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

Rare since A won early leaves a simple squeeze.

2. Double clash squeeze

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

3. Inverted double clash squeeze

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

4. Twin-entry double clash squeeze

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

5. Inverted twin-entry double clash squeeze

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

6. Extended double clash squeeze

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

7. Inverted extended double clash squeeze

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

8. Simultaneous double clash squeeze

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

9. Inverted simultaneous double clash squeeze

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

10. Double clash squeeze (RHO)

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

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11. Double clash crisscross squeeze

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

12. Compound clash squeeze

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

13. Compound twin-entry clash squeeze

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

14. Compound extended clash squeeze I

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

15. Compound extended clash squeeze II

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

With A only West entry, good Q is useless.

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