European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse By Chahl Tii Ciohon Ana Omah Shahir from the Mouths of babes neither vulnerable. East deals. North 4 j 943 9 a 10 9 7 6 0 a is void West East k q 7 6 5 10 82 94 9 Kyj 801074 0 � 8 2 9 7 s 3 a j 10 8 South a9 q 5 3 2 0 q 63 k q 64 1 the bidding East South West North pass 1 14 Obi 24 37 Pau 3 4 pass 3 it pass 6 9 dbl pass Pau pass opening Lead four of 0 the prize for the Best played hand at the Junior european championships went to Hugh Mccann of Ireland for this Fine Effort. The event was held in s double of West s frivolous overeat was negative in effector takeout. When South showed a Spade stopper with his bid of three no Trump his partner worked out that it had to be the King or the Ace since on the auction South hold More than two Spades so North gambled on the heart Don t blame East for doubting even though that placed the Trumps for for the defenders West Ted the wrong red four. Had he chosen a Trump instead of a Dia mond he would have Defeated the contract. Declarer took the Ace cashed the Ace of Spades and ruffed club. Two Spade ruffs served As entries for two More club ruffs an the Queen King of diamonds were cashed. With nine tricks in the bag Declarer led Dummy s last Spade and East s Goose was cooked. If he ruffed Low Declarer would Over Ruff and take two More tricks via a club Ruff and the Ace of Trumps. If he ruffed High and returned a Trump Declarer would Trump with Dum my s ten or Ace if necessary an score the last two tricks on a High East discarded his Ace of clubs. Declarer countered by Ruffi glow then trumping a club with the Ace of Heans. When Declarer bowled the last Diamond from the Board he had to score his Queen of Trumps in passant for the fulfilling trick. North South vulnerable. South deals. North 4 k 8 9 k q 75 0 a 7 6 48543 West East 4q105 4j9732 9 9 8 93 0kqi09520j843 k 9 4 j 10 7 South 4 a 6 4 7 a 1 10 6 4 2 0 void a q62the bidding South West North East 19 20 39 Pas 6 9 pass pass pass opening Lead King of 0 show some people a finesse Posi Tion and they look no further. Pre sent the same holding to a Good player and he immediately looks for better Odds than 50-50. Perhaps there was a better Way to investigate slam possibilities on this hand from a pair tournament Suchias with a Cue bidding sequence. However after North s forcing jump raise South bid what he thought he could make and the re sult was a fair slam. West led the King of diamonds and at first glance it might seem that the Fate of the contract hinged on the club finesse. Those players who banked air on one Roll of the Dice were disappointed for when the finesse lost they eventually had to concede a second club trick for Down one. The declares who were More Learned in Dummy play technique found a line that gave them a Chanc even if the club Monarch was unfavourably placed. They ruffed the opening Diamond Lead Drew Trumps in two rounds ending on the Board and ruffed Dummy s remaining Low Diamond. The King of Spades provided Access to the table to Cash the Ace of diamonds for a club discard. Declarer now look both his Black aces then crossed to the Board with a Spade Ruff to Lead a club. East produced the ten and Declarer went in with the Queen. Had the Kin been with East the contract would have been secure. As the cards Lay West was Able to capture the Queen of clubs with the King but Declarer Sother Chance paid off. Since West had started with a double Lon King of clubs he was now forced to return a Diamond allowing Declarer to Trump in Dummy while discarding his remaining club loser from hand. At the table As in life a Little foresight can be most rewarding. By Hal Kaufman a Soi a Spring tis in the air Kigali the l�-1tttr words befitting the Geste can la 1.v Appel thew 2.f Congi 3. I Good to lend a magic touch to esp you can have some Lun pretending to have esp. Here s How. Jot Down the number 10,690 on a piece of paper. Hold the paper to your forehead. Now. Ask a wend to think up a number com posed of Lour digits in ascending order say Lor instance 1479. Havethe person reverse this number and subtract the smaller from the larger amount 9741-14798262reverse result 2628and add amounts 8262 2626 Ala Kazal final result is the amount you initially wrote on the paper. Give ii a try. See Here to know what s go Hope tricks a rope jumping seer Brown. 5flesh in can you Trust your eyes there Are at least six differences in drawing details Between lop and Bonom panels. How quickly can you find them Check answers with those below Bunmi is to s 9 Gutow n oiling 5 Whf ll03 t c miik1h � wins j 8uimiuiii Wool i m3uowiiio. Spell score 10 Point letters in the to iwo Complete a Tang then score 2 i words of Lou found among the try to score Luno nog it crypt equip Naup y q cd k o k or g m y u x x u p u u z m o y o k t Mumk Mau Kolum today s crypt pulp clue y equals f � 1989 fillum Syndicate. If
