RALIAN OLYMPIC

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 111, 6 November 1937, Page 19

RALIAN OLYMPIC

rh m dummy. " The Qusen and Jack of rt, spades "aie next lsd, and allowed to £n win As North shc\Vs cut on the secee ond lead of trumps, the declarer must 'd, reduce his trumps to the .same number ig as Scu*h by ruling clubs twice m his own hand South is thereby proip vented from ever making''his King of c- cpadwS " •h The opportunity for executing a i", "-"-and coup" i occurs in the following 2 c^cumstances1 The declarer finds that one of his opponents holds a number "f trumps vh ih carmi* be drawn or 'cd th<ough To a\c:3 Hip position of "r3 ev-ntu-\"y forced to lpad up to that opponent's trumps and thereby lose a trick, it n npc^sary that the do "Vrr n c"'-r to retain 'the lead n the correct h:nd should reduce his fftirpc: tT V-"* same number as his "•^poncnt h-lds This i$ done in th« abov* h-'nd by ruffing cubs twice i It is sometiir"s necessary that th« declarer, preparing for the -execution #f a "grand crup," should trump on* if dummy's tricks, in order to shorten 'i s trumos, as in the following ~ example, m which East and West hay« p taken three tricks—South playing a '• four-spade contract. The position with four tricks yet to bs played', is:— A - d VK ♦ A , c * A 4 c ♦—• I So:"S J ♦ *•• c ♦"• -- « ♦- r 98. ' South I jj, 7,6 r , AQ.IOS.V r »-• ' In order to catch East's J 9 of spadet, s Sputh must get nd of a trump, other* v - wise, at the next trick he will b« x 1 forced to trump and then lead up to '[East's Jack. By trumping either ' dummy's Ace of diamonds or Kirg of hearts, and leading the club back to dummy's Ace, the Jack and nine of snades in East's hand must be lost to Souths Queen and ten. Hand No. 11:— t a / ' '• >• fffAKUSt ' \ , *J * " +Q8 S<L . j. '• ) 4»AKB7 t 542. hanh .. I J63.; >#6 -i S QlO 9S. 410 4 ' | k t K. I South -l^.AK54t. 4 Q 10.9. ¥J5 ' . , 4 A 19782 South dealer. Love-all. PLAYING TRUMP SUIT SAFZLY. North-South playing,par. Contract, four hearts, by North* Official Comment.—"East leads a spade. North must be* prepared for the worst passible trump distribution, and lead a small hebrt'to the Jack in dummy." "* f