‘I haven’t seen this before,’ began a recent email from my friend and frequent contributor Nick Sandqvist. That meant it would be a bit special, and it certainly was.
Double game swings are not as rare as you may think: 4♥ making one way and 4♠ the other – usually with a double attached – happens every now and then.

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