YAY! We won the Gold Cup! We played Tim Leslie’s strong team in the 64-board final and beat them on the last eight board set. We were awesome — and I can say that because unfortunately I couldn’t play a single board in the semi-final or final. Result!
Pushing hard to thin games (if you can play) has always been the way to put pressure on the opponents and IMPs on the score card. This was only the second hand of the final, but already there was no holding back (see diagram).
At the other table, West made a T/O of 1◆, and North/South stopped in 3◆, going one down.
At our featured table, stakes were a little bit higher, as Artur Malinowski (playing with David Bakhshi) had converted 3◆ to 3NT.
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