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...When West dropped K♥, this seemed good, but it meant East held five hearts and another low one must be trumped. Next, J♦ was led and, when East followed low, South played K♦, holding the trick....
...up K♣....
...West led K♠. Declarer assessed two spade losers, a diamond and two clubs....
...Finally, he draws the last trump and crosses to his carefully preserved K♥ to cash A♣, which fells East’s Q♣....
...East won with K♣, and led a third diamond to West’s king. The case for the defence began immediately: “Both finesses wrong — as usual — couldn’t be made.”...
...South cashed A♦ and K♠ and went over to dummy with A♠ to play K♦, throwing a spade from hand. When this held, this is trick 11. For his 12th trick, he led dummy’s fourth diamond....
...West led K♥ and declarer’s plan was simple: cash A♦, ruff two low diamonds in dummy, draw trumps, and score up the slam. On the bidding, the distribution suited this plan....
...Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
...East took A♠, returned 2♠, and South won deceptively with K♠ in hand....
...“[The Paul Weiss raid] has disrupted the myth that once you have reached Kirkland, you can’t go anywhere else.”...
...“The most concerning trend is Isis-K plotting overseas.” Additional reporting by Bita Ghaffari, Polina Ivanova and John-Paul Rathbone...
...When West passes, North’s forced 2D response promises nothing, but South must hope that North holds something to make game a good shot: a couple of low spades, plus K♥ or J♣ make it pretty much lay-down....
...To succeed wherever Q♠ and K♦ lie, West must be stripped of a safe way of getting off lead once he wins the first finesse....
...However, if trumps split 2-2, or West holds K♣, all will be well....
...You draw trumps: East holds both A♥ and K♥. He returns a club each time he wins....
...As well as including a handful of old favourites, she makes a welcome dip into some of the lesser lights of operetta, such as composers Paul Abraham, Henri Christiné and Francis Lopez....
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