Hämeenlinna Round 3: The most effective game is quite and solid

1. Hämeenlinna Round 1: Good start with some mistakes
2. Hämeenlinna Round 2: Every mistake counts in a tough match
3. Hämeenlinna Round 3: The most effective game is quite and solid
4. Hämeenlinna Round 4: Back in action after a "silent" round
5. Hämeenlinna Round 5: Does the lead stand the tough opponent?

Third round matches us against a team from east Finland. The match promised to be challenging but I was expecting a victory.

Board 17: Splinter leads to a slam

The match was quite game for us where we managed to avoid mistakes. There wasn't anything much to report because our good boards were just errors from our opponents except this one.

The hand and biding isn't any how special. But surprisingly only 3 pairs managed to bid the slam that can be claimed after testing trumps.

I got diamond 6 lead. I took quite long thinking break before playing to the trick two but I couldn't found any major chances if trumps would break 3-0 either way. Both opponents would be likely to be in position to over ruff me before I could afford to ruff high. The best possibility looked like one of club honors in east.

Team mates: 4♠S -480
Result: + (+11; +6.6)

Total: -39 / +31

Match results

There was some mistakes by our opponents and we played good game. I was expecting a win from the match but after scoring I was surprised.

Our team mates managed to produce awesome score. The comparison produced us 42 IMPs more than opponent managed to score. That was again clear proof how our team mates can generate good results from nothing. We scored maximum 25 VPs making come back to the victory battle.