European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 06, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Goren on Bridge by Charles Goren and Omar Sharif Tel Tow t Holh vulnerable. South deals. North 4a.h04 va63 01071 854 West East 49852 7 6 a cq974 vj10s. Ca96 okj84 103 4vkj7south a a 9k85 East pass pass aq962 the bidding South went North 1 it fans 2 2 0 pass 3 it pass pass opening Lead nine of Kast found a pretty play to de feat Smith s three no Iran con tract. However. Be Declarer had failed to give Himach tic Best Chance for nine tricks. North was a trifle ave twelve in jumping to three no Intro with 9 Points and a oat hand. However his ten of Spades gave the suit solidity and we do not fault him Lor choosing to try to end the rubber. Declarer won the opening Spade Lead in hand then Overlook his remaining Spade hour with the Ace. He successfully finessed the Queen of clubs cashed the Ace and met up two Long cards in the suit by con ceding a trick to East. A diam i shift was obvious and the defender found the perfect card to cad the Jack Declarer covered. West won the Ace and re turned the nine surrounding Dummy s ten in the Pacesa. The defenders collected four Diamonda and a club fur Down one. To make his contract Declarer needed three club tricks. Obviously East was the danger hand so South should have planned to try to keep him off lend. After winning the second Spade on the table., Declarer should have led a club and inserted the nine when East played Low. West cannot profitably attack Diamond Declarer can Tutu let Back to the Board week the Ace a hearts to Cash is two pm Irico and Lead another Eta to to the card Camu Kattaa in the club suit. It crop up in Quentlyn in several tag Tofee i you should know How to Haydl k. know that lit Fitner doa ble Call for the Lead of Dummy firm bid Salt. However the Poat lion is unclear when Dummy a first suit bid has keen artificial. I was faced with that problem in a recent game. The bidding had gone North Bast South West 2 pass 2 0 pass 2 pass 3 v pass 4 appear on the table. Prom the above it seems pretty Clear that his double should Call for the first Reul suit bid by Dummy. you have Degerud the hip to Kut. The latest edition of Goren new Bridge Complete not Only espouse five card majors but aug suggest Vou play forcing no Trump Rev Pond. Bow could you g.d., Birmingham. years and Yean i have maintained there is Little difference Between a four card and a five cart major system on the majority of hands you would make the talk opening bid no matter which method you employed. Metw Evtif bom expert player ao4 Ata Ett Al teachers use. The latter. Therefore it seemed out of Date continue to propound a method Watek i losing we de Cwm to incorporate five card major into Bridge Complete As we think the system should be played Complete with a forcing no Trump response. However for those who would prefer not to use that convention or those who want to stick with four card majors there Are chapters dealing with those methods As Well. Puzzles and p whirl by Hal Kaufman Supply Sidel a chef s Kitchen up cryptic entries at right. You c i c ubi a not i due t ores hew numbers 1 through 9 shown at the Bottom of the Windmill above Are to be inserted in the Blank spaces of the Structure arms so that the sum of the numbers in each direction is 23. At the same time the sum of the numbers at the tips of the arms must also total 23.each digit la to be used just once. Number of to m place. Cia you a Aio Ngem to w peeking. Who Dot land out f Une is Busy numbered the Gnu 4u. Brown. Can y9u Trust your Eves then a at mat Jim a enc in drawing details Between top and Belem Meh. Hew quickly can you in d the tit Check Ini Wera with re below. To in h"v1 but Tofu a to c Moi to to z it a01o -9 to Youj Al guv s Buffi score 10 poll letters in the two Complete pos1 then score i words of of found among i try to score crypt quip Duck Racop of cup m a ohm or Drux Ogk Nocka o a Nuutt today s crypt pulp clue k equals t
