European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I i i i a i s i i i i on by Charles Goren and Omaar Sharif both South North 4q87 0 j3 4q10765 0 aq1052 4982 West East 44 41092 kj10986 0 k76 4ak3 South 4 akj653 v a3 0 984 4 j4 the bidding South West 14 2 3 4 pass pass pass opening Lead King of 4 North East 2 4 pass 4 4 pass signalling is the language of the play of the watch How East and West combined on today hand to defeat a contract that seemed sure to North and South bid Well to reach a Good four Spade note that North did not feel compelled to do anything More than make a free raise to two Spades with his useful when South showed additional North went to game with West led King of clubs and East signalled encourage ment with the lackadaisical defense will allow Declarer to make his assume that West continues with the Ace of clubs and Declarer draws Trumps and runs the nine of East wins and shifts to a but Declarer rises with the repeats the Diamond finesse and makes the rest of the West took time out to consider the meaning of his partners ten of it was unlikely that c the Chic Noo Tribune it was a for that would mean that Declarer held five clubs to the Queen which was totally inconsistent with the the Only other reason for East to encourage a club Continua Tion was because he held the once that was the rest of the defense became at trick two West led his Low club East won the Queen and shifted to a those three plays effectively squashed whatever Chance Declarer had for his whether he won the Ace of hearts or played the defenders were sure to get a heart the Only legitimate play for the contract now was to Hope that West had started with both the King and Jack of but that was not the so the defenders had to come to a Diamond trick for Down q a As South you hold 4j965 k1062 0 a10 what is your opening bid you have an opening bid by any and the fact that you have both major suits makes a first seat open ing even More neither of your major suits is make the convenient opening bid of one club to prepare you Lor any you hold 4aj82 a965 083 4a76 partner opens the bidding with one what do you respond one bid you should not make is two no despite your balanced 13 this hand with its plethora of aces and is better fitted to a suit contract you can locate a 44 major suit the most flexible Way to accomplish that is to respond one if partner has four he will raise if he has four but not four he will introduce his Spade suit at the and again the fit is should none of these possibilities you can then opt for no North South North North 4 aq9 s j862 0 q106 4kq7 West 482 c kq104 oa974 4953 South 4kj1074 East 4653 ok82 41082 0 j53 4 aj64 the bidding North East South West 1 4 1 it 2 4 4 4 pass pass pass pass 1 4 pass 2 4 pass 3 4 pass pass pass opening Lead King of Declarer at Lour checked his losers and found Only somewhere along the he had forgotten to learn to count his to see if there were ten tricks for the since his Only Fourcard suit was not North elected to open with the convenient bid of one after his partners one Spade North decided that a rebid of one no Trump would be More descriptive than a raise to two Spades with Only three card support and a completely balanced when South supported North Felt it was time to reveal his Spade he subsequently accepted his partners invitation because of the solid honors he had in souths Long As a a Good four Spade contract was West led the King of hearts and continued with the which Declarer South could see Only two Dia mond losers in addition to he heart he had already so he proceeded to draw Trumps in three now he set about trying to establish a Diamond trick by leading Low from his hand toward West was he Rose with the Ace of diamonds and led the ten of forcing Declarer to Ruff with his last when East won the King of the defenders still had a heart to Cash for a one trick Declarer should have Reali Zed that he would not have time to set up a Diamond win Dummy High Trumps should have suggested the possibility of a Dummy after ruffing the second Correct technique is to Lead a Low Trump to the nine and Ruff another the King of clubs serves As an entry to Dummy for a third heart Declarer Over takes his King of Spades with Dummy Ace and draws the outstanding Trump with the discarding a Diamond from his now he can Cash three More club tricks for his in Declarer scores three three Trumps and four clubs and although he Doest make a Diamond he docs fulfil his contract for sunday crossword published today hog wild age 10 or More Jot Down your double add multiply by subtract add the number of fleas on an emerging groundhog take a up to and add resulting first two digits will give your age and last two the number of Money talks one word has gone astray in each of these three old sayings about Money Money crime is a fool and his Money Are soon can you set them straight a to aau oui six Pui v t a Udouj is i i Block Buster theres my 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using All the letters in the word below to term two Complete words legation then score 2 Points each Tor All words of four letters or More found among the letters try to score at least 50 february 1981 sunday crossword Puzzle across 1 semite 5 lean 9 on the Ocean 13 drinks slowly 17 Genus of old world lizards 18 mans name 19 social group 20 senseless 22 imitate 23 raw recruit 25 thin Broth 26 28 puritanical Martinets 30 poets word 31 enemies 32 roman ssi 34 Mutton fish 35 women goal 36 scoff 37 girls name 39 merry song 41 scrubs thoroughly 44 characteristic of a farm hand 46 intense fear 50 Singer Lena 51 witty saying 52 eternities 54 Spanish Landlady 55 chalices 56 Domestic employee 59 females of the Ruff 61 girls nickname 933 62 hebrew tribe 63 bad monetary position 65 heightens 67 in France 69 Snake or red 71 Andrea Del 72 coastal sight 75 elected officials 77 poke players goal 80 edges 81 stitches 83 harsh 84 German Admiral 85 conserve of grapes 87 expires 89 overhead railways 90 consecrate 91 dogmas 93 mutter angrily 96 announces loudly 97 Early autos 99 certain exams 100 social organization 101 Fleming or Hunter 104 greek letters 106 South seas Island 107 nautical word 108 unfavourable 111 there caused by reduced Power 114 arrant Coward 117 Island West of Maul 118 dismissal notices 120 wrathful 121 excrete 122 distinct part 123 Dull pain 124 goes for the bait 125 Descry 126 dogs and cats 127 impair by use 128 for one Down Spry 2 role for Jon Hall 3 of an Amide 4 to have an unwelcome result 5 fictional Simon 27 watch pockets 29 discharge 33 Arrow Poison 36 Colts and Derringer 37 epistle 38 acidity 40 Hook player 41 food fish 42 state of insensibility 43 native of Belfast 44 actress Lillian 45 leg joint 47 cup rite 48 in France 49 Bolger and Milland 51 invested with the office of a Bishop 6 Hillside dugouts 53 they measure 7 require blood pressure 8 worked dough 9 German exclamation 10 untidy lout 11 noblemen 12 yearly 13 gestured in warning 14 japanese receptacle 15 hesitate 16 scoff 17 Large pulpit 21 Lohengrin Bride 24 synthetic fiber 56 Dirks 57 sister of ares 58 in Marseille 60 portion 63 class 64 English Sand Hill 66 land measures 68 religious festival 70 frays 72 As wine 73 split 74 a deep draught 76 at a distance form 78 Platinum wire Loop 79 Hardy girl 82 serum form 84 thick slice 86 time without end 88 chapter of the Koran 90 Maeterlinck subject 92 London District 94 Astor and Martin 95 puritanical statute 96 blossomed 98 increase engines Power Slang 100 nearer 101 suffix forming adjectives 102 to live 103 ninth Day before the ides los Styan 107 greek letter 108 satiated and bored 109 change 110 stains 112 insect pest 113 fit of pique 115 parasitic insects 116 port or canal 119 knights average time of solution 62 17 22 41 6t 72 80 85 9t 101 111 117 121 42 73 102 125 43 67 103 36 68 97 112 27 31 63 86 104 23 81 92 51 87 98 118 122 126 44 74 93 105 37 32 24 19 33 52 57 69 82 99 113 58 75 88 106 119 64 83 94 114 95 123 127 28 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