BRIDGE NOTES

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21506, 22 June 1935, Page 24

BRIDGE NOTES

AN INTERESTING HAND (SPICIAI.LT WBITTEN rOE THE TRESS.) [By WILLIAM SHACKLE.J The following hand, which was played at Singapore, was of such unusual interest that it is now making a tour throughout the world, for the edification and pleasure of bridge enthusiasts. "Y" dealt thta intriguing hand:—■ S. A K 8 7 6 2 H. 8 D. A Q 7 3 C. A 6 S. 10 4 3 j v !S.Q J 5 H. 9 7 A ' B H. KlO 4 3 D. 8 42 7 | D. 10 9 C. 10 98 5 4 1 i C. K Q 3 2 S. 9 H. A Q J 6 5 2 D. K J 6 5 ; C. J 7 | Both sides were vulnerable. The bidding went thus: — Y B Z A 2 Spades No bid 3 Hearts No bid 4No Trumps No bid 5 Hearts No bid 5 Spades No bid 6 Diamonds No bid No bid Double No bid No bid Re-double No bid No bid No bid Such bidding certainly reflects no recognised system, yet strange to say the contract so laboriously arrived at was actually the best possible from the viewpoint of "YZ". The play was as follows:

This left the lead in Z's hand. He could only lead a heart so B made the last three tricks with H. K, C. K, C. Q—thus making YZ two tricks down. B naturally claims that it was his play of a false card. Queen of Spades, on the fifth round, which made Z believe that A held four Spades and resulted in him changing the suit. Had Z played a little more thoughtfully feft, of esursfife could* not have

missed his little slam. Z's correct plav should have been:—

. CK HJ; ,;i i Rubber, Little Slam, fr Diamonds ■rjM doubled inst*»4 «* beiss two

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