Nogales international., 1929-10-01

ace OF spades. Or, If it leses, he car still
discard the losing diamond on the ace
of spades and so has lost nothing by
the hnesse.
Second, he can play the ace Of spades
on trick one and then prepare to Enessc
the diamond. This can be done by
leading the five of diamonds from the
dummy and winning the trick with the
king in his own hand. He should then
lead the trey of diamonds from his
hand and fnesse the jack in the dunn
my. Played in this way Z must win
three diamond tricks if A holds the
queen of diamonds.
THIRD, Z must arrange to fnesse th'
heart suit. This can be done by leading
the deuce of hearts from Y's hand and
if B also plays a low heart, Z shoul
play the ten of hearts. If B holds thi
queen, the ten will force the ace, an
when Y next obtains the lead, L cai
again lead hearts, (the 81, and catcl
the queen if it is in BIS hand. If A
holds the queen or ace queen, I must
lose two heart tricks; but, if B holds
the queen, z can prevent it from max
ing by fnessing in the manner specified.
To accomplish this result, Z should be
careful to provide at least two re-
entries In dummy so that hearts can be
led from Y's hand at least twice.
In the actual hand, Z decided to
fnesse the spade and B won the trick
with the king. B then led a club which
L won. Here is where L made mistake.
Instead of leading a diamond and play
ing the ace from Y's hand and then
taking a discard on the ace of spades,
Z fnessed the jack of diamonds which
B won. B lead another club which 2
won. Z then led another diamond,
winning the trick In Y's hand with the
ace. He then led a low heart from
dummy and played the ten from his
own hand, forcing A to win the trick
with the ace. A then led low club
which B won. B then led a diamond
which L won in his own hand with the
King. Z had no re-entry in dummy SC
was forced to lead the hearts from his
own hand, thus letting B win heart
trick with the queen. Played in this
way, Z made only two odd, losing two
heart tricks, one club, one diamond and
one spade trick.
See how easy it is to make game by
avoiding two illnesses when only one is
necessary, and by preparing sufficient
number of re-entries in dummy. There
are only two sure re-entries in dummy
the ace of spades and the ace of dia
monds. That fact should decide Z not
to fnesse the queen of spades, for if il
loses and the jack of diamonds also
loses, there will be only one re-entry il
Y's hand and there must be two.
Therefore, trick one should be wor
by the ace of spades in Y's hand anc
the low heart led at trick two. Z should
play the ten which forces AS ace. Now
no matter how the cards lie, Z shoulc
make game. He has a sure re-entry ir
diamonds and can lead the nine Of
hearts. This plan of play will pick ur
BIS queen, even if guarded three times
Al L should lose is one heart, one dia.
mond and one club trick. Even if there
are four or more clubs to the queer
jack in one hand, Z should make game
by throwing the lead.
Played carelessly, the hand only
scored two odd. Played correctly, the
hand should score four odd, game anc
rubber-quite difference. Study thest
two example hands very carefully fol
the principles involved are extremely
important and come up very frequently