Untitled Document
Bucuresti, 1-2-2005
Boards from Monday, pairs at Atomic 31-01-2005.
Truus was busy, busy, busy with her work, so I had the pleasure of playing with Sava.
Theme: try to make up which play declarer is going to make.
Then you can make up the defence.
The illustration: 3 boards.
First 2 little problems, solution at the end.
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14 E/-
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North Louis
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North
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East
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South
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West
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-
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P
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1
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1
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West
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East
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Dbl
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1NT
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P
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2
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Q8
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P
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3
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Ap
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Q54
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843
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Lead
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4
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South Sava
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KJ853
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AJ6
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106
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Q652
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A972
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Trick1: 4 -3 - A - Q
What do you continue?
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13 N/All
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North Louis
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North
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East
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South
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West
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?
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P
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1
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3
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P
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West
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East
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P
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dbl
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P
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4
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A
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P
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5
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Ap
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K642
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AK10
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Lead
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J
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South Sava
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A8642
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KQ109852
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975
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2
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Q97
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Trick1: J - A - 9 - 4
Trick2: 2 - 9 - K - 10
Trick3: 6 - 7 - A - 2
Trick4: K – 2 – 6 – 7
Trick5: 10 – 5 – Q - 5
Trick6: J – 8 - 2 - 2
Trick7: 5 - 10 - 4 - ?
North has 3 or 5 and 2 , you can deduct this from your conventions.
We play high-low odd and low-high even.
North has played high-low and low-high.
What must South do now? Let the J hold or overtake with Q and play the last ?
A beautiful defence from Sava
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15 Z/NS
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North Louis
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North
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East
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South
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West
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KJ652
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P
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1NT
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1032
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P
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2
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2
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2
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652
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p
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3
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dbl
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3NT
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West
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J4
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East
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Ap
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A84
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Q1073
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Lead
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5
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A986
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QJ5
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K97
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10
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AQ2
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South Sava
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K10865
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9
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K74
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AQJ873
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973
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Trick1: 5 - 10 - J – 7
Trick2: Q – K – 6 - 3
Nice, Sava keeps the communications in .
North still has a to reach South..
Now 5 -tricks are made.
South discards and .
West discards twice .
North discards 3 times .
Trick8: Q - K - A - 2
Trick9: 9 – 3 (good, not covered.) - J - 7
Trick10: A and the rest is for NS
Solutions first 2 problems:
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14 E/-
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North Louis
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North
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East
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South
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West
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72
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P
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1
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1
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A9832
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Dbl
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1NT
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P
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2
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KJ1097
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P
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3
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ap
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West
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4
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East
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K109543
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Q8
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Lead
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4
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KJ7
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Q54
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A
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843
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Q106
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South Sava
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KJ853
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AJ6
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106
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Q652
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A972
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Trick1: 4 -3 - A - Q
What to continue?
10. It winns when North has A of K, singleton and 2 .
Partner plays on this board A and 2.
After that: taken with A, and now comes the -ruff, then the -ruff.
West has a 6-card .
If you let partner ruff a at trick 2 he never will be reached twice to give you the -ruff.
The plan of declare when the is ruffed at trick 2:
to the Q, cross to dummy with , finess J.
Because when South plays the third , North cannot ruff.
Board 13.
Declarer has a 6-card with Q J 9 x x x and a 3-card .
If declarer has a 3-card he plays in trick 2 from dummy.
Because he has only 1 . Then he can ruff himself twice in dummy.
Now he tries to get rid of his on the .
So if you took Q play .
If you don’t overtake partner takes A.
If you overtake Q and play declarer makes 5 +1.
Did you asked yourself why West never played it 3?
This was the card that was in the possession of North.
West had:
6 5
x x
Q J 9 x x x
K x x
La revedere, Louis, jucător olandez.
