Here is a hand played in the European Teams Championship 2012 9th Round, it generated swings in 15 of the 16 tables where was played:
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Board 9. Dealer North. E-W Vulnerable. |
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♠ Q T 9 2 |
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♠ K 8 4 |
♠ A J 7 6 5 3 |
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♠ – |
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In the Italy-Germany match this board produced 11 IMPs for Italy. Sementa in North opened 1♣ and Piekarek overcalled 1♠, Duboin continued with 2♦ transfer to heart and Smirnov in West called 2♥ showing a spade raise and an inviting or better hand.
North passed and East accepted the invitation with 4♠. But things weren’t over for Sementa so he bidded 5♣, asking partner to choose between clubs and hearts. Smirnov doubled and all passed. The lead was ♦A, with a little diamond continuation. Declarer won the second trick with the ♦K and played the ♥Q, afterwards he ruffed a spade and let run the ♣9…12 tricks.
In the other table, Fritsche also opened 1♣, and Lauria also overcalled 1♠, but Rohowsky decided to bid 3♥, weakish?, Versace Doubled, North passed and Lauria continued with 3♠. Rohowski defended to 4♣…final contract…declarer made 11 tricks that cost him 1 IMP per trick.
In the Russia-Netherlands match, both tables played 5♣, but was doubled in only one of them, both declarers made 11 tricks but Russia got 4 IMPs because of not doubling the final contract…The same happened in the Monaco- Switzerland match, Switzerland won the doubled 5♣ contract and Monaco won it but not doubled, but in this match both declarers won 12 tricks generating a 6 IMP swing for Switzerland.
In the Hungary-Sweden match, Hungary in N/S played 4♥X, 2 down, -300. In the other room, Sweden played and make 5♣ , 12 IMPs for them.
Board 9: All Results
Group A
| Table | Home Team | Visiting Team | Room | Cont. | Decl. | Lead | Tricks | NS | EW | Home Res. | Vis Res. |
| 1 | Israel | Lithuania | Open | 4♥ | S | ♠8 | 9 | 50 | 10 | ||
| Closed | 5♣ | N | ♠A | 12 | 420 | ||||||
| 2 | Ukraine | Latvia | Open | Adj. | N | ♥J | 13 | 600 | 10 | ||
| Closed | 6♣x | N | ♦2 | 12 | 1090 | ||||||
| 3 | Bulgaria | Spain | Open | 6♣ | N | ♥J | 12 | 920 | 15 | ||
| Closed | 4♥ | S | ♠8 | 6 | 200 | ||||||
| 4 | Norway | Belgium | Open | 5♣x | N | ♠A | 11 | 550 | 3 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♦4 | 12 | 650 | ||||||
| 5 | Greece | Ireland | Open | 5♣ | N | ♦2 | 11 | 400 | |||
| Closed | 5♣ | N | ♦2 | 11 | 400 | ||||||
| 6 | Italy | Germany | Open | 5♣x | N | ♦2 | 12 | 650 | 11 | ||
| Closed | 4♣ | N | ♦4 | 11 | 150 | ||||||
| 7 | Scotland | Portugal | Open | 5♣x | N | ♦4 | 12 | 650 | 7 | ||
| Closed | 6♣ | N | ♥J | 12 | 920 | ||||||
| 8 | Hungary | Sweden | Open | 4♥x | S | ♠4 | 8 | 300 | 12 | ||
| Closed | 5♣ | N | ♦4 | 11 | 400 |
Group B:
| T | Home T. | Visiting T. | Room | Cont. | Decl. | Lead | Tricks | NS | EW | Home | Vis |
| 1 | France | Luxembourg | Open | 5♣ | N | ♦4 | 11 | 400 | 4 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♦4 | 11 | 550 | ||||||
| 2 | Cyprus | Austria | Open | 3♠x | E | ♥K | 9 | 730 | 15 | ||
| Closed | 4♥ | S | ♠4 | 11 | 450 | ||||||
| 3 | Poland | Croatia | Open | 5♣x | N | ♦3 | 12 | 650 | 3 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♠A | 13 | 750 | ||||||
| 4 | Monaco | Switzerland | Open | 5♣ | N | ♠A | 12 | 420 | 6 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♠A | 12 | 650 | ||||||
| 5 | Wales | England | Open | 5♣ | N | ♦2 | 11 | 400 | 15 | ||
| Closed | 4♠x | E | ♥A | 10 | 790 | ||||||
| 6 | Netherlands | Russia | Open | 5♣ | N | ♦4 | 11 | 400 | 4 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♠A | 11 | 550 | ||||||
| 7 | Romania | Finland | Open | 4♥ | S | ♠4 | 10 | 420 | 6 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♠A | 12 | 650 | ||||||
| 8 | Estonia | Iceland | Open | 5♣ | N | ♠3 | 12 | 420 | 6 | ||
| Closed | 5♣x | N | ♦4 | 12 | 650 |
