Merrimac coup
The Merrimac coup (also known as Hobson's coup or Hobson's choice) is a contract bridge coup where a player (usually a defender) sacrifices a high card in order to eliminate a vital entry from an opponent's hand (usually a dummy). It was named after American steam ship "Merrimac", which was sunk during the Spanish–American War in 1898 in Santiago de Cuba in an attempt to bottle up the Spanish fleet.
Q188966
contract bridge
Concept
Q5177956
coup
UNK
Q30
American
LOC
Q7871744
Merrimac
MISC
Q12583
Spanish–American War
EVE
Q117040
Santiago de Cuba
LOC
Q2998951
Merrimac coup
UNK
1898-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1898
DATE
significant event
participant
point in time