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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

CONTRACT BRIDGE

Solution to Prestour Contract Problem.

By W. E. McKenney

FEBRUARY 26, 1985,

BANKS.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION.

Incorporated by Kaysi Chater 1889, HEAD OFFICE)-LONDON, Paid-up Capital a.................. ..... £.560,000 Nmerre Liability of Proprietors. $,000,000 Reserve Fund .................... 1,000,000

The hardest type hands to bid

AGENCIES AND BRANCH are the ones in which both part- ALOR STAR ILOILO ners have two long suite. Why AMISTEAR IFOD can't players learn that bridge is RANGKOK

a partnership game?

BATAVIA BOMBAT

In today's hand, for instance, CALCUTTA after South bids a spade and his CANTON partner bide two diamonds, the DAWNPODE three, club bid is fine. But warn, OFBU Ing number one comes when the COLOMBO gartner now-bids three hearts.

Of course,

South shows the LAMBURG distribution of his hand by the HANKOW

HARDIN

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Klomere Fundar-

Everton

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Bliver rates............és $10,000,000

| Raveres Lability of Proprietors $20,000,000

W.

DEAD OFFICE,—BONGKONG.

DOARD OF 'DIRECTORS.

Ball

B. 11. Dolwell Enqu

Chairman.

C. G. Knight Exq

Deputy Chairman

K. B. Morrison, Ewo LL Compton, Ea, Hon. Mr. J. J. Paterson Iton. Mr. C. O. 8. Kackle, T, E. Fearon, Eng.. d. Miskin, Eau.

V. M. GRAYBURN. EM,

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LUMPUR

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[Feb) ZAMBOANGA PENANG

TOKOHAMA

bid of four clubs. This shows at HONGKONG BANGOUN lenst ve spades and Avo clubs, but when North rebids his hearts, Foreign Exchange and General and Bank- BOMBAY remember that he is showing axing bolo transacted.

Current Accossate opened and Fixed DeL diamonds and five bearts and poslu received for one year or shorter perioda he has not opened the bidding; at rate which will be quoted on application. CHEFOO

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The Play

There's not much play to the hand at five diamonds and, with-- out a heart opening, seven odd can be made. Of course, if п heart is

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Hongkong, 25th February, 1ÞAR.

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The Dustness of the love Dank leon. ducted by the Hongkong and Shanghat Bank. ing Corporation. Hales may be obtained on application.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT UANKING CONFORATION,

V. H. GRAYBURN,

Chief Managet. Hongkong. 25th February, 1985.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

ESTANLIBNED 1812. Bend Oca Borgkong.

Authorised. Capital I'aid-up Capital This] Nicapurees BRANCH BO

$11.000.000 2,655,000 12.170.+02

Canton, Tolhan, Shanghai, Hankuw, Bangkok and San Francisco. London Bankeru: Llayda Busk, 144. Foreign Exchange and Banking business

every descriptions transacted.

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LOOK POONG BRAN,

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opened, West will win tract by cashing his ace and king the first heart, and then lead the of clubs. If West doesn't trump nes of hearts, forcing the declarer the second club trick, South willor to trump with the ace of diamonds. lead a trump and throw West into This establishes a diamond trick the lead and all West can do is to for West and holds the contract cash tho neo of hearts.

Now West will have to throw to five odd.

However, there is a pretty play the lead to dummy where the de at four spades. Four spades can clarer has plenty of good cards be defeated only in the following upon which to discard his three manner: The king of hearts te lusing clubs.

However, if West is careful and opened, and then a shift made to: the ten of spades. South wins makes sacrifice play, deliberately with the ace and leads the king giving up a trump trick by throw of spades, discarding a heart from ing his nine of spades on the do- dummy. East's jack drops.

clarer's queen, the contract will be South then eashes his ace of defeated, as South will have to lose diamonds and now lends the queen three club tricks.

of spades. At this point, if West

Today's Contract Problem

West is playing the con- tract at two hearts. How can North and South take the maximum number of tricks?,

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