Both sides vulnerable.  
East deals.
                              NORTH
                              S: 4 3 2          
                              H: Q 7 5       
                              D: A 5 4 3 2   
                              C: Q 2     
            WEST                             EAST
            S: A 8 7                         S: K Q J 5   
            H: 9 6 4                         H: 8          
            D: Q 10                          D: J 9 8 7           
            C: A K 9 5 4                     C: J 8 7 3     
                              SOUTH                         
                              S: 10 9 6 
                              H: A K J 10 3 2
                              D: K 6       
                              C: 10 6   
          The Bidding:
                   EAST   SOUTH     WEST   NORTH                  
                   Pass    1H        2C     2H  
                    3C     3H    (All Pass)
	Opening Lead: AC
     The 1995 Marlboro World Bridge Championships were held in
Beijing, China this past October.  The Bermuda Bowl is the prize
that is presented to the Open Team champions.  The USA team of
Bob Hamman and Bobby Wolff, both of Dallas, TX, Jeff Meckstroth
of Tampa, FL, Eric Rodwell of Naperville, IL, Nick Nickell of
Raliegh, NC, and Dick Freeman of Atlanta, GA, with Edgar Kaplan
of New York City as the non-playing captain defeated an all-star
team from Canada to capture first place.
     This deal was played in the semi-final match between the USA
and France.  Meckstroth sat East with Rodwell in the West seat. 
Paul Chemla and Michel Perron of France held the North and South
cards, respectively.
     Three hearts was the final contract at both tables when this
hand was played.  The French defender started off by leading the
ace, king and another club, providing the USA declarer, Wolff,
with a ruff and a sluff to make nine tricks an easy play.  In the
replay, Rodwell started with the two top clubs but then switched
to a trump.
     Looking at all four hands it is easy to see that a spade
switch would have allowed the defense to take the first five
tricks.  It is nice to know that even world class partnerships
cannot see through the backs of the cards, or can they?
     Perron won the heart shift in hand and played three rounds
of diamonds, ruffing the third diamond with a high trump.  He
then led a low trump and finessed dummy's seven to give himself
the extra entry required to set up and score an eventual long
diamond trick.  A small diamond was again ruffed high.  A heart
to the queen pulled the last outstanding trump and the last
diamond became the contract fulfilling trick.
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