European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Goren on by Goren and Omar Sharif where have All the diamonds gone both vulnerable. West deals. North 10 8 7 5 3 91 0 10 7 6 5 4 3 q West East # q k2 9aq9032 9 k 10 7 6 5 4 0k2 0q98 a 10 7 4 985 South aj964 9 void 0 a j �T�kj9632 the bidding West North East South i 9 pass 4 9 4 4 5 9 5 4 dbl paso Pasa Para opening Lead Ace of 9 none but the Brave deserve to win. When an opponents preempt puts pressure on you done to meekly surrender to your Fate. Get in there and fight. South certainly had the wherewithal to contest the auction after East a full blooded leap to game but the suit Quality of both of South a Long suits left something to be desired. However on the auction there had to be a fit for North South somewhere. So South chose four Spades As the More flexible alternative. West led the Ace of hearts and it seemed Declarer would have to lose a trick in each suit except hearts. Incredible As it might seem Declarer managed to avoid surrendering a trick in diamonds after ruffing the heart Lead in hand Declarer cashed the Ace of Trumps and was Happy to find the suit broke. Next came a Low club and West hopped up with the Ace. At this Point Only a shift to a Diamond would defeat the contract but West was understandably reluctant to Lead away from the King of diamonds. Since a heart would yield a Ruff Bluff West opted for a club return. That was disastrous. Declarer won the club cheaply with the nine and the whole suit was established. Declarer now started running those winners discarding diamonds from Dummy. East immediately ruffed with the master Trump and shifted to a Diamond but it was too late. Declarer Rose with the Ace jettisoned the rest of the tables diamonds on Good clubs and ruffed a Diamond on the Board for the fulfilling trick q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold 4a70 9aqs 0qj9 4aq107 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 1 4 pass 2 4 pass ? what do you bid now partner responded at the one level you would have jumped to two no Trump to show your balanced powerhouse. Since partner responded at the two level albeit Only with a raise you can convey the same message by leaping to three no Trump. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold 4void 9a2 010652 4akqj942 the bidding has proceeded North East South Para Para ? what is your opening bid first seat your hand would be too Strong for any sort of preemptive bid. Once partner has passed however you should be More interested in shutting out the opponents than in finding partner with the magic hand for slam. Bid five dubs. Answers for crypt quip and sunday crossword Iovu ipod Awni Send vines am to As Ngoai Xvi a i q. A As South vulnerable you hold 4j8704 9108 0j1062 4j9 partner opens the bidding with two no Trump 21-22 Points. What action do you take is really two problems. First should you pass two no Trump we Are slightly in favor of bidding. If you do decide to bid what a your Choice to bid three Spades then Correct to four Spades Over partners three no Trump rebid is a mild slam try so you should jump to four Spades. Transfer bids would make life easier since you could play in three Spades if partner cannot oblige by jumping to game. Q. A both vulnerable As South you hold 484 9aqj7 0832 4kj87 the bidding has proceeded North beet South Weet 1 0 Peee 19 14 1 it Peee f what action do you take West not entered the fray you would Heve made an invitational raise to two no Trump. However partners voluntary bid Over the Ovee Call must show a better than minimum hand with e Bare opening North would have passed so we think this hand is Good enough to hid three no Trump. Q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold 4a762 9kj75 083 4aj0 the bidding has proceeded North East South weat 1 0 Para 1 9 Para i 4 Peee ? whet do you bid now opening bid facing an opening bid is enough for game. Since you have an eight card fit in a major that s where you want to play so jump to four Spades. Shame on you if bid Only three Spades that a invitational not forcing and might be passed. A m in Sec Power ask someone to let you measure his or her Waist. Now predict that you will reveal the sum of the digits in the resulting amount when you multiply his or her measurement in round figures by 99. 1 \ a. Ai a \ it i Vii 1 Low 2 Low 3 Low 4 Low. _ 5____low 6_____low offer to place your prediction in a sealed Box. You can to miss. Here a Why digits in result of any relative number times 99 will always add up to 18 a your prediction. Give it a try. Time Frame the new 1993 Calendar is a rerun of 1982. It Wilt be Good again in 1999. As for 1992, save it for a goodly number of years trom now. When 0z02 w Leeds i i to and behold word game Well to and behold we have six stepped off Low words in the diagram above. Here s the Low Down on How they Are defined 1. Flood Plain areas. 2. Big windbag. 3. Power count unit on electric this. 4. Adherent. 5. Potentially hazardous Waters. 6. Welcome sight to motorists on Road in a Winter storm. Tims limit 2 minutes. As a further test see if you can make up a second Batch of Low words reusing the same diagram. Fly by look who a Here and flying High to Complete the picture a a a pub Umpig a Spurio a i simply draw connecting lines from 1 to 2 to 3, Etc. Rooting tooting i do we wish everyone a Happy new year you re darned Toolin we do. Code 1�?red. 2�?lt. Blue. 3�?yellow. 4�?lt. Brown. 5�?flesh. 6�?green. 7�?ok. Brown. So do. Purple. Can you Trust your eyes there Are at least six differences in drawing details Between lop and Bottom panels. 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