Show BETTER s r Y BRIDGE 4 I r rby Iy by c c. H. H Neither Neith r side vulnerable South deals North 4 7 J 7 x 10 None West East J 8 5 2 W 9 6 6 98 98 62 South y V A Q 5 WK K 4 A K Q 6 3 A 10 97 The bidding South West North East 1 diamond Pass Pas 1 heart Pass 3 clubs Pass 4 clubs P Pass s 4 spades Pass 7 clubs clubs- clubs P Pass s 7 no trump Pass Pass Pass Opening p ning lead Ja Jack of ocl clubs b In Inn tournament play contestants in striving for tor maximum will win at times time subject themselves to risks that would be unthinkable in rubber rubber rubber rub rub- ber bridge In playing for currency currency currency cur cur- rency rency when a 1000 or more points are waiting to be plucked only the thes s safest fest contract should be considered considered considered consid consid- ered and no fleeting thought given to such minor considerations as the cashing cashing- of honors or the scoring of ofa a a few additional points point by playing at no trump But in duplicate where each deal constitutes a match in itself 10 points may spell the difference between winning the hand or losing it Today's hand i ill illustrated 11 u s t r rated the point South abandoned complete safety in the seven-club seven contract in favor of trying for the maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum score which a no trump slam would yield It will be seen that fulfillment of a contract of seven reven clubs required no more talent than the ability to reach across the table and pick up 13 tricks whereas considerable considerable considerable con con- agility was required in scoring the 13 tricks at the higher ranking contract The Jack of clubs clubs' was opened as a 8 safety measure by West 12 top card tricks were in sight with two chances for tor the the fall faU of the jack of hearts heart and the finesse of the queen of spades The king of hearts hear was cashed dummy was entered with a club and the hearts hear tested When East showed out on the third lead of the suit mit declarer returned to his hand with a club and ran off the three top diamonds discarding two hearts and a n. spade from dummy West failed on the third round and everyone's hand was open to a perfect ct count West has shown four hearts diamonds and two clubs he must therefore have five spades while East had hacI but three This made it more probable that West Vest had the king ing of spades so ao the declarer changed his mind about trying the spade finesse Instead he ran down all his clubs and at the end in hi order to keep the jack of or hearts hearts to cover dummy's dummy's dum dum- mys my's 10 West was obliged to disCard discard dis card ard the 10 of spades This permitted permitted per per- declarer to pick up the last Jast two tricks with the ace and the queen Copyright 1948 by C. C H H. Goren |