zierk@fluke.UUCP (Jon Zierk) (08/24/83)
Seeing all four hands, make seven spades against the best defense.
S T932
H AQ5
D AQ5
C AK2
S -- S QJ
H JT987 H K432
D JT987 D K432
C QJT C 987
S AK87654
H 6
D 6
C 6543
While it is easy, there are pitfalls.halle1@houxz.UUCP (08/26/83)
Would you call this a hextuple trump squeeze?
ching@hp-pcd.UUCP (Chao Liu) (08/29/83)
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hp-pcd!ching Aug 28 20:35:00 1983
The original problem:
Seeing all four hands, make seven spades against the best defense.
S T932
H AQ5
D AQ5
C AK2
S -- S QJ
H JT987 H K432
D JT987 D K432
C QJT C 987
S AK87654
H 6
D 6
C 6543
While it is easy, there are pitfalls.
This is obviouly a double squeeze: squeeze both West and East.
Take the opening lead on the board whatever it is. For simplicity,
let's assume the opening lead is Q of C. Then run four rounds of trumps.
Be sure to throw North's T9 of S under South's AK.
S --
H AQ5
D AQ5
C AK2
S -- S --
H JT9 H K43
D JT9 D K43
C JT C 98
S 654
H 6
D 6
C 654
Now lead a spade. West is squeezed.ching@hp-pcd.UUCP (Chao Liu) (08/30/83)
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hp-pcd!ching Aug 29 09:22:00 1983
The original problem:
Seeing all four hands, make seven spades against the best defense.
S T932
H AQ5
D AQ5
C AK2
S -- S QJ
H JT987 H K432
D JT987 D K432
C QJT C 987
S AK87654
H 6
D 6
C 6543
While it is easy, there are pitfalls.
This is obviouly a double squeeze: squeeze both West and East.
Take the opening lead on the board whatever it is. For simplicity,
let's assume the opening lead is Q of C. Then run four rounds of trumps
ending in hand.
S --
H AQ5
D AQ5
C AK2
S -- S --
H JT9 H K43
D JT9 D K43
C JT C 98
S 654
H 6
D 6
C 654
Now lead a spade, North discards 2 of C. West is squeezed.
Case 1:
If west discard a Club, then east has to guard Club and be forced to
discard a Heart (or a Diamond). The situation is as the following.
S --
H AQ5
D AQ5
C K
S -- S --
H JT9 H K4
D JT9 D K43
C T C 87
S 54
H 6
D 6
C 543
Take AH, ruff 5H, enter board with AD. (If the opening lead was
Heart/Diamond instead of Club, replace AH/AD with AC.)
S --
H Q
D Q5
C K
S -- S --
H T H --
D JT D K4
C T C 87
S 4
H --
D --
C 543
It's time to cash QH, east is squeezed. If East discards a Club, then play CK,ruff D to enter hand, and all Clubs are good. If East discards 4D, then ruff
5D to knock out KD, enter board with KC, and cash QD.
Case 2.
If West discards a Heart (or Diamond), then
Case 2.1
East can discards a Club. The situation is
S --
H AQ5
D AQ5
C K
S -- S --
H JT H K43
D JT9 D K43
C JT C 8
S 54
H 6
D 6
C 543
AH entering board. QH toward hand.
Case 2.1.1
If East covers with K, ruff it and knock out West's JH on the way.
AD entering board. The situation is
S --
H 5
D Q5
C K
S -- S --
H -- H 4
D JT D K4
C JT C 8
S 4
H --
D --
C 543
Now cash 5H, and South discards a Club. West is squeezed. If West discards
a Club, all South's Club will be good. If West discards a Diamond, then play
QD. No matter if East covers it with KD or not, Declarer has an extra trick
on Diamond.
(The following variations are similar to the above example. They are left
as exercises for the readers (as Knuth always says). )
Case 2.1.2
East follows with 4H when QH is playes from the board.
Case 2.2
East choose to discards a Heart or a Diamond.halle1@houxz.UUCP (08/30/83)
While you spotted the pitfall (unblocking the spades), you have very grossly oversimplified the problem. There are a multitude of solutions, of which this is one. One such variation is if one of them keeps the clubs, not both releasing them as you showed. Even with your example the squeeze is not straightforward. But trump squeezes and compound squeezes rarely are. Try again.
ching@hp-pcd.UUCP (Chao Liu) (09/02/83)
#R:vax2:-67600:hp-pcd:30500018:000:810 hp-pcd!ching Sep 1 14:57:00 1983 /***** hp-pcd:net.rec.bridge / houxz!halle1 / 6:43 am Aug 30, 1983*/ While you spotted the pitfall (unblocking the spades), you have very grossly oversimplified the problem. There are a multitude of solutions, of which this is one. One such variation is if one of them keeps the clubs, not both releasing them as you showed. Even with your example the squeeze is not straightforward. But trump squeezes and compound squeezes rarely are. Try again. /* ---------- */ Sorry for the unfinished response went out to the net. I haven't mastered the notesfile yet. It seems there is about two day delay of the news from your site to my site. By now, you should already see my finished solution. Anyway, it was an interesting problem. --Ching-Chao Liu HP Portable Computer Division Corvallis, Oregon