Barnet Shenkin


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Dlr: North
Vul: N-S
N ♠A K 9 5
♥10 9 3
♦A K 5 4
♣K J
 
W ♠ 
♥8 5 4 2
♦J 8 7 6
♣10 9 7 4 3
 E ♠Q 10 3
♥K J
♦Q 10 9 3 2
♣A 6 5
 S ♠J 8 7 6 4 2
♥A Q 7 6
♦void
♣Q 8 2
 
WestNorthEastSouth
    
 1♦Pass1♠
Pass2NPass3♥
Pass4♠Pass5♦
Pass5♠PassPass
Pass   

When West led the ♣10 Declarer played the K from Dummy. The Chagas knew where the Q was . If his partner held it Declarer would have played the ♣J. He knew the only chance for the defense lay in a ♥ trick to go with the ♣ and the ♠ to come. So , quick as a flash he played the ♥J.

The poor declarer thought it could be a singleton! Expecting there to be no trump losers he rose with the ♥Ace. Imagine his horror when trumps did not split and Chagas held the ♥K.

What Chagas did here was use his imagination to find a scenario Declarer could have a problem and choose the wrong play, bravo Gabriel.


     
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