Saturday, 8 December 2012

Deep Finesse is now free

Maybe I'm a long way behind the curve with this one. But I have just noticed that if you visit the front page of the Deep Finesse website that their excellent double-dummy analysis software is now totally free. It's probably been free for years now, but the last time I looked it wasn't so I've been using other bits of software around for a while like Bridgify.

Saturday, 1 December 2012

Safety play?

Here's a Tollemache (teams) declarer play problem. East is dealer and Passes. You quickly reach 4 after a 1NT opener (12-14), Stayman, 2 and 4. What's the best way to secure the contract on a Jack of Diamonds lead?
East Dealer
Both Vuln.
North (Declarer)
A Q 10 9
A 8 5 2
4 2
Q J 7
South
J 7 4 3
K J 7 4
A 7
K 6 3