nige1 Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 [hv=pc=n&s=skh2c2&w=shadaca&n=sa2hd2c&e=sqjhcK]300|300|Franco Baseggio describes this beautiful ending in his Squeeze Topics series on BridgeWinners. South to lead at No-trumps and make 2 more tricks,[/hv] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 That's very neat Nige1I hope you don't mind, I used my Samsung tablet to help solve it - I hope this is the right answer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AL78 Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Play the ♠K. If West throws the ♥A, cash ♥2. If West throws the ♦A, overtake and cash the ♦2. If West throws the ♣A, play low, then throw East in with the ♣2, who has only a spade left to lead to North. Is it realistic for anyone to identify the possibility of such a situation in real time and play for it? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilowsky Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 I doubt it. It took ages to glue the little cards onto the blocks for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 Play the ♠K. If West throws the ♥A, cash ♥2. If West throws the ♦A, overtake and cash the ♦2. If West throws the ♣A, play low, then throw East in with the ♣2, who has only a spade left to lead to North. Is it realistic for anyone to identify the possibility of such a situation in real time and play for it?Well played Pilowski and AL78. For the full deal, see http://bridgewinners...eeze-what-else/. As you can verify, declarer succeeded at the table, even although the actual play was more complex, requiring what superficially appears to be a practice finesse :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfi Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 If you want a few more of these, you can try Coffin's great 88: http://www.rpbridge.net/8g01.htm I'll leave it to you to work out if this ending is in there (I had a quick look but it didn't jump out at me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FelicityR Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 I hazard a guess it's some form of entry shifting squeeze but I usually guess wrong :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberyeti Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 I hazard a guess it's some form of entry shifting squeeze but I usually guess wrong :( It's solved above, it's a nice little squeeze where when W has to discard on K♠, he has to pitch the club or you're just solid, whereupon you simply lead your club as a stepping stone and E has to give you the other spade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mythdoc Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 I dare say no one not playing with the cards face up has ever gotten to the last three tricks of a hand where all the aces and two of the kings have yet to be played. Of course, those Aces could be queens or kings and the squeeze position would still work. Bridge is a fascinating game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 If you want a few more of these, you can try Coffin's great 88: http://www.rpbridge.net/8g01.htm I'll leave it to you to work out if this ending is in there (I had a quick look but it didn't jump out at me).Hugh Darwen's amazing Double Dummy Corner https://www.doubledummy.net/ is even more challenging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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