My Small Bliss

This deal happened in the last segment of Asian Games Finals, China vs Hong Kong, China. Indeed, the Game has gone into the rubbish time. There's no any chance for Hong Kong, China to win the game. Anyway, this still couldn't be the excuse to give up. Otherwise, they would smack themselves in the face. After all, Hong Kong, China always work miracles. They entered the knock out by two emphatic victories in the last two rounds. The forth was beaten by China so that they just over the fifth 0.2 VP. In the semi-final, they won the match just in one board gap. Facebook was full of the news of miracles created by Hong Kong, China.  However this deal showed how they kicked in the ass. Board 12 Dealer: West Vul: N-S West      North    East           South Q. Shen  B. Ho   F. Wang      G. Ho Pass        2♣*      Pass             2♢ Pass        2♡        Pass           2NT Pass        3♡        Pass            4♡  AP Lead: ♢A Trick      North     Eas

This deal happened in the first segment of Asian Games Finals, China vs Hong Kong, China. I'm a big fan of Wang wenfei, to be exact, I hope my team could win them one day. 5 battles, 4 lose, 1 tie. So this time I kibitzed by South only, imagining if I was her opponent, what would I do. Board 2 Dealer: East Vul: N-S South ♠ JT8 ♡ AKQ862 ♢ 3 ♣ 953 1. East open 1NT(15-17, bal) 2. East open 1♣(Precision) Will you overcall? Wang used Precision System. Whatever Natural system or Precision, I thought I would not bid at the first round, especially Natural system. I just hold 10 points and vul is harmful. It is quite hard for me to go game or rob a part contract. The optimal situation is opponent's reaching 3NT and I could win 6 tricks directly. If I have one more A, I would bid for sure. If opponent use Precision System, you may have chance to bid on the second round. Or they might reach 3NT and the I could laugh in beard. The full deal Board 2 Dealer: East Vu

This deal happened in the third segment of the Asian Games Semi-finals, Hongkong, China vs Chinese Taipei. Board 13 Dealer: North Vul: Both West open and no one overcall. Contract: 3NT Declarer: East Lead: ♢T Chinese Taipei bid a little bit high. This contract seems to be one down at least on a superficial look. Is there any hope for the contract? Definitely yes! If ♢ was blocked and knock out a right black A, just 4 losers, the contract was home. There is no point in ducking on the first trick. In fact, the declarer from Chinese Taipei did this! She played ♠KQ, South thought for a while and followed ♠5 and ♠2. I don't know whether South thought or not on table, in bbo, I felt that he thought. That means East knocked out the right A. However, the declarer didn't continue to knock out ♠A on the next trick. She shifted to ♣ which led the defenders to unblock ♢. In my opinion, if North hold ♠A, there is no need for him to duck, he would win and unblock ♢ directly, then

This deal happened in the first segment of Asia Games Semi-Finals, Hongkong, China vs Chinese Taipei. Board 11 Dealer: South Vul: None                                                                                 East         West F. Wong   C. Koo  1♠           1NT  2♡           2NT  3♡            4♠  AP Lead: ♣K No one could know 4♡ or 4♠, which one is better before playing. Let's see some tricks in the open room first. Trick    North     East     South     West   1         ♣K          ♣5        ♣2          ♣6   2         ♣3          ♣J         ♣A         ♠6   3         ♠2          ♠3        ♠5          ♠J And now how to play? Analyzing the leading, North should be doubleton ♣ with K. That's a quite strange leading. Why don't he lead ♢. There's only one reason that he hold both minor suit K. If I were the declarer, I would continue to drawing the trumps. If ♠ was 1-4, only North could hold 4 cards ♠. 1. Assuming that South won with the next tru

This deal happened in the first segment of the 17th World Youth Teams Championships Final, China vs Poland. Board 11 Dealer: South Vul: None Contract: 6♣ Declarer: South Lead: ♣2 Trick    North    East    South    West    1         ♣3        ♣6       ♣T          ♣2    2         ♣7        ♡4       ♣K          ♣5    3         ♣J         ♢4       ♣A         ♣9    4         ♠T         ♠J       ♠2         ♠8    5         ♢K         ♢6      ♢T          ♢J    6         ♠K         ♠3      ♠4          ♠9    7         ♠7         ♠5        ? The contract looks easy making when you are taking a superficial look, however... After drawing trumps, l led a spade to dummy's ten and East's Jack. East returned ♢. Due to no 8 on table, so I have to play ten for an extra chance--QJ in East. Anyway the chance didn't appear. When I played dummy's King, I paused to take stock. West had followed suit with the ♠89, and now I had the extra option of finessing the missing

This deal happened in the fifth segment of 17th World Youth Teams Championships Final, China Vs Poland. Board 7 Dealer: South Vul: All North ♠ KQJ874           ♡ AKT5           ♢ A63             ♣ ---- South    West    North    East   X.Li                   B.Fu     Zofia  Pass      Pass      1♠        1NT*   X*        Pass        ? 1NT: Bal 15-17 X: Penalty How to bid now? It is quite strange. North hold 17 points, South could X and East could bid 1NT. Total points, at least 42!!!. Who is lying? 1. Pass     If East hold 6 cards club with AKQ and ♠A, Fu will slap herself, I guess. 2. 2NT     We didn't discussed what 2NT meant. I thought it was semi-solid suit with a bit slam trying. 3. 4♠     Simple and crude. Fu chose pass. She said to me that if Zofia hold 6 cards club with AKQ and ♠A, she would slap herself. She said "but my partner is you i really trust you if you hold ♢KQ and don't have ♠A. You wouldn't lead small ♠ like a robot. Yo

This deal happened in RR14 China vs Poland of 17th World Youth Championships. For me, I prefer defense and play to bidding. That's why bidding problem seldom exists in my blog. But today I couldn't help to writing something on bidding. I never thought such a nice bidding would appear in youth team games. Board 3 Dealer: South Vul: E-W East ♠ AJ975                      South     West    North    East ♡ K64                           2♡*       Pass      2♠*      Pass                       2♡: 5♡+ 4 minor, Weak ♢ 62                              3♣         Pass      3♡           ?                          2♠: NAT, NF ♣ AQ8                           If you were East, would you bid in the first or second round? Anyway, I passed in the game. When I saw the dummy's cards, I almost dropped from the chair, marveling at her courage and insight. Dummy ♠ K2   ♡ A75     ♢ JT954             ♣ J94 Due to North's psychic bidding, we succeeded in

This deal happened in RR7 China vs Turkey of 17th World Youth Team Championships. Board 10 Dealer: East Vul: Both North    East    South    West               Pass    Pass      Pass   1♢        Pass     1♠        Pass   2♢        Pass    2NT      AP Lead: ♠8 The leading signal is attitude which means higher is more discouraging, lower is more encouraging. This signal is quite different from the 4th best leading. So that both West and East will know there's no any hope on ♠ after first trick. You just have 4♠, 1♡, 2♢ 7 tricks. The structure of ♢ is real ugly. Even if doubleton QJ exists, there is still a ♢8 outside. Setting ♢ is impossible because the loser will up to 6 first. So how to play now? I don't why the stratagem of empty city by Zhu geliang suddenly emerged in my brain that time. So I won with the ♠J and played a small ♣ quickly from the table. She would not continue to attack ♣ in a high rate. There's only one chance for me tha

It seems to be an impossible deal, however there is a little hope by the leading. Board 1 Dealer: North Vul: None  North    South    1♣          1♠    2♠          2NT*        2NT: Asking    3♢*        3♡*           3♢: 5♣    3♠*        3NT          3♡: Asking    4♣          4♢            3♠: No singleton    4♡          4NT    5♡          6♠    AP Lead: ♡4 I  never thought my partner only hold 4♣. That's why I asked key cards and reached an impossible contract. The leading gave me a little bit hope because I might win with ♡J in the first round. As long as ♣ was 3-3 or West hold 4♣, the contract became icy. I drew 3 round trumps while East followed Q in the first round and discard a small ♢ and a small ♣ in the next two rounds. The discarding implied he might hold 5♣. No one would discard a ♣ from 4 cards in this situation. Cashing out ♡AK and crossing to the hand with ♣K, at the meanwhile West dropped ♣J which showed that the conjecture before was right. And

This is a deal of bidding a bit higher due to the misunderstanding. Board 4 Dealer: West Vul: Both West    North    East    South   1♣        X         Pass      2♣    X        2♡        Pass      2♠  Pass     3♠        Pass      4NT  Pass     5♣        Pass      5♠   Ap Lead: ♠7 You win the ♠9 and East discards a small ♢. Now what's your plan? It is similar to the question in BM2000. Assuming that West holds ♡A, ♢K and♣AQ. Crossing to the table with ♡K while West cannot win the ♡A. Drawing trumps to the hand and finesse ♢K, discarding ♡Q on the ♢A. Returning hand with ruffing small ♢. Then playing small from hand to J on the table. Everything is fine. ATTENTION PLEASE: If you don't have ♣J, this plan will fail if trump is 0-3. In this case, finesse ♡J might a better choice. The full deal Board 4 Dealer: West Vul: Both

These three deals happened in last weekly training before WYBF. Now let's start!!! Board 9 Dealer: North Vul: E-W  North    East    South     West  Pass      Pass       1♢         1♠   X          Pass      2♡        Pass   3♢        Pass      3NT       AP Lead: ♠6 How to play? In view of the suit combinations, following ♠9 is the only choice to win 2 tricks in ♠. However, as a whole, East is the danger hand, assuming that you win with the ♠J in the first round, you could avoid East from playing ♠. Avoidance play is obviously applied here. Considering the vulnerablity, it is almost impossible for West to bid 1♠ without AQ. So you win with the ♠J in accordance with expectations. And now how to play? There are 1♠, 2♡, 3♢, 2♣, totally 8 tricks only. Luckily, the structure of ♡ is quite interesting. Literally, the ninth winner might come from ♡. You play a small ♡ from table to 8 in hand. Unfortunately, West wins with the ♡9 and returns ♡Q. If heart is 3-3, you have br