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Manchester
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Problems Problem 1
Contract 4S by South would you rather play or defend? Problem 2
Problem 3
North
South
1H 3NT 3NT is described as a balanced raise to 4H. You lead a low Spade, declarer wins with the King, partner showing an odd number, and plays Ace and another Heart, partner following once and then discarding a Diamond. Plan the defence. Problem 4
You play 3NT from the South hand on a small heart lead. The Ten holds the trick in dummy and when you play the Queen of Diamonds it is covered by the King, you win with the Ace. What now? Problem 5
East
opens 4
and you bravely bid 4 ending
the auction. West
leads a heart and East plays a second heart, you ruff while
West
completes a peter. Which minor should you cross to dummy
with to
lead a Spade? Thanks to Jill Roe of Bramhall Bridge club
for
this hand.Problem 6
2H Pass Pass 3D Pass 3H Pass 3NT All pass Partner leads the 7 of Hearts, declarer plays the King from dummy. a)
What do you play to this trick? (From a Pachabo
qualifying match - thanks to Gary Hyett) Problem 7
1S 2D 2H Dble(1) 2N Dble 3H Dble(2) All pass (1) Penalty (this
was
in
1959) Partner leads the diamond 3 declarer plays low from dummy and you win the trick, declarer following. What do you switch
to?
(from the 1959 European, Great Britain v Lebanon) . See
also History section. Problem 8
Non-vul
against vul. -
Partner deals and opens 1NT. What do you bid,
needing a
game swing on this hand to win the competition? (The
re-dealt
final hand of Crockford's 1965, see History
section).
Problem 9
South
plays 6S on the 9 of Hearts
lead, East following suit.
What are the East West hands for this contract to make
and how
does the play go?
Thanks to Paul Lamford for sending me this problem. Solution 9
You
play 6S from the South hand on
the Queen of Clubs lead, East
playing the King. What are the East West hands for
this
contract to succeed?
Thanks to Boris Ewart for this problem, a minor adaptation of a deal that occurred at Besses' Bridge Club.
You play 7S from the South hand (after a transfer sequence) on the Spade 2 lead. What is the best line for the contract? Problem 12
From
a Manchester Bridge
Club duplicate Oct 2005. Craig Fisher reached 6NT from
the South
hand on a Heart lead. This is a fine contract with 12
top tricks,
but this is duplicate, so the overtrick is worth a matchpoint
or two.
How do you play it?
Problem 13
Contract 3NT by South would you rather play or defend? Warning - this problem is very difficult. Problem 14 A
Christmas Story
By Paul Lamford Dealer South, Game All
a) At the Woodenhead Christmas Social I reached 6NT by South. At the social an extra rule comes into play after the auction. It might be “the opening lead will be made at random”, or “dummy plays its own cards without prompting”. A slip indicates the rule. This time it was that “the partner of a person who wins a trick will lead to the next one”. West led the queen of clubs and East played the seven. How did I make my contract? b) Lo and behold, a few weeks later, at the New Year Social (another special slip event) my partner and I picked up these identical hands, and again we reached 6NT by South! This time I was disappointed to find that the “special slip” indicated that aces had become low and twos had become high, so that all cards were in reverse rank, but I still managed to make my contract. Again West led the queen of clubs and East played the seven. How should I play? Curious
hand, observed the
Owl. 6NT cannot be made without the special rules. Is that
true?
Problem 15
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