Bridge: Oct. 9, 2022

“Let me talk to you a theoretical issue,” Wendy, my club’s resident feminist, reported to me in the lounge.

“Does it concern bidding concept?” I requested.

“It considerations gentleman-girl principle,” Wendy growled. “If a gentleman is spouting off in a remote place of a forest and no woman is about to hear him, is he still improper?”

“So you and Cy are continue to at it,” I sighed. Cy the Cynic, a shameless chauvinist, and Wendy are generally arguing.

“We ended up partners in a penny sport,” Wendy reported, displaying me today’s deal. “I opened a single club as North and lifted Cy’s a single-coronary heart reaction to two. He jumped to 3NT, which was good by me. West led a small spade, and the Cynic won with the queen.

“Cy subsequent led a club to dummy,” Wendy went on, “and let the 9 of hearts ride. West took the queen and led the king of spades, and Cy performed lower and received the third spade. He experienced only 8 tricks, and when he led an additional coronary heart, West gained and cashed two additional spades for down just one.

“That effectiveness was poor adequate, but then the Cynic insisted that the deal was unmakeable and chastised me for opening the bidding on my 12-issue hand. The gentleman is a fruitcake.”

I prevent receiving involved in the Cy vs. Wendy saga, but I sympathized with Wendy right here. Immediately after Cy wins the initial spade, he loss nothing. The third club fixes West. To discard the queen of hearts is clearly fatal. If West discards a spade, he can get only two spade methods moreover his A-Q of hearts. If West discards a diamond, Cy can set up a 3rd diamond trick in dummy.

North supplier

E-W vulnerable

NORTH

S 8 3

H J 9 8

D A K 7 5

C K J 8 6

WEST

S K J 6 5 2

H A Q

D Q 10 6 2

C 7 3

EAST

S 10 9 4

H 7 5 4 2

D J 9 3

C 5 4 2

SOUTH

S A Q 7

H K 10 6 3

D 8 4

C A Q 10 9

North East South West
1 C Move 1 H Go
2 H Go 3 NT All Move
Opening direct — S 5

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