Bridge Winners Profile for David Levin
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- May 13, 2015
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- about me
I live in the mountains of western North Carolina (US) and work as a freelance editor of nonfiction. The latter was preceded by two lengthy stints as a systems engineer in the telecom industry. I have written and self-published several books and ebooks (one on bridge, the remainder on chess) and have recorded several digital audio tracks. I last played bridge in 2007.
Effective October 29, 2016, I will try to consistently use the gender-neutral Swedish pronoun "hen," which means "he or she" or "him or her," and the gender-neutral Swedish pronoun "hens," which means "his or her" or "his or hers."
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- A junior defense
- "(Why would they play partner for club length holding if they have 5 clubs in their hand?)" If a defender has a stiff club and Declarer loses the finesse, doing so on the first round denies that defender the chance to discard, and the winning shift might well be less ...
- A junior defense
- Would you tell us the card played by Declarer at Trick 2 (in each deal).
- Black-suit queens
- Andy, since East can likely see that Declarer can infer the red-suit distribution, I'm not sure why East wouldn't instead discard a diamond--a card "known" to be held. I acknowledge that East might be messing with my brain, although it often works differently from those possessed by normal ...
- Black-suit queens
- If East discards a club and Declarer tries to enter Kieran's line in the comments-starter, East can ruff the ♣A and exit with a trump. Declarer could then ruff a heart and draw trump, but West would get the ♣Q at the end.
- Black-suit queens
- The only layout I can think of that would explain East's club discard yet allow a make is where East was dealt 5=1=5=2 without the ♠Q: spade to the ace (at Trick 6), cross to the ♣K, three more rounds of trump, club finesse.
- Black-suit queens
- "(I also didn't think it was a given that diamonds were 5-3, or that rho had 5, if they were.)" The inference that East was dealt five diamonds seemed valid to me because West's having the jack would imply a deity-given sequence that was not opening led; and ...
- Black-suit queens
- Did South's 2♠ show more than five spades?
- Black-suit queens
- I would find curious that with five diamonds and three clubs, East would discard a club rather than a diamond (on the second round of hearts).
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- "To hell with the Turing Test. Robots couldn't pass the bridge player test." Many bridge players couldn't pass it either.
- Jorge Barrera Wins Spring NABC Robot Individual
- Hm, I thought that comments couldn't be edited after 24 hours. I guess that was changed.
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