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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1934.
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By W. E. McKenney
Solution to Previous
Contract Problem
It is very important, when you hold a four and a five-card sult, |to convey that information to partner so that if, lator in the bid- ding, ho is forced to select the sult to play for a slam, he can mako the proper choice. Always remem- ber, when you hold a four-card suit and your partner has four of that ault, that unleas that suit ta dropped it will take only its own high card tricks, while a five-throo auit quite often can be established for valuable discards.
West, not vulnerable, is justified In overcalling the original spade bid with two hearts. I believe South's jump to four clubs to be LONDON entirely too optimistic. A bid of
PERSEUS three clubs over two hearts would be practically forcing, as it is showing two suits when vulner- able.
After the jump to four clubs, North properly should jump to six
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clubs, but after he has bid five and South has gone to five spades, showing a five-four distribution, clarer will win the last two tricks
I believe North should carry the with the ace and queen of hearts. contract to six clubs, since he can see that the long spades, will be: valuable for discards.
However, at several tables the North player went to six spades, but only one made the contract. Six clubs, of course, easily is made, as one heart from dummy is dia- carded on declarer's spade and at losing heart ruffed. Six spades is made in the following manner:
West opens the queon of din- monde, which is won in dummy) with the ace, and the jack of spades is led, West- winning with the king of spades and returning the jack of diamonds. The trick in won with king in dummy, tho four of hearts being discarded by declarer. •
The six of diamonds then is ruffed by declarer and now three rounds of spades are taken, Weat following with one spade and dis- carding two hearts.
A heart is discarded from dummy. What East discards is immaterial.
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South has the contract for four spades. How Can J10 play the hand for the great- est number of tricks, with the queen of hearta opening?
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(Continued from Page 3.) Drugan that I forgot, I've been rather busy lately, too."
Bannister nodded. "I can under- stand," he said, "but I wish you'd seen her just the same. I was talking to her brother a while ago." "Broken up about what happen-
West is marked with the ten of diamonds by the play of the queen and jack, and of course his bid- ding marks him with the king of hearts. The declarer now eashes led, I suppose?" his acc, king and jack of clubs, West discarding a heart,
The seven of clubs is led and West la squeezed. If he discards
He isn't. In fact he's looking bet "No. That's the queer part.
ter than I ever saw him before."
"You don't say!"
Coleman raised his eyes in 'aur- the ten of diamonds, it makes prise. And It was then that 'the dummy's, nine good, while if heden came to Bannister. drons the inck of hearts the de-
(To he Continued)
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