Focus on Hocus PocusA book of bridge problems and chess problems, for the reader interested in both games. |
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a b c d e f g h abcdefgh Bridge best defence bishop cashes checkmate Chess club ruff crosses to dummy crossruff declarer play declarer survive Declarer wins declarer's defenders discards a diamond discards a spade Double dummy draw trumps ducks dummy discards dummy wins East discards East ruffs East wins East's endplay free finesse Garry Kasparov grandmaster king Krishnan Sasikiran Leonard Barden loser low club low heart Luke McShane mate overruffs pawn play a second plays a third rook round of clubs round of trumps ruff and discard ruffing second heart second round solution South discards South eventually South plays South ruffs South wins succeed against best switch third round top clubs top diamonds top trump trump promotion trump trick Viktor Korchnoi West leads West wins West's White to play winners wins and plays wins the second