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By Maureen Dennison
In London in 1990 we were treated to "The
Battle of the Systems." We had the Scientists in the guise of Bobby
Goldman, Paul Soloway, Benito Garozzo and Billy Eisenberg, World Champions
all. They faced the Naturalists represented by Tony Forrester paired with
Zia Mahmood and Bobby Wolff with Gabriel Chagas. One of the best played
hands showed Zia at his finest declaring 3NT.
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Forester |
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J 7 5 2 |
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Q 9 7 4 |
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A 5 4 2 |
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Goldman |
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A 9 |
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Q 6 4 3 |
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J 9 5 3 2 |
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K 7 |
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10 |
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K 8 5 3 2 |
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10 9 8
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K J |
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Mahmood |
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K 10 8 |
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A Q 10
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A J 6 |
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Q 3 |
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Whether they should have bid so high is
open to question but one does not argue with success if the contract can
be made. Goldman led a low heart to East's king and Zia
took his ace. The Vugraph commentators suggested that the
K would be a good shot, but then they could see all four hands! Zia
now led the
K! This was taken with the ace and now West tried a small club to
2, K and 3. Eisenberg continued with the
J to declarer's
Q. He now advanced the
10 which was ducked. It was obvious to the audience that cashing the
Q before playing his last spade was the winning line. Yes! Zia
did just that and East was end played. Eisenberg took the
Q and
returned another to the table. Zia threw two hearts on dummy's black winners
and then - the final coup de gracé - called for the
Q, smothering the
10 and scoring three diamond tricks for his contract. Brilliant!
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