European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Goren Dridge wbb by Charles gown and Omar Sharif a 01n to quake Trimm both vulnerable. North de a. North 53 out kqjsss3 West East 4qj872 k�6 = q85s 7as0143 0109sj 4a104south 4a104 Oaks 72 the bidding North East South West 34 pus set pus pus pus opening Lead seven of 4. Quite often it is a pure guess which of two cards in a suit you should play. How Ever there Are Circum stances that can dictate your Choice. Study the heart auit in this hand. With the vulnerability in his favor. North opened with preemptive bid of three clubs since he could take six tricks in his own hand the bid conformed to urn Rule of two and three. The preempt or should be Able to take within two trick of his contract when vulnerable three tricks when not vulnerable South made a perfectly Normal response of three to Trump. All that remained was for him to make the contract. West made us natural Lead of the fourth Best from his Long suit. East played the King and Declarer made the technically Correct play of holding up. East continued with the nine of Spades covered by the ten and won by the Jack. West knocked out Declarer s last Spade stopper. He chose the Queen of Spades for this purpose suggesting that his entry was in the higher ranking suit. I hearts. Declarer won the an of Spades and knocked out the Ace of dubs and East dutifully shifted to a Low heart. Declarer waa now at the Crossroads. Had Declarer needed a trick from the heart suit his play would be purely a guess. If East was leading from the Queen of hearts Declarer would have to play the Jack if East was under Lead rag the Ace the King would be the winning play. But the heart trick had Noborini on the Fate of the contract declare had enough trick without the heart suit what waa certain was that if West gained the Lead with a heart he would be Able to Cash two Spade tricks to beat the gome. Therefore Declarer s goal la to prevent West from gain ing the Lead. If Declarer inserts the Jack. West will get on Lead if he holds either the Ace or Queen. However if Declarer goes up with the King. West will be Able to win Only if he has the Ace of hearts. Obviously therefore the play of the King stands twice the Chance of bringing in the Eon tract As that of the Jack and indeed it would work Here. A a q. As South vulnerable with won score you hold 4k95vkqjuwoakt648 partner opens the bidding with one club. What do you respond  Kurt. With no fit for partner s suit. Jump shift is not recommended. The hand will bid easier if you Urt with a simple one Over one response and jump Hilt into diamonds a your next turn. I. As South vulnerable you hold 4akq72 As Oaks the bidding has proceeded. South West North eat 1 4 Paw int pm what do Yon bid now  18 Points and a Good five card suit you Are very dose to game. It is a loss no Between slightly conservative raise to two no Trump or the More aggressive push to three no Trump. The Only bid we  make is a jump to three Spades which shows at least six card suit. Q. A South vulnerable you hold 410m2 oq9m3 oat 4k8 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 0 pass 19 14 of t4 ? what do you bid now  hearts. This is not the urns to put partner under pressure with s Nimby Pamby bid of three hearts. The opponents bidding Marks partner with a Al Fleton Spade and the High cards Between the two hands Are All working so bid what you expect to make. Neither vulnerable. South deals. North 4r4s2 East 7c ojs87 0k64 4kj9s41 aq107south 4aqj1085 0 a 103 2 the bidding South West North East 1 4 pass 2 pass4 4 pass pass pus opening Lead nine of 4. Among the More interest ing books of Bridge problems is Teit your play to Declarer by Paul Lukacs and Jeff Rubens Hart publish ing. Paperback. $3.95. The 89 hands presented by the authors Are an excellent test of skill and the accurate analysis illustrates Many important Points in the play. When tie problems Are posed Only the North South hands Are shown. Overleaf la the solution giving All four hands. So to pose the same problem u you would find it in the Book cover the East West Handa with your thumbs and proceed u it you were faced with a single Dummy problem. Against South a four Spade contract. West leads his Singleton Trump. You must plan the play. The question asked is the con tract assured if you think the Fate of the hand hinges on some i Nesses you Are mistaken. The authors Point out that there is a sure trick line for your contract. Win the ten of Spades and Cash the Ace. Next Cash the Ace and King of hearts and exit with s club. It makes no difference which defender wins this trick he cannot afford to broach another suit without giving Declarer a trick in whichever suit he leads. So the defender must play another club. But Declarer leaves the defense with the same problem in Stead of ruffing the club he discards his remaining heart if West win the club and return heart he will establish a discard no matter which heart he leads a Low heart get covered and the a oreo of hearts get ruffed. No alternative is better fora club return presents a Ruff and slut while a Dia mond hold Declarer s losers in that auit to one. Therefore East must win the dub and return a Low heart. It would teem that Declarer has to guess the heart position but this la an illusion. He counters by Dis carding a Diamond if West win the heart Declarer will get a second Diamond stuff on Dummy s High heart. You can ill afford to pass up such a cheap lesson from two outstanding players no matter what the Caliper of your Bridge. Past Bottom line ask a Friend to shuffle a full 52-card deck. Have him turn up the top card and add sufficient cards in a pile to total12 if he turns up a 5, he adds 7 cards Etc. If he Tum up i q or kit counts 10. This it repeated until a few card Are left. These Ait set aside now without having seen the Deal announce that you will state the total of the Botto cards of the several  s How count the number of piles tub tract four multiply by13. Add the number of leftovers. Al Kazam that s the turn of the  it a try. Beached boy Ling scene can you Trust your eyes there an at least Etc offences in drawing details Between top and Bottom panels. He quickly can you find them Check answers with those by Tai saw ski