Sheinwold on Bridge Some hands stump experts
Swiss expert Jean Besse, famed for his skill, misplayed a hand at the world pairs in Stockholm. He faced a difficult choice after East opened with diamonds and clubs broke badly, leaving him unable to ruff enough to stop opponents. The article notes even top players stumble on hard hands.
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Blondie Hand Demonstrates Dramatic Ruffing Dilemma
In a complex diamond based endgame Blondie analysis shows declarer must draw two rounds of trumps and East can discard either a spade or a club. If East dumps spade South ruffs out remaining black suit. if East dumps club South seizes ace of clubs and ruffs, enabling a second club ruff. Magnificent hand that slipped away, Besse recalls as a big miss. The term psychedelic, recently coined, denotes mind expanding drugs like LSD and marijuana used to describe such effects.
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