European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Goran Bridge Abi re 1hmw on by Charles Goren and Omar Sharif i 8 i i i i i North South West North 4k974 Kyj 0 q2 a10954 West fast 4q1053 4a862 984 a763 0 10764 0 a 98 4j3 462 South 4 j wq1052 0 k 5 3 4kq87 the bidding West North fast South Sawh 1 4 pass 2 4 pans 3 4 pass 3 it Pash pass pass opening Lead seven of by the time you read this the result of the 6th world Bridge team olym Piad will be but the proximity of the olympiad makes this hand the trials to select the dutch team bit More interest North South were employ ing a canape style of where the Shorter suit is bid the auction proceeded normally and the three no Trump contract that was reached cannot be West led the seven of it has become popular to Lead the second highest from relatively Worth less reserving the Lead of fourth est for suits that you want partner to return should he gain the Declarer played the Queen from East grabbed the Ace and found the fatal shift to a Low no matter what Declarer he could not avoid losing three Spade tricks and the two red aces for Down we presume that our readers As on the they will have realized c Tho Triou Rij that Declarer blew a Vulner Able game that was ice and it would not have taken any play of great Genius to fulfil the contract Declarer simply had a Blind South should play a Low Diamond from Dummy at the first trick if East rises with the Ace to shift to a Declarer will make a Spade three diamonds and five clubs for a total of nine so East must play the eight of Declarer wins the first Dia mond trick and immediately attacks he continues the suit until he has driven out the and now there is no Way that he can be Stop Ped from scoring at least nine which goes to prove just one thing at the highest Levels of elementary mistakes Are made More regularly than might be q a As South you hold 4k954 kj72 oa5 4j72 the bidding has proceeded East South West North 1 4 pass 1 0 pass 1 it pass 3 it pass pass pass what is your opening Lead no Lead fourth Best from your longest and strongest in this that is a your major suits Are of equal but the hearts Are to illustrate what might suppose that partner has the Queen in the suit you a heart Lead might enable you to collect three heart tricks when you regain the but you will still be struggling to set up your fourth Spade after a Spade As South you hold 4k1092 v73 ok985 4a62 partner opens the bidding with one what do you respond support of your hand revalued to 12 Short of a jump raise of partners the Only Way you can describe your hand accurately is to make a Tempo izing bid of two followed by a Spade raise at your next both East North 4 aq1092 aq10763 0 10 4k West East 4053 4kj874 k 542 kj98 oq5 ovoid 4q10643 4a972 South 4 void void 0 akj9876432 4j85 the bidding Kant South West North 14 2 4 2 4 3 s 4 4 pass pass 4 0 pans pass 44 50 pass pass pass pass pass opening Lead Queen of 0 Bridge books rarely devote much space to the bidding of Freak for three very simple reasons they crop up rarely no two Are alike and there is no scientific Way to handle this hand is not a figment of our it was actually dealt in a social South decided that his Best bet was to disguise his holding and try to buy the hand at some number of diamonds so he started out by bidding clubs twice he allowed himself to be carried away by his web of deep had he allowed his part Ner to double four the carnage would have been wests raise to two Spades can charitably be described As imaginative sitting West was David Treitel of he rubbed Salt into declares wounds by finding the Only Lead to defeat the doubled game Queen of Trumps deprived of a club Ruff in Dummy and having no entry to the tables two was still not without he could make his contract if West held the Ace of clubs or if East held the Queen of if West held the he could win the first club but then he would either have to put Declarer in Dummy or Lead a club to declares limiting declares losses to two club if East held the Queen of declares Jack of clubs would have to score a so Declarer Drew the outstanding Trump and ran a few Trumps before leading a had carefully held on to the Ace of clubs and so when he captured the he was Able to return a club to assure the defenders of two More club tricks for Down note that the Lead of a Low Trump would not be Good Dummy ten would win and Declarer would get two discards on Dummy aces to score an for sunday published today open lines sort if you the subject of this enigmatic verse with first before your May obtain the find the second you begin to then tis quite a read without what is the subject prom am sure thing ill bet i can leave this room with two legs and return with said the and he How answer e jj3 Pauj Ajaj an song fest fill Blanks with the names of months the merry month of in Del i if you can when you come right Down to what s the hardest thing about learning to ice skate the its a dizzy parlor game the Young lady above is not perform ing a rain she is using an umbrella to play a dizzy parlor heres How the game goes in each player leans Over until his or her head rests atop the umbrella in this handle the player circles the umbrella two or three immediately the player is asked to walk a straight line to another Point in the after moving around in if s difficult to Bird count How Many Birds Heads do you see above our artist claims there Are can you find them All tip Topper says the Young Man add colors with crayons or coloured pencils As follows 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 of 3 c i spellbinder score 10 Points for using All the letters in the word below to form two Complete words Frankish then score 2 Points each for All words of four letters or More found among the try to score at least 50 february 1981 sunday crossword Puzzle across 1 conserve 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French novelist 79 demented Slang 80 Cleveland team 81 everlasting poetic 82 propelled a boat 85 Blacksnake 86 dental disease 90 Clergyman Home 93 comedian Johnson 94 degree 95 a Coin Adenauer 97 close 99 Nice season 101 intelligence org 103 drunkards Nemesis average time of solution 64 20 24 30 40 48 56 to 75 83 38 98 49 76 50 77 107 35 45 69 72 93 41 65 99 25 36 31 57 85 89 26 51 78 17 21 46 73 100 j 105 108 42 70 101 37 66 95 32 62 90 27 58 86 22 28 52 79 47 74 102 106 109 38 43 96 29 39 67 103 i a 87 15 33 53 80 54 81 m answers elsewhere on this