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English 54 defense was to retain the ♣ K and allow dummy to win the trick. Then the ♦ K remains guarded, and after declarer takes the unsuccessful diamond fi nesse, the ♣ K may be cashed. Here is the full hand: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ AK4 J54 T2 Q9543 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 5 87 K9873 KJ872 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QT9862 T32 J65 T ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ J73 AKQ96 AQ4 A6 Let's see what actually happened at the table. This was the situation after my partner won Trick 6 with the ♣ K: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K4 - T2 Q95 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ - - K987 J87 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QT98 - J65 - ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ J7 Q9 AQ4 - West was endplayed! A club continuation would have given declarer a free fi nesse, so she tried the ♦ 9. Batia won with her ♦ Q and continued with two high trumps. This was the 4-card ending: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K - T Q9 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ - - K8 J8 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QT - J6 - ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ J7 - A4 - The ♠ 7was led fromhand, andwestwassqueezed in the minors. She was forced to unguard her ♦ K, otherwise dummy's clubs would be good. When the ♠ K held the trick, Batia cashed the ♣ Q, and it was my turn to be squeezed. I had to discard the ♦ 6 in order to preserve my ♠ Q against the threat of the ♠ J. All that remained for declarer was to lead a diamond toward the ace, dropping East's jack and West's king. The lowly ♦ 4 won the 13 th trick. At the other table, our teammates went down one in the same contract, so this classical example of a non-simultaneous double squeeze was worth 17 IMPs. Well played, Batia Egozi! ĘČĤĥĕč ĐďĕēĕĐ ‘ ĎďĕĤčĐ ĦđĜē Ě “ Ğč ęĕĠĘģĘ ĐĤčē , ĐĕĤČ ( ěđĘĕČ ěđĕĜģ ďĕĘ ) ģĤč - ĕĜč 16 ěđĥĕģĐ 03-6186722 08:00-17:00 Đ - Č ęĕĚĕ ēđĦĠ ĐĕĜģĐ ĦĕđđēĚ ĦđĜĐĘ ęėĦČ ęĕĜĕĚĒĚ đĜČ đĜĘĥ ĥďēĐ ĤĦČč ěĕĕĘĜđČ , ĦđĜĦĚđ ęĕģēĥĚ ,‘ ĎďĕĤč ĕĤĢđĚ Ęĥ www.lioncard.co.il čČĘģ ĐĒĤėĐ ĦđČĝĠđģ Ĕĝ ĐĒĤėĐ ĕĠĘģ ĘĘđė ęĕĕĤĔĚĕĝ ģĕĔĝĘĠĚ ē “ ĥ 180 ē “ ĥ 240 ęđģĚč ēđĘĥĚĘ ē “ ĥ 35 ĦĠĝđĦ