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RHO wins with ♣l K and returns ♦. I played the queen, and won the contract, but I still dont know what is the correct play ;)

I played like you... LHO threw a heart on third spade. Club to the A. All playing low. Now what?

[hv=n=sak109xhaqdxxxcaqx&s=sjxhk10xxdaqcj108xx]133|200|Lead: small ♥ (3/5)[/hv] Contract is 6 clubs

In chess, and in snooker, you concede both a game and a match when you cannot win it (e.g. if it is 'best of 11' and you have lost 6 games you don't play on). Admittedly bridge is not quite the same until you are down by more than 24 imps x number of remaining boards. Of course. You are right, but I ment: You never give up if you have av theretical chance

Ban them for throwing IMPs away deliberately. Our posts crossed, but that is the first time it's been said in this thread that they threw imps deliberately. I was there (no surprise), and they definitely did. Wladow overbid deliberately. Unfortunately we don't have it stored in our archives, because the match finished in midstream! There is no doubt in my mind that all commentators and spectators will agree that Wladow lost his temper at some point and bid like a lunatic. You ask Peter Crouch for example (one of the commentators). You know him well, so I am sure you believe him when he says exactly the same. Roland Deliberatly? Didn't they just try to create crazy swings to get back in the match?

If you compare this to other sports this is very strange. No soccerteam has ever left the field in the middle of a game because they have no chance of winning. In chess they only give up in a game (its like giving up a contract in bridge). Never a match. Int championships have changed after BBO. The world is watching, so therefor you should show sportsmanship and finish the match.