PENCIL BRIDGE

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 110, 3 February 1931, Page 3

PENCIL BRIDGE

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SOLUTION OF SATURDAY’S HAND.

North O—A-.1-S-7-6-3 •fr-A-7-3 West East a _S-3 j A-V-6-5-2 l.l-S-4 A-Q-9-4 J-9-S-6 «I»— Q-10-2 •South , *_A-K-Q-10 i K-10-V-6-3 O--K-,7-4 Before you note the entire play examine first the bidding. If you find it is different from your own make a note of what you scored with your own bidding, then nib out your play and replay the hand in accordance with Mott-bmith s bidding. Then you can actually compare your [laying, trick by trick, with the expert s. THE BIDDING. S, one Spade: AV, pass; N, pass; E, pass. THE PLAY. Trick 1: AV loads « of Clubs; N. Ace ol Clubs; E, 10 of Clubs; S, 4 of Clubs. Trick •»; N leads 7 of Hearts: E. 4 of Hearts; S, 10 of Hearts; AV, Queen of Hearts. Trick 3: XV leads S of Spades; N, 4 o£ Spades; E. 2 of Spades: S. King of Spades. 'Trick 4: S leads 3 of Hearts; AV, 2 of Hearts; N, 7 of Spades; E, S of Hearts. Trick 5: N leads Jack of Spades; E, 5 of Spades; S, Ace of Spades; AA’, 3 of Spades. Trick 0: S leads Queen of Spades; AV, S of Clubs; N, 3 o£ Diamonds; E, 6 o£ Spades, .

Trick 7: S leads 10 ot Spades: W. 4 of Diamonds; N, fi of Diamonds; E, » of Spa des.

Trick- S: S leads King of Hearts; W, Are of Hearts; X, 7 of Diamonds; E, Jack of Hearts. TriekS !) to .1.1: Declarer claims four ot the remaining five tricks, whatever W now leads, as he holds two good Hearts, the Ace of Diamonds, and the King of Clubs. S wins ten tricks, making game. COMMENT. Trick 1 : To go game, Declarer must either establish one of tlie i‘ed suits or eross-ruff the entire hand. If he can make all seven of his trumps separately, he will win game, as he has three side tricks. But. since he must lose the lead in Hearts before his cross-ruff is established, he must consider what he will do against, an adverse trump lead. Setting up the Diamonds is out of the question, as S cannot expect to ruff with two of his high trumps and then exhaust the Adversaries of trumps. Some prospect of establishing the Heart exists, as the Heart ruffs will be made by the shorter trump hand. N therefore wins the opening lead in order to lead Hearts up to S’s suit. E could scarcely afford to hold up the Ace if he held it: therefore, when he plays small the Ace is read to be in Ws hand and S holds up the King. Trick 5: S can ruff another Heart only at the cost of forcing his own hand dangerously, and the complete cross-ruff is now inadequate. The cards played by E on Tricks 2 and 4 indicate that (unless he false-carded) he held either S, 4 Or J, 8. 4 originally. The latter is clearly the case, else W would have, held a good Heart bid. As E’s Jack is now blank, S’s remaining Hearts can be established with but one loss by the lead of the King. Declarer goes after , the trumps in preparation for this play.