Bridge of the Highest Order

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Dealer: North
Vuln: Love All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA 8 2
  2. heart7 6
  3. diamondK Q J 7 5 4
  4. club6 3
Green square in centre
  1. spadeJ 7 4
  2. heartK 9 4
  3. diamondA 9
  4. clubA K Q 4 2

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: heartJ
West North East South
1diamond 1NT Dble
2diamond* Pass 2heart Pass
Pass 3diamond Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* Transfer to hearts

One of the team, Brian Callaghan, was an unsung and modest member of the outstanding late 60s/early 70s team at Cambridge which was also able to call upon Fleet, Granville, Oddie, Woo, Benstead, Armstrong, Kirby, Loveys and Barnes amongst others.

I always remember Brian as a gracious opponent who almost apologetically spirited away the IMPs, so it was pleasure that I was able to read about several deals where he excelled in the Olympiad. This particular example has appeared in several publications, but I make no apology for repeating it here for it shows defence and declarer play at its best.
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