19th European Youth Team Championships Page 5 Bulletin 9 - Tuesday, 10 August  2004


Double Dummy Problem

 

The Problem:

The Brockbuster

As the name suggests, today’s double dummy problem was created by former British Ladies World champion, Sally Brock. Sally had a few years of retirement from international bridge but is back playing for the English Ladies team now.

We repeat this problem because, alas, we made a mistake and Sunday morning's bulletin included the wrong solution. Sorry about that.

  ª J 6
© A K Q J
¨ A Q 10 5 4
§ A 3
ª 10 9 8
© 10 9 8 7
¨ K J 9
§ Q 8 2
Bridge deal ª Q 7
© 6 5 4 3
¨ 8 7 6
§ 7 6 5 4
  ª A K 5 4 3 2
© 2
¨ 3 2
§ K J 10 9

Contract: 7ª
Lead: ª10

 

The Solution:

Declarer plays low from dummy and wins the king. He plays a heart to the ace then ruffs a heart, runs the §J, then plays a club to the ace and ruffs another heart. A diamond to the queen allows declarer to ruff the last heart, and now he plays a diamond to the ace and ruffs a diamond. Finally, he cashes the §K and ruffs a club with the jack, leaving the ace of trumps to win the final trick.



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