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Bucuresti, 16-11-2004
Herewith two boards from Monday, 15-11-2004, Atomic bridge-evening
On board 10 East didn’t lead the opening colour.
On board 11 North also didn’t lead the opening colour.
   
    | 10 E/All | North |  | North | East | South | West | 
   
    |  |  A Q 8 2
 |  | - | p | P | 1 | 
   
    |  |  Q 9 7
 |  | Dbl | p | 2 | P | 
   
    |  |  J 4
 |  | 3 | p | 4 | Ap | 
   
    |  |  K Q J 6
 |  | Lead:  7 |  |  |  | 
   
    |   
     |  |  
     | Trick 1 |  A
 |  |  | 
   
    |  | South |  | Trick 2,3,4 |  K,A,Q
 |  |  | 
   
    |  |  K J 6 3
 |  | Trick 5,6,7 |  K,Q,J
 | South |  discard
 | 
   
    |  |  10 4
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  K 9 6 2
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  A 3 2
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    | 11 S/- 
     |  
     |  | North 
     | East 
     | South 
     | West 
     | 
   
    |  West 
     |  | East 
     | - 
     | - 
     | 1  | 1  | 
   
    |  J 9 7 6 2
 |  |  A 5 4
 | 1NT 
     | 2  | 2NT 
     | 3  | 
   
    |  A J 9 7
 |  |  Q 10 8 6 3
 | p 
     | 3  | ap 
     |  | 
   
    |  J 10
 |  |  K 5
 | Lead:  5 |  |  |  | 
   
    |  10 9
 |  | J 6 4 | Trick 1: 
     |  Q
 |  K
 |  A
 | 
   
    |  |  
     |  | How to continue? 
     |  |  |  | 
 
 
  
    | 10 E/All | North |  | Solution | 
    |  |  A Q 8 2
 |  | Play  J, for | 
    |  |  Q 9 7
 |  | He’s trown in | 
    |  |  J 4
 |  | If West plays the  K 
        becomes tr | 
    | West  |  K Q J 6
 | East | If West plays the  V 
        becomes tr | 
    |  7 4
 |  |  10 9 5
 |  | 
    |  A K 3
 |  |  J 8 6 5 2
 |  | 
    |  A Q 8 5
 |  |  10 7 3
 |  | 
    |  10 9 8 5
 | South |  7 5
 |  | 
    |  |  K J 6 3
 |  |  | 
    |  |  10 4
 |  |  | 
    |  |  K 9 6 2
 |  |  | 
    |  |  A 3 2
 |  |  | 
  
    | 11 Z/- | North |  | Solution | 
    |  |  K 8 3
 |  | You alwayse lose 2  - 
        and 1   | 
    |  |  5 2
 |  | So you only may lose 1  -trick | 
    |  |  A 8 6 3 2
 |  | Possibilities: | 
    | West  |  8 7 3
 | Oost | Someone has the bare  K Q | 
    |  J 9 7 6 2
 |  |  A 5 4
 | South has  Q 10 of  K 10 | 
    |  A J 9 7
 |  |  Q 10 8 6 3
 |  | 
    |  J 10
 |  |  K 5
 | On this board is winning: | 
    |  10 9
 | Zuid |  J 6 4
 |  to  10 
        and  4 
        from East
 | 
    |  |  Q 10
 |  | Later youre decicion in  | 
    |  |  K 4
 |  |  must also be the right 
        one
 | 
    |  |  Q 9 7 4
 |  |  | 
    |  |  A K Q 5 2
 |  |  | 
If on board 10 the lead is  then North has no chance.
 then North has no chance.
If on board 11 the lead is  then West has no chance.
 then West has no chance.
After  A K West has to ruff the
 A K West has to ruff the  Q and can go to dummy with
Q and can go to dummy with  K
K
The play  4 is for the
4 is for the  K from North.
K from North.
He plays a small  to the
 to the  Q from South
Q from South
When South plays another  a spade trick will promote in North/South.
 a spade trick will promote in North/South.
Nice to play this with open cards.  
What do we learn from this all?
Lead more often the colour from your partner.
Greetings from Louis, the dutch player.