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Clubs are trumps and z Ia in the
lead. Y and Y want five tricks az Inst
any defence.
The authors solution is to lead the
trump. which Y allows TO win. forcing
an immediate discard from A. II A
sheds a diamond. ace or small. z leads
the eight. Then II A leads a heart n
makes two tricks In that suit. II A
leads a spade Y puts o n the king and
leads a diamond to Y. discarding the
losing spade on the ten of hearts. Then
Y trumps the small heart. n y wins
the diamond the result is the same.
II \ discards a spade on the first
trick u leads two rounds OF hearts ard
Y rufus the second. This forces Il TO
protect the spades or Y will a q
trick with the four. With only one dia-
mond left in rs hand Y can lead q
diamond and the queen forces the are.
making the eight high.
An original heart discard from AS
hand Is obviously fatal at once. as II
makes both OF rs hearts good and A
will have TO discard again. Y throwing
q diamond on the first heart. II A dis
cards a diamond Y does the same. z
leads a spade and Y makes the king.
II A d,scards a spade on the second
round Of hearts he forces Il to keep
" spades against VS. hand. or Y n
z will make six tricks by ruling the
ace of diamonds and making two spade
tricks.
But the cracks have demonstrated
that Y can br!ng about the same re-
sult by starting with the small spade.
which Y wins with the king. A covering
with the jack. so as to unlock for r..
The smaller OF VS. two trumps puts z
in and A is In the same box with re-
gard to his discards as when z opens
with the trump.
II he discards n diamond z makes the
ten Of hearts so as TO give Y a spade
discard. Then the eight Of diamonds
puts A in and the queen Of diamonds
makes at the end.
But the favorite opening was neither
Of these, the majority OF the solutions
Bent in starting with the seven Of hearts.
on which A puts the eight. Y trumping
with the queen. The trump lead puts
z In 10 make his ten OF hearts. What
has A discarded on the trump lead?
Whichever suit A keeps Is the suit
Y will discard on that ten OF hearts.
unless A sheds the ace Of diamonds.
Suppose A has discarded a spade and Y
a diamond. Then rs lead IL the spade,
and after Y has made the king he will
return a diamond II p still has the best
spade. This gives z a trick with the
queen OF diamonds.
~ \ has discarded a diamond and 7
q spade. n will lead the diamond eight.
forcing A into the lead. II A has the ace.
and Il makes the queen. II A has dis
carded the ace Y discards a diamond
and Il must give z two diamonds or Y
two spades.
Correct solutions from:
Archer +. Lowe. Rainey Hustler. r.
T.. Dash!ell, II. Perry. Henry Andersen,
Herbert II. Neale, H.. \. Fabian, +. II.
Huy. u. \. W, Keystone. w. S. Will
Jams. +. w. Tr.lnble, John II. Whiting
]. Warren Miller, w. + w. Frank l.
Busser. l.. s. Hart. Jr.. o, III. Boston. ]
G. Hume. ID. NJ. Frank. r. c. Mankow.
ski. q. II. Robinson. NJ. Z. w. +. w.
White. Roscoe G. Harris, Herbert c
Hill. q Haynes and ]. W. Wortz.
While all agree that there IL nothing
20 test the analytical abilities OF the
solver like n we'll constructed nullo. OBJ.
jections are sometimes made to the mum
Der OF variations that have to be ex.
min in order TO be sure that there IL
no trap that has been overlooked.
Capt. Frank Roy thinks that 1t should
he possible so to construct nullo prob.
lens that they would be free from t,,is
defect, the solution being straightfor.
ward, = o that II the solver got IL hs
would know there was no other. the only
variations being those arising frou
mistakes In the attack, not In the defence
He offers this problem as an example
In which the number Of tricks to h.
given away is smaller than usual II
nullos.
BRIDGE PROBLEM No. 27l