Data 9ZA3 Main

Three Notrump vs. Partscore

by Richard Pavlicek

6-card suit, 24 HCP, fair spots

Found 34 comparisons in 40,069 deals from 72 major events 1996-2014.
First and last, and all swings of 5+ IMPs in between, are shown here.
Deals are rotated as needed to align comparison criteria to N-S.

1. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 10

N deals
Both vul Q 9
K J 9 2
7
K Q J 7 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Bilski Furuta Brown ChenD Ino Thomson Teramoto Kanetkar
1 1 1 1 Pass 1
Dbl 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2
3 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 7 A 10 6 3 A 2
4 K 2 2 8 K 4 5
10 9 3 5 7 8 K 2
4 8 K A 7 Q 9 4
3 Q 9 9 9 3 2 10
5 10 Q 6 4 5 K A
Q 2 3 10 10 tricks claimed
J 8 3 Q
6 4 5 6
7 4 7 2

J 10 8 2
A Q 10 8
9 6 5 2
9 Table 6 4
6 4
A J 8 4 3
A 8 5 2
98869 =
34573 =
Par NS +600 A K 7 5 3
7 5 3
K Q 10
10 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +660
+11 11
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
-11 0

2. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 1, Bd 10

N deals
Both vul Q 9
K J 9 2
7
K Q J 7 6 3

West North East South West North East South
Kranyak Villas-Boas WolpertG Campos Chagas Dwyer Brum Bathurst
1 1 2 2 Pass 2
2 Pass 3 3 NT Pass 2 Pass 2
Dbl AP Pass 2 NT Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 7 A 10 6 3 J Q
4 K 2 2 3 2 10 9
10 9 3 2 4 2 K A
4 8 K A 4 A 2 9
6 3 10 Q K 8 7 5
Q 5 3 6 8 5 5 Q
J 8 5 10 K 4 3 A
7 3 7 9 10 6 3 7
6 4 5 Q J 6 5 Q
9 4 K 2 6 7 4 10

J 10 8 2
A Q 10 8
9 6 5 2
9 Table 6 4
6 4
A J 8 4 3
A 8 5 2
98869 =
34573 =
Par NS +600 A K 7 5 3
7 5 3
K Q 10
10 4

Three notrump
3 NT× S +1 +950
+15 26
Partscore
3 N -2 -200
-15 0

3. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 6, Bd 19

W deals
N-S vul K J 8 7 4
A 3 2
Q J 10
10 3

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Sadek Fantoni Nabil Samir Zimmermann Noshy Multon
2 Pass Pass 2 1 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 3 7 4 7 2 10 K
J 10 6 K Q 9 4 A
3 A 10 7 7 2 J 3
A 2 2 2 A 10 6 4
9 4 6 5 9 10 6 5
8 3 5 Q J 5 2 A
3 K A 2 8 Q 2 K
7 tricks claimed 9 tricks claimed

10 9 3
9 7 5 4
A
A Q J 9 8 Table A 6 5 2
J 10 8 6
7 6 5
7 6
77596 78596
45846 =
Par NS +100 Q
K Q
K 9 8 4 3 2
K 5 4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 26
Partscore
3 S = +110
+7 7

4. 2013 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 16, Bd 32

W deals
E-W vul A Q 10 9
K Q J 7 2
Q
J 10 7

West North East South West North East South
Lambardi Fritsche Rizzo Rohowsky Rehder Ravenna Gromoeller Alujas
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 NT Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 6 Q 2 4
9 tricks won 2 8 A 3
10 4 K 9
Q 8 J 5
J 3 A 5
J 10 6 6
K 3 2 Q
7 K 9 9
8 tricks claimed

6 3
6 5 4 3
A 9 2
K 8 5 2 Table 8 7 5 2
9 8
K 10 8
A Q 9 3
69985 =
44458 =
Par NS +140 K J 4
A 10
J 7 6 5 4 3
6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+10 36
Partscore
3 S -1 -50
-10 7

5. 2013 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 38

W deals
E-W vul Q 9 6
Q 7
A K 9 8 7 5
8 3

West North East South West North East South
Chambers WeinsteinH Schermer Grabel LevinJ Welland WolpertJ AukenS
Pass 1 Pass 1 1 3 Pass Pass
Dbl 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q 3 2 6 4 2 10 Q
5 8 9 A 6 3 K A
2 5 Q 4 K 8 10 A
Q K A 5 J 6 A 3
2 J 7 4 K 4 2 10
J 5 4 2 9 Q 7 5
K 7 7 7 10 tricks claimed
10 A 3 J
6 3 K A
10 9 3 J
8 tricks claimed

A 10 8 5
J 6 5
10 6
K Q J 5 Table 4 3
K 4 3
Q 4 3
10 9 7 4 2
799A6 =
64337 54337
Par NS +140 K J 7 2
A 10 9 8 2
J 2
A 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 36
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
+5 12

6. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 7, Bd 101

W deals
E-W vul A J 10 7 6 4
J 6
Q 9 8
9 3

West North East South West North East South
Diamond WolpertG Platnick Kranyak Dwyer Greco Bathurst Hampson
1 2 Pass 2 NT 1 2 Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Pass

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 3 6 7 4 A 2 8
2 6 Q A Q 9 A 5
Q K A 8 J 8 2 K
11 tricks won 10 tricks won

K 9
2
10 7 5 3 2
A K J 5 2 Table 8 5
K Q 9 8 7 5 3
4
10 8 6
8B586 BB596
22747 =
Par NS +460 Q 3 2
A 10 4
A K J 6
Q 7 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +2 +460
+7 43
Partscore
2 N +2 +170
-7 12

7. 2013 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 8, Bd 112

N deals
N-S vul K 3
3 2
A K Q J 7 4
9 8 7

West North East South West North East South
Platnick Kranyak Diamond WolpertG Bathurst Hampson Dwyer Greco
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Dbl 2 2 3 NT (AP) Dbl 3 3 Dbl
Pass 3 Pass 4 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 2 7 9 6 A 2 7
Q 3 6 J 6 2 J 3
8 7 10 5 Q 4 5 8
A 5 5 3 K
4 4 10 tricks claimed
7 tricks claimed

A 8
K Q 8 5
10 8 2
Q J 4 2 Table 10 7 6 5 2
A 10 7 6 4
3
6 3
764A8 =
57935 =
Par NS +100 Q J 9 4
J 9
9 6 5
A K 10 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 43
Partscore
4 N = +130
+8 20

8. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 2

W deals
N-S vul 10 7 6 3 2
A Q 6 4 3
J
K 6

West North East South West North East South
Korbel Zimmermann Miles Multon Helness Demuy Helgemo L'Ecuyer
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1 Pass
Dbl Rdbl Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Dbl
1 Dbl Pass 3 NT (AP) Rdbl 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 K 5 7 4 9 2 J
J 4 3 2 2 4 Q K
3 5 K 7 7 3 5 10
K 8 2 A 3 9 A 5
Q A 2 6 3 9 2 5
Q 5 3 5 7 2 K 5
2 9 A 8 6 9 A 3
9 tricks claimed 10 4 4 Q
6 J K 8
6 J Q 7

A K 8 5
J 9 7
2
J 8 4 3 2 Table J 9 4
8 5
A 10 7 5 4
Q 9 5
97A95 =
45347 =
Par NS +620 Q
K 10 2
K Q 9 8 6 3
A 10 7

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 53
Partscore
2 N +2 +170
-10 20

9. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 85

N deals
N-S vul Q 9 7 3
A K J 10
3 2
J 7 4

West North East South West North East South
WolpertD Helness Amoils Helgemo Nunes L'Ecuyer Fantoni Demuy
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Dbl 2 1 Dbl 2 2
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 2 Dbl 2
Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 A 4 5 9 4 Q A
2 8 Q A Q A 2 8
9 4 Q A 2 7 K 10
K A 3 8 3 5 6 J
2 7 K 10 A 3 2 6
10 tricks claimed 4
9 tricks claimed

A 10 4
Q 9 6 3 2
A 7 6
9 2 Table J 8 2
7 4
9 8
K Q 8 6 5 3
988A6 =
34426 =
Par NS +600 K 6 5
8 5
K Q J 10 5 4
A 10

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+11 64
Partscore
3 S = +110
-11 20

10. 2012 WC Round of 16, Seg 6, Bd 85

N deals
N-S vul Q 9 7 3
A K J 10
3 2
J 7 4

West North East South West North East South
Verhees Pilon v.Prooijen Toffier Lorenzini de Wijs Rombaut Muller
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass 3 3
Pass 2 Dbl 2 4 Dbl Pass 4 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 4 Q A 2 A 7 5
K 6 2 8 2 8 K A
Q A 3 9 9 K 4 8
2 7 K 10 4 6 10 9
8 5 2 J Q 6 3 9
Q 8 5 4 J 7 3 3
A 4 8 3 10 3 7 5
K 7 4 6 K A 7 2
J 3 5 Q 4 Q 8 5
9 10 5 10 10 tricks claimed

A 10 4
Q 9 6 3 2
A 7 6
9 2 Table J 8 2
7 4
9 8
K Q 8 6 5 3
988A6 =
34426 =
Par NS +600 K 6 5
8 5
K Q J 10 5 4
A 10

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 64
Partscore
4 S = +130
+8 28

11. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 11, Bd 14

E deals
None vul K 9 5
A 6 5 4 2
K J 9 2
10

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Berg Helness Svendsen Charlsen Fantoni Hoftaniska Nunes
Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 1 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 2 J K 4 3 Q K
3 4 K 7 5 A 7 2
10 5 K 2 7 3 4 9
A 4 4 7 2 3 K 7
8 6 5 J J 6 9 10
Q 3 7 6 A 2 10 5
3 6 8 A K 4 4 7
2 5 Q A 6 8 2 J
9 5 4 9 5 J Q 9

Q 6 2
10 9 8 7
A 10 6 4
4 2 Table A 10 8 4
Q J 3
7 5
Q J 7 5
88899 =
55543 55544
Par NS +120 J 7 3
K
Q 8 3
A K 9 8 6 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-5 64
Partscore
3 N = +110
+5 33

12. 2012 WC Qualifying, Rd 14, Bd 26

N deals
Both vul J 10 3 2
—
A K 10 9 8 3
J 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Chung Pilon LiuCK Toffier Bompis YangS Quantin Huang
Pass 1 Dbl Pass 1 Dbl
1 Dbl 1 1 NT Pass 2 Pass 3
2 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 Pass 3 NT
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 2 J K A 3 4 2
7 2 A 5 J A 6 2
3 Q 6 4 6 4 A 5
3 2 6 2 K Q 7 2
7 6 A 3 6 9 K 7
5 10 Q 10 K 4 J 5
9 tricks claimed 4 8 J 6
11 tricks claimed

Q 8
Q 9 8 7 6 4
4 2
8 7 4 Table K 9 7 6
J 5 3
Q 5
A Q 10 9
A96B8 =
33725 23725
Par NS +630 A 5 4
A K 10 2
J 7 6
K 5 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +600
+10 74
Partscore
4 N +1 +150
-10 33

13. 2012 WC Quarterfinal, Seg 6, Bd 92

N deals
E-W vul 5 4 2
Q 8 6
K 7 4
Q 9 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Helgemo Verhees Helness v.Prooijen Muller Nunes de Wijs Fantoni
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 2 AP
Pass 2 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
Q K 2 3 Q 4 2 A
2 6 K 7 A 4 6 5
Q 4 4 A 9 K 8 10
5 A 8 4 3 Q K A
10 3 5 J 3 8 K 5
6 4 J 7 Q J 4 2
9 2 10 6 2 6 K 7
J 9 K 6 Q
8 tricks claimed 9 tricks claimed

7
K 7 4 3 2
Q J 9 8
10 8 3 Table A J 6
J 10 5
10 6 5 2
K J 7
9A658 =
33774 43784
Par NS +420 K Q 10 9 8 3
A 9
A 3
A 6 4

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-5 74
Partscore
2 S +1 +140
+5 38

14. 2012 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 2, Bd 22

E deals
E-W vul K J
K 10 8 6 5 4
J 7 5
Q 10

West North East South West North East South
Mahaffey LallJ Seamon Bathurst LallH Passell Milner Jacobus
Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2 Pass 2
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 3 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 Q 9 6 K 5 9 A
J 9 2 Q 5 3 K 2
A 10 2 K J 4 A 7
J 4 8 4 Q 9 10 10
7 5 5 3 Q 5 6 A
3 6 2 J Q 7 3 2
7 K 4 6 6 J 2 4
J 10 5 3 2 K 3 10
5 3 A 6 3 7 K A

7 3
Q 9 7
K Q 6
A J 7 4 3 Table 10 9 8 4 2
A 2
9 3
9 8 5 2
87995 =
36348 =
Par NS +140 A Q 6 5
J 3
A 10 8 4 2
K 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-3 74
Partscore
3 S -1 -50
+3 41

15. 2012 USBC Quarterfinal, Seg 1, Bd 14

N deals
None vul 9 5 4
A J 8
9
K J 9 8 6 5

West North East South West North East South
Jacobs Moss Beatty Gitelman Greco Wold Hampson Bates
Pass Pass 1 NT Pass Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass 2 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
2 4 6 J 4 J Q K
A 2 5 4 A 2 5 4
10 4 J Q 3 6 A 2
8 3 10 5 K Q 3 3
A 9 7 K 9 2 J A
Q 9 8 5 10
8 tricks claimed K 5 6 3
4 7 8 10
Q 6 2 9
6
8 tricks claimed

A Q 10 2
9 6 4
A 5
10 7 3 2 Table 8 7 6
Q 7 5 2
Q 10 3 2
Q 4
87789 8878A
54543 54643
Par NS +130 K J 3
K 10 3
K J 8 7 6 4
A

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 74
Partscore
2 S = +90
+4 45

16. 2012 Vanderbilt Final, Seg 4, Bd 61

N deals
Both vul Q 6
6 3 2
K 5
J 9 7 5 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Cheek Moss Grue Gitelman Greco BessisT Hampson Delmonte
Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass 1
Dbl 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 6 2 5 A 6 2 8
A Q 3 8 2 5 7 10
J 2 4 9 5 K Q 3
10 3 7 5 6 K 8 9
A 6 2 10 A 8
8 tricks claimed Q 6 2 3
A 8 3 4
K 4 5 J
J K A 3
J 7 4 9
10 6 7 Q

A K J 10
A Q 9 8
6 2
8 6 4 Table 7 4 3 2
J 7 4
J 8 7 4 3
10
74459 8456A
38773 =
Par NS +130 9 8 5
K 10 5
A Q 10 9
A K Q

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -100
+3 77
Partscore
1 × S -1 -200
-3 45

17. 2012 Vanderbilt Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 53

E deals
E-W vul 3 2
6 4 2
A 9
A K J 7 5 3

West North East South West North East South
BessisT Dahl Delmonte Friedland Lusky Cheek Falk Grue
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 2 Pass 2 1 2 Pass 2
Dbl 2 Pass 2 NT 2 3 Pass Pass
Pass 3 NT AP Dbl AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
K 2 3 8 5 8 9 2
A 4 5 Q A 4 3 Q
J 6 9 10 K 6 6 5
10 3 6 2 6 10 K 2
7 5 8 J J 9 8 8
9 7 6 5 3 Q K A
10 A 8 4 8 tricks claimed
K 9 Q 4
A 2 8 7

K 7 5 4
A K J 10 9 7
K 7
10 Table 9 8 6
5 3
6 4 3 2
Q 9 8 6
67698 =
66735 56633
Par NS +110 A Q J 10
Q 8
Q J 10 8 5
4 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -3 -150
-2 77
Partscore
3 × N -1 -100
+2 47

18. 2011 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 4, Bd 25

N deals
E-W vul A
K Q 9 7
K 10 9 8 6 5
K 2

West North East South West North East South
Kushari HerbstO Majumdar HerbstI Barel Vaidya Zack Goel
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 3 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 A 3 2 4 K 6 5
K A 3 4 A 3 2 4
J 8 7 5 2 8 A 3
5 9 10 6 K 7 5 5
6 Q 5 2 Q 10 6 J
K 6 5 3 4 K A 2
2 J A 4 10 7 6 8
Q 2 8 8 5 3 J Q
K Q 9 3 7 8 6 Q
6 J 7 8 A 9 3 4

Q 10 7 4
J 6 4
A Q J 2
4 3 Table J 5 3
A 10 8 5
7 3
J 10 8 6
78799 =
65544 55543
Par NS +110 K 9 8 6 2
3 2
4
A Q 9 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
+2 79
Partscore
3 S -2 -100
-2 47

19. 2011 Vanderbilt Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 56

N deals
None vul A K 10 3
4
A 5 3 2
A J 8 2

West North East South West North East South
Rodwell Bates Meckstroth Wold Brink Zia Drijver Hamman
1 Pass 1 1 Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 2 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 2 10 Q 4 7 K A
9 Q A 6 4 8 Q A
4 K 2 3 8 2 4 K
4 K 8 3 10 3 3 K
Q A 2 8 2 5 7 3
J A 4 7 9 5 A 2
3 8 J 5 K 6 4 7
4 7 10 2 9 tricks claimed
K 6 7 5
5 5 6 9

Q 7 5
A 5 3
J 9 8 6
K 9 3 Table 8 6 2
K J 8
10 4
Q 10 6 5 4
8BA97 =
52335 =
Par NS +450 J 9 4
Q 10 9 7 6 2
K Q 7
7

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 79
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
+4 51

20. 2009 Bermuda Bowl Final, Seg 8, Bd 122

W deals
Both vul A K 10 7 5 4
6
K 7 6 2
A 9

West North East South West North East South
Hamman Duboin Zia Sementa Lauria Meckstroth Versace Rodwell
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 9 6 K 6 3 10 A
2 9 10 J A 3 2 8
5 10 2 6 K 6 4 9
3 2 A 7 7 J 7 Q
A 6 4 8 A 2 4 3
K 3 5 Q 8 6 A
7 8 4 8 10 tricks claimed
5 Q 3 5
4 4 9 8
2 J Q A

Q 9 8
8 3 2
A 10 8 5
J 10 2 Table J 6 3
A Q J 5
J 9 4
8 7 6
9A99A =
33342 =
Par NS +620 2
K 10 9 7 4
Q 3
K Q 5 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 89
Partscore
2 N +2 +170
-10 51

21. 2009 USBC QuarterfinalB, Seg 3, Bd 40

N deals
None vul A
A K 10
J 10 6 5 3 2
J 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Becker CohenB Strul Smith Welland Stansby Willenken Martel
1 1 Pass 1 Dbl 1
Pass Dbl 2 2 NT Dbl 2 Pass 3 (AP)
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 2 3 K Q 2 9 A
A 7 2 9 5 Q K 4
K 8 3 8 A 7 2 9
4 Q 5 5 6 7 J A
4 J 5 J Q A
9 tricks claimed 6 4 K 8
10 K
11 tricks claimed

K Q
9 8 5 3
Q 8 7
9 8 7 4 Table 8 5 4 3 2
Q J 4
9
A Q 10 3
998B7 998B6
44526 =
Par NS +400 J 10 9 7 6
7 6 2
A K 4
K 6

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 95
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
-6 51

22. 2007 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 3, Bd 47

W deals
E-W vul A 6 4
A K 9 2
2
A 8 4 3 2

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Bertheau Fantoni Nystrom Zhao Versace Fu Lauria
Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 2
Pass 2 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
5 4 8 10 5 4 9 10
6 8 A 7 A 8 2 6
2 K 6 5 7 J 2 5
5 A 8 2 5 3 K 6
Q 7 3 10 2 Q K A
3 5 K 10 4 10 Q 7
A 2 3 9 9
4 7 4 J 9 tricks claimed
4 2 Q J
Q 9 J 6

K J 5 3
8 5 4
J 8
J 9 7 5 Table 9 8 7 2
Q 10 7
K Q 6 5
K 10
76988 77988
66455 =
Par NS +140 Q 10
J 6 3
A 10 9 7 4 3
Q 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 95
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
+4 55

23. 2007 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 62

E deals
None vul K 3
2
J 9 6 3
Q J 10 9 8 3

West North East South West North East South
Soloway Welland Hamman Willenken H-Welland Meckstroth Sementa Rodwell
Pass 1 Pass 1
1 2 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 1 Pass 1 NT
Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 2 8 Q 2 Q 7 4
A 2 3 7 2 4 K A
4 6 8 K A 3 4 6
3 K A 3 K 3 2 A
K A 6 3 K
10 tricks claimed 11 tricks claimed

A Q 5 2
A 10 7 6
K 5
6 5 2 Table 10 8 4
9 8 4 3
10 7 4 2
K 7
9879A 987AB
35532 45532
Par NS +400 J 9 7 6
K Q J 5
A Q 8
A 4

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+7 102
Partscore
3 S +2 +150
-7 55

24. 2006 Spingold Semifinal, Seg 4, Bd 54

W deals
E-W vul A J 6 3
5
9 3
Q 8 7 5 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Rosenberg Rodwell Zia Meckstroth Hamman Weinstein Soloway Levin
1 Pass Pass Dbl
Pass Pass Rdbl Pass
1 1 Pass 3 NT (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
J 5 4 K
J 2 3 6
9 10 Q K
2 8 9 3
9 tricks claimed

K 10 4
A J 10 9
8 6 5
A 10 2 Table 8 7 5
7 6 4 2
J 7 4 2
K 6
8989A 9989A
43533 =
Par NS +400 Q 9 2
K Q 8 3
A K Q 10
J 9

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 109
Partscore
3 S = +110
-7 55

25. 2006 WC Qualifying, Rd 5, Bd 13

W deals
Both vul Q 5 4 3 2
K Q 10
A K 2
K 3

West North East South West North East South
Helness Eskinaz Helgemo AlufS Kokten Larsen AlufT Meltzer
Pass 1 Pass 1 NT Pass 1 NT Pass 2 NT
Pass 2 NT Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 2 Q 3 Q 3 7 A
6 3 A 2 K 4 2 J
J 3 7 8 3 5 A 4
10 4 8 Q 6 2 7
7 tricks claimed 10 4 3 8
8 5 2 6
3 7 K 2
K 7 9 6
4 8 6 10
5 8
11 tricks claimed

A J 10
8 7 6 4
10 7 6 5 4
J Table K 9 8 7 6
A J 2
Q
8 7 5 4
8577B =
37542 38542
Par NS +600 —
9 5 3
J 9 8 3
A Q 10 9 6 2

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-8 109
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
+8 63

26. 2005 Bermuda Bowl Qualifying, Rd 10, Bd 2

W deals
N-S vul K J 9 7 6 2
6
K 9 8
K 10 4

West North East South West North East South
YangL Luis Dai Paz Pessoa Zhao Castanheira Fu
1 1 Dbl 3 NT 1 NT 2 Pass 2 NT
Pass Pass Pass Pass 3 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
3 6 A 2 10 4 A K
8 K 7 4 A 4 3 5
Q 3 8 10 Q K 6 7
A 3 2 5 2 5 A 3
4 2 K 5 Q 4 6 10
K 10 Q 8 7 2 9 5
J 2 5 4 K 5 2 8
9 4 7 9 8 2 J 3
7 5 9 Q Q 6 10
6 3 10 6 10 tricks claimed
9 6 7 A

8 4 3
J 9 7 3
A 6 3 2
A Q Table 10 5
A 8 5 4
10 5
J 8 6 3 2
99697 =
33635 =
Par NS +600 A Q
K Q 10 2
Q J 7 4
9 7 5

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +630
+10 119
Partscore
3 N +1 +170
-10 63

27. 2005 USBC Semifinal, Seg 3, Bd 43

W deals
None vul A Q 10 8 6 5
10 8
Q 7
Q 9 2

West North East South West North East South
Stewart Rosenberg Woolsey Zia Fallenius Feldman Welland Bramley
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 Pass Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 Pass
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
6 Q 2 8 2 8 9 Q
2 A 5 7 A 10 7 2
3 J K 7 6 5 K 3
2 5 7 Q A
9 tricks claimed 4 A 6 7
J 4 Q 3
10 3 5 9
9 10 J K
K 5 4 J
11 tricks claimed

9 4 3 2
K 9 3 2
K 9 6
K 7 Table —
Q J 7 4
10 5 4 3 2
A 10 4 3
89447 =
43986 =
Par NS +100 K J 7
A 6 5
A J 8
J 8 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+5 124
Partscore
2 N +3 +200
-5 63

28. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 1

E deals
None vul A 3
J 10
J 9 2
K 10 9 7 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Kiema Kalish Koistinen Podgur YadlinI Salomaa YadlinD Backstrom
2 2 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP 1 NT Dbl Pass Pass
2 Pass 2 Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3
Pass 4 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
10 A 2 4 K 10 7 3
3 2 Q 8 Q J 2 A
6 J K 5 5 6 3 4
4 5 7 A 4 2 Q A
K 10 2 3 10 3 K 4
Q J 4 A 2 7 8 A
5 8 3 9 9 tricks claimed
K 8 6 7

10
K Q 8 6
Q 10 6 5 3
A J 8 Table K J 9 6 5 2
9 7 4 2
7
5 2
86589 7658A
47853 =
Par NS +130 Q 8 7 4
A 5 3
A K 8 4
Q 6

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -100
-2 124
Partscore
4 S -1 -50
+2 65

29. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 1

E deals
None vul A 3
J 10
J 9 2
K 10 9 7 4 3

West North East South West North East South
Nunes Matheson Fantoni Patrick GerrardD Duboin Rae Bocchi
Pass Pass
Pass 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 A 3 2
Q A 3 2
9 tricks won

10
K Q 8 6
Q 10 6 5 3
A J 8 Table K J 9 6 5 2
9 7 4 2
7
5 2
86589 7658A
47853 =
Par NS +130 Q 8 7 4
A 5 3
A K 8 4
Q 6

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+8 132
Partscore
3 N = +110
-8 65

30. 2004 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 9, Bd 16

E deals
E-W vul K 10 5
J 7
K 10 7 5 3 2
Q 5

West North East South West North East South
Lauria Brink Versace v.Prooijen Verhees Duboin Jansma Bocchi
Pass 1 NT Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP 1 2 Pass 2 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
4 5 8 J K 7 10 A
Q 4 2 6 2 3 Q 4
3 A 10 2 5 6 A 9
6 K 8 9 K 8 10 7
Q 4 2 3 2 6 9
5 6 A 9 9 tricks claimed
K 5 3 7
J 8 5 10
8 7 7 J
A Q 7 2
9 tricks claimed

A Q 7 6 4
K Q 5
A 8 4
9 3 Table 8 2
10 9 8 3 2
J 6
10 7 6 4
976A9 =
26723 =
Par NS +400 J 9 3
A 6 4
Q 9
A K J 8 2

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+7 139
Partscore
2 S +1 +110
-7 65

31. 2003 USBC Final, Seg 6, Bd 77

S deals
Both vul A J 9 5 3
10 5 3
A 7 5 3
A

West North East South West North East South
Fallenius Doub Welland Wildavsky Pratap Garner Landen WeinsteinH
Pass 1
Pass 1 2 3 Pass 1 2 Pass
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Pass Dbl Pass 3
Dbl 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
9 10 J K 2 Q 4 3
2 Q 3 4 2 10 J K
3 A 2 6 Q A 9 3
A 7 6 10 10 6 A 9
J K 7 4 7 K 5 8
Q A 2 3 J K 4 5
10 4 A 9 6 Q A 4
9 8 5 9 tricks claimed
7 tricks claimed

Q 10
9
J 8 6 4
K J 9 4 3 2 Table K 8 7 4
Q J 8 7 6 2
K 9 2
—
88677 77667
55665 =
Par NS +120 6 2
A K 4
Q 10
Q 10 8 7 6 5

Three notrump
3 NT S -2 -200
-7 139
Partscore
3 N = +110
+7 72

32. 2001 Spingold Round of 16, Seg 1, Bd 15

W deals
E-W vul K 5
Q 7 6
K 9 6 5 4 2
J 10

West North East South West North East South
Burger Berkowitz Brachman Cohen Schwartz Hampson Becker Greco
Pass Pass Pass 1 Pass Pass Pass 1
Pass 2 Pass 2 NT Pass 2 AP
Pass 3 NT AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 10 Q A 2 3 K 6
A 3 2 10 J 7 4 A
4 9 K 2 A 8 2 10
4 J 4 7 8 6 Q 5
8 3 5 J K J 3 3
K 2 8 8 J Q A 5
5 7 10 Q 4 A 5 2
6 6 2 K 9 tricks claimed
8 A 7 J
Q 5

A Q 9
K J
Q 8 7 3
9 7 6 5 Table J 7 2
10 9 5 4 2
J 10
Q 8 2
99899 999A9
43434 =
Par NS +400 10 8 6 4 3
A 8 3
A
A K 4 3

Three notrump
3 NT S -1 -50
-4 139
Partscore
2 N +1 +110
+4 76

33. 2000 Olympiad Qualifying, Rd 8, Bd 9

N deals
E-W vul 9 7
A
J 7 4 2
A K J 6 5 2

West North East South West North East South
Ramondt Harfouche Maas Eidi Fahs de Boer Hamdan Muller
1 Pass 2 NT 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 NT AP Pass 2 Pass Pass
Dbl 3 AP

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
A 2 3 8 3 6 K 2
2 A 4 3 A 4 4 8
7 4 Q 2 10 7 3 9
10 tricks won 10 tricks won

10 6 3 2
K J 5 2
A K 10 5
4 Table K 8 5 4
Q 9 8 7 4
3
8 7 3
A65AA =
37822 =
Par NS +430 A Q J
10 6 3
Q 9 8 6
Q 10 9

Three notrump
3 NT S +1 +430
+7 146
Partscore
3 N +1 +130
-7 76

34. 2000 Olympiad Round of 16, Seg 4, Bd 49

S deals
None vul K 9
J 2
K 8 4
A Q 9 8 6 2

West North East South West North East South
Muller MagnussonM de Boer Ingimarsson JonssonT Ramondt Thorvaldsson Maas
1 Pass
Pass 2 Pass 3 Pass 1 Pass 1
Pass 3 Pass 3 NT (AP) Dbl 2 Pass 3 (AP)

Lead 2nd 3rd 4th Lead 2nd 3rd 4th
7 4 3 K A
9 tricks won Q 5 7 2
6 10 J 3
2 6 K 5
11 tricks claimed

8 7 4 3 2
10 8 6
A J 10 6
K Table J 6 5
K Q 7 3
Q 5 3
10 5 4
A688B =
26552 =
Par NS +430 A Q 10
A 9 5 4
9 7 2
J 7 3

Three notrump
3 NT S = +400
+6 152
Partscore
3 N +2 +150
-6 76

Data 9ZA3 Main Top Three Notrump vs. Partscore