anthony Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 [hv=d=w&v=b&w=s842hq8543d65ckq8&s=sqj93hat9762d7ct4]266|200|Scoring: IMP[/hv] W N E Spass 2NT(1) 3S pass4S Pass All (1): both minors preempt You sit south and lead your ♦ singleton, on North's Q the declarer puts A. Then he plays ♣A and three round of Club, discard a ♥J in the third. I guess everyone will ruff with ♠3. Now the question: what's next? This quiz consists of several questions. I'll go on after i get at least one winning reply. And i'm sure it will come here soon enough B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Declarer has AK10xx J AJxxx Ax. I play a high trump, ruff the diamond continuation, and play another trump. Declarer makes one diamond, two clubs, five trumps in hand, and one ruff in dummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtK78 Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 That seems perfectly rational. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 soon enough. and perfect for the first question! thanks qnasher. However, that's not the untimate answer. you return a high trump, pd follows 7. Now it's almost a double-dummy situation: declarer holds a 5152 shape. what would you play if declarers continue with (1) ♦J ?(2) ♦T ?(3) ♦9 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 I find it a ridiculous lead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnasher Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 OK - I didn't get this quite right. Suppose that declarer's diamonds are AJ1032. If he leads a high one I should ruff and play a trump; if he leads a low one I should let partner win cheaply, then ruff in on the third round of diamonds to play a trump. (Equivalently, partner can play a club back, declarer discards a diamond, and I ruff and return a trump.) If declarer has AJ1092, we can't beat it, so if he leads the 9 I have to play him for AJ987 or worse. So, if declarer leads the J or 10 I ruff; if he leads anything else I discard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthony Posted May 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Tks and congratulations qnasher. I'm impressed by the promptness of your reply. This board was played during a team match at BBO and South is a Romania star player. Personally i don't think Diamond lead so unacceptable, but at the six round when I played a DJ he did toss a heart carelessly, suddenly the contract became unbeatable. Maybe for internet bridge that's totally normal. Anyway, if it's not for a quiz, a lot of expert players at the table might fail to realize that's the key moment for defence. I did hold AJTxx by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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