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N W E S ♠ ♥ A ♥ Q J 10 ♦ — ♦ ♣ — ♣ — South to lead ♠ 4 ♥ 2 ♦ — ♣ A South needs all three remaining tricks in a notrump contract. South leads the squeeze card, the ♣ A, and West is squeezed in hearts and spades. If West discards the ♥ A, North's ♥ K becomes a winner. If West discards either spade, North's ♠ J becomes a winner. Note the following features of ...
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N W S ♥ A ♦ — ♣ — South to lead ♠ 4 ♥ 2 ♦ — ♣ A ♠ A J Example 2 South to lead ♥ K ♦ — ♣ — N E S ♠ K Q ♥ A ♦ — ♣ — ♠ 4 ♥ 2 ♦ — ♣ A In Example 1, when the ♣ A is cashed, West is squeezed in the major suits. West must discard before North plays. If West discards a spade, dummy discards the ♥ K and declarer then wins the ♠ AJ. If West ...
The progressive squeeze (also termed a "repeating squeeze") is a contract bridge squeeze that gains two tricks by squeezing one and the same player twice, hence the name. A progressive squeezes is a subset of triple squeezes that, depending both on entries and on positional factors, may result in a subsequent, simple, two-suit squeeze that takes place against the opponent who has just been ...
A very rare example is the double trump squeeze, where both opponents suffer the same fate. Here is an example from the quarterfinals of the 2004 Olympiad, in the match between Italy and the USA. Declarer, Norberto Bocchi of Italy, declared 4 ♥ and achieved the following end position with the lead in dummy:
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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.
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