European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Charles Loren and Omar Sharif North both North 4kj73 qj10762 063 4a West 49862 East 4q10 v a k 9 3 0 j542 4kq7 0 q9 4 10832 South 4 a54 v void 0 ak1087 4j9654 the bidding North East South West in 1 it 2 0 pass 2 pass 3 4 pass 3 0 pass 5 0 pass pass pass opening Lead two of a recent Hal Page article in the new York times described the Cavendish Bridge club in new York As the club with the most world class players As one of them produced this pretty defensive play in a re cent rubber Bridge South was rather Daggres even though it was known from the auction that North had to have fair values outside the heart the misfit nature of the hands suggested that any game would be an ambitious under West led a Low and the Jack was covered by the Queen and a club to the Ace was followed by the Queen of hearts from East covered and Declarer a club Ruff put Declarer Back on the Tablet Lead the Jack of again covered by East and ruffed in the closed Declarer crossed Back to Dummy with the King of Spades and then the ten of discarding a Spade from the scene c the Chicago Tribune was Declarer was Down to three Trumps and two and needed to score Only the ten of diamonds to make the Declarer led a Low Spade from if East ruffs Low or the contract will sail Home As Declarer ruffs with the but East had stayed he ruffed with the Jack of Trumps Declarer can still make the he must stuff a club when East then discard again when East leads the nine of now he scores three Trump tricks by playing West for a double ton Queen of but Declarer decided that East had to have the Queen of Trumps for his no Trump so he Over ruffed with the King and exited with a East ruffed and Lead a and struggle As he Declarer had to lose two of the last three tricks for Down you hold 41076 743 oaj954 4k6 the bidding has proceeded North East South 14 2 what do you bid now Are Worth some a but dont go overboard and bid three that would be virtually forcing to and you do not have anything near enough for that the Only bid that you can make which is unlikely to get your Side into Trou ble is a raise to two As South you hold 46 aq92 08754 4k982 the bidding has proceeded North East South 14 20 what action do you take hand could easily produce four tricks on defense More if part Ner has the right with the vulnerability such As it a double is a if the opponents make their you will have done no serious for you will not have doubled them into but if the cards Are favourably placed for the you could easily collect 500 or As South you hold 4q84 vk103 oaq65 4aq8 partner opens the bidding with one what do you respond know that some scientists will come up with a convoluted method for describing this hand precise there is a much simpler bid available no it says you have a hand with 4333 pattern and 1618 when a bid describes your hand so exact Why not use it partner will know you have three card Spade and can judge whether to move or t i both South North 4kq9 k1095 0 a94 4872 West East 485 47632 642 q873 0763 ok82 4aq953 4104 South 4aj104 a oqj105 4kj6 the bidding South West North East 1 it pass 3 it pass pass pass opening Lead five of All fines ses stand an equal Chance of when faced with a Choice of that does not mean it Doest mat Ter which one you take your Choice should be predicated not so much on which would but on which you can afford to there was nothing unusual about the after South opened one no North might have probed for a 44 heart fit by employing but he had no Ruff ing value and decided that his hand would play equally Well in no so he made the value West led the fourth Best of his longest and Declarer captured easts ten with the the play to this trick made it virtually certain that West held both the Ace and Queen of Declarer could count eight running and the ninth trick could be established in either red suit via a it was not a tossup As to which finesse Declarer should take could not afford to let the danger gain the a club return from East would put the King of clubs under the axe and almost surely Lead to the contracts there Declarer ruled out the Diamond for that could be taken Only into the danger in favor of the heart which could be taken with Complete Declarer crossed to the King of Spades in Dummy and led a Low heart to his he did not much care whether this won or if it Dummy ten of hearts would be set up As the Gam going trick with West on declares soft spot was Safe from if the heart finesse Declarer would have his ninth trick there and note that if the heart finesse loses and West shifts to a Declarer cannot afford to to guar Antee the he must Rise with the Ace of Cash the Ace of hearts and then take his tricks in the Correct lest he Block himself out of a answers fur sunday crossword published today i tight spot asked Johnny wrote Puzzle out this enigmatic verse read Over the words of this perplexing verse Riddle and then see if you can arrive at an answer my first is in but never in my seconds in and also in my third is in but not in my fourth is in but not in my fifth comes both in main and my All comes often in the what am i illustration above May clue you no fair peeking e uie j by his teacher to make up a sentence using the word my fat Hera saves with Tenbus Buthe Canon Lofas rearrange spacing for answer some from a number that Cut off the head it then will even we Cut off its Tail a time of Day youll what number u9a3 u9a3s see Here is it possible to place two mirrors before you so that you can read the Type on this Page it place mirrors above the Type at a slight Angle to each other and observe the place where they body talk Why Are bees gossips there Why Are Bankers vips there sum Why cant ghosts be vips there Flat footed draw Cut out and fold ensuing and stand resulting subject on its what is it hocus focus High to simply add the following colors to Complete the cheery ski slope scene above 5flesh Blue can you Trust your eyes there Are at least six differences in drawing details Between top and Bottom How quickly can you find them Check answers with those Bui Sajiu is pats 9 Jan jobs jams s i Siubis Job is poo t spellbinder score 10 Points for using All the letters in the word below to form two Complete words retainer then score 2 Points each for All words of four letters or More found among the try to score at least 50 ujej6eue Ai Issod january 1981 sunday crossword Puzzle across 1 hindu month 5 two equal a diameter 10 headlands 15 fictional detective Charlie 19 it goes before phobia 20 a grecian urn 21 the of Midlothian 22 stockings 23 Poe opus 25 Longfellow the song 27 Golf Peg 28 speakers platform 29 robot drama 31 recorded proceedings 32 in music 33 Bright signs 35 adhesive substance 37 spy i classic 39 British actor writer 41 repeats 43 dwarfs 46 Sandaran Trees 47 solitary 48 ancient greek country 50 Finch 51 russian news 55 beverage 56 stately tree 57 american vulture 59 Charlotte or Anne 61 White or Black 62 the Fox 64 Pepys is famous 66 delicate hot dish 68 honest one 69 roman 551 70 Blue Eagle 125 71 tangible 75 appears 77 daily 81 a residue 82 lower 84 Myron education author 86 great Boxer 87 spend it in Milan 89 privy to 90 designer Cassini 91 solar disk 92 for one 94 my name is 96 Birds crop 97 twinkle 98 made a cozy Retreat 100 Metal fasteners 102 desires 106 aspect 107 Spring in Calais 109 theater signs 111 Hunter or Fleming 112 Alda or King 113 Bishopric 116 lonely British title 119 he wrote a time to heal 14 declares 15 chinese Tea 16 cat on a 17 Tennis Star 18 close by 24 fragrances 26 Marks time 30 utilize 34 sense organs 35 Tarkington character 36 Queen 38 club fees 39 provide food 122 walking stick 123 author Asimov 40 papal veil 124 giant grass 41 Keyes the of the thousand Days 126 formerly River 42 storage place 44 wave 45 plumbers tool 127 hawaiian geese 47 afford on a 128 thesaurus temporary compiler basis 129 russian despot 49 gluttony and Down sloth Are 1 Book of the among them 52 Siren of the 2 continued pain Rhine Agency 52 shakespearean 103 siamese King measure 53 essayist 105 inward 3 How Valley 4 a Swine de 6 Ababa 7 american socialist 8 debtors slip 9 ungrateful person 10 chuckle gleefully 11wwt army 12 glacial Hill 13 Maria Remarque 54 sex plating 57 in the sky 58 author Haggard 59 edges 60 god of the East wind 63 burmese Demon 65 English Rural festival 67 Distant 71 claw 72 stage whisper 73 disciples of Christ 74 Active Volcano 75 legislative body 76 hoarded 77 famous name in the theater 78 those born in a country 79 song for Ida Lupino 80 Golf course 83 de combat 85 greek underground 88 the thin mans dog 91 poor 93 uptight 95 lunatics 96 harsh metallic sound 97 he wrote destry rides again 99 he authored origin of species 101 school 102 Swiss Mountain House 104 clamor 106 overlay with Gold 107 cooking spice 108 jewish month 110 Laurel or Musial a 114 girls name 115 German River 117 asian festival 118 in Aberdeen 120 Wii area 121 Overly corpulent average time of solution 65 answers elsewhere on this