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Solution to Previous Contract Problem.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1935.
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Bv W. E. McKenney The strip and end-play is one of the most useful weapons of the declarer. There's nothing difficult ALOR STAR ILOILO about the play, and the opportunity ASTRA IPOH to use it often presents itaclf.
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The reason a great many players BATAVIA miss out on this strategy is because BOMBAY they have a tendency to take too CALCUTTA many incesca. Why not plan the CAWNPORE play of the hand so as not to take c Anesse unless there is no other way out?
South opens the bidding in to HAIPHONG day's hand with a spade. West has
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Opening lead-4K.
la defensive type hand and, being vulnerable, shouldn't enter the bid ding.
Get out of the habit of overcall ing with four-card suits. If you pass a few hands of this type, your opponents may place the nees and kings which you hold in cach other's hands and thereby get too high.
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West cashes the first two tricks, the king and ace of clubs, and then continues with the queen, which South trumps with the three Bpades. A small trump is led and won in dummy with the king.
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Many players now would make the mistake of leading a heart and taking the finesse. Why resort to Instead, that play until necessary" take another round ef apades and you will find that there is only one
trump outstanding. Now the club
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should be led and trumped with the of spades. This etears up the club sult.
The ace of spades should be led, which picks up all the trump. As the diamond finesse is going to be taken through the king-jack, the declarer first eashes his ace of dia-
Today's Contract Problem.
South playing the con. It tract at six
no trump. looks as if he will have to loso a club and a dininend, but there is a way to make the contract against perfect de- fense/
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shows out, discarding a small heart. The king of diamonds is cashed and this leaves West with the high diamond
All you
Now isn't it simple have to do is lead the diamond, put Weat in the lead and, as he has nothing but hearts left, he must play. Into your ace-queen.
what
This end-play eliminates would have proved to be a losing heart finesse.
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