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|Trump control with an unblock|cs|3|at|

 




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





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            (5th blackened icon along bottom line)|pg||st||nt|In this hand how will declarer keep control of his precarious 43 trump fit and also unblock  the clubs ?|
sk|ns|pn|South,West,North,East,South,West,North,East|md|3S92HAQJ4D76CJT943,SAKQT4H86DK85C862,SJ76HK32DAJ32CAKQ,S853HT975DQT94C75|sv|0|mb|1D|mb|P|mb|1H|mb|1S|mb|2S|mb|P|mb|3C|mb|P|mb|3H|mb|P|mb|4H|mb|P|mb|P|mb|P|pg||
nt|Firstly  let us count our winners

we have :-|cs|2|at|                   {5 clubs, 1 Diamond and 4 Hearts  totalling 10  no problems}|sk|ns|pg||nt|but  what if

a)  the trumps break badly     42
b)  we cannot get back to the clubs in hand?|sk|ns|pg||sk|ns|nt|Now let us count our losers

we have :-|cs|3|at|        {  2 Spades and a Diamond }|cs|4|at|

{or 3 Spades and no Diamonds (if we do not trump the 3rd round of Spades)}|pg||sk|ns|nt|When the opposition pumps three top spades at us we must refrain from ruffing the third round, and chucking The Diamond loser away instead.
This maintains our trump length in the long hand catering for a possible 42 break|pg||nt|They begin with top Spade|pc|SA|pc|S6|pc|S3|pc|S2|pg||
nt|and another|pc|SK|pc|S7|pc|S5|pc|S9|pg||
nt|and on this third top one, we remember not to ruff, but pitch the diamond loser from hand |pc|SQ|pc|SJ|pc|S8|pc|D6|pg||
nt|West wisely switches to Diamonds which we win with dummy's Ace|pc|D5|pc|DA|pc|D4|pc|D7|pg||
nt|we will cash ONLY two Hearts now 
firstly the King|pc|HK|pc|H5|pc|H4|pc|H6|pg||
nt|then the Jack|pc|H2|pc|H7|pc|HJ|pc|H8|pg||
nt|Now comes the clever bit where we will eventually be able to unblock the menacing High Club
|cs|4|at|
      {we will play off two top Clubs}|at|          
                               
                     firstly the Ace|pc|C3|pc|C2|pc|CQ|pc|C5|pg||
nt|then the King|pc|CK|pc|C7|pc|C4|pc|C6|pg||
nt|Now to the REALLY CLEVER BIT
when we resume trump drawing

                firstly the Queen|pc|H3|pc|H9|pc|HQ|pc|S4|pg||
nt|and now the piece de resistance|cs|4|at|

              {we draw the last trump with our Ace CHUCKING AWAY dummy's remaining high Club @cA}|pc|HA|pc|ST|pc|CA|pc|HT|pg||
nt|Now we just have to cash our remaining Club winners in hand 

10 tricks made by way of 4 trumps, 1 Diamond and 5 clubs|pc|CJ|pc|C8|pc|D2|pc|D9|pg||
nt||mc|10|pg||
nt|now you can  see all four hands  and how important it was to cater for a likely 42 trump split|md|3S92HAQJ4D76CJT943,SAKQT4H86DK85C862,SJ76HK32DAJ32CAKQ,S853HT975DQT94C75|sk||pg||bt||nt|



                 Keep trump control in 43 fits and Happy   unblocking|