I played a one-on-one
challenge on BBO with my friend Lia. (lia1212) It was an 8 board MP
tournament. This is a review of the boards we played.
Board 1
I had a 15 points
balanced hand so I opened 1NT. Partner made a Jacoby transfer bid and I
completed the transfer. Then he showed a 5-5 major suit hand and I bid 4S as I
had no extra values.
West led the king of
clubs. I had 2 club losers, 2 heart losers, and 1-2 spade losers if they split
3-2. I could ruff my heart losers.
West won the first
trick with king and continued clubs. East won the second trick with the ace and
led a heart. I cashed A-Q of hearts and played the queen of clubs to discard a
heart. Alas! West ruffed with the ten. So I over ruffed with the queen. Then I
ruffed a heart. East threw a club. Then I cashed the ace of spades and continued
a spade hoping to draw the last 2 trumps. East won with the king and West
showed out. Down one.
Lia also went down one.
Board 2
I had a 17 point
balanced hand and I opened 1NT. Partner bid Stayman and I bid 2 hearts. Partner
bid 4 hearts.
West led the king of
clubs. I had 1 club loser, 1 diamond loser, and 1 heart loser if they split 4-1.
West won the first trick and shifted to a diamond. I won with the queen and
played A-K of hearts. East threw a spade on the second heart. I led the king of
diamond and East won the ace. East led a spade. I cashed the K-Q of spades. I
cross-ruffed the next 4 tricks to make the contract.
Lia also made the
contract.
Board 3
I had 12 points and I
opened 1C. West overcalled 1D. I passed.
Partner cashed the ace
of clubs. Declarer played the king. Then partner shifted to a spade and I won
with the ace. Then I led a club and East won. East then led a trump. West
played the queen and partner won with the ace. I led a club and West ruffed.
Then he played the king of spades and partner ruffed. Partner led a heart and I
won with the ace. Then I led a spade and West ruffed. Then opponents cashed the
king of hearts and led a club. Partner over ruffed West’s trump and won the
last 2 tricks with trumps.
Lia doubled the
opponent's contract and scored 500 points.
Board 4
Right hand opponent
opened 1C. West showed spades and final contract was 2S.
Partner led the jack
of clubs. Dummy covered with the queen and I played the king. Declarer ruffed
and led a diamond. Partner won with his king and led a diamond. I won with the
ace. Next I led my last diamond and partner won. He then led a club and the
dummy won, declarer discarding a heart. Partner won the dummy’s trump lead and
led a heart. I won with the ace and played the queen of hearts. Declarer played
the jack. I continued hearts which declarer ruffed. We could win another trick
with partner’s queen of spades. Plus 200.
Lia’s result was the
same.
Board 5
I opened 1C and the
partner responded 1H. Then I bid 1S. Partner bid 1NT which I passed.
East led the deuce of
clubs. I had 4 winners and needed 3 tricks to make the contract. I could
develop 2 tricks in both clubs and diamonds. I played low in dummy and West won
with the king. Next opponents won two heart tricks and shifted to a club. Then
I finessed in diamonds which I won. I cashed Q-J of clubs, diamonds, and the
ace of hearts. I made the contract with two overtricks.
Lia made only one
overtrick.
Board 6
I opened 1NT and
everyone passed.
West led the queen of
spades. I had 3 sure tricks and had to win another 4 tricks. I could develop 2
diamond tricks. I played the ace and led the queen of diamonds. East led the
jack of clubs; queen, ace, three. Opponents then cashed 2 clubs both opponents
followed marking a 3-3 split. Then East played a heart, I ducked. East shifted
to a spade which I won with my king. I led the nine of diamonds to force the
ace but opponents ducked. Then I led a spade. I thought West had the jack
because he led the queen. But East had the jack. They won three spade tricks. I
won the last two tricks. Down two.
Lia’s play was
different and she managed to make the contract.
Board 7
I passed my 11 point
hand and opponents bid to 3D.
Partner led the jack
of hearts. I played the ace and shifted to a spade. Declarer won with the king and
cashed the ace of diamonds, king of diamonds, and ace of clubs. Then he ruffed
a club and led a diamond. Partner won with the king and led a heart. Opponents
won the remaining tricks.
The result at the other
table was the same.
Board 8
Partner opened 1C, I
responded 1S, West doubled and partner redoubled showing support. East bid 2H
and I bid 4S.
The opening lead was
four of hearts. I had 2 diamond losers, 2 heart losers, and 1 club loser. East
won with the ace and shifted to a club. I won with the queen and drew trumps.
Trumps split 4-0. I finessed in clubs and ruffed a club. Then I led a diamond.
West won with the king and cashed a heart. I won the last 2 tricks and made the
contract.
Lia played the deuce of
clubs at trick 2 and West played the king. Hence she could win an overtrick.
Results
I won only one board and scored 37.50%. Congratulations Lia!
| # | Score (MP) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4SS-1 | -50 | 4SS-1 | -50 | |
| 2 | 4HS= | 620 | 4HS= | 620 | |
| 3 | 1DW-2 | 200 | 1DWx-2 | 500 | |
| 4 | 2SW-2 | 200 | 2SW-2 | 200 | |
| 5 | 1NN+2 | 150 | 1NN+1 | 120 | |
| 6 | 1NS-2 | -100 | 1NS= | 90 | |
| 7 | 3DW+2 | -150 | 3DW+2 | -150 | |
| 8 | 4SS= | 420 | 4SS+1 | 450 | |
Great 👍 make a group challenge and ensure that you include me ☺️
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DeleteHi Souvik, sure, we will play a group challenge :)
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