13th February 2019

Dealer North
S
AQJ4
   
E-W Vul
H
AKJ972
   
    D
   
    C A108
   
S
82
    S
1075
H
104
    H
Q65
D
J106542
    D
KQ93
C
K53
    C
J74
    S
K963
   
    H
83
   
    D
A87
   
    C
Q962
   


South
West
North
East


1H Pass
1S Pass 4D Double
Redouble
Pass
4NT Pass
5H Pass 7S Pass
Pass Pass



South
West
North
East


1H Pass
1S Pass 5D Pass
5S Pass
7S Pass
Pass Pass


Another deal from the Swiss Teams at Deva, this time with less success, but interesting auctions.

These were the two auctions in one match.

In the first auction North leapt to four diamonds showing shortage and support for spades.  When East doubled South was able to use the dark blue card to show the ace of diamonds.  North now asked for key cards and when South showed two he knew about the spade king and bid the grand slam.  A similar auction took place in the second room where North's five diamonds was exclusion key card Blackwood.  South's five spade response showed one key card, ignoring the diamond ace.  Both Norths were hoping that South would have a useful card, either the club king, or the heart queen or a fifth trump.  Unfortunately the slam was poor, needing trumps and hearts to break and for the heart finesse to work and both declarers went down.