| Adventures of a bridge professional 11: The Dutch internet championship |
| Sunday, 20 December 2009 07:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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During the preparation for the San Remo Open European Championship three top ranking Dutch clubs (De Lombard, Het Witte Huis and 't Onstein) participated in an internet championship specially organised for them by Dutch bridgeplay-site Stepbridge in cooperation with the Dutch Bridge Federation. Earlier this year, in the final of the Dutch Meesterklasse (top league) De Lombard had handsomely beaten us, so this was a good opportunity for revenge. And revenge we got, we outclassed them: 25-2. I have to admit the result paints too rosy a picture, since luck was rather often on our side. But not always, as this example shows.
1 at least 5-5 in the minors Muller led the ♥K.
On his last trump, the ♠J, Drijver discarded North's ♥J. East was in big trouble. In the end he discarded the ♥10 but Drijver now played the ♣6 to the ♣Q and then a diamond. East, on winning with the ♦Q, was thus used as a stepping stone: he had to play a club allowing South to make the ♣K, his tenth trick. At the other table 4♠ was defeated after a diamond lead. In the second match, against Het Witte Huis, Drijver and I began to demonstrate we were getting in shape and ready for the European Championship.
Thanks to my partner's fantastic 3♠ bid (Splinter) we bid this very good slam. |
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