According to their convention card E/W on the last board were playing pass/double inversion, so East's pass was a command for West to double. Not sure what the difference between that and a direct 6D bid would have been!
Really insightful commentary on the selected boards. It seems world class players can get away with bids that at my club were described as psyche bids at my club when I did them, as I used to before my system card became more conventional. Generally deceiving the opposition in bids and false carding seems de rigeur at that level which is interesting.
About the 2NT hand, and according to the CCs. One EW pair (Koneru-Rajadhyaksha) uses reverse Smith echo. So the 5 of spades played by W in that case also could tell E that the lead was not an interesting one. Yes, I know the 5 of spades is not easy to read as a high card, but anyhow. Using this reverse Smith echo that EW pair might have found the switch even if declarer had played the Q of clubs from dummy at trick one. Now, with the eight winning the trick it just made the switch more obvious.
So enjoying this summary every day, thanks Pete.
According to their convention card E/W on the last board were playing pass/double inversion, so East's pass was a command for West to double. Not sure what the difference between that and a direct 6D bid would have been!
Really insightful commentary on the selected boards. It seems world class players can get away with bids that at my club were described as psyche bids at my club when I did them, as I used to before my system card became more conventional. Generally deceiving the opposition in bids and false carding seems de rigeur at that level which is interesting.
About the 2NT hand, and according to the CCs. One EW pair (Koneru-Rajadhyaksha) uses reverse Smith echo. So the 5 of spades played by W in that case also could tell E that the lead was not an interesting one. Yes, I know the 5 of spades is not easy to read as a high card, but anyhow. Using this reverse Smith echo that EW pair might have found the switch even if declarer had played the Q of clubs from dummy at trick one. Now, with the eight winning the trick it just made the switch more obvious.
discard.