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By W. E. McKenney Solution to Previous Contract
Problem
I don't believe that even the good player pays enough atten- tion to a cross-ruffing hand. Bo- 10re Etarting to cross-ruit a hand, you must analyze It completely,
You cannot look ahend simply to establishing a card in a certain suit, but you must figure what is going to happen right down to the 12th and 13th tricks. To-day's hand is an example. It was play- od in the final session of the national open contract pair cham- plonship event of the national tournament at Cincinnati,
South, by bidding three suits, showed his partner a five-four-1 four distribution. With this In- formation, North correctly took his partner to six odd.
The 'Play
West's opening lead was the queen of diamonds, which South won with the ace. Now the de clarer, before plaving to the next
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trick, could see that two losing diamonds could be discarded on the ace and king of spades.. How- ever, that meant that three clubs In declarer's hand must be ruffed. Would this be possible without an over-rull'?
The declarer's thoughts along these lines: West had bid spades. Not holding the ace or king, he must have at least five apades,
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He had opened the queen of diamonds-this did not, look liko a singleton diamond; because, if West were short in a auit, it probably was hearts. To pick up trump would defeat the declarer's contract.
Therefore, there was only one chance of making the hand, and that was to cross-ruff it out. The
club finesse would not have to be taken unless East showed up with
only one spade, in which case it night be necessary to finesse the club to get rid of the losing | diamond in dummy.
Declarer's proper play was to return-the-small-diamond-and win in dummy with the king. Weat now was marked with one more diamond. The ace and king of spades were played and when East followed to both, the de- élarer discarded two diamonds.
He now returned a small club and refused to take the fincase, poing up with the ace and retura- ing a small club, which he ruffed duramy with the three of hearts. The seven of diamonds
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Today's Contract, Problem
South plays this hand at Bix diamonds. Even though West doesn't lead a club, how can declarer make his con tract?
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The six of clubs was played and jed, returned the queen of clubs. tuffed in dummy with the four of and trumped with the Jack of hearts. A small apade was re-hearts. In dummy. East was turned and, when East discarded forced to overtrump, and, while the jack of clubs, he was marked the declaror was forced to Jono one heart trick, his contract was Therefore, the declaror trump-made.
was returned and declarer ruffed with four hearts. with the deuce.
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