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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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7 5 2 |
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8 |
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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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Eisenberg |
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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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9 8 7 6 |
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K
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Mahmood |
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K 10 8 |
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A Q 10 6 4 |
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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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