Bookworm Bridge Conundrums #63

This conundrum was written by Eddie Kantar and was originally published in the book Kantar for the Defense - Volume 2 - you can find out all about it further down the page.

East - West vulnerable
Dealer South
You are West

Opening Lead: ♣Q

South wins the ♣A, partner playing the ♣3. At trick two declarer leads the 6 to the J and partner’s K (you play the 7).
Partner returns the ♥J. Declarer plays low.

  1. Which heart do you play? Why?
  2. You play low, partner continues with the 8, and declarer plays low again. Which heart do you play this time? Why? What is your plan?
  3. You play the A and return the Q to partner’s K, declarer following. Partner now plays the thirteenth heart, declarer discarding the 7. What do you discard? Why?

About the book

Kantar invites his reader to direct every play towards the goal of beating the contract in a variety of hands, bringing focus on counting tricks, points and distribution. Problems range from an intermediate to semi-advanced level and knowledge of basic card combinations is assumed. Each book concludes with a complete list of themes for its 100 problems.

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