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| 15.1 |
Have you forgotten the "password"
to start the class: if so, look it up in the previous file…! [If you
have provided a mnemonic for the order of suits] |
| 15.2 |
Take the opportunity to remind them
of the principle of leading the fourth highest. |
| 15.3 |
If they don't ask the question "Why?"
ask it yourself and, rather than giving an answer, place the Diamond
cards on the table and do a demonstration of what happens when the
declarer ducks twice and then plays Clubs: this way of working is
better than a verbal explanation |
| 15.4 |
You can profit from this deal to speak
in detail about what East must do about the lead of the fourth highest:
explain firstly that East must play his highest card to help establish
his partner's suit. Show that playing the 3 would, of course, be catastrophic,
but explain why it would be just as bad to play the Jack, by imagining
the subsequent position of the Diamonds (which you will, of course,
write on the board) |
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