It’s the beginning of May and I have a feeling I am about to write the same opening sentence as I have for the past eight years: the Schapiro Spring Foursomes is undoubtedly the best teams tournament in England. Held in Stratford, it’s a double knockout format and this year it was won by Alexander Allfrey’s (mainly) English National team who, rather unusually, lost a life in the first round. Bravo to them for holding on to their second precious life for the next four days.
Today’s hand is about knowing your percentages, working out how to play the hand correctly according to those percentages and then losing ten IMPs to me, who did the wrong thing for no discernible reason.
My partner was the brilliant young Israeli Dror Padon. We were playing Sandra Penfold and the percentage king, Brian Senior, whose teammates were an extremely strong Bulgarian pair.
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