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Picture shows an example of a double
squeeze in which both defenders (West and East) are squeezed. The hat is
the best suit for an entry to dummy (back players)..
(Note. Don't try this squeeze if
defenders have stronger holdings.)
Diagram shows an example of a
single squeeze in which single defender (West here) is squeezed..
(If you were West, you would think that
South has one loser in each suit)
Photo by B7
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Squeeze is an exciting play. I didn't want to keep
newcomers long
away from this excitement. That is why I replaced squeeze play as a fifth
lesson in bridge.
A squeeze play always reminds me Mr. Seguin's
Goat** which is a story of a small goat called Blanquette.. She dreams to go and play at
mountains like a wild goat. Mr. Seguin warns her about the wolf.. But
Blanquette thinks that wolf cannot eat her because she has "two sharp
horns". One day she
gets free from her owner. She happily plays on the mountains.
But when it gets dark, the wolf eats Blanquette..
I remember this story
when the declarer (the wolf) leads his squeeze card (runs its tongue
along its teeth) against defender's (against Blanquette's) two
promoted suits (two sharp horns)...
An example squeeze is shown at
the left hand diagram. West (who is able to see dummy's hand) expects at least one trick in
one of her/his two suits.. When declarer (South) leads his squeeze card ( 10),
West's all great expectations disapear: If West discards  J,
dummy will discard  K
and make two more tricks in diamonds. If West discards
A, dummy will discard 2
and make two more tricks withA
and K. Poor
Blanquette!
There are some requirements
for a squeeze to occur:
1) You must have only one loser
2) You must have given up all inevitable tricks to bring your hand to only one
loser..
3) You must be able to enter to either hand...
4) Your opponent must be expecting to win a trick with one of his two suits..
We can collect all these
requirements in GOAT LAW. GOAT LAW is an acronym to describe the
requirements for a squeeze:
G Declarer must Give
up all necessary losers,
O Declare must left with only One loser,
A Declarer must have the Ability to enter to either
hand,
T Opponent must have expectations in Two suits.
There is also Mr. Clyde Love's
BLUE LAW in
squeeze. Newcomers are free to use either Love's BLUE LAW, or, my GOAT LAW..
Below I will give you a
downloadable example hand from "World Championship" for practising squeeze:
GOAT LAW
If you click,
you can play a hand which is taken from World Bridge Federation- World Bridge Championships
Bulletin- Issue2, 23rd
October 2001, Page11.
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"La Chevre de Monsieur Seguin" by Alphonse Daudet
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