The Washington Post - USA (2020-10-20)

C6 EZ RE THE WASHINGTON POST.TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 , 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 JULES RIVERA

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 (D)

♠ A Q 4 3

♥ Q 9 8 2

♦ K 6 3

♣ A 7

WEST

♠ K J 10 9 6 5 2

♥ 4

♦ J 10 9 7

♣ 5

EAST

♠ 8 7

♥ 7 6 5

♦ 8 5 4 2

♣ K Q 6 3

SOUTH

♠ None

♥ A K J 10 3

♦ A Q

♣ J 10 9 8 4 2

The bidding:

W

hen the owner of a
movie theater died, his
obituary stated that his funer-
al would begin at 2:10, 4:20,
6:30, 8:40 and 10:50.
There is a time for every-
thing, but some players think
the time for drawing trumps
is always immediately. At
today’s slam, South took
the ace of diamonds ... and

promptly drew three rounds
of trumps. He next led the
ace and a low club.
East won and led another
diamond, and South took
the queen and ruffed a club
with dummy’s last trump. He
threw two more clubs on the
ace of spades and king of
diamonds but still had one

club left. East got his king for
down one.
It’s hard to wait until the
movie starts to eat your pop-
corn, and it can be hard to
wait to draw trumps. South
must take the ace of clubs
at Trick Two, then concede a
club. If East wins and returns
a trump, South can win,

ruff a club in dummy, lead a
trump to his hand and ruff
a club.
Declarer can then reach
his hand with a spade ruff,
draw the missing trump and
take the rest.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ None ♥ A K J 10 3
♦ A Q ♣ J 10 9 8 4 2
You are the dealer. What is
your opening bid?
ANSWER: A reasonable
plan is to open one club. If
partner responds one dia-
mond, you bid one heart,
then bid hearts again to
suggest five hearts plus
longer clubs. But if partner

responded one spade or 1NT,
you would need to bid two
hearts: a “reverse” for which
most players would prefer
more high-card strength.
Personally, I would open one
heart.

N-S VULNERABLE

NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST
1 NT Pass 3 ♥ 3 ♠
4 ♥ Pass 6 ♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♦ J

BRIDGE

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