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Try this problem:

West dealer : Both vulnerable

West	North	East	South
1	1	2	4
?

What would you do as West with:

(Answer later)

We are just past the halfway point in the qualifying rounds.

Our team (Arjuna De Livera – Bruce Neill, George Gaspar – Bobby Richman, Bill Haughie – yours truly, Mike Prescott npc) played India in Round 7 for a 20-10 win. In the afternoon match we lost 14-16 to Indonesia and were killed 24-6 by South Africa, who were running 14th. That gave us 40 Victory Points for the day, to be running eighth, the last qualifying position, half a Victory Point ahead of India.

Australia Open Team: 12-18 vs Turkey, 6-24 vs Japan and 19,5 – 9.5 (slow play fines) vs Latvia. Total: 37.5 VPs on the day and running 10th, 38 VPs behind the fourth qualifying position.

Australia Women’s Team: A 15-15 draw against Chinese Taipei was followed by a 19-11 win against Argentina and a 11-19 loss to Turkey.  45 VPs for the day (dead average) and running fourth. The team needs to be in the top 5 or best sixth to reach the Round of 16.

Answer to today’s problem:

This was Board 4 from Match 7 vs India:

At our table it went:

West	North	East	South
1	1	2	4
5	Pass	Pass	Pass

The lead was the A, followed by a diamond switch (North had given suit-preference on the A). Declarer could not avoid losing a diamond and a club as well for North-South +100.

At the other table Gaspar-Richman played in 4 making.

West needs to double 4 for takeout and East will bid 4, where declarer would lose the same tricks.