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| Slams are wild |
| Written by Tim | |
| Wednesday, 24 March 2010 | |
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In round 9 Hungary played Netherlands Red on VuGraph. According to the unofficial junior rules, partscores should be reduced to a minimum. If one is bid, a slam has to neutralize the 1xx score. The juniors on VuGraph even surpassed their initial goal by bidding one slam more than there were partscores: 3 to 2. Let’s see what happened.
Board 24 West/None
North
♠ 6 5
♥ Q 8 4
♦ J 9 8
♣ J 8 6 3 2
West East
♠ Q J 9 8 ♠ T 3
♥ T 9 7 3 ♥ A K 6 5 2
♦ Q 5 4 ♦ K T 7 3 2
♣ 7 4 ♣ K
South
♠ A K 7 4 2
♥ J
♦ A 6
♣A Q T 9 5
West North East South
Pass pass 1♥ 2♥(♠+♣) 2♠! 4♣ 5♦ 6♣ a.p. E/W had a misunderstanding about 2♠. At the W/S side of the screen it was explained as either Gameforcing or weak with ♥ support. On the E/N side though, East explained it as having a ♦ suit, hence the 5♦ bid. South, thinking about a huge red hand at east and a rather solid 4♣ (as west was likely to have weak ♥ support) thought 6♣ had a very good chance of making. Au contraire, when spades were 4-2 it was doomed to fail. The Dutch South called the director after the match explaining his situation, but even if he was given the right explanation he would have been more inclined to bid the slam, wasn’t he? In that case he could have thought north had a singleton ♦… It was a wash after all, as the closed room played 6♣ as well.
On the next board, the dutch junior pair Helmich-Hop who recently won a huge dutch butlertournament showed their skills.
Board 25. North/East West
North
♠ K Q J T 2
♥ Q J 5
♦ Q 9
♣ K 4 3
West East
♠ 9 8 ♠ 7 6 5 4
♥ A 8 6 4 3 ♥ K T 9 7 2
♦ 6 5 ♦ T 4 3
♣ Q T 9 8 ♣ J
South
♠ A 3
♥ --
♦ A K J 8 7 2
♣ A 7 6 5 2
West North East South
- 1♠ pass 2♦ pass 2♠! Pass 3♣ pass 3NT pass 4♦ pass 4♠! Pass 5♥! pass 5♠ pass 5NT pass 7♠ a.p. 2♠ showed a mediocre hand with not necessarily 6 spades. 4♠ showed a control in ♠ and ♦ support. This was enough for South to bid 5♥, which was not exclusion RKC as he hadn’t jumped immediately, but rather showed a 1st control in ♥ and interest in a grand slam. North, who had very few 1st controls didn’t want to exclude the grand and with 5♠ he showed a solid spade suit, but was that enough for south? He had to get rid of his clubs, so basically he had to know if north had the ♣K. 5NT asked for that. North knew enough to bid a grand slam and in 7♠ he could ruff a heart in north’s hand if that would be necessary. Also he would be declarer, which gives extra individual junior points. The extra IMP won by not bidding 7♦ but 7♠ was very well earned. +14.
Board 28. West/ North South
North
♠ A K J T 3
♥ -
♦ Q T 6
♣ T 9 8 7 4
West East
♠ Q 8 ♠ 7 6 5 2
♥ A K Q J 5 4 ♥ T 9 8 7 6 3
♦ 8 7 5 ♦ 3 2
♣ Q J ♣ K
South
♠ 9 4
♥ 2
♦ A K J 9 4
♣ A 6 5 3 2
West North East South
1♥ 2♥(♠+♣) 5♥ 6♣ 6♥ pass! pass ….DBL The last slam decision in this match was the most exciting one in my opinion. East/West put N/S to the test about their forcing pass system when East, a girl (who says they are scared?), bid 5♥ after 1♥-2♥ which again was 5+♠ and 5+♣. South obliged with 6♣ and west had an easy 6♥. Now it was up to north whether he wanted to go on to 7♣ or to play 6♥X. His mediocre clubs certainly are a red flag to bid on, but his void in ♥ was so beautiful that he elected to pass, encouraging to bid the grand. South thought for a long time and decided to flip a coin. Head’s meant to double and so he did. A good decision as 7♣ is one off. 6♠ on the other hand could have been made with this layout: ruff the first heart, play ♣A and another one, ruff the next ♥ in dummy and prey for the ♠Q to be on side. Not human to bid that. North’s decision is to pass on 6♥ is very questionable however. Wubbo de Boer, former 1993 Bermuda Bowl winner and now coach prevented a serious argument between N/S as south said he almost bid 7♣. For his 2♥ bid north already had a minimum with such bad clubs. The discussion ended immediately. The other table copied the result, so it was a wash. |
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