Show BETTER BETTERS S BRIDGE kd y C c. c N. N GOREN GOREN 1 Both vulnerable South deals North NorthA A A 6 i iV V y 61 6 J 10 9 64 cst East EastA A K J 2 A 10 9 8 5 V J 10 9 3 2 V S 8 7 5 4 0 87 87 r Q A r J 10 8 7 South Q 3 4 A The bidding South West Vest North East 1 1 Db 1 p 3 NT P P P Opening lead Jack of hearts Today you ou are sitting as a jury and the facts of the case are these Against South's contract of three no trump West Vest led the jack of hearts which South won The king of clubs brought forth West's Vests queen and this trick was I followed by by bythe the ace of clubs which brought home home to to declarer the sad news that East had four of the suit Diamonds appeared now to be the only hope and declarer declarer declarer de de- offered up the king West Vest won the trick and realizing the necessity for killing kUling the d dummy returned the king of spades Had declarer taken this trick his cause would have been lost buthe but buthe buthe he held up and West Vest continued with the jack This trick was taken in the closed hand and the diamond suit cleared while the theace theace theace ace of spades still remained in dummy In this manner declarer scored 10 tricks You are asked to determine the number of bridge crimes that have been committed I in either the bidding or the play Here are our findings See how I nearly they the coincide with lith y our s N Vests Vest's Vests Vest's e st's double of of the opening p bid g bid I t meets with our approval even I though hough it is not based on the high f card requirements set forth in the he textbook His hand has preparedness preparedness pre- pre I for any of the other suits and has good possibilities possibilities' if f partner happens to have something something some- some thing hing in one of the major suits Norths North's bid of one diamond does docs not meet with our complete approval approval approval ap ap- ap- ap because it has nothing to gain am It does not make it difficult difficult cult for East to respond and may confuse partner South's leap to game rame may be justified on the theory that his partner has some 1 values alues even though they are known not to be very great West Vest was guilty of the major crime When the king of diamonds diamonds diamonds dia dia- monds was led he should have refused refused refused re re- re- re fused it His subsequent defense was a noble effort to correct his initial error but it came too late If declarer happens to have three diamonds there is nothing that West Vest can do to defeat the contract contract contract con con- tract because it is a moral certainty certainty certainty that South has the queen of spades for fot his three no trump bid and the ace cannot be driven out of dummy in time to prevent the establishment of the diamonds If West Vest refuses the first diamond South can continue the suit sUlt but buthe buthe buthe he will have only one entry in dummy This will permit the establishment establishment establishment es es- es- es of the suit but there will m be no way to get in to cash it Copyright 1949 C C. H. H Goren |