PENCIL BRIDGE

Southland Times, Issue 21196, 24 September 1930, Page 15

PENCIL BRIDGE

(Trade Mart Bejtsttred) Arranged by GEOFFREY MOTT-SMITH by SIDNEY S. LENZ Solution of Saturday’s Hand

Ntnmr O— J-10-8 J-10-5-3 WEST ElffT —A-Q-10-2 z —J-7 <9—K-Q-0-7-* O— A-K-7-6-3 .<>— 6-2 A-O-2 SOOTH S-6-5-3 A-J-8-6 <>—Q-5-* Jf,— K-8 Before you note the entire play examine first the bidding. If you And It is different from your own make a note of what you scored with your own bidding, then rub out your play and replay the hand In accordance with MottSmith’s bidding. Then you can actually compare your playing, trick by trick, with the expert’s. THE BIDDING ISt-raand: S, pass: W, due Diamond; N, pass; E, one Heart. 2nd round: S. pass; W. one Spade; N.' pass; E. one No Trump. 3rd round: AU pass. THE PLAY Trick 1: S leads « of Hearts; W. 3 of Hearts; N, 10 of Hearts; E, Q of Hearts. Trick 2: E leads J of Spades; S, 3 ot Spades; W, 2 of Spades; N, K of Spades. * Trick 3: N leads 5 of Hearts; E, 7 of Hearts; S, 8 of Hearts; W, 3 of Diamonds. Trick 4: S leads 5 of Spades; W, 10 of Spades; N. 4 of Spades; E, 7 of Spades. ■Trick 5: W leads Q of Spades; N, 9 of Spades; E, 2 of Diamonds; S, S of’ Spades. Trick 6: W leads Ace of Spades; N„ 3 of Clubs; E, 4 of Hearts; S, 8 of Spades. Trick 7: W leads Ace of Clubs; N, 5 of Clubs: E. 4 of Clubs: S. K of Clubs. Trick 8: W leads 3 of Clubs: N, 10 of Clubs; E, Q of Clubs; S. 8 of Clubs. Trick 9; E leads 9 of Diamonds; S.

<1 of Diamonds; W, Ace of Diamonds; N, 10 of Diamonds. Trick 10: W leads h. of Diamonds, N, 8 of Diamonds; E, 7 of Clubs; S, U of Diamonds. x . . The Adversaries claim the rest. They win five tricks, saving game. COMMENT 2nd round: W’s Spade call disclaims the holding of strength in Hearts, or Clubs, but he anticipates that the momentary deception is of no consequence, because if E has not four Spades and is forced to deny then W himself can go to No Trump. . , Trick 1: S has a choice between Spades and Hearts for his opening lead. The latter appears far better. Although E has bld Hearts, S remains with two stoppers in the suit even after the opening, and may develop three tricks if N has any honor in the suit. S cau scarcely hope to find N with sufficient Spades to have such good prospects, as S and W hold eight cards of the suit. Trick 2: E feels compelled to utilize his opportunity to take the Spade flnCS Trick 3: W discards a Diamond because establishing the suit now appears hazardous. If N gets in the lead with a Diamond and has another Heart to lead through, game is killed at once. On the other hand, the Club suit has prospects of being established without loss of the lead to N. (We permit Declarer to guess right in this difficult situation else all interest in the deal evaporates.) Trick 8: N's Club discard is forced. It shows Declarer the wisdom of playing for the Clubs rather than the Diamonds. Trick 7: Declarer threatens to lead another Club and take the “finesse obligatory" of ducking. This course would give him game. S sees that his best chance is to “Deschapelles" by throwing his King on the Ace, hoping that N can, stop the suit Together with the obvious Diamond exit by S at Trick 10 this play kills the last chance for game. It is quite possible that the reader may find a line of play whereby Declarer can make game by force. Possibly the game can be killed even if S opens a Spade. I propound these two inquiries to students of the game. The possible variations of attack and defense are very instructive—and somewhat exhausting!