Don’t Ruin a Hand by Poor Bridge Play
Harry Fishbein analyzes a bridge hand from the Mayfair Club, detailing misguesses by declarer and defenders. West opens hearts, dummy miscounts clubs, and East misplays hearts and diamonds, leading to a series of forced plays and a test of the declarer’s decisions under pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oswald Tacoby
NEA
Harry Fishbein
Mayfair Bridge Club
Fishbein
Hearts
Declarer
East
West
Anniversaries and Today in History Compiled
A collection of historical anniversaries noting births of Nicholas Roosevelt Illiam W Corcoran John Lord Hinton Helper Arthur H Clark Napitall H Imber and others, plus Today in History entries from 776 to 1950 and a birthday note for James M Mead. Includes early forays into steamboat invention and other notable public figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton BR. Helper
Teen
North Carolina
Arthur H Clark
Providence
Napitall H Imber
the Hope
Poland
Gen
Washington
Michigan
Congress
John C. Calhoun
U. S
Ohio
Mother Stewart
United States
Bretton Woods
International Bank
U. N
38Th Parallel
Korea
James M. Mead
Horoscope and city notes mix in crowded clipped page item
A miscellany page lists names and birthplaces of famous figures, followed by a December Baltimore police age limit increase for probationary patrolmen due to staffing needs. It notes Bellevue Farm in Maryland selling for slightly over a million dollars to Contee Sand and Gravel, with details on the Heurich estate sale and related biographical snippets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Police Department
Thomas L. Miller
General Assembly
Heurich
Washington
Wee
Bellevue Farm
West Hyattsville
Christian Heurich
the Post
Contee Sand and Gravel Co
Vaurel. Mol
Endgame misplay alters bridge deal outcome
The passage describes a bridge hand where South erred by not leading the four of spades from dummy, failing to discard the seven of spades, and saving the deuce of spades. If correct, declarer plays Ingh diamonds from dummy, ruffing and over-ruffing, ultimately leading to a plan to exhaust South's low clubs and complete the play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fishbein
South
Declarer
East
South Declarer
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Jacoby
Santa Claus
Haan
Australia
Brentwood Brink
Chris Welkin
Planeteer
Gome
Wirot
Know
America
Bird
Compass Po
Gudrun
Edward
Bye
Constellation
Whitesmith
Federal Trade Commission
Mount Morris
Ewan Clagne
Department of Labor
Prescott
Wash
Marlene Q Pretrich
Berlin
Oscar Levant
Pittsburgh
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Mark Woods
American Broadcasting
Louisville
Cyrus Eaton
Cleveland
Nova Scotia
PGA
Flae
Gereint
Mindanao
Aoi
Ren
Rene Kes
Talsorry
Fras Iue
la Tiay
Atpas
Desee
Bks Pune
Ste A
Wae
Kre
Our Ane
Tager
Agro
Jeff
Obiy Mera
ROWE
Dorn
Bugs Bunny
BNT
Easce Otion
Eamarc
Freckles
Livermore
Swami
Lard
Vic Flint
Priscilla
Lin Lin
Jason
Sar
Rey S
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