Vytas and Erikas Vainikonis, father and son bridge enthusiasts, are the generous hosts of one of the best five days of championship-level bridge in the calendar. Held in Vilnius (capital of Lithuania for my fellow geography dunces), it starts with 12 invited teams competing for the highly prestigious Vilnius Cup and follows on with the Pairs and Teams Grand Prix of Poland. One hundred and thirty pairs and 50 teams competed in these tournaments and attracted multiple world and European champions as well as regular bridge nutters like me and my friend Jonathan Harris. Of course, there was endless chat and analysing of hands and all their complexities. Today’s offering comes from the Grand Prix Pairs — and brought in different results from all round the room. Those in 5♣ mostly made six and those in six mostly made 5!
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