Clear Thinking Required And Luck

Pages: Page 4 of 5

Dealer: West
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeK 5 3
  2. heartA Q 7
  3. diamond9 4 3
  4. clubQ 7 5 3
  1. spade10 8 7
  2. heart10 9 8 4
  3. diamondK
  4. clubA K J 8 2
club diamond heart spade NT
N 1 2 - 1 2
S 1 2 - - 2
E - - - - -
W - - - - -
Green square in centre
  1. spadeA 9 4 2
  2. heart6 5 3 2
  3. diamondJ 10 7 6 5
  4. club—

Contract: 3NT
Declarer: South
Lead: clubA
  1. spadeQ J 6
  2. heartK J
  3. diamondA Q 8 2
  4. club10 9 6 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
Pass Pass Pass 1NT
Pass 2spade* Pass 3NT
Pass Pass Pass

* raise to 2NT

At the table declarer took an interesting line when he won in hand at trick two and led diamond2. Presumably he was playing for West to have diamond10x(x) or diamondJx(x), but although eventually he mistimed the play to go one light it need not have been like that. When West's king pops up it should not only pinpoint the diamond distribution but also the location of spadeA (on the bidding), so the hand moves rapidly towards a double-dummy analysis. West continues with heart4 at trick three so declarer should win in the dummy and lead diamond9 for a finesse, but East will split his honours as South wins in hand. Now South leads club10 ...
Previous page Next page
This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.