European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse A a a Goren by chaps.1-.? Gohrn and map maj of 1991 hand of the year North South vulnerable. North deals. North # a k q k 8 7 5 a k 10 4 3 2 East 9 0 a West a 10 9 6 4 9 q 10 3 0 9 8 5 3 f 10 8 South t j72 9j4 0q87 a j 6 #853 9 a 9 6 2 0 j2 # k q 9 7 5 4 the bidding North East South West 1 0 pus 1 it pass 3 it pan Para pass opening Lead four of # at Ita annual netting in Yokohama Japan in october the International Bridge Prate association awarded re a hand of the year prise to Shmuel Friedman of Israel. The hand was played in the european Community championships. Friedman became Declarer at three no Trump after a Standard auction. Despite the fact there were 27 High card Points in the combined holding the fact there was no ready source of tricks caused considerable problems. West led a Low Spade and Declarer could count Only seven fast tricks. While the heart or Diamond suits might each produce Mother trick clubs offered an alternative of at least one trick possibly two. Unfortunately the South hand was rather Short of entries. Declarer got off to a Good Start by winning the Ace of Spades and leading a club at trick two. After East followed Low South inserted the Jack. When that held Declarer was up to eight tricks and he found a pretty Good method to ensure a ninth. Declarer crossed to the King of Spades led a club to the Ace and continued with a club discarding the Queen of Spades from Dummy on Lead with the Queen of clubs. East was faced with a Choice of unpleasant options. A Spade return would provide Declarer with an extra entry to hand to establish and Cash a Long club for the fulfilling trick. To Lead a Diamond would be into the table s Tenace and allow Declarer to score four Diamond tricks. And a heart would be up to the King giving Declarer his ninth trick in that suit. Check and mate. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold #kq74 9aqj9 0aj5 #73 the bidding has proceeded North East South Wool 1 it Para 2 # Para 2 0 Para ? what do you bid now no 4-4 fit in the majors you should give up All thoughts of a perfectly fitting grand slam. With 17 Points facing 16-18 in partners hand you have enough for a Small slam so Don t waste time jump to six no Trump. Even if your Range is 15-17, the no Trump slam rates to have play. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold #95 9aq10865 of #kq107 the bidding has proceeded East South weat North 3 0 3 9 Para 3 it pass ? what action do you tale . Done to let that sixth heart Blind you to what surely is the Best contract. Partner expects to make nine tricks at no Trump opposite your Overall so Trust partner s judgment and be Happy you Are delivering such a Fine hand. 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A both vulnerable As South you hold 10843 9aj6 0k7 4kj63 the bidding has proceeded South weat North East 1 pass 1 # dbl ? what action do you take terms of Point count this hand is exactly the same As the previous example which might suggest that you should still pass. Here however you do have a significant contribution to add to the offensive potential of your hand four card support for partners suit As Well As ruffing and positional values. Bid two Spades. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold q74 9kq10962 of qj9 the bidding has proceeded West North East South 1 0 pass pass ? what do you bid now balancing bid of one heart in this position could be made on As Little As 7-8 Points. However your hand is not Good enough to double first and then bid hearts. The solution is to jump to two hearts which in the pass out seat shows the equivalent of an opening bid with a six card suit. Name game you Are asked to form a six letter word by adding a three letter word to each of the names listed at right. Add con to Bea. For instance to form Beacon. Add Dew to Mil for mildew Etc. N 0 a see if you can take it from there. More than one answer May be possible in some instances. Time 2 minutes. Sossai 01 be died 6 pm in 9 to Woi i Lobing -9 in Sam s a led p a edges c w0plw z Una bag i o 1 Bea _ 6 Bud 2mil_ 7 Tom _ 3sam_ 8 Flo _ 4cal _ 9 Paim 5wes_ 10les Odo lot or Green stuff evaluate a tossed Green salad of five lincolns ten Hamiltons five Jacksons four Grants and eight Franklins. Total value seen of 9a -aiu0mi pus Pep unit �a9�if. W a Milf by Hai Kaufman addressed to the nines it s very mystifying but no matter what number is selected Between 20 and 1000, the answer is always 9 or 18 if you do the following first add the digits of the number selected and subtract the result from the number itself. Then add the digits again. For example 721 is a number picked at random. Add digits and the total is 10. Subtract 10 from 721. Answer is 711. Again add digits and As predicted the result is 9. Now you pick a number. Remember result will always be 9 or 18. Try several numbers. Count dolls our artist says there Are two dozen dolls of various sizes in the drawing above. Can you find them hocus i Kus Heads up play it Safe a Wear that helmet skateboarding biking Etc. Colors 1�?red. 2�?lt. Blue. 3�?yellow. 4�?lt. Brown. 5�?flesh tones. 6�?lt. Green. 7�?dk. Brown. By do. Blue. Can you Trust your eyes there Are at least six differences in drawing details Between top and Bottom panels. How quickly can you find them Check answers with those below. Lueje Jip is Bex 9 Finis Stuj to Eye tue 9 tue Agio is Jieh f Lus Yauip is Jedi of a a Epos a jobs ump. Z Buss jul a an Pic 1 Aua Japin Cuci i Nhep 3r ill Devi he score 10 Points Tor using All the two Complete words hypnotic. Then score 2 Points each for All found among the letters. Try to score at least so Points. 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Top kick 89 legumes 90 Warsaw enclosure once 93 Strong fiber 94 gift for an Active person 98 Queen of heaven 99 climbing Plant 101 vector Tim and family 103 High tableland 104 Eastern vip 106 also ran 106 River in France 107 Quot sesame Street Quot monster 106 diminutive 109 above in latin 110 ancient Chariot character conveyance 111 role for 37 More 68 navigational Robert stack unusual system Down 38 papal 69 upright 1 Harrow s vestment 70 searches for rival39 gifts for 72 decompose 2 easy gait Racetrack 73 famous 3 Anagram Habi tues jockey of lace 40 popular 76 gifts for 4 perennial jargon Little sister daddy gifts 41 babylonian 77 Gilt for 5 tropical hero big sister american 42 rosters 78 gift for tree 43 special Bobby 6 to draw out delivery Bird Fischer 7"�? time 45 Legal wrongs 80 Pale color next year Quot 46 without 81 Calcutta garb 8 lonely equal 82 begone number 49 stacked 84 former office 9 Board game Beds of the roman 10 see 4 Down 50 june Star curia 11 biblical 51 funny 85 gift for the weeds 53 poet s pools Globetrotter 12 toward the 54 Europe s 86 Felt Mouth Quot Boot Quot intuitively 13 Art Follower 55 Woodland 66 More rational 14 see 9 Down deity 89 san Diego 15 Duchamp or 57 locations athlete Leger for 68 Slop Over 90 Landing instance 59 Kitchen place. 16 Isles off Gadget in India Ireland 61 starts 91 Laad in 17 Long tooth suddenly in Tor sphere 18 Lodge fright 92 Green acres members 62 Auto 93 grate 28 Placid or accessories 94 Apple and Geneva 63 Pinn Acta of Pecan 30 River islands Glacier ice 95 River in 32 author 64 sacred Central Africa o Flaherty Muslim 96 doctrines 34 like Santa a shrine at 97 new mexican coat Mecca resort 35 cleans the 65 fall Flower 100 debtor s slip deck 66 table Bird 102 dangerous 36 Chaplin 67,country curve # 500 average time of solution 65 minutes. 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