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    72 BeBRIDGE №03

    JULY.AUG. 2020

    Achilles'
    DECLARER
    PLAY
    IMPROVERS heel It is very often
    STA K E S

    at trick one that the fate


    of a contract is decided.
    So, never let yourself give in
    to an excess of precipitation
    at this crucial moment...

    Teams. Dealer East. All Vul. Sitting


    South, you receive the following hand: ♠ AJ542
    ♥ 1093
    ♦ A4
    ♣ K102
    N

    W E

    East opens 1♦ on your right and you S


    overcall 1♠ (considering your hand to good
    to preempt with 3♠), and you partner ♠ KQ109876
    raises to game (4♠). ♥ A6
    ♦J
    W N EAST S
    ♣ 543
    1♦ 1♠
    Pass 4♠
    How many winners do you have right
    West leads the Diamond ten and now is now?
    the moment to give deep thought about You have nine with seven high Spades
    your game plan before calling for the first and the two red aces. You are one short.
    card from dummy.
    BeBRIDGE №03
    JULY.AUG. 2020 73
    BRIDGE
    ADDICT
    Can the Club Ace be onside? Hearts - your hand's Achilles' heel - on
    East has opened 1♦, so you can add up the Ace of Diamonds... An exchange of
    high card points and get set: 10 HCP losers that will make it impossible for
    (you) + 12 HCP (North) = 22 HCP. This West, the dangerous opponent, to get on
    means there are 18 left for East-West, so lead.
    it not excluded that West has the Club
    What do you also need to pay
    Ace and East the remaining 14 HCP.
    attention to?
    Despite that, try to discover a line of
    play that allows you to win your contract
    To your communications and timing (the DECLARER
    regardless of the location of the cards and
    order in which you play).
    PLAY
    against any defense. What are the key moments? IMPROVERS

    What technique is this deal about? When East gets in with the Queen of
    We find all the criteria for an elimination Diamonds and plays a Heart, you jump
    and endplay: on it with the Ace. Then you play a small
    - A large number of trumps (12!). Spade to the Jack and cash the Ace of
    - Side suits that are a priori easy to Diamonds to discard the 6 of Hearts.
    eliminate. Now you ruff a Heart, get back to dummy
    - An exit card towards East, the 10 of with the Ace of Spades and ruff a second
    Clubs: Heart. All is now in place for an endplay
    against East:
    ♣ K102
    ♣ K102
    ■
    ♣ J987 ■ ♣ AQ6
    ♣ 543
    ♣ 543
    Once Hearts and Diamonds are
    eliminated from both hands, you will play You play a small Club to the 9, 10 and
    the 3 of Clubs from your hand and cover East's Queen (if West prefers to insert
    West's card - either with the 10 or the the Jack, you cover with the King for an
    King - in order to endplay East who will identical result). Mission accomplished.
    be forced to deliver your tenth trick to

    STEP
    you on a silver platter. ♠ AJ542
    ♥ 1093
    What does “against any defense”

    BY
    ♦ A4
    mean here? ♣ K102
    That the defenders will do their best to
    ♠- N ♠3
    spoil your plans. If West can get in with a

    STEP
    Heart, he won't hesitate for a moment to ♥ K742 W E
    ♥ QJ85
    play a Club through dummy and kill your ♦ 109853 ♦ KQ762
    possible endplay there and then. ♣ J987 S ♣ AQ6

    But how can you protect against it? ♠ KQ109876


    By playing the 4 of Diamonds instead of ♥ A6
    the Ace on the first trick! East will find ♦J
    himself on lead, unable to play a Club ♣ 543
    effectively, and you will discard your 6 of
    © Caroline Moreau

    The principle
    An “unusual” duck at trick one can be a surefire way to overcome a
    bad distribution of the opposing cards and a deadly defense from your
    opponents. It is very spectacular, but above all it is extremely effective By
    in avoiding the loss of a trick to the dangerous opponent. Norbert
    Lébely

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