Show I I BETTER I BRIDGE By C. C H. H Goren Neither vulnerable N Nor North o r t h deals NORTH NORT V lc K 9 4 K 8 7 4 2 WEST EST 1 EAST A ST It Q T 10 7 I A A 0 9 6 5 3 2 V Q 5 3 y V 10 1065 6 5 4 Q 9 Q 75 1064 SOUTH SOUTHA A it void V A 1 J 8 7 6 2 4 A A K J 3 The bidd bidding ng North Ta East South West est 1 Pass Pas as i Pass ass 1 V Pass 1 I Nl 1 Pass 3 4 01 Pass I 3 1 4 Pass 3 1 V V Pass I 4 V Pass 6 V Pass Pass Pass I I Opening lead ead queen of spades To the player who finds the taking of finesses today's today's today's to to- days day's hand possesses great charm charmin in that it offers the opportunity for a finesse in each of declarers declarer's three suits But to the cautious declarer an interesting problem I is presented That is which fi finesse finesse fi- fi n-I n nesse to choose and md which to abandon The auction was not exactly of the down the alley type and South in particular conducted the bidding as though he were I convinced that providence was on his lis side North chose to to respond with one no trump though many players would have ha preferred a abid abid I Ibid bid of two diamonds True enough the North hand is within the he limits o of a one no trump response response response re re- re- re containing nine high card points joints but since one of the kings is s in the suit partner has bid and since the hand contains a five card suit North might with equal propriety have responded with two wo diamonds South insisting upon reaching game made a jump shift and North rather than offer a mere preference bid of three hearts decided to bid three diamonds This call had the effect of so exciting exciting exciting ex ex- citing South that when he finally got belated heart support he I burst forth into a slam The opening spade lead lend was ruffed and declarer was faced with the choice of finessing for forthe forthe forthe the queen of hearts or the queen queenI I of diamonds Picking up the queen of oC hearts on a finesse would in itself not solve declarers declarer's declarers declarer's declarers declarer's ers er's problems for he would still have nave numerous minor suit losers to be concerned with But if the jack of diamonds could be fi finessed finessed fl fi- assuming that suit broke I reasonably most of declarers declarer's troubles roubles would be over for his club lub losers could be disposed of i ion on dummy's diamond suit and he could now afford to lose a trump trick |