The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

Clubs are trumps and u is In the lead.
and z want all six tricks against any
defence.
The solution IL for Y to lead one OF
his high hearts 50 as 20 establish the
command of that suit over II. This Is
an example of play that is con-
tnualy overlooked AT the bridge table,
namely the partners assistance In pre-
pairing to take advantage OF tenace
position should II arise later In the game.
After the first round OF hearts, Will
hold the ten and six over BIS seven and
four This is major tenace over n
minor teuace II Y can lead through n.
hut II plays his smaller heart TO the
frst trick he has the eight left, and when
he leads 1t u cannot AFFORD to overtakc
II, or he makes rs seven good for a
trick If Y has the smaller heart left,
u can win whichever card Il plays and
make two tricks. To prepare the way
for this possibility. Y must give up the
eight Of hearts on the first trick and
keep the deuce.
But there Is another card to be pro-
vded against. and that Ia AS nine OF
hearts The only way TO get rid OF 1t
10 TO force A TO discard II. A would have
no use for this card II kept the eight
as II has the suit blocked. Even II the
eight were led and allowed to win. u
could never get into the lead again to
make the ten while \ holds over him in
diamonds and in spades This is one ~
the fine points OF the problem
Now comes the pretty part OF the
play. which is to force A to give up his
protection In hearts or lose trick else
where The ground being prepared for
the icnace play in hearts between u and
Y, II is necessary to get Y in. so leads
a spade for Y to trump
Now leads his last trump and Il
d.scards his useless diamond also dis
cards tho liqtOpn1 npta ha
keeps two spades with his tenace In
hearts the problem cannot be solved
A must now do one OF three things.
II he trusts his partner to stop the
spades with the six and lets 20 the seven
he can keep the heart and a guard to his
king Of diamonds. If he dscards the
heart IL two hearts are good II he
lets 20 the diamond VS. two diamonds
are trick winners.
Taking the heart discard nrst makes
his ace of diamonds. and y gets an
opportunity 20 get rid OF his losing spade.
Then the two heart tricks solve the prob
lem. II 4 let's go the diamond the heart
tenace IL useless and makes both ace
and nine OF diamonds before leading the
heart to Il for the last trick.
The spade discard by A is not so easy
TO meet as It then becomes necessary 10
force Il to unguard that suit or give
up heart. For this purpose Y leads the
ace of diamonds. Now II Is let's go a
heart no tenace IL necessary as both the
cards in Z's hand are good for tricks,
and z discards the spade. But II Il lets
go the spade the hear. tenace Is dead.
and u lets go the six. keeping the spade
for tho last trick. when he gets In with
the ten of hearts.
This little problem Is n model OF per-
fection in composition. as there Is no
variation In the attack. Without the
original lead the play OF the higher hea IT
from Us hand and the discard OF the dia-
mond from rs II cannot be solved II
70 not until the fourth trick that Y
adapts his play to the discards OF the de-
fence.
Here IL an instructive position that
shows two important elements of bridge
tactics in combination:
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 2s7.