England Seniors squeak into world semi-finals

The England Seniors made it into the Semi-finals of the world championships by the narrowest of margins, just 1 imp. There was drama right to the finish. With one board to go England were 10 imps ahead, this was the last board of the match:

Board 96
Dealer W / EW Vul

	10 9 8 6 5 A K 7 2 Q 10 5 2
A K 2 6 5 3 A 8 3 2 A K J		J 7 4 Q 10 8 K 9 Q 9 8 7 3
	Q 3 J 9 4 J 7 6 4 10 6 5 4

THe Egyptian EW played in the routine 3NT contract makng two over for a score of 660 to Egypt. In the other room the Egyptian NS stole the contact in 2 and went five down for a score of 250 to England. This resulted in a swing of 9 imps to Egypt, but it was not quite enough to catch England.

In the semi-final England will face Indonesia who beat Belgium in one of the other quarter-finals. England start with a carry-over of 14.5 imps. The other Semi-final is berween Poland & USA2.