WEEKLY
CONTEST #7
APR
9 -
APR 16, 2005
SOLUTION
| West
dealer All vul |
North A Q 6 Q 8 7
2 A
2 K
8 7 5 |
| West K 5 A J K
Q 10 9 6 10
6 4 3 |
 East 9 8 7
3 10 9 4 J
8 4 3 Q
2 |
| South You J 10 4
2 K 6 5
3 7
5 A
J 9 |
West |
North |
East |
South |
East must lead a diamond to hold the contract to 11 tricks. Otherwise partner can score 12 tricks!
The problem was what to bid at your first turn.
West |
North |
East |
South |
The choices were:
1
1
2
2
2
3
The winning answer is (c).
The
cuebid of 2 asks
partner to bid a four-card major. Your plan is to raise, inviting him
to game. Though this may look very aggressive, it isn't. This hand
brings out an important principle of competitive bidding: When most
of the defensive highcards are concentrated in one of the opponent's
hands, your side can make more tricks than usual.
Here the king of spades is a favorite to be onside and the ace of hearts is likely to be with West as well. Partner will win the opening lead of a diamond and play back a diamond. Someone must do something nice now for him. Eventually he will go to dummy (your hand) and lead a heart toward his hand, win the jack of hearts with the queen and duck one on the way back. This way he loses only one trump trick. What a partner!
The
bid of 1 is wrong,
because: (1) partner may pass, and (2) if you get another chance to
bid, you'll have to bid spades, which is higher than hearts. A more
economical approach is to bid 1 first.
But this is also wrong here, because you are too strong! Partner will
pass 1 and you
will miss a game and play in the wrong strain, spades instead of hearts.
The
bid of 2 and 2 are
also wrong because, though they are invitational, if you bid the wrong
one, where partner has only three-card support, he may pass and you
will play the wrong contract.
The
jump cuebid of 3 is
interesting. But it shows a singleton diamond with support for all
three suits.
Congratulations
to everyone who found the 2 cuebid.
WINNERS
Grand Prize winner
This week's prize: A Copy of "Larry Cohen's Bidding Challenge" book ($15.95 cover price). If the winner happens to be a member of the Bridgetoday.com Club, he will ALSO receive a check for $50!
no
134
Yu Kwun Pang, Hong Kong
1 |
44 |
1 |
32 |
2 |
135 (correct) |
2 |
35 |
2 |
18 |
3 |
12 |
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Alain
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