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·Solution to Previous Contract- Problém
I don't believe that oven tho good player pays enough atten- tion to a cross-ruffing hand. Be- fore starting to cross-ruff a hand, you must analyze it completely.
You cannot look ahead simply to establishing a card in a certain suit, but you must figure what is going to happen right down to the 12th and 18th tricks. To-day's hand is an example. It was play- ed in the final session of the national open contract pair cham- pionship event of the national tournament at Cincinnati,
South, by bidding three suits, showed his partner à five-four- four distribution. With this in-
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diamonds could be discarded on the nee and king of spades. How- ever, that meant that three clubs in declarer's hand must be ruffed. Would this be possible without an over-ruff?
The declarer's thoughts ran along these lines: West had bid spades. Not holding the ace or king, he must have at least Ove spades.
He had opened the queen of diamonds-this did not look like a singleton diamond, because, if West were short in a Ault, it probably was hearts. To pick up trump would defeat the declarer's contract.
Therefore, there was only one chance of making the hand, and that was to cross-ruff it out. The club finesse would not have to be taken unless East showed up with only one spade, in which case it might be necessary to finesse the club to get rid of the losing diamond in dummy.
Declarer's proper play was to return the small diamond and win in dummy with the king. Woat nowTMwas "marked-with-one more diamond. The ace and king of spades were played and when Eaat followed to both, the do- clarer discarded two diamonds.
He now returned a small club and rofused to take the finesse, going up with the ace and return- ing a small club, which he ruffed in dummy with, the three of hearts. The seven of diamonds
Today's Contract, Problem
South plays this hand at Bix diamonds. Even though West doesn't load a club, how can declarer, make him con- tract?
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The six of clubs was played andjed, returned the queen of cluba, ruffed in dummy with the four of and trumped with the jack of hearts. A small apade was re-hearts in dummy. East Wig turned and, when Cast divearded forced to overtrump, and, while the jack of clubs, hetwas marked tho deolarer was forced to lose was returned and declarer ruffed with four hearts,
one heart trick, his contract was with the deuce.
Therefore, the declarer trump-made.
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