European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Charles Loren and Omar Sharif both vulnerable. South deals. North 4kq 74 0 a65 46542 0 j872 4aq8 the bidding South West 1 it pass pass pass opening Lead ten of North East 4 it pass careful analysis will some times unearth a line which will offer a slight extra Chance. When you Are in a bad contract that Little extra could mean the difference Between Success and defeat. This department cannot endorse North s raise to four no Trump which invited South to bid a slam if he was better than minimum for his no Trump bid. Though he had a Good five card suit North had Only 14 hip and slam would be a Touchy proposition even if South had a full 18 Points for his opening. West led his top Spade and Declarer realized that his contract was in jeopardy. Despite the fact that he hold the four top Spades he had Only two stoppers in the suit and one was knocked out on the opening Lead. After conceding a trick to the Ace of diamonds Declarer would have Only nine run Ning tricks the fulfilling trick would have to come from the club finesse. Which suit should South tackle first a casual analysis would suggest that it makes no Dif Ference. However observe what happens if South goes after diamonds first. East wins the Ace and returns a Spade. When West gels in with the King of clubs he can c 1977 the Chicago Tribune Cash his Good Spades. Now consider the hand More deeply. If West has both key cards it makes no difference which suit Declarer plays first he must go Down. If East has both or just the King of clubs Declarer will always mate his contract. The Only Case to consider is when West has the King of clubs and East the Ace of diamonds. It is generally sound technique to Knock out the entry to the dangerous hand first. Therefore Declarer should win the opening Spade Lead in Dummy and take the club finesse. If it wins he drives out the Ace of diamonds and is Home. As the cards lie West wins the King of clubs and removes Declarer s last Spade stopper. However when East wins the Ace of diamonds he has no Spade to return. Declarer s slight extra Edge is when West started with seven Spades and. As a result a Lucky con tract Rolls Home. Knot Kab set. H3o3 a Ceu pm my \ �  As South vulnerable clubs at your next turn. V / ? t of Lek neither vulnerable As South you hold akq83 6uftu Tang c Bui Stuj boy i us up to Apo Abji l s3u�jil q score 10 Points for using All the letters in the word below to form two Complete words infernal then score 2 Points each for All words of four letters or More found among the letters. Try to score at least 50 Points. 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