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     This is the first ina 
     
     weekly series on Defense at 
     
     spridge. It is sometimes said 
     
     that defense is the most 
     
     poorly-played aspect of the 
     
     game ;my experiences at U.- 
     
     p.E.L. would certainly serve 
     
     to bear this out. 
     
    

    
     And yet, it surely must be 
     
     more important to play good 
     
     defense than to be a good 
     
     declarer. After all, assum- 
     
     ing the laws of averages 
     
     hold true, then you will 
     
     play defense twice as often 
     
     as you. play declarer. 
     
    

    
     It will be the intention of 
     
    
   
   
    
     the Ruff Can Wait, 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘defense at bridge 
     
    
   
   
    
     Devel 
     
     | he 
     
    
   
   
    
     dave gallant. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     this column, then, to try to 
     
     give you some pointers in 
     
     this sadly neglected foeld. 
     
     In order to make the column 
     
     as similar as possible to 
     
     play at the table, at the 
     
     beginning of the column, only 
     
     your hand and the dummy hand 
     
     will be visible - just like_ 
     
     at the table. Please do not 
     
     look at the other two hands 
     
     as presented further down 
     
     until you have attempted to 
     
     find your right line of play. 
     
     It will ruin the purpose of 
     
     the column. 
     
    

    
     Anyway, I talked long eno- 
     
     ugh. On to the first hand. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ’ x4 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Phe Cadre, December 2, 1975, page 9 
     
    
   
   
    
     op Your Other 
     
    
   
   
    
     W K1063 
     
     E 542 
     
     S J10874 
     
     13 
     
     SOUTH = 
     
     S AJ8 
     
     H QJ1073 
     
     DAK2 
     
     C 106 
     
     Bidding 
     
     SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 
     
     1 Be oPags :21C Pass 
     
     2:NT* Pass’ 3H Pass 
     
     4H Pass Pass Pass 
     
    
   
   
    
     Your partner leads the 
     
     3 of clubs against South's 
     
     four heart contract. The 
     
     2 is played from dummy and 
     
     South plays the ten under 
     
     your ace. How should you 
     
     continue? 
     
    

    
     This is a simple matter 
     
     of counting your tricks 
     
     and getting the timing ri- 
     
     ght. Partner's 3 of clubs 
     
     isan: obvious singleton so 
     
     you can give him a ruff 
     
     and the king of hearts 
     
     will be the 3rd defensive 
     
     trick. Where is the set- 
     
     ting trick to come from? 
     
     Well, either partner must 
     
     have an ace or he must 
     
     have the king of spades. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Af it is.the latter: case 
     
    
   
   
    
     Tricks First 
     
    
   
   
    
     you must be careful. Su- 
     
     ppose you lead a club and 
     
     give partner his ruff im- 
     
     mediately. He will be un- 
     
     able to attack spades from 
     
     his side of the table so 
     
     he will lead, say, a trump. 
     
     Your king will be allowed 
     
     to win, and when you lead 
     
     a spade declarer will go 
     
     up with his ace, drawing 
     
     trumps ending in dummy and 
     
    
   
   
    
     discard his spade losers 
     
    
   
   
    
     on the clubs. 
     
    

    
     To be sure of making all 
     
     tricks available to the de- 
     
     fensé, you must lead a sp- 
     
     ade at trick 2. There is 
     
     no need to hurry to give 
     
     your partner a ruff, since 
     
     on the bidding he is marked 
     
     with 3 trumps. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The missing hands! 
     
    
   
   
    
     NORTH 
     
    

    
     S Q94 
     
    

    
     H A96 
     
    

    
     D3 
     
    

    
     C KQJ872 
     
     S 752 E 
     
     H K8 A 
     
     D Q965 S$ 
     
     Cc A954. T 
     
    
   
   
    
     Three no trump is, of cou- 
     
     rse, a superior contract. 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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     DAMN THAT RUDOLPH... 
     
    
   
   
    
     I™ GOING 
     
    
   
   
    
     TO HAVE TO 
     
    
   
   
    
     GET RADAR! 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
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