The Times

Bridge

Continued from page 12 Among many wonderful hands I remember, this is one of my favorites: NORTH ♠ KQ8 ♥ A93 ♦ J754 ♣ 432 WEST ♠ J952 ♥ KQJ72 ♦ Q103 ♣ 10 EAST ♠ 107643 ♥ 10854 ♦ K92 ♣ 8 SOUTH ♠ A ♥ 6 ♦ A86 ♣ AKQJ9765 North is dealer, both vulnerable. The bidding: North | East | South | West Pass | Pass | 2 ♣ | Pass 2 ♥ | Pass | 3 ♣ | Pass 3 ♠ | Pass | 4 ♦ | Pass 6 ♣ | Pass | Pass | Pass Opening lead—king of hearts. I was playing South's hand, and our preponderance of high cards, plus my eight-long suit, made it impossible to stay out of slam. Still, we could have been set. Unfortunately for us, West's heart holding was such that he had no problem about his lead. My partner, who had bid the hand so beautifully, still had no re-entry for me with the heart opening. So there I was with two losing diamonds in my hand, and two winning spades in dummy. On the surface, I couldn't get to them, but supposing I didn't win the king of hearts—would he continue? Well, I didn't and he did, as who would not? So I won the second heart with the ace and discarded my ace of spades and was then able to get rid of my two small diamonds on the king and queen of spades. Squeezes are for girls, too, as you shall see. This is the hand, and North and South, who happen to be women, are playing against the men. NORTH ♠ A964 ♥ J1075 ♦ K ♣ KQ43 WEST ♠ 72 ♥ 64 ♦ J108762 ♣ 765 EAST ♠ K853 ♥ 3 ♦ AQ95 ♣ J1098 SOUTH ♠ QJ10 ♥ AKQ982 ♦ 43 ♣ A2

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