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Bridge - Card game
Bridge: aggressive auction leads to ambitious contract requiring expert play
...Either way, South’s J♣ scores his 12th trick....
April 17, 2024
Bridge - Card game
True skill is demonstrated when luck deserts you
...When this loses, East can cash K♠ and lead Q♦, but declarer has time to win A♦, cash J♣, cross to dummy with J♥, and then play A♣ on which he can discard a diamond loser....
March 27, 2024
FT Live
Business of Entertainment Summit
Capitalizing on Disruption
Thursday, 19 SeptemberLos Angeles, CA
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Silence from opponent marks partner with key card
...East overtakes the lead with A♠ and returns J♠. When this holds the trick, he switches to 10♣. Declarer rises with A♣ and reflects on the play to date....
March 20, 2024
Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
The last of pop’s superstars?
...There is one massive exception to all this: K-pop and J-Pop. In the world of Korean pop, superstardom is very much still in business....
April 11, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: at duplicate, the contract is usually not the target: maximum tricks is
...in hand; J♦ followed....
February 14, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Deduction from silence reveals position of missing cards
...However, when West continues with K♥ and J♥, you ruff high in dummy and East shows out. How does that change your plans? West is now marked with six hearts headed by ace-king-jack....
December 6, 2023
FT Live
Attracting and Retaining Global Talent
How are countries, cities and companies competing for the best workforce?
Wednesday, 24 April44 Grosvenor Sq, London W1K 2HP, UK
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: fine slam relies on controls, long suits and some decent fortune
...Here, declarer led a low trump from dummy and took his A♠, before next playing to K♠....
February 28, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Targets matter: do not let your eye or mind stray from it
...He rose with A♦, laid down K♣ — pinning South’s J♣ — and then continued with 7♣, allowing East to score both his 10♣ and A♣, which set the contract....
December 27, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Evaporation of entry requires early endplay solution
...West led J♥; declarer assessed four losers. However, dummy’s K♦ can provide a discard for a club loser, with 10♠ as an entry to the table....
December 13, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: Clear focus on simple ruffing plan ensures key re-entry and no over-ruff
...BiddingDealer: NorthLove All West led J♣ instantly; South indentified five losers: two diamonds, two low hearts and A♠....
February 1, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Bridge: classic problem defeats many club players
...Now, declarer’s carefully preserved 3♠ comes to the fore: overtaken in dummy with 4♠, and J♦ cashed, on which South can pitch a low heart. Still in dummy, a heart can be led towards K♥....
November 30, 2023
Bridge - Card game
If you want to be a winner, every contract, trick, and card counts
...South put in J♠ and, when West won with A♠, declarer had successfully negotiated all the obstacles. Paul Mendelson’s new book, ‘The Joy of Bridge’, is out now...
January 23, 2024
Bridge - Card game
In case both finesses are wrong, which they are — again — prepare for end position
...Let’s say that East rises with 10♦, J♦ is played and West wins with K♦. If he leads another diamond, it runs to declarer’s ♦A9; if he opts instead for a spade, this runs to South ♠KJ....
November 22, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Play for a mis-defence, or take decisive and potentially humiliating action?
...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....
December 18, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Every bid, including passes, can contribute key information
...Lead J♣ from hand, West covers — if he does not, declarer runs the jack — and declarer wins with dummy’s K♣....
September 20, 2023
FT Live
Transforming the Finance Function with AI
Strategies for delivering advanced analytics, automation and decision-making
Thursday, 25 AprilDigital Conference
Bridge - Card game
Entries evaporate to frustrate declarer
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led J♥, and declarer assessed one likely loser in each suit. However, if trumps split 2-2, or West holds K♣, all will be well....
October 25, 2023
Bridge - Card game
To succeed, the positions of missing ace and queen must be identified
...You draw trumps: East holds both A♥ and K♥. He returns a club each time he wins....
November 2, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Assess losers realistically, then seek to avoid them
...Declarer won K♣ in dummy, played to A♣, and ruffed a low club in dummy. Danger seemingly averted, most now played a trump, West winning....
November 16, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Recognise suits which offer maximum tricks only if led by opponents
...He crossed to dummy’s A♦, and led a low spade towards his K♠, losing to West’s A♠. West switched to 10♦, taken with dummy’s K♦. Q♠ and a spade ruff in hand followed, eliminating the suit....
September 13, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Anticipation of likely course of defence opens mind to alternatives
...East continues with J♣; South plays K♣ perforce, West will ruff and switch to a spade. However, now, the spade finesse can be avoided since dummy’s long club suit is almost established....
September 6, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Lacking both entries and confidence, declarer must enlist help of unwilling opponent
...At trick 2, South leads J♣, not covered by West, runs it, and is relieved when it holds....
August 16, 2023
The Oscars 2024: all you need to know
Oppenheimer leaves Oscar rivals in the dust with 13 nominations
...Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed biopic about American nuclear physicist J Robert Oppenheimer received 13 nominations in total, including nods for the blue-ribbon Best Picture, Best Director for Nolan and Best...
January 23, 2024
Bridge - Card game
Finesses delayed, problem suit can be sorted at end of hand
...If West could cover 10♥ with J♥, declarer would play Q♥, losing to K♥. Back would come a low heart and South could play 7♥....
July 11, 2023
Bridge - Card game
Declarer seeks salvation focused on avoidance of dangerous opponent
...He fulfilled his plan by pitching dummy’s 3♦ on K♣, giving up two diamonds and ruffing the final one for his tenth trick....
October 4, 2023
Indian business & finance
Steel plants and cinemas: Modi banks on Indian business to bring Kashmir into the fold
...“We wanted to also support the government’s initiative of industrialising the J&K area,” Jindal told the Financial Times, using an abbreviation for the territory....
October 4, 2023

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