ZXTape! 2 Bridge Tutor Beginners CP Software M. Blythe1983EnglishBoard / Card Game5.95NoneOriginal'TZXed by Andrew Barker For Tony BarnettBridge ' 1:1:"STOP THE TAPE":0:2020  Group 1(b) E:700:3,9 ;D$;K$;:710:650:4 VX=7:Y1=5:Y2=10 :Y3=16:Y4=21:NS=0:EW=0 *6,5;"West North East South" `HA=A$(158):N=1802392:D$=a$(N+1):C$=a$(N):C$=" "15 HA=41000 $500:900+(HA*10 ) 'HA=HA+1:HA=5HA=1 N C1:0,0;"Bidding complete":0:2020 :0::c$=a$(n-8):d$=a$(n-7):511  Z=0 K4:n=718:n,5;"":n:0 #W0,0;"Deal ";deal;" Contract:";:608`:c$;d$:650:670 (N=1104h0 2 Z=Z+1 PX=(a$(160+Z)) R 0 U X*100d V2K$=A$(161+Z):K$="1"K$="3"EW=EW+1 WK$="2"K$="4"NS=NS+1 X?0:1,0;"Tricks taken:N/S :";NS;" E/W:";EW YZ705:0:2,0;"Last trick won by:";K$:z=13 1300 Z 2020 [ 1200 ^N _ d 500 e 502 h12 ,7;D$;C$ n N=N+2 x X=2 500 600X 1120` 8,14;D$;C$ N=N+2 X=3 , 500 / 502 112 ,21;D$;C$ 6 N=N+2 @ X=4  500  600X  1125e 17,14;D$;C$  N=N+2  X=1  100d  C$=A$(N) "c$>58:c$=(c$+47/) D$=A$(N+1) d$=(d$+47/) D$=""D$="NT":0 c$+d$=""d$="" c$+d$=""c$="Dbl" d$=""d$=""0 D$=""D$="Pass":0 C$=""C$="" d$=""d$=""2  X)0:21,0;"Enter card" ZB$ [b$="end"1400x \b$="load"3000 ]#B$A$(N)+A$(N+1)600X _ 21,0;" " `D$=""D$=""2 b kN=1311552:500:19,n-130;C$:20,n-130;D$::N:0  iN=105i1302:500:5,n-104h;C$:6,n-104h;D$::N:0  nn=-1:0,0;"N:":N=105i1302:500:0,n-104h-nn;C$:1,n-104h-nn;D$:nn=nn+1:N:0 nn=-17:0,16;"S:":N=1311552:500:0,n-130-nn;C$:1,n-130-nn;D$:nn=nn+1:N:0  2d$="Dealer ":k$=a$(158):l$=a$(159) k$="1"K$="West " k$="2"K$="North" k$="3"K$="East " k$="4"K$="South"  %4,5;:V$=" Vulnerable" l$="b""Both sides";v$ l$="e""East-West";v$ l$="n""North-South";v$ l$="l""Neither side";v$  *8,1;D$;C$ 41,14;D$;C$ >8,28;D$;C$ H18,14;D$;C$ R  30  X,Y1;C$;D$   30  X,Y2;C$;D$   30  X,Y3;C$;D$   X,Y4;C$;D$  X=X+1  (0:21,0;"Enter bid" b$ b$="bid"1006 $B$a$(N)+a$(n+1)1000 21,0;" "  `J=(A$(220+Z)) b 5,J;" ":6,J;" " c eJ=(A$(234+Z)) g"19,J;" ":20,J;" " j !4:12 ,7;"" 8,14;"" 12 ,21;"" "17,14;"":0  @1:3,0;"Hand complete":0:2020 11302 x:680: y"BIDDING:South,with 13 points opens his only biddable suit,1,and North responds 1NT,showing 6-9 points with no suit worth bidding. South with a rebiddable suit(any 6-card suit can be rebid)simply rebids s at the lowest level (viz 2),since he has less than 16 points. PLAY:The opponents take the 1st 2 tricks in s and South trumps in on round 3. South now leads asmall trump to begin to draw theopponents top trumps,and the J and Q drop. South wins the return and leads another trump. This time the A and K drop,and with all enemy trumps gone,Southhas now set up his trumps ie " z 2020 } :680 "all Souths trumps are winners. South easily makes the rest of the tricks to make his contract and an overtrick. This play shows the simplest form of establishing a suit. When your long suit is not headed by high cards,lead a low card at every opportunity to force out the opponents high cards setting up the rest of thesuit. South scores 60 points below theline and 30 above. " g2020::"Press e to re-read explanation":"Press r to replay hand":"Press l to load next hand" =""1422  ="r"2  ="e"1400x  ="l"1500  1422  ':1:"START THE TAPE";:0 a$(250):""  1 23659k\,1 /22,0;"Press any key to continue"  502 23659k\,2 12020  0,0;"" * <:a$(250):21,0;"Enter deal number":m$ +(m$<491)(m$>58:)3000 m$>40(3000 *:1:"START THE TAPE":0:M$ 1 @n=28700p300000u An>31n,¾n Bn '."Cards":1:"STOP THE TAPE":0: ' 2020 ' :"SPECTRUM BRIDGE TUTOR":2:"*********************":0:"Program by M.Blythe  1983":10 ,0;"Press p to play Hand 1":"Press l to load another hand" ' =""9994 ' ' =112p4 ' ="l"3000 ' 9994 ' ' 1983 M.Blythe 6s5sks2sas4s3s9s8s2h7sjs3hjh4hqh5cac2c4c5hah7hkh8ctcjckcad4d5d6dqd9d8d2d3d3cjd7dthtd6h7cqc6c8hts9hqskd9cth7h4hjs9s5skdjd8d5dqctc4c4s2s9h8h6h5h3h2hackcadqd3dh4l 13343414442244 1hno1nno2hnonono      h(x zjeaLlV VulnerableCDBjsKSouthpCards X >BB<DHpHDB@@@@@~BfZBBBBbRJFB$y"BIDDING:South with 13 points opens his only biddable suit vizs.North with a poor hand,but enough points to respond and a good biddable suit bids 1. South shows he only begun with a minimum opener,by rebidding his 5-card suit at the lowest level,ie 2s. North must pass. PLAY:West opens . Dummy and East play low and so does South.South wants to ruff 8 in dummy.If he takes first,then gives up a ,the opponents will lead and another trump,robbing South of his ruff in dummy. But if opponents now lead another ,South can take A and then be able to ruff. However, at trick 2,West finds the best " "defence by returning a trump. East takes and leads another to clear dummys trumps. South wins this trick and completes the drawing of trumps. South nowleads a from hand to finesse . East plays low,thus the finesse works. Next a is led towards Souths ,this time Westplays A,ie the finesse does notwork. West continues high s andSouth ruffs the 3rd round. Souththen leads out his last 2 s, hoping that enemy may unwisely discard enough s to set up dummys s. However,they do not, and at trick 11,South leads a to dummy,cashes and then for the contract.Had he finessedand failed,he could not cash A." qd6d2d3d4h2hah3h6hkh7h8hqh7d2cth4s2sjs6s4c3ckcacqc7c5c6cjc8ctc5hjh9c5s4d9h3s8s5d7s9sasts9dkdadtd8djdqsks8h2hasqsjs8s5s9d6d8c7c4c2c7s4skhqhjh9h5h3hkc6cad8d3dh4e 11344211444241 1hno1sno2hnonono      ea19 "0 $y"BIDDING:South opens 1 with 14 points and a powerful 6-card suit. North responds 2NT which shows 11-12 points and a fairly balanced hand. South,adding points onto his hand knows that they have enough points forgame,so jumps straight to game in 4s. PLAY:West opens 6. South may lose 1,2s and 1. South wins trick 1 with . He then leads to draw a round of trumps. He cannot continue s since he is planning to discard a loser on and if he gives up the lead opponents will immediately cash their s. So on trick 3 he cashes A to get it out of the way. He then leads a to dummys" ". He needs this entry to lead from dummy. If he tried the finesse and it failed,opponents would be in to cash their s. We have seen many examples of useful finesses but in this casea finesse must be avoided,since it endangers a contract that canbe made without it. After taking declarer cashes and makes the planned discard. Next declarer gives up a trump trick to . Now,when the opponents try to run their s,South trumps with a high trump to ensure he is not overruffed. He then draws the last trump and sets upanother ,by knocking out . Hewins the last 2 tricks to make his contract and the rubber. " 6h3hthkhas3s2s5sad3d4d2d2c3cac4ckd5d5h6d4stdqsks2h8hqh9hahjs7djhts8s7s4h5c6cjckc7h6s8d9d9s7c9cjd8ctcqcqd7s4s2sjh8h3hacqcjc9ckd9d4dasqsjsts9s6skh9h5h8c5c2cads4n 14442213443442 1sno2nno4snonono      eaH20 ":$y"BIDDING:South with 15 points anda 5-4 in s and s opens the higher of touching suits,viz 1.West overcalls 2s,showing a strong s(at least 5). North, with 4-card support for South and 7 points,plus 2 extra pointsfor a singleton,raises to 2. South then invites North to bid game by bidding 3. North thus bids 4 since he has 9 points. PLAY:West opens .South expectsto lose 1,1 and hopefully only1,if he can trump 3 s in dummyWest shifts to a at trick 2, South wins in his hand. He must save his high trumps in dummy toprotect himself against over- ruffs. At trick 3,South leads a small and trumps with dummys " "small trump. East must follow suit,so cannot overruff. South returns to hand via to lead another . This time dummy ruffshigh and East,out of s cannot overruff. Next South returns tohand via and once again leadsa to dummys last trump. South is now safe. He can let the opponents take 1 and 1 . After that,South will ruff with a high trump,again to avoid an overruff. Next he draws the remaining trumps and takes the last trick with his last small trump. He scores 120 points below and 700 points above the line for the rubber. " kh8h6h2h4s2s6s9s4h7h3s5h2cjcac5c9hthjs6c3d9dad4dqhahas2d3c7c8c9c8dqdkd6djdts5d7dks3h4c7sqsjhtc8s5skctdqcasjs3s2s8htc4c3c2cqdtd7d3dksqsts9s5sqh9h4h2hac8cad6ds4n 11424242134444 1s2h2sno3sno4snonono      eaa21 FUHy"BIDDING:South with 12 HCP (high card points) and a 5-card suit has just enough for a 1 openingWests 2 overcall shows a good suit. North then makes a free raise of 3 showing at least 4-card support and a better than minimum point count (since West has overcalled North need not bid with bare minimum valuessimply to keep the bidding open)South knowing that the pair holdthe majority of points and a good fit can afford to raise to 4. PLAY:West opens and South plans the play. In this hand South makes use of the crossruff ie he ruffs one suit in dummy with a different " |"in his own hand. South manages to ruff all of his losing s in dummy and gets to his hand by ruffing s. Note that in each case declarer makes the first ruff with a low card while thereis the least danger of an over- ruff. Later on when players are less likely to follow suit and an overruff is more likely, declarer is able to ruff with high trumps in each hand. The contract is then easily madeand South scores 120 points below and 700 points above the line for rubber. " y_e z\Ckh8h6h2h4s2s6s9s4h7h3s5hac4c8c5c3d9dad2d9hthjs6c2c7c5s9cqhahksjc3cqctskcas3h7d7sqsjhtc8s4d5dtdjdkd6d8dqdksjs3s2s8hactc3c2cqdtd7d3dasqsts9s5sqh9h4h2h8cad6d4ds4n 11422424244433 1s2h3sno4snonono      eas22 moy"North opens 1 with 13 HCP and a 5-card suit. South with a balanced hand,no support for partners suit but 13 HCP knows the partnership have enough for game (at least 25 points are required) jumps straight to gamein 3NT. PLAY:West leads and South plans the play and counts his winners:2s,2s and 1. The bulkof the tricks must come from s.Declarer is sure to win 4s and may win 5. This hand representsno special problem but South must still play it properly. The idea is to develop the s quickly. South wins the first trick in hand to lead s for a finesse. At trick 2 South leads" "Q towards dummys . If West holds ,the finesse will work. West plays a low and declarer plays low from dummy letting ride for a finesse. East also plays low so the wins. South repeats the finesse by leading . When West ducks so does dummy. East follows low so the finesse succeeds again. A low to dummys picks up Wests . Now declarer can make all 5s. He gets to his hand with a high at trick 5 then cashes his 2 winners. South can now afford to take the finesse since the contract is assured even if the finesse fails,which it does. But South still makes 10 tricks all told. " y\P_  z\Cstill makes 10 tricks all told.js5s7sasqd3d5d2djd8d6d7d4dkdadqs5c7cac2ctd9c5h4h9d2h6c3c3h9hqhkh2s3s4sks8ctckcjc6h8sahth7hjh6s9sqc4cts8hks5sahqh8h7h5h8c6c5cad6d5das6s3s6h3hackc4cqdjdtd9d4dn2l 14442444324233 1hno3nnonono       eaZ23 @y"BIDDING:The bidding is identicalto the last hand:North opens 1 South with 13-15 HCP jumps to game in 3NT. PLAY:West leads and South counts his winners: This time most tricks will come from the long s. Also South is sure to win 2s,2s and 1. So delcarer needs to make 4s. Declarer wins trick 1 in dummy with to lead s from there since he is planning a finesse. So he then leads a small . East playslow,South plays and West plays low,so the finesse works. Declarer now leads a to dummys to repeat the finesse. So a low is played from dummy andwhen East plays low,South plays " "South plays and West discardsa . Now Declarer knows that East holds the other 2 s. So South has taken 2 s and his will make a 3rd but he will still need an extra trick. Thereis always the finesse,but thisonly gives him a 50-50 chance when he can set up an extra with no risk. So at trick 5 he cashes then gives up a to Easts . Once has gone Souths last is a master. East returns a and South wins with and then cashes his .He thenwisely cashes and to secure the contract. A finesseat this stage would only put thecontract at risk. " jsks7s3s3c7cqc6c4d2dad9d4c9cjc3dac7d8ctc2c2h5hkcqsas4s5s5c8s5d4hkdtd6djd3h9hahth7hjh6h9skh8dqd8h2s6stsqhks5sahqh8h7h5h8c4c3cad6d5das6s3s6h3hacqcjc5c2ckd8d4dn2l 12424434442331 1hno3nnonono        ea}24 y"BIDDING:North with 2 biddable suits and 15 HCP opens 1, the higher (and longer)of the touching suits. Souths 2 bid shows at least 8 points and mostlikely a long suit (with only 4 s he would consider a NT bid)NOrth shows his 2nd suit with a 2 rebid. South now makes a gametrial with a 2NT bid,since he has a stopper in s and since North has 15 points himself he knows that between them they hold game values so bids 3NT. PLAY:West opens . South can win 2s,2s,1 and once the is out of the way 5s,making 10 in all. However he must force the out as soon as possible. He wins trick 1 with and thus" "leads . To develop a long suityou must lead high cards from the short suit first eg dummy has only 2s so the is led. The idea is to stop the short hand blocking the long. Dummys holds so s are continued. This time East takes ,and returns a ,the suit his partnerfirst led,to try so set up s. Dummy wins the and South getsback to his hand by leading a to his ,so he can cash his s.Note that an attempted finessecould cost the contract if West holds because West would cashhis winning s. As it is South cashes his s and dummys top s to make 10 tricks in all. " qdkd4d5djc6c3c2c4cac5c8c9d7dtdad4s2sastskc9c2h5sqc3s9s6stc7h3d7s7cjh6d3h4h2dkh9hahth5h8d6hqh8sjdjsqsks8h9s4sahkh8h6h2hjc4cadkd6d3dasqs8s5h4hkcqctc7c5c3c7d5dn2n 12232444442231 1hno2cno2dno2nno3nnonono      ea25  !y"BIDDING:South has just enough toopen,12 HCP and a 5-card suit. After Wests overcall North makesa free raise of 1NT,which shows more than a simple 1NT response.Normally about 8-10 points and apossible stopper in overcallers suit. South simply rebids his sshowing that he openened on a minimum hand. North passes. PLAY:West opens . The contractwill depend on one of 3 finessesbeing succesful. Otherwise he will lose 6 tricks. At trick 1 dummy plays low and East followswith .Why the ? East must be short in s:West overcalled in s showing 5s and dummy and South hold 6s which only leavesEast holding 2s at most. " "West continues with and now East plays 5. Why did East play then 5? The high-low is a defensive signal asking partner to continue s. So West plays a and East trumps dummys and returns a . South tries to finesses Q,alas,West has . West leads 2 and declarer triesto finesse from dummmy but East has .He leads a and South plays A (to keep defence guessing who holds ).South nowenters dummy via to lead up to hand for a finesse. He leads and lets it ride,East and West both play low,so he plays a to the and West shows out.South can now take allhis s to make the contract. " ks3sts2sas7s5s4sjsqs2h8stdqdkd3d2cqckc6c9dad2d5d7c5cac8cqh6h5h3h4h8hjh6sah6d7hkhth9s3c4d9h9c4c8djdjc7dtcqh7h4hqs7s3s7d5d3dacqc4c3c8s4s2sahjhth9h5h7c6cadqdjdh4l 11131342244444 1h1s1nno2hnonono     zQ_ea26 ,.y"BIDDING:Souths opening bid of 2NT shows 20-22 points,and a balanced hand,with all suits stopped. North with 7 points knows that they easily have enough points for game so raisesto 3NT. PLAY:West opens 6. South will win 1,3s,either 1 or 2 s and at least 4s. At trick 1 South plays from dummy which will win if West has led from . The holds. Dummy leads a and when East plays low the is finessed from hand. West plays low so the finesse has worked. South now enters dummy via to repeat the finesse. So at trick 4 he leads another from dummy and finesses the in " "his own hand. West discards a so East must still have 2s leftThus another finesse is needed. South leads Q to dummys to be able to finesse into his handagain. This time he finesses South can now lead out to force out Easts . Souths last is now established. He cashes this,takes his last and his 2 remaining aces and concedes the last 2 tricks. South makes 2 overtricks scoring100 points below and 60 points above the line. " 6sqs3s4s2d9dqd5d2c3cjc6c3d7djd4cqc5cactc6d8dtd8cad9c2hkd4d2s3h9hkc7s7c9sasts5sjsah4h7h5h6hkh8hthksjhqh8sqs5sjh8h7h3h2hacjc7c6d3d2das8s4sah6hkcqc2cadqdjdtd4dn4l 12424244444411 2nno3nnonono        _eea27  y"BIDDING:South with biddable s and s chooses his longer suit and opens 1. Norths 2 responseshows at least 4-card support and 6-9 points. South can now revalue his hand,having found a fit: he has 17 HCP + 2 points for doubletons and 1 point for his 5th trump,making 20 points, added to Norths minimum 6 makes easily enough for game,so he bids 4. PLAY:West opens . South can expect to lose 1 and 1 so mustlimit losers to one. South wins and draws 3 rounds of trumps to exhaust the defenders trumps. He then begins s by leading low towards dummys Q. If West holds ,declarer can " "win tricks with both and and limit his loss to 1. As ithappens East has which takes Q. East returns a to Wests who leads a to Easts . East leads another and dummy wins . Now declarer leads a low from dummy and finesses the from hand. The finesse will workif East has . Fortunately the 2nd attemps in s succeeds sinceEast does hold . Declarer can now cash and ruff his last with dummys remaining trump. South wins the last 2 tricks with trumps. South scores 120 points below and 100 points above for honours " kh5h2hahas3s4sjsks2s5s3hqs7s8s4h3c7cqckc8h7hqhjh5dqdad2d4d7d9dkd2c6ctc9cac6h5c8c4c9h9sjc3d8d6sjdtsth6dtd9s8s5s4sjh5hqc5c2ckdqd6d3dasksqsts6sah7hactc4c3c7d2ds4e 14444313244244 1sno2sno4snonono      ea%28 zy"BIDDING:North with 16 points and5s opens 1. South with an opening hand himself knows that game should be on in something and the only chance looks to be NT,so bids 3NT,showing 13-15 points and a balanced hand. PLAY:West opens 6. South sees that the bulk of his tricks willhave to come from s. He will need to take 1 or more finessesin s and so must look for ways of getting to his hand. South wins trick 1 in hand with . Heleads a and finesses dummys East plays low so the finesse works. To repeat the finesse South must get back to his hand so he uses s. He thus leads 9 from dummy and wins in hand with" "his own . He then leads another low from his hand and finesses dummys .East discardsa so s have not broken in Souths favour. In spite of the bad break,South should continue with s,since he can win the 1st3 tricks,give up the 4th and thus establish his last . At trick 5,declarer cashes dummys .South gets to his handwith a to the and gives up a to Wests . West now shiftsto a ,hoping to establish some tricks for partner. Declarer plays low and East wins and returns a to Wests . South easily takes the rest of the tricks to make 10 tricks in all. " 6s5s9sts2d9djd6d9c2ctc6c3d5dqd3sad4c4dtdjc5cqc3c7dkd2h8h7h3hkh6h4sqsas7s4h5h9hqh8d2sjh7cac8skc8cksjsahth7s5sahjh5h3h2hkcjc9cadqdjdksqstsqh6hacqctc8d7d4d3d2dn2n 14242241314444 1hno3nnonono        ea29 N=Py"BIDDING:South has a minimum 1 opening and North responds 2 with 4 card support and 8 points(counting 1 point for doubleton s. South knows they lack the 26odd points for game,so simply passes. PLAY:West opens 4. South cannotbe sure of his loser count in any suit. Everything will dependon how suits break and whether finesses work. Declarer wisely plays a low from dummy at trick 1. A good defender never as a rule,leads from an ace in suit contracts. Thus declarer credits East with A. If East also has nothing can be done.But as it is East does not have and must play to win. " "East returns 9 and South plays ,West plays low so wins. The 9 looks suspiciously like top of nothing ie when leading up to dummy a high card led can indicate the defender holds nothing of value in the suit. Holding a Jack or better he would lead low,hoping for a return. South leads ,then a trump to dummys ,luckily bothopponents follow,so enemy s arecleared. Now declarer leads from dummy,letting it ride for afinesse,but West wins with . West leads a ,won in dummy withK.Dummy leads a ,but East wins and enables West to win 2 tricks. However the rest are Souths so the contract is made. " y\P_  z\C4h6hah3h9ckc6c3cas3s2s4s5sjsksqsjd2d3dqd8hkh2hjh7dad8d5d5ctcjc4cac7c8cqc6d9d4dkdts2c9s5h8s9h6s7h7sqhtdthks9s6s2skh6h7c4c3cjdtd9d7dasts8s7s5sjh3hkcqctckd8d3ds4n 13442123114444 1sno2snonono       ea;30 y"BIDDING:South had enough HCP andthe right distribution to open 2NT. However a 2NT opening does also imply a stopper in each suit and South holds 3 useless s. So he opens 1. When partnerresponds 1 South can rebid 3NT showing 19-20 HCP and a balancedhand. North passes. PLAY:West opens . South can count 7 top tricks and so needs to create 2 more. His best hope will be his long s,but he will need to get to dummy to cash them. He wins trick 1 with and starts on s. He leads low and also plays low from dummy. This is known as ducking play. East wins and returns a ,wonin dummy with . " "At trick 4 another low is led from dummy,South ducks and West wins ,returning a to Souths . South now benefits from his earlier play. He leads his last to dummys ,capturing the last enemy . He then cashes his2 good s. Regardless of the split,declarer must lose 2 s and since he has no outside entry to dummy,he must save his as an entry. Had he played to begin with,he could establishdummys s but never be able to reach dummy to cash them. South now simply takes top s and to make the contract. " jh3h2hkh3djd2dqd7h5h4hqh5d8d4dkdth2s6hah7d3sadtd9d5s9s5c6d8sqs8h4c8cactckcqc7c3casts4sjs2c9h6s9cjc6cks7s7s6s4s2sqh3h7c4cad9d6d5d2dasqs9sahkh5hackc6c2c7d4d3dn4l 14321422244433 1cno1dno3nnonono       ea;31 y"BIDDING:North opens 1 with 14 HCP. Souths 3NT response shows 13-15 points and a balanced handand although South had 4 cards support he has the other suits stopped so it will be easier to make 9 tricks in NT than 11 in s. North passes. PLAY:West opens . South will win 1,3s,4 or 5s depending onthe finesse and 1 or 2s for thesame reason. South refuses the 1st trick.Such play is known as hold-up. West continues a low and East plays . Once more South holds up his . East continues s and South now takeshis . South leads and lets it ride for a finesse. East winsthe but cannot return a . " "This shows the value of Souths hold-up play. If South took the 1st or 2nd trick with and lost a finesse to ,East could return a and the defence wouldtake 4s and ,defeating the contract. The idea of hold-up play is to exhaust Easts s so when he takes he cannot play a return. East thus returns a at trick 5. Should South try to finesse? NO. South must take since he can run 9 tricks nowwithout risk and if the finesse were to lose,West would then cash his 2s. So declarer plays then runs s and s and givesup the last trick to make 9 tricks in all. " qs4s9s3s2s8sks7s5sas6s3cjd7d3dkd2cac9c7ctd2d8d4d5d3h9d9had4h6d7hqd6c4c5cah5h2h8hqh6hthtsjh8ckhjsqckcjctc8s4sahqhjhjc7c3cadqd9d8d3das7s3skhth2hacqc4cjdtd6d5dn2l 11343442222241 1dno3nnonono      ea[32 { y"BIDDING:The bidding is identicalto the previous hand. North North opens 1,and South takes the easiest route to game by responding 3NT. PLAY:West opens . South can expect to win 2s,3s,3s and anunknown number of s.South needsat least 1 for his 9th trick. South refuses the 1st trick,thusexecuting a hold-up play. This is necessary even though the declarer has 2 stoppers. West continues and dummy wins K. Declarer leads a low from dummy to begin establishment of the suit. East must win with since it is his only . Luckily for declarer,East cannot lead another .This is due to the " "hold-up at trick 1. Any shift makes matters easy for declarer.As it happens,East shifts to a Declarer can win in hand and knock out . He can easily win the rest of the tricks. It would be a different story ifdeclarer had won the 1st trickEast would win the 1st and could lead his remaining . It would then be too late to hold- up,as West could win the 2nd round of s and continue a 3rd round. West could set up the rest of his s and regain the lead with in time to cash hiss and defeat the contract. As it is,South makes an extra trick to score 100 below,30 above and 500 points for rubber." qs5s4s3sjsks8s7s3dad4d2d4hah2h6h9dkd7d3h3cac2c6cqd7h5d6djd8h8d2stdth9h6skh5cjh5hqh7cqctstc8ckc4cas9c9sjcks9s5skhqh6hactcqdjdtd7d3das7s3sahjh9hkcqc6c9d8d5d4dn2b 11234122222244 1dno3nnonono        ea 33 `>by"BIDDING:South,with 19 points opens 1,he is just 1 point short of a 2NT opening. North responds 1,promising anything from 6-15 points and 4s. Even if North has a minimum the 2 hands add up to 25 points,enoughfor game in NT,so South bids 3NTPLAY:West opens 4. Declarer canwin at least 1,2s,at least 3sand 3s which should be enough. So declarer plays a low from dummy. East puts up the and South wins . South should workout that West led from a suit headed by A,since East would play at trick 1 if he could, so West must have . If East held and he would play 1st,since a defender normally " "plays the lowest of a sequence, thus holding he would play first. With this knowledge ofs South realises it would be very dangerous to let East win alater trick since he could lead a through Souths ,giving West a good finessing position. So declarer leads a to dummys and if the were to fall Souths contract would be safe Declarer now takes a finesse through East. If West holds he will win the trick,but being the safe opponent,cannot make a good return. The finesse worksand is repeated in trick 4 and South then takes the other s then cashes his top s and tomake the contract. " y a8c  z`4s3sjsqs5h9hkh4h8d4d3d7dtd5d9d2dkdqdjd3c6d3had2hac4c5c2ckc8c6c7cqcjc9ctc6h2sahth8s5sksasts7h9s6s7sjhqh8h8s3sahkhjh7h9c6c5ckdtd8d6dksqs6s8h6h5hackcqcadjd9d3dn4b 14222244442111 1dno1hno3nnonono       Cmake the contract.ea!?34 , .y"BIDDING:South opens 1 with minimum values and a NT rebid inmind. North responds 1 and Souths 1NT reponse tells partnerhe opened on a minimum balanced hand (13-15 points playing a strong 1NT opening). North with 15 HCP can go directly to game in 3NT. South must pass.PLAY:West opens 4. Declarer has8 certain tricks and will look for his 9th from s. This time East is the dangerous opponent so South plans to keep him off lead. South wins trick 1 with and leads a to dummys . Dummy leads a low and South waits to see what East plays. When East follows suit with a low South lets dummy card ride" "He does not expect to win the trick but is willing to lose to West,the safe opponent. West shifts to a and declarer must win with ,to finesse the istoo risky,since if it lost,East would be on lead to return a through South. Declarer next cashes dummys . When both opponents follow suit,declarer is safe since only 1 enemy is left,the ,which South can capture on the next round. So he leads and the drops.South now cashes his last and takes all his other top tricks making 9 tricks (game),scoring 100 points below the line. " 4s3sjsqs5h9hkh4h6d4d3djd2hah3h6hkd5d7d2d8dqdad3c9d4ctd2cac7c9c8c5ctckcjcqc2s6c5s8h7s7hthqh6stsjh9sksas8s8s3sahkhjh7hac6c5ckdtd8d6dksqs6s8h6h5hkcqc9cad9d7d3dn4l 14212242244331 1dno1hno1nno3nnonono        `aea"35 ,.y"BIDDING:South holding 2 biddablesuits of equal length and 13 HCPrightly opens 1,the higher of touching suits. North responds 2 showing 8-15 points and 4s. South rebids his 2nd suit viz 2and North having found a 4-4 fitcan add on 1 point for his 2 card suit,making 13 points. Thus they have at least 26 points between them,enough for game. So North jumps to 4. PLAY:West opens 4. South may lose 1 trick in each suit,but may avoid a loser if a finesseis succesful. At trick 1,dummys is finessed. East wins andreturns and South wins . Hedoes not draw trumps since he plans to ruff s in dummy. " "Declarer leads a to dummys and returns to hand via . He now tries a finesse but dummys loses to . East returns and South wins . He knows 1 enemy trump is still out but does nothing about it since it will win sooner or later. South cashes ,discarding a losing from dummy. Notice how South hasused to reduce the loss in sHe can now cash and ruff a low in dummy. He then cashes dummys and ruffs a to get back to his own hand. As it happens,West overruffs. Declarerthen has the rest of the tricks.Had West not overruffed South could trump his last in dummySouth makes his contract. " 4cqckc5cjhah5h3h6c3cac2c3s8sas6s3d2dqdkdthkh2h6hjc7c4s9cksts7s9s2s6d7hjsad4d7d9d5d8d4hqhtc9hqs5stdjd8h8c9h7h6h3h7s4s3sadqdtd5dacqcasks5s2sahkh8h4hjc6c5c7d3dh4b 13424344422124 1sno2dno2hno4hnonono       _eea#36 n py"BIDDING:South opens 1 rather than 1NT since he holds a 5-cardmajor. West overcalls 2 and North raises to 2. East bids 3and South now revalues his hand.He has 17 HCP and can now add 1 point for his doubleton and 1 for his 5th ,making 19 points. North has promised at least 6 points,so a raise by South to 3 would simply invite North to bid 4 on a maximum. North with only 6 points would have to pass PLAY:West opens . South will lose and 2 s. He must ruff his loser s in dummy. South wins trick 1 with and leads . Only 2 of dummys s are needed for ruffing so South can " "afford to take 2 rounds of trumps. Souths wins the trickNow South cannot afford to lead a 2nd trump. If he does,West will take and lead a 3rd . This will leave dummy with only 1 trump when he needs 2 to take care of the losers. At trick 3South leads a low and ruffs indummy. He returns to hand via and ruffs his remaining in dummy. Only now is it safe for declarer to lead another round of trumps. West takes since it can do him no more good to refuse the trick. West leads another and South trumps. South draws the last with and takes his tricks,losing 2 sbut making his contract. " kh8h3hahks2s3sts2h5h4s4h4d8dkd3d7h9h7s6h9sth5sasqh3c5c8sqs6s4c2dactc6c9c2ckc7cjc9dadtd7d5dqdjs6d8cjhjdqc9s7s4s3s8h7c6c4c3cadjd5d4dksqsjs8s5sah7h2hac8c2ckd7ds4e 14424214441243 1s2h2s3h4snonono     zp^y^` ! C ea$37  y"BIDDING:South has a strong 1NT opening. North raises to 2NT inviting South to bid game on anything but a minimum opener. South with 17 HCP raises to 3NT.PLAY:West opens 4. This lead gives South 2 s,he is also sureof 2 tricks,2s and 1. So he needs to develop 2 more tricks. He can only ever develop 1 extra trick,but there is a chance todevelop 2 extra s. What sort of split does he need? If the opponents s split 3-3,declarer can take and and then giveup a . This would establish 2 more s. Or,if s split 4-2 and 1 opponent began with x or xthe (or ) will drop on the 2nd round of s. South can then " "force out the master by playing from dummy. Then the rest of dummys s will be good. South plays a low at trick 1 This gives him a free finesse.IfEast has it will be trapped under Souths . If East has only small s Souths will winEast plays 9s so the wins. South now cashes . As it happens West plays on round 2of s. So dummy now plays to force out . East returns 7 and dummys wins. Declarer nowcashes 9 which draws the last enemy ,establishing dummys last which declarer cashes. He thentakes top s and cashes his to make the contract. He does not risk a finesse. " 4s6s9stsad6d2d3d4dqdkd7dtdjd5h4c7s5s2sqs9d8d6h8h5d3h2c2h5cjcactc8c8skc9c4h7hahjh3cjs6cqc3sksas7ckh9hthqhqs6s9h4hkc7c6c5ckdtd9d5d2dksts5sahqh6h5hac8c3c2cad4dn4e 14423222424311 1nno2nno3nnonono       ea%38  y"BIDDING:South opens 1 with 16 HCP and a good suit.West over-calls 2 and North has a slight problem.He cannot bid NT since he has no stop but needs a bidto show his strength. Although he only has 3-card support he must make a jump raise in s, promising at least 10 points,so that a possible game will not bemissed. South is happy to raise to 4. PLAY:West leads . Declarer has2 sure losers and a possible West wins trick 1 with and and continues . Notice East plays 9 then 6 on trick 2. This high-low is a signal to West to continue the suit. East probably begun with 2 s. " "So at Trick 3 West leads . If declarer ruffs low East will overruff. Thus declarer ruffs high with to prevent this. Declarer must now draw trumps. When West fails to follow suit on round 2 of trumps,South knowshe will have to lead out 4 rounds of trumps to draw all Easts trumps. He does so. Next he cashes and leads a to dummys . Now he can lead Q from dummy and discard the loser in his hand. The contract is now safe and South can try the finesse since the outcome of thefinesse does not endanger the contract. He scores 120 below, 100 above for honours and 700 points above for the rubber. " kh3h9h2hjh5h6h4hahks4d8h3s2sas5sqs3c4s6sjs4c2d7sts6c3d8skc9cjc2c5c7hac7cqc8cthjh7d5dqdkd6d8dtdad9sjd9dtcks4s3s5h3hacqcjc9d8d7d3d2dasqsjsts9sth8h4h2hkc5cadqds4n 11124444422144 1s2h3sno4snonono      ea&39 ,.y"BIDDING:South opens 1.North with a good distributional hand revalues his hand having found a fit in s. He has 8 HCP and can add on 1 point for doubletons and 2 points for a singleton . So his hand is worth 11 points so he jumps to 3. Havingfound a major fit there is no point in introducing a minor suit unless a slam is possible. South raises to 4. PLAY:West opens 4. South has noblack losers but must take care of 3 losers and 2 losers. He should plan to set up dummys long s to discard his losers inhand. South wins trick 1 with draws 2 rounds of trumps,then takes ,leads a to dummys " "and ruffs a in hand. As both opponents follow suit all dummyss are now good. So South gets back to dummy via and cashes his s while discarding his losing s. He concedes a and trumps his last in dummy to make his contract and 2 overtricks. Was Declarer lucky that the s held by the enemy broke 3-2? When playing a hand you can seldom tell exactly how a suit will break. What you can tell isif the odds are in favour of thebreak you need or not. Normally the odds are that a suit will break as evenly as possible.Thusthe odds are against finding 1 player with a singleton or void." 4d2dkdadas5s2s4s3s6sks7s2c7ckc5c3cjcac9c4cqc8s3dts8djs9htc3h5h7h8c4hth2h6c8hqhtd7d9d5dqdkh6hahqs6djh9sjdksjs9s2s6hactc8c6c4c2c7d2dasqsts8s3sqhth5hkc3cad6d5ds4n 14424242222142 1sno3sno4snonono        8`eea'A40 yy"BIDDING:South with biddable s and s and 15 HCP opens 1,the longer of the 2 suits. West bids1 and Norths 2 bid promises atleast 8 points. South rebids 2sshowing his 5-card suit so that North with only 3 s which include Q has adequate values to jump to 4. PLAY:West opens .South has no loser s or s. He could lose upto 3s and 1. South wins trick1 with . His next step is to draw trumps. As it happens East has 4 s so South must use 4 of his trumps to exhaust the suit. Declarer leads a to dummys and returns for a new type offinesse. When East plays South can win by trumping. " "Had East played low,South would discard a . The finesse is justas if South had an extra . Thecontract was safe even if the finesse had lost. If had East played low and West had ,Southwould have discarded a . West would then take 2 more tricks.Later on,South would discard hislosing on dummys . As the cards lie,South is able to capture the . He gets back to dummy with a to the and discards 3 losers on the rest of the s. He concedes 1 trick. So he scores 120 points (game) below the line,60 points above for overtricks,100 points for honours and 700 points for the rubber. " 2020::"You have now played all 40 hands Press r to replay hand Press e to re-read explanation" ks3s8saskh6h3h2h4h2sqh7h5h8hah7sjh6d6s9h2c3cac7cqckcth5c2dtdad3djc8c4s6ctc9c5s7s4c8d9sjs4d9dkdqd7dqs5djdqh5h3h6s3sad5d4dacqcjctc4cas9s5s4sahkhjhth4h2ckd7d2dh4n 14424424222243 1h1s2cno2hno4hnonono      ea(z1]Z