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 Leads against doubled contracts by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, you will be leading against doubled contracts.

Sometimes you will have to maximize the number of undertricks. Sometimes the double will ask for a specific lead.

Good luck.

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ K J 10 5
♥ K Q 9 2
♦ A 6 5 2
♣ 6 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♣
DoublePassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣6 - A singleton trump, really? Yes. Your partner has passed your takeout double, so he must have strong Clubs and some points.

Your side has the majority of the points and a good Club suit. Therefore, you need to defend as though you were declarer. What would you do as declarer? Draw trumps.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ 6 2
♥ 6 2
♦ J 8 4 3 2
♣ 7 6 5 2 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1 NT
Pass2♣Pass2♠
Pass3 NTDoublePass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♥6 - This is a Lightner double, asking for an unusual lead. Usually when the bidding goes 1NT-3NT-Double, it asks for a Spade lead. Is that the case here? No.

Dummy has shown a four-card Heart suit. When dummy has bid a suit, the Lightner double usually asks you to lead that suit. Lead a Heart.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ K 6 5 4 2
♥ 6 2
♦ 6 2
♣ A Q 6 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
1♠4♥4♠5♥
PassPassDoublePass
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♠4 - You'd like to cash your tricks quickly. If your partner has nothing in Diamonds, declarer might be able to discard his losers. However, you can't lead a Club. That would be too dangerous.

Lead a small Spade, in the hope that your partner can win and play a Club through.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 6
♥ A Q 10 4 2
♦ K 9 6 2
♣ Q J 2 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
2♥PassPassDouble
Pass2♠3♥3♠
PassPassDoublePass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣Q - There is no rush to lead a Heart. If East has the King that could be catastrophic. Even if West has the ♥K, a Heart lead could give away a tempo.

Leading a trump might be right, but could give up the location of your partner's trump honors. The ♣Q is your best shot.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 7 5 3
♥ 6
♦ 8 7 6 5 4 2
♣ J 10 9 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass2 NTPass4 NT
Pass5♠Pass7♠
PassPassDoublePass
PassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦7 - This is a Lightner double, probably made with a void. Looking at your hand, your partner should have a void in Diamonds.

Your result so far:
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