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The challenge for the week invited
readers to create a portmanteau by
blending two words together, then
adding a deinition. Sue Dalgety of
Mangaweka writes: Plandemonium:
the chaos that ensues in the White House
following a new presidential directive.
Erin Howard, Dunedin: Bedruggled:
to be obviously under the inluence
of an illegal substance. Gayle Cook,
Christchurch: Gomads: grey nomads
who’ve gone slightly bonkers.
Allan Laidler, Wellington: Woe-
motion: lamentation captured by
TV news cameras. Clare Veltman,
Rongotea: Slipscreen: an unexpected
shift from portrait to landscape display
on a smartphone. Also from Veltman:
Ambimetric: to be comfortable measuring
things in both imperial and decimal units.
Rex McGregor, Auckland: Sellgorithm:
a search engine’s dark secret. Two
from Blenheim’s Keith Davidson:
Chlamydiotic: a stubborn refusal to
practise safe sex; Stormyteller: one who
reports on presidential events.
Helen O’Leary, Karori: Goadworks:
roadworks that appear to have been
scheduled to cause maximum disruption,
thereby riling those afected. Ellie
Henderson, Motueka: Epistoleery: to
have an aversion to writing letters.
Helen Yuretich: Kimperturbed: to be
agitated by the Kims of the world (Jong-Un,
Dotcom, Kardashian).
But Motueka’s Chris Greenwood wins:
Unconchionable: to have a severe allergy
to shellsh; and: Backnowledge: to admit,
days later, that the person you argued with
was right.
For the next contest, in a rhyming
couplet, you are to decline an invitation
to a social event, either creatively or
bluntly. Entries, for the prize below, close
at noon on Thursday, May 31.WIN THIS
Wordsworth
In the 1990s, residents of
Twin Peaks were stunned
by a local murder. In this
Limited Event Series, Special
Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle
MacLachlan) returns to the
crime scene 25 years on.by Gabe Atkinson
Submissions: [email protected]
or Wordsworth, NZ Listener, Private Bag
92512, Wellesley St, Auckland 1141.
Please include your address.BRIDGE by David Bird
TAKE 5
by Simon ShukerBARDEN’S
CHESS PROBLEMSWilly Hendriks v Jeroen Bosch, German
Bundesliga, 2007
White (to move) is three pawns down,
so Hendriks settled for a perpetual check draw
with Qh6+ and Qg6+. Later he discovered a
subtle way to win, and showed the diagram
to the Dutch legend Jan Timman, who at first
declared the game drawn. When Hendriks
then suggested that Timman look at the
board again with the eye of a study composer,
the grandmaster immediately found the
winning move. Can you do as well?(Answer on page 60)Games all, dealer SouthWest North East South
— — — 1NT
Pass 3NT All Pass
How would you play 3NT when West leads
the queen of spades? In a recent tournament,
three of the four declarers in the semi-
finals won the spade lead with the ace and
immediately ran the queen of diamonds.
The finesse lost and East returned a spade,
clearing the suit. With only eight tricks
available, the three declarers now had to seek
a trick from the heart suit. West pounced
with the ace and cashed the remaining
spades to beat the contract. Only one declarer
managed to make the contract. Instead of
taking a diamond finesse at Trick 2, she
played on hearts. West won with the ace
and returned another spade but declarer
held up dummy’s king of spades until the
third round. When she subsequently took a
losing diamond finesse, East had no spade
to play and the game was made. Do you see
why this line of play was correct? Declarer
had attacked first the potential entry to the
danger hand (West). West might gain the
lead in hearts but could not possibly do so
in diamonds, because the diamond finesse
was into the East hand. When you have two
stoppers to knock out, it is usually right to
attack first the stopper that may lie in the
danger hand.BIDDING QUIZ
WEST West North East South
♠ 8 7 4 — — 1H 1S
♥ Q 9 7 2D 2S 3H Pass
♦ A K J 2?
♣ Q 10 5What will you say now on the West cards?
(Answer on page 60)EAST
♠
♥
♦
♣WEST
♠
♥
♦
♣
Q J 10 9 7
A 4 3
8 3
J 8 4SOUTH
♠
♥
♦
♣NORTH
♠
♥
♦
♣6 5 4
9 7 5
K 9 4
Q 9 6 2K 8 2
10 8 2
A 10 7 6 2
A 10A 3
K Q J 6
Q J 5
K 7 5 3