Pre-empt, and early play, reveals opponents’ hand patterns
At duplicate pairs, risking contract for overtrick can be in line with odds
Discovery technique reveals scope for safety play in trumps
If the hand appears to be a misfit, look to defend
Unpromising suit manipulated to provide key trick
Shape of declarer’s hand, and awareness of possible endplay, both crucial
Focused cross-ruff yields sufficient tricks and good score
Count of opponent’s distribution steers strong declarer to winning line
Focus on decisive area of play ensures success
Coup ‘en passant’ brings home slam for match-winning swing
Holding a long minor suit, always consider a no-trump contract
Set sights on forcing defender either to ruff loser or to allow all trumps to be scored
Ensuring losers are protected while establishing discard proves key to success
Need to retain both ruffing ability and entry to table crucial to success
When hands appear to be misfitting, do not introduce new suits
Key suit must be tackled correctly to succeed
Leave master trump outstanding to ensure capacity for ruffing out long suit
Simple but dogged suit establishment yields second overtrick and great result
Discovery play leads declarer to guess correctly and score best result
Anticipate misfortune — and plan a line to overcome it
Opponents miss trick with lead and pay by conceding game contract
Take time over choices: make an expert mistake, not an amateur one!
When a certain loser exists, question whether the timing of lost trick is crucial
Absorb full meaning of each bid before choosing to pass
Protection against fatal loser requires a trump in dummy
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