Judge — March 19, 1932 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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JOIN THE r At Your Next COCKTAIL FEST BRIDGE PARTY or HIGHBALL JUBILEE . | Guard Against Gin Rings! Punt a Dr. ss COASTER Beneath Every Glass It may b& An ov TAB .e- ‘ts an we ae ‘Buy Ky g Use aconstt | and “inferences” a Attractive Colors Hilarious Coasters Dr. Seuss (Coaster Di: JUDGE, 18 East 48th $ Dear Dr.: Lenclose Please Enroll me in (Fifty Cents fo Anti-Ring Ring 1 Box of Eight.) Name YOUR BRIDGE V Jitxx thousands of contestants in a prize bridge contest submit their best solution “it can't be done, there must be something about a prob- lem hand that presents certain p! of difficulty. Problem # 10 the Jepce Contest was a tough nut. Like a fat champion Japanese wrestler, there were apparently no outstanding points to catch hold of, ases as Q9 SKIS &QI10763 AQISTHSS2 942 82 With the Queen of Clubs as an opening lead, a Grand Slam at Spades was all that was asked of the North and South play Of course the played double-dummy, means that the d was known, so ayers. cards which were every were not necessary. Cx TESTANTS were requested to be direct and brief, but nevertheless some of the solvers required twelve pages of approximately 2,500 words to | t's why we are a bit delayed in checking up the winners. It was no sinecure of a job. After reading eight pages of closcly written matter on this problem by one solver, I had a vague idea that the writer knew what he was about, even though somewhat verbose, when I came to this sentence: “And for that | reason, a Grand Slam is absolutely | impossible.” Why, oh why, couldn't he have started his letter with this statement? The shortest, 100-per-cent correct, solution was the following: Trick (1) Discard Diamond. ( Lead Spades. (4) Low Club. (5 Lead Spades, diseard Heart and Dia- mond. (7) Lead 8S discard suit West has shortened. (8) I suit. (9) Lead High Club, diseard South's doubleton. (10) Lead Club. (11) Lead ‘Trump. A possible second Club discard by West was ignored, but such defense would have been so bad that it could ted an essential variation. ny ing ned flaws that would w with defeat if perfectly defended. This solution was pzen highest untry. Can y be snious solutions cor you locate the error? West North South as OQ At the tenth trick, West errs in dis- carding a Diamond. The correct dis- card of a Heart will defeat the prob- lem. comicbooks.com