Sunday, 23 August 2015

A Brilliant Coup



'Apro' Dara, as usual, has given this brilliant defense hand for us to enjoy and improve!

North-South settled for the small slam. West led §Q. This hand is a duplication —the shape of dummy and declarer's hand is identical, which is bad news, leaving South to worry about both a heart and a club loser. South won §A, drew trumps, cashed ¨AK and§K, and exited with his third club. If West leads a diamond, declarer can ruff in dummy and discard ©4 from hand; if West leads a low heart, dummy's ©8 forces East's ©Q, won by declarer’s ©A, and now the heart finesse through West to dummy's ©10 holds the trick and 6ª is made. A fine elimination endplay. But what defense would scupper this plan?

If West imagines the scenario, he can avoid dummy's ©8 being such importance and break up the end position with one play: he rejects the lead of a low heart and instead plays ©J! Now, whatever South does, he must lose a heart trick — a brilliant coup!

There once was a lady named Bess,
Who made up excuses
To lead up to’deuces,
 And lost without having to guess.

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