Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 6 | Culbertson on Contract

CULBERTSON On CONTRACT B By Ely Culbertson Worlds World's Champion Player Flayer and Greatest Card Analyst nn F A RARE PLAY END 7 An unusual type of play end is one onet t where a player by deft manipulation tion avoids leading a suit In which he be ie has two unpleasant three-card three combinations in each hand Mr Isak Nielsen of Oslo Norway recently executed a play of this kind when itS it i S was obviously the only possible manner man man-I ner ncr in which he could fulfil his contract contract con- con tract West West Dealer Dealer West East-West vulnerable r 4 JS J'S 6 4 3 2 ct VI J 6 4 4 t 4 g 9 V A 10 3 VI Q 9 S 7 0 A K 10 W J 9 S 5 6 2 A Q 10 9 A. A K Q 10 7 1 V K 6 2 04 0 K 4 3 L The Bidding South West North North East 1 Pass 3 30 34 6 i Dbl Pass Pass Pass The bidding does docs not call for or much comment East's D bl cannot be criticised as as six diamonds diamond looks quite 1 doubtful from his holding and his Ace of clubs furnishes the setting trick However the distribution of the whole hand Is much more unusual unusual un usual than he can possibly suspect even en with his 4 1 holding The Opening lead was King which was ruffed by South Declarer immediately led a club and rutted ruffed in Dummy after which he returned a spade to his own own hand He now ruffed rufed three clubs and tw two diamonds and found the lead placed In Dummy To play the Queen of diamonds and ruff at this point seemed the thc logical play but it t wa was apparent to Mr Nielsen that this G. G I placed too much of a premium on ont t the location of the Queen of hearts He Re ther therefore fore led the Queen of dia dia- v monds discarding the heart deuce from his own hand West won the trick with the Ace but was now obliged to lead the Ace and another beart giving Declarer the remainder of the tricks Mr Nielsen's reason reason- J Ing ring on on the four hands as shown is r obvious but a more careless player would p probably ob bly have missed the hand i i TOMORROWS TOl BAND The The f and play of hand 1 printed below will be discussed tomorrow tomorrow to morrow North North Dealer East and West vulnerable A Q S J 10 2 c VI A J 8 0 10 G 6 3 Sc i o A Q J 8 7 W K 6 4 2 K 8 LJ A 10 9 5 A VI Q 10 9 7 o 09 9 4 Study the hand decide how you would bid and play it and then compare com corn pate pare the results you obtain with those shown in tomorrows tomorrow's article Copyright 1932 Ely Culbertson