Meanwhile anybody who does the double  that is... winning the Tuesday 'BBO' No Fears and then the Thursday 'live' No Fears in the same week will receive a No Fears winners crocodile 🐊 mug!

BBO master points are awarded to players who finish in top positions. A number appears beside your username, increasing as you accumulate more points.💥

Well done this weeks winners Ronan and Alex with a good thirty four stars. They will be representing Scotland along with Jun, Paul, Gints and me in the upcoming European Championships to be held in Riga, Latvia later this month.

On board 4 Stephen opened a weak two in hearts, my 2NT enquiry is specifically a shortage ask. A 3♠ reply would be good and i could check for a black ace and have a pot at 6♥.

As it was, 3♣ would show a singleton so the jump to 4♣ indicated a void. With no values in the red suits it was strongly indicative that north must hold some spade values. Still i felt it was asking too much and signed off in 4♥ .

6♥ is cold on a club lead or failing that trumps 2-2 on a spade lead. Even then the 'last out' is ♣A♣Q with west allowing two spades to be discarded after the double ruffing finess.. These successive chances make slam a great spot.