Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-12
BRIDGE TALKS
BY MRS. JOHN MUNCE. JR.

The hands, as given last week, for
which the leads and plays will be given
today are as follows: Dealer holds in
spades. A, @; hearts, 8, 6, 4; diamonds,
A. K, @, j; clubs, A. K, @, j.
| West, or second hand holds in
spades, J, 7. 6, 8; hearts, 9; diamonds,
I. s, 4, 3; clubs, 10, Z, 5. 2.
| North holds in spades, K, 10, 8, 5. 4.
2; hearts, 7, S, q; diamonds, S, 2; clubs,
East holds in spades, 9; hearts, A. K,
@, ], 10, 8; diamonds, 10, 9, 8: clubs,
The final bid was the same in both
auction and contract-namely, four
I TO trick No. East leads the king
| of hearts, declarer plays the 4-spot from
dummy, West plays the 9-spot and de-
clarer plays from his own hand the
2-Spot.
70 trick No. 2 East leads the ace of
hearts, the 6-spot is played from
dummy. West discards the 3-spot of
diamonds and declarer plays the 5-spot.
To trick No. 3 East leads the queen
of hearts the 8-spot is played from
dummy, West plays the 2-spot of clubs
and declarer plays the 7-spot of hearts.
To trick No. East leads the 10
spot of diamonds which seems to be the
best lead, as his partner has shown
weakness in both minor suits by his
discardS on the second and third tricks.
The ace is played from dummy, West
plays the 4-spot and declarer plays the
2-spot
To trick No. declarer leads from
dummy the ace of spades, West plays
the 3-Spot, declarer plays the 2-Spot and
East plays the 9-spot.
To trick No. 6 declarer leads from
dummy the queen of spades, West plays
the 6-Spot, declarer plays the 4-spot and
East discards the 3-spot of clubs. BY
this discard declarer knows that West
holds the jack OF G.)adeS as well as q
small one. He does not want to lead
trumps from the strong hand up to the
jack, as it would mean that he would
lose a trick. He therefore decides to
reduce the trumps in his own hand to
the same number held by his opponent
and to try in this way to make his bid.
To trick No 7, declarer leads from
dummy the king of diamonds, West
plays the 6-spot of diamonds, declarer
plays from his own hand the 5-spot
and East plays the 8-spot.
To trick No 8. declarer leads from
dummy the queen of diamonds, West
plays the 7-spot, and declarer trumps
with the 5-spot of spades in his own
hand, East playing the 9-spot of dia-
monds. This reduces declarer'S trumps
to three.
To trick No. g. declarer leads the A.
spot of clubs from his own hand East
plays the 6-Spot, the ace is played from
dummy and West plays the 5-spot.
To trick No. 10, declarer leads from
dummy the jack of diamonds, West
plays the 7-spot of clubs, declarer
trumps in his own hand with the 8-spot
of spades, and East plays the 8-spot OF
clubs. BY the trumping of perfectly
good tricks, or cards, declarer has been
able to reduce his trumps to the num-
Der held by his opponent.
To trick No. II, declarer leads from
his own hand the 9-spot of clubs, East
plays the 3-spot of hearts. declarer takes
the trick in dummy with the king OF
clubs, and West plays the l0-spot OF
clubs
To trick No. II, declarer leads from
dummy the queen Of clubs. and know
ing that West holds the remaining two
trumps out against him. II West plays
the 7-spot, and we will say he does, de-
clarer will play the 10-spot of spades,
trumps, and East plays the 10-spot Of
hearts.
To trick No. 13, declarer now leads his
last trump, the king of spades from his
own hand East plays the jack Of hearts,
declarer plays from dummy the jack Of
clubs, and West has to play his jack Of
spades.
This gave declarer his bid Of four
spades, which gives him game. The
fact that the bidder was able to make
his bid, go game and win the rubber,
justified the bid of four spades with this
holding.