A feast of bridge is looming! Tromso in Norway is host to the Open European Championships starting on Saturday, and wild horses couldn’t stop me going. We kick off with mixed teams and pairs and I will bring you the news next time.
Meanwhile congratulations to Willie Coyle and Graham Orsmond who won the third 2 session Sunday pairs duplicate arranged by the London-based Israeli duo, Lee Rosenthal and Yaniv Vax.
Look at this hand where they maximised a bad layout for declarer by expert communication:
Graham was West...

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