European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse I those extra chances both vulnerable. South deals. North a k 10 4 9 a q 8 0 a q 10 8 4432 West East 4aqj65324987 9 98 7 9 10 83 2 0 4 0 3 9x8 9j10 987 South a void 9kj4 0 k j 9 7 6 5 2 9 a q 5 the bidding South West 10 34 4 0 pass 6 0 pass North East 3 it pass 4 9 pass pass pass opening Lead four of 0 obviously 12 tricks Are a cinch at a Diamond contract if the King of clubs it with East. However before committing yourself to the Fin Rise what other Chance do you have North South conducted an excellent auction to reach the Diamond slam despite vigorous interference. By running from three no to Nap to four diamonds South showed an unbalanced hand. North Cue bid four hearts to show first round control and a Good Diamond fit and South needed no Fri other encouragement. West led the four of diamonds. Hava you spotted All the additional combinations other than the finesse that Wio enable you to land the contract first there a the possibility East started with a double ton Ace of Spades and that card can be ruffed out. Secondly West can be end played if that defender holds the Ace of Spades. And lastly if East has the Ace of Spades the contract is still not without play. Declarer won the passive Trump Lead on the Board and ruffed a Spade. The Queen of hearts provided the entry for another Spade Ruff but the Ace did not appear. So Declarer cashed the remaining High hearts ending on the table and led the King of Spades. When East did not produce the Ace Declarer simply discarded s club from Handl in with the Ace of Spades. West had s Choice of ways to commit Sui kids. A major suit return would allow Declarer to Niff on the table and discard the Queen of clubs from hand and a dub would be into soothes Moor Tenace. What if East had produced the Ace of Spades on the third round Ruff Cash the see of Chabe and Cross to the Board with a Trump to Lead a dub. If East plays Low Rise with the Queen. That wins if East has the King and end Playa West if the defender started with a double ton King. Q. A neither vulnerable As South you hold a at a6 93 9kqj0752 partner opens the bidding with one heart. What do you respond you were to bid two clubs and partner rebid two hearts. Without telling a whopping lie about your distribution you have no Good rebid to avoid that problem jump to three clubs your suit is self sustaining. Then you can simply rebid clubs to convey the picture of a. Powerful one suited hand. Q. A neither vulnerable As South Vou hold �T�aki09 j 0akj1083 972 your Righi hand opponent opens the bidding with one heart. What action do you take , we done to recommend a takeout double on a two suited hand. Here however any other Choice runs the risk of losing s possible Spade fit. The hand has enough playing strength to double and Correct any number of clubs partner May bid to diamonds. Urn -if.-,-.&Quot.? k Ixo 3hi into on sum -i9n11no Kun Dinoo is n0un3an03 .snvi3 upon to a rus Maui is on Tanomu Ulpis Oaut fit a a Tep wow q. A both vulnerable As South you hold �T�kj97 9kq1086 04 9a05 the bidding has proceeded. South West North East 1 9 pass 2 0 pass 2 9 Para 2 9 Para ? a a what do you bid now a would jump to four Spades if partners bid guaranteed a four card suit. However there Are hands where partner might have to bid a three card fragment so the More prudent course is to raise Only to three Spades. Naturally a raise of responders second suit after a two Over one response is forcing and confirms four card support. Q. A As South vulnerable you hold 9a 9q64 0aqj853 9a53 your right hand opponent opens the bidding with one heart. What do you bid now simply a matter of whether you Era Good enough to double first and then bid diamonds or whether you should Content yourself with a simple ovary Al. We done to think you can Maka game unless partner has enough to act voluntarily so we would opt for the conservative two diamonds. Q. A both vulnerable As South you hold 9aq8742 9j 0a7 9kq84 the bidding has proceeded South West North East i 9 pass 1 it pass ? what do you bid now a minimum opening bid you would rebid two Spades to show your six card suit. This hand is considerably better than that and you should describe it by first rebinding two clubs intending to bid Spades a second time at your next turn. A Quot a ? if ? Pmj f i w.1 x it out see How quickly you can find missing digits represented by x s in the multiplication problem shown As a scarier note that two times something at upper right results in e 10 or 0. Also note that the same digit elsewhere multiplied by three is shown to result in a 5. See if you have the patience to purple it out from there. Time limit. Five minutes. Fri missing x digits Range in amount from 1 through 5. 1 fax a 2 a a 3 la 4 la 5____l a _ 6_____la answers a h a of Fisl Siena a Paridi Oinui is jaw Euy what never asks questions but demands Many answers especially during the holidays give up the it be l or Telephone. Noteworthy step words tis the season for a la la la. Las. You Are asked to Complete words above having stepped off components in accor with these definitions. 1. A Mara of trumpets. 2. Glamor Girt of the 1120s. J. Site of 1190 olympic Gamas. 4. Curved weapon used by a pirate. 5. A second Story Man for instance. afterwards see if you can make up another set of words that Wir fit. Miuta a Jei fing 5 is Etna it Eju Euy t 2 \ grab Bagi which player grabs the fumbled baf�?1,2,3 or 47 pick one. Then Trace Kne to see f you am him wha oat your guess is As Good As any. Code 1�?red. 2�?blue. 3�?yellow. 4�?lt. Brown. 5�?flesh. 4�?li Green. 7�?ok. 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