cr|264|cb|2255|cg|2255|cr|1255|cb|164|cg|1255|cr|364|cb|364|cg|3255|cr|4255|cb|464|cg|464|cr|5255|cb|5255|cg|5255|bg|5|bt||mn|Covering an Honour with an honour by a Defender|cs|3|at|

 




                  {compiled by Harold Schogger}|cs|5|at|





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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|              If we are in SECOND SEAT 
             and an honour has been played then if we have a higher honour 
             then most of the time it is correct to place that honour on top of the honour being played

                     ^*bbut WHY  ?^*n|pg||nt|we cover an honour to try and promote something for ourself or potentially something for partner|md|SQ65,SKJt,SA32,S9874|cs|4|at|
         
              {in the above example declarer leads the Queen from hand 
              and we have KJ10  and dummy has that ^*bintimidating Ace^*n }|pc|sq|sk|wn|st||pg||nt|What should we play ?|cs|4|pc|Sk|at|
    {we must play that King to force out that Ace}|cs|2|at|
 
   {by doing this we will ^*bpromote both our Jack and 10^*n to winning status when the Ace has gone}|pg||nt|we have promoted two tricks for the defence.|pg||nt|but what happens if we do not have the Jack and 10.|md|Sq65,Sk74,SA32,Sjt8|pc|sq|cs|4|at|

         {Do we still ^*bCover ?^*n}|pg||nt|Yes we do|pc|Sk|cs|4|at|

{Again we must play the King despite that same  intimidating Ace to force declarer to use it up}|pc|sa|pg||nt|        I will now reveal the layout of all the cards and see how 
        we have prmoted winners for partner|sk||pc|s8|hc|sjt|cs|3|at|
     {now that you have forced out the Ace partner's Jack and ten have become winners}|pg||nt|so by covering an honour with an honour we will sometimes promote something for ourself and sometimes something for partner
|md||cs|3|at|  
         {NB On this hand declarer was taking what is known as a chinese finesse 
         when he finesses the Queen not having any back up cards (Jack and 10)}|pg||nt| ^*band when this happens we must cover that Queen and punish the poor declarer^*n|pg||bt||nt|next time we will look at further examples plus occasions when you must not cover the honour

In the meantime, if in doubt cover that honour and don't be intimidated by high cards in dummy 
or potentially high cards in declarer's hand.|cs|4|at|                                                                                                                      



                                     { ^*BAces cover kings and Queens
                                      Kings cover Queens andn Jacks
                                     Jacks cover 10s ands sometimes 9s^*n}|