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Clash Squeeze

by Richard Pavlicek

A clash squeeze is a triple squeeze against one opponent, although one of his stoppers is not the ordinary kind but the only outstanding card between your winner and its communication card; hence if discarded, your communication card becomes a separate winner. In practice this almost always occurs as a double clash squeeze, where the clash threat overcomes a defective double squeeze or pure squeeze. For further details see Non-Pure Squeezes.

1.  Clash squeeze

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

Rare since A won early leaves a simple squeeze.

2.  Double clash squeeze

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

3.  Inverted double clash squeeze

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

4.  Twin-entry double clash squeeze

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

5.  Inverted twin-entry double clash squeeze

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

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6.  Extended double clash squeeze

NT win 5	A 7 4		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	A J		1. S	A!	K	J	2
	—		2. S	4!	Q	A
	—
Q 6		10 9 8 2
K Q		—
K		A
—		—
	K J
	4
	Q
South leads	A

7.  Inverted extended double clash squeeze

NT win 5	K 10		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	J 4		1. S	A!	K	4	2
	Q		2. S	A!	Q	J
	—
Q J		9 8 7 2
K Q		—
K		A
—		—
	A 6 4
	A
	—
South leads	A

8.  Simultaneous double clash squeeze

NT win 5	A 7 4		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	K		1. S	A!	Q	K
	A
	—
Q 6		10 9 8
A		—
K Q		J 10
—		—
	K J
	—
	9 4
South leads	A

9.  Inverted simultaneous double clash squeeze

NT win 5	K 10		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
	K		1. S	A!	Q	K
	9 4
	—
Q J		9 8 7
A		—
K Q		J 10
—		—
	A 6 4
	—
	A
South leads	A

10.  Double clash squeeze (RHO)

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

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11.  Double clash crisscross squeeze

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

12.  Compound clash squeeze

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

13.  Compound twin-entry clash squeeze

NT win 6	Q		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
bi	K 6 5		1. S	A!	2	2	7
	Q		2. S	K!	K	5	8
	2		3. S	A	10	6	9
K		J 10	4. S	4!	J	K
Q J 10		9 8 7
K 2		A
—		—
	A 9
	A 4
	—
South leads	A K

14.  Compound extended clash squeeze I

NT win 6	K 10		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
bi	9 4		1. S	A!	2	2	A
	Q		2. S	K!	10	Q!
	2
Q J		9 8 7
J 10		K Q
K 2		A
—		—
	A 6 4
	A
	—
South leads	A K

15.  Compound extended clash squeeze II

NT win 7	K 10		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
re	A 9		1. S	5	2	K	Q
	4		2. N	4	K	A	10
	K 4		3. S	A!	10	4
Q J		9 8 7
J 10 2		K Q
J 10		K Q
—		—
	A 6 4
	—
	A 9
South leads	A 5

Clubs may be cashed in either order.

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Anti clash squeeze

16.  Clash stopper release anti clash squeeze

NT win 1	K		Trick	Lead	2nd	3rd	4th
auto bi	K		1. W	A	K!
	K Q
	—
A 9		Q
—		Q
4		A J
A		—
	J 10 2
	A
	—
West leads	—

With A only West entry, good Q is useless.

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