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♦ KNOWLEDGE ♦ 



[Aug. 11, 188?. 



4^ur ©a&isft Column* 



By " Five of Clcbs." 



Pthe following intorpsting game, which appeared Gomo eight 

 V. ;ir> :i- ■ ill the "Westminster Papers," Mr. P. U. Lewis (to 

 V ir readers have already been indebted for several 



ommanications), played hand 1'. The play is 

 >:■ in thi) first ten rounds, the inferences plain and 

 • the remaining cards in plain suits could all bo 

 j.:;i . i I y :il'. four players. Thus A knows that 1' cannot have the 

 Qaeen of Spades (or he would have played it at trick 3), so that 'i 

 having renounced in Spades, it must lie with li. He knows that 1' 

 and Zmust hold each a Club— it matters not which has the winninij 

 Club. B knows in like manner that A holds the remaining Spade, 

 VZ a Club each. V knows his partner holds the remaining Club, 

 and that A and B hold each a Spade ; and Z knows the same about Y. 



The Hands. 



lUarU—,, 6, 3. 

 Clubs— S, 6. 

 Diamonds— K, 8, 4. 3. 

 Spades— A, K, 10, o. 



K«arf5— K, 8, 5. 

 Clubs— Q, 10, 4. 

 Diamonds — A, 10. 2. 

 Spades— Q, Kn, 9, 3. 



z 



TnmpCari, 



.<, B,=4 



r. Z, -4 



llearU—\, Kn, 4. 

 Clubs— K, Kn, 7, 3. 

 Diamonds— Q, 6, 5. 

 Spades — 7, C, 4. 



Z. 



Hear(s— Q, 10, 9, 2. 

 Clubs— A, 0, 5, 2. 

 Diamonds -Kn, 9,7. 

 Spades — 8, 2. 



the trick, and card below leads next round. 

 REMARKS, INFERKNCES, Ac. 

 1 and 2. A leads from his best 

 and longest suit. 



3. It is unfortunate for Z, with 

 four trumps, to have to ruff; but 

 of course he is wise in doing so at 

 the score, and indeed if the score 

 had been different. 



4. Y does not hold the Queen. 



5. As r returns the lowest Club, 

 he holds two more at least. Ho 

 cannot have played his only re- 

 maining Club, forZ holds probably 

 two more, certainly not more than 

 two, and h, having played the Ten, 

 cannot have any cards left bat the 

 Knave or Queen, or both ; even in 

 the latter case, a club would be with 



and if there is one there must 

 be another, or Y holding two only 

 after first round would have re- 

 turned the highest. 1' notes that 

 li has not the nine of Clubs (see 

 notes on trick 11). 



6. Thus as 'i docs not load the 

 Queen, A jilaces the Queen in B's 

 hand, and discards from his origin- 

 ally weaker suit of the two plain 

 suits remaining. 



7. li docs rightly — at the score 

 — in leading from the suit from 

 which his partner has discarded ; 

 it is the best chance of giving A a 

 trick by raffing. A does not hold 

 the Queen. 



8. It is clear A holds the Four, 

 the winning card being with Y or 



9. Bhas verylittlochoicc. Lead- 

 ing Spade Queen would bo mani- 

 feiitly b!id,as A (original leader of the 

 Buit) holds the only remaining card 

 in it, BO that either K or Z can ruff, 

 thcother making a convenient dis- 

 card. A trump lead is not likely 

 to do any good, the trumps being 



probably pretty equally divided, 

 and the game sure, unless 1' and Z 

 liold both Aco and Quoen, aud 

 make tliom separately. As the 

 Bcoro and play stand, it is better 

 tliat either 1' or Z should load 

 trumps than A or B, 



11. From the lead of the 10, Y 

 knows that Z does not hold tho 

 King, for if ho held it ho would 

 have played it , unless, besides tho 

 Ten, ho had held another. But in 

 this case his trumps would boon 

 originally King, Queen, Ten, Two, 

 another, in which case (ovon after 

 being forced) ho could certainly 

 have led trumps curlier. Now tho 

 King being with tho enemy, who 

 liold the remaining Spades, Y Z 



aro bound to lose if 1' takes trick 



11. For then, if ho leads tho 

 Knavo of trumps, iho King will 

 take it, and a trick in Spades go to ^ B ; while if ho leads the Knavo 

 of Clubs, it will be ruffed (for A has already renounced, and B does 

 not hold the other Club), and the King of trumps will mako tho 

 odd trick, r takes the only course to win. Whether tho finesse 

 succeed or fail as a finesse (it fails, be it noticed), A 13 must loso 

 both the remaining tricks. This is obvious enough when tho cards 

 hold by the four players after tho tenth round aro i)laced on tho 

 table ; but how many a gumo has been lost in such a position by 

 taking a trick at tho wrong time. 



DOUBLE DUMMY PROBLEM (Pago 104). 

 The second form of solution of this problem, referred to in our 

 last, runs thus : — 



Club, trumps. 

 A—C. 10, G, 5, 4 ; D. 10, 9, 8, 7, 0, 5, 4, 3, 2. 

 r— C. A, K ; H. Q, Kn ; D. A, Q ; S. K, Kn, 10, 9, 8, G, 5. 

 B-C. 9, 8, 7, 3, 2; H. 10, 9, 8, 7, G, .'>, 4, 3. 

 Z— C. Q, Kn; H. A, K, 2j S. A, Q, 7, 4, 3, 2 ; D. K, Kn. 

 NoTB. — The undorliDod card wins trick, and card below it leads next round. 



Royal Robdeb. — Tliank you for your kind and encouraging note. 

 Wo share your admiration for Mr. Lewis's groat Whist-playing skill. 

 We hope too, with you, that ho may now and then send a double 



11V lIUpU LUU, ntlU ^UU, tJlUb 



dummy problem for solution. 



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