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Correction
of exercises
First exercise:
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Lead back the 9: the highest
in the led suit. |
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Show the necessity of
playing the Queen, because South may possess the Jack. Insist on the
fact of leading back the 10 (but don't mention "odd-even residue"!). |
| c) |
Play the 2 (too bad for
the appeal), and explain that the "third player plays high" rule no
longer applies hen there is no chance of helping partner to establish
his suit by doing so. Show that throwing the Queen on the King could,
in fact, embarrass partner later in leading out his suit. |
Second exercise:
Check that your pupils have
written out the first trick like this:
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4 of Spades (fourth highest),
5 from dummy, the Ace (third player plays high), the 6. |
In the second trick, East
must lead back the Jack. Insist on the fact that as South's King has become
a master, he can now duck it, just as if he had had the Ace. Show finally
that, by providing the 3 on the second round, West is indicating without
ambiguity to his partner that he led from a five card suit (advice
16.1).
Comprehension
questions
| a) |
What is the purpose of
third player playing high?(advice 16.2). |
| b) |
What is the
point of ducking? |
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This
question is difficult … but very important. Accept answers of the
kind: "so that the opponent has no more cards in the suit". Show then
that this is only important if the opponent in question is likely
to re-gain the lead. Insist then on the correct formulation of the
right answer: "ducking serves to cut the communications between the
two opponents" |
| c) |
Is it of use to duck the
lead if the suit is distributed like this: |
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8 3
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K J 9 2
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Q 10 6 5 |
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A 7 4
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Show that it is impossible
to cut the communications between the two opponents in this case … but
that, on the other hand, the suit only provides the opposition with three
tricks.
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