Name that squeeze by Fritz Kubak
N/S Vul. Dealer South.
S KQ64
H AKT
D 74
C J852
S A S J973
H 7 H Q542
D KQJT953
D 82
C T964 C AQ7
S T852
H J9863
D A6
C K3
West North East South
Milavec Kubak
1D Dbl 1NT Dbl
4D Pass Pass Dbl
Pass Pass Pass
North led the HA and continued with a small club. Milavec ducked in dummy. South
took the king and played back a club, which was won in dummy. Milavec now led a small diamond from the
table. South rose with the ace and returned a spade. Milavec took it with the ace per force and ran trumps to reach
this ending:
S K
H K
D -
C J8
S - S J9
H - H Q
D 53 D -
C T9 C A
irrelevant
On the penultimate trump, North was squeezed in three suits. When he let go of
a club, Milavec played a club to the ace and his hand was good. Note: the squeeze in this ending would have worked
even if the North-South hands were reversed.
+510 was of course a good result.
At the other table the contract was 5D doubled. This only went down one because
North led the HA and continued with the CJ; but then he was probably just
ensuring that his teammate's brilliancy could not be duplicated. Do any of you
know the name for this type of squeeze?