4th February – Board 15. North/South Game.
Dealer South.
Sometimes – a lot of the
time in fact – declarer might have several lines of attack and there is a knack
about going about things in the right order.
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North:
S 8 6 5 4
H 6
D K 10 3 2
C Q 10 7 3
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West:
S A 3
H K 7
D Q 9 4
C K J 8 5 4 2
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East:
S K Q 10 2
H A J 9 8 2
D J 5
C A 6
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South:
S J 9 7
H Q 10 5 4
3
D A 8 7 6
C 9
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West
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North
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East
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South
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No
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1C
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No
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1H
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No
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2C
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No
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2S
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No
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2NT
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No
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3NT
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End
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Absolutely
no need for West to do anything other than rebid his clubs at the lowest level
but with partner reversing in the majors the no-trump game is easily reached.
On the two of diamonds lead West is assured of a trick in that suit as long as
he plays low from dummy and let us assume he wins the third round. Declarer now
has eight tricks on top and the obvious place to get the ninth would be from
clubs, safe in the knowledge that even if the club finesse fails the defence
can only win one more diamond trick. (Because of the lead of the two, fourth
highest.) However when South shows out on the second round of clubs declarer
must change tack but he still has two more strings to his bow. Simply play off
the top spades and if the jack appears there are enough tricks while if it
doesn’t there is still the heart finesse to try. As an aside if declarer is
allowed to win the first diamond – maybe North has led from AKxxx and they are
playing 5th best leads – then it would be right to play the spades
first, then if no luck there play the top two clubs and as a last result take
the heart finesse.
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