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55 ST EDWARD’S r hubarb
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C O N T A C T S
Answer to Bridge Problems on page 14.
Problem 1
How should West play 4♠ on a heart lead?
♠ A K 8 7 3
♥ J
♦ 6 5 3
♣A K 4 3
♠ 9 6 5 4
♥ A 8 4 3
♦ J 4 2
♣ 9 6
N
W E
S
♠ KQ 5
♥ 8
♦ A 10 9 7 5 2
♣ KQ 4
N
W E
S
♠ A 8 7 2
♥ A K 3
♦ –
♣ J 9 8 5 3 2
Problem 2
How should West play 6♣ on a diamond lead?
Win the ace, ruff a heart at once, then cash the two top trumps.
If North has three trumps, you plan to elope with the small
trumps: play ace and king of clubs, ruff a club, ruff a heart, ruff a
club, ruff the last heart. Note that if North’s shape is 3-5-3-2 he
cannot gain by discarding a couple of hearts when you ruff the
clubs, as then dummy’s last heart becomes a winner, and you
discard a diamond instead of ruffing in your own hand. This line
will also work some of the time when South has three spades.
This was the very first board of the 1988 Olympiad. Several
declarers failed after taking a heart ruff and then finding the
trumps were 4-0. You must test the trumps first, so ruff the
diamond lead. Whichever way trumps prove to be 4-0 you can
pick them up (on the actual layout by running the nine through
North), but now you know you cannot afford a ruff in dummy.
Instead you throw a heart on the ♦A and find later that the spades
are 3-3 (there are also chances of a spade-diamond squeeze).