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Ranko Grba Yugoslavia |
Round 5 Yugoslavia - Austria Vladimir Tisma of Yugoslavia was declarer as North in Four Hearts on this deal from their match against Austria:
East led the six of spades. If declarer plays the seven from dummy he could have picked up the suit for no loser. (Editor: Note how players who lead third and fifth would lead the eight, avoiding this trap. Note also that if declarer plays the four, then West puts on the two, and the six forces out the ace.) However, Tisma had another idea, based on deception, to avoid one of his losers. He took the lead of ª6 with the king and at once played a diamond to the nine. This was taken by East's Jack. Saurer, the Austrian East, saw no hurry to start the clubs, and he played another spade. Declarer drew trumps and discarded a club on the ¨2 to make his contract. |
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