K
6 10
8 6 5 2 K
10 Q
J 10 8
A 9 2
Q J
A J 8 4
K 9 7 4 S W
N E 1NT 2S 3H P 3NT All Pass Opening
Lead QS How
do you play?
No.
20 S AQ H KQJ D 3 C J976432 South S K H A D AKQ109864 C AKQ This hand was
devised for the Intercollegiate Bridge Championship many years ago. Par for North-South
was to bid and make seven no-trump. The opening lead is the 7S. Your up!
No. 18 North A1087 765 8753 107 South KQ9654 K105 2 AK4 W N
E S 1S 2D 2S
P 4S All Pass West leads the AK of Diamonds. How do you play?
Week 17. North S 9863 H Q83 D QJ9 C AQ3 South S A2 H AKJ54 D 10632 C 64 West North East South 1H P 1S P 2D P 3H P 4H The opening lead
is the jack of clubs, queen wins. Declarer plays the Queen of hearts and discards the 4 of hearts, west plays the 2 and East the 9. Trick 3 is 8 of
hearts to the jack, east discards the 5 of spades. Declarer pulls trumps with the ace &
king, east discards the 7 and then the 8 of clubs. How do you continue? The first person to submit the correct answer by email or fax will win a free play at LaFetra Bridge Club. lafetra_bridge@yahoo.com 626 335-8258 (Fax)
No. 16 North S A83 H
K42 D
43 C
A9654 South S KQJ102 H --- D AJ97 C Q732 S W N E 1S P 1NT* 2H *Forcing 3C 3H 4S
5H 5S P P P Opening Lead 10 of
hearts. Clubs are 2-2 and spades 3-2, now what?
PROBLEM #15
K94
AK6
983
AK74
AQJ106
5
AKQ76
98
N E S
W
1NT P 3S P
4S P
4NT P
5H P
5NT P
6H P
7S All Pass
Opening Lead J of hearts
What is your best play for 13 tricks?
No. 14
S 765 H Q76 D KQ42 C A32
S AK10932 H AK3 D A65 C 10
West North East South -- -- -- 1S Pass 2D Pass 3S Pass 4S Pass 4NT Pass 5D Pass 5NT Pass 6D Pass 6S All Pass
West leads the king of clubs, east follows with the 9 and Declarer wins the ace and plays the ace of spades, east discarding the 4 of clubs. How do you continue?
No. 1 North South 1H 2C 2H 3H 4H All Pass
C ontract 4H - Opening Lead 6H - Plan the play?
North D A 8 6 3 C K 6 42
South
No. 2
NORTH S A864 H 6 D AK754 C 754
SOUTH S 6 H AKQ10973 D 62 C AK9
SOUTH NORTH 1H 2D 3H 3S 4NT 5H 5NT 6D 6H
Opening Lead KS - Plan the play?
No. 3
North D A K Q J 6 C A East S A K J 10 7 H 9 D 8 5 3 C Q J 8 2
West North East South 1D 1S 2H PASS 4H PASS PASS PASS
You are East. The opening lead is the 8 Spades, you cover the 9 with your 10. You take the A & K of Spades declarer follows with the 4, 5 & 6. West plays the 3 of Spades on trick two and discards the 3 of Clubs on trick 3. What do you lead to trick 4?
No. 4
North S K82 H 5 D K1098642 C 96
South S AQJ10964 H AK94 D --- C AK South West North East 2C Pass 2D 4H 4S Pass 5S Pass 6S Pass Pass Pass
Opening lead: 3S, East discards the 8 of Hearts on the opening lead
Plan the play:
No. 5
North S AJ10 H J54 D AKJ8 C AJ7
South KQ9875 762 107 Q3
West North East South 2 Spades Pass 4 Spades All Pass
On the lead of the ace of hearts, east discards the Q, with the J in view it shows either a singleton or a doubleton. West continues with the K, east discarding the 2 of diamonds and on the lead of the 10, east trumps with the 3 of spades.
East leads back the 4 of spades, west follows with the 2. You pull the last trump east discards the 2 of clubs.
How do you continue. No. 6
North S Q7 H KQ4 D QJ54 C A1096
SOUTH S 98 H A10986 D A6 C QJ82
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Pass Pass 1D Pass 1H Pass 2H Pass 4H All Pass
West cashes the A and K of Spades then shifts to a trump. You draw trumps in 3 rounds ending in dummy so that you can take the diamond finesse, West wins and exits with the 7 of diamonds. How do you continue? No. 7 North S A76 H J106 D AQJ10 C J42 South S K854 H AKQ432 D --- C 976 North East South West 1D 2C
2H Pass 3H Pass 4H All Pass Opening Lead
10C East
wins with the Queen and leads the Ace and King of clubs, west pitches
the 2 and 4 of diamonds, east then leads the 5 of hearts. Trumps are 2 - 2. How do you
continue? And Why? No. 7A – Double
Dummy Problem The contract is 7 hearts. West
leads the 9 of spades. How do you play?
You may look at all four hands. Assume logical play by the defense. S
A532 H
A76
D A2 C AKQ5 S 987 S KQJ106 H 432 H 8 D 6543 D KQJ98 C J87 C 103 S 4 H KQJ1095 D 107 C 9542 No. 8 North
S 532
H KJ3
D A2
C 97543
South
S A86
H AQT765
D Q8
C AQ
WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH
1H
Pass 2H Pass 4H
All Pass
Opening Lead 4 of Spades
How do you play?
No. 9
North S KJ8 H J75 D KJ9 C A865
East S A5 H AK9632 D A3
West North East South Pass 1C 1H 1S Pass 2S All Pass
You are east. West leads the 4 of hearts, you take the king & ace of hearts, west discarding the 4 of diamonds. How do you continue?
No. 10 A Double Dummy Problem
You are in 7 hearts, with the opening Lead of the QD.
How do you play?
S AKT96 H Q4 D A876 C A3 S Q74 S J53 H 1073 H K6 D QJ93 D K542 C 542 C 10987 S 82 H AJ9852 D 10 C KQJ6
No.
11 North S A75 H 542 D Q965 C K76 South S K2 H A106 D 843 C AJ1098 West North East South 1D Pass 1H 2C 2H 3C All Pass West
leads the ace of diamonds and continues with the K and a low diamond,
east follows with the jack and discards the 3 of spades and trumps the
3rd diamond with the 2 of clubs and returns the 3 of hearts. What
is east’s and west’s distribution and how does south continue?
No. 12
North S Q74 H K42 D AQ63 C J76
South S KJ108 H A7 D K1042 C 854
West North East South Pass Pass Pass 1C Pass Pass 1S Pass 2S All Pass
In the balance seat South could not make a takeout double so she had to protect with a 1 spade bid.
West leads the ace, king queen of clubs, east follows with the 10 and 2 and discards the 9 of hearts. West continues with the jack of hearts, east following with the five.
Declarer wins the ace of hearts and pulls two rounds of trumps with the king and queen, west following with the 3 and 6 and east with the 2 and 5. How should south continue? |