{"id":110049,"date":"2025-03-24T13:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/?p=110049"},"modified":"2025-03-24T13:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T12:30:12","slug":"silver-medal-norwegian-womens-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/silver-medal-norwegian-womens-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver medal at the Norwegian Women\u2019s Team Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Those who remember my articles about the Norwegian Division might remember that there was some drama about who would play due to illness. I did not escape that this time either. There was some back and forth in the week leading up to the tournament and the final line-up was decided late the evening before<\/strong>, but we were ready to play. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The tournament was held in Oslo<\/strong>, so I was able to stay at home, which was nice. The tournament had 22 teams participating. <\/strong>However we also had 14 teams in a separate tournament for less experienced players, which is good for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our team had good hopes for the tournament. <\/strong>We started off with a bit of a swingy match, where we and our team-mates bid a nice slam each, giving us 26 IMPs on the first two deals. Unfortunately, we made wrong decisions twice at the 5-level, but we ended up with a small victory. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The second match was a very nice win<\/strong>, again with a good slam bid by my team-mates, and we had a nice start before lunch. We came back from a very nice lunch ready to crush. We started with some flat deals, but about halfway through the match, we got an interesting deal. I was sitting North and the bidding went:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I knew that I had bid very aggressively<\/strong>, but I also knew that my partner is not the most aggressive bidder, so she probably had her bid, and hopefully that was not too much wasted in diamonds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I received the lead of the 10 of clubs (3rd<\/sup>\/5th<\/sup>)<\/strong>, so it was either 10x or 109x(x). It could also be from Q109(x).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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