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 Leading Against Slams by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will be leading against slams.

Will you find the right leads?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ 10 5 4 2
♥ 8 3
♦ 9 8 7 6
♣ J 7 6 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass6 NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦8 - Against 6 NT, you need to lead as passively as possible. If you lead a Spade, you could blow a trick when your partner has the Queen.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 6
♥ 9 6 3
♦ K Q 6 5 2
♣ 8 5 4 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass2 NT*Pass3♥
Pass4 NTPass5♦
Pass6♥PassPass
Pass


2 NT - Jacoby; four Hearts and game-going values.

 Your choice:
A: ♠6 - Against a slam, a singleton is still a great lead. If your partner has the ♠A or the ♥A, the slam will go down.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

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


2 NT - Jacoby; four Spades and game-going values.

 Your choice:
A: ♦K - What is the difference between this one and question 2?

You have an Ace, therefore your partner won't have one. Your singleton will be useless. Try a top Diamond, setting up a Diamond trick to cash when you get on lead with the Ace of Spades.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ J 3
♥ J 6 2
♦ J 8 5 2
♣ J 9 4 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
-1♦Pass1♥
Pass2♥Pass4 NT
Pass5♥Pass7♥
PassPassPass



 Your choice:
A: ♥2 - Underleading a Jack is risky, especially against a grand slam. However, you know they have the ♥A K Q between them, otherwise they would have stopped in 6♥.

The least risky lead is a small trump, since you know you don't have a trick there.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ K 6 5 2
♥ A 6 2
♦ 8 7 6 3
♣ 9 4 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
--Pass1♥
Pass2♣*Pass2♥
Pass3♥Pass4 NT
Pass5♥Pass6♥
PassPassPass


2♣ - natural and game-forcing

 Your choice:
A: ♠2 - What will declarer's game plan be? He will play on dummy's Clubs to establish discards for his losers.

Therefore, you need to try an active defense, setting up a trick while you still have the ♥A. Lead a small Spade, hoping your partner has something there, and that you can cash the ♠K before declarer can discard his Spade losers.

Your result so far:
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