European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Charles Goren and Omaar Sharif neither vulnerable North 4ak v j653 0432 4ak72 East 4 j982 v void 0 akj987 4q109 West 410754 10987 oq6 South 4q63 akq42 0 105 4854 the bidding North East South West 14 10 1 pass 2 v pass 4 v pass pass pass opening Lead Queen of 0 the easiest contracts to lose Are those that look consider souths plight on today North South reached four hearts in Fine North was close to a jump raise to three but he opted for a cautious if South had done the same in the this Story would have had a Happy West led the Queen of diamonds and continued the East won the King and played the to prevent an Declarer ruffed with the its but lost the con when East showed out on the first Trump Declarer had to lose a Trump since he also had a club loser that he  he ended up Down South bewailed his unfortunate but took Consola Tion in the fact even had he ruffed West would have Defeated the contract via an it was North who had every right to but not c the Chicago Tribune about the lie of the cards proper play would have assured the South should realize that the Only thing that could endanger his contract was a 40 Trump he could counter that with a lose Ron loser instead of ruffing the third Declarer should have simply stuffed a club from his hand trick that he would have to con cede now the hand would have been secure against almost any even if the defenders continue with a fourth the contract cannot be Dummy is also out of so Declarer can Ruff this trick in Dummy and Dummy can Over Ruff West no matter what card West elects to Trump Declarer will lose Only three Diamond q a As South you hold 4j74 kj6 oak83 4a106 partner opens the bidding with one what do you respond Are in the Happy position of having available a bid that describes your holding to a a jump to three no Trump shows a hand of 1618 Points with precisely 4333 since that is what you Why not make the bid As South you hold 4k52 akj3 ok872 483 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 pass 2 pass what do you bid now it looks As if the hand is probably going to play in no but you should not bid two no Trump now even if that bid does not show extra since your hand has virtually no there is no reason to suppose that no Trump will play better from your your cause will be better served if partner declares a no Trump for the just rebid two you hold 4aqj64 k ok542 4k83 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 v pass 1 4 pass 4 pass what action do you take if you think that your partner has made a drop dead you Are greatly mistaken has shown a hand Strong enough to play in four hearts even opposite a minimum response with no help in you have a magnificent hand with a key heart we would ask for and bid a Small slam if partner has two and a grand slam if he shows neither North 4qj872 aq3 0 aj9 442 West 410 j1094 oq62 4k10653 South 4 ak653 South East 494 08753 4j987 of 104 4aq the bidding South went 1 4 pass 4 it pass 5 it pass pass pass opening Lead Jack of North East 3 4 pass 5 pass 6 4 pass there Are a number of circumstances where too much strength can be a disa Dvan for partner might have no entry because you hold All the High or you May be subjected to a squeeze or end play because of your or your Honor cards May Blind you to the Best line of As was the Case on this once North made a jump raise in South wasted no time in getting to he employed the Blackwood convention to Check on aces and then settled for a Small slam when he discovered the King of clubs was even if North had shown that South should not have gone past six Spades there might have been an unavoidable loser somewhere West led the top of his heart sequence and when Dummy Declarer decided that he needed one of two finesse for his con tract either the King of clubs had to be onside or Declarer had to guess which defender held the Queen of South won the Ace of hearts and Drew Trumps in two ending in then he led a club to the West won the King and exited with a Declarer now decided to play East for the Queen of West gratefully gathered in the Queen for Down Declarer was 2 Points too Strong to spot the winning had his Queen of clubs been the Deuce we Are sure that he would have made his suppose that Declarer wins the opening heart draws and strips the hearts from his hand and now he simply cashes the Ace of clubs and exits with the he does not care which defender wins the club will have to present him with his whoever wins the King of clubs will be left with a Hob sons he will either have to Lead a spar ing Declarer a guess in that or a club or a allowing Declarer to Ruff in one hand while discarding a Diamond from the in either the defenders will get no More than their club f 1 Fml for sunday crossword published today table talk yet spending too much time at the table consider the words of an unknown Sage the minutes Houpu final Theta bled Namak Eynouf at its these con Els rearrange spacing for it Whiz add missing first All beginning with g actress Singer baseball Star feminist time limit 30 t i i sum fun multiply the number of Teeth in your Mouth by then add 50 to the sum of the digits in your answers a Little off the sides this amended old Poser still draws laughs the hairless customer heard the Barber next at last his turn had a this Knight full of had often Cut a 3 in Cut in Short he Tho Neer hed eyed a l 2 How else piped Patron in manner forbearing the word that is the numbers refer to syllables of the whole which is what Gripe session which insect complains the grumble which Flower complains the moaning which Bird complains the which animal complains the z i Snow fooling All eight snowmen above resemble each but two Are enough alike to be which two Wash n Wear add the following colors neatly for an amusing Domestic scene can you Trust your eyes there Are Al least six differences in drawing details Between lop and Bottom How quickly can you find them Check answers with those t is pj033h 9 n e 6ny j i spellbinder score 10 Points for using All the letters in the word below to form two Complete words d e Pilat e then score 2 Points each for All words of four letters or More found among the try to score at least so i january 1981 sunday crossword Puzzle across 1 metallic element 5 informal language 10 greek philosopher 15 Quick 19 kind of exam 20 videos partner 21 Fleet 22 Assam silkworm 23 forbidden thing 24 chant merrily 25 Correct 26 Hamill Milieu 27 growing out 29 made wrathful 30 Chalcedony 31 sponge 32 he wrote lust for life 34 Haggard opus 36 part of the Calyx 38 understand 41 ugly Crone 42 Catkin 44 British air Arm 45 highest note of the Gamut 48 papal garments 50 sophistical argument 52 a downspout 54 Swiss Canton 55 higher than 56 article 58 slice off 59 flowering Shrub 60 Mother of Isaac 113 for one 61a tangible object 63 Olive Genus 64 Field Flower 66 gaming cube 67 comedian Phil 115 condescend 119 israeli dance 120 serious and form 121 courage 123 River in France 69 Blunder Slang 124 House wings 70 swamp 125 synthetic fiber 126 Fisherman 71 italian resort 72 twist 76 Marble 77 Loafer Slang 8z Wing like 83 person of great Power 85 founder of first american woman Magazine 86 Hale or Ladd 87 French girls name 89 patriotic 90 hearts 91 City near the Nile 92 it resists oxidation 94 shoe accessories 96 metallic element 97 chemical suffix 98 malay Gibbon 100 dispatches 101 exhaust 102 John passes 103 Straw Broom 105 umps Cousin 106 Twining stems 108 scimitar 111 Foamy yeast on malt liquor Basket 127 in Spain 128 summer drinks 129 opposed to Lee 130 part of hot 131 for fear that Down 1 City District 2 horse or lung 3 Zola opus 4 coagulated 5 held session 6 enticing 7 worship 8 White or Blue 9 for one 10 exhibit 11 tibetan Monk 12 Mim ickers 13 flammable material 14 strange 15 untamed 16 dry 17 warble 18 receipts or profit 87 police youth 38 Ferber opus 39 one of the muses 40 atelier item 42 founder of the hungarian monarchy 43 certain Church contribution 45 roman official 46 mechanical device 47 regions 49 metallic element 50 Dionysius a Cavern in Sicily 51 nickname for the Windy City 53 yugoslavian liquid measure 55 neck artery 57 stores in a silo 60 harsh nasal sound 61 metallic element 62 flighty 65 personality 66 morning phenomenon 68 Tennis stroke 70 winnow 71 Ore deposits 72 Chili con 73 liquid part of fat 74 John Garner 28 Singer Merman 75 a migration 31 coffeehouses 76 Mountain 33 hemispheric lakes 77 pierces with 35 British pianist a Tusk 78 a coarse sugar 79 greek epic poem 80 film producer Ponti 81 it 84 japanese porgy 85 european songbird 88 fished for lampreys 90 Geometric solid 91 Cape like vestments 93 Palmas 95 homilies 96 Container 99 Morley or Mitchum 101 the chalice 103 effrontery 104 daughter of Danny Thomas 106 Plant pest 107 great strength 108 Home of the mets 109 rolling Plain 110 voided Escutcheon 112 Grande and Bravo 114 neck types form 116 River to the Humber 117 table scraps 118 a fuel 120 distress Call 122 Culbertson average time of solution 63 j answers elsewhere on this