Entry-shifting squeeze
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In the card game contract bridge, an entry-shifting squeeze is a positional squeeze[1] involving a mixture between a material squeeze and an immaterial squeeze. The material part is the same as in a trump squeeze or a squeeze without the count. The immaterial part is that depending on the choice of discards of the squeeze an entry into one or into the other hand is created.
Examples
[edit]| ♠♤ | — | ||||
| ♥ | K 6 | ||||
| ♦ | — | ||||
| ♣♧ | A 5 | ||||
| ♠♤ | — | N |
♠♤ | J 5 | |
| ♥ | A 4 | ♥ | 3 | ||
| ♦ | K 9 | ♦ | — | ||
| ♣♧ | — | ♣♧ | 8 | ||
| ♠♤ | — | ||||
| ♥ | — | ||||
| ♦ | Q 2 | ||||
| ♣♧ | J 2 | ||||
In the first diagram clubs are trumps and South could claim all tricks on a crossruff were it not for the trump in East's hand. When the club jack is played, the entry-shifting squeeze comes to his rescue.
If West sheds a heart, the jack is overtaken with the ace, a heart ruffed and North is left with the last trump and a master heart. If West chooses to discard a diamond, the club jack is underplayed with the five. North's club ace ruffs the diamonds good and the South hand wins the last two tricks.
The entry-shifting mechanism works also in No Trumps, as can be seen in the next example.
| ♠♤ | A 8 6 4 | ||||
| ♥ | — | ||||
| ♦ | K J | ||||
| ♣♧ | — | ||||
| ♠♤ | K Q 7 | N |
♠♤ | 5 3 | |
| ♥ | K Q 5 | ♥ | 9 8 3 | ||
| ♦ | — | ♦ | — | ||
| ♣♧ | — | ♣♧ | 3 | ||
| ♠♤ | 2 | ||||
| ♥ | A J 10 | ||||
| ♦ | A Q | ||||
| ♣♧ | — | ||||
As only five tricks out of remaining six cards are required, this is a squeeze without the count. It is not possible to rectify the count as there are not enough communications between the two hands. The entry-shifting mechanism will overcome this though. South leads the and West has no good discard. If he discards a spade, the is played and South continues with a spade to the ace and the spade eight. West returns a heart to South's ace, but the diamond king serves as an entry to the established spades. If West chooses to discard a heart, the diamond king is played and after ace of hearts and another heart, the will serve as an entry.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro, Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 480. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.