Strip Squeezes
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Structure and Classification
The ordinary strip squeezes are direct (all threats are either
simple or, very rarely, double menaces), secondary (the squeezer
loses one or more tricks after the squeeze takes place). The fact
that the count is not rectified means that the squeezer doesn't have
enough winners to execute a primary squeeze, and this in turn means
that the menaces must be stronger than the menaces in primary
squeezes. There are five types of strip squeeze, corresponding to
five types of menaces:
- Extended strip squeezes, based on one or more extended
threats
- Major tenace strip squeezes (squeeze-endplays or
squeeze-throw-ins), in which one of the threats is a major tenace such as
AQ
- Minor tenace strip squeezes, in which one of the
threats is a minor tenace, such as Kx (with the guarded A lying over the K)
- Extended tenace strip squeezes, in which there is only one
active threat, which is an extended tenace such as AQx or AJ10 or
Kxx opposite Q10x
- Triple strip squeezes, in which there is a third active
threat