Sunday, 9 September 2018

STILL IN COMFORT



North might have changed suit as an initial response, but to raise a major suit with three card support and an outside shortage is sound. West led 4 and all seemed well for South; 10 tricks seemed easy. 

The first good play was East’s; he won with A and returned a diamond. With four trumps in defence, you should always seek to make the declarer ruff in hand to shorten his supply. South did trump, cashed two top hearts before discovering the bad break, and took the losing spade with finesse. West continued his partner’s forcing defence by laying down Q. South was now in trouble. When ruffed, he was left with only one trump in each hand, while East held two trumps and ♣A. Defeat was, now, inevitable. 

Declarer can turn the tables on the defence at trick two. Instead of ruffing, he should pitch a spade from hand. West takes his Q but, now, declarer can draw all the trumps, discard two further spades from hand on dummy’s J 10 and then push out ♣A, still in comfort holding the final trump. 

If you look for the truth, you may find comfort in the end. If you look for comfort, you will not get either comfort or truth.


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