Show 0 7 0 0 0 0 i EASY LESSONS IN j 1 i J AUCTION BRIDGE 1 I 6 4 IBy I Q By PAUL H. H SEYMOUR t Author of Highlight on OD Auction Brid Bridge J 1 I 0 7 6 Copyright bj by Hoyle Horle Jr Article Thirty One Unblocking in Dummy B BID BED ID and play the following hand band as you think should be done and then theD Compare compare i. i with follows 0 0 6 4 6 64 v-o v o j I. I A 0 K K 0 4 K 6 K J 9 07 DT 7 4 43 3 L I R Q J 9 s 4 32 73 1075 1 N n J 1 J s 9 8 s e S a x 2 S O-S 7 I a 2 Iw W E O 6 0 4 40 0 s A 0 Q io 10 A 6 A d-A R K Q 0 Q o O Jr 10 o 6 S 6 fi 2 South hS deals deals' and bids one no trump W West Nest st passes North having raving a two- two suiter should take out his partners partner's no no with his suit trump higher Therefore There Ther fore tore he bids two spades East passes and South considering a major takeout takeout take tale out to be from strength bids bids' two no trump West passes again When the holder of or a two two two-suiter sulter takes out his partners partner's no trump and his partner partner partner part part- ner a second take-out take with the tho theother theother other suit suH should be made therefore North says three clubs East passes and South decides to go on with his no trump In spite of ot his partners partner's two- two suiter sutter because of ot his singleton In spades and the fact that his partners partner's other suit sult Is a minor lie He has four sure cure tricks and his diamond suit Is Isu such u h that It seems certain of at establishment establishment establish establish- ment and good for three tricks He bids three no trump and all pass West leads the King of ot spades dummy Is spread on the table and declarer declarer de- de clater examines the hands Dummy's Ace and King of ot diamonds block that suit sut In his own hand and If It he leads diamonds at trick 2 he cannot get the lend lead back to his own hand because dummy Is void of ot hearts and the commanding commanding com com- manding clubs and spades of the adversaries adversaries ad ad- would prevent his making his contract lie He discovers a way of overcoming the difficulty and plays the hand as follows W N N E S 5 1 SK 54 52 SA 2 IU DK JIA ISA 0 a 8 JIG DA IlK 4 i Di DO 6 5 DG DJ IS 6 DIO 7 I DS lIS g 8 De 9 1110 CJ HJ no CK CA 10 SS 11 W cO 12 SJ 57 Clo la 18 SQ sO CS Declarer wins three odd trIcks This Is a rather remarkable hand as ns asfar fat far as discarding I Is conc concerned r Not only does docs declarer make the unusual discards of ot an nn Ace and King but he governs his later play by watching the discards of ot his adversaries He reo re re- re- re o- o talus his Queen or of hearts until he ne ne' nas has run tun his five diamonds hoping that It I may seem safe to put the adversaries I In the lead with clu and wait walt for them to come com back In hi hearts If East had bad thrown away his small spade hopIng hoping hop hop- hoping Ing ing to make his hearts this scheme would have worked but East cast knew that declarer still hel hell held the Queen of hearts and also that he East must hold a spade to lead to his partner Discarding 0 on these diamond tricks really did more harm to declarer than to the adversaries He could not not keep sufficient prot protection for or the spades In dummy I reducing his club holdIng holding hold- hold Ing ng to the King Jack and and to have led clubs then I ha e given the adversarIes adversaries adversaries ad ad- all of their remaining clubs i thus at trick 9 9 declarer saw aw that he he must take his Queen of hearts or lose iose his contract and game Any attempt to play this hand and without discarding the he two high diamonds will give ghe adversarIes adversaries adversaries ad ad- five tricks and prevent de declarer darer larer going game One particular situation where in instruction instruction In- In regarding discarding seems to o be necessary Is where an adversary Is s compelled to discard upon leads leads' s. s from dummy at no trump This adversary adversary adver nd sary has for Instance the Ace rind end two small hearts and a n number of small mall elu clubs s and diamonds which are ar arnot not good cards and find declarer Is leading lead lead- Ing ng spades from dummy where I In addition addition ad ad- to spades there are fire only hearts the the King Queen and several small ones It would seem to be self self-evl- dent ent that t this adversary should discard dis- dis card ard small hearts and keep anything else Ise because If he discards discar s his clubs and nd diamonds he will be compelled when dummy leads leads' a heart to win the trick rick and lead lend right back to the high hearts carts which are on the table To put this Into the form of ot a rule When holding Ace Aco and others of ot a asuit asuit asuit suit where King and perhaps Queen also are In dummy dumm o If It you have ha an opportunity to discard throw throwaway away all of ot that suit except the Ace so that when your ace wins you will not be obliged to lead rJ right ht back In the same suit BUlf |