Goren Bridge: Stepping stone
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Continue ReadingHard Luck Louie was once again trying to win the club’s Saturday night duplicate. West found the excellent opening lead of a trump. It was pointless for Louie to try for a club ruff in dummy, as the defense would be able to prevent that with repeated trump leads. There would be no overtrick, but […]
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Continue ReadingSouth in today’s deal was Egyptian star Walid el-Ahmady. We can’t be sure, but we think South’s four-notrump bid was natural, not Blackwood. North, who had shown nothing, probably felt he was too good to pass after South’s very strong bidding. West could not lead a spade and chose to lead a heart. A club […]
Continue ReadingSouth in today’s deal was Marcelo Caracci, from Chile. When you are declaring a contract with barely more trumps than the opponents, you have to protect your trumps as much as possible — the opponents will try to attack your trump holding and take control from you. Caracci did well to discard a club from […]
Continue ReadingA declarer will sometimes have a blind spot in the play of a hand. The winning play is right there but he just can’t see it. West found the excellent lead of a trump. South won and led the queen of clubs. West won with the ace and continued his good work by leading another […]
Continue ReadingToday’s deal is from a recent competition in Australia. South was Australian expert Sophie Ashton. Many players agree to play the same system after a one-no-trump overcall that they play after a one-no-trump opening bid. North’s two-club bid was the Stayman convention, asking for a four-card major. North-South thus reached game in their four-four spade […]
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