November 2022 - 18

Open Room
West North
1 Pass
2' Pass
2NT Pass
East
South
Disa C. Rimstedt S-Molson Michielsen
Pass
1' Pass
1NT
Pass
2l Pass
3NT
All Pass
A delicate 23-point 3NT. Michielsen
led the k8 to partner's ace and the l5
was returned to dummy's king. Dummy's
k10 ran round to Michielsen's queen.
Exiting with a diamond to dummy's ace
saw a spade played from dummy to the
ace and dropping the singleton Q. A
spade to the king was followed by two
rounds of hearts, Rimstedt discarding a
top diamond and a spade. Declarer now
cashed the 'A and to her chagrin, Rimstedt
unblocked the king. Now there was
no play for the contract as all exits allow
the defense three tricks. Had the king
not been unblocked, then declarer could
exit with a club and North could take the
club and a diamond but would then have
to lead into the spade tenace.
Closed Room
West North East
1 Pass 1NT
2NT Pass 3NT
South
Brody Senior S. Rimstedt Smith
Pass 1'
Pass
Pass
All Pass
Same contract and the same start.
Senior took the kA, returned the suit, and
Smith took the trick with the queen and
exited with the l6. The '9 was led off
dummy and run to Smith's '10 and the
l4 was the exit. Had Senior now disembarrassed
herself of one of her diamond
honors, the contract was breakable.
Sandra Rimstedt now cashed two hearts,
watching Senior discard a spade and the
'K. After cashing the 'A which forced
Senior to part with a master diamond, the
9 towards the king collected the queen,
and now a spade back to the 7 was
followed by the ace. Rimstedt now exited
with her diamond to Senior's queen, who
then had to give dummy the ninth trick
with a spade. Well read by Rimstedt and
12 IMPs to BRODY.
As the players drew their cards for
the last board, BRODY held a 2-IMP
lead over TRI POLAR:
18 | Bridge Bulletin | November 2022
Dlr: East  K J 8 7 6
Vul: None k 10 9 6 4
l K Q
' 8 7
 Q 4 2
k A 8 3
l A J 4 3
' 10 4 3
 A 10 5
k K 7 5 2
l 9 6 5
' K J 6
 9 3
k Q J
l 10 8 7 2
' A Q 9 5 2
West North East South
Bertheau Fischer Larsson S. Rimstedt
1' Pass
1NT
1l 1 Pass
Dbl
All Pass
West
1'
1NT
2k Pass 2
North East
1 Dbl
All Pass
South
C. Rimstedt Senior Michielsen Smith
Pass
Pass
Pass
Daily Bulletin editor Mark Horton:
Rimstedt opened in third seat with
1' and rebid 1NT in response to the
negative double. Senior led the 7. Cecilia
called for dummy's 10, which held
the trick. She led a heart to the queen
and ace followed by a club to the jack,
losing to the queen. Smith returned her
remaining spade, Cecilia ducking but,
perforce, winning the spade continuation.
Cecilia led dummy's low club, Smith
winning the ace and returning the l2.
Cecilia played low from hand, so Senior
won the queen and cashed her spade
winners then played a heart. Cecilia had
seven tricks, knowing that the lK was
offside, as Smith was a passed hand
and had shown up with 'A Q and kQ
J already; +90.
In the other room it was Larsson, East,
who opened 1', but it was her opponents
who bought the contract in 2,
played by North. Larsson led a diamond,
Bertheau winning the ace and switching
to a low trump. Fischer played low, so
Larsson won the 10 and switched again,
this time to a low club. Fischer put in
the queen, which won the trick, and led
the 9 to the jack and ace. Larsson
returned a diamond, Fischer winning
the king, cashing the K, and playing
on hearts. That established two more
winners so Fischer was home with eight
tricks for +110 and 5 IMPs to BRODY,
who won the match 133-126.
Women's Pairs
Thirty-two pairs - mainly from
Europe and North America - entered
the Women's Pairs. A six-session
qualifier reduced the field to 16 pairs,
of which 14 advanced to the four-session
final. Meyers and Sanborn took
an early lead in the contest and did
not look back. The duo was consistent,
scoring 60.42%, 70.83%, 53.33%
and 54.17% respectively to win the
event by more than two boards over
runners-up Sarah Bell of England
and Marie Eggeling of Germany.
Daily Bulletin contributor Barry
Rigal reported this deal featuring
Meyers and Sanborn against England's
Diana Nettleton and Heather
Dhondy:
Dlr: East  Q 10 7
Vul: Both k A K 6 4
l Q J 10 7
' K 3
 A K J 8 4
k -
l K 5 4 2
' J 10 5 4
 6
k 10 7 3 2
l A 9 6 3
' A 7 6 2
West
North
1 1NT
3l Pass
East
South
Nettleton Meyers Dhondy Sanborn
Pass
Pass
2 Dbl
3 Dbl
All Pass
Meyers would be the first to admit her
hand wasn't worth a 1NT call, but no
one gets rich passing in a pairs event. At
her second turn, she decided not to bid
hearts because of her soft defense to
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 9 5 3 2
k Q J 9 8 5
l 8
' Q 9 8
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