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but against any defence.
As usual with this composers prob
lens. the defenccs to the false openings
are the most interesting part, the cor
rect solution being confined 10 the judi
cious selection Of the proper discards
n how TO meet them. In this depart
nient Of problem construction Mr.. Man
kowski is always at his best.
Y leads the ace OF hea rts. both A and
Y pisying small cards. II has the choice
OF playing the six or giving up the
king. Taking the more natural defence
first. suppose he drops the slx.
Y leads the ace Of diamonds so as 20
deprive II OF the power TO throw the
lead IN that suit. A small heart fol-
lows and u wins the trick with the
king.
Now IL + leads any spade he makes
the king Of spades and the queen OF
hearts In VS. hand good for the two
more tricks required by the terms Of
the problem. suppose he leads the ace.
upon which \ discards a small diamond.
Now II he leads two rounds OF winning
clubs y can afford TO throw away both
his diamonds, but II Il leads the nine OF
clubs so ms to put A In Y will shed the
king Of spades and 4 loses a diamond
and n heart.
II Il avoids the spade sui. makes
his two club tricks, Y discards both his
diamonds. jus, as Il d had led the ace
Of spades before touching the clubs.
The same result: follows II r leads
the smaller Of his two clubs for the
third trick. but Y no longer needs the
guard to the spade king and discards IL.
Nd matter what \. leads after Winning
the CLUB trick with the jack Y must
make a diamond trick and the queen of
hearts.
The bes: defence for A and II Is IN.
doubtedly for II to give up the king
OF hearts on the first trick, as that
leaves the way open for Il to mako a
mistake on the second or fourth trick.
which many did in giving this varia-
ton.
This conpels T. to hold his ace Of
diamonds and lead a NAL heart. pu:-
ting J in with tho queen, Y now es-
,ablishes IL diamond trick b. leading the
seven. which y wins with the ace.
A club at this point gives A OF y
the choice of taking tho lead. provided
Il has kept two clubs. Y describing the
losing hear; in either event. II A holds
the club with the Jack he must lose "A
diamond, which is all y needs to get
the fourth trick. discardlng a spade
on the winning heart.
II II wins the club trick he can make
the nine as we'll AS the acc. but will
have nothing but spades 30 lead after
so Y can discard everything but
spades,
II is imperative that n lead the club
and not the heart ut the fourth trick.
jus. as he must lead the heart aud not
the club at the second trick, when Is
gives up the heart king.
II z leads the third oun OF hearts
for the fourth trick A wins with the
Jack and b discafds the small spade.
Now A leads the jack Of clubs aud Y
IS in a hole. as he does not know who
IL going to load for .he next trick.
II Y let's 60 a diamond X ducks the
jack OF clubs and a makes all the rest
OF the tricks. II u discards a spade
Il overtakes the club with the acc and
makes all the rest Of the tricks.
A club lead for the second trick will
not solve, even II II has given I'M the
heart king, as II will make two clubs
at once. a discarding a diamond. No
matter what Y discards he loses two
spade tricks by being forced into the
lead on diamonds.
To the average solver 1t looks rs
If II did not matter which Of the red
aces Il starts with. and the majority
90 Ella -, "a cant in SalA.tA1 tllA 1tn-
mond. This will not solve the problem
il X is careful TO shed the king OF
hearts when n leads the ace for the
second trick.
Y leads another heart for the third
trick II A makes the Jack. then or
later. queen OF diamonds, and BIS two
club tricks II the acc of spades. Seeing
this, many of those who sent in the
diamond opening. followed by ace Of
hearts and BIS play Of the king, made
n lead the club for the third trick and
dismissed the matter with the remark
TINT y would discard his losing heart
and thor IL did not matter which hand
won the club trick. IF \ wins Il Y
makes a heart and a diamond. lt u
wins It y Is suie OF n heart II n
spade" Is about the way they put II.
But this Is one of the traps IN the
problem. If u overtakes the jack OF
cluDS Win the acc una leauS the nine
A can shed "a small diamond bat what
Is y 10 discard? n he lets go n spade,
all three o. B's are good, and B IL in
the lead. II he discards a diamond II
puts him In with a heart and Y loses
the next three tricks: To 4 in diamonds
md hearts or TO B in spades.
If Y tries to avoid this by discard
ing the winning heart u makes his
ace OF spades while he In in and then
throws Y into the lead with a spade, A
liscarding down to the top heart and
tho best diamond. which win the last
two tricks.
Correct solutions from:
r. II. Fairfield. Keystone. W. p. w,
O. II. Boston. Henry Andersen. Walker
McAIartln. I" s. Hart. Jr.. Frank S.
3usser. Il. W. White. ]. Warren Miller.
II. II. Fuller, C. F. Johnson. L.. T..
Tucker. d. Perry. Il. NJ. Whitehead and
g. +. Morse. All others fell into one or
other Of tho traps.
Here IL another by the same author.
whose compositions are always inter-
eeting and Instructive. showing as thcy
do how many opportunities there are
for picking up tricks that do not APP
pear or the surface.
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