In the above deal, West’s bid of
two clubs was the ‘landy’
convention, showing length in
both major suits. West might
have made two hearts, so
north-south tried 3NT.
When West led the ♥K, East
played the deuce and south
ducked. Now he was left with
the ♥A-J. West shifted to a
club, south won, lost a
diamond finesse to East, won
the heart return, and claimed
with four club tricks, four
diamonds and a heart.
West forgot he had the second
suit his bid had shown. He
defeats 3NT if he shifts to a
spade at the second trick —
and to the Queen. If south
takes the ♠K and leads a club
to his hand and loses the
diamond finesse, East can
return a spade through south’s
Jack, letting West cash three
spades. If instead south let ♠Q
win, West continues with a low
spade and the result is the
same, down one.
Blog : www.hemadeora.blogspot.in
Twitter ID :@HemaDeora
No comments:
Post a Comment