Evening star., 1933-11-17


I would bid two no trumps, not three
spades. I want to make it possible for
my partner to bid a second suit at the
three level First. this hand looks ideally
suited for no-t~ump play unless opener
has an extremely uneven aggressive dis
tributicn If : bid three sDsd de5 and
opener now says three no trunps. 1 60
not wish to upset this declsvation-yet
the no-trump bid will have been driven
into the wrong hand Ny Of suits
should be led Up to, not led through.
My hand should be concealed. with its
spotty tenaceS, not exposed. Second,
if there is a slam, it will be because my
partner now bids clubs secondarily. We
will not be hindered in our slam de-
velopment, as by bidding four spades
over three clubs 1 will be making the
strongest kind of slam try by means of
a second Jump bid over an intervening
constructive rebid by my partner.
Should we eventually decide on six no
trumps instead of six in a black suit,
that declaration too viii be played from
the right side of the table.
The Opposite Procedure.
My partner opens the bidding with a
club. and I hold
aps. aP : x 16 n 81 k2xx
Ny response is three clubs want
my partner to bid three hearts If he can
on ace. king four times, as then slam
will result If bid two no trumps, he
will probably bid merely three no trumps
with a short suited hand and 5-4-2-2
or 4-4-3-2 distribution comprising less
than four primary tricks. All we need
for slam Is a secondary heart bid In his
hand Any fneSse that there may be in
the club suit will probably be for seven
Over three hearts. bid six clubs. With
four primary tricks (ace-king of hearts,
-queen-jack four or five times in
clubs, and king of diamonds the open
ing bidder could well bid seven, as I
must have two aces to bid in this man
ner.
II There Has to Be a Siga-off.
If over my three clubs nv partner
can make no const -uctiye rabid, but
hs to say three no trunE-. then
nothing is lest. The hand viii .'lay es
well from his side Of the table as mine
probably better-and even If we make
one less overtrick, the method was right
because if there had been a slam, we
would almost certainly have arrived
at it. If my partner has to bid four
clubs instead Of three no trumps, I
bid five, and again nothing is lost. If
he bids three spades, now know he
has five spades and six clubs. and my
next bid is six clubs in rubber play,
six spades in tournament Only If he
has two small hearts and void of dia-
monos will he lose the slam against a
heart opening. This is a chance to take
any Gay Of the week If over three
clubs the opener bids three diamonds,
sign of with three no trumps. You
cannot expect slam with the likelihood
of two immediate losers in hearts. un-
less the opening bidder can make an
other move, either on distributional
grounds (6-5-1-I or 4-4-4-I or 6-4-2-1
o. with a void) or because of four pri-
marv tricks II the former, slam for
him in clubs; if the latter Zone club,
three clubs three diamonds, three no
trumps, four no trumps) bid six no
trumpS. This is one of the situations
which clearly show how necessary 1t is
that your jump raise TO three clubs
should be based on primary tricks and
not merely on numerous clubs and un-
even distribution.
Copyright. 1889