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In the final of the Prince Albert II Cup in Monaco, Gladysh defeated team Zimmermann and reached the cup. In the other final Marill (with Toffier, Pilon-Cronier, Bessis-Bessis) beat White House (Jansma-Paulissen, Bertens-Bakkeren) and conquered the podium. The match Gladysh (with Krasnoselskiy, Gromv, Dubinin) vs Zimmermann (with Multon, Fantoni, Nunes, Helgemo, Helness) was decided in a quite spectacular fashion.
With one board to go (out of 48) Team Zimmermann led by 1 IMP against Team Gladysh (Krasnoselskiy, Gromov-Dubinin).
At the final board Gladysh and Krasnoselskiy bid and made a grand slam in clubs. At the other table Fantoni and Nunes (Zimmermann’s team) bid the grand as well but in spades.
North
♠: A K Q J 10 x
♥: K x x x
♦ : –
♣: 10 x x
South
♠: x
♥: A J 9
♦ : J x x
♣: A K Q J x x
East, Andrew Gromov, had to find a lead from a 1-4-4-4 distribution. He found the club lead ruffed by Alexander Dubinin, his partner, who had doubled for Lightner. So in the end the Russians proved to be the cup winners.
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source: BridgeTopics.com