I always find it impossible to sleep when I’ve played poorly, and last night just one sleeping pill was never going to be enough. Alas, I needed two to stop me agonising over my many mistakes during the weekend’s Lady Milne trials (for the women’s home internationals). Sally Brock and I didn’t manage to qualify, which, given Sally’s brilliance, tells you just how badly I played. However, let me describe one interesting hand for which Sally insists on taking half the blame, even though I propelled us to the wrong contract:
(3♣ = 5 card stayman; 3♠ = agrees hearts; 4NT = RKCB). Sally had limited her hand by opening 2NT, so it was crazy of me to bid the grand, despite her 5NT bid confirming we held all the key cards.
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