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THE HONGKONG / TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1933.
CONTRACT BRIDGE
By W. E. McKenney
Today's Contract Problem
North and South
Are vut. norable, East and Wort 'aro not vulnerable, holding the follow- Ing hand. Bouth opene the contracting with ona spade and Wost mákos 'n Sima:negative double. How would you pro coed, with the bidding?,
North:
064 WOS AQE 41032
East: 33 BK72
MAQS
Bouth: & AK J 10-7 5. ♥ None
KJ 10873 6 West: None - ♥ KJ 10 9 5
843. ◆ None 10 9 7 4
•Holution in next issue.
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Solution to Previous Contract Problem
West'a doulile of four hearts by South, in the preceding prob lem, is what helped the declarer to make h's contract, because It gave him an idon of the distribu- ilon in trump.
The hand was played by Wil-1 lam F. Hopkins of Cincinnati. Mr. Hopkins is one of the many experts of Cincinnati who will welcome other bridge players of the country to the National Cham- pionship Tournament of the American Bridge Lenaue in that city the week of December 4.
The Bidding
.
Mr. Hopkins was sitting in the North. Ils partner in the South opened the contracting with one club. West, who was vulnerable;
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with one heart and passed. Mr. Hopkins in the North, however, made a one over one forcing. overcall of one heart.
East bid one spade and South jumped to four hearts which West promptly doubled."
The Play
The six of spades was opened by East and won in dumrdy with the are. A small club was re- turned and Mr. Hopking in the Noriu payed the jack. East won the tr.ck with the ace and returned a small club hoping that his partner could trump, but West followed. Mr. Hopkins re- turned the queen of clubs and When West trumped with the three of hearts he discarded his 408ng ten of spades,
Weat returned the king of spades which Mr. Hopkins in the North trumped with the deuce of hearts. He next led a low heart:
to the ace and East showed out: A small diamond was returned and won by North with the queen. The ace of diamonds was cashed,
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then the six of diamonds played and wort in dummy with the king.
Mr. Hopkins then returned a email heart, West jumped in with the queen and returned the eight of spades which Mr. Hopkins trumped with the six of hearts, discarding a club from dummy.! The deuce of diamonds was then trumped in dummy with the king of hearts, West being forced to under-trump with the nine. The nine of clubs was returned and when West trumped with the ton, North overtrumped with the jack.
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