Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...His best chance is to attempt to score all his low trumps individually. Having won the lead in hand, he played to A♥ and ruffed a heart in hand....
...If we as a society are serious about women’s rights, then pharmaceutical companies and the wider global health community must ensure that mothers in the 21st century have a better chance than Kaveri of bringing...
...This leaves the chance to lead towards dummy’s clubs and put in 10♣, hoping it will draw out K♣ but, if this fails, defeat beckons. Use your knowledge to best effect....
...While there's still a chance of recovering 6 or maybe 7 cents on the dollar....
...Once you accept that you do require two entries to dummy, this risky play becomes your best chance....
...Every declarer who tackled this hand failed and, in every case, the standard line undertaken offered virtually zero chance of success....
...However, without a long suit to establish, a cross ruff to undertake, or even chances for an esoteric squeeze, prospects seem bleak....
...Also, do something physical beforehand that gets you moving, such as taking a walk (her own favourite is to play “Permission to Dance” by K-pop band BTS on YouTube — “it’s very boppy”)....
...She says this will give her a chance of having more pieces in the new series and getting ahead of other designers....
...Contracts with seemingly little chance of success should be approached optimistically; sometimes, in this troubled world, things go right....
...East won with K♥, cashed A♥, and lead 7♥ for West to ruff. West switched to 8♦ and declarer hopped up with A♦. His contract in jeopardy, he could only see one chance: to take the club finesse....
...Because diamonds break poorly, and K♣ sits over Q♣, East had a diamond, a spade and a club to lose, plus four further losers to ruff in dummy....
...Declarer attacked dummy’s long suit, playing 5♦ to A♦, K♦ — on which he pitched a heart — and ruffed 6♦ in hand....
...With Big Pharma increasingly issuing these licences, including the first covering a cancer drug, generics companies have both a business opportunity and a chance to expand patients’ access to innovative...
...“We had a chance to unify the party behind closed doors, but the Swamp and K Street lobbyists prevented that,” Boebert posted on X, formerly known as Twitter....
...For British-American chef Tim Anderson, it came in 2004 on a chance visit to the family-run ramen shop Daikokuya in Los Angeles. “It was a tonkotsu with standard toppings,” he says....
...Some of the unknowns were revealed when, having played K♠ and lost to A♠, East then switched to 8♦, run to West’s K♦. Now, there is just A♣ to lose and trumps to sort out....
...On the final trump, West will be left with K♣ and three diamonds....
...Of those, 27 now allow English-speaking visitors to stay the night under the “templestay” programme, delivering a dose of authentic culture in a country better known for its K-pop and K-dramas than its traditions...
...If East throws K♠ — as he probably should — when West gains the lead with K♦, he can only cash Q♠, before your J♠ becomes good....
...To that end, declarer wants to win trick 1 — and win it with K♥....
...Coach K’s (and Sydney’s) wisdom is yours for £14.99/$18.99....
...Its new factory, commissioned this year, is set to produce 5mn “K-briqs” a year....
...BiddingDealer: SouthLove All West correctly led K♥....
...Declarer then led a trump and happily beat East’s K♣, following with Q♣. It is now clear that West holds A♦. How can declarer avoid losing three diamonds?...
International Edition