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58 - FEBRUARY 2025

58 - FEBRUARY 2025

SABOTAGE!

TEAMS.DEALER NORTH, E/W VUL. Sitting East, as always, you take a good look at your hand, even though you only have 7HCP: ♠ K987♥ 43♦ J542♣ K92 North is the dealer and opens 1♦ before you. You pass and your opponents quickly reach 3 No-trump: W…

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SERVE AND VOLLEY OR NOT?

In this new column, our two authors join forces to present a new tactical principle every month, rarely highlighted in classic texts.

You are on lead against a No-Trump contract. Whenever your opponent’s sequence was explicit, analyze it and relate it to your hand. By doing so, you increase your chances of beating your opponent’s contract.
However, your opponents often fail to provide any revealing information. What medium and long-term policies should you adopt in those cases?

Let’s imagine that you hold as West:

♠ K4
 KJ53 

 K982 
♣ 983

The first sequence is as follows:

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