Source: McCook Daily Gazette  Don’t forget – you can still enter for the 6th World Youth Open Bridge Championships being held in Croatia from 20 – 29 August. Deacon Edward Chapin wrote, “A true man never frets about his place in the world, but just slides into it by the gravitation of his nature, and swings there as easily as a star.” At the bridge table, when you take a losing finesse or see a bad trump split, don’t fret: all might not be lost. Try to find a way to overcome the adversity and still make your contract. Dealer: North Vulnerable: Both Lead: Spade SuitQ This deal is a good example. You bid beautifully to seven hearts. West leads the spade queen. You win with your ace and cash the heart king, but West impolitely discards a spade. How would you continue? You were correct to start with a one-heart response. Making a strong jump shift with a two-heart bid should show either an excellent one-suited hand, or a two-suiter your suit and the suit in which your partner opened the bidding. You had your eye on these 13 tricks: two spades, five hearts, three diamonds, two clubs and one diamond ruff on the board. But with 4-0 trumps, that line is too dangerous and fails here. Instead, cash your club king and play a club to the ace. When East follows suit, you are home. Ruff a club in your hand, play a trump to the dummy, ruff the last club, overtake your final heart with the ace on the board, and draw East’s remaining trump, discarding one of your low diamonds. You take two spades, four hearts, three diamonds, two clubs and two club ruffs in your hand. It is a textbook dummy reversal. Don’t forget – you can still enter for the 6th World Youth Open Bridge Championships being held in Croatia from 20 – 29 August.

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