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 Leads against a Slam by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz you will have to lead against five slams.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ J 10 5 2
♥ 8
♦ Q J 6 5
♣ 8 6 4 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass2♣Pass
2♠Pass3♥ *Pass
4 NTPass5♥ **Pass
6♠PassPassPass


3♥ - Spade fit and slam ambitions
5♥ - Two keys without the trump Queen

 Your choice:
A: ♦Q - Why would you lead a singleton with a near-certain trump trick? You don't want to take a ruff. Instead you must try to set up a Diamond trick.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 8 5 2
♥ 9 8 7 6
♦ J 2
♣ Q 6 5 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass4 NTPass
6 NTPassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥8 - Against a No-Trump slam you must lead as passively as possible, trying to give nothing away so as to not help declarer.

Here, your safest lead is from four small Hearts.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 7 5 2
♥ A 6 5 4 3
♦ 5
♣ J 10 9 5 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Pass2 NT *Pass
4 NTPass5♦ **Pass
6♠PassPassPass


2 NT - Jacoby, forcing to game with four Spades
5♦ - Four or one key(s)

 Your choice:
A: ♣J - Against a slam, when you hold an Ace there is no point in leading a singleton since your partner won't have an Ace to get the lead with and give you a ruff.

Instead you must try and set up a Club trick while you still have the Heart Ace. Your opponent are not crazy. South must have the Hearts controlled, so you won't have the Ace-King of Hearts to cash right away.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ J 5 2
♥ J 9
♦ Q 8 6 5 2
♣ 10 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1♠Pass2 NT *Pass
4 NTPass5♠ **Pass
7♠PassPassPass


2 NT - Jacoby
5♠ - Two keys and the trump Queen

 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - The safest lead is a trump. Usually, leading a trump from Jack-x-x is dangerous but not here. Do you know why?

Your opponents have bid a grand slam, so you know they have all the keycards and the Queen of trumps. Therefore your partner has at most a small singleton and your lead won't give anything away.

Even a Club lead could be much too dangerous, possibly opening up a frozen suit.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 8 7 6 5 4 2
♥ 4 2
♦ 6 5
♣ A 8 4 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as West?
SouthWestNorthEast
1 NTPass2♦Pass
3♥Pass4 NTPass
5♣Pass6♥Double
PassPassPass


5♣ - Three or zero keys

 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - Your partner's double is a Lightner double, asking for an unexpected lead. Against a suit contract slam, it's usually done with a side-suit void to ask for a ruff.

Here partner's void must be in Spades. You need to give him a ruff. Lead a small Spade, as a suit preference signal for a Club switch.

Your result so far:
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