European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Coren on by Cha leg Goren and Omar Sharif pick the Bones clean East West vulnerable. Emi dealt. North j74 9 q6 0 k q 10 9 i 764 West East a kq93 62 7 as2 9 kj9874 042 0 j653 j 9 8 10 South 10�5 9 103 0 a7 a kq532 the bidding East South West North pass 24 2 3 3 9 pass 4 9 pass pass 5 4 dbl pass pass pass opening Lead King of one of the fascinations of duplicate Bridge for the columnist is that it is a Fertile source of material. Handt that Merit Little attention in rubber Bridge can be fascinating Battles in a pair Competition. Here is an example. North South were using an artificial one club forcing system. So South s bid was the equivalent of one club opening in Standard meth ods. When East West reached four hearts a contract that would have made South decided to sacrifice in five clubs. West took the right Posi Tion when he elected to double rather than bid on. Since East West would have scored 620 in four hearts for a goo score they had to set five clubs Dou bled four tricks to earn Rod Points under the new scoring table Only Down three would have netted 500 for a poor score. Three Spades and two hearts were the obvious defensive tricks. Where could another trick be developed East West masterfully found the answer in the Trump suit West started matters off with three win Ning Spades on the last of which East signalled with the nine of hearts. West then shifted to a Low heart and East s Jack won. A heart continuation to West s Ace netted the defenders their fifth trick. Since Declarer had to have the Ace of diamonds for his opening bid there were no More tricks to be won in the Side suits. Now West landed the telling blow by reverting to Spades. East ruffed with the ten of Trumps and the defenders had prevailed. South could Over Ruff but in doing so he be up a Trump trick for West. The technical name for this tactic is borrowed from the Noble Art of it is called an duplicate drives one crazy both vulnerable. South deals. North 876 9 k 0 aq98742 a7 West East q532 4 9j96 9q107s20 j 6 3 0 10 k q j 10 96532 South a k j 10 9 7 a8430 k5 84 the bidding South West North but 1 pus 2 0 pus 2 7 pass 2 put 3 0 pus 4 pus 4 9 pus s 7 pus t pus pus pus opening Lead King of at rubber Bridge when you Are in slim territory your main concern is to find the safest contract. At Duple answers for crypt quip kttv3u 3iu v Ivy in Unm an in. at ivs much in 3uvh nu1soj is. Cale you often choose the highest scoring Sam. That can Lead to interesting play. Any rubber Bridge player Worth his Salt would Settle in six diamonds a contract that would not tax any body s playing skill Loo greatly. In deed you Are on a Spade finesse for an Over trick. When this hand was played in a pair tournament however Many chose the higher scoring six Spade contract. Not too Many had the skill to bring it Home unfortunately. After West s Normal Lead of the King of dubs your first concern should be to get rid of Dummy s club loser. So win the Ace of clubs Cash the King of hearts and come to hand with the Ace of Trumps. Take a club discard on the Ace of hearts. What next if Trumps Are 3-2, you can draw other High Trump and Start run Ning the diamonds. But what if Trumps Are 4-1? you can give yourself a extra Chance by now leading the Jack of Trumps from hand i if a defender wins you Are in control. Capture any return draw Trumps and run diamonds. But what if a defender has four Trumps and refuses to win the second Spade now you will need a slice of Luck you have to find the defender with four Spades holding three Dia monds As Well. Ruff your losing club come to hand with the King of diamonds and Cash the King of Spades. Now Start to run diamonds and Hope that you can discard both losing hearts before the defender ruffs. Prizes arid p by sum magic i the prime number characteristic. Multiply it by 3 an multiply it by ill and the result it 2 not ing i 21,24 these the s so Milf fast enough e s Otan s a t be s o As us Ateah Nai Hll Debr int Tel find a what s the problem numbers of a simple multiplication problem Are replaced by letters above. Digits Range from 0-9. How quickly can you restore Iho problem solve this by experimentation ii you like. However there is a key to a quicker solution in letters of the words fast enough at lop. Simply assign the numerical sequence 0-9 to letters. Replace letter with and the problem 16 15 funny face apr seen. Cod 1a a Green. 7ok. T can you Trust you Cist there Ere Al Lees six diver incas in drawing details Between tee real Bottom panels. How quickly can you Lind them Check Aimers with these below. Buff fun to Mouth 9 wogs it Puri is to Jav Panaou buy c Mirin is i too z Cussi i to a Niad Spelli score Lapoin letters in the two Complete � Hui then score 2 words of four found among it try to score 11-15 cd yug Sadayo Ouw Bra of Gap Bowsa crypt equip avg gym pm y a a t c a d c v u a t w u w c b w g. Today s crypt pulp clue o equals m
