This celebrated hand occurred in the Spingold team championship played in Miami Beach in 1958. It features a brilliant defensive play by Sidney Lazard, which contributed greatly to his team’s victory that year.

At the first table, Lazard’s teammates were North-South and reached six notrump on the bidding shown. South won the heart lead with the ace, cashed three more hearts, crossed to the jack of spades and led a diamond to the king, losing to West’s ace. Declarer later took a winning club finesse to make the slam for a score of 990 points.

At the second table, where Lazard sat West, the bidding went:

At this table, West also led a heart. Declarer put up dummy’s ace, came to his hand with a heart and returned to dummy with a spade. He then led a diamond to the king, but Lazard, smooth

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