TYPES OF SQUEEZE PLAY IN BRIDGE BY HOWARD BIGOT-JOHNSON..................

• In bridge, as we all know well, there are known squeezes: squeezes we know we know. We also know there are known unknown squeezes: squeezes we know by name, but not knowing how they arise, or how to execute them. Finally, there are the unknown unknown squeezes: squeezes we don't even know the existence of ( let alone their execution ), because as yet there are still to be discovered.
• So if you want to become a really good player, you need to know about squeezes that you don't already know about, especially the unknown unknown ones. For this to happen you need to first stumble upon one by accident at the bridge table, but having the wit to know that one was actually unfolding before your very eyes. Although you know a squeeze is happening you still have no bloody idea as to why or how. All you do know is that your opponents are becoming more uncomfortable by the second as the hand is being played out. Their under-the-breath mutterings and moaning clearly indicate that they are the victims of an excruciating squeeze.Sometimes, if you are lucky they will come clean about their torment.
• Nevertheless, for you to know the true nature of this squeeze by which a name can be given to it, it may be necessary to know someone who could fill you in. That someone of course is me ! I can assure you that I will be able to identify, explain and label even the most rarest and subtlest of squeezes.........why just the other day I came across the most unusual " double-sided, double twist, dummy reversal, stepping-stone, flip-flop, triple guard squeeze ( with pike ) " .
• So if any of you out there have come across a squeeze play you never intended, and still know nothing about, please send me the hand details ( with description of play ) via the comment box. I shall then be able to convert the unknown unknown into a known known. Yours in the know.....Bigot-Johnson