The Luck Factor In Our Game

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Dealer: West
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: Pairs
  1. spade6 5
  2. heart8 5 4 3
  3. diamond10
  4. clubA Q 10 8 7 6
  1. spade9 4 2
  2. heartQ 9
  3. diamondA 9 8 7 6 5 4
  4. club2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 4 - - 3 -
S 4 - - 3 -
E - 2 - - 1
W - 2 - - 1
Green square in centre
  1. spade8 7 3
  2. heartA 10 7 6 2
  3. diamondK Q J
  4. clubK J

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: heartQ
  1. spadeA K Q J 10
  2. heartK J
  3. diamond3 2
  4. club9 5 4 3
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass 1heart 1spade
Pass 2club Pass 4spade
Pass Pass Pass
He drew trumps! After leading a club towards dummy, and seeing East's club2, Chagas went into the tank. Realising that he truly cocked up a relatively trivial hand, he finally played the clubA to which East, Brunzell of Sweden, followed with ... the king!!!!

Brunzell had primed himself to play the clubK whether the ten or the queen was finessed, but he was still on auto-pilot after declarer's call for the ace. Twelve tricks gave Chagas and Branco 64 match points of 70. One down would have meant nine. Chagas and Branco went on to win the World Title. Robson is right. QED.
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