Sentence examples for be defeated by two from inspiring English sources

Five clubs can be defeated by two tricks.

This contract can be defeated by two tricks but would probably have escaped for down one.

If West leads a club, five hearts can be defeated by two tricks; even four hearts is too high.

If West had doubled one no-trump, maybe East would have passed (bad), or run to two clubs (worse if doubled because it can be defeated by two tricks), or escaped to two hearts (best because it can be made).

After West, presumably because of the prevailing vulnerability, decided not to show his second suit (three spades can be defeated by two tricks), Judi Radin (North), a four-time world champion, responded with a three-diamond transfer bid and passed when her partner only completed the transfer.

However, each Noise exists in two "zones" simultaneously, and can only be defeated by two players fighting the Noise from separate zones; Players are therefore required to form a pact with another player to survive the Noise.

(Two spades doubled would probably be defeated by four tricks, minus 1,100, after a heart lead and a spade shift).

If South had passed, the contract could have been defeated by two tricks, but he understandably rebid three clubs.

"They are not even Georgians," said Shiryaeva after she and her partner were defeated by two sets to one 21-100, 12-15, 12-15).

This could have been defeated by two tricks, since the defense can maneuver three ruffs, but the game succeeded and the Baze team gained 17 imps en route to victory in the match.

It shows a different disparity, because at the other table East-West took a phantom sacrifice in six spades doubled, down 500, over six hearts, which could have been defeated by two tricks.