[Dinarius]

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In the above hand, South (to play) has all the tricks except two.

Obviously, ♠J and ♦A are winners.

Yet, when South leads ♠J and discards a ♦ from the North hand (what West plays is irrelavant) East is squeezed whatever he discards.

I have always had the notion that, for a squeeze to succeed, you must have all the tricks bar one in a given position.

What type of squeeze is this?

Thanks.

D.

[Cyberyeti]

There are several squeezes that operate with 2 losers, this is one.

All strip squeezes do, as do triples of which this is a non repeating variety.

Note you could equally pitch your club, E has to do the same and you exit a heart to endplay him (a strip squeeze).

Another 2 loser position is where you have a blocked position:

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S cashes ♦A, the only not immediately fatal discard is the heart, at which time you cash the top spade and exit a club so W has to give you the entry to dummy.

[nige1]

Squeeze strip
This kind of ending often arises when declarer cashes a suit
Here declarer wins the ♦ lead and cashes his spades to make 1NX

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[HardVector]

It's a triple squeeze.

[Dinarius]

Cyberyeti, on 2018-October-15, 10:50, said:

There are several squeezes that operate with 2 losers, this is one.

All strip squeezes do, as do triples of which this is a non repeating variety.

Note you could equally pitch your club, E has to do the same and you exit a heart to endplay him (a strip squeeze).

Another 2 loser position is where you have a blocked position:

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S cashes ♦A, the only not immediately fatal discard is the heart, at which time you cash the top spade and exit a club so W has to give you the entry to dummy.

Thanks for the replies.

Isn’t the above example as much an end-play?

D.

[Cyberyeti]

Dinarius, on 2018-October-16, 10:55, said:

Thanks for the replies.

Isn’t the above example as much an end-play?

D.

Sort of, but the key is the threat of the overtake forcing the discard of the winning heart first, all strip squeezes involve an endplay after stripping the exit card.