European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Goren on Bridge by Cha re Sofien and Omar Sharif f the Czupa 1 i jewel of a defense East West vulnerable. South deals. North 988412 of gift 4 a West East 9j to cqj07s2 ok8b q1086 97543 South aka bios s?jt6oa4 j2 the bidding South went North East 1 Pun 2 pass 4 pus pass pass opening Lead King of v let s test your defensive logic. As West you should be Able to con duet the defense just As if you were looking at All the cards so we wont even suggest you cover the East and South hands. North South were employing a five card major system to North had no problem with Hill response. The Spade game was reached in Quick time you Lead the King of heart which holds As partner signals with the ten. You continue with the Queen which also wins. Whatnot to defeat this contract it looks Ike you flu have to get three heart tricks and Diamond. If Declarer has both Che Ace and King of Dia monds there is no Hope of you must play partner for one of those cards and attack diamonds. But no it is unlikely Declarer can have Lea than old Spades and the Ace of diamonds for hit jump to game. Therefore you must assume that partner has the King. If you Shl it to a Low Diamond Declarer will play the nine from Dummy and capture partner s King with the Ace and by later leading up to the Jack of Dia monds he will set up a Winner on which he can discard his losing heart. I there any Way to avoid that indignity yes by shifting to the Queen of diamonds Declarer is helpless there no Way to com Bat this master stroke. If he ducks you simply exit with any card and in the fullness of time your part Ner win come to the heart trick to which he a entitled. South a no better off if he wins. Sooner or later he must concede a heart or and Hulond in an attempt to it up the fulfilling trick and part Ner will Cash the High card in the other red suit to beat the contract. East s tangled Wes both vulnerable. South deals. North 4-akji08 oh642 by West East paj9 78c42ok Vjio j108s2 4 743 South oa87s a 1 the bidding South weat North East 1 ? pm 1 t pan 2 it Pas 3 it pus a pus opening Lead Jack of there is a Gamut of deceptive plays involving elaborate Fala cards and other Maneu vers. Answers Ami sunday crossword equally effective however Are those strategies that in be As Sim ple As refusing to win a trick when it is offered. South fell victim to such a trap on today s Hind. Because of his primary controls and body South Felt his hand was too Strong for an opening bid of one no Trump. As a result he at cached a trifle for his jump to two no Trump Over till partner s one Spade response. North s raise to game was automatic. West led the top of his club sequence and Declarer could count Only five sure winners outside of the Trade suit. It seemed a straightforward matter to develop tour Spade tricks so Declarer ran the nine of Spades at trick two. East followed Low without a moment s hesitation. Impressed by the Success of his finesse South. Repeated it and East won with his now Bare Queen. That left Declarer severed from Dummy and eventually he had to be satisfied with six tricks when he went after Dia monds rather than hearts. Some observer Felt South would have done better had he overtaken he nine of Spades with Dummy s ten in an attempt to make the de fenders think he held a Singleton. However it is unlikely that anyone would jump to two no Trump with a sin Leton in partner s suit regard less. If East was Good enough to Duck the nine of Spades he would probably have done the same thing even had an Honor been played from the table. Can we really censure Declarer for repeating the Spade fint so rather than trying to drop the Queen the Odds favored a 4-2 split Puzzle Sand p june by Hal Kaufman Odd lot Sumpta Challenge fill thu right Odd number 1, 3, 9, twi of Row Talna Imti you tit. Verse Rhode of Omer consult your Calenda for in an War to this Voss Rudd to. Hint read Between Calen Dar a lines i m Otter talked of mar Man Ever coming no re a Dally looked for i Whf Nvvf still approaching in mar. To Uganda Tor my Sou tort Mil i Wyrum but by did in Milf to though a of a to App of they a Fol a Vars my. What am it us h you can. Whodol Tutu bov7 to ii haul Marki of numb Rad a Gnu 4-u. Can Vou Trust your event Antn an at halt tin Alfir in at 4rrfn to Lith tilt of of m4 Kotton a i a hew Quick to a yen find re tilt Dudi to Man Ettli Aoh bitty. H u01 do n us t to Hub f h he t a Mil of a i air was i spell score id in the we two co Mph to Mode then score 1 pc words cd tour i found among Irett try to nor Al Fiat Ami a. 2-15 0 j m 0 i r Crofto Ejrup is adj fms Intje Lam Plozi is Mac ii Job 4u1 is adm psf my h today s crypt pulp clue l equals p c it whig mum a Flatt in
