C8
BRIDGE BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE
NORTH (D) ♠ K J 3 2 ♥ Q 10 4 ♦ A Q 5 ♣ A 5 3
WEST ♠ 9 8 6 4 ♥ K 6 ♦ 10 8 6 2 ♣ Q 9 6
SOUTH ♠ A 5 ♥ A J 9 8 5 ♦ K J 3 ♣ K J 4
The bidding: NORTH EAST
Pass Pass
SOUTH
1 NT Pass 3 ♥ 4 ♥ 5 ♥
Opening Lead — ♦ 2 O
ne of the sharpest members of my club,
a systems analyst, insists that at the source of every error blamed on a comput- er, you’ll find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it all on the computer. Computers may be infal-
lible, but today’s South demonstrated that humans aren’t. At six hearts, South won the first diamond in dummy and led the ten of trumps to finesse. West won and led another diamond. South won, drew trumps
and saw that a winning finesse in a black suit would make the slam. So South flipped a mental coin and led a club to the ace and a club to his jack. Down one. South’s play was fallible. He has an extra chance if he starts by taking the A-K of spades and ruffing a spade. When the queen falls from East, dummy’s jack is good for the 12th trick. If the queen didn’t appear, South could finesse in clubs. Out of curiosity, I fed this deal as a dummy-play problem into a best-selling random-deal computer pro- gram. It went down. DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ 9 8 6 4 ♥ K 6 ♦ 10 8 6 2 ♣ Q 9 6 Your partner opens two
clubs (strong, artificial), you respond two diamonds (negative), he bids two spades and you raise to three spades. Partner next bids four hearts. What do you say? ANSWER: You barely had enough values to raise to three spades; neverthe- less, your heart holding is golden. Encourage slam by cue-bidding five hearts. Your partner may hold A K J 7 5 3, A J 7 5, A K, 3.
— Frank Stewart © 2010, TRIBUNE MEDIA SYNDICATE
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