The sun., 1913-12-28

There are 80 t~uups a..u Z. Oh, EI ;he
lead. and waEt to force A aad =
to win the majority ~ these tricks. whiic
and Il are trying 10 force the majority
on and z.
The authors solution IS that 4 and Il
must win the .our. II Il starts with the
nine of spades. which Y viii duck. re-
gardless OF AS play. This eit"s tis" to
four variations ~ once. bo.n \ and II
playing small A only playing small
only playing email both playing high
spades
II A wins with the spade jack and
leads the hiSh club both i and Il discard
hearts. A small club puts in. while
discards another heart and the spade
queen. leads the nine OF danono.
which \ ducks and Y wins with the King.
y returning the diamond AT once. so that
Il can win with the ace and lead The
deuce of spades.
If B wins the INST trick with tie spaGe
queen. 4 playing low. tho best continu-
atlcn seems 10 be the hear; eight. upon
| which Il dlscards the ace OF diamonds
and \ the spade Jack. Y leaving b in the
lead by duckng the heart. Il now leads
the low diamond ard whether 4 plays
the ten or not wins with the King and
leads the king OF spades, SO as TO strip
u down to diamonds. The four % dia-
moHds then gives a his discard of the
Sbflt 'l''s ~ lilil iit WlllS pllN 'il' ''ip' -
trick. the club
Those who got the spade ope. iug were .
=. L. Darling l.. :. Hart. Jr. II. A.
V. Walker McMaT;in and Charles N.
Root There were others who rot this
opening. but did not follow It up cor
rectly. Tn. composer considers the an
ABYSS OF l.. :. Hart. Jr.. most thorough.
The majority of those who got only
three tricks for Y and 2 started with the
nine of diamonds. A playing small and Y
winning with the King. Now puts Il
Ia with heart. so as to let discard
IN. ace OF. diamonds, A probably throw
lng his hgh spade.
If y leads hipn spade he holds the
t'ick II he follows with the small spade.
Y wins IL aud leads the Diamond. u
keeping two clubs. one OF which mus.
! win trick II u leads ~" small spade
Instead OF tie queen, y wins with the
king and puts b right IN again. and what
ever lead, Il gets rid Of the spade ace.
u may Lead IA low diamond after
! wisuing the heart This \ wins with tho
to.. T. discagdine spade ace. When A
, leads the spade. pla.s the four. aid
X is ~ with the queen. T. keeping tn
| nine. II u returns the spade. holds
| the ,rick with the .niur and nIanes only
, one club trick. Of course B may duc'l
| the srad, lead. In which case A is left
! with the lead. hut all he can do IS II
! give Il one spade and one club.
| 4 might vary the defence a little By
| giving up a hIsh club on the heart lead
! keeping the spade jack, This Will
force him to lead two rounds of clubs
| later, ON which Y and II will both dis
! card spades. When u wins the second
| round of clubs II" can force A to win
! u trick with the spade jack.
Those who got the nine of diamonds as
the opening lead We're:
T.. VI. Frost. j. e. Hume. A. |. Stras-
/ burger. G. f.. Hempel. - II. Boston, John
II. Whiting. ". =. w. James Hunter. e
! H. OConnor, Frank II. Young. Henry
Andersen, II. A. W. and Walker McMar-
, tin. The two last named were the only
/ ones to get both the spade and diamond
| opening. The point missed by many in
this opening was the discard Of the five
of spades. not the Jack. on the heart lead
| This forces 10 win the spade lead with
the king. lead his winning heart. so as
TO give Il a club discard and then lead
small diamond. w. r. W. got the bes,
analysis of this solution.
But what is the matter with the ace
OF diamonds for an opening lead? Il
! A plays small Y gives UP the king an
B the queen. Now z leads the cut
seven. which A wins. or lie IL stucl
with Ave tricks. a leads the ten o.
| diamonds. Y having discarded the sped'
six and b the heart eight on the clui
lead. The ten of diamonds holds. as I
can gain nothing by winning II. A follows
| with the club four. upon which Y and ]
both discard high spades. n wirs th'
club and leads the spade nine, which u
the last trick he takes.
1t IL easily seen that the club onenini
Is unsound. but II the ace of diamond
precedes 1t the defence that would NEE
the club opening is broken up.
Here is something from a CompOse
whose works are in direct contrast I,
those of his fellow countryman. Y. II
WHITFIELD, who revels in complications ant
variations that lead to all manner Of diff
ficulties.
| BRIDGE PROBLEM no. aoI.