The Washington Post - 19.08.2019

MONDAY, AUGUST 19 , 2019. 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 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

 7 4 2

 K 7 5 2

 A 10 9 3

 K 6

WEST (D)

 Q 10 8 6 5

 J 10

 Q 8 2

 Q 9 5

EAST

 A 3

 Q 9 6 4

 6 5

 A 10 7 4 3

SOUTH

 K J 9

 A 8 3

 K J 7 4

 J 8 2

The bidding:

“I

t’s never in the last place

you look. It was in the

first place, but you missed it.”

— graffiti

Players often tell me their

record at guessing miss-

ing queens is perfect: They

always misguess. An expert

declarer will usually guess

right. Clues will point the

way.

Against today’s 1NT, East

takes the ace of spades

and returns the three: jack,

queen. Declarer expects a

third spade, but West shifts

to the jack of hearts. South

takes the ace.

Who has the queen of

diamonds?

South knows that East

has the queen of hearts, and

he had the ace of spades. If

West had the ace of clubs —

a sure entry — he would have

continued spades to set up

his suit. So East has the ace

of clubs.

Most Easts would have

opened in third seat with

12 points, so South should

play West for the queen of

diamonds. After South takes

four diamonds, he can cash

the king of spades and king

of hearts and exit with a

heart. East must give dummy

the king of clubs, so South

makes an overtrick.

DAILY QUESTION

You hold:

 A 3  Q 9 6 4

 6 5  A 10 7 4 3

Your partner opens one

diamond, the next player

overcalls one spade and you

double (negative). Partner

bids two hearts. What do you

say?

ANSWER: Your double

promised a heart suit and

enough strength to respond,

plus diamond support or

clubs. Partner’s two hearts

is not a strength-showing

“reverse”; he has “raised”

the suit your double prom-

ised. Still, your chances for

game merit a raise to three

hearts.

N-S VULNERABLE

WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH

Pass Pass Pass 1 

Pass 1  Pass 1 NT

All Pass

Opening lead —  6

BRIDGE

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