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Independent on Sunday, The, Jan 1, 2006 by Maureen Hiron
England made a good start in the Bermuda Bowl at the 2005 World Championships, when David Gold steered home this game contract. The hand was reported in the first-class Daily Bulletins by his team captain, Raymond Brock.
South, Gold, opened One No-Trump and Jacques Penture, West for Guadeloupe, made the eyebrow-raising vulnerable overcall of Two Hearts, in spite of an initial pass from East. North, Tom Townsend, bid 2NT, the Lebensohl convention, which requested Three Clubs from partner. Gold obliged, and when Townsend continued with Three No- Trumps, it showed enough for a raise to game, but without a heart guard or four cards in spades. East doubled " hardly surprising in view of his partner's overcall.
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Declarer ducked the heart lead and won the heart continuation perforce, throwing a spade from dummy. He followed with a low diamond to the queen, taken by the king. East cleared the hearts and South discarded a low diamond from dummy. Then Gold played a club to the nine and king. East returned a spade, declarer winning with his ace, then cashed out his clubs, on which East and South both discarded spades, and West a heart.
Now came Gold's master play " a low diamond " and when East played the two, Gold inserted the eight. He had reasoned, correctly, that for East to double, West must have very little for his overcall, and therefore West's more likely shape was 3-6-1-3 rather than 2-6-2-3.
Game all; dealer East
North
K 10 6
8
Q 10 6 4 3
A J 9 7
South
A 8 4 2
A K 4
A 8 5
Q 3 2
West
Q J 9
Q 10 9 6 5 3
7
10 6 4
East
7 5 3
J 7 2
K J 9 2
K 8 5
The winner of the 18 December Spot the Ball will be announced when the competition returns in next week's issue
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