bridge
bridge
Both vulnerable. South deals.
NORTH
xQ 8 3 2
uK 6 5
vA 8 5 4 3
w8
WEST EAST
xK 10 9 7 xVoid
u9 3 uJ 10 8 7 4 2
vJ 10 7 vK Q 9 6 2
wJ 10 7 6 w9 5
SOUTH
xA J 6 5 4
uA Q
vVoid
wA K Q 4 3 2
The bidding:
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
2w Pass 3v Dbl
3x Pass 4x Pass
5w Pass 5u Pass
6x Dbl Pass Pass
Pass
Opening lead: Jack of v
During World War II, the slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships” was used on propaganda posters to warn servicemen and civilians to avoid careless talk about sensitive information that could aid the enemy. Obviously, West had never heard of that.
West led the knave of diamonds to dummy’s ace, declarer discarding a club from hand. The ace, king and queen of clubs were followed by a club ruff, and declarer returned to hand with a diamond ruff. Next came the ace of hearts and the queen, overtaken with dummy’s king, and another diamond was ruffed in the closed hand. A low trump was led and West had to insert the nine, taken with the queen. The first 10 tricks were in declarer’s bag, and he completed West’s misery by exiting with a red card. Down to nothing but trumps, West was forced to ruff and return a trump into declarer’s ace-jack. Truly, an extra word, double, sank the defense!
2012 Tribune Media Services