They All Add Up

Pages: Page 5 of 6

Dealer: South
Vuln: E-W
Scoring: IMPs
  1. spadeQ 8 6 4
  2. heartA 6
  3. diamondA 10 8 4 3
  4. club5 3
  1. spade9 7 3
  2. heartQ 10 4
  3. diamondK J 7 5
  4. clubA J 6
club diamond heart spade NT
N 2 2 2 - -
S 3 2 2 - -
E - - - 2 -
W - - - 2 1
Green square in centre
  1. spadeK J 10 5 2
  2. heart9 7 2
  3. diamond6 2
  4. clubK 7 2

Contract: 2heart
Declarer: South
Lead: spade7
  1. spadeA
  2. heartK J 8 5 3
  3. diamondQ 9
  4. clubQ 10 9 8 4
Double dummy analyser: makeable contracts
West North East South
1heart
Pass 1spade Pass 2club
Pass 2heart Pass Pass
Pass
At the table declarer ruffed a spade and followed with king and another heart. West was on play with only diamonds left and although declarer had no trumps remaining West had to give South access to the winning clubs via diamondQ. It was not easy to see but West would have done better to win the first club with clubJ to continue with spade9. A further spade when in with clubA destroys declarer's timing for the end-play and eight tricks is the likely result.

This had been the end-game...
Previous page Next page

This section is a placeholder for the forum. For the time being it will be a noshow class.