ump, 59 “No-trump” declaration by the dealer, 32 “No-trump” with three aces, 35 “No-trump” with two aces and one other guarded suit, 35 “No-trump” with two aces, 36 “No-trump” with one ace, 37 “No-trump” without an ace, 37 Not returning lead of trumps, 73 Not leading from single honour suits, 72 Not leading from tenace suits, 72 Not forcing strong trump hand, 142 Obtaining a ruff, 141 Opening leads, examples, 63 Opening a short suit against a “no-trump” declaration, 107 Original lead at “no-trump,” examples of, 106 Original lead at “no-trump,” 103 Opening short with strong hand, 74 Opening lead, the, 60 Opening lead against trump declaration, 60 Original lead, the, 103 Original lead at “no-trump,” 106 Original trump openings, 70 Original trump openings from strength, 72 Overtaking and ducking, 171 Overtaking and unblocking, 170 Overtaking, 163 Overtrumping, 147 Passed makes, 47 Passed red makes, 49 Passed black makes, 48 Placing high cards, 81 Placing partner in lead, 75 Playing before dummy, 92 Playing ace second in hand, 94 Playing through strength, 77 Playing to the score, 28 Playing before dealer, 94 Preventing ruff, 74 Preventing ruff, leading trumps to, 143 Redoubling, 10, 54 Returning partner’s lead, 91, 109 Re-entries, saving, 157 Red makes defensive, 39 Re-entry cards, 148 Reverse discard, 122 Revoke, the, 17 Rights of entry, 5 Rubber, the, 1 Ruff, obtaining a, 140 Ruff, preventing a, 74 Ruff, desire to, 75, 88 Ruff, giving partner, 78 Ruff, letting partner, Transcriber Notes:
Old or antiquated spellings have been preserved. The original text used both “redouble” and “re-double” interchangeably. In this edition only the modern spelling of “redouble” is used. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is in the public domain. |
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