13th Dec – Board 3: East/West Vul. Dealer
South.
Who knows what might happen
on the featured hand when in fact both sides might make contracts that should
really fail.
The 2NT bid by North is the so-called ‘unusual no-trump’, showing the minors, and while this would be swatted aside by East, South could and should join in the fun. 4NT continues the ‘you choose’ theme and in fact if North/South are allowed to steal the contract in 5
♣ they will almost certainly make because it takes a heart lead to beat it. (If a heart is not led, declarer can eventually pitch a heart from dummy on the fifth diamond.) However if the final contract is 5
♠ – and I think it should be – then again the defence have to be on their toes. North will doubtless lead the
♦K, which South has to overtake in order to lead a club. That might seem hard but it isn’t really. After all West is known to have a singleton diamond and a doubleton club from the bidding.
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