The Archive · 1941

Boldness Makes a Slam

The hand that follows was played lat the end: of a team-of-four match. The South. player felt pretty sure that his side was a few hundred points behind therefore he stretched to six hearts despite the fact that North's club response was anything but encouraging. His optimism was justified when he found a brilliant way to fulfill his contract.

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