OK… Once or Twice…But Six!!! by Edwin Kantar

6th World Bridge Championships 1982, Biarritz

Board 28 of the second final session of the Open Pairs produced a series of spectacular defensive plays by my partner, Mike Lawrence, in the South chair.

Board 28 Dealer West N/S Vul

	K 9 7 2 4 2 9 7 6 A K 10 9
A 10 6 3 Q 9 6 Q J 10 3 J 6		Q J 8 K 10 8 7 5 A K 8 4 2
	5 4 A J 3 5 Q 8 7 5 4 3 2

West	North	East	South
	Kantar		Lawrence
Pass	Pass	1	Pass
1	Pass	2	3
3	Pass	4	The End

Declarer ruffed the opening 5 lead and ran the Q to my king. I continued a second club which declarer ruffed. At this point declarer erred.

The bidding had marked South with the A, and in order to retain control, the K ( should have been played. However, declarer led a low heart to the queen at once, giving Lawrence a chance to make newspaper columns around the world, as well as a shot at the BOLS Brilliancy prize. At this point the position was:

	9 7 2 4 9 7 6 10 9
A 10 6 9 6 Q J 10 3		J 8 K 10 A K 8 4 2
	4 A J 5 Q 8 7 3 2

Realizing the danger of playing a second round of trumps (Lawrence draws trumps and scores five more club tricks!), declarer played the J followed by another spade.

If Lawrence ruffs declarer can ruff the club return in either hand and clear trumps to make his vote. Lawrence discarded a diamond. On the A Lawrence discarded a club.

Declarer began to play master diamonds. Lawrence discarded four more clubs: I ruffed the fourth diamond with my lowly four of hearts, and Lawrence took the last two trump tricks after having discarded six times to allow me to ruff once!

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