From a defender to a declarer

Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian professor who helped to develop media theory, wrote, "People don't actually read newspapers. They step into them every morning like a hot bath." Don't climb out of the bath until you finish the bridge column! Also, if you think your paper has reprinted yesterday's by mistake, hold thy emails.

Yesterday, South was in three no-trump and went down when the first trick went club 10, seven, two, jack. At the other table in a match between France and the Netherlands, this auction was conducted by Paul Chemla and Michel Perron.

How did Chemla play in four hearts after West led a low spade? In the auction, three no-trump showed a balanced raise to four hearts.