When do you concede a match? I was considering it when, after 56 boards, we were a vast 48 IMPs down in our Gold Cup semi-final with eight boards to go. Fortunately my team wouldn’t hear of it and in they went with my battle cry of ‘Believe you can do it’ echoing around the room, although to be honest I didn’t think we had a prayer.
How wrong I was! The last set (do I need to say I didn’t play?) had six boards that held the possibility of generating huge swings and generate they most certainly did.
My Norwegian killer pair had to find a way to beat 3 NT on this last board of the set (see diagram).
In the first room, Tom Townsend had received a Club lead against 4H which let the contract in.
The first hurdle was cleared when Thomas Charlsen as South avoided the Club lead and instead found the inspired ♦️7.
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