Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-02
BRIDGE TALKS


In the hands given last week to be
PLAYED today dealer holds in spades
ace. queen, jack, 9, 8, 6, g.: hearts, ace;
diamonds, 8, Z, 2, and clubs. king, 9.
Second hand, or west, holds in spades
7, hearts, Z. 6, 4, 2; diamonds, king, 10,
5; clubs, ace, queen, 5, 3. 2.
North. or third hand, holds in spades
king, 4, 2: hearts, queen, 10, 8, S; dia-
monds, ace. 9, s. 3, and clubs, Z, 4.
East, or fourth hand holds in spades
10, S; hearts, king, jack, 9, 3; diamonds,
queen, jack, 4, and clubs, jack, 10, 8, 6.
The auction bidding was q pre-
contract bidders would have gotten a
game bid of four spades. However, the
hand was played at auction and we win
play 1t accordingly.
It is vests turn to lead. and as you
would not wish to open the club suit
which is headed by the ace, queen, nor
the short diamonds, headed by the king
10, as it is better to try and have such
holdings as this led to you, as in this
method you stand q better chance Of
making more tricks out of them, and
this leaves west to choose between lead
ing singleton trump, or a small heart
from the four worthless hearts. A care
full player will lead his fourth best from
worthless suit in preference, so to
hearts. The dummy now goes down,
and this is when the careful player
plans the play of his two hands. BY
applying the rule Of IL, east, leaders
partner, knows that the 2-spot was
either a singleton or q fourth best; If it
was q singleton, then dealer or declarer
must hold four to the ace, as west in
trump contract would not open a
small card of an ace suit. Therefore,
after
dummy, east plays the 3-Spot and de-
clarer takes the trick in his own hand
with the singleton ace.
To trick No. declarer leads the
queen Of spades, west plays the 7-spok,
the 2-spot is played from dummy and
east plays the 5-spot.
To trick No. 3 declarer leads from his
own hand the 8 Of spades, west plays
the 4-Spot Of hearts, the king of spades
Is played from dummy and east plays
the 10-spot Of spades, and by taking
this trick in the dummy, an additional
entry was created in the dummy lin the
4-spot of spades.
To trick No. 4 declarer leads the s.
spot Of diamonds from dummy, east
plays the jack, which takes the trick,
declarer plays the 2-spot and west plays
the S-spot.
To trick No. east leads the jack Of
clubs, declarer covers with the king,
west takes the trick with the ace and
the 4-spot is played from dummy.
To trick No. west leads the queen
Of clubs, the 7-spot is played from
dummy, east plays the 6-Spot and de-
clarer plays the 9-spot.
To trick No. west leads the 10-spot
OF diamonds, the 6-Spot is played from
dummy, east takes the trick with the
queen and declarer plays the 7-spot.
To trick No. 8 east leads the 10-spot
OF clubs, and 1t really makes very little
difference which suit he leads; declarer
d1Scards the S-spot of diamonds, west
plays the 5-Spot Of clubs and the A.
spot OF spades, trump is played from
the dummy, and by this play nothing
but trumpS are left in the closed hand,
and the auction player makes his three
spades bid, but due to the CAREFUL play
.. OF east on the flrst trick he was unable
to go game.
Had east played the 9-spot Of hearts
| on the f1rSt trick instead of the 3-spot,
declarer, after taking trick No 8 in the
dummy, would not have led the small
diamond, but the 10-spot of hearts,
which east would have covered with his
Jack, and declarer would have trumped
the trick in the closed hand with the
S-spot OF spades Declarer would have
then led to dummy the 3-Spot of spades.
taking this trick in dummy with the A.
spot OF spades. Declarer would have
then led the queen of hearts from
dummy, east would have covered with
the king and declarer would have
trumped the hearts again in the closed
hand. Declarer would have then led
small diamond to the dummy, taking
1t with the ace. taking a trick with his
good 8-spot Of hearts and getting a dis
card from the closed hand, (which he
needed. The winning or the losing of
the game therefore hinged on the play
TO the f1rst trick. Declarer would have
made game had east played the 9-spot
OF hearts to the first trick instead Of
| the S-spot