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English 55 Virtual European Championship - part 1 Krzysztof Martens BOARD 23 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 104 Q762 73 AQ1042 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ K652 8 KJ1065 965 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Q873 AJ943 AQ4 3 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ AJ9 K105 982 KJ87 Contract: 4 ♠ . Lead ♠ 10. The main point - When making a plan, look a couple of tricks ahead. You should ducked the queen of spades. Why? South is a dangerous opponent who can lead .through your club tenace Play the queen of trumps on first trick. If the trumps behave 3-2, that is enough to make the contract. Eric Rodwell ran the trump lead to his king and could not make the contract. Why? Whe North won the first round of clubs, he had played another trump. Two more rounds of trump then killed the contract. Playing the queen forces the South’s ace and give you control over trumps. You can win a trump return with the king .and play on diamonds . Closed room – Contract 2♠, +170 for EW . If you played the spade queen: +420 = +6 IMP .You let it run to the king: -50 = -6 IMP BOARD 24 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ - Q652 QJ972 AJ53 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ AKJ874 AK10 3 K42 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ Q109532 J A106 1098 ♠ ♥ ♦ ♣ 6 98743 K854 Q76 Contract: 6♠. Lead ♦ Q The main point - Give the opponents a chance to go wrong. Win the diamond lead in dummy and play a club to the king. North may hold up the ace, hoping to give you a guess if you hold ♣ KQx. Even if North wins the club ace, he may not to play a club back unless he holds the queen. There is a fair chance that you will be able to use your second chance – a finesse against the queen of hearts, to set up two club discard from the dummy. Closed room – Contract 4 ♠ , +680 for EW. You played a club to the king and you are rewarded – a shrewd Spaniard holds up the ace. You play differently: -50 = -13 IMP.