crossruff

He could then make all the remaining tricks with a crossruff.

If he does, East will win and lead his trump, killing the crossruff.

Instead she led to the diamond ace, planning a crossruff.

She led a club to the ace, and began a monster crossruff.

Instead South embarked on a crossruff that ran out of steam.

The obvious play was to start a crossruff, but that would have fallen short by one trick.

If South had guessed to play the king, a merry crossruff would have brought home the contract.

A diamond was returned, and South thought he could make the remaining tricks with a crossruff.

He then continued the crossruff until he could lead a winning heart from his hand.

The continuing crossruff in the minor suits left him a trick short.

A crossruff with high trumps gave her the slam.

Then he could cash the spade ace and crossruff, making his contract.

At another table, the play began similarly but South tried to sneak a club trick before starting the crossruff.

West sensed that a crossruff was coming, and made an imaginative shift to a trump.

He expected East to win, and a crossruff would then give him the last four tricks and his contract.

West throws the spade queen, which is essential to prevent a crossruff.

A crossruff is a play where tricks are made by taking alternate ruffs in each hand.

But West led a trump, and Bergen knew that a crossruff would fall short.

South overruffed and continued with a crossruff to make his slam.

South was due to succeed if the crossruff brought down either the spade king or the club ten on the third round of the suit.

The next five tricks consisted of a merry crossruff in spades and diamonds.

A spade was led to the ace, and the next five tricks were won with a crossruff in the red suits.

That produces 11 tricks with a subsequent crossruff.

West discovered, too late, that he should have led a trump originally, cutting down on the crossruff and defeating the slam.

If she had refused to ruff, the crossruff would have prevailed, so she played the club eight.

Then she can either crossruff or build up a diamond trick against any defense.

After throwing a club on the heart ace it was only necessary to crossruff.

He could have continued to crossruff, making 11 tricks, but he did better.

There were no more losers, for he could crossruff to score the remaining tricks.

The defense forced him to ruff a club, and he was able to crossruff completely for down two.

The obvious move was to crossruff while the going was good, but that offered almost no chance.

She then proceeded to crossruff, and at the finish scored the last trick with the established diamond winner in her hand.

He was now an entry short to make use of the clubs and a trump short to crossruff effectively.

A heart lead to the king left this position: Becker continued to crossruff merrily in the black suits to make his slam.

Another spade was led, and Mancuso was able to crossruff.

This was suit preference for clubs, so the defenders were able to crossruff in the minor suits and collect 1,100.

South was able to crossruff merrily, scoring 10 trump tricks and two spade winners.

If he ruffs with the jack or nine, South overruffs and continues to crossruff.

It did not matter what was led: Millikan could crossruff until he had two established spade winners in the dummy.

The position was then this: Diagrams West continued with a club, and South was now able to crossruff effectively.

West would trump and exit with a spade, but declarer would take the trick in his hand and crossruff the last two tricks.

He was already down one, and could not escape from losing another trick for the position was this: If South had attempted to crossruff in the red suits, West would eventually have scored his trump ten.