European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Of it Yuwu i a 1. Of if Amore dangerous than the male 9 o both vulnerable. West deals. North j 1076 aj42 a6. A 76 East 8 3 " Iob 9q96 51084 320 j a 1098 52 South a k94 -. 9 t3- ,." ,. Of k9 75 4kq4 the bidding West North East pass 1 pass pass 1 9 pass pass pass pass West q 5 2 9 k 43 south10 3 it opening Lead ? the women s Board a match team championship at the recent fall North american Champion ships was won by a squad led by reigning world Champion Juanita Chambers of Schenectady . It was her 13th National title. On this hand from the event both North South pairs reached a shaky three no Trump contract. At neither table was the Spade suit in which 11 tricks were available with routine play even mentioned. Both wests found Declarer s weak Underbelly attacking with a heart. At one table the Lead was the eight of hearts. Declarer followed Low from Dummy and when East carelessly played the Queen ten tricks were there for the taking with the Aid of a heart finesse three Spades two hearts two diamonds and three clubs. At the other table Gerianne Klafter of Allentown pa., playing with Chambers led the ten of hearts at trick one that completely ruined Declarer. Again the first trick was ducked and West continued with the King of hearts to the Ace. But now when in with the Queen of Spades West returned the eight of hearts and East was Able to Bank the nine and Queen of the suit to hold Declarer to nine tricks. An Over trick would matter Little at rubber Bridge. But at Board a Natch scoring it meant a Clear win rather than a tie for the Board. Q. Both vulnerable As South you hold k10 vak98642 okq5 49 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 14 pass 29 pass 24 ? what do you bid now t raise Spades with Adou Bleton Honor North could easily have a poor five card Spade suit on this auction. We Don t mind if you jump to four hearts although that does not do Justice to this hold ing Many minimum hands part Ner might have would produce a slam. If you have a scientific Bent try an exploratory bid of three Dia monds to see what develops. Q. As South vulnerable you hold 4q732 aj105 oj87 473 the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 4 dbl 7 what do you bid now a your Side has the master suit and your hearts behind the Doubler represent reasonable defensive values. You rate to have half the Points or More in the deck so there s no need to do anything More than raise to two Spades the same bid you would have made had there been no enemy intervention. Hdv3 of 3uv w 3h3m 3m my nov i. Avo do j a Odom 3hj, no Al jk10nv of Loov 9no Savesi a puns of a Miry vulnerable As South you hold 49769kq10542 0 void 4kq93 your right hand opponent opens the bidding with one no Trump. What action do you take the opening bid your distribution suggests that it might be your hand perhaps even in game. Overall two hearts now. If you wait your Side could be shut out of the auction. Q. Neither vulnerable and South you hold 47 9k1073 072 4aj9532 the bidding has proceeded v East South West North pass pass 34 dbl ?.-, what action do you take s a question of whether tobit four hearts or five clubs we would t dream of settling for less than game with such a distribution Al holding. Since partner s takeout double promises hearts but not necessarily clubs our Choice is four hearts. Q. Both vulnerable As South you hold 4aq653 91095 oa2 41072 the bidding has proceeded North East South west1 0 pass 14 pass 2 it pass ? what do you bid now rebid of three Spades would show either a hand with slam Aspi rations or a More distributional hand offering a Choice Between four Spades and three no Trump. With your balanced hand simply raise to three no Trump. Q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 4k43 9a9 oaqj63 4a64 what is your opening bid if for a one no Trump opening bid is 16-18, this hand is much too Strong. With its prime values and Good five card suit it is Worth nearer 20 Points than 18 open one Diamond and jump in no Trump at your next turn. It a v n / a a a / s 17" a i4 Jart to emf i it no flow i it o of vhf fru. Match play golfers May be so so at addition but the player at right is said to have solved this Poser in two minutes time. Let s see How Long it takes you. Object is to place digits 8 in the diagram at right so that circles on each of the Square s four sides total 14. Each of the numbers 18 is to be used just once. Clue numbers 3, 4, 5 and 8 appear in the Comers. 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Waterbed then score 2 Points each for All found among the letters. Try to score at least so Points. 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Kalamazoo 69 Woods Dweller 70 Goya s Duchess of71 enjoy saturday 74 Uruguay an Coin 75 Cook s command 76 make amends 77 actress Carter 79 lady Lincoln 80 flappers in a Way 81 famous cookie Baker 83 sound from the stands 85 Palm Oil 86 actor s actor89 appreciated a Pun. 90 dressing Type 92 neither Sharp nor Flat 94 Ella of phantom lady 96bogardeor Benedict 97 iridescent stones 98 he s 80 percent evil 99 Tantrum 100 clotted Cream county 101 put out 103 on one s own briefly 104 Lucy s Landlady 105 got teed off 108 mrs. Dithers 109 that smarts 110 Teheran s territory 111snorris stories 112 dates 114ftocko docs 115 Mars but not Earth 612 average time of Volution 59 minutes. Sunday january 16,1994
