{"id":426,"date":"2023-09-24T19:40:34","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=426"},"modified":"2023-09-24T19:40:35","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T23:40:35","slug":"answer-bridge-problem-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/?page_id=426","title":{"rendered":"Answer: Bridge Problem 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

North
\u2660 63
\u2665 4
\u2666AQJ53
\u2663 Q7543<\/td>\n		\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

West
\u2660 AQJ872
\u2665 75
\u2666987
\u2663 86
<\/td>\n		\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

East
\u2660 104
\u2665 863
\u2666K1064
\u2663 J1092
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

South
\u2660 K95
\u2665 AKQJ1092
\u26662
\u2663 AK
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n

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Dealer: West
Vul: North-South<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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W<\/td>\nN<\/td>\nE<\/td>\nS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2\u2660¹<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n4\u2660²<\/td>\n5\u2665<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
P<\/td>\nP<\/td>\nP<\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
¹ Weak<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
² Preemptive<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Opening lead: \u26669<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Win the \u2666A and play the \u2666Q. If East doesn’t cover, you have 11 tricks. Assuming East covers, ruff high, draw trumps, cash the \u2663A and \u2663K, and run the rest of the trumps. West has to hold on to three spades (or else East-West will have to let dummy score a minor suit winner at the end). But which three spades will West hold? This is the position at the tenth trick, before the lead of the last trump:<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

North
\u2660 —
\u2665 —
\u2666J5
\u2663 Q7
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

West
\u2660 AQJ8
\u2665 —
\u2666–
\u2663 —
<\/td>\n		\n

 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

East
\u2660 104
\u2665 —
\u266610
\u2663 J
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

South
\u2660 K95
\u2665 2
\u2666–
\u2663 —
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 <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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West is caught in a single-suit squeeze<\/i><\/b>. If West keeps the \u2660AQJ, a low spade will force West to give you a trick with the \u2660K. If West discards the \u2660Q or \u2660J, South plays the \u2660K and has to score the last trick with either the \u26609 or one of dummy’s winners.<\/p>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Return to Bridge Problems<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  North \u2660 63 \u2665 4 \u2666AQJ53 \u2663 Q7543   West \u2660 AQJ872 \u2665 75 \u2666987 \u2663 86   East \u2660 104 \u2665 863 \u2666K1064 \u2663 J1092   South \u2660 K95 \u2665 AKQJ1092 \u26662 \u2663 AK   Dealer: WestVul: North-South W N E S 2\u2660¹ P 4\u2660² 5\u2665 P P P   ¹ Weak ² […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=426"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/426\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stephenrshalom.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}