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A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a technique used in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an opponent to discard a winner or the guard of a potential winner. The situation typically occurs in the end game, with only a few cards remaining.
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The Vienna coup is an unblocking technique in contract bridge made in preparation for a squeeze play. [1] It is so named because it was originally published by James Clay (1804-1873) after observing it being executed in the days of whist by "the greatest player in Vienna" — identity unknown.
Bridge Squeezes Complete is a book on contract bridge written by Ann Arbor, Michigan-based mathematics professor Clyde E. Love, originally published in 1959. [1] Written in a "dry, mathematical way", [2] it is still considered one of the most important bridge books ever written [3] and the squeeze vocabulary Love invented [4] remains the basis for all discussions of squeezes.
The simple squeeze is the most basic form of a squeeze in contract bridge. When declarer plays a winner in one suit (the squeeze card), an opponent is forced to discard a stopper in one of declarer's two threat suits. The simple squeeze takes place against one opponent only and gains one trick only.
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N W E S ♠ — ♥ A ♥ — ♦ 3 ♦ 9 8 7 6 ♣ — ♣ — ♠ K ♥ K ♦ 2 ♣ A South has three winners: The ♠ K, ♠ A, and ♣ A. However, after cashing the ♠ K, there will be no entry to the North hand to enjoy the ♠ A. However, on the play of ♣ A, West is squeezed. Discarding a spade allows South to overtake the ♠ K to get two tricks in the suit. Throwing the ♥ A lets ...