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♦ KNOWLEDGE 



[Jan. 27, 1882. 



W '■ V ,ir inlntionii of No. C and Ko. 11 (llio former 



roc<i rorrocl. - Ei>. 



(;. .. . -Your Koliitionit of tS, 7, nnil H, correct. Kp. 



Ill:^i;^ Mi/ii>iit. — If, ill tlio third varintioii on pnj^o 21G, 

 movf yjt, Whiti' 1.I1..11M |.liiy l^- Kl. tnk.n g.It.P., iimtoinl of 

 IS. It. tukcK g.r.U. (cli.), tlicii lilnck would Mimply reply with 



12. t^. tJikon II., winning n pirrc. — Mkimihto. 



rnililcniii nunilH'riil 11 and 1^ in No. 12, «houM linvc In'cn 

 nunilwrod n'«|M'Ctiv('ly 12 niul 13. 



Norr. Tho ChoM Kiiitomhip, which has till now hwn ilividcd 

 lietwcon McphiHto and tho (ioncrnl Kditor, will hciici-forth be loft 

 to tho former. I.cltcTti belonging to this depiirtment nhouM be 

 directed Chosi Editor of Knowleooi:, 7t, Urcnt (juuen-street. 



(Dili- Kll)iut Column. 



By " Five of Cluus." 



AX OMI.SSIOX I'i:().\I OL'K LE.VDS IX PLAIX SUITS. 



WE omitted to note nmong our loads four, one lead of Knave, 

 two of Ten. and one of Nine. Besides tho two cases 

 noted, Knnve in led from King, Queen, Knave, with or without 

 others ; and lie.«ide8 the cases noted, Ten is led from King, Queen, 

 Knnve, Ten, with or without others. Tho object is, in either 

 cn«e, to get tho Ace, even though held by partner, out of the 

 way, after which tho entire command is retained in the suit. 

 Again, Ten is led from King, Knavo, Ten, with or without others. 

 Lastly, Nino is led from King, Knave, Ten, Xine, with or without 

 others. 



Wo give this week a game which, as it happens, illustrates the 

 lead of Knave just mentioned. It is intended, however, to illustrate 

 what wo said in our Inst about playing a waiting game in trumps. 

 It may be mentioned as rather amusing, that in the actual gamp, 

 one of the ]>layers, forgetting the strict rule of whist, remarked, 

 when the second round of trumps was played without the Ace 

 falling, "Well, some one must be an unmitigated - " (the rest 

 was left unexpressed). He was one of the losers, and slightly 

 changed his tone at)OUt the tenth round. It is hardly necessary to 

 say. however, that he should have been silent all the time, whatever 

 his opinion of the play. 



A. 

 Hearts — K, Q, 7. 

 Spatles— K,Q,Kn,0, 

 Diamonds — A, Q. 

 Clubs— G, 4. 



C. 

 Hearts— Ku. 9, 3. 

 Spades— A, 10. 

 Diamonds— K Kn ,0, .') 

 Clubs— 7, 5. 



TriK Hani 



Score .—A B = I i Y Z = 4. 



r. 



Hearts— 8, G, 2. 

 Spades — S, G, 5. 

 Diamonds— 10, 8, 3. 

 Clubs -Ku, 10, 9, 3. 



7/cnr^-— A, 10, 5, 4. 

 Spades — I. 2. 

 Diamonds — 7, G. 

 Clubs— A, K, Q, 8, 2. 



Note.— Tho underlined card i 

 A Y B Z 



19 trick, and card below it leads next. 

 REMARKS AXD IXFEREXCES. 



1. — A may have led from Knave, 

 ten, nine, so far as Y or Z can tell. 

 Jl, holding tho ten, knows the lead 

 is from King, Queen, Knave. He 

 ))uts on .\cc to give his partner 



c inand of the suit. If he ])layed 



Ten, A would continue with Queen, 

 and Ace would take it, whereas by 

 playing ten, on returning the suit. 

 11 leaves his partner the option of 

 taking the trick, or letting the Ten 

 take it. As the cards lie. B docs 

 not get the chance of returning 

 his partner's lenil, after showing 

 his own strong suit. 



2. — B leads the nnte-penultiinate, 

 Drayson's jilan for showing six of 

 a suit. 



3. — Seeing that FourofDinmimds 

 cannot lie with V or Z (from their 

 play), A phoiild place it with B, and 

 credit B with all the remaining 

 diamonds but one. 



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+ + 



+ + 



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4. — A has oil the remaining 

 ■pnites but one, which may lie 

 cither with 1' or Z. 



5. — A dixjB not continue hi8 

 established suit, fearing to force 

 his partner 1' trumping first. 

 But he had two chances in his 

 favour if he had led them. 

 First, ho wouM as probably be 

 forcing an adverse strong trump 

 hand, as one held by B ; secondly, 

 Z may have the remaining 8pa<le, 

 in which cane B would lie over Y 

 in rotting, and still only trump for 

 trump lie drawn. A's fault here 

 loses the game, though it requires 

 keen play by Y and Z to win it 

 w^ith such a wretched hand as T 

 has. Z docs not win the trick, 

 knowing that his only chance lies 

 in taking the last round of trumps. 

 He plays Five (F(jnr being the 

 trump card), to show his partner 

 one more card. 



G. — B leads the highest of two 

 cards left ; the fall of the cards 

 shows A that B must have the 

 Three, and therefore no other, and 

 A should tremble. Yet with such 

 cards as be knows to remain in his 

 hands and B's, with reasonable 

 probability that at least one goo<l 

 club lies with B, A does not yet 

 despair. He knows, however, that 

 Ace must lie with the enemy, and 

 the way it is kept back is ominou.« 

 of trouble. 



7. — A resumes his long suit when 

 the mischief is done. If he had 

 drawn a trump from Z, he might himself, holding King and Queen, 

 have played the waiting game. Z trumps, disregarding the pro- 

 bability that A held originally four trumps, — for this simple reason, 

 that, as the score stands, I'and Z must make everj- other trick. 



8. A should tremble still more ; yet even now a single trick will 

 save and win A-B's game, and nothing but very careful play can 

 win Y-Z's. 



9. — r's play of the Club Ten is excellent. He knows that Z will 

 place the Knave in Y's hand so soon as another round has fallen, if 

 not at once, so that if Z has only Ace and King at the head of his 

 club suit, and draws the Queen from the enemy, second round, Z 

 will still credit 1' with the power of making another trick in Clnbs 

 and returning a small one ; while it Z has Ace, King, and Queen at the 

 head of his Club suit, V will be able to throw away the remaining 

 high cards. If at this stage 1' had played the Thi-ee, Y-Z would 

 have lost the odd trick and the game. As the cards lie, he can do 

 no harm by leading cither Knave or Nine. Even if A has not the 

 Queen, aud it falls at the second round, A*s knowing that Fhas the 

 Knave may not be essential to I'-Z's success* ; but it is goo<l whist 

 to give the information, all the same. Observe : the Knave could not 

 possibly be played by a good whist player; the nine would be tho 

 usual play : but by playing the Ten, 1' shows his partner the 

 position of the only card to be dreaded, if Z, having Ace aud King, 

 can draw the Qneen. .4 having Ace, King. Queen, the Knave is not 

 wanted, and V throws it away, leaving Z to make both Eight and 

 Two. 



* Put Queen of Clubs in A'a hand, and Six of Clubs in Z'a, then T-Z would 

 equally win the game, thus : — 



r-Z win the odd t 



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