an interesting slam

[Fluffy]

I was commenting on a vugraph match between Spain and Portugal national teams training for European Championships next month.

 

This neat hand happened.

 

I divided the problem in 2:

 

Problem for Intermediate/Advanced

 

 

Problem for experts

 

 

 

Hope you like them, if you are unsure try the advanced problem first, you might enjoy the expert problem yet later.

[gszes]

 

 

I was mildly surprised that declarer opted to play lho for

the dia length (or Queen anyway) especially given my lead

of a low spade (there may have been some UI from having

played the hand first) but at least my opening lead was

honest and maybe should/could have swayed declarer into

playing my p for the long diamonds (one more open space)

 

 

 

[Fluffy]

If you defended properly one diamond finesse won't suffice for 12

[Cyberyeti]

If you defended properly one diamond finesse won't suffice for 12

 

Depends how you take the finesse (I think, see below).

 

Btw if you click out of your site and were logged in, is there any way of viewing the diamond pips without playing through the hand again ?

[Fluffy]

After you finnish the board you can see the full board by clicking on the play area (you might need to close the scores & comments window). For teaching purposes on big screens it is also possible to click on cards to change their color.

 

Also possible is to review someone's play on the hand and you should see it full.

 

But if you closed the hand, reviewing it is not possible now.

[Cyberyeti]

It occurred to me that you could construct a hand where you look spectacularly stupid if you make the recommended defence (in the expert problem), although it can't happen on this one.

 

 

What I was visualising was a bent NT rebid with a long club suit, where there is no genuine play for the contract, you don't have ♠ J but if the A♠ is ducked twice, you scamper away with 2 spades, 1 diamond, 2 or 3 hearts and 7 or 6 clubs.

 

 

As a suggested feature for your site, since you hold the hands with the scores, if you're logged in, how difficult would it be to be able to view your last n played hands which would fix the review issue.

[gnasher]

What I was visualising was a bent NT rebid with a long club suit

It doesn't have to be a bent 1NT. Declarer could have Jxx Qx KQx KJxxx. In fact, at the table I would have played for that, because partner's spade peter is obviously suit preference for hearts. In the virtual world I found the correct defence, using the UI that Fluffy thought it was worth putting on BridgeGod.

[Fluffy]

It occurred to me that you could construct a hand where you look spectacularly stupid if you make the recommended defence (in the expert problem), although it can't happen on this one.

 

 

What I was visualising was a bent NT rebid with a long club suit, where there is no genuine play for the contract, you don't have ♠ J but if the A♠ is ducked twice, you scamper away with 2 spades, 1 diamond, 2 or 3 hearts and 7 or 6 clubs.

 

 

As a suggested feature for your site, since you hold the hands with the scores, if you're logged in, how difficult would it be to be able to view your last n played hands which would fix the review issue.

 

Almost every hand belongs to a set of hands, most of them to the practice section 2, I added some features to be able to see your own hand there. Since you are registered you can see all your scores.

 

I will look into letting you jump to review hand from that menu.

 

EDIT: You can also see the full hand on the front page of the related article, in the practice section, go to the bottom (board 40) and click on Story

[Fluffy]

It doesn't have to be a bent 1NT. Declarer could have Jxx Qx KQx KJxxx. In fact, at the table I would have played for that, because partner's spade peter is obviously suit preference for hearts. In the virtual world I found the correct defence, using the UI that Fluffy thought it was worth putting on BridgeGod.

 

I though count was "standard", anyway, partner is marked with ♠1097x at second trick of the suit, wouldn't he play a higher spot than the 7?

[inquiry]

The defense problem is fine. I thought it was nice and relatively straight forward. Not certain it is expert defense.