Tempting Fate
By Mark Horton In 46th World Bridge Teams Championships On 25th August 2023
Could R16 be the one in which Sweden’s winning streak comes to an end?
In the match between Denmark and Sweden Dorte Bilde and Anita Buus Thomsen stopped in 5
on the EW cards and when North led the 
9 declarer soon had 12 tricks, +680 a result achieved at 21 of the tables. (Brazil collected +1660 and 14 IMPs for making 6x against USA1 while Chinese Taipei collected 15 IMPs against USA2 when Yin-Shou Chen and Yin-Yu Lin doubled 6 and collected 500 when Lin led the 
2 on the go, got in with a diamond and gave her partner a second ruff.) That leaves one table, and when Rasmussen led the 
A against 6 and switched to a club Denmark picked up 13 IMPs.
