Hi all
Closing the Strasbourg series. Another beauty.
The bidding was “yada yada” 6NT. The South hand is minimal, but has good honors in the long suits and a good rebid available. North will then solo carry on to slam.
West started with a small
via East’s Queen for Kees’ King. Kind of a strange lead for South had bid
. Kees now counted his tricks, ten solid and
offer a good source for extra tricks. So
from top, the fourth round won by East. A
came back, taken with the Ace. Kees crossed to the
Ace and cashed the 13th
, leading to this position, with eleven solid tricks now:
Kees played a
to his King and saw West’s Queen coming down. Next he played the Jack of
and it’s all curtains for East-West. West had to keep the
suit guarded and East had to protect against South’s small
. So they both had to let go of their
guard. Kees didn’t need a finesse, he knew the Queen would fall under
Ace-King. A fine double squeeze.