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- From: martel@spider.cs.ucdavis.edu (Chip Martel)
- Newsgroups: rec.games.bridge
- Subject: Re: hard play problem, answer
- Message-ID: <19507@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:38:13 GMT
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- Organization: U.C. Davis - Department Computer Science
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- The following hand was published by Krysztof Martens in Przeglad
- Brydzowy, 1/92. Since it took me some time and has a neat
- solution, I thought I would pass it on:
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- S: K 8 7 2 S: A Q T 9
- H: A 4 H: K J 8 2
- D: Q 6 4 D: A K T 9
- C: A K Q J C: 6
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- Give a line guaranteed to make 7NT by West on the club 10 lead.
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- Answer follows. If you haven't solved it yet you can save it
- for later or give up now.
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- Answer: Play AKQJ of clubs throwing hearts! King of hearts, A,K,Q
- of diamonds.The position is now:
- S: K 8 7 2 S: A Q T 9
- H: A H: -
- D: _ D: T
- If the diamond ten is high, claim, otherwise play the heart ace
- throwing the diamond 10. If the diamond jack is still out, play
- the other hand for 4 spades. If someone shows out on the heart
- ace, you have a complete count.
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-
- Those who solved it enjoyed the problem. The same may not be
- true for those who struggled unsuccessfully.
- Honor role of solvers (in order received):
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- Greg Lawler (jose@math.duke.edu)
- Frank and Mike Roberts (froberts@csr.uvic.ca)
- Nick Martino ( Martino@courier6.aero.org)
- Chris Larson
- Pekka Viitasalo (piv@cctap.carel.fi)
- Peter Montgomery (pmontgom@math.orst.edu)
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- Correct but overly complex solvers:
- Kenneth Simonsen ( lsimonse@vipunen.hut.fi)
-