The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-19
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There are no trumps and z il In the
lead. He undertakes to win four tricks
against any defence or TO force three
tricks on A and b, II the hand Is played
~ a nullo.
The solution to the winning declara-
don 10 for 2 to lead the queen Of dia.
monds, to which all follow suit. The
next lead Is the deuce OF hearts, which
apparently gives up the advantage Of
Ys tenace. but II Is the only continue
ton that will solve.
Y wins with the queen and leads the
nine OF spades. SO as to force a discard
from b before z plays to the trick. II
B discards either Of the red suits q
plays the eight Of spades under the nine.
II b let's 60 a club z keeps the spade
eight. and plays the 1--WE to the nine led
by Y.
Suppose b discards the diamond. II
A refuses to win the spade nine. he
must win the seven and lose a club
trick. II A wins the FIRST spade trick
and leads back the six Y Ia In with
the seven to make a diamond trick. II
A. switches to the club Y discards the
losing heart and makes the spade nine
after z has made the ten OF clubs.
Suppose h discards the heart, tho
same line Of play follows. but Y will
discard the losing diamond on the club,
instead OF the heart, when A wins the
spade trick and leads a club.
But II d d!scards n club on the spade
lead from Us hand z must keep the
eight, so as to be able to take the lead
away from Y In case A returns the spade.
This will allow z to lead the ten Of
clubs and establish the seven. a. b has
only one club left.
to start with the five OF spades. II A
ducks the trick. Y wins with the seven,
makes his queen Of hearts, gives z a
trick with the queen Of diamonds and
enables him to put A in with the spade,
Do as to get the club ten led up to.
II A puts the Jack OF spades on the
hrst trick. we get some pretty varia-
tons. Y plays the seven. and b cannot
AFFORD to unguard either Of the red suits
while Y has two reentries. 50 he lets
60 a club.
II A leads a diamond 2 wins and
puts Y in with the spade. forcing an
other discard from b. II this 10 an
other club the diamond puts him In and
forces him to lose two tricks In hearts.
Any other discard from BIS hand makes
1t easy for Y.
II A tries a heart lead after winnins
the first trick with the Jack of spades
Y will win II with the queen. make his
nine Of spades and then lead a diamond
y "a, WIN kets III WIN the QueSu.
This brings AS hand down to two
clubs, and IL b has discarded a club z
can lead the ten and establish the seven.
II b has kept the clubs. discardinG a
diamond on the spade, Y can lead the
diamond before the spade and get in
with the spade to make the diamond.
losing q heart at the end.
II A wins the first trick and comes
right back with the spade Y wins with
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Tel trick II b has kept two hearts and
discarded a club, then a diamond puts
u In to lead the club ten. II B has kept two
club and two hearts Y can establish
the diamond and get in with the queen
Of hearts.
The nullo Is quite a different PROPOSE
ton and much more complicated. z
starts with the club ten and A may as
we'll put on the jack. Y discarding a
and throws Il in with a club. Y discard
ing the heart queen Now b must win a
diamond trick even II Y has only one
heart left.
II A leads the heart instead Of the
diamond Y puts on the queen n leads
a diamond. so that Y may lead the club
and give Y a heart discard. Both these
returns by A seem to give Y and z
only two tricks, A and b winning four.
II A leads the six OF spades for the
second trick Y wins with the eight and
takes home his queen Of diamonds. II
b has discarded a club on the spade lead
z takes home his club trick and then
leads a small spade. giving Y two heart
discards. This defence gives A and B
three tricks only.
There are W unsound openings
against the nullo. both Of which wera
selected by several who solved the no
trumper correctly. These are the hears
and the diamond from rs hand.
IL z starts with the heart. Y must play
the queen or ten, and b will ~underpla"
either OF them. Now II Y leads a dia-
mond z must win II and lead a club, A
puts the jack on this second han VIVA,
10 Y to discard?
II a heart. A leads the spade Jack, IN
see whether Y or Y will be left with the
top spade, II Y Is going TO win It y
discsrds the diamond. II z IL going tn
win IL b discards the club. as he gets
two disoards In either case.
II Y does not discard the heart on the
club trick but let's go the spade nine b
cannot tell who will hold the next trick.
AZ A will lead the small spade instead of
the jack. 80 he discards a club. II A
holds 1t with the seven b wins the dia-
mond but loses the heart. u Y holds y
with the eight he loses a spade but wins
q club.
Several picked the solution as tw
rounds Of hearts. Y winning both but
giving u a diamond discard. But A will
also discard the diamond. When Y puts
b in with the diamond z must discard
ahead Of A. II u let's 20 a club A sheda
the jack OF spades. wins his partners
nine OF clubs and leads the spade six.
giving Il a diamond discard.
II Y discn rds the Ave OF spades A dis
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