I thought, since no quiz had been posted in a longish time, and that no one has yet made a post this year, I would create one for people to have a go at. Things will start simple on the first few, and I then may add a couple more harder problems.

1. AJ10xx
J98x
A10xx
Q

Qx
xx
Kxx
AKJxxx

Contract: 3NT Lead: 4h

2. AKx
10xx
107xx
KQx

J10xx
KQ
K96x
AJx

Contract: 3NT Lead: 2S

Plan the play to both.

These two above are from the local duplicate, the ones below are double dummy problems; one from the camrose at the weekend, and one from Jack Patterson from about 20 years ago. For the second one, not a single expert he has given the hand to solved it so dont get too disheartened.

3. Qx
AJ9x
AJ64
AQx
xxx J9x
Q 108xxx
KQ975 -
Kxxx J10xxx
AK10xx
Kxx
10832
x

You have a misunderstanding but reach the still excellent contract of 5D. West leads the QH, seeing all four hands how do you look for eleven tricks? (By the way I played a diamond to the A and we lost 14 imps, which apparently got the support of a Mr Rosenbourg on bbo)

4. 102
KQ86
Q10432
AK
AQ8 J7654
109 3
987 AKJ65
J9876 105
K93
AJ7542
-
Q432

And finally, find the killing lead on the following:

5. Q542
864
-
AKQ642

Contract: 4H, rubber scoring (£50 per 100)

Talk through your plan of defense.

Answers will be marked out of 10, with humorous and vain coments of course being awarded bonus marks. Good Luck!

You will of course have to seperate out some of the double dummy problems before doing it

This shouldnt be too hard.

just wondering, if u wanted the answers mailed, posted message or what?

p.s. slams, glorious slams!

Just post them on the site, I dont think anyones going to cheat.


In fact I am not sure that many are even going to reply, except you Miles, the sweety of my.... best to leave that unfinished.