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English 56 South, the dealer, held eight spades and the question was: how high to preempt? At one table, Ronnie Barr decided to be careful with a poor suit and opened three spades. West North East South Loonstein Pachtmann Lidor Barr 3♠ Dbl 4♠ All Pass Due to her opponents’ “slow” auction, Ilana Loonstein had no problems giving up at the four- level, having already made a take-out double, unanswered by her partner. South scored an easy +450 – apparently a push board, but it was not to be, since at the other table my partner opened at the four-level and West had to do something with her good hand: West North East South Saada Engel Tarnovski Molcho 4♠ Dbl RDbl All Pass Smelling “blood”, I exploited this opportunity by redoubling. Of course I expected 4♠ to make, and I was ready to double anything at the five- level. After long and agonizing thought, West decided to Pass out four spades redoubled. This time eleven tricks were worth +1080, a swing of 12 IMPs. Five hearts doubled by West would not have been much better. Once North-South find the club ruffs, that contract could be down four (-800). The only way for East-West to cut their losses after North’s redouble was somehow to reach five clubs. This board sealed the overall victory for Lidor’s team. 2019 פתרון חידת הגנה ינואר רם סופר ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ J53 A42 J86 T987 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ AQ8 963 AQT K654 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K72 KQT K52 AQJ2 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ T964 J875 9743 3 .♣T קלף ההובלה מערב; כרוז ;6NT חוזה .15 ; הכרוז הבטיח לפחות 18 נקודות; בדומם 6 אתם בצפון. בידכם . הסיכוי היחיד להפיל את החוזה: ניחוש לא נכון של הכרוז בסדרת ההארט. ♥ J – לשותף לכל היותר נקודה אחת בלבד מבלי לחשוש לאבד שחקו שוב נמוך . ♥ ממערב, שחקו נמוך. הכרוז יזכה בדומם, יחזור ליד ויוביל שוב ♥ כאשר ישוחק . ♥ J- ויפסיד ל ♥ T . ייתכן שהכרוז לא ינחש, ישחק ♥ A- את ה