Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-02-20 | Page 11 | William McKenney

i Ii I William Wi McKenney Improving Your Bridge t f The leads tabulated in my I f previous articles have been from suits lUlls of at least four tour cards In opening from length a distinction distinct distinction t tion is frequently made between the lead against a trump no-trump contract contract contract con con- tract and against a trump declaration declaration dec dec- With short suit leads from three cards or less this distinction tion largely disappears Or rather a table of blind short J Opening P ning leads applies largely to trump tromp contracts The occasion for r a blind short opening against no trump must be so extraordinary extraordinary nary y that the very reasons Which impel it will often dictate diet die die- tate tat t an unconventional choice ot of card cad The following leads then hen are arc given as against a suit Contract With holding 37 the lead of the i ace and then the king shows exactly f a doubleton and a a. delire desire de- de sire lire re to ruff tie trie e third round of off f Holding Lead i 35 A K Q K 36 30 A K 2 K 37 A K A 38 A 39 40 K Q 2 K 41 2 42 K 3 2 2 20 It the suit Holding 35 may b be treated in the same way way the the theace ace and king may be led in that order to show third-round third com com- mand But the normal lead of the king then the queen would show the same without ambi- ambi guity With holding 39 even 39 even with J A the J the low card is sometimes sometimes some- some times led when the bidding tends to indicate that the king is in dummy and that partner may make the queen on the first lead through h declarers declarer's failure to play the king Except for this rare it is usual to lead the ace from any suit topped by bv the ace without the king in opening blind against a suit contract The object of a short lead against no trump may be a to exit without danger er or b to develop the suit in which partner partner partner part part- ner probably is long When tho the latter is ts the objective objective tive the leader must be wary of ot blocking the suit With a topped by two high cards such as holding 41 the leader must use his Judgment He must wel weigh h the questions a Do I risk giving Iving up all ston- ston pers in this suit by a a. high lead b Do I risk blocking the suit for my with a low lead The answer will depend largely on what he can Infer from the bidding