August 22, 2019
Today finished the Pairs Event Qualification Stage:
Running Scores:
U26 Open –
U21 –
U26 Women –
U16.
The Qualification stage was played during Wednesday 21 and Thursday 22, at the end of this second day was defined the pairs who qualified to play the final. The first 26 Pairs of the
U26 Open – U21– U16 and the first 14 pairs of the
U26 Women bought theirt tickets to play the final.
Without BBO vugraph we were able to find two young ladies ( U26 Women category) who agreed to tell us this beautiful squeeze hand. Ahhh and of course Sophia and Joanna Qualified for the final…
Session 5 Board 17
Dealer North/NoneVul
|
 Q 9 8 2
 J 9 8 5 4
 K J 8
 10 |
|
| K 7 4 3
K Q 6
6
A Q 7 6 3 |
|
A 6
A 10 3
A Q 10 7
K 8 4 2 |
|
J 10 5
7 2
9 5 4 3 2
J 9 5 |
| West |
North |
East |
South |
| Sophia |
|
Joanna |
|
|
Pass |
1NT (1) |
Pass |
| 2 (2) |
Pass |
2 (3) |
Pass |
| 2 (4) |
Pass |
3 (5) |
Pass |
| 4 (6) |
Pass |
4 (7) |
Pass |
| 4 (7) |
Pass |
4 (7) |
Pass |
| 4NT (8) |
Pass |
5 (9) |
Pass |
| 7 |
All Pass |
|
|
| 1: 15-17 Bal |
2: Stayman |
3: denies 4 card majors |
| 4: asking GF |
5 : 2 spades, 3 hearts and mm= 4-4 |
6: agrees clubs as trumps |
| 7: cue-bids |
8: Key card ask |
9: 1 or 4 KC |
Lead:
10
Sophia won the lead with the
K, played a club to the ace, and continued with the trump queen, North pitched two hearts. Next came a spade to the ace, spade to the king, and ruffed a spade.
Declarer continued with three rounds of hearts, ending in hand, and two rounds of clubs that squeezed North.
End Position: When Sophia played the second club,
6…North gave up.
