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#1 User is offline   lamford 

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Posted 2017-December-23, 07:36

Declarer bids and makes game. In the play, all four 2s win tricks. How many overtricks did declarer make? (With acknowledgement to Martin Taylor).
I prefer to give the lawmakers credit for stating things for a reason - barmar
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Posted 2017-December-23, 11:59

But all of these 2 are in the declarer line ?
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Posted 2017-December-23, 13:24

I can think of one where ...

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Posted 2017-December-23, 14:59

View PostLovera, on 2017-December-23, 11:59, said:

But all of these 2 are in the declarer line ?

If not, then here's a possible hand:

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Posted 2017-December-24, 00:43

Contract 3NT. Sorry it does not seem that for a 3NT contract, logistics can work out. Removed my original post of one overtrick comment.
Question is - if 3nt is the contract, making, and all 2’s are winners, then there will be 16 tricks minimum before considering discards and not able to come up with any layout where it can happen. Still thinking. Thanks.
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Posted 2017-December-24, 04:06

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Posted 2017-December-24, 07:27

I presume you are intending this to be without infractions as there are plenty of solutions involving revokes and transferred tricks I suspect
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Posted 2017-December-24, 08:25

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Posted 2017-December-24, 12:11

Please keep this puzzle open until a complete solution is posted- with play. Thanks.
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Posted 2017-December-24, 17:12

None
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Posted 2017-December-24, 17:17

No analysis given for obvious reasons
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Posted 2017-December-24, 17:52

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Posted 2017-December-25, 02:44

My puzzle is why this can't happen online?

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Posted 2017-December-25, 06:50

I reckon none.
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Posted 2017-December-25, 06:57

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Posted 2017-December-25, 12:51

Solution does not exist. Will post the proof later today.

I am wrong - solution exists and posted on this thread.
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Posted 2017-December-25, 16:50

View Postnige1, on 2017-December-24, 17:52, said:

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This requires the opponents to cooperate by discarding winners.
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Posted 2017-December-25, 17:29

View PostVampyr, on 2017-December-25, 16:50, said:

This requires the opponents to cooperate by discarding winners.

I can't construct a hand where 4 deuces can win tricks but declarer makes exactly 9 tricks. For example, in Nullve's construction, defenders can take 13 tricks.

Given the constraint that 4 deuces must win tricks, however, the jettison plays are probably necessary in my construction. And they're fun.

This post has been edited by nige1: 2017-December-26, 11:25

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Posted 2017-December-25, 20:25

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Posted 2017-December-25, 21:35

View Postm1cha, on 2017-December-25, 20:25, said:

Simple solution to a great puzzle.

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"Any denomination" does not work, since major and minor games require different numbers of tricks. But anyway this was not one of the constraints of the puzzle.
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