of adultery?") – is mentioned in every biographical note and obituary, and reveals his sense of humour. When his team played an exhibition match at Leicester, the wife of the Chief Constable organised a cocktail party for them to meet the locals. The traveling players were invited to sign and comment in the Visitors book, and Schapiro wrote the catchphrase after his signature. Dimmie Fleming – another international player and the only woman to play on the British open team – defused the situation by signing next, drawing an upwards arrow and writing, "But will he ever be adult?" Another story shows his partner Terence Reese picking up a collection of silver cup trophies from Schapiro's flat in Eaton Place (the Upstairs, Downstairs setting) and carrying them in a pillow-case. Stopped in the street by a policeman and asked to explain his unusual sack of possessions, Reese led the officer back to the flat so that Schapiro could validate his explanation. When Schapiro answered the door, he sized up the situation, and when asked "Can you identify this man?", said "Never seen him before in my life." Books Bridge, Card by Card (London: Hamlyn, 1969), Terence Reese and Schapiro Bridge Analysis (US edition, New York: Sterling Pub, (c) 1976), 187 pp. Boris Schapiro on Bridge (London:Pitman, 1976), 190 pp. References Further reading Reese, Terence (1966): The story of an accusation. London: Heinemann. – "On allegations brought against Terence Reese and Boris Schapiro. With portraits." US edition, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1967. Revised edition (2004), London: Chess & Bridge; London: Better Bridge Now, 2004, . Truscott, Alan (1969): The Great Bridge Scandal: the most famous cheating case in the history of the game. New York: Yarborough. Second edition (2004), Toronto: Master Point Press, . External links 1909 births People educated at Clifton College 2002 deaths British and Irish contract bridge players Contract bridge writers Bermuda Bowl players English Jews Latvian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Place of death missing British Army personnel of World War II Intelligence Corps soldiers