Safety Play

India is celebrating Navarati festival, which is dedicated to Goddess Durga. It is a ‘nine night’ festival ending on Dasshera, which is the tenth day that celebrates the victory of the good over evil.

South wins the ©J wtih the ©Q, cashes one high diamond and leads a club to dummy’s §J.  When the finesse wins, he returns to another high diamond, revealing normal 3-2 break.

With four diamond winners assures, he can afford to make a safety play in clubs.  And, instead of repeating a finesse to dummy’s §Q, he leads a club to dummy’s §9.  Had this lost to East’s §10, only an overtrick would have been lost.  However, when East discards, South reaps a huge bonus. He can now claim not only his slam but an overtrick as well.

A first-round finesse to dummy’s §J and another finesse to dummy’s §Q would limit South to only three club winners instead of four and with no dummy entry outside the club suit, South would score only eleven tricks instead of twelve or thirteen.

Don’t be afraid to fail, be afraid not to try.

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