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 Leading Against Single-suiters by Matthias Huberschwiller

In this quiz, declarer will have shown a one-suited hand.

Will you find all the right leads?

Good luck!

Question 1

  Your Hand
♠ A 3 2
♥ Q J 10 7 5
♦ 5
♣ 9 6 5 2 		 
Q: 1 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass1 NTPass2♠
Pass3♠Pass4♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦5 - Lead your singleton, to try and make some ruffs before declarer can draw trumps.

You will get on lead with your ♠A and will then give the lead to your partner to take a ruff.

Your result so far:
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Question 2

  Your Hand
♠ A 6 5 2
♥ 5 2
♦ Q 6 5 2
♣ 9 8 4 		 
Q: 2 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♥
Pass1♠Pass2♥
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♣8 - Lead from your three small Clubs. A trump lead could blow partner's trick if dummy has no Hearts.

Your result so far:
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Question 3

  Your Hand
♠ 6 5 2
♥ A 2
♦ Q 8 5 2
♣ A 4 3 2 		 
Q: 3 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♣
Pass1♥Pass2♣
Pass2♦Pass2 NT
Pass3 NTPassPass
Pass


 Your choice:
A: ♦2 - Lead your long Diamonds. Even though West bid 2♦, he's not necessary long in Diamonds; it was Third-suit Forcing.

Your result so far:
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Question 4

  Your Hand
♠ 8 7 5 2
♥ A 4 3 2
♦ J 10 8 7
♣ 5 		 
Q: 4 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---2♣
Pass2♦Pass2♠
Pass3♠Pass4 NT
Pass5♥Pass6♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦J - Your partner does not have an Ace since the opponents have used Blackwood. Therefore, leading your singleton would be useless.

Lead your Diamond sequence to try and set up a trick there while you still have the Ace of Hearts.

Your result so far:
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Question 5

  Your Hand
♠ 5
♥ K 6 5 2
♦ Q 8 5 3
♣ A 7 4 2 		 
Q: 5 - What do you lead as South?
SouthWestNorthEast
---1♠
Pass1 NTPass3♠
PassPassPass


 Your choice:
A: ♦3 - Don't lead a singleton trump. Lead from the Queen of Diamonds; the smallest honor you have in the side-suits.

Your result so far:
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