The above deal is from Rubber
Bridge forwarded to me by our
dear friend Deepak Parekh. We
missed him at the Corporate
Bridge Tournament. There was
a brilliant battle between the
defender and the declarer.
West led ♣A, declarer feared
three club losers and «A
would scupper his contract.
At trick one, East played ♣6
and South dropped ♣8 hoping
deception might save him.
The impression given was that
East held ♣2 or ♣3 which
means ♣6 is encouraging. West
sensing the danger switched
to ♦Q. Declarer had a second
snare to set. He ducked it
again in hand. West, certain
that his partner must hold ♦A,
continued with the ♦J. South
won with ♦A. South played ♥A
and ♥10 to dummy’s ♥J. Now
he cashed ♦K, discarding ♠K
from hand. West having shown
up with ♣AK and ♦QJ, South
felt confident that East held ♠A. Sure enough, when he led ♠Q, East covered with ♠A and
South ruffed. Then he got back
to dummy with ♥8 to ♥9 and
discarded two clubs. Ten tricks
made magnificently!
‘It’s better to get something
worthwhile done using
deception than to fail to get
something worthwhile done
using truth.
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