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Solution to Provlous Contract Problem
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
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1934.
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KANDURG try for extra tricks -you can
HANKOW after that is assured. Following HARDIN is a simple hand, but one in which HONGKONG many players slipped.
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the bid over one no trump, any Koon Chan, Esq. response to an original one
bid is forcing. To trump three clubs over the one no trump might get you into a bad slam contract. It is better to wait and sce if partner shows a fit in the hand.
The Play
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Singapor
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Soursdays
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Against the three no trump con- tract, West opens the queen of Haiphong diamonds, which the declarer wins Bankow with the ace. He now lends ♫ Flablat small club and West plays the Kobe eight.
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The careless player might make an the mistake of winning that trick
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Hongkong, 28th February, 1934.
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FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAJ
· DANKING CORPORATION,
V. M. GRATBURN,
COIEP MANAGER-
Hongkony, 24th February, 1934.
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THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.
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Fund
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with the ace and then taking the change boelse transacted Loans Tasted spade finesse. If he does, Weston approved scoprition. a.m.will return another diamond,
knocking South's king out, and a shorter periods In Local and. Pozelen of the world. club trick still must be lost; Currencies on terms which will be ausled on
Application." therefore, the contract will be de-
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South can see that the only way|
he can inake his contract is to get
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four club tricks; therefore, he should proceed to not the club not fall, the ace of hearts, should be played, which gives the de- no trump and his suit immediately. There is break that will give him--five clarer three tricks, so he might as well lose contract, the first triek as any. Therefore, clubs should be the three of played from dummy:
East will win the trick with the nine and return the nine of dia- monds. The declarer can hold off East for one round, and when continues with the eight of dia- monds, South wine with the king, discarding a heart from dummy.
The ace and king of clubs in dummy are cashed and when the club sult breaks, the six and five
of clubs are eashed.
till{
Even though the declarer has the heart sult stopped, he should not risk the spade finesse even now, because West still may' hold two diamonds, which would be enough to defeat the contract.
The two apades should be eashed, and when the queen does
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Today's Conttact Problem
Bouth is in a cix-heart con- tract. West opens the queen of clube, which is trumped in dummy, The heart is finessed to West's king and West re- Lurna a club.. How abould the hand be played to make the contract? -
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