Trump Leads (Part I)
It can be difficult to know when to lead trumps. Inherently the act of drawing trumps is something that the declarer does to stop the defenders from taking ruffs, but there are many hands where it’s necessary for the defense to lead trumps, usually either to stop declarer from taking ruffs in the short hand (or to play on a cross-ruff), or so as to not give anything away, as a trump is often a passive lead.
This is the first in a series of quizzes on trump leads where we will discuss how to tell whether a trump lead is best or not by looking at various situations. This first quiz is focused on recognising the benefits of leading trumps, whereas next week we will investigate the drawbacks.
As South on these five questions would you lead a trump?