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CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

Solution to Previous Contract Problem

I wonder how many of my readers word successful in work- ing out the preceding problem hand. It is a beautiful example of the fiple aqueaze. If you make the mistake of ruffing a diamond, your contract is de feated.

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

Waltman, using the one-over- one, did not have to jump the contract, as one spade 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 slam try.

South now felt that the informa- tion 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.

Waltman now made a nico bid of six clubs. South went to six spades to show at least three apades and Waltman went to seven,,

The Play

The play is unusually Interest- Ing. The three of hearts was opened, and Waltman won in dummy with the ace. Two rounds of spades were taken the second spade being won in dummy with the jack. This picked up the out- standing trump.

Now, of course, if the heart sult broke, Wallman knew that he would have no trouble in making his contract. But after playing the king of hearts, and West die- carded a diamond, he saw that this line of play would not succeed.

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

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

The dummy had 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-

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ed the jack of hearts, dummy's nine would be good, so he had to let go the ten-of-diamonds, Walt- man discarded the nine of hearts from dummy and then West was squeezed.

If he let go the king of clubs, declarera nine was good, while if he let go a diamond, of course dummy's ace and jack were both goud, and the grand slam was made.

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