Sea Change to Victory

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Dealer: North
Vuln: N-S
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spade—
  2. heartK 10 9 5 4
  3. diamondA 9 6 4 2
  4. clubJ 4 3
  1. spadeA 6 4 3
  2. heartA J 8 7
  3. diamondQ 8 7
  4. clubA 7
club diamond heart spade NT
N - 1 3 - -
S - 2 4 - -
E - - - 3 1
W - - - 3 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeQ J 10 8 7 2
  2. heart—
  3. diamondJ 10 3
  4. clubQ 10 8 5

Contract: 4spade
Declarer: South
Lead: spadeA
  1. spadeK 9 5
  2. heartQ 6 3 2
  3. diamondK 5
  4. clubK 9 6 2
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
4spade was the contract and South did not find diamondK lead to get his ruff. That was +420 to East-West and a huge swing of 16 IMPs. This board was largely instrumental in the sea change that took England to victory by just 5 IMPs in the round of 16 match against Belgium in the 2000 World Championships.
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