C8
BRIDGE
NEITHER SIDE VULNERABLE
NORTH (D)
♠ A J 9 4 ♥ J 9 ♦ 9 5 ♣ A Q J 10 6
WEST
♠ 3
♥ K Q 10 8 4 2 ♦ 10 7 6 4 ♣ 7 2
EAST
♠ 7 6 2
♥ A
♦ K Q J 3 2 ♣ K 8 5 4
SOUTH
♠ K Q 10 8 5 ♥ 7 6 5 3 ♦ A 8 ♣ 9 3
The bidding:
NORTH EAST
1 ♣ 2 ♠ 4 ♠
I
Pass All Pass
Opening Lead — ♥ K
’ve heard optimism defined as the point
of view that everything is beautiful, including that which is ugly. To beat today’s contract, East must make an ugly-looking play and hope it turns out beau- tifully. (To test your own defense, cover the West and South cards.) Against South’s contract
of four spades, West leads the king of hearts, and you take your ace. What do you lead at the second trick? Suppose East makes the
obvious shift to the king of diamonds. South can care- fully play low and win the next diamond. He can draw trumps, lose a club finesse to East’s king, and later dis- card his remaining hearts on the clubs, losing only three tricks in all. East needs four tricks to
beat four spades and must be an optimist to get them. East must lead a low dia- mond at Trick Two, hoping West has the ten. If South takes the ace,
draws trumps and finesses in clubs, East wins and leads a second low dia- mond, letting West get in to cash a heart for the set- ting trick.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold: ♠ 7 6 2 ♥ A ♦ K Q J 3 2 ♣ K 8 5 4 Your partner opens
one spade, you respond two diamonds and he bids two hearts. The oppo- nents pass. What do you say?
ANSWER: You must force
to game, hence jump to three spades. To bid 3NT, suppressing your spade fit, would be masterminding; if partner has Q 10 8 4 3, K Q 7 6, 4, A Q 3, he can try 3NT next. Nor should you bid three clubs before sup- porting the spades since that sequence would imply slam interest.
— Frank Stewart
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