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There are no tIulnps and Il IL IN the
lead. Y and Il want five tricks against
any defence.
The chief beauty Of this position lies
Inv the fact that \ and II have ample
opportunity 10 try all manner of de-
fences, but zone OF them will avail when
properly met.
The only opening that will solve Is the
club nine. which Y wins with the queen.
Tho next lead IL the queen of diamonds.
upon which b and Il play small. \ VIM
ming with the King.
This brings A. 1and down To- two
suits, and he has III" choice ot leading a
small card from either. II he picks the
spade II has the option of winning ii or
passing il up. \ naturally selects the
play that il more puzzIing to the oppo-
fents, the small heart.
This goes to rs queen. Y disCarding
the small diamond. H. play now is the
winning diamond, which allows Y To- &C;
rid of the ten of clubs. so that Il may he
able to force Is into the lead with the
small club.
No matter how b manages the spade
suit. V must make two tricks in II. as
Y holds the 9 . y over BIS a I 3 and
AS 10 s This mnkes ii impossible for
n to get into the lead TO make his ace
OF hearts. supposiug no has kept two
hearts. discardiuE 4 spade an the win
ming diamou snd u heart on the club.
II y tricr = small, spade ana \ plays
the eight Y win wiz with the nine and
return the queen 80 as To- knock tire ace
and ten together ~ win tho trick. II
r plays the ace Y must make the six.
FOreseeing this attack. \ may blank
the ace Of hearts on rs lead Of the ten
OF diamonds 50 rs TO keen three spades.
Y meets this defence by holding the ten
Of cluos and discardiug a small spade.
This alloWs u to throw \ into the lead
with the heart instead of putting y in
with the club. and Y disca rds another
SPADE. No matter which spade \ leads
now. Y Will just cover il and either win
the Trick and make The club ten or force
II to lead up To tn" best spade and the
club later.
y pretty variation arises when \ leads
the spade for the third trick instead of
The heart. WhiChever spade \ leads Y
covers. Let us suppose Il wins with the
ace. rs discard beng "A small heart
Vow Is can pu, Y into he lead with a
club o. T. into the lead Nith a liimond.
IL Il leads the diamond \ discards a
heart and y leads the queen OF hearts so
a. 10 knock the ace and ten Together. Y
discartlnr his smallest spade. Now Y
must make Two spade tricks and the ton
81 clubs or Il makes two hearts and leads
a club.
If II pr"fcrs to pa, y N with the club
aitti NtNlitlS llt spade tIiCh, \ still ais
cards IN" heat but Y comes back with
The diamond. batting Il in and forcing \
10 a discard. \ blanks his ace Of hearts
-" ungua"df the spade. Whichever he
does. Il leads the heart ui"on AID makes
two moro hearts o. Y makes two SPA ies.
IN interesting variation may arise IL
" ducks MS partners spade lead. letting
Y hold the trick with the six or vhich-
ever card lie PLAYS to cover As lead. z
discards a small heart. The diamond
from Y puts z in. Again =. has to dis
card.
No matter what \ discards on tho dia-
mond, II leads the queen of hearts. Y
discarding the small spade. 4 heart lead
Al this stage would lose every other
trick. giving V and u six instead of five.
SO A leads the spade. Again Y covers
ana must make a spade aud a club trick.
Correct solutions from:
william Il. Clark. W r. w. Leonard
kennedy. n. c. Mankpwski, u. a. W, o.
II. Boston. j. G. Hume. g. l.. Johnson.
u. L. Dosh!ell. Herbert n. Neale. Frank
:. Busser. Henry Andersen, DR.. W. r.
Way. l.. s. Hart, Jr, f. W. White and
Archer F. Lowe. Al others failed b>
onenins with the small club or the eight
" diamonds. The defence to the dia
mona opening Is an immediate lead Of
the club by A.. Then II Y leads a spade
ne loses two spades and a heart. IL 4
gets IN lie loses two hearts and a spade.
asa Will keep Two 81 each suit.
l.. :. Hart, j.. says This problem
had me going for some time Hen.y
Andresen says: This BOaydman is the
most straightforward ! have seen from
such a master of hooks and crcoks.r T.
L. Dashiell every fine. The best ye, :"
d. A.. w. This problem made me do
some tall thinking, We should say 10 n
were possible the author had surpassed
himself q. II. Boston calls +, e,
genuine Boardman." and r. G.. Mar.
kowskl says, 1T Is a beauty" while
Leonard Kennedy says This is a most
ingenious setup. Infinitely harder to in
vent than 10 solve, | should think"
Here IL something from a composer
who Is nothing II not original and whose
problems always produce a pleasing sur
prise OF some kind or other. In the fol.
lowing position 1t looks as II Y and y
were entitled to two tricks at the outside.
yet they manage to win four.
BRIDGE PROBLEM NO. 37s,
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