Some of our players are not known well nationally. Often, they have jobs and families; commitments make it impossible for them to attend all the NABC's and travel a lot to tournaments.
Nevertheless; make no mistake. Despite not having thousands upon thousands of masterpoints, they still can be excellent players. Kurt Schaeffer, along with the rest of his GNT Flight A winning squad, proved this to be the case in Toronto.
Kurt sent me a hand that is not from their win. Nevertheless, like many of us, Kurt appreciates a good hand, whether it's from the Spingold or party bridge! Thanks Kurt - and congratulations once again to you, Kerry, Keith and Bjorgvin!
The guard squeeze doesn't quite work. West can afford to pitch the king of diamonds. When declarer plays king and a spade to endplay him, dummy gets squeezed. It must either stiff the heart king or discard the last diamond, establishing East's low diamond as winner.
Posted by: Phillip Martin | July 29, 2011 at 11:53 AM