Sunday, 4 March 2018

It seems Easy Enough


It was a rather wet and wild, but a colourful weekend with Holi celebrations in the city. 

South needed ten tricks to make today’s 4, and when West led the Q, South can count eleven: in addition to winning the K, A, ♣A and ♠A, South can score all seven of his trumps separately with a crossruff. 

It seems easy enough. 

South took the K, led a spade to dummy and cashed the A, preparing to crossruff for his eleven tricks. it was all very easy – except that the A South couldn’t cash as West ruffed and played a trump. Now two trumps had gone, hence south couldn’t win seven trump tricks to make the contract. When south took the K, he should cash dummy’s black aces and start a crossruff. His actual play risked the contract for an overtrick. 

All things are difficult before they are easy! 

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