Lesson 12
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THE INDIRECT FINESSE - HONOUR ON HONOUR

As in the preceding lesson, take the cards and put on the table:

4 2
K 3

 

 

Ask your pupils if it is possible to make a trick in this suit, and under what conditions.

To make them understand clearly, show that if you play from the hand which contains the King and the 3 you have no chance. They should find fairly quickly that by playing the 2 towards the King they make a trick each time that the Ace is placed before the King.

Show the similarity of the situation to the simple finesse from the last lesson: one plays towards an honour in ones camp hoping that the opponent's honour is well placed.

But ask them to indicate the differences between the two positions. Synthesise their answers by pointing out to them:

- that here one is playing towards an isolated honour, whereas the simple finesse consists of playing towards a fork,
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that to make a trick in today's situation requires that, whatever happens, you give the lead to the opponents, even if the planned manoeuvre succeeds, whereas the success of a simple finesse allows you to keep the lead.

It is time to go on to the deal of the day: