The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-31
PROBLEMS FOR sun READERS
4 not mr. DICk THE ClTCH
IN ROl'N BRID6E HAND.
Problem IN which the Defence. Not the
Attack, u the ThIng Tho suitan's
Prisoners aud n Farmers COWS
chess Positions Troy Arithmetic.


chess Positions Troy Arithmetic.
For some reason or other solvers did not
md much trouble m getting upon the
ri-h, track u bridge problem No, ~.
which v another 81 Frank Roy's comrosi-
s.g.n There were rumt or Of false leads
and weak aefsnCes which caught the care
lers oues mapping. but these were very
ger orally avoided by the cracks
The correct solution u for 4 to start
with the queen 81 spades which A refuses
10 cover. Y winning the trick with the ace.
20 as 90 lead a trump through B A. once.
h refuses 10 cover the Ave Of trumps. and
2 permits u to hold the trick. 80 that Y Ia
lett with the lead
vs. only continuation ~ the king Of
diamonds. and although IL - playing two
honors TO set ono trick must win the
king. even at the expense Of making As
jack good for the third round. Upon
regarAg the lead 2 PICKS up BIS trump,
while \ waite 10 see what A will do
The trump leaf puts \ in hole His
haut d reiucai 20 tho second best heart.
guarded Z having I one OF that suit 10 lead
through. the second hest diamond. also
guarded. and the best spade II 4 dis
cards the spade Y discards the smaller
Of TWO hearts ana can r""nter with the
diamoni ari make a spade trick II A
Gls,ar..s heart Y tisCards the spade and
rna,cs two heart tricks II AGlscards the
diamond i viii throw away his queen Of
diamonds aud al 81 damon H. will he good
Tor tricks
The whole problem ~ practically one
OF dete.ce for the aud b hands rather
tina. O. - OF attack for \ ara 4 because II
4 Il. Il ~ 49,
th.. atts X that must be- overcome IN.
reason that a number fallet ~ E"' the SO
hi,inn was thai they AIT nov give 4 ard y
credit for the 6c'-.Ces that wcr. ol"n o.
them
The fundamental ld-a OF The opening j.
thai ! v.ll not be foolish enough 20 give
w The spade king on the trst round and
make two spades good m " hand, and
th1. Wi! a.; make two trImps good Ia
- hand by covering the FIVE II Y leads
n This doutlc drrk must b" lorcsccn
and provided for. because unicss z can
g. "a lad through n's minor r.uac" m
" Ir'p- the problem cannot be solved.
While this looks comparatively easy,
~ - not and the beauty ~ the problem
He1 IN the apparent simplicity Of the
attack as Il that wBs all Their" was To- ~
Suppose z tries opening WITH q small
dlarroni. allowing Y - win N" first triok
WITH The queen and lead q rrump through
Y When Il ducks IN" trump hn caves
m the lead and III" only way that Y
can got hack into the lead again II 10
force hun. which edvas ora of B. trumps
good for 4 'rlCF
II = starts with -" SPADE queen ard
lets 10 WIN when \ does not cover which
looks ike gs'ti-g ''vp tricks IN the sun
Y is not m the lead 4ni cannot make that
all important trump lead through Y
The only way for 10 get IN and make
his aos al spades u Tor 4 70 load a small
diamond After Y has made his ace 81
spades he must load the trump. and OF
course y will duck D. Will" 4 discnrds
diamond. 20 - 20 keep y from making
two tricks n hearts
Itisuow Impossible for y Ia get into
the lead again without letting B make a
trump trick. hsca Ise Z can follow SUIT 70
diamonds while r can ruf them II Z
could get three dIscards on Is leads u
would Re all right. but Y cannot give him
his winning heart while he IL IN
Correct -oIutlons from
Tramp Trays. y Wille,ts. " "
Dudley. Or George Bailey. \ Battell
Nclsughltn. Helen Dorsey.
Bay State. Arthur l. Brown. 9 Walters.
W Cromwell. yr II ] Green. r n
Hawkins; . c shanks. Ellen Jennings.
Memo, VI W. T. kntDe. lgOe.
Rem ksrt. 7 e Rhodes. II X Thaw.
Milton { Tsbell @ 7 Forbes. J q Walsh,
{ W Gordon. y b Burt. = q 7 Al
Strasburger. Ford Adams Henry Andre
sen, " Wort2. Alg-rnon Bray. II n
Miller. James Hunter. Thomas Roger
e ? Johnson. " " Coleman. " = "
George Thorpe Robert Crothers.
Thomas Z Balcom. Nathan II Norris
& x y Burton u Blair. Charles West
bury. Harry Green, { y Hilton. Jersey.
J ) Bar-'ow. VI ID AVER 4 = krk-
! Warren Merrill. Victor DUPONT Jr
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