Hi Dear Mr Wolff
Well played by south and perhaps it is difficult but when club is led by declarer, west can reason : certainly declarer doesn’t have QJ of clubs else he would finesse and if he holds Q missing J, why waste entry to hand? Dummy plays A and returns club towards Q. And if south held J missing Q, he would have led it for double finesse ( dummy’s 10 and 8 are clearly visible. Hence, reasoning thus west can insert K assured that east holds QJ and failure to do so might expose him to squeeze in minors as those diamonds in dummy look ominous and suddenly the contract becomes impossible to make. Easier said than done but who can work out surely are champion stuff
Regards
Bobby WolffJanuary 14th, 2023 at 1:43 pm
Hi AVRR,
Thanks for taking us through the rudiments of squeeze play, touching on both its application and a successful defense, if available, to deny it. Yes, the ability to time the necessary play right, starting with the initial club play, and then, in the absence of the best defense, a club back, a solid victory in producing the contract trick.
Such is relatively routine in the expert world, but not so for others allowing knowledge of its existence as a stepping stone to proof positive of the sophistication necessary to compete world wide when and if, that opportunity
presents itself.
Though not as easy as waking up in the morning, understanding what happens card wise during the execution will likely allow the eager, soon to be, expert player
both challenges, to execute and what to do while defending.
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Hi Dear Mr Wolff
Well played by south and perhaps it is difficult but when club is led by declarer, west can reason : certainly declarer doesn’t have QJ of clubs else he would finesse and if he holds Q missing J, why waste entry to hand? Dummy plays A and returns club towards Q. And if south held J missing Q, he would have led it for double finesse ( dummy’s 10 and 8 are clearly visible. Hence, reasoning thus west can insert K assured that east holds QJ and failure to do so might expose him to squeeze in minors as those diamonds in dummy look ominous and suddenly the contract becomes impossible to make. Easier said than done but who can work out surely are champion stuff
Regards
Hi AVRR,
Thanks for taking us through the rudiments of squeeze play, touching on both its application and a successful defense, if available, to deny it. Yes, the ability to time the necessary play right, starting with the initial club play, and then, in the absence of the best defense, a club back, a solid victory in producing the contract trick.
Such is relatively routine in the expert world, but not so for others allowing knowledge of its existence as a stepping stone to proof positive of the sophistication necessary to compete world wide when and if, that opportunity
presents itself.
Though not as easy as waking up in the morning, understanding what happens card wise during the execution will likely allow the eager, soon to be, expert player
both challenges, to execute and what to do while defending.