European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse C the 0 Tribune by go Ren and Omar Sharif forget those rules neither vulnerable. North deals. North a1069k9 ok107 q10982 West east4k962 aqj3 95 9742oq962 oj853 4.a43 south4874 9aqj1063oa4 75 South Westi pan 49 Pam the bidding North East i Putint pm pm Pom opening Lead two of 0 for the part few weeks we have been railing against those who blindly accept maxims As writ rather than think logically about the situation. Here s another nine treks at no Trump could be claimed North South reached a Normal if slightly Augrea Ive. Four heart contract. It might seem that there Are two lovers in each Black suit but watch what happened after a Diamond Lead. Declarer played the seven from Dummy and East obeying the Precept of third hand High contributed the Jack. That was taken inthe closed hand Trumps were drawn and the South finessed the ten of diamonds. When that held Declarer was Able to discard a loser on the King of diamonds and romped Home with. 10, Turkka six hearts three diamonds and the Ace of East applied reason rather than Rote to the play at trick one the winning defense would have been found the Only cards missing higher than Dummy s seven of Dia monds were the Ace Queen an nine. Since it waa most unlikely West waa leading away from theace of diamonds against a suit Eon tract that card can be assigned to Declarer. Similarly if South holds the Queen As Well there s nothing Tobe done. Everything therefore hinges on who holds the nine of Dia monds let s assume that Declarer has that card As Well. What cast does is a immaterial. We be seen what happens if East plays the Jack and if East Yovera with the eight the nine will win and Declarer still comes to three tricks in the West has the nine though the eight will Force the Ace. That hold Declarer to two tricks in the suit and nine Turkka in All. Q. East West vulnerable a South you hold 876 7a94 ok854 432the bidding has proceeded North East South west1 it pass pass 2 dbl pass pass 2 pass pass ? major suit takeout what action do you take would be cowardly to pass but doubling is a Little risky you know West has a five card leaves Only a competitive raise to two no Trump. Q. Both vulnerable As South you hold j872 9954 052 ak106the bidding has proceeded South West North East pass 17 1 it pass ? what action do you take _ partner s no Trump Overcasl in the immediate teat a the equivalent of a one no Trump open ing bid. You have enough to invite game. However you Don t have room to Check on the possibility of a 44 Spade fit. So simply raise to two no Trump to show invitational values. Besides partner might have doubted holding four Good Spades. A Savoi not Ipoh on Lsna ss3n1v3n a of Vav a Savov a Tsvi Cannoa ohm Uia id no a. As South vulnerable you hold 410973 7a10 oaj762 a8the bidding has proceeded North East South West 1 a pass 2 0 pass2 ? pass ? what do you bid now have the values for game but Don t know where to place the contract. Partner s rebid Means Little it could be made on a poor five card suit because your response consumed a whole level of bidding. Bid two Spades to see what develops. Spade Over ail have unproved your hand dramatically and you should be thinking in terms of a possible slam. The first item in the investigation is to bring partner into the picture and the Way to accomplish that is to Cue bid two Spades. Q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 4q109873 v6 snkq10763 void your right hand opponent open the bidding with one heart. What action do you take you have available a method of showing Spades and Diamond with one bid by All Means make it if not. We suggest you Over ail two diamonds. By the time the auction next gets round to you it could be a four hearts and you will then be Able to introduce your second suit at the four Jevel. Over ail one Spade now and you might have to bid Dia monds at the five level. Q. As South vulnerable you hold kj82 9k982 of 4akj9 partner opens the bidding with one Spade. What do you respond? a Strong hand and a fit Flash the slam signal As soon As Youcan. The Best Way to do that is by jump shifting to three clubs. Don worry about Landing in the wrong suit you always can Correct clubs to Spades at the same level. Top be by a Kaufman 23 ski Odoni note that the four digits at the tips of the arms of the figure at right total 23. You Are asked to place missing digits 1-9 in the five Blanks so that each of the two five number arms also totals 23. Each digit is to be used just once. Four digits shown remain in key to solution is to find Center digit. 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