The World Championships, held in Wuhan, China, came to the end of a gruelling eight days of qualification (eight teams out of 24 go through to the knockout stage) and England made it in all four events: Open, Seniors, Women and Mixed. The Open team was not clear until the very last match when a dramatic board appeared earning them 16 badly needed IMPs. In one room Artur Malinowski made two spades doubled (+670) while at the other table Andrew Robson and Tony Forrester beat four spades doubled by three tricks for +800. In they sailed to claim seventh position.
Unfortunately, I haven’t watched many boards due to the time difference so my hand today features the other end of the spectrum, a really enthusiastic and talented young beginner whom I met recently at a local duplicate. On the first board my partner had bid 2NT over my take out double, which I alerted and explained was two places to play.
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