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    This document provides advice and examples for advanced contract bridge players on how to defeat certain contracts and make other difficult contracts. It discusses strategies for dealing with losing card combinations and provides two example hands to illustrate these strategies.

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    Advanced Players

    Solutions to Test Your Play Problems are on page 59.

    ♠AJ943 This contract can actually be defeat- You are staring at two diamond and
    1. ♥963 ed. See how? two trump losers, but all is not lost.
    ♦QJ3 East must ruff the third heart with If hearts are 3–3 and the king is well
    ♣Q6 the ♠Q, South shedding a diamond. placed, you can set up dummy’s long
    ♠K ♠Q6 East exits with the ♣J, and now South heart for a diamond discard. Of course,
    ♥AKJ852 ♥ 10 4 has to play diamonds for no losers they will ruff that fourth heart with
    ♦ 10 7 4 ♦K52 after drawing trumps. Say the ♦Q is a small trump ... but if the player who
    ♣542 ♣ J 10 9 8 7 3 led from dummy. If East covers, South ruffs started with ♠K x or ♠A x, the
    ♠ 10 8 7 5 2 wins and runs the ♦9 to make the ace and king of trumps will collide on
    ♥Q7 contract. If East refuses to cover, South the first lead of the suit, and you will
    ♦A986 must lose a diamond trick. What can lose two spades and a diamond. If the
    ♣AK declarer do? If the ♦J is led next, East player with the ♠K x or ♠A x does
    covers and West’s 10 becomes the set- not ruff, then the other hand with a
    With two heart tricks already lost ting trick. If South leads a low diamond singleton honor has to ruff and, again,
    and one spade trick sure to be lost, you next, East plays low and takes the set- you lose two spade tricks but only one
    must play diamonds for no losers. It ting trick with the ♦K. This diamond diamond trick.
    can be done if East has the king and combination illustrates why second This is what you have to do: Ruff the
    West the 10. hand should cover the second of two opening lead in dummy (mandatory
    Cash the ♠A (presumably leaving touching honors and the third of three play), and take a winning heart fi-
    a high trump at large) and the ♣A K. touching honors. nesse. Return to dummy, ruffing a high
    Next play the ♦Q. If East has the king club, and take another winning heart
    and West the 10, East does best not to ♠QJ762 finesse. Next, cash the ♥A and, assum-
    cover. After the queen wins, exit with 2. ♥8732 ing both follow, ruff a third high club in
    a trump. Whoever wins has to lead a ♦ Q J 10 9 dummy and lead dummy’s remaining
    diamond or give up a ruff and sluff, ♣— heart, a winner. If one defender started
    ending all problems, as a diamond can ♠K5 ♠A with ♠A x or ♠K x and the other with
    be discarded from dummy. ♥ 10 6 5 ♥K94 a singleton honor, it doesn’t matter
    If West wins the spade exit and leads ♦A843 ♦K76 which defender ruffs: You are going to
    a low diamond, play low from dummy, ♣QJ95 ♣876432 lose one diamond and two spades. The
    forcing East to play the king. If East ♠ 10 9 8 4 3 most fun occurs when the defender
    wins the spade exit, East must lead ♥AQJ with honor doubleton ruffs the fourth
    away from the ♦K. A lucky contract ♦52 heart low and the ♠A K crash on the
    has just come home, but it still had to ♣ A K 10 first lead of spades. Very impressive. ◾
    be played carefully.

    ➤ Mike’s Advice continued

    ♦A Q J 10 6 3
    ♦7 5 2 ♦K 8
    ♦9 4
    West doesn’t have the king so gives
    honest count by playing the 2. East
    knows that South has a doubleton
    and may choose to hold up. But West
    might have K–7–5–2 and be giving a
    fake count signal. Declarer has to guess
    whether to finesse or play for the drop.
    ◾
    October 2019 Bridge Bulletin 61

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