DAILY BRIDGE CLUB:

Richard Oshlag had a terrific week at the Spring NABC. After placing in three events, Oshlag, playing with Mark Dahl, won the “Fast Pairs.” (No, the players didn’t forgo food those days; they had 11 minutes to play two deals, not the usual 15.)

To win a national title, you must benefit from opponents’ errors. Oshlag, today’s West, led a club against three diamonds. (South couldn’t bear to pass North’s two spades, though that would have been a winning call.) South ruffed the second club and led a spade. Oshlag took his ace and led a high club, and South ruffed again.

South then led the king of trumps, and West won and led his last high club, ruffed. When South next tried the A-K and a low heart, Dahl took the Q-J and, at Trick 11, led a trump. South ... finessed with his 10! Down two, minus 200, a fine result for East-West.

South’s trump finesse was wrong. If East had J-x left, he would have exited with a spade, not giving declarer a chance for a winning finesse.

DAILY QUESTION: You hold: A64 1082 A J K J 6 3 2. Your partner opens one diamond, you respond two clubs and he rebids two diamonds. What do you say?

ANSWER: You must try hard to reach game. A minimum hand for partner such as53,K94,KQ10763,A 4 will make 3NT unbeatable. A raise to three diamonds would be inadequate, and you shouldn’t bid notrump yourself with no stopper in hearts. Bid two spades.