BRIDGE/By Bob Jones Polish power East-West vulnerable. North deals. Piotr Gawrys, of Poland, has long been considered one of the world’s best players. He was South in today’s deal, which helped his team win the Rosenblum Teams at the recent world championships in China. The opening trump lead was ducked in dummy and won by East with the king. The shift was to a low diamond. West won with his jack, cashed the ace and then led another trump, going to the nine, 10 and queen. Gawrys next led a heart to the ace and ruffed a heart as East discarded a club. A diamond was ruffed with the jack of
NORTH ♠ AJ96 ♥ AKJ82 ♦ 10 4 ♣K8 WEST EAST ♠75 ♠ K 10 4 ♥ Q 10 9 7 4 3 ♥5 ♦ AJ 3 ♦K987 ♣ Q6 ♣J9532 SOUTH ♠Q832 ♥6 ♦Q652 ♣ A 10 7 4
The bidding: NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST 1♥ Pass 1♠ Pass 3♠ Pass 4♠ Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: Five of ♠
spades and another heart was ruffed in hand with the spade eight. Declarer crossed to dummy with the king of clubs and cashed the ace of spades, drawing the last trump. This was the position:
NORTH: ♠Void ♥K J ♦Void 2 ♣8 WEST: ♠Void ♥Q 10 ♦Void ♣ Q EAST: ♠Void ♥Void ♦K ♣ J 9 SOUTH: ♠Void ♥Void ♦ Q ♣ A 10
Next came the king of hearts and East was skewered! Whatever he chose to discard, South would discard in the other suit and take the last two tricks. In the replay, Gawrys’ opponents did not reach game and took only nine tricks.
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