The Chronicle Telegram in Elyria, Ohio

Bridge deal tests sharp defense and timing in spades

In a four spades contract South opens weak two. West leads a singleton diamond and East signals, then shifts to clubs. East should win the spade jack with ace and give a second diamond ruff to defeat the contract, avoiding risk and exploiting declarer’s distribution. The column ends with a Saturday puzzle about filling a grid with zeros and ones under adjacency and uniqueness rules.