European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Goren on Bridge by Charles Loren and Omar Sharif ice the cd tick tritium How the mighty can fall neither vulnerable. East deals. North 9st 2 7 q t0 k7 a q j2 West East 10 3 e q j 5 710743 995 09653 oaqs4 k 10 9 7 5 j South a74 7 a k j62 0 j 102 84 the bidding East South West North i 27 pass 2 dbl dbl pass 3 pass 3 7 pass 4 7 pass pass pass opening Lead ten of the difference Between Ordinary and great players is that run of the Mill players make mistakes while experts create catastrophes consider this hand from the 1989 european team championships. In one room the swedes played in three no Trump and made 11 tricks by the simple expedient of taking two finesse in clubs. In the other room the bulgarians reached four hearts. It might Leet that the same 11 tricks were there Fay adopt ing the same approach baby play some might say but Declarer Man aged to foul up his timing. The re sult was quite remarkable. Declarer won the opening Spade Lead in hand and Drew Trumps in four rounds. Now South took a winning dub finesse but he found himself stuck in Dummy he had no Way Back to his hand to repeat the finesse. The Best Declarer could do was to Cash the Ace of clubs Ruff a club and exit with a Spade. That permitted East to score three Spade tricks and the Ace of diamonds for Down one in some respects Declarer could be congratulated on going Down Only one. Had he not end played East with a Spade but tried to reach the table with a Diamond he would have suffered a two trick defeat. However that was Little Consolation to his teammates who found they had lost ii International match Points on a hand they had estimated As a tie. Q.6as South vulnerable you hold 4akj10s 7as72 ovoid a752 the bidding has proceeded East sooth West North 17 1 27 2 pass 3 pass 4 pass what action do you take asked partner to evaluate his club holding for game and he has told you he is Well fortified in the suit. This is not the time for Dainty Steps. The enormous distributional assets in your two hands merits bold action. Bid six Spades. Q.3neither vulnerable As South you hold j84 7q10874 08 4ak64 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 10 dbl what action do you take have the values for a re double but that action suggests you have a Power raise of partner s suit want the Courtesy of the Road to double the opponents or you have a hand Good enough to introduce a new suit. You certainly Don t intend to double one Spade and a subsequent bid of two hearts would be forcing on a possible misfit. The solution is to bid one heart now. In modern theory it is forcing just As i there had been no intervening double. Answers Lor and sunday crossword of Widau Irei ious Hutu him tno1ncm of noujso4 flu to Taw in Muad see Here Winc Homo i a duo i h you wish ton can you Trust your eyes them Art at least is differences in drawing details Between top and Bottom panels. How quickly can you Lind them Check answers with those below. Offem Kin bum a 9 aug Neil Wous s Pew i guv sum h c Spelli score 10 Point letters in the w two Complete w Magr then score 3 i words of tour found among re try to scars on Tun in cry Toquib Olup vhf sri Fra Poffi Raay Oak i Horca Vyff blk g a q s f q p f Sybl Godf a Byz a today s cuyp Tohulp due q equals o
