European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Neither vulnerable. Sooth Deih. North a82 7�74 0 a�s2 West bastj10�8 q4 oq10s ak6 the bidding sooth West North East 1 7 pail 2 9 pass 2 put 3 0 put 4 4 pass 4 Paes 6 v Pui pm pan opening led Jack of �. Maintaining entries to one hand or the other is often the key to the Success or failure of a contract. Declarer s technique on this hand is Worth emulation. North sooth bid Well to a reasonable heart slam. South started by showing his Spade fragment then Cue hid dubs. When North to operated by Cue bidding Spades after showing Long diamonds sooth decided that he would have a Good play for slam. West led his top Spade and Declarer could count ten tricks if Trumps were 3-2. An eleventh trick could be obtained via a club Ruff the twelfth would have to come from the Diamond suit. There would be no prob Lem if the diamonds divided evenly but Declarer knew that the Odds favored a 4-2 break. In that event he would have to preserve every entry to Dummy so that he could establish and Cash a Good Diamond. To accomplish this goal Declarer won the first trick in hand with the King of Spades. The Ace and King of tramps brought the Good news that there was Only one Trump loser. The King and see of diamonds were cashed and a Diamond was ruffed. Since h would not help West to Over Ruff he discarded a dub. Next Declarer cashed the Ace and King of ribs and ruffed a Dob in Dummy. He led another Diamond and ruffed and the defenders were helpless. The fifth Diamond was established and the Ace of Spades was in Dummy As an entry to pro Declarer with a convenient parking spot for his losing Spade. Note that if West Over ruffs the first Diamond and continues Spades it does not help. Declarer takes Dummy s Ace and ruffs a Diamond to set up the Long Diamond. Then he gets Back to Dummy with a club Ruff and discards a Spade on the fifth Diamond. East Wal Rutn Erite a South Vomm 7s4 vol it am �j7 North a att set weft 1 o Pisa 10 pm 3 Paes 7 what do Yon bid now i Rabid at tin three Uvel describes a very powerful hand about 18 Points. Since you ban full value for your two Over one response us excellent support for partner s get bid suit you should now rive s jump preference to our marts. Reverse the Spade and heart holdings and a Staple preference to three hearts would be adequate. Q. Neither vulnerable As South with 70 on scare you hold aj10s 9m5 oaq103 93 the bidding has proceeded North eat Smth West 1 Pas Poos spun 30 pms Pas. 1 Tutt you. Pm Rater set to two Sak response for has made a moves toward slam. You have a 6ne hand and would have found a better bid at your first Tun were u not for the part score. suggest that you now jump to four Spades. That will assure partner about the Quality of your Trumps Tell him of your slam interest and. At the same time deny the ability to make another Cue bid. Q. East West vulnerable As South you hold ak8 972 oaq92 ai076 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 0 pass 1 0 pm 7 what do Yon bid now your hearts were a bit stronger Yon went have opened the he Dong a one no Trump. Now,7mi an sited Withan awkward task a Rabid of one no Trump is a drastic under did while two no Trump u a considerable overbid. To extricate yourself from this dilemma Rabid two dubs. Partner passes it is doubtful that you have missed game if partner takes any action Youcan rebid two no Trump or jump to three no Trump if he reverses to show your strength and distribution. Both vulnerable. South West east4qj7i 9qjus4 01�4 South ak�8 oa7 kj1073 the bidding sooth what North East 1 Para 1 it Pasa 2 Para to Para 3 Para 3 it Para 4 Para Pasa Para opening Lead Queen of 9. H is a sound policy to extract the opponents Trumps before they can be used to Ruff away your win ners. But Don t overdo a Good thing. South judged not u leave the contract in three no tramp despite the tact that the auction strongly suggested that his partner had no More than a double ton Spade. Since neither of his suits were solid there was % very real possibility that the enemy night get a red Auh established before Declarer could aet up enough tricks for himself. Note. That a heart Lead would have Mok the no Trump game. Declarer won the opening Lead who the Ace of heart and immediately played Ace King and another Spade. West won the Jack and Drew a fourth Trump with the Queen leaving Declarer with Only one Trump. Then West reverted to heart. East unblocking the King and Declarer was forced to Ruff with his last Trump. Too late Declarer realised Bis predicament. When he led a dub to try to aet up the suit. West grabbed the Ace and cashed three More heart tricks for a three trick set. True Declarer would have made an Over trick if Trumps had divided 3-3, but he risked losing control of the hand if Trumps broke nor Mally i.e., 4-2. Declarer should have seen that he could afford to lose two Trump tricks and the Ace of dubs. After winning the Ace of hearts the Correct line is to draw Only two rounds of Trumps and then drive out the Ace of dubs. Now de Darer will be Able to main Tain control of the hand be cause he will have one Trump More than the defenders. Assume West wins the Ace of dubs and returns a heart forcing Declarer to Ruff. Declarer accepts the Ruff but simply continues to run his minor suit winners. West can Ruff at any Lime but to no Avail. The defenders can never get More than their two Trump tricks and the Ace of dubs. Us no a. Everyone knows that six and five makes ii not nine As shown above. But not according to our Maidan Friend who proves h with u toothpicks. Here s How i he places six tooth picks in a vertical Row on the table. He take five More in hand for a total of ii. He places one of the live diagonally bet Wewt tie first and Sec Wiwi the table. Next he places one Diago Nally Between the fourth and fifth form ing two Tetter n s with an 1 in Between. He then adds the remain ing three to the end toothpick forming an a to Complete the word nine. It makes winning a Good party trick. Above. To i can you Trust your eyes there Are Al fences in drawing details Between top and Bottol quickly can you find latin Check answers who in my p a pop 4mw t sul Tului to Wii m41 i of psf us no ii of Nidoh t Suimui ii mmw1 t so to � "1
