The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-29
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There are no trumps and 2 10 In the
lead. and want four tricks agains,
any defence. Solvers were fairly warned
70 give the principal lines OF defence In
Inc Important or main variation.
The opening is simple enough. z lead,
. CLUB and discards n heart. u has
three lines Of defence. two OF which are
comparatively easy to meet, but the third
70 the sticker.
II Il leads ace and queen Of spades, Y
discards his smalles: heart and Y lets
ooth the spade leads win, so that y must
open one or other OF the red suits II
leads the diamond for the fourth trick
wins with the nee and leads a heart
III a refuses to win the heart. Y has the
spade king for rcentry. II A wins with
the ace and leads another heart, he fnds
with the best club and the top diamond
III Is LEADS "A heart for the fourth trick
puts on the Jack. A wins and returns IT,
out has two reentries. II a wins the
heart and leads the diamond, z gets in on
the next heart lead from and makes a
club and diamond. II A leads a shade
after winning the first heart trick, wins
i with the king, disca riding the club.
makes his ace Of diamonds and leads a
heart to Il.
Much the same line OF play arises II
leaves the spade suit alone and leads n
diamond. or leads spade ace and then
s'iAts' OeSiuse III eItNer case 1 gets IN
on the diamond and starts the hcarts
II A comes back with a heart Y and Il
may make five tricks
II u leads the diamond without touch
ins the spade suit A gets IN on the heart
ana comes through with the spades. so
mat Il makes his tenace. but he cannot
make another trick, because eyerythiny
In rs hand Is COED by that time.
The main variation, and the difY'cul,
part or the problem. lies IN meeting Is $
anticipation OF the heart attack by lead
ms n small heart for the second trick
plays the Jack and A the ace Now II
returns the heart z is Ia with the king
ana makes his Jack OF clubs, y discard.
ING q spade. small diamond follows
and throws Il into the lead with the
MIRO heart, forcing him to lead AWAY
from his spade tenace.
But the main var alton that contains
The best defence Is for b to lead the heart
and for A 10 lead the spade. SO that b
way win with the queen. X cannot give up
the spade ace at this stage. but must
'eau another small heart. SO as not to es-
.dbiish the spade King for Y. The second
Aeart Is won by with the king
Now We come 10 the trap IN the prob
lem' This is As discard when z leads
the Jack Of clubs. No matter what 1, a
gets rid OF the ace Of diamonds. The
majority or those who got as far rs this
apparently important discard Of Us over
looked In. equally important discard O.
AZ and assumed that he would let go a
spade. suppose nc does The attention
switched 10 BIS hand and A IL forgot
ten.
II y does not keep both his diamond.
makes the queen and trey. as the ace
out or his way. IL r lets 20 a heart
makes his diamond queen and leads
ne deuce OF hearts to Y, who makes the
h!ne it Il dlscards the ace OF spades z
'esos inc trey OF diamonds. so as TO
arrow a intp the lead, making VS. tenace
spades good for two tricks.
jay hsed In his notes ACCOMPANY inR
ms problem remarks: Il hope one or two
Of the experts will get the main variation
Az right Obs two leads Of hearts with
ne spade queen in between) down to the
,nird trick from the end and will then
overlook AS seven OF diamonds In their
absorption In BIS discards" This disca I'd
u AS ana the defence against 1t must
no SHOWN or the problem has not been
solved In It's prettiest variation.
As anticipation OF the trouble that I,
WI be placed in lies In his discard Of
ne seven OF diamonds on the jack OF clubs.
y still sheds the ace of spades. as VS. re-
entry IL gone. Now Y must lead the heart
and give B trick In that suit so that 2
shall make his tenace In diamonds at the
end.
There were a number Of unsound open-
!ngs, the favorite being the diamond, 80
rs to establish the queen. II y returns the
spade 3 wins and leads a small heart. A
getting two rounds after which the two
black aces In BIS hand will enable him
20 make the queen of hearts as we'll II
leads a heart after winning the first
diamond wins the Jack and comes
through with a spade. a second round OF
hearts forcing the king and establishing
the queen as before.
Only a few solvers thought they could
DO 1t with spade opening from rs hand
The defence to this 10 for u TO establish
tho heart queen at once while he still has
the two black aces for reentry. and moth
.ng can stop him.
The only solutions that covered both
OF As discards In the main variation
were:
3. c. Klnsey. George n. Glover. c. H.
o'Connor. " NJ. Frost. Henry Andersen,
K. ". Woollcombe Boyce. w. p w,
W. B.. Brush, Walker McMartin, L. s.
Fart, Jr., B, q. Braine, william D. Hart,
C. +. Johnson. d. A. W. and Harris Burg.
C. +. Johnson says. This ending IL
one OF the finest things In the history of
problem making Congratulations to Jay
reed on his artistic composition Max
Williams says: This problem contains
more fine work than you would give II
credit for, and II takes Jay Reed to do
T." This Is pretty compliment from
one OF those who completely missed AS
discard DIT trick 81
II. O. Braine says: "This Ia certainly a
stunning problem" James f.. Cox saws
That little kink at the fifth and sixth
tricks IL quite knotty" TIT Ia a pity he
did not see II, but he Insists that \ must
keep the diamond Walker McMartln
says: Jay Reed will receive many com.
pllments for this problem. to which | wish
- add mine"
henry Andersen says: More TO this
than appears at the first examination.
ana some very pretty variations -
James Steen says: This No :6s Is n
Killer, and ] have even yet a sneakinx
Husplc'on that and z can get four, al.
tnough have Just proved they can't"
Charles NJ. Root sends In ten VA ria t,ons n
prove that four tricks are impossible.
George d. Glover says: This = Q re-