This
deal
is a might have been from a Manchester League match.
At
the table North South overbid to four spades which
was a hopeless contract, but suppose the contract is
three spades.
The
defence cash three diamonds ending with East who
then plays a club to six, ten and ace.
Declarer
now plays ace, king of hearts and trumps a heart in
hand and then the ace and king of spades to leave
the following position with North on lead needing
three more tricks.
Now
declarer leads the last heart from dummy and trumps
it. What can West play? If he overtrumps
he has to lead a diamond conceding a ruff and
discard or a club away from the queen.
Discarding a club gives declarer two club tricks and
discarding a diamond allows declarer to exit wtih a
trump to West's queen to lead away from the queen of
clubs.
Alan
Mould, who analysed the deal, thinks this is a
backwash squeeze, a rare ending, on the other hand
David Burn thinks it is no more than a strip
squeeze.
Whichever,
it is a neat ending.
Thanks to Alan Mould and John Holland for reporting this deal |
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