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I want to clear up the king and
HEAD OFFICE.-HONGKONG, queen showing of the Sims three-
11. De Vand Central bid to-day. While it is true, you many not hold many three bids,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (~ when you do have one, you do not
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The Sims three-bid should be made when the hand contains not more than three losers with n major suit as trump, or two loners with a minor sult as tramp. The firat suit named is the sult at which bombar the final contract must be played. Calcutta In today's hand, South opensiphon with three spades. The partnerkow
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Chief Hanaget. Honakour. In March 1934.
of the king of hearts marks West with the ace of hearts.
All the declarer has to do is to trump the first heart trick, take three rounds of trumps, and four should respond, arst, when holding rounds of clubs, winning the last the ace of trump, with four spades, club in dummy, then lend the queen Not holding that ace, but holding of hearts and discard the loaing any other aces, he should bid his eight of diamonds. This gets rid highest nee first. But when not of your faser and eliminates the holding a single ace, as in to-day's necessity of taking a finesse. hand, his proper response is three no trump.
Now West in forced to lead, a diamond into the acc-queen. If he Now, whten South bids four clubs, Heads n heart, the declarer will he is asking his partner if he holds trump in on hand and discard the the king of clubs.. Holding the lesing diamond from the other. king of clubs, North's proper
re-
sponse is five clubs. South's hid of five diamonds is asking for the kind of diamonds. Without North simply bids ßve spades,
it,
Suppose South's holding had been the acc, king, and jack of diamonds. Ha had already located the king of clubs and would now like to know about the queen of diamonds. After North's bid of five spades. denying the king of diamonds. South would bld six dia. monds, asking for the queen.
If North held the queen, he would bid seven diamonds and the final! contract would have been seven spades.
In to-day's hand, South has! shaded his three-bid a little, but it acems rather justified, due to the fact that, if he can locate the king of clubs and the king of diamonds, ho has possible grand slam. So I do not criticize South for shading his bidding.
The Play
The play of the hand is not dim-i cuit. Still, a careless player would fall to make his contract. It looks 8 if South has two losing dia- monds, because, when the seven of diamonds is led from dummy, East will play the ten..
the diamond? The opening lead But why worry about Anasging
Today's Contract Problem
South - ln playing the con- tract at Bix spaden. West opens the jack et diamonds. How should the hand bo played to make the contrael?
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