Bobby WolffWikipedia: Robert S. (Bobby) Wolff(born October 14, 1932, San Antonio, Texas) is an American bridge player, writer, and administrator. He is the only person to win world championships in five different categories.
Wolff was an original member of the Dallas Aces team, which was formed in 1968 to compete against the Italian Blue Team which was dominant at the time. The Aces were successful and won their first world championship in 1970. Wolff has won 11 world championships, over 30 North American championships, and was the president of World Bridge Federation (WBF) 1992–1994, and served as president of American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) 1987. He is the author of a tell-all on bridge chronicling 60 years on the scene, entitled The Lone Wolff, published by Master Point Press. His column, The Aces on Bridge has been appearing daily for over 32 years, is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate in more than 130 newspapers worldwide and is available online two weeks in arrears.
IMPs Dealer North. Both Vul
A J 7 2
K Q 10 8
Q 10 9 6
2
3
A J 9 7
A 8 7 5 3
A K Q
West
North
East
South
1
Pass
1
Pass
2
Pass
3
Pass
4
Pass
6
Pass
Pass
Pass
“He who knows only his side of the case, knows little of that”John Stuart Mill.
West leads the K.
Plan the play for South.
Dummy’s A won, trumps were drawn and South played ace and another diamond. Quickly but not painlessly. East took two diamonds and the slam went one down.
“You should have led diamonds twice to East“, Chided North. “That play lands the slam when either honor or both honors are with West.”
” The same reasoning applies to my play“, countered South. “I make the slam when either honor or both honors are with West”
North and South had different ways to play today’s diamond suit. Facts were that both side were wrong. South should avoid any play in diamonds. At trick two, he should cash his high clubs and discard two dummy’s diamonds. The ace ad another diamond would put East on play with no recourse for the defenders. Even if East led a trump (best), South would have enough trumps in each hand to play for a straight cross-ruff (one spade, seven trumps, one diamond and three clubs).
The full deal:
A J 7 2
K Q 10 8
Q 10 9 6
2
