Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky was first published in 1866. In the novel, Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law.
Teams Tournament, Round 10 of 17, 2013 Madeira International Bridge Festival: Sigdonneman vs Buchlev.
As Raskólnikov there are players who justify their bridge crimes, many of them receive an immediate punishment …
Mads Eide opened 1
, Reim showed his spades and Dennis Bilde his hearts. South committed the crime (suicide?) of saying 3
, ignoring his opponents misfit signals.
West watching his heart singleton make a business double.
When South understood the awfulness of his situation he decided to escape to 3
, bad luck Eide doubled again.
Bilde lead showinjg his club doubleton, after dummy’s ten, Eide won with his Q, played the A and his last club. Bilde overruffed North’s 7 with his J and played a little heart. Reim played the 
Q catching West’s J.
A diamond to the K, was won by East’s A who returned another heart, ruffed by Eide, who continued with a diamond. Declarer won the trick with his Q and ruffed one of his diamond losers with dummy’s 5. Eyre ruffed the A continuation with his 6, Reim played his 8.
This was the 5 cards end position:
Eide ruffed the A , continuation with his 6, Reim played his 8. Ruffed his last diamond in dummy but had to give two trump tricks at the end. His punishment was a -800 score, in the other table his partners were let play 3 one down…14 IMPs for Sigdonneman team.
BroLucius the BBO commentator finished the hand with this words: An instructive bidding hand. Do not bid when your opponents are in trouble.