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CONTRACT BRIDGE
Solution to Previous
Contract Problem..
By W. E. McKenney
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13,
1934.
BANKS.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION.
Incorporated by Bers! Carber. 166. ZIRKAN OFFICE:-LONDON.
Tald-pp, Capitat Roverre Liability of Fremristors.
Autherlord Capital Issued and Fully Paid-Up
Reserve Funds-
$30,000.000 ..*0,000,000
****** £8,040,000 2,000,000 2,000,000
£4,500,000 $10,000,000
A new man recently joined the re Fund organisation of the American Bridge Longue-A. M. Sobol of AGENCIES AND BRANCHESŰ New York. He became the eastern ALOR KTAR ILOILO tournament director of the league AMRISTBAN to work with the well-known Russell BANGKOK 4. Baldwin, who is recognised ka DOMBAY the outstanding tournament direS-CALCUTTA tor in the country.
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Chief Manager. Honzként, 2nd June, 1934.
Here's a most punsual band plays; ed by Mr. Sobel In a recent dupli-
lournament. cate
It might be termeil a backward coup. Usually, when you make a trump coup, you try to shorten your trump down to those of the opponent on your right, but here's a hand on which Mr. Sobel had to shorten himself down to the opponent on his left.
The Play
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South opened the jack of clubs, the queen was played from dummy, Canton Marlin North won with the king and Sobel, Dairen (Dalvy) Moj! sitting in the East position, played | Feastion the five spot. North cashed his ace of clubs and then led a small club. tamburg | As he' did not play the ten spot. Sobel knew that he was safe in trumping the trick with the deuce of hearts.
Sobel now stopped to reason.
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Why had South doubled? It must to be strained on application.
because he had five hearts and
felt sure of taking two heart tricks. As North had made a vulnerable overcall, South was figuring his partner for two tricks,
small
Sobol's next-lead was... diamond, which was won in dummy
Today's Contract Problem South de playing the hand, at four no trump, doubted. Can you gure the defense that will hold him to four tricks-- that will, in other worda, give bind a not of 2700 points?
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the three of hearts. The three of15th December, 1934, at 10 am, by received at the Co.'s Ofee up to noon on the day previous to sailing.
nee.
apades was played and won with the Now the king of spades was cashed.
At this point, have, you figured out why Sobel should lead a din- mond instead of
a spade from dummy? It's simple if you reason as he did, North bid clubs-If be held five diamonds he would have bid diamonds instead of clubs, therefore at the best he can only have two diamonds left, so Sobel played a small diamond and trump- ed with the five of hearts. If he had led a spade South would have' overtrumped.
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