The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-29
The BRIDGE WHIST TABLE.
THE QUESTION or THE IMPOR-
TANCE or FINESSE.
some illustrations Of Fine-sing Override
Ing the Matter -Anaiyses OF various
Forms Under which the system ts
Worked Propcri, some Late Play.

II IL an old saving that n you take from
tho game Of bridge tho element Of hncsre
you might as we'll not call 1t a game. he
Gauss ther- l. nothing Ieft Of II Many
persons will tell you that they do not care
20 play n gam. In which they cannot fne--e.
and that u there IL no fnoSc in bridge
T. must H. a very slow game.
On tn part 81 the dealer there L., N any
thing. too much hnes.ing. hut tho books
To- W that the third hand should never
fiues-c against his partner and II is obvious
hat the player who has the dummy on his
lef, cannot fneS-a under any circumstances,
A. ne knows iu-t what he has 10 heat. or
cannot hra, In the dummy hand leaving
out Of consideration for IN" present the
question Of tho dealers fnesse-. which arr
largely infuanccd by the state Of the sopre
and the d%csirabiity ~ Keeping the lead
out Of n certain Ia can " H. safely said
that the third hand should mover hnes~e
against his partner?
To nnc-se j. generally understood To
moan To- play a card which Il not the b'~t
YOU hold. hui which YOU trust will - good
enough to win the trick Tie mos com
mon illustration 81 tho fine-e-' u Ia give
the third hand the ace and queen Of his
Iartner's suit and ~ tell him that Ia play
the uueen and not the AGE II a huessH "
the king l. In the dummy u l. obvious that
there can ~ NJ I'm" $50. a. N" queen IL
good for the trick n the king ~ not PLAYED
n the king j. not I'm tho dummy u - Oh
viouslv useless to fness" the queen he-
cau~' N tho king l. on your lefi YOU mr."
throwing the uil.-'n aw1v. and II vpur
partner has the king It docs not matter
what Won play. n Won hav" IA" thr'~' i-'s'
cauis ~ ~" suit between you II IN" king
H. alone the only way To- catch u II "a put
on your ace third hand. and II II II not al"n"
Won cannot catch 4 in any Cn-@
There are perSonn who arCu" that whom
they want Tho lead Ia come up 20 them they
have No objection 20 he king's winning Tire
flrs, trick hut what harm can come ~ WIN
ming tho first trick yourself and letting IN"
king win 10" second II u - IN the d'Il"t'S
haud' Ther arr such hing NJ siugi"ion
lend- with ~ declared tuimp, and n Won play
vuur acr the first time and Oh" king gc"- On
the return. g. may H. rired II l-impps-ihl"
O. imagin" a cas- In which YOU can gam any
advantage from lrtt'ns th, dealer int" Tive
lead early which YOU would not equally
gain " YOU kept him out ~ IN" lead uniu
the second trick For this ra-ou D. j. lad
down a. an axiom hat ~" third hand
should never hur--n In MS partner, suit.
and the regulation - supposed 10 cover
every case IN vhich h h. ppssiul" Tor IN"
third hand to IT, tempted To play a card
which 10 not the leet ho holds ~ ~" sun
] WIN wv hA NbEN lhf ~ $500
king and Jack plAy the king and with queen
and ten. play the queen. IN all Ties ca-H-
II - assumed - course. that ~" card TO l."
fncs-'d against II not IN IN" dummy =
hand
With a DECLARED tump ih" idrn Il refusing
~ take amy illnesses j. that v"u should
make what tricks y.u cav and that " L.
very uuhkclv that ylu Will ever H. ahl" 10
gain an additional trick hv letting III = ll"r
win N. first round - yuur suit Bu' when
II comes io Ca~e- IN which there u a card ~
the dummy which V,u 500 u NAV u" I'M
inrtant To kill and that card u not PLAYED Il"
The first ruund N" question ~ tne--ing taxes
on another aspect Tho sultS oi the M
e.s. ulq- extend further Than 20 the limits
Of the suit IN which the fnc-s" may L.
made ard may AFFECT the trick-tlktrg
possibilities ~ Other suits This may ~
tine - hands In ~hich then" - n DECLARED
trump or Of thoec in which Their" II no trump
Their are many Cas.- IN which ON" tnay
H. able to 49, Far enough ahead go know
,hRt the only way TO max" \ suit l. ~ iin'SsF
against a certain card which l. exposed IN
tho dummy hand. 49, a. 80 keep "a hrtt"r card
In your ov hand with which to Kill II.
Il .. obJeC'rd that this - not ruessing
IN the proper ~enSe oi the word, h"cau'"
the idea j. not to take IA" Iricl, with "A card
q inferior value which YOU hope IA" dealer
cannot heat. bu' 20 let the dealer do what
ne uleas'-. So that you retain the power
tn kil a certain card In the dummy hand
Perhaps some one will invent = name Tor
! fIna GOULD NAh1 ~ hlffA '''AN' nav -"
named after noted player hut AZ present
there II NO generic term hy which ~ can
L., described ~ that II can h@ referred 10
~ a -tandard p'"C" ~ tactics Another
fue-so IL by tho 'l"N"u rulc but thai -
usually not a fnc-s' NJ I'll. A. u j. ba-',i
on IN. knowledge that tho dealer cannot
have n hotter cart then the uu" YOU play
n your partners lead - really his fourth
hest There are times IN which YOU NAV
circulate on the sire Of the card held hv
/ sk, tlaalaF Anon NBI know lN the eleven
nlo that he has only "a" better than the
one your partner leads. hut that - pur"
sIecula'ion and not fne--ing. 40 whom your
PARTNER lc,ds n siN and YOU hold the h
10. 7 with the q. =. ? Ia The dummy You
know l., the eleven rule that. th"r" are out
against -our partner I've cards higher
than the six. and -four ~ them are ~ sight
The one held hy the dealer may IL IN" ace,
lack. seven ur nine hut hcca mot hav"
two 81 those cardS A. vuur t-st chance"
o. kill the queen and clear tn" suit Tor your
partner j. t. play the ten instead ~ 10"
king. Won should always do 80, hUi thts
l. not a fneSse a. the term b. generally
understood. l-'ceu-' you do not know what
you are nncs-ing against.
There are q great many cases Ia which
one NAV think that a ir'Ck or two could
10 picked Up 10y hne~sing pr ducking, tut
I, H. not always safe to Try the experiment,
not iscaus. ~ the pu=sihl" loss az a trick,
but beraus" your partner ma h" mi-l'i
and will not continue hts suit " n" gets
w again. ~ that YOU WIZ nave no 'lllnc'
to avail Yourself 90 IA" position which
YOU have fnr,-.en and prepared Tor u
he leads a -uit originally, Especially IN a
no-trlmpcr. and finds the King and queen
10th in IN. dummy and that on" ~ thp~"
cards holds the fir, round. he must ho q
man ~ great nerve II he will lead that suit
again on the chance hat YOU have held
vi 'hc ace For this reason II j. not usually
good play 10 hold Up In n suit II the -uo"'"s
~ your strategy depends on Nour part
ner's going on with the suit, hut " ~ u
quite likely that the dealer viii play 81
again. or will lead II through yuur part
ner. YOU ara quito justified In taking III"
chance
Here arr one or two hands which Illus
trat~ tho vauou forms under which the
hns--.. NAV he mad" hy the third hand,
aud the wav la which Il u usually nanag~i
They arr all from actual play In this
hand hearts are 'un - and the SNorc IN
love all
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