| Show CULBERTSON on CONTRACT by Ely Cu Culbertson Worlds World Words Word's Champion PLayer and an Greatest Card Analyst TAKING A AN UNNECESSARY FINESSE The coup is i one of the rarest and most sought after plays at the contract contract contract con con- tract table Hands Hand which permit this play arc are far far from common and even when when the cards arc so distributed that hat it may be made players often ofen fai fail ail to recognize the situation in time so that the coup may be successfully accomplished If H. H in order to accomplish push the capture o of an adversely held trump which must be led ledI through t O it i is s found n necessary e r to risk I the loss of or a trick through taking what appears to be an 1 unnecessary finesse the thrill In the play of or the hand is is all 3 the greater A coup in involves involves in- in wolves the use of ot an play end-play to capture cap cap- ture lure an art adverse trump honor when there are no trumps in m the dummy hand to lead lend through this adverse honor having first reduced the number number num num- ber of or trumps in the closed cosed hand to the same number as a those held by the opponent to be so that the closed hand will wi not have to trump prematurely at the end and thus thu be compelled to concede a trump frump trick I Recently in m a rubber game at the I Nelson Bridge club cub Mr Louis Luis H. H Watson at Vat Wat Vatson atson son held the south hand shown below in m which he successfully executed the coup but in doin doing so found it essential esen- esen essen tal to take an unnecessary finesse South South Dealer Both sides side vulnerable A 10 6 G V 9 fi I 1 1 3 0 o A J 4 3 A 4 A K 7 2 AS A 3 N lA lAW 4 2 S 8 A J 6 0 2 W E ES 0 10 8 6 A 4 9 98 8 6 G 5 S S. S Q J 10 A A K Q 9 S 7 o 7 5 2 0 o K 7 A 4 3 The Te Bidding South West yest North orth East 14 Pass Pass Pas 34 Pass Pas 3 T Pass 4 A Pass PMS PMS Pass Pass PMS Three rounds of oC hearts were won by cast cat and west and ad west who had taken the third trick led cd the nine of clubs cubs If I the adverse trumps are arc di divided dl- dl vided 3 2 the hand of course is a lay down for four Cour Mr Watson Waton won on the club lead with wih the king in dummy and on the second round o of trumps trump discovered that cast held four to the knave originally nal and thus had hada a sure trump trick unless the coup could be accomplished On the seventh seventh seventh sev sev- lead he led his last club cub won with the ace and returned a club cub from dummy which he trumped This Thi was the first step in m the execution of the coup The next step involved a brilliant and unusual play Although his hand contained no losing diamonds he now led the seven cven of or diamonds and when west played a low diamond finessed the Ithe knave When the finesse held dummy's last club was led and trumped in the closed hand The king of diamonds was then lcd led overtaken by the ace and Mr Watson as a re result re- re suit sult of his hi careful play won the last two tricks trick with wih his trump east's least's trumps falling falig harmlessly under under under un un- un- un der them The diamond finesse was a brilliant brilliant brilant bri- bri bril bril- lant and sound play and while it 11 risked the loss of an additional trick it also alo presented the only method by which the hand could be made Faced with wih such a situation n a good contract player never hesitates hesitate The game same is the thin thing and the loss of an extra trick should not be permitted to weigh against it TODAY'S POINTER A good player will take lake the risk of the defeat of his contract through taking an unnecessary finesse if it presents the only method by which the contract can be made TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S HAND The bidding and play of the hand below will be discussed tomorrow South South Dealer Both sides vulnerable A K J 3 2 c K 10 6 5 0 10 2 A 1043 10 4 3 A J 8 7 6 5 I 0 4 3 A K 9 5 A A Q 10 4 A Q 9 4 3 1 0 K 8 Q 2 Study the hand decide how you would bid and play it and then compare corn com pare the results you obtain with those shown in tomorrows tomorrow's article Copyright 1932 Ely Culbertson Questions answered Mr Culbertson Culbert Culbert- son will be glad to o answer questions on bidding and play of hands sent m in by readers Address him in care of this newspaper inclosing a 2 cent stamped self addressed envelope |
