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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) If you hope to get everything accomplished on time today, you Answer to Previous Puzzle TARRED TARTLY ICE AGE INURES TENSOR GAMETE IDA IDE TOR CAVERNS DOWAGER INEPT INANE PELEE PINON PESTS STEED POOREST SALOONS NYE EEL NBA THA OOZIER TWINED NEEDLE SLATES GREETS 21 Playful (airline) conversa- 40 Pippin, e.g. tion 41 German 22. City in fascist Washington 42 Legal 23 Court matter sights 43 Capable of 24 Deviates (2 wds.) 25 Tropical 44 Drudge fruit 46 Smelting 27 Char residue 28 Division 47 Mr.
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won't be executed well. Copyright1998 by NEA, Inc. BRIDGE North A 12-30-98 AK QJ CROSSWORD 49 51 54 55 56 57 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13 18 20 10 9.8 7 6 5 4 West East 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 5.4 3 2 10. 9 8 2 10 9 South 3 A AK A 8:7 6 5 4 3 2 Vulnerable: East-West Dealer: North: South West North East Pass 3 Pass 4 NT Pass 5 Pass 7 NT Pass Pass Pass Opening lead: 4 a. By Phillip Alder By far the toughest in Lille was the Par Contest.
Over two days, 341 humans (4 women and 30 men) and one computer program tried to solve 12 single-durdmy problems. In each of the four two hour sessions, the players, sitting at Compaq computer terminals, had to solve three incredibly difficult problems. There were 2,000 points available for each deal. Every error cost points. After three errors, the player scored zero.
And if play was still in progress after 40 minutes, the computer awarded zero and moved to the next deal. The tournament ended in' sweep for the United States, with Michael Rosenberg, of Scarsdale, N.Y., scoring 70.2 percent and winnir.g $35,000, ahead of Bart Branley, of Chicago, Ill. and Eric Rodwell, of Napier, Ill. The computer program, Professor Matt Ginsberg's GIB, led at the halfway stage, but eventually finished 12th. Still, that is an impressive result.
This double dummy problem would be far too simple for the Lille contest. Yet, do you see how to make seven no-trump after the annoying spade lead? (Yes, seven diamonds is much easier.) Clearly, you mustn't win a trick in the South hand; otherwise, ybu will lose a club trick. The answer involves unblocking four high honors. After winning with the spade king, cash the spade ace and jettison the heart ace. Now take dummy's three heart winners, discarding the three top diamonds.
The last eight tricks are won by dummy's diamond run. Copyright 1998 by NEA. Inc. 1. -L 1.
