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2 Gambit and refusal play

 

ª 7 6 3

© 8 6

¨ Q J 9 5

§ J 10 8 5

ª Q 10                       ª A 9 8 4 2

© 10 5 2                     © Q 3

¨ 10 3 2                      ¨ K 7 4

§ Q 9 7 6 4                § K 3 2

ª K J 5

© A K J 9 7 4

¨ A 8 6

§ A

 

Contract  4©, lead §6  after East opened 1NT (12-14)

Playing duplicate how can you make an overtrick double dummy against best defence?

 

East covers §10 with §K (it does not matter if he does not).  ©A K drop ©Q so ©J draws trumps.

 

The diamond suit is a layout which occurs with some frequency and is a delicate exercise in timing.  A small diamond is played to ¨9 and East cannot win otherwise declarer makes three diamond tricks and also ªK by playing from dummy.

 

Then ¨Q is played from dummy and East must duck otherwise the suit is established.  Still in dummy, declarer plays a spade towards ªK and only loses two spade tricks at the end.

 

As the suit is shown above it requires West to hold ¨10 x x.  But if North holds ¨ Q J 9 8 the position is more flexible.  As long as West holds ¨10 and East ¨K the suit can break 4-2 or even 5-1 with the same effect.