European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Goren i i aia a a amp in Asp i is by Charles Goren and Omar Shusi play it Safe West a q 5 4 3 a 6 0 a s 7 2 a 10 9 8 7 both vulnerable. South deals. North 4 j 10 6 2 q j 8 0 6 4 3 a q j East 4 9 8 7 9 7 3 2 of j 10 4 k 6 5 2 South 4 a k 9 a k 10 9 5 4 0 k 9 5 4 4 3 the bidding South West 1 9 pass 3 9 pass pass pass opening Lead ten of 4 Bridge at its Best is a thrilling Battle Between Declarer and the defenders. There Are those however who look no deeper into a hand than the first finesse. North had a pretty Good hand in support of partners jump rebid. However most of the honors were secondary and the holding was devoid of any ruffing value so North wisely chose the conservative course of a simple raise to game. The play was soon Over. West led the ten of clubs Declarer finessed and East won. The shift to the Queen of diamonds was automatic and the defenders reeled in three North 1 4 4 9 East pass pass tricks in the suit for a one trick set. Lets see How the play would go with a skilled card technician at the Helm. The opening Lead makes it a moral certainty that the club finesse will lose and there a really to need for it a ruffing finesse for the Queen of Spades offers greater safety. Fortunately Dummy a Trump holding provides Declarer with three entries just enough to virtually guarantee the contract. Declarer should Rise with the Ace of clubs at trick one and then Cash the Ace and King of Spades. A Low Trump to the eight provides the entry to Lead the Jack of Spades through East. If East covers Declarer ruffs High Dratos Trumps ending on the table discards the club loser on the ten of Spades and lends to the King of diamonds for an Over trick. If East does not cover Declarer discards the club loser then and there. In with the Queen of Spades West must kill the remaining Spade by returning the suit. East ruffs Declarer Over ruffs and gets Back to Dummy with a Trump. Now the Queen of clubs is led. If East does not cover Declarer discards a Diamond. If West wins the King of diamonds is Safe from attack and Declarer will get to discard another Diamond on the Jack of clubs. If East does cover Declarer ruffs leads a Trump to Dummy and takes a Diamond discard on the Jack of clubs. Either Way the contract is Home. Combine Yostjr chances both vulnerable. North deals. North9 a k 5 3 2 0 4 4 a West 4 2 9 q j 10 7 0 j 10 9 8 7 4 k j 2 South 4 a k q j 9 8 0 a q 4 9 7 5 3 the bidding 10 8 6 4 East 4 7 6 5 4 9 9 6 4 0 k 6 5 3 2 4 q 10 9 North East South West 1 9 pass 2 4 pass 3 4 pass 4 it pass 5 9 Para 5 it pass 6 0 pass 6 4 pass pass pass opening Lead Jack of 0 watching a master technician at work on a Bridge hand is like studying an artist applying delicate Brush strokes to a Canvas. To land this close Spade slam South had to utilize fully the combined assets of the two hands. Answers for crypt quip vhf. Ixion of and Onuki i Jinja Tim i.,noa\ i. no Auti uni Sam ii i Xii ii in Vav i i j h i a s a puns in jobs us Dob Soman a a Nano Monoa Nowano an Nso mom n Onn Namao a a Png Aronno a Bonne manna Annoma Arnob Anan Aono a a Mason Ona Oman a a Nan May a no Oao a on a non a a Ana a with a self sufficient suit and control in the undid suit South started with a jump shift then pressed on to slam when North a second suit proved to be clubs. Fortunately South chose to go for 12 tricks in Spades rather than clubs. West led the Jack of diamonds removing any worries Declarer might have had about that suit. It might seem that everything hinged on a 2-2 club break but Declarer found a Way to improve the Odds considerably. After capturing the King of diamonds with the Ace Declarer tested Trumps by cashing the Ace. When both defenders followed Declarer next went after the heart suit. After playing off the Ace and King discarding a club on the latter Declarer ruffed a heart in hand and the 4-3 split in that suit meant Declarer no longer needed the blessings of Dame Fortune in chips. Declarer entered Dummy one More time by ruffing the Good Queen of diamonds then set up a Long heart with a Ruff. After drawing Trumps it was a simple matter for Declarer to Cross to Dummy Sace of clubs to Cash the Long heart. In All Declarer scored six Trump tricks in hand and a Diamond Ruff in Dummy three heart tricks and the minor suit aces for a total of 12 tricks. Note that Declarer had to draw exactly one round of Trumps to Check on the break while leaving a Trump on the table As an entry via a Diamond Ruff. 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