Sunday, 1 July 2018

You need a lot of courage



Mumbaikars have been enjoying the monsoon magic for the last week, and we hope the rainy spell continues. 

Almost a fortnight ago, one of the great legends and fine player, Shri Virendra Shah, left this world peacefully. I would greet him every Wednesday at the weekly bridge tournament at the Willingdon Club. When I would ask him how he was, very cheerfully he would say, ‘very fine and very fit!’ and then break into contagious smile. Often he would give me the deals he played to review. The above deal is one of the last ones. He was very happy to see it in print. 

Sitting East, Virendrabhai listened while his opponents ignored his good hand in their rush to bid 4♣.
West led the8. Virendrabhai played the 10 losing to declarer’s K. South played three rounds of spades ending in dummy and called for the 2. Virendrabhai saw that West had maximum of 2 points and might have none at all. So he decided to play low. He thought well. It would cost a trick if South had the QJXX, but it would defeat the contract if West would be able to win the heart trick and return a diamond. South played 10, West won with the J and returned the 4, down one. It took a lot of courage for Virendrabhai to play low smoothly. We miss seeing him in his favourite seat.


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