C6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAY, JULY 28 , 2020
BREWSTER ROCKIT: SPACE GUY! TIM RICKARD
CURTIS RAY BILLINGSLEY
SHERMAN’S LAGOON JIM TOOMEY
RED AND ROVER BRIAN BASSET
FRANK AND ERNEST TOM THAVES
RHYMES WITH ORANGE HILARY PRICE
LIO MARK TATULLI
HAGAR THE HORRIBLE CHRIS BROWNE
BLONDIE DEAN YOUNG & JOHN MARSHALL
MIKE DU JOUR MIKE LESTER
AGNES TONY COCHRAN
WUMO MIKAEL WULFF & ANDERS MORGENTHALER
MARK TRAIL JAMES ALLEN
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM MIKE PETERS
BALDO HECTOR CANTU & CARLOS CASTELLANOS
SALLY FORTH FRANCESCO MARCIULIANO & JIM KEEFE
CLASSIC PEANUTS CHARLES SCHULZ
CLASSIC DOONESBURY GARRY TRUDEAU PICKLES BRIAN CRANE
SUDOKU
NORTH
♠ Q 10 9 5 2
♥ 9 4
♦ A K 6
♣ 5 3 2
WEST
♠ 6 3
♥ K 10 6 5
♦ J 10 9 8 3
♣ K 6
EAST
♠ 7
♥ J 8 7 3 2
♦ Q 7 5
♣ 10 9 8 7
SOUTH (D)
♠ A K J 8 4
♥ A Q
♦ 4 2
♣ A Q J 4
The bidding:
M
ajor League Baseball
keeps careful records.
Players have their errors
noted every day. (If I were
making $12 million a year, I
could stand that much scru-
tiny.) But most bridge-table
errors go unrecorded.
At six spades, South
took the ace of diamonds,
drew trumps and led a club
to finesse with his jack.
West took the king and led
another diamond to dummy.
Declarer then cashed the
A-Q of clubs. When West
discarded, South ruffed his
last club in dummy and tried
a heart to his queen. Alas,
down one.
If you were the official
scorer, would you give South
an error?
South missed an extra
chance. He can take the A-K
of diamonds, ruff dummy’s
last diamond and cash
the ace of clubs. He draws
trumps and leads a club from
dummy to his jack. When
West wins, he is end-played;
he must concede a ruff-sluff
or lead a heart from his king.
If East had the king of
clubs, South would still be
safe. He could lead a third
club toward his queen, set-
ting up a heart discard in
dummy.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ 7 ♥ J 8 7 3 2
♦ Q 7 5 ♣ 10 9 8 7
Both sides vulnerable. The
dealer, at your left, opens
one club, your partner bids
one heart and the next play-
er passes. What do you say?
ANSWER: Bid three hearts.
A jump-raise of a simple
overcall is weak and preemp-
tive. With game interest, you
could cue-bid two clubs. At
favorable vulnerability, you
might jump to four hearts,
but adverse vulnerability sug-
gests discretion.
N-S VULNERABLE
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 ♠ Pass 3 ♠ Pass
4 ♣ Pass 4 ♦ Pass
4 ♥ Pass 4 ♠ Pass
6 ♠ All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ J
BRIDGE
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