European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Goren bridge1  cd Ivor the pm Moo trn it both vulnerable. South deals. North 4 a74 0 108652 4.j54 West qj108 East 6$3 3k983 oqj9 41087 ok74 4k9832 South 4-k92 vaqj0654 0 a3 a the bidding South West 1 v pass 4 7 pass North Buti it pass a pass opening Lead Queen at �. On some hands there is Only one line of play. Others present Declarer with several options Tad some knowledge of the Basic probabilities is needed to help select the Best one. On this hand from Charles Goren s Dew "100 challenging Bridge hands Declarer has available three lines of play. Which would you choose South s decision to rebid tour hearts is open to question. With stoppers in every suit it might have been Wiser to raise to three no Trump a contract which would have presented Little problem. West attacked with the top of his Spade sequence and Declarer has to avoid one of four possible losers. One line is to win the Ace of Spades and Lead the Jack of Trumps for a finesse. While the chances of East holding the King of hearts Are even Money the finesse in itself would not necessarily bring in the whole suit. Declarer would have to find the King of hearts guarded no More than twice. If East held four hearts to the King or a Singleton King the finesse would succeed but Declarer would still have to lose a Trump trick. Therefore the heart finesse represents something less than a so per cent Chance of making the contract. A second line would be to win the Ace of Spades and take the club finesse. Since a successful club finesse would eliminate a club loser this represents a so so Chance and is Superior to the Trump finesse. However even that la not the Best line available. Strangely enough the Correct play la not to rely on any unease suppose Declarer wins the first trick i his hand with the King of Spades and immediately plays the Ace and Queen at dubs. West can win the King of clubs and revert to Spades but Declarer can Rise with the Ace discard his remaining Spade on the Jack of clubs and then take the Trump finesse for a possible Over trick. This line guarantees the contract unless clubs break 7-1 or 6-2. However the chances of the third round of clubs going through Are just about 80 per cent or considerably belter than the other choices. A a q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 4ak10 7aq873 0963 �q7 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 " pass 2 pass ? what do you bid now a. You have a somewhat Bette than minimum opening bid yet you can do no More than bid two hearts at this turn. Don t even consider two no Trump wit no stopper in one of the undid suits. If anyone is to declare no Trump it should be your partner. It. Both vulnerable As South you hold 4aq10872 3 4 pus. Para what action do you take  opponent barricade bidding has placed you la a awkward position. Partner redouble has forced you to bid again and you must not fail , you should not double three Spades a he could to you certainly cannot with your Singleton Spade a the Only reasonable Choice is tour clubs. Your subsequent action will Reston partner s next bid. Both vulnerable. South deals. North 4a97532 0105 a82 West j1084 East 4.6 7kj8832 oq43 e j95 ok62 k10643 South a a 7aq104 0 aj987 q7 the bidding South West North East 1 0 pass 1 � pass 2 7 pass 2 � pass 2 it pass 3 it pass pass pass opening Lead pour of 4. We like to think that the new Cao Ricc car thu i 100 challenging Bridge hands would be the perfect gift for a Bridge player in the holi Day season. Selected from the nearly half million bands that the author estimates he has played written about or kibitzer the hands arc presented As problems in Declarer play or defense and the Reader is invited to match his skill with the stars who faced these problems at the table. This hand is from rubber Bridge and features an old Friend american internationalist Harold Bogusl. He and his partner conducted an orderly suction to a reason Able no Trump game. In fact North is to be commended for his decision to raise to three no Trump instead of rebinding his six card suit at his third turn. That was indeed fortunate for a club Lead by East against four Spades would have left Declarer with no Chance. West led his fourth Best club which ran to the Queen. With the Spade suit apparently furnishing six tricks it seemed that the no Trump game would be a snap. However Declarer realized that a 4-1 Spade break would pose problems. With four tricks available in the other three suits of just saw that he needed Only five Spade tricks to make his contract. Taking this into account he found a Way to give himself a vital extra Chance in Case the Spades did t split. At trick two Bogusl cashed the King of Spades then Overlook the Queen of Spades with the Ace. Had both opponents followed Declarer would have con ceded a Spade trick lot up the suit while the Ace of dubs a still in Dummy As an entry. When East showed out on the second Spade Declarer still had the Lime to fall Back on his alternative line. He ran the ten of diamonds lowest s King. Wesl knocked Oul the Ace of clubs bul Declarer repealed the Dia mond finesse. When the Queen of Diamond dropped under if Ace Declarer was Home with two Spade tricks one heart four diamonds and two clubs. Past four salesmen John Henry Joe and Bill each leaves his Home to catch the 6 . Flight co Oshkosh. Each can just make it if his watch is right but alas All four timepieces Are wrong. Bill s watch is 10 min utes fast but he thinks it s s minutes alow. John s watch b 10 minutes slow but he thinks it s 10 minutes fast. Joe i is s minutes slow hot he thinks it s 10 minutes fact Hank s is a minutes fast but he thinks it s 10 minute alow. 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