Vice squeeze
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The Vice is an advanced squeeze in contract bridge. Its distinguishing motive is presence of a "vice" menace in one suit, where one defender holds cards of equivalent rank which split the declarer's pair of cards in front of him, where his partner has a winner in the suit. It was first attested by Terence Reese in the book "The Expert Game", a.k.a. "Master Play in Contract Bridge". In other words, the defenders have a "high" finesse position, equivalent to the one in diagram:
K10 | ||
QJ | W N↑ S↓ E | Ax |
xx |
A similar motive is encountered in guard squeezes, however, in the vice, the defenders have a winner in the suit. Since that winner will take a trick, this squeeze is without the count.
Examples
♠ | — | ||||
♥ | K 10 4 | ||||
♦ | — | ||||
♣ | — | ||||
♠ | — | N |
♠ | — | |
♥ | Q J | ♥ | A 9 7 | ||
♦ | 10 | ♦ | — | ||
♣ | — | ♣ | — | ||
South to lead | ♠ | 5 | |||
♥ | 3 | ||||
♦ | 8 | ||||
♣ | — |
♠ | — | ||||
♥ | K 10 | ||||
♦ | K 5 | ||||
♣ | — | ||||
♠ | — | N |
♠ | — | |
♥ | Q J | ♥ | A 9 | ||
♦ | 10 9 | ♦ | 7 4 | ||
♣ | — | ♣ | — | ||
♠ | 5 | ||||
♥ | 3 | ||||
♦ | 8 2 | ||||
♣ | — |
References
- Terence Reese, The Expert Game (American title: Master Play in Contract Bridge, ISBN 0-486-20336-0)
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