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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 1934.

CONTRACT BRIDGE

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By W. E. McKenney

Quoted

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Solution to Previous Contract' Problem

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I believe as many tricks are lost annually by carelessness

As aro lost by poor judgment. When your Reserve Liability of Proprietors.. $20.000.000 opponent opens a sult from which You can get some kind of reading on his hand (as, for example, in to-day's hand North opens the queen of diamonds, which shows that he holds the jack), be careful how you play your cards. Giving w. 1. your opponenta extra re-entries A. 11. may help them defeat you.

The Bidding

K. D.

North's weak third hand bid of one club is not made with the iden of keeping the bidding open for his partner. I well recall Mr. Sims remarks on this subject, AMOY some time

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no partner to keep BATAVIA

CALOUTTA the bidding open for him.

The principle to work on with CANTON a third band opening in that it is CHEFOO your privilege to do anything. COLOMBO third hand, that you believe may DAIREN win the board for you. If you feel roomhow that, by opening the bidding with HAIPHONG one club, you may be able to in- HAMBURG terfere with the bidding of

your opponents, you are justified in making the bid. There is no Ret

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partner to bid spaden or hearts faiberised Capital be holds four of either.

West, of course, is glad to re- spond with spades and after his partner, by bidding and re-bidding hearts, shows a good hand, West is justified In taking the strain off the hand and jumping to four spades.

The Play

North's opening lead is the queen of diamonds. If declarer

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goes up with the king in dummy, played by North, overtaken in kang his contract will he defeated, bedummy with the queen. On the cause South will win with the ace ten of hearts from dummy, declarer cash the ace of hearts, and then discards the jack of clubs, giving lend à diamond to his partner, who him his contract of faur-odd. will win with the jack. Then a heart will be returned, which South will ruff, and the contract is de- feated.

West's correct play is

# small diamond from dummy. North will continue with the jack and again a small one should be played. The third diamond, of course, will be ruffed with the five of spades.

The Ree of hearts now must be knocked out by leading a small heart. South will win with the ace won

and return a club, which is with the king.

A spade is played and the ten spot finessed, which holds the trick. Another club is played to dummy's ace and the spade returned, and this time the jack in finessed.

ace,

Declarer now cashes his king, and eight of spades and North is aqucezed. He has to bear down to the jack of hearts and the queen of clubs. Of course, when the de- clarer leads the heart, the jack is

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South Bas iliu contract at three ho trump. Originally. there were four clubs to the king in dummy and declaror. procended to set up that suit, East won the third club trick with the queen and must lead into oad bf dummy's tonaeos. Which suit should he lead?

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