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TUESDAY, "APRIL 16, 1995,

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney

This is the first of siz articles

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AGRYCIES AND DEANCHEB, · ALON STAR, ILOILO The squeeze play is perhaps the AMRISTUAR IPON most fascinating of the strategie plays in bridge. However, it has BORDAY always been a most difficult play DALOUTTA to teach.

CANTON CAWNPORE CEDU I believe now, for the first time,

COLONDO that a method has been discovered DELJK whereby all rudiments of

the HAIPHONG LEAMUTIRG squeeze play can easily be taught. TANKOW even to the beginner.

This method has been devised

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DAIREN

by E. Hall Downes and, in his nowing business transacted. book, entitled "Squeezen, Coupa. Current Accounts opened and Fixed De and End Plays," he explains hises which will be quoted on application

poeits received for one year of abortar parkda | COLOMBO new Tapel formula for recog- nizing and executing the squeeze play.

This is the first of a series of articles explaining Downes' new Tapel formula.. I know that, if you carefully study the principles, you will be able to execute the most) difeult squeeze plays as casily os na expert.

As a starter, let us take the following hand:

AAJ

KRT?

A34

KQ7 E

N

E

WAQJES 2

▲ Vold

• 10 7 8

A 3,10 4

1:3

4 STARS

from Liberty!

AREANLEY,

Grace Moare

ONE NIGHT

of LOVE

FRIDAY at the STAR

FOOCHOW

HAIPHONG

HAMBURG HANKOW RAMIN

HONGLEW ILOILO

trou JUNDRE

KOWLOON

KODE

| KUALA LUMPUR

PENANG

RANGDON

BAIGON

BAN FRANCIBCO

BHANGHAI

BINGAPORE

BOURABAYA

RUNGEI PATANI

TIENTEIN

TUKYO

.. THINGTAŬ

YOKOHAMA'

Current Accousta opened in Loen] CurrHDLY Land Fixed Deposita recatred for one year jor shorter periods in Local Currency Rod Sterling, on terma which will be quoted on application.

Hongkong. 6th April, 1938.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Bank la cas ducted by the Hongkong and Shanghai lank. ing Corporation. ikaw may be obtained on

Beation.

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Chief Manager, Songkong, 25th Februney, 1935.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Capitat (fully paid-up)

.... Y. 100,000,000 one of the Reserve Fund ... Y. 126,830,000

HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA. Branches and Aguncles S

L stands for lend (the squeeze lead). At the squeeze point de-

clarer must lead a suit of which the opponent to be squeezed is vold, forcing him to discard one of the guards over threat suits, thereby transforming that threat card into the needed extra trick.

Alexandria Untario

Ilinking

Karucht

Rio de

Janeiro

London

San Francfaço Stil

Los Angeles

Bew

Bhangbal

Singapore

Against South's seven-heart con- trnet, West opens the spade king These five star Tapel points berlia and South Sromediately realizes must exist in every squeeze play, Bomber that he holds 12 sure winning If any one them is missing, Calcutta tricks: one diamond loser stands there can be no squeeze. Hero Can Lət in the way of fulfilment of South's at last la a definite yardstick for Batren (Dalny) Mojl

slam contract.

The diamond loser cannot be eliminated through ruffing, discard- ing, or finessing, but the export enced player does not throw up his hands and admit defent. Instead lie carefully considers the possi bility of projecting Squeeze against the West hand for the extra trick.

A

this advanced bridge play.

ܐUnl

Fenzies

(Mukden) Flambir

Nesaki

Necora

New York Caaks Faris

With use of the Tapel formula, sianka any bridge player should be ablo Harbin to recognizo the possible existence Henkil T'esplex of a squeeze situation and also to longkang execute it accurately..

Applying the formula to to-day's hand, declarer knows that West holds the spade queen and that, as long as the spade jack remains The Downes formula for the in dummy, West must retain the squeeze play definitely determines epade queen, Now declarer rea- that in every squeeze there must sons that, if West also holds the be five essential elements. They diamond king-queen, ho will be are as follows:_

T

Sourabara

Bydder Tientsin

• Tulagino

• Tokro

Yingkow

Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposita received for fixed period at exten to be obtained on suplication,

G. KISUUNAML

Hongkong, 19th March, 1988.

Manager.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED D11. ̈Road ̈ÛŒè4!TMWongkong,

forced-to-retain-these-cards-no long as the diamond ace-jack re-Authorised. Capital stands for threat cards. I mains in dummy.

Paid-up Capital There must be two threat carde

Total Resources (losera) ns the foundation for every squeeze,

A stands for assumption. De clarer must nastume that only one opponent will be able to guard both threats.

if declarer can now project the play to the 11th trick, at which point West will hold only the spade queen and the diamond king-queen and, at the 11th trick, declarer will of play a suit of which West is void, West will be forced to discard P stands for projection. De the spude jack in dummy as the either the spade queen, setting up clarer must be able to project the extra trick, or a diamond, setting. play down to the squeeze trick-up the diamond jack in dummy na that is, the point where the oppo-the extra trick. nent to be squeezed holds only the cards necessary to guard the two threat suits.

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us applied to the Tapel formulk No matter what West' discards, and the squeeze play. On the suc declarer will have created the ceeding days each of the five ele- E stands for entry. When the needed extra trick through amente will be discussed separately, squeeze is applied, declarer must sqticeze. have retained a final entry card

so that you may understand the In my next article I shall dis.simplicity and accuracy of the into the opposite hand.

cuss the element of threat cards Tapel formula.

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