Hints and tips:
...A low club to K♣ allowed a second heart ruff, and a club to A♣ accessed the third ruff. With Q♣ not falling, the plan now requires reasonably balanced distribution....
...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game North’s 3H showed a game-going raise in spades; South’s 4H was a cue-bid....
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...BiddingDealer: East N/S Game Some North players responded 1NT, but 4S was always reached. The only safe lead is a trump....
...He said he hoped to be able to announce a date for Ariane 6’s inaugural flight after a test later this month. “We need to get Ariane 6 on to the launch pad as soon as possible.”...
...At trick two, South ducks East’s Q♣; West does not ruff. East continues with J♣; South plays K♣ perforce, West will ruff and switch to a spade....
...“India is on the Moon,” said a smiling and obviously relieved S Somanath, chair of the Indian Space Research Organisation....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game West led 2♦ most often; 4♠ occasionally. Declarer sees a spade, a heart, three diamonds and a club as losers. What can be done?...
...The deduction makes sense: if East leads a heart, West will surely be unable to ruff high ahead of dummy’s J♠ and this will indicate that East holds Q♠....
...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....
...On the fourth club, East is trapped: if he ruffs low, declarer over-ruffs and continues to play out winners until East takes A♥; if East ruffs high, declarer discards and later draws East’s last trump; if...
...Earlier this month S&P Global’s purchasing manager indices showed the sharpest decline in private sector activity since November 2020....
...Declarer wins 3♥ lead in hand, cashes A♦, and ruffs 10♦ in hand. Crossing to K♥, Q♦ is ruffed in hand also....
...Moreover, an analysis by rating agency S&P suggests UK banks have handed more of the benefits of interest rate rises to savers than their counterparts in Europe and the US....
...Join DD’s Arash Massoudi in London on June 28 at 6:30pm for an exclusive conversation with Cevian Capital’s Harlan Zimmerman, Goldman Sachs’ David Dubner and the FT’s Peggy Hollinger about the factors driving...
...When giving partner a ruff, assess whether it is worth setting up trick(s) for the opposition by doing so — whether you are seeking a ruff or a trump promotion — and what might happen subsequently....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game The bidding at both tables was the same, North correctly stretching to bid 4H after West’s pre-emptive overcall....
...South plays K♣, then 4♣ to A♣, and ruffs a club in hand. He plays J♠ to Q♠ and ruffs a fourth round of clubs. He now holds only two trumps as does North. He cashes A♠ and plays to dummy’s K♠....
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game Over North’s 2D response, South declined to rebid 2NT or 3NT, judging his hand to be more suit-orientated....
...During the same period, the S&P 500 rose by 46 per cent, against just a 16 per cent rise for Europe’s Stoxx 600....
...Field Day’s bill was superbly programmed overall, with multi-genre standouts including London rave’s rising star Jasper Tygner, Detroit techno-soul dons Carl Craig and Moodymann, and “K-house” DJ/producer Peggy...
...BiddingDealer: EastN/S Game North might have been more scientific but 4S must be a good shot. West led 9♥. East won A♥ and returned Q♥. South covered with K♥, West ruffed and led 4♦....
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