European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse On by Charles Goren and Omar Sharif try Une utile Jey cells both vulnerable. South deals. North West a 82 9j106s32 osq983 9k08oa9s643 a". East akj1097 9qoqj7 k1052south q53 9a7.4. Vok 10 2 aj64 North East 10 13 0 pass pms i the bidding South. West 1 pass pass pass 3 it pass opening Lead eight of a ail too it any contract a lost by Hasty play at the very i first trick Here s a classic auction was relatively straight Forward. North s hand was flawed by the potential misfit hence the non forcing jump to three diamonds. With fit for partner a positional Spade stopper find full value for an opening bid South converted to three of Trump. West led a Spade. Had declare reflexively played Low from Dummy. East would have won with the Long and a club shift would have doomed the contract the defenders would come to one Spade three a tars and a , Declarer took time to consider the situation. The Queen of Spades was surely behind the King so there was no fear that the Spades were going to run if the Ace was played. Since the Odds favored a 34diamond split a trick would Proba Bly have to be lost in that suit. To Correct Ahe timing Declarer Rose with the Ace of Spades and immediately went after diamonds conceding a trick to East. No matter what the defenders did Declarer would be assured of at least one Spade trick two hearts five diamonds and should the Handbe played at duplicate Well this Deal is fro the 1934 masters pairs championship and the late Richard Frey partnered by Howard ,played it just this Way to earn most of the match Points. Q. As Scoth vulnerable you hold a 963 oaq16&4 4jm3 the bidding has proceeded East South West North 9� pass Respass. ". Weak ,. Preemptive what action do Jroud take a it sounds As if this is your hand but the Spade shortness prevents you from making a takeout solution is to bid three no Trump. Since you did t act at you first turn this cannot be natural. It can Only be for takeout with accentor the minor suits. Q. As South vulnerable you hold j5 9akq73 okj2 ai04 the bidding has proceeded South West North East 19 14 30 pass "-.r-. What do you bid now a. You want to get to game but four diamonds bypasses three no Trump three Diamond Sis an egr orgious under bid and three hearts suggests an unbalanced hand. The solution is to make a Tempo izing bid of three clubs to see what that fetches from your partner. Pavoa 3h1 to nvmh33hd 31u of Ned 38 a 3h a Jook wooo v Nisi h30n1s 3ri Vaiznis do Dino Dao i Aon o Umsu q. Both vulnerable As South you hold aah 74 9k 6 2 of q 6 3 a 5partner opens the bidding with one heart. What do you respond a. You have the strength for a Jup shift but you have no idea where the hand will play Best. You need room to investigate whether the contract belongs in Spades hearts diamonds or no Trump. For the moment respond one Spade an await developments. Q. Neither vulnerable As South you hold 7 9akj94 oq1074 a63 the bidding has proceeded South West North East a it 14 Passa a what do you Jud Iowa. As new discussed on several occasions a Nebid of two hearts now would Promise a six card suit you choices Are one no Trump or two diamonds and since your hand is unbalanced the latter gets Pur vote by an overwhelming a margin. a9063 v763. Oaks 51 4the bidding has proceeded West North East south1. 17 1 t what action do you take a we like your hand. Partner probably has no More than on Spade so that increases chances of a double fit we opt for four hearts although if we could be sure the auction would not die there a Lead directing bid of three diamonds has its Appeal. Q. East West vulnerable As South you hold ak762 9akj65 ca8 72 the bidding has proceeded East South West North 1 dbl pass 19 pass what do you bid now a your heart support is most impressive but your hand is not All that robust. Still it is Worth some17 Points and we think a raise to two hearts describes it partner can t bid again Over this encouraging move it is most unlikely you Are missing game. By Hal Atif Niarie sum Diwi digits 1 -9 Are arranged in the squares at right so that the amount found in the top Row 192 is one half that of the amount in the Middle Row 384 and one third that of the amount in the Bottom Row 576 you Are asked to find at least one other possible Way of a ranging these same digits to pro Duce a similar result remember object is to have 3 5 9 8 7 2 4 6 answers elsewhere on this Page toothpick tests to Ponder it is in your Best inter ests to mind your Abc s As Well As your p s and q s involving the two deceptive wits testers posed below. Test 1 arrange 18toothpicks in the Side by Side configuration shown in diagram above. Now you Are asked to remove seven toothpicks and have one is it done teat 2 restore the original , remove a total of nine toothpicks and have100 remain. How s h done this time?um&1 minute each. Simply remove toothpicks i indicated to leave word one an number 100. Top Row equal Han the Middle Row and a third of Bottom Row. -86 s9 pc Orv to "9w to Vox Plopi one word is misstated in each of these latin phrases 1. Tempus fidget 2. E plubious unum. 3. Non com pass Mentis. 4. Squid Pep quo. How should they Matt v on bold. Pino. Tie breaker each of these tie designs was supposed to be different but two Are alike. Which two is Tor you to say. Light Touchi ughes to be Strung dad knows the ropes. Add colors neatly 1-fled. 2-lt Blue. 3-yellow. 4-ll Brown. 5 flesh. 6lt Green. 7ok. Brown. 6-ok. Green. 9-purple. 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. 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Base 53 voice Typ Vorisj stat nurse 55 60s wrestler acmat20 Raton Fla. 21 Forsay singer61 Tolkien creature62 prepares to ttobecure88 Bonanza setting91 prong 92 Hank Williams tune95 University offering96 behind in a Way charade 100 Fachia tune101jeto101 West of Lioce 6713nt66 beyond zeaious61 Pennsyl Vania sed 71 Hepbur costar 72 solid circle73 poet Thomas 111 pipe cleaner 74 Loli oits 114 Santa need 115stirtupsite? save poor 657 average time of solution 63 minutes. Sunday november 27,1994
