Monday, January 11, 2016
59 years ago, in January 1957 the The British Bridge World magazine edited by Terence Reese, published:
“This is the hand on which the debated lead of 
Q was made by one of the British ladies in the European Championship. Messrs. Juan and Meredith criticised the lead, prefering the safer 
9. Mr. Truscott defended the lead and said that Mr. Schapiro agreed with him. It would be very interesting to hear some more
opinions.” and he asked its readers:
None Vulnerable, IMPs
West hand:— 9 8 7 4 Q J 4 
J 7 
A Q 10 6
The bidding:
| West | North | East | South |
| 1 |
|||
| Pass | 1 |
Pass | 1NT |
| Pass | 2NT | All Pass |
Lead: ?
In February 1957 the same magazine published the expert’s answers and comments of: Boris Schapiro Jack Marx and other english bridge experts, all the comments were summed up by Terence Reese. Choose your lead and continue reading …
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We decided to ask some of the best 2016 experts their leads, these were their answers, so you can compare them with the ones of the 1957 The British Bridge World magazine.
What do you lead? Click here to read all the answers