4th August – Board 8: Love All. Dealer West.
Bridge is not an easy game and the hardest part by far is defence. I think everyone was in 3NT on the featured hand and all bar one made it - some with an overtrick – when in reality declarer should have been hard pressed.
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West
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North
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East
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South
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1NT
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No
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3NT
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End
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East might have started with Stayman but with such a balanced hand I think that is unnecessary. When you have a holding such as North did in clubs then you have a choice between leading the ace or the king and they should ask partner to tell different things about his holding in the suit. So the Ace should ask for Attitude while the King should ask for Kount. (Ok, I know.) Here North would lead the ace and South should discourage by playing the two, an unequivocal statement that he does not hold the queen – or if he does it is now singleton and the suit is blocked. So North must switch and knowing that his partner holds 1, 2 or 3 points only he has to find the safest suit to switch to and that is hearts. Declarer will win perforce and cash three more tricks in the suit and North must not shed a diamond else declarer has four winners there, and his best bet is a low club. If declarer now cashes the ace of spades North must be careful to throw his king under it to avoid being end-played in diamonds to lead away ultimately from his remaining club holding. See what I mean about it being difficult?
Yep did this and was rewarded with 3 points out of 8!
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