1933-12-21 — Page 14

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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

I wonder, how many of my readers were successful in work- Ing out the preceding problem hand. It is a beautiful example of the triple squeeze. If you make the mistake of ruffing a diamond, your contract la do- feated.

C. F. Waltman of Reading, Pa.. was sitting in the North, His partner, South, was the dealer and opened the contracting with one heart.

Waltman, using the one-over- one, did not have to Jump the .contract, as one spado was a force. Since all 'South had was his original bid, he simply showed his five-card suit by a bid of two hearts. The bid of four spades on the part of Waltman was a definite alam try.

South now felt that the informa- tlon most valuable to his partner would be showing the ace of dia. monds. So five diamonds was his next bid. Since South did not bid

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diamonds at the first opportunity; North knew this bid of diamonds was purely a cue bid.

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Waltman now made a nice bid of six clubs. South went to six spades to show at least threo spades and Waltman went to seven.

The Play

Was In

The play is unusually Interest- ing. The three of hearty opened, and Waltman won dummy with the acc. Two rounds of apades were taken-the second apade being won In dummy with the jack. This picked up the out- standing trump.

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ed the jack of hearts, dummy's i Now, of course, if the heart suit nine would be good, so he had to broke, Waltman knew that he let go tho ton of diamonds. Walt- would have no trouble in making man discarded the nine of hearts his contract. But after playing from dummy and then West was the king of hearts, and West dia-squeezed. carded a diamond, he saw that thin line of

plny would succeed.

If he let go the king of clubs, not.declarer's nine was good, while if he let go a diamond, of course dummy's ace and jack were both good, and the grand slam was made.

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However, he discarded club from his own hand and led the queen of hearts from dummy, on which he discarded another club. The douce of hearts then ruffed, and here is where an ex- ceptionally Ane play comes in.

Waltman cnahed his cluba, setting up a good club and n good heart for his opponents. He then took three rounds spades, which brought him down to the following cards-one spade, no hearts, the five of diamonds, and the nine of clubs.

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The dummy hnd the nine of hearts and the ace and jack of diamonds. East was down to the jack of hearts and the king and ten of diamonds, while West was down to the queen and nine of diamonds and the king of clubs.

The last apade was led and first East was squeezed-If he discard-

Today's Contract Problem

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