vg|BBO5-2nd Mind Sports Games,O-R16-3_6,I,1,16,RUSSIA,67,NORWAY,18|
rs|3CW-2,2SN=,4CE=,3HW+1,3CS-1,2SW-1,4SE+1,4SW+2,4SN+1,4SS+2,4SW-2,5CE-5,2SS=,3NN+1,1SS+2,1SS=,3DN-1,3CN-1,3NE-1,1HE+1,3NN-1,4SS-1,3NS-1,2NS=,2DN=,2SS-1,3NW+1,6DE-2,4HN+1,4HS+1,3NW=,3NW=|
pn|KHOKHLOV,CHARLSEN,MATUSHKO,HOFTANISKA,GROETHEIM,KHIUPPENEN,TUNDAL,KHOLOMEEV|pg||
qx|o1|st||md|3SA93HAJ965D3CKJ62,SK8HKQ2D962CA9543,SJ7652H8DQJ875CT7,SQT4HT743DAKT4CQ8|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1H|nt|blum1956: hi all|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|nt|blum1956: Matushko is not happy to defend against 1NT after the probable @h lead|pg||
mb|2S|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h8|nt|blum1956: NS have a fit while EW do not|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hA|pc|h2|pg||
pc|h9|pc|hK|pc|c7|pc|h4|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s4|pc|sA|pc|s8|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hQ|pc|cT|pc|h7|pg||
pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|d3|pc|d6|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|cA|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|s3|pg||
pc|c4|pc|d7|pc|c8|nt|blum1956: Since South has no more diamonds he will get two more tricks|pg||
pc|c2|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s9|pc|d2|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hT|pc|hJ|pc|c3|pc|d8|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|dK|pc|c6|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c5|pc|sJ|pc|d4|pg||
pc|h5|pc|c9|pc|dQ|pc|dT|pg||
pg||
qx|c1|st||md|3SA93HAJ965D3CKJ62,SK8HKQ2D962CA9543,SJ7652H8DQJ875CT7,SQT4HT743DAKT4CQ8|sv|o|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dK|pc|d3|pc|d9|pc|d5|pg||
pc|s4|pc|s3|pc|sK|pc|s2|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|sA|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h5|pc|hK|pc|s6|pc|h4|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d4|pc|c2|pc|d2|pg||
pc|d7|pc|dT|pc|s9|pc|d6|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hQ|pc|s7|pc|h7|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c8|pc|c6|pc|c3|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dA|mc|8|pg||
qx|o2|st||md|4SA3HT86DK98632C63,S64HQJ9743DJT5CA8,SKQT872H52DAQ4CT5,SJ95HAKD7CKQJ9742|sv|n|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|2C|mb|2D|mb|2H|mb|2S|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|3H|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sA|pc|s4|pc|s2|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|sQ|pc|s9|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d7|pc|d2|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d4|pc|c2|pc|d3|pc|dT|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c8|pc|c5|pg||
pc|sJ|mc|10|nt|blum1956: Quite precise - the 4@h goes down after the club lead or switch|pg||
pg||
qx|c2|st||md|4SA3HT86DK98632C63,S64HQJ9743DJT5CA8,SKQT872H52DAQ4CT5,SJ95HAKD7CKQJ9742|sv|n|mb|1C|mb|1D|mb|d|an|transfer|mb|2S|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|s3|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s9|pc|sA|pc|s6|pg||
pc|d2|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|d7|pg||
pc|d4|pc|hK|pc|d3|pc|d5|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h3|pc|h2|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|cA|pc|c5|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h5|mc|10|pg||
qx|o3|st||md|1SAQHJ653DTCKJ8432,SKT873HAT4DQ72CAT,S6542HQ2DAK963C65,SJ9HK987DJ854CQ97|sv|e|nt|blum1956: But that kind of defence is far from being absolutely clear|pg||
mb|2C|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s3|pc|s2|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|h3|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pc|hK|pg||
pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c5|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c6|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d2|pc|dA|pc|d5|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d4|pc|h5|pc|d7|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h7|pc|h6|pc|hT|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c3|st||md|1SAQHJ653DTCKJ8432,SKT873HAT4DQ72CAT,S6542HQ2DAK963C65,SJ9HK987DJ854CQ97|sv|e|mb|2C|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|dT|pc|d7|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c7|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d3|pc|dJ|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|cK|pc|cT|pc|c5|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c3|pc|dQ|pc|s4|pc|cQ|pg||
pc|dK|pc|d5|pc|c2|pc|s3|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o4|st||md|2S96HAQ94DK875C532,SA842H3DAQ96CQJT8,SJT7HKJ852D2C9764,SKQ53HT76DJT43CAK|sv|b|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|d2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s7|pc|sK|pc|s6|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s9|pc|s4|pc|sT|pg||
pc|s3|nt|blum1956: 12 tricks available but the declarer must play the @dA to the first trick of course|pg||
pc|c5|pc|sA|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|d6|pc|h5|pc|dJ|pc|dK|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c4|st||md|2S96HAQ94DK875C532,SA842H3DAQ96CQJT8,SJT7HKJ852D2C9764,SKQ53HT76DJT43CAK|sv|b|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d2|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|d6|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s2|pc|sJ|pc|sK|pc|s9|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|h4|pc|s4|pc|sT|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c2|pc|c8|pc|c4|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|cT|pc|c6|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d7|pc|d9|pc|h2|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d8|pc|dQ|pc|h5|pg||
pc|dA|pc|c7|pc|d4|pc|dK|pg||
mc|12|pg||
qx|o5|st||md|3SKJ987HAKDAJT3CA6,SA4HJ43D97CT98542,SQ632H872DK862CQJ,ST5HQT965DQ54CK73|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|nt|blum1956: 1@c 12-14 NT or any strong|pg||
nt|blum1956: 2@c asking|pg||
mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|nt|blum1956: After Matushko shows mimimum and just 4 spades (2@d) 2@h is further asking|pg||
mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h9|pc|hK|pc|h3|pc|h7|pg||
pc|s7|nt|blum1956: 2@s probably means 4432 with some 4-card minor|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s5|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s4|pc|s3|pc|sT|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h8|pc|hT|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c2|pc|cJ|pc|c3|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dA|pc|d7|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d9|pc|d6|pc|dQ|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|c5|st||md|3SKJ987HAKDAJT3CA6,SA4HJ43D97CT98542,SQ632H872DK862CQJ,ST5HQT965DQ54CK73|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|cT|pc|cJ|pc|cK|pc|cA|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s5|pg||
pc|d9|mc|12|pg||
qx|o6|st||md|4SHKQJ8763DKJ87C94,SKQ8742H952D52C32,SJ9653HDAT643CQT6,SATHAT4DQ9CAKJ875|sv|e|mb|2C|an|18-19 NT / 20-21 NT / GF / 8+ tricks|mb|4H|mb|4S|mb|p|nt|blum1956: A lot depends on the agreement now|pg||
mb|p|mb|p|pc|dA|nt|blum1956: double would probably mean (4@h was a good contract, choose between passing and furter action)|pg||
nt|blum1956: hence Matushko passes|pg||
pc|d9|pc|d7|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|d2|pg||
nt|blum1956: Anyway NS are cold for  5@d with this extra fafourable distribution. As opposite 4@h goes down after the club lead thanks to trump promotion|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h9|pc|c6|pc|hA|pg||
nt|blum1956: The best the declarer may do now is to play clubs and go down 1|pg||
nt|blum1956: But if the trumps are 4-1 and the remaining clubs do behave he makes his contract easily|pg||
nt|blum1956: In the closed room NS took first 7 tricks against 5@c |pg||
pc|sA|pc|h3|pc|s2|pc|s3|pg||
nt|blum1956: So this will be IMPs for Norway anyway|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|cT|pg||
pc|sT|pc|h6|pc|sK|pc|s5|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s6|pc|h4|pc|h7|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cQ|pc|cK|pc|c9|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|h8|pc|h5|pc|s9|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|c5|pc|d8|pc|s4|pg||
pc|d4|pc|c7|pc|dJ|pc|s7|pg||
pc|h2|pc|d6|pc|hT|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|s8|pc|dT|pc|c8|pg||
pg||
qx|c6|st||md|4SHKQJ8763DKJ87C94,SKQ8742H952D52C32,SJ9653HDAT643CQT6,SATHAT4DQ9CAKJ875|sv|e|mb|1C|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|d|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|5C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hJ|pc|h2|pc|c6|pc|h4|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|c4|pc|s2|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h5|pc|cT|pc|hT|pg||
pc|s9|pc|sT|pc|c9|pc|s4|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h9|pc|cQ|pc|hA|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d9|pc|d7|pc|d2|pg||
pc|d3|pc|dQ|pc|dK|pc|d5|pg||
mc|6|pg||
qx|o7|st||md|1SJT82H6DAQ97CQ954,SQ7653H974DJT54CK,SAK4HKQ82DK3CT832,S9HAJT53D862CAJ76|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|1H|mb|d|mb|2H|mb|d|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h4|pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h6|pg||
pc|s9|nt|blum1956: Matushko downgraded his hand (1NT is 15-17), probably because partner has passed and his HCPs are almost all in majors|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|s3|pc|s4|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|d2|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h5|nt|xenya: NS did well to avoid an almost hopeless 3N|pg||
pc|c4|pc|h7|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h3|pc|s2|pc|h9|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|d6|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|dT|pc|c2|pc|d8|pg||
nt|xenya: 2@S is ironclad|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dJ|pc|sK|pc|c6|pg||
pc|h8|pc|hT|pc|sT|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sA|pc|c7|pc|s8|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c7|st||md|1SJT82H6DAQ97CQ954,SQ7653H974DJT54CK,SAK4HKQ82DK3CT832,S9HAJT53D862CAJ76|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d6|pc|d7|pc|dT|pc|dK|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c6|pc|c4|pc|cK|pg||
pc|h9|pc|hK|pc|hA|pc|h6|pg||
pc|h3|pc|s2|pc|h7|pc|h8|pg||
pc|c2|pc|c7|pc|c9|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s8|pc|s3|pc|sA|pc|s9|pg||
pc|c3|pc|cA|pc|c5|pc|s6|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|sT|pc|h4|pc|hQ|pg||
pc|cT|pc|cJ|pc|cQ|pc|s7|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|d2|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|h2|pc|d8|pg||
pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pc|sK|pc|h5|pg||
pc|s4|pc|hT|pc|d9|pc|dJ|pg||
pg||
qx|o8|st||md|2SAKQT9HQ87D72CAT7,S7653HA93DQ8CQ642,S8HT652DJT95CK953,SJ42HKJ4DAK643CJ8|sv|o|mb|p|nt|xenya: however 3N was made with an overtrick in CR :)|pg||
mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|d2|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d9|pc|dK|pc|d7|pg||
pc|cJ|nt|xenya: just looked at the play there -- against that defence even i would have made 9 tricks -- perhaps...|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c2|pc|c3|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s3|pc|s8|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s5|pc|h2|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s6|pc|h5|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s7|pc|h6|pc|d6|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c4|pc|c9|pc|c8|pg||
pc|dT|pc|dA|pc|s9|pc|h3|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c6|pc|cK|nt|blum1956: In the closed Kholomeev decided to avoid underleading his @hAJ10xx after declarer has shown 4 cards in hearts which proved wrong|pg||
pc|d4|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|h4|pc|h7|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|9|nt|xenya: that was not the end|pg||
nt|xenya: the story continued|pg||
pg||
qx|c8|st||md|2SAKQT9HQ87D72CAT7,S7653HA93DQ8CQ642,S8HT652DJT95CK953,SJ42HKJ4DAK643CJ8|sv|o|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|dQ|pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|d2|pg||
pc|d8|pc|d9|pc|dK|pc|d7|pg||
pc|dA|pc|sA|pc|c2|pc|dT|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s3|pc|s8|pc|s2|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|s5|pc|c3|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sT|pc|s6|pc|h2|pc|sJ|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c5|pg||
pc|s9|pc|s7|pc|h5|pc|d4|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c6|pc|cK|pc|c8|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|d6|pc|cT|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h6|pc|h4|pc|h7|pc|h9|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o9|st||md|3SJ3H9DQ732CQJT875,ST754HJT3DT6CA962,SKQ92HAK86DA985C3,SA86HQ7542DKJ4CK4|sv|e|mb|1D|mb|1H|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h2|pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sJ|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|s9|pc|sA|pg||
pc|h4|pc|d2|pc|h3|pc|h6|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c2|pc|c3|pc|cK|pg||
pc|h5|pc|c5|pc|hJ|pc|hK|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s8|pc|c7|pc|s5|pg||
pc|sQ|pc|c4|pc|c8|pc|sT|pg||
pc|h8|pc|hQ|pc|d7|pc|dT|pg||
pc|c6|pc|d5|pc|dJ|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|h7|pc|d3|pc|d6|pc|d8|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d4|pc|dQ|pc|c9|pg||
pc|d9|pc|dK|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pg||
qx|c9|st||md|3SJ3H9DQ732CQJT875,ST754HJT3DT6CA962,SKQ92HAK86DA985C3,SA86HQ7542DKJ4CK4|sv|e|mb|1C|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h4|pc|h9|pc|hT|pc|hA|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sJ|pc|s4|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d6|pc|dA|pc|d4|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h2|pc|s3|pc|h3|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c4|pc|cQ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|dT|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|d3|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dQ|pc|c2|pc|d8|pg||
pc|hJ|pc|h8|pc|h5|pc|c5|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c6|pc|d9|pc|cK|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|c7|pc|c9|pc|h6|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o10|st||md|4S874H862DAQ72CA73,SAKT5HK73DJ9864CT,SQJ62HQJTDTCK6542,S93HA954DK53CQJ98|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|1N|mb|p|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s8|pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|s3|pg||
nt|blum1956: certainly it was not difficult for Khokhlov to find a spade lead against this brave contract|pg||
pc|c6|pc|c8|nt|blum1956: Khokhlov is afrais that East has another entry in hearts and will establisj his clubs if he wins the Ace now|pg||
nt|blum1956: *is afraid|pg||
pc|cA|pc|cT|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d4|pc|dT|pc|dK|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c7|pc|d6|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c3|pc|h3|pc|cK|pg||
nt|blum1956: still  8 tricks is a top|pg||
pc|c4|pc|c9|pc|d7|pc|sT|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c10|st||md|4S874H862DAQ72CA73,SAKT5HK73DJ9864CT,SQJ62HQJTDTCK6542,S93HA954DK53CQJ98|sv|b|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|c3|pc|cT|pc|cK|pc|c8|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|hA|pc|h2|pc|h3|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|cA|pc|h7|pc|c2|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s3|pc|s4|pg||
pc|sK|pc|s6|pc|s9|pc|s7|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sJ|pc|h4|pc|s8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|c7|pc|d4|pc|c4|pg||
pc|c9|pc|h6|pc|hK|pc|c5|pg||
pc|sT|pc|sQ|pc|h9|pc|d2|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|o11|st||md|1SAQ97H85DQ75CKQ98,SJT85HQJT6D32C743,SK432HA73DKJ64CJ6,S6HK942DAT98CAT52|sv|o|nt|blum1956: The defence was far from perfect as the cards lie, but the contract was far too ambitious|pg||
mb|1C|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|d|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|blum1956: The bidding looks a little bit strange - what was 2NT? Probably Matushko-Khokhlov do not use the 2-way game try in this position (otherwise 2NT should have shown a singleton ...|pg||
nt|blum1956: somewhere)|pg||
nt|blum1956: So Matushko treated his hand as GF|pg||
pc|h4|pc|h5|pc|hT|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|h8|pg||
nt|blum1956: But the final contract is worse than the 4@s one. Fortunately for NS 4@s also goes down.|pg||
pc|h6|pc|hA|pc|h9|pc|d5|pg||
pc|d4|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|d2|pg||
pc|c8|pc|c4|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|hK|pc|s7|pc|hJ|pc|d6|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|dJ|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c11|st||md|1SAQ97H85DQ75CKQ98,SJT85HQJT6D32C743,SK432HA73DKJ64CJ6,S6HK942DAT98CAT52|sv|o|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|hQ|pc|hA|pc|h4|pc|h5|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s6|pc|sA|pc|s5|pg||
pc|s7|pc|s8|pc|sK|pc|d8|pg||
pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|c9|pc|c4|pg||
pc|dA|pc|d5|pc|d2|pc|d4|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h8|pc|h6|pc|h3|pg||
pc|h2|pc|s9|pc|hT|pc|h7|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c3|pc|c6|pc|c2|pg||
pc|cQ|pc|c7|pc|d6|pc|c5|pg||
pc|d7|pc|d3|pc|dK|pc|d9|pg||
pc|dJ|pc|dT|pc|dQ|pc|sT|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|o12|st||md|2SA94H654DAKQ82CA4,SKQJ52H72DT75CQ65,ST873HKT9DJ63CK87,S6HAQJ83D94CJT932|sv|n|mb|2D!|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|xenya: Monaco vs Canada: Canada still leads by 27 after 9 boards |pg||
pc|sK|nt|blum1956: This is second time in the two segments of this match I have commented so far when Charlsen opens multi 2@d with a 5-card suit. According to their CCard this is allowed only on the ...|pg||
nt|blum1956: 3rd hand which was the case in the previous case but not in the current one|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s6|pc|sA|pg||
pc|s4|pc|sJ|pc|s7|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h9|pc|hJ|pc|h6|pg||
pc|d4|nt|blum1956: Can EW stay for all the discards?|pg||
pc|d8|nt|blum1956: W may discard two spades|pg||
pc|d5|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d2|pc|d7|pc|dJ|pc|d9|pg||
pc|d6|pc|h3|pc|dK|pc|dT|pg||
nt|blum1956: E - two hearts and a club|pg||
nt|xenya: but if S had started on diamonds at once, EW would have been squeezed i think|pg||
nt|xenya: this is pretty double dummy perhaps|pg||
nt|blum1956: This is a good point, while the defence  may still exist. Anyway it were better for the declarer to proceed that way|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|s2|pc|s8|pc|h8|pg||
pc|dA|pc|s5|pc|sT|pc|c2|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c12|st||md|2SA94H654DAKQ82CA4,SKQJ52H72DT75CQ65,ST873HKT9DJ63CK87,S6HAQJ83D94CJT932|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pg||
qx|o13|st||md|3SQJT6HD9643CAQ873,SA5HAQ93D82CKT654,S742HKJ652DAKQJC2,SK983HT874DT75CJ9|sv|b|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d5|pc|d3|pc|d2|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|d4|pc|h3|pg||
mc|8|pg||
qx|c13|st||md|3SQJT6HD9643CAQ873,SA5HAQ93D82CKT654,S742HKJ652DAKQJC2,SK983HT874DT75CJ9|sv|b|mb|1H|mb|p|mb|1S|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d8|pc|dJ|pc|d5|pc|d3|pg||
pc|dQ|pc|d7|pc|d4|pc|d2|pg||
pc|h2|pc|h4|pc|s6|pc|h3|pg||
pc|cA|pc|c4|pc|c2|pc|c9|pg||
pc|c3|pc|c5|pc|s2|pc|cJ|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h7|pc|sT|pc|h9|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c6|pc|s7|pc|s8|pg||
pc|s3|pc|sQ|pc|sA|pc|s4|pg||
pc|cK|pc|h6|pc|dT|pc|c8|pg||
pc|cT|pc|hJ|pc|s9|pc|cQ|pg||
mc|7|pg||
qx|o14|st||md|4ST62HT98653DAC843,S74HAJ4DT42CAKJT2,SQJ985HKD953CQ976,SAK3HQ72DKQJ876C5|sv|o|mb|1D|mb|p|nt|xenya: Monaco vs Canada: the gap has been narrowed down to 21 (after 11 boars)|pg||
mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|nt|xenya: 6@D looks pretty good here|pg||
pc|sQ|nt|blum1956: Yes, on the previous board the declarer may take the spade ace, play five rounds of diamonds, the @cAand duck the club to East if the latter discarded less then 3 hearts. After ...|pg||
nt|blum1956: that E is endplayed in hearts. But this is double-dummy  of course|pg||
pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s4|pg||
pc|d6|pc|dA|pc|d2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|s6|pc|s7|pc|s9|pc|sK|pg||
nt|blum1956: The declarer needs correct guess in clubs (or, which is improbable, in hearts)|pg||
nt|blum1956: But the correct plan is probably to try for the 3rd Queen in clubs and then to take the heart finesse|pg||
nt|blum1956: Oh, sorry|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c14|st||md|4ST62HT98653DAC843,S74HAJ4DT42CAKJT2,SQJ985HKD953CQ976,SAK3HQ72DKQJ876C5|sv|o|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|4D|mb|p|mb|4S|mb|p|mb|4N|mb|p|mb|5S|mb|p|mb|6D|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h6|pc|h4|pc|hK|pc|h2|pg||
pc|s5|pc|sA|pc|s2|pc|s4|pg||
pc|dK|pc|dA|pc|d2|pc|d3|pg||
pc|h3|pc|hA|pc|d5|pc|h7|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|o15|st||md|1S9865HJ985DQ3CK95,SKQT74H2D942CQ732,SAHAKT74DKJ5CAT86,SJ32HQ63DAT876CJ4|sv|n|mb|p|mb|p|mb|1C|mb|1D|mb|p|mb|1H|mb|2H|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s2|pc|s5|pc|sK|pc|sA|pg||
mc|10|pg||
qx|c15|st||md|1S9865HJ985DQ3CK95,SKQT74H2D942CQ732,SAHAKT74DKJ5CAT86,SJ32HQ63DAT876CJ4|sv|n|mb|p|mb|2S|mb|d|mb|p|mb|3H|mb|p|mb|3S|mb|p|mb|4C|mb|p|mb|4H|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|d2|pc|d5|pc|dA|pc|d3|pg||
pc|d6|pc|dQ|pc|d4|pc|dJ|pg||
pc|h5|pc|h2|pc|hK|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h6|pc|h8|pc|c2|pg||
mc|11|pg||
qx|o16|st||md|2SQ974HJ43DQ75CJ43,SKT2HAKQ7DK2CAK75,SA865HT52DAJ4CT62,SJ3H986DT9863CQ98|sv|e|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|h5|nt|blum1956: 2NT is 22-23|pg||
pc|h9|pc|hJ|pc|hA|pg||
nt|blum1956: depends on the spade guess |pg||
nt|blum1956: But the declarer may not be sure that both hearts and clubs do behave|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c8|pc|c4|pg||
pc|c7|pc|c6|pc|cQ|pc|c3|pg||
pc|d3|pc|d5|pc|dK|pc|dA|pg||
pc|hT|pc|h6|pc|h3|pc|hK|pg||
nt|blum1956: It was easy for Khiuppenen in the CR as he received the spade lead|pg||
nt|xenya: N would have better to remove W's exit card, the @D2|pg||
pc|h7|pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|h4|pg||
nt|xenya: now endplay is possible|pg||
pc|s3|pc|s4|pc|sT|nt|blum1956: Probably Charlsen will guess - in the ending he will know that North is either 3334 or 4333. In the latter case North cuold have underled the @sQ|pg||
pc|sA|pg||
pc|cT|pc|c9|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|s5|pc|d6|nt|blum1956: well, he decided not to wait for the ending|pg||
mc|9|pg||
qx|c16|st||md|2SQ974HJ43DQ75CJ43,SKT2HAKQ7DK2CAK75,SA865HT52DAJ4CT62,SJ3H986DT9863CQ98|sv|e|mb|2C|mb|p|mb|2D|mb|p|mb|2N|mb|p|mb|3C|mb|p|mb|3D|mb|p|mb|3N|mb|p|mb|p|mb|p|pc|s6|pc|s3|pc|s9|pc|sT|pg||
pc|hK|pc|h5|pc|h9|pc|h3|pg||
pc|hA|pc|h2|pc|h8|pc|h4|pg||
pc|cK|pc|c2|pc|c8|pc|c4|pg||
pc|c5|pc|c6|pc|cQ|pc|c3|pg||
pc|c9|pc|cJ|pc|cA|pc|cT|pg||
pc|c7|pc|d4|pc|d3|pc|d5|pg||
pc|hQ|pc|hT|pc|h6|pc|hJ|pg||
pc|h7|pc|s5|pc|d6|pc|s4|pg||
pc|s2|pc|s8|pc|sJ|pc|sQ|pg||
pc|d7|mc|9|pg||