Preliminaries to Crossruffing By James Jacoby
The article explains crossruff strategy when a hand is short in two suits and notes two key principles. First, avoid overruffing until affordable. second, cash side-suit winners early to prevent an opponent with trump control from dumping losers. The declarer’s play illustrated misses the second principle, leading to the defenders reclaiming tricks.
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