Sunday, October 4, 2020

Cold-blooded defense wins 10 IMPs

The competitive bidding by N-S was fierce and the final double borderline. We produced a blisteringly accurate defense, leading the HK to hold the lead and shifting to a Diamond

On second thoughts, I think 4S could be made, though. If East ruffs the club shift at trick 3, then heart ruff, club ruff, heart ruff, club ruff, heart—what can you do? If you ruff high, declarer can unblock the DA and pull trump. If instead you discard a diamond, dummy ruffs, unblocks the DA, pulls two rounds of trump, cashes a good diamond and loses only the last trick to your SQ.

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In these pages, I comment on hands from Bridge Base Online ACBL tourneys. I play in these with a variety of partners with different degrees of skill. I might present a hand or two from my collection of bridge books, every now and then. I am more interested in play and defense than in complex bidding systems, but I do follow the cut and thrust of Vanderbilt and World Championship Vugraph and try to keep abreast of expert practice in the obstructive and constructive bidding system department. I may also feature, newspaper-style, famous hands from important matches that I saw on Vugraph.

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