FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13 , 2020. THE WASHINGTON POST EZ RE C5
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
♠ K 10 3
♥ Q 4
♦ A 8 4
♣ Q 10 9 4 3
WEST
♠ 6 4 2
♥ K J 9 8 5
♦ Q 5
♣ A K 2
EAST
♠ J 8 7 5
♥ 7 3
♦ J 10 9 7 2
♣ 7 5
SOUTH (D)
♠ A Q 9
♥ A 10 6 2
♦ K 6 3
♣ J 8 6
The bidding:
T
his week’s deals have
focused on declarer’s
play to the first trick — when
the fate of the contract is
often decided. To test your-
self, cover today’s East- West
cards. Against your 3NT,
West, who overcalled one
heart, vulnerable, leads the
eight of hearts.
How do you proceed?
Since we’re dealing with Trick
One play, and dummy has
only two cards from which to
choose, you should go right.
Say South plays low from
dummy to assure two heart
tricks. He wins with the ten
and starts the clubs. West
wins and leads the king of
hearts, pinning dummy’s
queen and forcing out the
ace. When West gets back in
with his second high club, he
takes three hearts for down
one.
South must play dummy’s
queen on the first heart.
When he leads a club next,
West wins and leads the king
of hearts, but South takes
the ace and forces out West’s
second high club. South still
has the 10-6 of hearts for a
stopper, so he is safe.
If East had a high club,
the contract would be
unmakeable.
DAILY QUESTION
You hold:
♠ K 10 3 ♥ Q 4
♦ A 8 4 ♣ Q 10 9 4 3
Your partner opens one
heart, you respond two
clubs, he rebids two hearts
and you try 2NT. Partner then
bids three clubs. What do
you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s bid-
ding suggests a minimum,
distributional hand. He wants
nothing to do with either
game or notrump. Pass. He
may have a hand such as
4 2, A K 7 6 2, J 6 2, K J 8.
To persist with 3NT, though
you might survive on a lucky
day, would be a breach of
discipline.
BOTH SIDES VULNERABLE
SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST
1 ♣ 1 ♥ 3 ♣ Pass
3 NT All Pass
Opening lead — ♥ 8
BRIDGE
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