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Grosvenor gambit

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50:, who first discovered the gambit accidentally, and over time developed its theory and deployed it deliberately. The story depicts Grosvenor as often frustrated by opponents who are too obtuse to fall for his ruse. Grosvenor's lifeless body is eventually found bludgeoned to death, his dealing fingers broken, shortly after a 42:
Thus, the opponent likely ends up blaming himself for not taking advantage of the opportunity presented, even though to do so would have been irrational. The benefit of the Grosvenor gambit is supposed to come on future hands, due to a loss of concentration by the player who was taken in by the
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J run. This play, however, is utterly illogical: it can gain only when West has started with Q-10-6, but with that holding West would "never" play the 10 first. So, South plays for a 2–2 holding in diamonds and on the second diamond trick overtakes the
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South will regret not having finessed, and – per Grosvenor's theory – will be furious with himself for not taking the illogical play, for not guessing that West would misplay from
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K and two more winning hearts. South wins the spade continuation, and has to run the diamonds without losing any further tricks. He therefore plans to play the
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J ride. East-West are expected to reap even more benefit on the following boards, due to the emotional storm that West has stirred up for North-South.
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Q (this is the percentage play with the given holding). On the actual layout, South cannot succeed. See, however, what happens when West drops the
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In his 1973 article, Turner describes various other examples, including one in which a Grosvenor gambit is successfully deployed by declarer.
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The gambit was named after Philip Grosvenor, a fictional character in a short story by Frederick B. Turner published in
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play, in which the opponent is purposely given the chance to gain one or more tricks, and often even to make the
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Q 10 6. Worse yet, North may blame declarer for not having made the impossible play of letting the
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A. Declarer now has the opportunity to make his contract by next letting the
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The following deal provides an opportunity for a Grosvenor coup by West:
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618: 616: 613: 611: 610:Brown sticker 608: 606: 603: 601: 598: 596: 593: 591: 588: 586: 583: 581: 580:Balanced hand 578: 577: 575: 571: 567: 560: 556: 542: 539: 537: 534: 532: 529: 527: 524: 522: 519: 517: 514: 512: 511:Rubber bridge 509: 507: 504: 502: 499: 497: 494: 492: 489: 487: 484: 482: 479: 477: 474: 472: 469: 467: 464: 462: 459: 457: 454: 452: 449: 447: 444: 442: 439: 437: 434: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 407: 406:Bridge maxims 404: 402: 401:Bridge-O-Rama 399: 397: 396:Bridge ethics 394: 392: 389: 388: 386: 382: 378: 371: 367: 363: 356: 351: 349: 344: 342: 337: 336: 333: 325: 320: 317: 311: 308: 302: 299: 293: 291: 288: 277: 259:10 under the 224: 221: 220: 216: 213: 212: 208: 205: 204: 198: 195: 187: 183: 180: 177: 174: 173: 169: 166: 163: 160: 159: 155: 152: 149: 146: 145: 141: 138: 136: 135: 130: 125: 118: 115: 114: 110: 107: 106: 102: 99: 98: 94: 91: 90: 84: 81: 79:South in 3NT 77: 74: 68: 66: 64: 60: 55: 53: 49: 44: 40: 38: 34: 33:psychological 30: 26: 22: 2604: 2581: 2576: 2530:Galileo coup 2528: 2524:Devil's coup 2412:TV and Radio 2400: 2393: 2386: 2379: 2356: 2349: 2342: 2335: 2328: 2321: 2314: 2307: 2300: 2293: 2271: 2028:Goren Trophy 1983: 1828:Bermuda Bowl 1364:Smith signal 1339:Opening lead 1303: 1294:Vice squeeze 1269:Squeeze play 1174: 1140:Devil's coup 1095: 1076: 1041:Smother play 1011:Pin (bridge) 995: 976:Card reading 891:Säffle Spade 886:Romex system 861:Little Major 770:Weak two bid 765:Void (cards) 750:Three suiter 635:Forcing pass 496:Masterpoints 421:Bridge whist 319: 310: 301: 289: 278: 230: 133: 128: 123: 122: 72: 62: 58: 56: 47: 45: 41: 28: 24: 18: 2561:Vienna coup 1959:Buffett Cup 1657:Crockford's 1626:Dallas Aces 1588:Other lists 1569:Switzerland 1539:New Zealand 1474:Netherlands 1170:Vienna coup 1091:Safety play 910:Conventions 871:Polish Club 836:Carrot Club 816:Boring Club 740:Strong pass 705:Psychic bid 630:Forcing bid 590:Bidding box 272:J with the 2583:Idiot coup 2556:Trump coup 2536:Grand coup 2492:Pure coups 2382:Magazines: 2073:Marcus Cup 1873:Venice Cup 1677:Savoy Club 1349:Rule of 11 1165:Trump coup 881:Roman Club 775:Zar Points 755:Two suiter 735:Stolen bid 675:Minor suit 670:Major suit 501:Minibridge 294:References 178:5 4 95:Q J 85:5 4 2499:Bath coup 2368:Magazines 2148:Reisinger 1631:Four Aces 1621:Blue Team 1434:Australia 1177:Squeezes: 1110:Bath coup 966:Beer card 939:Card play 811:Blue Club 426:Bridgette 247:J to the 61:, titled 2622:Category 2178:Spingold 1549:Pakistan 1454:Bulgaria 1056:Uppercut 1036:Shooting 846:Fantunes 685:Overcall 640:Game try 374:Overview 43:gambit. 37:contract 1805:General 1514:Ireland 1504:Hungary 1499:Germany 1489:Fiction 1484:England 1469:Denmark 1449:Britain 1439:Austria 1396:General 1086:Finesse 1001:Hold up 986:Endplay 949:General 866:Moscito 784:Systems 690:Preempt 620:Cue bid 573:General 563:Bidding 541:Vugraph 471:Goulash 436:Chicago 384:General 222:♣ 214:♦ 206:♥ 196:♠ 181:♣ 175:♣ 167:♦ 161:♦ 153:♥ 147:♥ 139:♠ 116:♠ 108:♣ 100:♦ 92:♥ 82:♠ 69:Example 2296:Books: 1574:Taiwan 1564:Sweden 1559:Russia 1554:Poland 1544:Norway 1534:Monaco 1529:Mexico 1519:Israel 1494:France 1459:Canada 1444:Brazil 1359:Signal 1098:Coups: 1079:Basic: 1026:Revoke 516:Screen 189:Lead: 21:bridge 2255:Books 1821:World 1640:Clubs 1614:Teams 1524:Italy 1509:India 1479:Egypt 1464:China 1046:Tempo 991:Entry 971:Caddy 536:Trump 31:is a 1120:Coup 1031:Ruff 981:Duck 841:EHAA 801:Acol 526:Suit 23:, a 27:or 2624:: 193:A 170:5 2477:e 2470:t 2463:v 354:e 347:t 340:v 285:♦ 281:♦ 274:♦ 270:♦ 265:♦ 261:♦ 257:♦ 253:♦ 249:♦ 245:♦ 241:♦ 237:♥ 233:♥ 191:♥ 134:S 124:N

Index

bridge
psychological
contract
bridge tournament
The Grosvenor gambit
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Contract bridge
Auction bridge
Bridge ethics
Bridge-O-Rama
Bridge maxims
Bridge Murder case
Bridge scoring
Bridge whist
Bridgette
Cheating in bridge
Chicago
Computer bridge
Contract bridge
Contract bridge diagram
Duplicate bridge
Duplicate bridge movements
Five-suit bridge
Goulash
Glossary of contract bridge terms
High card by suit
History of contract bridge
Laws of Duplicate Bridge

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