PENCIL BRIDGE

Southland Times, Issue 21220, 22 October 1930, Page 13

PENCIL BRIDGE

(Trade Mark Registered) arranged ly GEOFFREY MOTT-SMITH Mfred fey SIDNEY S. LENZ

Solution of Saturday’s Hand

NORTir 4k— A-10-9-3 (J?—K-10-8-7 O—O-10-7-3 «”» —-A WEST EAST —B-5-4 —K-J-7-6-2 9-3-2 A~A-J O—J-G 0~~ s ~*’ 3 $»— K-8-7-6-4 SOUTH Q Q-6-5-4 0— A-K-9-8 Q-J-5-2 Before you note the entire play txamine first the bidding. If you find 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 MottSinith’s bidding. Then you can actually compare your playing, trick by trick, with the expert’s. THE BIDDING Ist round: S, one Diamond; W, pass; N, one No Trump; E, pass. 2nd round: S, two Hearts; all pass. THE PLAY Trick 1: W leads G of Clubs; N, Ace of Clubs; E. 3 of Clubs; S, 2 of Clubs. Trick 2: N leads 7 of Hearts; E, Ace of Hearts; S, 4 of Hearts; W, 2 of Hearts. Trick 3: E leads J of Hearts; S, Q of Hearts; W, 3 of Hearts; N, 8 of Hearts. Trick 4: S leads J of Clubs; W, 4 of Clubs; N, 3 of Spades; E, 9 of Clubs. Trick 5: S leads Q of Spades: W, 4 of Spades; N, Ace of Spades; E, 6 of Spades.

Trick 6: N leads 9 of Spades; E, J of Spades; S, S of Hearts; W, 5 of Spades. Trick 7: S leads 8 of Diamonds; AV, 6 of Diamonds; N, Q of Diamonds; E, 2 of Diamonds. Trick 8: N leads 3 of Spades; E. 2 of Spades; S, G of Hearts; W, 8 of Spades. . Trick 9: S leads 5 of Clubs; W. 7 of Clubs; N, 10 of Hearts; E, 10 of Clubs. Trick 10: N leads K of Hearts; E, 7 of Spades; S, Q of Clubs; W, 9 of Hearts. Trick II: N leads 3of Diamonds; E, 4 of Diamonds; S, Ace of Diamonds; W, J of Diamonds. Declarer claims the rest. He wins 12 tricks, small slam. COMMENT Trick 2: The adverse trumps must be pulled sooner or later in order to make the Diamond suit. Trick 3: The only defense of any interest is the leading of two rounds of trumps. Declarer now counts three trump tricks by straight leads, four Diamonds, and two side Aces. If he makes two extra trump tricks by two Club ruffs or two Spade ruffs, then he wins eleven tricks. If he makes all his trumps by cross-ruff, then his Diamond suit will take only two tricks. Hence the twelfth trick, if any, must come elsewhere. For the small slaai, the only resource is therefore to win another Club trick by ruffing out W’s suppos.tious King. Trick 4; The previous trick was won by S in order to play for the extra Club trick at once. The Jack is led as Declarer docs not want to coax a cover. As it happens, a cover by W would produce a jam; Declarer would meet an embarrassment as to entries that could be overcome only by finessing against W’s Diamond Jack. But W can scarcely read the situation.