European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A a a a or r \ i-tiai.11 ref a Quot Wetter by chari.? a Ger play or defend both vulnerable. North deals. North a a 9 6 3 2 0 9 7 4 a k 10 5 2 East West a k j 10 7 2 9 a j 10 9 5 6 a q64 9 7 4 0 6 0 a 10 2 j 9 q 7 6 4 3 South # 9 8 5 3 9 k q 0 k q j 8 5 3 8 the bidding North East South West pass pass 2 0 3 0 5 0 pass pass pass opening Lead Ace of 9 almost every tournament produces its share of perfect problem hands. The Omar Sharif world individual held last month at the showboat hotel and Casino in Atlantic City n.j., was no exception. Consider this hand. South a opening two Diamond bid was of the weak variety. West a Cue bid was Michaels showing a major two Suiter of limited strength q. A As South vulnerable you hold #aj109 9aj9 0ak543 a the bidding has proceeded West North East South 1 2 9 pass 7 weak what do you bid now Are All sorts of scientific bids you could make but it is unlikely you will Ever find out exactly what partner holds. No matter How poor a vulnerable weak jump Overall partner has there should be play for slam. Jump to six hearts. Q. A both vulnerable As South you hold 4kqj10 9ki04 oaj65 #32 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 0 pass 1 a pass 2 it pass 7 what do you bid now definitely intend going to slam perhaps even grand slam but you do not yet know where to play the hand particularly since partners opening bid might have been made on a so so suit. However for the moment you need do no More than bid three diamonds. That is 100 percent forcing and partners next bid might throw some Light on the situation. 1 Ipoh Ilves Sam wows he Hgt pm it a vat vol 1111 sum in i Sill m1im i in Ini i i in to 11hil i a of a Pnat 01 a Iii and North bid what he hoped his Side could make. A Trump Lead would have sealed Declarer a Fate quickly but West chose to Lead that Ace of hearts and continue the suit. Now you must decided do you want to play or defend five diamonds at the table Declarer won the second heart crossed to the Ace of Spades and cashed the Ace King of clubs discarding a Spade from hand. Next he came to hand with a heart Ruff on which East discarded a Spade then ruffed a Spade in Dummy. But when he tried to Trump his remaining Spade East was Able to Over Ruff with the ten. Down one. Despite the result that does no to mean you should elect to defend. Since West is marked with length in the majors and is probably Short in diamonds you can get Home if that defender has two clubs and East a Diamond holding is As in the diagram. Come to hand by ruffing a club with the eight of diamonds. When that holds Ruff a Spade Ruff another club High and Ruff your last Spade. Now Lead the nine of diamonds taking the marked finesse for the ten if East plays Low. Making five Odd. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold # ak1064 9q oj104 akj4 your right hand opponent opens the bidding with four hearts. What action do you take you done to get into the auction with this hand you Are going to let your opponents steal you Blind. Four Spades could be the winning action but it strikes us As being too unilateral. We prefer a double As the More flexible bid. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold # akqj103 9 98742 ovoid #74 partner opens the bidding with one heart. What do you respond hand qualifies doubly for a jump shift it has a self sufficient suit and a Good fit for openers suit. If you bid anything other than two Spades you must Brush up on your appreciation of the trick taking ability of a hand. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold # ak8 9 k9876 oqi065 #5 the bidding has proceeded South West North East i 9 pass i # pass 7 what do you bid now you bid two diamonds now and partner corrects to two hearts. you feel guilty about not having shown Spade support since you Arentt Strong enough for two Forward going bids raise to two Spades now and avoid the problem. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold # akq63 9kqj107 0 8 #93 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 # pass 1 it pass ? what do you bid now have too much playing strength not to insist on game. Jump to three hearts to see what reaction that gets from partner. T i a hear be after a bitter lovers quarrel Jerry wrote Ann the following note Quot woman without her Man would be get whereupon v / t in v j us 117 m a a a a o v i w 7 j by Hal Kaufman i it Hui j stacked deck card magic Deal out 27 cards face up left to right into three piles. Ask someone to pick a card mentally As you Deal and to reveal which pile the card is in when you have finished dealing. Pick up piles seeing to it that pile containing the chosen card is placed Between the other two. Deal out three More piles similarly. Again ask which pile he originally selected card is in. Place that pile Between other two Deal three piles again. Now ask which pile the card is in. At Kazam it will be the 5th card Down in that pile. Ann the Story goes with two deft strokes of a pen refuted Jerry a allegation. Fancy yourself in Ann s shoes. How does she Amend the note . She does not change of y.,. B11b. My. Mme Mio up us Isom. Words. Eur svuiujo3 of i so Emu a is a ask Gramps answer quickly. If Yoi can if grandpa was two thirds of his present age 24 years ago How old is he now time limit 30 seconds. Pio 8jboa of -llma�8 a a a Premier crossword by Joaquin Potpourri boat race1 which one of four speedboats crosses finish line first to find answer Trace route each boat takes. Hocus focus Fly by1 hey watch out Are golfers below add these colors to scene 1�?red. 2�?ll Blue 3�?orange. 4�?lt. Brown. 5�?flesh tones. 6�?lt. Green. 7�?dk. Brown. 8�?dk. Green. Can you Trust your eyes there Are at least six differences in drawing details Between top and Bottom panels. How quickly can you Fin them Check answers with those below. A bins Siw is 6aoqs g a bus Stuj Simo is Bui Stilu is i in i Job it pea our a dbl a a Buis Stuj Seq Eiery z a Epos subs s,6oq \ segue jews up ii a Inhar. Arc Ledinh in a score 10 Points for using All the two Complete words bad Inage m in m a m m 9 m then score 2 Points each for All found among the letters. Try to score at least 50 Points. A a can Ubo by Josoma a secy crypt quip 722 of Mia in cd Dot Lou ube no Bize o u 1 pc tvs ads Odra ube Dyul Lee Evoi Edmia. Today a crypt quip clue q equals l across 1 festoon 5 mischievous fellow 10 Analyse a sentence 15 mortar troughs 19 Anagram for veal 20 videos companion 21 female. 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Coin 18 editors Mark 28 tall stories 31 recorded 33 Belfry Denizen 35 morsels Tor Dobbin 37 Dawn goddess 38 obliterate 39 Perry s Gal Friday 40 scrub Thor Oughty 42 actor Richard 43 pheasant nests 45 Learned Man 46 dravidian language 47 nonsense creature 49 architect Saarinen 50 looks closely 51 education org. 53 ancient Syria 55 Hunting weapon 57 old laundry item 60 get lost 61 Hole or hound Lead in 62 move quickly 65 watch pocket 66 gear tooth 68 Frankish fairy 70 Ralph Kram Denis vehicle 71 alleviates 72 of the Salian Franks 73 bakery byproduct. 74 brazilian seaport 75 a a on the Market 76 czech statesman 77 initiated 78 Leal instrument 79 commercial vessel 80 giant grass 81 Cowboy s gear i Riidu 84 illumined 85 vain blaster 88 family car 90 humorist Bombeck 91 not flashy 93 aggregate 95 Auto safety devices 96 swab 99 prescribed amount 101 shrewd poo pie Slang 103 business barometer 104 dismantle 106 famous jockey 107 Cowboy exhibition 108 rail Bird 109 sacred Bull of Egypt. 110 breathe with Effort 112 japanese aborigine 114 class 8es-Sion, often 116 Spanish Painter 117 a ii a i would leave you Quot 118 Hardy girl 120 plan in detail 122 Ninny # 427 average time of solution 69 minutes. 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