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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. WEDNESDAY,

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

The higher grand slam premium has resulted in a great many more grand slams being bid." Players have suddenly become grand-alam conscious and where that contract was formerly reached only on a bid on any certainty, it is now hand which offers a reasonable chance of success.

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Unfortunately, skill in bidding the doubtful slams requires equal skill in 'play to make them, and no player should chase the clusive rainbows until he is sure dummy play is above reproach.

The Bidding To-day's hand was played in a large duplicate game where many players were not of the expert class. Three North and South pairs reached a grand slam con- tract, although a few months ago the North and South hands 'would have been considered far from a sound grand slam bid. Ths pair I happened to be watching bid

one

Pres. Jefferson Apr. 8.the slam in this manner.

South opened with one diamond and North responded with

force, spade-a one over one South's next bid was three spades, showing powerful, spade support and more high card strength than the original bid guaranteed.

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North bid four diamonds and South responded with four "no trump. This was a slam invitation for South, as the original bidder, would not dare to invite a slam if he had only two suits under control on the first lend.

Nurth bid five no trump which showed South that he held the fourth ace plus enough additional strength to make a slamı Брега probable.

Souta now counted the spades, diamonds and clubs as sulid and expected to discard North's losing heart, if any, on the established diamond suit. Accordingly he bid seven spades, feeling that

the probability of success justified any risk involved.

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ing the situation from all angles, he quickly called for a small heart from dummy and West's king won. Declarer spread his cards for the remaining twelve tricks.

I had just watched North and minutes South spend fully ten bidding. this hand and was men- tally congratulating them on their daring and accuracy. Yet, after the extreme care exercised in bid- ang it took North only a few seconds to decide that the heart finesse was his best chance of success.

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Another nice player made. slightly more intelligent decision when he went up with the ace of hearts and tried to establish the diamonds by a finesse. The chance of success was a little better, but when that finesse also lost he was- down two tricks instead of one.

Here were two well-bid grand slams which want fleeting away. because the declarer's plaving skill was not equal to his bidding. A little careful thought would reveal a perfectly obvious play by which the contract could be practically assured.

The declarer 'should take the first heart trick with the ace and lead a small club to the ace in his own hand. He should next play the queen of spades and two more rounds of that suit, after which he should discard a small diamond on dummy's king of clubs.

Two diamond leads and a ruff would then establish two long dia- monds on which to discard the queen and jack of hearts.

This play does not depend on a finesse but simply on à 3-2 dis- tribution in diamonds, and that is an extreme probability.

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