PENCIL BRIDGE

Southland Times, Issue 21264, 10 December 1930, Page 19

PENCIL BRIDGE

(Trade Mark Registered)

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GEOFFREY MOTT-SMITH

Edited by

SIDNEY S. LENZ

Solution Of Saturday’s Hand.

NORTH 4 -19-9-5-3 5-4-2 <>— J-9-3-2 - A~ 8 ' 7 WEST RA»r 4~A-Q-J 4— K-8-4-2 J-9-8-7-6 0— A-Q o—lo-8-0-5-4 ef,— K-J-10 M-4-2 SOUTH 4-8-7 r-j—A-K-Q-10-3 0-K-7 4— A-Q-5-3 Before S you note the entire, play examine first the bidding. If y°U “ n “ it is different from your own make a note of what you scored with your own bidding-, then rub out your play and play the hand in accordance with MottSmith’s bidding. Then yo“ ““ ly compare your playing, trick by tncK, with the expert’s. THE BIDDING Ist round: S.-one Heart; W, double; N. pass: E, one Spade. 2nd round: S, two Hearts; AV, two Spades: N. pass: E. pass. 3rd round: S, three Hearts; W, double: all pass. THE PLAY Trick 1: W leads Ace of Spades; N, 3 of Spades; E, 6 of Spades; S, 7 of Spades. , .. , Trick 2: AV leads Q of Spades; N, 5 of Spades; E. 2 of Spades; S, 8 of Spades. „ , Trick 3: W leads J of Spades; N, 9 of Spades; E, 4 of Spades; S, 3 of Hearts. . , Trick 4: S leads Ace of Clubs; AV. to of Clubs; N, 7 of Clubs; E, 2 of Clubs.

Trick 5: S leads 3 of Clubs; W, J of Clubs; N. 8 of Clubs; E, 4 of Clubs. Trick 6: AV leads K of Clubs; N, 2 of Hearts; E. 6 of Clubs; S. 5 of Clubs. Trick 7: N leads 4 of Hearts; E, 4 of Diamonds; S, Ace of Hearts; W, S of Hearts. . . Trick 8: S leads Qof Clubs; W. 7 of Hearts; N, 2 of Diamonds; E, 9 of Clubs. . . Trick 9: AV leads Ace of Diamonds; N, 3 of Diamonds; E, 5 of Diamonds; S, 7 of Diamonds. Trick 10: W leads Q of Diamonds — S wins and concedes the loss of a trump trick. Declarer is sot two tricks. COMMENT This deal is quoted from George Reith’s stimulating book “The Art of Successful Bidding." Mr. Reith uses the deai to exemplify some principles of negative dounling; he carries the bidding through the first two rounds as above and concludes with the remark that if S blds three Hearts he will be penalized. This further rebid is indeed questionable, but I have let S be courageous rather than discreet in order to bring out a point in the play of the hand at Hearts. Trick 6: W sees that the contract is surely set but naturally wants to win all the tricks he can. He can foresee that his long trump will force him in the lead again and oblige a lead either into S’s major trump tenace or up to his presumable Diamond King. In order to gain a tempo W finds the best defense of leading the Club King, submitting to a ruff by Dummy that be cannot prevent. Trick 9: W is duly forced in and made to give up a trick on the return lead. But AV has preserved the penalty of two , tricks. Had W incorrectly exited with Diamonds after Trick 5, he would have been bailed out of Clubs, forced in with his long trump, and then obliged to come up to the major trump tenace, permitting S to escape with a set of only one trick.