8. PROGRESSIVE SQUEEZE POSITIONS
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(i)
           NORTH
        S:A10                     You have only 3 winners out of 5 viz. SA, HA
        H:42                      and DK. You have 2 two-card menaces SA10 and
        D:--                      HA9 and these are in opposite hands. You have
        C:2                       one card menace CJ. Only one opponent E is
        --------------            controlling all 3 suits. Therefore, progress-
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST    ive squeeze will work. Now on DK, you discard
S:76    ||||||||||||||  S:KJ      a C from dummy and E has to unguard one suit.
H:83    ||||||||||||||  H:Q10     Supposing he throws SJ, then you take SA and
D:--    ||||||||||||||  D:--      play S10. Now again he is again forced to
C:9     ||||||||||||||  C:K       discard either a H or a C. You will get all
        --------------            five tricks.
          SOUTH (D)
        S:5           
        H:A9          
        D:K           
        C:J           

(ii)
           NORTH
        S:AJ8          
        H:2                        There is only one two-card menace SAJ8 and
        D:--                       two one-card meances H10 and CQ but the 2
        C:--                       card menace has a third card. All three suits
        --------------             are controlled by one opponent viz. E and 
  WEST  ||||||||||||||    EAST     you have n-2 position i.e. only 2 out of 4
S:742   ||||||||||||||  S:KQ       tricks (SA and CQ). Now CQ forces E to bare
H:5     ||||||||||||||  H:K        one suit. Say he throws HK, now H10 squeezes 
D:---   ||||||||||||||  D:J        him again.
C:---   ||||||||||||||  C:--
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          SOUTH (D)
        S:3           
        H:10          
        D:9           
        C:Q