time the play correctly nine tricks where possible
on a cross ruff. However, when Jack returned the ª10
at trick two declarer guessed to play hearts first and diamonds
second. Each defender, after winning their ace, returned a trump
and declarer was held to eight tricks...and Jack was crowned Computer-Bridge
World Champion.