European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Goren on Bridge by Charles  and Omar shall of the great deflection North South vulnerable. South deals North void c9ss4j k j 10 1 3 a West East a o j 7 5 i k 10 4 3 9 16 v 10 3. G 7 z o � s 76 akqs3 South be a k q 7 c a 4 10 9 s 2 tie bidding Shulti West North Fust 17 1 it 4 Paw  s pm so pass Paw opening Lead Ace of Whin Dorothy hire Sims perfected the psychic bid its usual form was to open the bidding with Maluci fir Ili Orl of an opening bid generally in a suit where the opening bidder a Short. For a while thai sowed contusion in the ranks and the Lac tic enjoyed a spell of great popularity. Eventually however ctn aver age player Learned to Cope with that in of Bluff and the psychic bid Tell into disrepute Only to Kietur a to in other More dangerous Guise. In Tacad of being wielded Wilt a Mallet ii was used with i velvet Glove to camouflage the distribution of a hand or to deflect an opening Lead. It i a lactic that works even in the Moil exalted company As this hand from a world championship even proves. You won t find North s oaf. No Hump Overall in any Bridge Tea Book we know of. In those tomes you will learn that you tents in Point and a Hopper Tat Inch lion. But North knew thai his band was worthless defensively and then detracted from his partner s defensive capacity. On offence however his Irick a King ability was enor Mous so he wanted to deter his non vulnerable opponents from Giacri firing. He reaped no immediate Reward for bait blasted into four Thadei. Nevertheless when North Perse Vered with five hearts both opponents decided that they had Lead enough. Now North bidding really paid off handsomely. A glance at the full diagram shows that a club Lead would have dry fund lit hand West can Ruff the third round with a Trump higher than anything in Dum my but an unsuspecting West led his act of Spades and it was All Over. Declarer ruffed on the table Drew Truini in two rounds then set up diamonds by ruffing the third round a Spade Ruff provided an entry to Dummy so he ended up with an Over trick losing Only one club. Q. Ai South vulnerable you hold Kwh 1&4nru ii jvi�3 e flu Muti spel1 score 10 pc Elleri in Ali two comply viral then Hurt Ordi of in found among try tax a y d o o d go be dk1z 24 crypt que o u i q d r in s Zabec Dugme c acs l i m i Todji i crypt pulp clue b equal i