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English 54 critical for defeating slam contracts. If the leader could be given some help, this could make the difference between defeating it or letting it make. He de fi ned the double as requiring an "unusual" lead. Later experts wished to avoid confusion so they de fi ned the double as a demand to lead the fi rst side suit bid by dummy . Here is an example: ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ A8 Q765 T986543 - ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ KT65 A2 - KJ96543 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ QJ743 K3 A72 AT8 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 92 JT984 KQJ Q72 After a 1 ♠ opening and a 2 ♣ response, East becomes declarer in 6 ♠ . North doubles, asking South to lead the fi rst side suit bid by dummy – in this case clubs. If instead South chooses the "natural" ♦ K lead, the contract makes as soon as declarer guesses the location of the club void (easy after the double). However, if South obeys his partner and leads a club, North ruffs and wins the ♠ A as well – down one. Would it occur to anyone to lead away from ♣ Qxx without the double? If E/W try to escape to 6NT, that contract would be defeated by the ♦ K lead. An interesting corollary is that when partner fails to double the opponents' slam, you should lead anything but the fi rst suit bid by dummy. By the way, being declarer and having a void in partner's fi rst bid suit, you may consider a redouble which will sometimes bring in an extra bonus. Now consider these scores: 6 ♠ making (vul) = 1430 6 ♠ making with a double = 1660 (so the cost of a failed Lightner double is only 230). 6 ♠ down one = 100 6 ♠ down one doubled = 200 Thus the potential gain of the Lightner double is 1630 total points. When there is a chance of beating the slam, it is worth paying the price of 230 total points from time to time. Hopefully, my partner will not forget the Lightner double in the future, especially after this article.  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