Sunday, 11 December 2016

A change of partner


West led 2 to Easts 10 and South won with A. He led a trump to dummy’s K, losing to East’s A. East cashed K and led the Q. If South ruffs low, West over ruffs; if South trumps high, West holding is promoted into a trick. If South crosses to dummy’s A and leads a heart from table, East can rise with the A, and plays two spades, declarer can afford to trump high without setting up a trick for West.. Now South can cash KQ, pitching spades from dummy.

But East can thwart this superior line. He wins A and cashes A and leads a low spade, which forces West to ruff. If West does not appreciate that East’s A was a singleton and he has striven to put West on lead to return a diamond, there is one further plan East could adopt: ‘a change of partner’!

If “Plan A” didn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters!
Stay cool!

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