CONTRACT BRIDGE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 128, 2 June 1939, Page 6

CONTRACT BRIDGE.

A TOP-SCORE HAND.

(By THE FOUR ACES.)

Cavendish Olnl> member* boast that their Wednesday jiisrht duplicates draw as fine.,n fieid. a.~ is ever entered in a national tournampiit. Some exports |iair ti|i with weaker players, otherw with their favourite partners. But tho duplicate i-= liiinclici\|>po<l in mich a way that every team entered lias ;t fair chance of winning. liecently Charles Lochridcv. pJtiyiiij: with nil unknown partner, romped off with ii top scope. On the hand below, played in every instance at one no trump by South. "Sir. Lnehrklge n - a» the only one to fulfil hi* contract. (South dealer, both *ides vulnerable.)

*—A fl 2 »*—A Ki> 3 ♦—s c. 4 ♦—or, :; A-K 1 7 3 I -4-Q 9 5 5 : w [ ♦—K 10 9 2 *— A J 2 J i L 4,— K 76 4 A—l< , S 4 V—l" 4 2 ♦—A Q-3 *—<> HI « Mr. Lochridge. The hiddimr: South West North East Puss 1 V Ta^-s 1 X.T. ]>**« I'aisri Paes npened a Spade. F.-xt won the first flick. |)iiimuyV< Ace won tin , return lead. .Mid. liopiim- to c-taiili~li n < Inli (rick. Mr. T iirUl-c li-il -mall Innii dummy and Hne-^-ed ;he leu. Wc-t ilicn ran off llis two Spade tricks. Ivi-I (li-raidiiiL: a Chili and declarer a email Heart. \Ve~tV next lead was the of Heart*, on which dummy played low. Kii-ii nun with the -lack and Mr. unblocked with the ten. now returned the ten of Diamonds. ixtcliricUro won tho trick with his Queen and boldly played out hU Queen of Clubs. West, a tricky player, after winning with the Aee of Clubs, led the five of Hearts.

Mr. Lochridgo now reflected that West had been <h careful In r«how that ho hold nothing in Heart-: tlint tin , reverse must be true, so in- lines-:e<l the uilio and now had East in a deadly rf-queeze. Holding throe Diamonds and tin , top Chili. East had In make two discards. He elected to discard two Diamonds, and of eiiinw Mr. Lnehridge then discarded his remaining (lull mill won the last two tricks with his Ace-small of Diamonds.