First
for Bridge Quiz. 2008
Congratulations
to Bernard Themis from Twickenham
and Manuel Paulo from Portugal
for jointly winning our quiz.
Cheques for £75.00 each have
been posted.
Answers below.
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Open
to all
1)
Bidding
Love All
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Bidding
You are dealt:
S A 5 4 H A
3 D 6 3 C
A K Q J 5 4
You open 1C. Partner
responds 1S. What is your rebid?
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You are too strong
to rebid 3C.
4C would carry the partnership over 3NT which may well be the right contract.
You cannot support spades at a high level with only 3-card support.
3NT is reasonable, particularly if you play it as showing a solid minor
with values outside.
However you wont find a spade contract if partner has 5 spades and is wide
open in diamonds.
The best bid is
an unlikely looking forcing reverse
into 2H! Are you worried that partner
might support hearts? No problem.
Just retreat to spades. With four
cards in each major he would respond
to 1C with 1H so if he has four
hearts he must have five spades.
If his next bid is 3C then continue
with 3D fourth suit forcing.
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2) Declarer
play
| You have bid aggressively
to 7 spades. West leads the C J
can you see any chance of success? |
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S
7 5 4 3
H
Q 3 2
D
A 6 5
C
6 5 2
S
A K Q J 10 9 8
H
A
D
Q 3
C
A K Q
You require the
two missing red kings to be in
the same hand. Win the Ace of
clubs and run off the rest of
your black winners. With East
still to discard this is the
position.
S
H
Q 3
D
A
C
S
West hand H
K 10
immaterial D
K 10
C
S
H
A
D
Q 3
C
East must discard one of his red tens, unguarding the king. Cash
the Ace of that suit and use the other red Ace to get to your queen.
This is called a criss - cross squeeze.
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3) Defence
| You
cash the heart Ace against South's
spade game, East playing the queen.
What is the minimum partner can
have in order to beat this contract
and what is your defensive plan? |
S
8 7 6 5 3
H
5 2
D
A K Q
C
A K Q
S A J
H A K 9 8 7 6
D 8 5 4
C 7 2
S W N E
1H Dbl 2H
2S 3H 4S P
P P P
Of course East's
HQ shows the HJ. You could
try under leading your HK at
trick 2, but that is a pointless
exercise because you know the
direction the defence must
take. You need partner to have
at least doubleton spade 10
X. Continue with the HK and
a third heart. The ruff - and
- discard does declarer no
good because he has no side
suit losers. When you regain
the lead with the spade Ace
you can play a fourth heart.
Partner will ruff with the
S10 and promote your SJ into
the fourth defensive trick.
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