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 Leading Against Slams by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will be on lead against slams. You only need to get two tricks to defeat the contract.

Will you find the right leads?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 10 7 5 2
♥ 10 3
♦ 9 8 7 6
♣ J 6 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass6 NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦8 - Against 6NT, you need to make the most neutral lead possible.

Underleading the ♠10 is risky and could blow a trick in the suit if your partner has an honor there.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ J 10 9 5 3
♥ 7 6 2
♦ 8
♣ 8 7 5 3 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2 NT*Pass3♥
Pass4 NTPass5♦
Pass6♥PassPass
Pass


*Jacoby, forcing to game with four-card Heart support

 Your choice:
A: ♦8 - Against a suit-contract slam, a singleton is still a great lead.

You hope that your partner has the ♦A or the ♥A, so he can give you a ruff before declarer can draw trumps.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ J 10 9 5 3
♥ A 6 2
♦ 8
♣ 8 7 5 3 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2 NT*Pass3♥
Pass4 NTPass5♦
Pass6♥PassPass
Pass


*Jacoby, forcing to game with four-card Heart support

 Your choice:
A: ♠J - What's the difference between this hand and the previous one? This time, you have an Ace, so your partner won't have one.

You need to make a trick outside trumps, and the Spade suit is a good way to go.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ J 10 6
♥ 10 8 4
♦ A 6 5 2
♣ 9 6 3 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♣Pass1♥
Pass2♥Pass4 NT
Pass5♣Pass6♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠J - There is no reason to lead your ♦A. East must have controls in all the suits to bid Blackwood, so a Diamond lead would only risk setting up his ♦K. Lead a Spade, to try and set up a trick while you still have the ♦A.

You might want to lead the ♦A at matchpoints, to hold them to 12 tricks instead of 13.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ J 10
♥ J 10 8 4
♦ A 6 5 2
♣ 9 6 3 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♣Pass1♥
Pass2♥Pass4 NT
Pass5♣Pass6♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦A - This time, it's a whole different story. If you make the ♦A, they will go down, since you have a natural trump trick on the bad break. Lead the ♦A.

Your result so far:
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