Study 9K41   Main

Guard Squeeze

by Richard Pavlicek

A guard squeeze is a triple squeeze against one opponent, although one of his three stoppers is not the ordinary kind but a single card that “guards” his partner from being finessed in that suit. In practice this occurs more often in the form of a double guard squeeze, which may save the day when a pure squeeze will not function because of entry conditions. For further details see Non-Pure Squeezes.

1. Guard squeeze

NT win 4 bi	A J K — 2			Trick 1 S	Lead A!	2nd 2	3rd 2	4th
K 5 2 — 2 —			Q A K Q —
South leads	4 — A J A

2. Twin-entry guard squeeze

NT win 4	A 4 K K —			Trick 1 S	Lead A!	2nd	3rd	4th
J 6 A A —			Q 9 8 2 — —
South leads	K 10 5 — — A

3. Recessed twin-entry guard squeeze

NT win 5 re	A 4 A J — 2			Trick 1 S	Lead A!	2nd	3rd	4th
J 6 K Q A —			Q 9 8 3 2 — —
South leads	K 10 5 — K A

4. Unblock guard squeeze

NT win 5 bi	A K 9 — K 4			Trick 1 S 2 N	Lead J! 4!	2nd 7	3rd K	4th 5
10 8 7 3 2 — —			Q 5 K Q A —
South leads	J 4 A J — A

5. Double guard squeeze

NT win 4	4 A J Q —			Trick 1 S 2 S	Lead A! 4!	2nd K Q	3rd J A	4th 2
Q K Q K —			K 5 2 A —
South leads	A J 4 — A

6. Inverted double guard squeeze

NT win 4 bi	A J — Q 2			Trick 1 S 2 S	Lead A! A!	2nd 2	3rd 2	4th A
K 5 — K 2 —			Q K Q A —
South leads	4 A J — A

7. Recessed double guard squeeze

NT win 5 re	4 A K 9 — 2			Trick 1 S 2 S 3 N	Lead A! 4 K!	2nd K 10	3rd 2 A	4th 2 2
Q Q J 10 K —			K 5 2 — A 2 —
South leads	A J 4 Q A

8. Split recessed double guard squeeze

NT win 5 re	4 A J A 2			Trick 1 S 2 S 3 N	Lead A! 4 A!	2nd Q K	3rd 2 A	4th 2 10
Q K Q K Q —			K 5 — J 10 2 —
South leads	A J — 9 4 A

9. Twin-entry double guard squeeze

NT win 4	A 4 K Q —			Trick 1 S	Lead A!	2nd K	3rd K	4th
J 6 A K —			Q 9 8 — A —
South leads	K 10 5 — — A

10. Unblock double guard squeeze

NT win 5 bi	A K 9 — Q 4			Trick 1 S 2 N 3 S	Lead J! 4! A!	2nd 7 A	3rd A A	4th 5 2
10 8 7 — K 2 —			Q 5 K Q A —
South leads	J 4 A J — A

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