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THE 1981 SOLOMON AWARD
FOR THE HAND OF THE YEAR
Andrzej Wilkosz (POL)
Journalist: Martin Hoffman (GBR)
The 1981 Charles Solomon 'Hand of the Year' Award,
presented by our distinguished late member and
continued by his widow Peggy, was won by Andrzej
Wilkosz of Poland for a deal described by Martin
Hoffman in Britain's 'International Popular Bridge
Monthly' edited by Tony Sowter.
In Port Chester Sowter accepted the Award on behalf
of the absent Wilkosz at the hands of Panos
Gerontopoulos. Here is the deal, which won Wilkosz
the Award:
Dlr: East ♠ A 9 6 2
K 9 5 3
J
♣ J 10 6 4
♠ 10 ♠ Q J 8 7
10 8 6 4 Q 7 2
7 5 3 2 A K 10 8 4
♣ Q 9 8 2 ♣ 3
♠ K 5 4 3
A J
Q 9 6
♣ A K 7 5
West North East South
1 Dbl
2 3 Pass 3♠
Pass 4♠ All Pass
West led 2 to East's king and East switched to ♣3.
Feeling there was a high probability that East held a
singleton club, Wilkosz paused to consider.
If the club was a singleton, East must have virtually
all the remaining points to justify his opening bid. If
trumps broke 3-2 there would be no problem, for a
straightforward line would yield ten tricks, losing one
diamond, one club and one spade, but what if East
had four trumps? Superficially it appears that South
must lose four tricks, but Wilkosz had other ideas.
Look ft the beautiful timing of his play.
THE 1982 SOLOMON AWARD
FOR THE HAND OF THE YEAR
Lajos Linczmayer (HUN)
Journalist: Kelen Karolly (HUN)
The International Bridge Press Association has given
the Charles Solomon Award for the best-played hand
of the year to Lajos Linczmayer of Hungary for a hand
he played in Carrara, Italy. It was published in the
July-August issue of the Hungarian monthly Bridzselet,
and it was submitted by the publication's editor.
Kelen Karolly.
Second place went to Sam Kehela of Canada, reported
by Eric Kokish of Canada. In a third-place tie
were John Collings of Great Britain and Mike Cappelletti
of U.S.A. Their hands were reported respectively
by Derek Rimington of Great Britain and Henry Francis
of U.S.A. Gabriel Chagas of Brazil and Barry
Crane of the U.S.A. were tied for fifth. The Chagas
deal was reported by Alan Truscott of the USA, and
Crane's effort was written up by Richard Miller of the
U.S.A.
Here is Karoly's write up of the Linczmayer hand:
Dlr: South ♠ K J
Vul: N-S J 10 6 4
–
♣ Q 10 9 6 5 3 2
♠ Q 10 8 3 ♠ 9 6 5 4
K Q 8 5 2 7
Q 5 2 A J 10 9 6 4 3
♣ 7 ♣ 8
♠ A 7 2
A 9 3
K 8 7
♣ A K J 4
West North East South
1♣
1 2♣ 3 3NT
Pass 5♣ Pass 6♣
Pass Pass Pass
Had West led a heart declarer would have made his
contract quite simply. On a spade or a diamond lead
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