Hard School Revisited

Pages: Page 3 of 5

Dealer: South
Vuln: Game All
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeA K 9 7
  2. heartK J 6
  3. diamond8 2
  4. clubK 7 3 2
  1. spadeJ 5 2
  2. heartA Q 10 7 4 2
  3. diamondA 9 6
  4. club8
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 - - 2
S - 2 - - 2
E - - 1 - -
W - - 1 - -
Green square in centre
  1. spade10 8 6 3
  2. heart5 3
  3. diamond10 3
  4. clubA Q J 10 4

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: North
Lead: clubQ
  1. spadeQ 4
  2. heart9 8
  3. diamondK Q J 7 5 4
  4. club9 6 5
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
2diamond*
2heart 2NT Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* weak

The only lead to beat this contract is a spade. To preserve dummy's outside entry North has to win in hand and play a diamond at trick two. West wins the second diamond and plays another spade, killing declarer's communications in the process. Forced to run the diamonds or abandon them, declarer eventually succumbs to a suicide squeeze. In practice the spade at trick one was impossible to find and a club lead severed the defensive communications. 3NT made ten tricks when East threw a spade - plus 630 to North-South.
Previous page Next page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.