November 2015 - 61

Advanced Players

Solutions to Test Your Play
Problems are on page 59.
Your options are limited.
1. Translation: You need a minor
miracle. Make that several minor miracles.
Win the opening lead, draw two
rounds of trumps, leaving the queen
in dummy, and play four rounds of
hearts. For starters, you need the
player with the long trumps to have
at least four hearts. Assuming this
happens, discard two clubs on the
hearts and then run the ♣K through
East. Assuming East has the ace and
plays it, ruff, and enter dummy with
the ♦Q. If East ducks the ♣A, discard a spade and run the ♣Q. All you
need are two club tricks.
If diamonds were 3-2, you have 12
tricks: Five diamonds, four hearts,
two clubs and a spade. If diamonds
were 4-1, besides everything else,
you need the player with the long
diamonds and the long hearts to have
three clubs. Listen, something is better than nothing.
Thanks to Al Blinder, Torrance CA,
for this one.

Given that the ♠8 usually
denies the ♠9, it is safe to assume that the lead was from the
10-9 doubleton. Furthermore, with
Q-J-9-8-x-(x), East might have
overtaken. In any case, your next play
from dummy must be a club to cut
communications for a third-round
spade trick.
Say East wins the club exit cheaply
and plays the ♠Q to your king and
West's expected 9. Now what?
Things are looking up, as West is
marked with the ♥A Q, so now play a
heart to the king and ace. West exits
with a diamond (best) which you
win in dummy. Ruff a club and lead a
second heart to West's queen. West
exits with a second trump, which you
win in dummy and play the ♥J. East,
not having any trumps, can't ruff,
and West must follow. The spade is
finally discarded and the overtrick
made.
The key play is the club at trick
two.
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