Handbook - International Bridge Press Association

these suits can be eliminated and West be end played
in hearts. However the opening lead of the ♣7 killed
one of the entries to declarer's hand.
Linczmayer won the first trick with the ♣J and
ruffed a diamond in dummy. A club was led to the king
and another diamond ruffed. Now a heart was led to
the ace, which Karoly points out is important in case
East has a singleton heart honor. The ♠J was successfully
finessed and the ♠K played. Declarer's own
hand was entered with the ♣A and the ♠A cashed,
leaving the following position:
♠ –
J 10
–
♣ Q 10
♠ Q ♠ 9
K Q –
Q A J 10
♣ – ♣ –
♠ –
9 3
K
♣ 4
South played the K and discarded a heart from
dummy. East won and was forced to lead either a
spade or a diamond for a ruff and discard.
Linczmayer is one of the leading Hungarian internationals,
with victories twice in the Venice team
tournament.
At trick two he took ♣K. He ruffed a diamond, finessed
J, cashed A and ruffed another diamond.
Before leading up to ♣A, Wilkosz cashed K to prevent
East from discarding a heart. When the club
followed there was no point to East's sacrificing a
trump trick by ruffing, so he pitched a diamond, leaving
the this position:
♠ A 9
9
–
♣ J 10
♠ 10 ♠ Q J 8 7
10 –
7 A
♣ Q 9 ♣ –
♠ K 5 4 3
–
–
♣ 7
Needing three more tricks, Wilkosz played ♠K-A and
then led the last heart from dummy to score a little
trump by force. South's last trump trick was scored 'en
passant'.
40 IBPA Handbook 2010
THE 1983 SOLOMON AWARD
FOR THE HAND OF THE YEAR
Claude Delmouly (FRA)
Journalist: Patrick Jourdain (GBR)
The Solomon Award for the Bridge Hand of the Year
was won by Claude Delmouly for the 3NT contract he
played in the Hoechst International tournament at
Scheveningen in March. The hand was reported in
IBPA Bulletin 228, in the April issue of Le Bridgeur
and in the September issue of Bridge Magazine. Jean
Paul Mayer accepted the award for Delmouly.
As a curtain raiser on the Friday evening national
teams from Italy, Poland, France, and the home country
played an exhibition match of 24 boards for a
sizeable audience and Dutch teletext. There were 23
dullish boards — and a 'candidate for the Solomon
award'.
Dlr: North ♠ 3
Vul: N-S A K 7 3 2
J 4 2
♣ 10 9 7 5
♠ Q 8 7 4 2 ♠ J 9 6
– J 10 9 8 5 4
A Q 10 8 7
♣ K J 3 2 ♣ 10 8 6
♠ A K 10 5
Q 6
K 9 6 5 3
♣ A 4
Closed Room:
West North East South
Maas Roudinesco Rebattu Delmouly
Pass 1♠ (1) 1NT
Pass 2 (2) Pass 2
Pass 3♣ Pass 3NT
All Pass
Vu-graph:
West North East South
Le Royer Vergoed Meyer Kreijns
Pass Pass 1
1♠ Dbl (3) 2♠ 2NT
3♠ 3NT All Pass