European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Goran Bridge �9bb by Charus often and Omar Sharif iop to in the a meets Trimm neither vulnerable. North deals. North k10872 9ajs 74. West East q963 j4 07 9kk010� okq7s 4kqhi 4 j53south 4 a�oj109854 0843 Aio the bidding North but South weit 1 4 pass t v runs Paw 40 pm Pun pan opening Lead King fit is essential to establish an order of priorities before you tackle the play of a a general Rule Trump should be drawn first unless you have a Good reason for not doing judged Well when he continued to game despite the fact that he held Only 9 Points in High cards. One North could support hearts South hand increased i value to a Lull opening bid and his Ace in partner s suit was a most important card. Unfortunately South accuracy in the bidding was not matched by i toy of the card. West led the King of club won by Declarer Ace. South decided to take advantage Rotthe entry to his Hud to try the Trump finesse. He ran the Jack of hearts and bait ducked smoothly. Hushed with Success Declarer continued with another heart and he received a mortal blow when West discarded club. The contract a now tried his Best by winning the Ace of hearts cashing the Ace and King of Spades and ruffing a Spade in i hand. Had that nit divided 84. Declarer could have conceded r Trump to East s King and i awarded his two losing Diamond tar the established Spades thu emerging with an Over track. Unfortunately the outstand ing Spades followed the Odd and. Split 4-2, so Declarer Losta Trump a club and two la. Moad for Down one. Declarer hould have Rea used that he had More important work to do than draw tramp. Be could afford Tolot at urn trick if pc could hold his Fotr tit the minor suit to two. To to Matt a this it was is Ella that Declarer it up the pad Suh while he still had entries to after winning the Ace Oldus Declarer �ho�4d immediately Cash the Effiee nuking of Spades and Lead a third round intending to Ruff Alghi he does not mind an Over Ruth for then Bot the Ace and Queen of Trumps will become entries to Dum my. When East fall to Fol Low to the third Spade Declarer ruffs and can now try the Trump finesse. If East holds off with the King Declarer can attempt to repeat the finesse. When West How out on the second Trump Declarer rises with Dummy s see and Ruff another Spade to set up a Long Spade. Now he can re enter Dummy with the Ace of diamonds and take a discard on the Spade and he is Home. A q. Neither vulnerable a South you hold 4872 01093 okj75 kq6partner opens the bidding with two Spades. What do you respond i demand bid. You have a very powerful holding. There Are alternative you could either jump to three no Trump or Content yourself witha quiet raise to three Spades. Since most demand bids in a suit Are made on unbalanced hands we would select three Spades which leaves the most room for further exploration. A both vulnerable a South you hold 4 m5 Oak oakqi04 aj93the bidding has proceeded North East South West pass pass 1 0 pass 2 pass what do you bid now s jump shows hand that was just Short of an opining bid with a Good apse suit. Sinn a change of suit would be forcing you could try three dubs. However for slam All you really Are interested in is the Quality of partner s Spades so we would leap to five Spades. A bid Over game in the Trump suit Here asks partner to continue on to slam if his suit is Good enough to play opposite a holding such As q. Neither vulnerable As South Yon hold 4965 oust okq10 4 j762 the bidding has proceeded North East South West pan pass Pasa i pan 1 4 pan Paw Dale. Pea 7 what action do you take a.-obvtous1y, partner cannot be making a penalty double he is a passed band. He la simply expressing a reluctance to let the opponents buy the hand cheaply and wants you to compete in one of the red suits. Since you have three cards la each your Choice should be dictated by the concentration of values. We have a Strong preference for diamonds the suit we want partner to Lead should West become Declarer. Both vulnerable. South deals. North o93p is 9 j 97640 a 73 k852 West East 4 82 7654 a1074s 4 qj9cfklfthduui n akj10 Vold the bidding South Welt North East 1 0 Para int pass3 Para 4 0 Para 4 v Para 4 � pas6 0 Para pass pass opening Lead four of 0. At limes just playing you tricks in the right order is All you need to do to land a close contract. This hand is atypical example. North South bid Well to their slam. After South had forced to game. North realized that his two key card in his partner suit mad his hand too Good for a sign off at three no Trump. He first gave preference to Diamond and then when i partner showed Lra interest by Cue bidding heart he showed his Spade fragment. South needed no further encouragement to bid the Small slam in led a Trump and Declarer realized that i Trumps broke 2-2, the hand was easy. He could simply draw Trumps discard a heart from Dummy on the fourth Spade concede a heart and Ruff a heart in Dummy for his12lh trick. But what if Trumps divided 3-1. A waa quite Likely in that Case Declarer would have to find the Han with three Trumps also in Possession of four would enable Declarer to get a discard on the Spades while a Trump was still outstanding. However it Declarer test Trumps by drawing � second round Hewill be Defeated. He can get i discard but when he con cede a heart. East will return a third Trump an there will be no Trump in Dummy to Ruff a heart. The successful line i Towin the Trump at trick on and immediately concede Aheart losing a trick Early that had to be lost in an event assume East wins and returns a wins in his hand and when West shows cashes four Spade tricks. Discarding a heart from the Board. Now Declarer can Cash the Ace of hearts Ruff Aheart with the Ace of Trumps and return to his band with club Ruff to draw the last Trump and claim his con tract. Q z
