After a long time, my friend
who lives on the 21st floor
invited me for a game of
rubber bridge. He said before
the monsoon, the sunset view
is amazing from his terrace,
and I must not miss it! so, I was there watching this
beautiful sun setting scene and
of course kibitzing south
playing the above deal.
West led the ♠3 and
dummy’s ♠K won as East
followed with the ♠Q. Declarer
then led the ♣Q and finessed.
When it held, south switched
to hearts, finessing the ♥J
when East followed low. The
finesse won and declarer then
cashed the ♣a, dropping the
♣K from East hand. A spade to
the ♠a dropped the ♠J from
East. Declarer now ran the
clubs, repeated the heart
finesse and won thirteen tricks!
I looked totally dazzled by
this miraculous play while my
friend from 21st floor gave a
big applause saying ‘Bravo, well
played’. A faint smile appeared
on the declarer’s hard face!
south was adding more and
more risk to the line of his play.
South’s main concern should
have been to guarantee the
contract and that can be done
by winning the ♠K, playing a
club to the ♣a and then a
second club to dummy’s ♣10
regardless of the distribution of
the hidden cards.
Thank god, I could fall back
on the beautiful sunset at the
twilight of my life.
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