NORTH  K 10 4 3 A 7 5 3 7 3 10 8 4   WEST (D) J 8 7 6 9 6 4 2 J 9 A 7 5     EAST  9 K 10 A 8 5 K Q J 9 6 3 2     SOUTH  A Q 5 2 Q J 8 K Q 10 6 4 2 --   North and South were vulnerable. The bidding: West North East South Pass Pass 1  1  Dbl. Pass 3  Dbl. Pass 4  Pass 4  Pass Pass Pass West led the club ace.

A group of six players has set a record by scoring three consecutive victories in the Greater New York Bridge Association's Von Zedtwitz Double Knockout Teams. Lapt Chan, Jim Krekorian, Brad Moss and Elizabeth Reich, all of Manhattan; Jon Heller of Brooklyn and Phillip Alder of Manhasset, N.Y., took the 1997 title on Thursday. Playing at Honors Club, 117 East 57th Street, they defeated Mark Feldman of Manhattan and his team by 10 imps.

 The diagramed deal was decisive. At one table Alder and Krekorian, North and South, landed in four spades after a complex auction.

 West led the club ace against four spades, and South ruffed, cashed the spade ace and led the diamond queen. This was allowed to win, and he played the king, pinning the jack. East took the diamond ace and played the club king, again ruffed in the closed hand. The position was now this:

NORTH  K 10 4 A 7 5 3 -- 10   WEST  J 8 7 9 6 4 2 -- 5     EAST  -- K 10 8 Q J 9 3 2     SOUTH  Q Q J 8 10 6 4 2 --   Krekorian led the diamond ten and West ruffed with the spade jack. Krekorian discarded the club ten from dummy and could not then be defeated. West led his last club and South ruffed in his hand with the spade queen. Another diamond lead was ruffed by West and overruffed in dummy. The spade king removed West's last trump and a low heart was led. Since a trump remained in dummy, the heart king was the last trick for the defense.  In the replay East played in four clubs, which could have been made but failed by a trick. The Chan team gained 11 imps.