Sorry. Scoring is Imps. As to leading a D to the K, well, is that play much better than 50%? Can’t we do better?
And, while I am back, I post a play problem and readers start critiquing the bidding. Are we all so devoted to carping? The bididng ...
If Anna called me, I would ask want happened to the lifetime membership they promised me if .i made Life Master?
I doubt she would know what I was talking about. But since they redefined membership to include just their Bulletin and no registration of master points, I have paid ...
Peter Fredin is a super-nova, maybe a Type II super-nova. Best to be at another table when he explodes.
It seems he has a very simple approach to the 6NT hand that makes stripping South to the AS for a throwin with Jxxx in Hs obvious. I am eager to ...
The chess world, yes, FIDE, is currently holding an online world championship event, Fischer-random speed chess. They had 9 matches between 8 players last weekend to select two players for a finals in Oslo. With serious prize money and well-known GMs.
These matches lasted about four hours apiece and all ...
Yes, winning the JH and leading low towards the 9 again is fine and simpler. Thanks to all for the help. I will try to make the next one really hard.
And, yes, any lead except a spade defeats 3NT.
The winning line was to cash 4 hearts then play AD and a D. East was 1-5-2-5 with a doubleton .D honor (actually KJ). He gets two clubs, one diamond and his fifth heart. In some variations, he is endplayed into leading into Dummy’s honor-five in clubs.
Is this ...
Why are we assuming 4SX goes -2? Beginners will often break hearts and lose the fifth defensive trick. Or if the defnse plays off theee rounds of diamonds, Declarer could force them to break hearts.