THE GAME OF BRIDGE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 111, 12 May 1934, Page 9

THE GAME OF BRIDGE

Weekly Chat on Contract

Specially Written for "The Post" by "Approach Bid'

TWO HANDS FROM The 19.34 BRIDGE OLYMPIC

Hands No. 7 and No. S from the 1934 Bridge Olympic tiro given below. i All the'liands in the match are played against par.' (Par represents the result to be obtained if the player bids and plays the :hnnd correctly.) Points'l are given both.for bidding and for play. In hand No. 7, par for East/West is j^our hearts bid and made. In hand No. 8 par .'for. North-South, is two no-frumps made by the opponents instead of the three no-trumps, called by them. By correct play North-South .can.-.defeat the opponents' contract by one trick. Souths play is the point'that decides the result. He has to think quickly in order to save the situation. Hand No. 7. -....' East-West par: Four-hearts-bid-and made. ■■ -.'■-. ■ Dealer: South. Both sides vulnerable. •- . 4 K.Q.i0.0. '•'■■'•-' ■•■ '• ,'•' ... V .Q-9-7.3. .' •" ' ;4'k.3. •'.'• -■ / - *^--± ♦A- -. . , North. I 4 J- 4- 3V A.K.5.G.4. ■ J.- ~ 10.5.2.. 4.A.Q.4.3. -| k J.io.n. Jft A.K.Ii. I South. I 10.5.4.3. A V..U.3.-.!. .1. 5.7.6.2. . A safety play in the trump suit. The bidding:— ,•■--. South. West. North. East. No Jiid. 2 No.bid. 2"N.T. No bid. 3 No bid. 3 y No bid. 4'y 'No bid. No bid. No bid. Oilicial Comment: "West must opeu the bidding with two hearts 011 his hand, and eventually should get to four hearts. After declarer plays the. Ace of hearts" and Soutlf drops the Knave, he should make a safety play by leadiug a low heart to dummy's ten. This permits him to limit his possible. losers against' any distribution, to.one heart trick, one diamond, and one-club, making four odd. "■.-.-.' If West, after the .'fall, of ' Souths Knave of hearts on the; first round of the suit, leads out his Ace, North must make two heart tricks with the. nine and the Queen. The lead of a small heart up to the ten in East's hand means that North can only make one heart trick,, as,.if .he plays the Queen on that trick, his two remaining hearts must: fall to.'the' two next leads of the ten and the Ace. If North plays low on the second lead of trumps, East must make his ten of hearts,,-and will then lead a small heart to;' West's Ace. Whichever way North plays ho can only make one heart trick if a

Hand No. S. • . North-South par: Opponents: held ■to two no-trumps. ■•':;; •Neither side vulnerable. Dealer: West. -. ~-:"■• 4 Q.J. 10.5.3. '■.-.'• 9 A.-.li. ■ ' " + 6.3. : .••:•.' * J.-S-3. . . . ■ ■ ■• ♦ ■-"•«•■ Korth. I A*- 2' V Q-J-3- ■i -. ¥ ' * 5.5.4.2.' ; 4 A.K.T.4. .» • = + q.j.0.3. A X.10.4. South. JL A.6.3.. ' ♦ «•«■•-. ■ : * | . . X.10.3. . . ' ■ ■ '■ I - 4 10.5.2. * Q. 3.7.2. Second hand high! The bidilins>- .... . .: . • . V'cst. : North. ' East. 'South." " !.♦ l^ • 24 ' No bid. : 2 N.T. No bid. 3 X:T. No'bid. No bid. No bid. ' ' ' ' Official comment: "North should ope« the Queen of spades, and declarer should liold up in both haiids. North .continues the suit, dummy's King winning.now leads.a heart, ana on this''trick South must jump right up with his King of hearts, even though he is not. certain that his partner holds the' Ace. This play" furnishes- South with' 'the necessary tempo to establish his-part-ner's spado suit before the Ace.of hearts, North's only probable: card W re-entry, is driven out. The play of the King of hearts could" only lose in. those rare instances in -which- North might liold a, singleton or. doubletba honour. This is most, unlikely from the bidding." . '. . ,

As will be sccn.iu the haud illustrated above, East and West can make two notiuiiips at any time, but to "make the mirth trick they 'must . "establish one heart trick. Therefore, as the diamond and club suits aro held safely. West immediately at trick three leads a.'smali .heart. From dummy's hand" 6u> the table it is practically: certain J^that ■North .holds the Ace of hearts;'therefore -South must safeguard.Ms partner by playing the King of hearts second in hand, anS- immediately • leading Eis remaining spade,, thus estabKshii\"- his partner's suit.' The fact! that North will have to discard twice on the diamond suit will not.bother him; he will discard one club and one heart," his Knave of clubs remaining a guard for his partner's .Queen £f necessary. \lt North, does not hold the Ace of hearts, his outside honour trick may b.e^niaa« up -with the Queen'of Hearts'and "the King of clubs,-so South aoes'n'o^rua mueb risk in. playing His King of "hearts even if it is beheaded. A-good player will always -willingly sacrifice a .high honour if by doing so there is a T chahc* of assisting.Ms -partner. > ■■' '■'■■'■ '■'■'■"> ■ ■ • ' ' ■ V : ■'■.'-■-•■.. \.~:.;