Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
Related Topics
...Since his own trumps are robust, he can afford to ruff both his heart losers high also. He uses 8♠ for the first ruff and, having returned to hand with A♣ to lead 8♥, he ruffs this with Q♠....
...South should win trick one win in hand with A♥, cross to dummy’s A♣ and ruff a low club in hand....
...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....
...If he pitches the heart, declarer ruffs with a low trump and still has K♠ as his 12th trick; if East ruffs in, declarer discards his heart loser and scores his last two trump tricks....
...Winning in hand, South plays J♠ to A♠ and ruffs a low spade in hand. He crosses to dummy’s Q♥ and ruffs a second low spade, noting that the suit is dividing 4-3....
...Their new mixtape 2 Ruff Vol 1 arrives off the back of a big hit, “Baddadan”, which was released in August and is still in the UK top 10....
...The master trump is now correctly left out as declarer sets up the heart suit: A♥, followed by a heart ruff in hand; club to dummy’s A♣, and another low heart ruffed....
...Since A♥ is his only entry — and he may require a ruff — declarer sets about his plan before drawing trumps. He leads A♦ and 3♦....
...BiddingDealer South E/W Game West leads A♥ and, assuming a heart ruff in dummy, if West holds K♣ or Q♦, all should be easy. Leading a low club towards dummy’s Q♣ seems the best move....
...Period drama wriggles defiantly free of ruffs and bonnets in Dirty Hare theatre company’s Gunter: a punky, funny, feminist take on history....
...Declarer leads 8♠ from hand to dummy’s 10♠ — noting that both opponents do follow — and then he ruffs a second low diamond in hand, again with a high trump....
...Fearing a diamond ruff now, declarer cashes ♥KQ and pitches a diamond from dummy. This achieved, he led a low club, West rose with A♣ and led his 6♦, which East won with Q♦....
...Dummy trumps are high, bar A♠, so any potential over-ruff need not be feared....
Once set on suit establishment play, reject opportunities to ruff also
...South returned to hand with a club ruff, drew the final trump and laid down 10♦ as his ninth trick. Excellent competition — and some naivety from the defence — scored North-South 100 per cent....
...East won West’s diamond lead, and switched to a trump to try to prevent a diamond ruff in dummy....
...The 16 dancers sport unflattering outfits by fashion designer Giles Deacon, who jettisons the thrifty minimalism of the Balanchine aesthetic in favour of photo-printed Lycra, embellished with ruffs, cuffs...
...If he failed to ruff, South could win with K♣ and ruff his final club with dummy’s 10♠. If, instead, East did ruff in — as he chose to do — declarer plays low on this trick....
...If declarer could score four club tricks, he could pitch a diamond from dummy and, later, ruff his third diamond from hand....
...If West could win, and he plays a heart, it provides a ruff and discard; if he leads a diamond, K♦ is the 10th trick; a club sorts out the suit for only two losers. At the table, East wins....
...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....
...I put in wood anemones, sweet woodruff and astrantia, known as melancholy gentlemen for their linen-coloured ruffs. All three plants appear in Gerard’s 1597 Herball....
...You win whatever is led next and play A♠, cash ♥AK, and ruff a heart in hand. Returning to dummy with K♣, you ruff your final heart....
...Q♠ and a spade ruff in hand followed, eliminating the suit. Now, South led his final diamond....
...BiddingDealer: EastLove All At duplicate pairs, without a singleton or void in North’s hand, 6NT seems the best bid. 6H allows you simply to ruff a spade or a diamond for your 12th trick, whereas in 6NT...
International Edition