The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-05
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Clubs are trunps and Y is in the lead.
Y and u want four tricks against any
defence.
The trap in this problem is the COM
paratiyely obvious opening and the
difficulty Of following 1t up. As d. A.
w says: This is some problem. and
the opening lead is great The large
number who failed to get the solution
should not he discouraged. 1t is not AZ
easy as it looks.
Y starts with the queen of hearts. A
can trump or pass. If he trumps Y
overtrumps as cheaply as possible and
leads the ace me another trump at
once. throwing the lead to b. On the
second trump lead Y discards his losing
heart.
If u makes the heart Jack at this
point he gives Il a spade discard and
allows y to get rid OF the queen Of dia-
monds. Nothing can now prevent 2
from winning two tricks in diamonds,
no matter how II manages the suit.
II II declines to make the heart jack
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diamond Il gets no spade discard and
Y can come back with his smallest
spade. If u is allowed to hold the trick
with the seven. that is the fourth trick
required by the terms of the problem.
II A wins the spade ne loses a spade
trick to Us nine later.
A may refuse To trump the queen Of
hearts, in which case Y discaIds "A spade
Il leads another heart at once, and A
may as well pass that up. If he does Y
discar the queen OF diamonds and lets
Il make the jack of hearts.
Il has two combinations II he leads
the queen OF trumps Y wins II with the
ace and leads a spade. 1t does not
matter what A and Il do with this trick,
Y hoids the major tenace in trumps
and must make two club tricks.
IL b leads the ace of diamonds in
stead of the trump both A and Y discard
spades, because If Y trumps this trick
the problem cannot be solved. This
leaves Il in the lead. If he tries the
trump he must lead the queen to shut
out rs ten. Y wins and leads a spade,
and the major tenace In trumps is good
for two more tricks In spite OF any play
On tae part Of \ and Il.
II Il follows the ace OF diamonds with
q small one, when Y refuses to trump
the ace..A must trump rs higher dia-
mond ON that trick or the next, and
y oVertrunps, cad the ace of trumps
and another one, putting b in. so that
If \ ruffs the second diamond lead z
makes a trick on the third.
The trap that many fall into was on
the second trick, waen \ refuses to
trump the hearts. II Y discards tive
spades on the two heart leads b will
lead a small diamond for \. to run, as
y cannot oNertrump. and y Will lead a
winning spade. giving Il a discard OF
the losing diamond Then A will come
through with the trump n the queer
must Win.
Another mistake was to have Y trump
the second heart lead waen \ refused
to trump either of them. y must lead
the dian ond, because II he leads u spade
Il makes the queen of trumps when A
leads the clubs.
Il viii not put the ace of diamonds
Oh the queen, but lets a ruff. Now A
can make a spade trick before leading
the trump. After that \ must make
another spade. or b must make thu
ace of diamonds, according to Us lead II
he plays ace of trumps. second hand, or
the trump lead.
Correct solutions from:
Frank 5. Russcr, Il. W. White, r. NJ
Whitehead, w. l.. w. Il. II. Fairfield
Walker McMartin, W, B. Brush. ID
Perry, L. 5, Hart, Jr., Henry Andersen
c. +. Johnson, u, A, w, j. Warren
Miller and c.. T. Markham.
Here is a neat little skit from a com
poser who has not been heard from since
last March. but who won out as the sole
survivor of the last honor list.
pprncp' ppopyrN No 356