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“So lucky,” said West afterwards. “Spades 2-2 with the King onside”. Instead of bemoaning his misfortune, West should have been concocting a plan to scupper the 6 Spades slam.
North-South vulnerable.
| W | N | E | S |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1♦ | |||
| 2♥(1) | Dble(2) | 3♥ | 6♠(3) |
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Andrew Robson OBE is England’s best known bridge player. Andrew has represented England for some 30 years. His many competitive successes include winning the World Youth Team Championships, the European Championships, and the Gold Cup on no fewer than eight occasions. Andrew has put his training as a schoolteacher to good use by heading hundreds of instructional seminars around the UK, many in aid of charity. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to bridge and charity. Later the same year he was the joint winner of Personality of the Year at the International Bridge Press Association's annual awards. In 2018 he was a winner of the English Bridge Union's Diamond Award, introduced to recognise players “in recognition of excellence and success over a sustained period for England's international teams”. In 1995, he founded the highly successful Andrew Robson Bridge Club. He writes for the Times, Country Life, Money Week, and The Oldie. He is the author of many books, instructional DVDs, and online videos.
