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Tuesday, 27 October 2009 07:00

This is a deal from the American qualifying matches in November 1963 (a fateful month!) for the World Pairs Championships:

S/AllQ 8 
 10 6 3
A Q J 9 6
A Q 4
5 4 3windroosJ 10 7 2
A 8 5K Q 7 4
K 5 3 210 8 7
10 5 27 6
 A K 9 6 
J 9 2
4
K J 9 8 3

EW were Victor Mitchell - Sam ('2') Stayman and NS were Dorothy Hayden - B.J. (Boris Joris?) Becker (B.J. was often written as B. Jay; we could not dig up any more information about his first names -Ed. Bridgevaria.com). Both were very renowned pairs.

NS have 27 points between them and although there is no heart guard, 3NT is the only makable game. But how to get there?

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