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Bridge Quiz: Slam Play
Raymond & Sally Brock
ISBN 0 7134 8504 3, 128 pages £10.99 - Available From Batsford Books

This is one of three quiz books by these authors released in the year 2000.

The problem below should whet your appetite:
AJ102 A872 A1094 7   KQ86 6 Q7632 AKQ

You reach six spades after West has overcalled One Heart. The lead is the K. Plan the play before reading on. Testing trumps and then playing on diamonds looks to be quite a good line of play. But it doesn't work here, however you play the diamonds:

			A J 10 2
			A 8 7 2
			A 10 9 4
			7
	7	N W E S			9 5 4 3
	K Q J 9 3				10 5 4
	K J 5				8
	J 10 5 3				9 8 6 4 2
			K Q 8 6
			6
			Q 7 6 3 2
			A K Q

With the spades breaking 4-1, declarer is in trouble. As always, you should start by counting your tricks. You have five tricks outside trumps, a virtually solid trump suit and shortages in each hand. How about a cross-ruff? Win the heart lead and play out your clubs, discarding diamonds from dummy. Now play ace and another diamond. West wins and will probably play a heart. All you need to do is cash the king of spades and cross-ruff.

"The problems are well chosen and of increasing difficulty" David Bird, Evening Standard

The other two books in this series are: Bridge Quiz: Bidding (ISBN 0 7134 8514 0) 128 pages £10.99 and Bridge Quiz: Defence (ISBN 0 7134 8509 4) 128 pages £10.99 All three books contain 60 problems aimed at the good club or regular tournament player.