Bucureºti, 31-08-2004
Bucureºti, 29-3-2005
Boards from last Monday 28-03-2005, pairs at Atomic.
This time only  -contracts in my story.
-contracts in my story.
What do you lead against 4 ?
?
The actual deal at the end
   
    | 18.E/NS
     | North 
     |  | North
     | East
     | South
     | West
     | 
   
    |  | ?
     |  | -
     | P
     | P
     | P
     | 
   
    | West 
     |  | East 
     | 4  | Ap
     |  |  | 
   
    |  ?
 |  |  K 3 2
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  ?
 |  |  8 7 6 4
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  ?
 |  |  K 5 4
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  ?
 | South
     |  J 7 5
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  | ?
     |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    | 5.N/NS 
     | N (Louis)  
     |  | North 
     | East 
     | South 
     | West 
     | 
   
    |  |  4
 |  | 1  | P 
     | 2NT i 
     | P 
     | 
   
    |  |  K8743
 |  | 3 ii | P 
     | 3 ii | P 
     | 
   
    |  |  Q6
 |  | 4 iii | P 
     | 4 iv | P 
     | 
   
    | West 
     |  AKQ95
 | East 
     | 5 v | P 
     | 5NT vi 
     | P 
     | 
   
    |  K106
 |  |  J873
 | 6  | Ap 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  Q2
 |  |  95
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  KJ875
 |  |  1093
 | i 
     | 10+ 
     | 4+kaart 
     |  
 | 
   
    |  876
 | S (Truus) 
     |  10932
 | ii 
     | Long s
     | Or 
     | Cue 
     | 
   
    |  |  AQ652
 |  | iii 
     | Was c 
     |  A 
        K
 |  | 
   
    |  |  AJ106
 |  | iv 
     |  cue
 |  A
 | e  A | 
   
    |  |  A42
 |  | v 
     |  Q
 |  |  | 
   
    |  |  J
 |  | vi 
     | Asks 
     | 2topc 
     |  
 | 
The  were 2-2 ,7
 were 2-2 ,7 made.
 made.
We tried to reach 7 .
.
There were also pairs playing 4 .
.
A different approach of this board.
.
   
    | 7.S/All 
     | N (Truus)  
     |  | North 
     | East 
     | South 
     | West 
     | 
   
    |  |  J9
 |  | - 
     | - 
     | 2 i | P 
     | 
   
    |  |  J106532
 |  | 2  | P 
     | 2NT ii 
     | P 
     | 
   
    |  |  K8
 |  | 3 iii | P 
     | 3  | P 
     | 
   
    | West 
     |  KJ5
 | East 
     | 4NT 
     | P 
     | 5  | P 
     | 
   
    |  97632
 |  |  A1084
 | 6  | Ap 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  Q4
 |  |  97
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  962
 |  |  QJ1074
 | i 
     | Multi 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  10983
 | S (Louis) 
     |  42
 | ii 
     | 23-24 NT 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  |  KQ5
 |  | iii 
     | Jacoby 
     |  |  | 
   
    |  |  AK8
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  A53
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  AQ76
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
South had smuggled 1 point.
4NT asked for aces, 5 showed 3.
 showed 3.
 were divided 2-2, 6
 were divided 2-2, 6 just made.
 just made.
The actual deal from the lead.
   
    | 5.N/NS
     | N
     |  | North
     | East
     | South
     | West
     | 
   
    |  |  J8
 |  | -
     | P
     | P
     | P
     | 
   
    |  |  AKQJ92
 |  | 4  | Ap
     |  |  | 
   
    |  |  AQ8
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    | W(Truus)
     |  94
 | E (Louis)
     |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  976
 |  |  K32
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  53
 |  |  8764
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  J962
 |  |  K54
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  AK83
 | S
     |  J75
 |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  AQ1054
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  10
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  1073
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
   
    |  |  Q1062
 |  |  |  |  |  | 
It is a gamble which card to lead.
One lead is not good:  . If declarer has to develop a suit he can choose out of 3.
. If declarer has to develop a suit he can choose out of 3.
I don’t like to underlead a K. Also I don’t like to underlead a J.
On this board I followed a wisdom in bridge: the clubs are always equal divided.
Trick1:  to
 to  K
K
Trick2:  2 via
2 via  8 to
8 to  K
K
Trick3:  to
 to  A
A
I think on another lead declarer tries the  -finesse.
-finesse.
Because the friendly distribution 6 -, 5
-, 5 -tricks and
-tricks and  A are 12 tricks.
A are 12 tricks.
Nice to see that we made the first 3 tricks.
Hartly greetings from Louis, the Dutch player.