The recent Open European Championship was won by Israel — but right up to the end, Monaco and England were snapping at their heels (they won silver and bronze respectively). I suspect Monaco’s Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes are still having nightmares about the hand-of-horror that cost them gold (though it cheered me up no end — I’m always shamefully exultant when giants of the game show they too can utterly humiliate themselves). They were playing against England’s Tony Forrester and Andrew Robson:
A right old balls-up. Nunes obviously thought Fantoni’s 3♥ was a transfer to spades, Fantoni thought Nunes’s 4♠ was natural — and off they went. Forrester’s diamond double asked partner not to lead the suit.
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