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Editorial · 5-6 The British Bridge World Challenge Cup-Part 2, by Albert Dormer . . . 7-11 American News-Letter, by Alfred Sheinwold 13- 15 Don't Be Silly, Milly, by Hubert Phillips 16-17 The Second Camrose Trial, by Alan Truscott 18 Hands of the Month, by Alan Truscott ... 19-21 The Pasteboard)ungle, by Albert Dormer 22-25 Autour de !'Etoile, by Jean Besse ... 26- 27 Subscription Form .. . 28 " Confidentially ..." by Pedro Juan 29- 30 One Hu.ndred Up: Repeat of November Problems 31 B.B.W. List of Agents 32 Scotbtnd v. England, by Harold Franklin 33- 36 Result of November Competition ' 36 You Say . . . 37- 39 Eastbourne Bidding ·Match, by Harold Franklin ... 40-42 One Hundred Up: Answer to November Competition ...... 43-49 E.B.U. Master Points Register 50-52 E.B.U. List of Secretaries ... 53 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin 54-56 Diary of Events 56
4 SPACE AND ••• therefore, do we request our After the excitements of the present readers to study the Euro pean Cham'pionship, the announcement on page 28. Cir British Bridge World Cup and the culation has advanced well during Par Co ntest, the magazine resumes the year, but we are not shy of some of its regular features this stating that it is still short of the month. In the next two issues figure that attracts non-specialised we shall have space for some advertisers and makes a sub excellent articles that have been scription magazine a self-support ing property. So, at Christmas waiting their turn. . ,,.. .. (and let no bridge player pretend . that he has started, much less TIME finished, his Christmas shopping) Observant readers will have we want EVERY reader to take noted that there is a slight change out at least ONE gift subscription. in the format of the front cover, It doesn't seem a lot to· ask. where it is now proclaimed that our publishing date is the 15th of the month. The magazine may NEW SEASON LINE-UP reach some readers a day or two Entries for all competitions are late- that is hard to avoid with well up on last year. In the Gold a subscription magazine, especially Cup there are 77 teams of which when renewals are due- but we at least five are in the top flight. do resent it when readers com The holders (Lee, Booker, Mrs. plain that they have not had their F. Gordon, L. Tarlo, Rodrigue) copy " until the middle of the are defending. The runners-up month." have added two players, so that the team reads: Harrison-Gray, ONE FOR ONE Miss Shanahan, the Sharples, The cost of subscription, how- Mrs. van Rees, Truscott. Ken '. eve r remains the same. We can- stam and Dodds are playing with • ,. Mrs. Markus, Wolach, J. Tarlo not pro mise that it will be so .or . 1'·- d Triefus. Gardener, Squ1re, • j long; the recent postal increases an . .-. have doubled our expenses in that Nunes and Rose make a busm:ss- '· respcct. All the more strongly, like quartet. My team composes 5 Schapiro, Juan, Flint, Friday and the world championship match (when available) Meredith. will be played at Como, Italy, from January 25 to February 2, MEN AT WORK and will be a three-cornered Principal credit for the big affair between Italy, the U.S.A., entries, after a period in which and South America. they were disappointing, must go to the untiring Hon. Tournament By what nimble-witted act of St;.cretary, Geoffrey Fell, and to adroitness the South Americans Fred Bingham, in charge of have insinuated themselves into Master Points. An analysis of this contest is known . only to the present Master Point situation those counsellors who dispose of appears on pages 50 to 52. At such matters. Their players will Droitwich there is to be an event be extremely welcome on per restricted to partnerships who· sonal grounds, but it is hard to total 15 Master Points between. see why, with no international them. record, they should have pre ference as a unit over, for example, WINTER ATTRACTION the British Commonwealth. A new programme has been arranged to make the Whitelaw Cup week-end at Eastbourne, CO~ STONE THE CROWS January 24-26, especially attrac tive. A consolation event for Having played an excellent teams knocked out on the first day second shot to within twenty will begin on Saturday afternoon yards of the third green at Porth with a Patton tournament. The cawl, Harold Franklin crested the leading e=ght teams from this brow of the fairway to see a session will play a knock-out com black bird rolling his ball along petition for a new trophy. with its beak. As he drew nearer, At every session throughout the bird, alarmed by the con the week-end there will be pairs flicting advices of player and and other events for camp opponents, picked up the ball and followers and all who ·decide to took to flight. Harold pursued take ctdvantage of the excep it with hoarse cries, brandishing . ' tionally moderate winter terms his club, scaled a boundary wall offered by the Grand Hotel. and was last seen in a distant meadow, his green cap bobbing THIRD PARTY in the mist, while the bird wheeled I.t has now been confirmed that superciliously aloft. 6 ...... ~ ...... ,. . ~ - The Briti~h ·Bridge ·wo;Id Challet1ge Ctlp- Part 2 by ALBERT DORMER ·
G .1y and Schapiro improved in squeeze for twelve tricks, the the 1h ird session to take fourth ending being:- plact· with 589, behind Goren and NORTH Sobel (634), Cohn and Brown + A (611 ). and t~e Belgian pair (610). ~- 0 AK Th1s deal earned Schapiro 'a + KIO good score:- WEST EAST NoRTH ..... Immaterial .. + AK97 ~- .. ,
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East dea ler tract and gave a clue to the North-South game winning line in the subsequent NORTH play:- • 85 I certainly think that, as the international relations and, in I I bidding went, Schapiro should particular, had brought nearer the I have chanced Three Spades over creation of a World Bridge Federation. Gray's Three Hearts-with two key cards East wants to be in game and it is possible that Three West was still in the auction. As to Three Spades on the next round, .. No Trumps will be the right spot. directional asking bids ore not part or his West now calls Four Hearts for an method- unless he changes his coat nhcn ca Compiled by Capt. V. R. ULLMAN, M.C., The Surrey County Player, and edited by NICO GARDENER, ESQ., The lnlernalional World Master Player and Director of the London School of Bridge. THE liDDING T.ULIS - fOUR CONVtHTIONS AT A GLANCE - liDDING GUIDf ACCORDING TO COUNT AND lliSTRIIUTION INCLUDING RfSPONS£5 • WIN/LOSl CASH RKORD •IOUHD IN SOFT MOROCCO GRAINED LfATHfR•ASSORT£0 COLOURS. BJ Without pencil. While Paper BAJ Without pencil. Azure Blue Paper BJP With pencil. While Paper BAJP With pencil. Azure Blue Paper (from 61- to 619) AT ALL STATION£11.5 AND STOII.ES T. J. I J. SMITH LTD., 12 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W. l Telephone: LEGation II« IS llneol 12 A merica11 ·NeWs-Letter by ALFRED SHEINWOLD Le'1.d ing American players are deported from these shores lest gird inJ up loins for a trip to Los they seduce the pure American Angc.cs, where this year's winter bridge mind away from the natim al tournament is to be held virtues of "standard American " ·(No\ .:mber 30 through December bidding, which has proved so 8). This will mark the entrance effective in world championship of V'est Coast rank and file matches of late. players into the mainstream of The Jacoby Transfer Bid is our American tournament bridge since old friend the Texas Convention it is the first national tournament at the level of two-odd. If part to be held west of the Rocky ner opens with a " standard " Moun tai ns. East Coast players No Trump, you bid Two Hearts will travel 31000 miles to reach to make him bid Two Spades; or Los Angeles and will find them you bid Two Diamonds to make selves a few hundred strong among him bid Two Hearts ; and so on. thousands of Westerners. (Two Clubs remains as Stayman.) Huge entries in most American At first glance it seems that the to urnaments cause committees to sole advantage is to get the be solicitous of novices, somewhat opening lead up to the strong hand at the expense of experienced instead of through it. In prac players. The Roth-Stone system tice, this advantage is slight com was barred for some years except pared to a by-product of the in national tournaments. ln re Transfer Bid. After you have cen t months, local committees made yo.ur partner (the opener) have barred such gadgets as the bid your suit, you have a second Jacoby Transfer Bid, the Drury chance to bid, and you _can ~ow Convention and Kaplan's Minor give additional information wtt? Suit Raises.' Roth's introduction out committing the partnership of " negative " doubles for. take to _game. ou t was prohibited except 10 the For example, suppose you re long total-point matches of the spond Two Hearts, forcing partner ro und-robin in August. Such out to bid Two Spades. You ca~ landish systems as Acol , Baron, now invite game with Three and Cab would be promptly 13 Spades, Two No Trumps, or to do so with 17 points and a fine Three of a new suit. A recent fit for spades, South felt entitled case:- to go on when North invited a South dealer garr.e. South chose game at No North-South vulnerable Trumps because of the abundance NORTH of Queens and Jacks; he would + AJ752 have chosen game at Spades ifhe \:} 952 had held more Aces and fewer 0 763 picture cards. + K4 The hand played itself at Three WFST EAST No Trumps. At other tables, • 984 • 103 North was held to eight or nine \:} A 6 \:} K 10 8 4 tricks at spades, depending on 0 A9842 0 10 5 whether or not the defenders got • 965 +A 10832 their heart ruff. SOUTH In another recent case, Jacoby + KQ6 himself perished by the sword. \:} QJ73 He opened 1NT, and partner 0 KQJ I responded Two Hearts. This was • QJ7 promptly doubled by Mrs. Jackie SOUTH WFST NORTH EAST Begin, of Montreal, who held INT No 2\:} No good hearts but little else. Jacoby 2+ No 2NT No obediently bid Two Spades, and 3NT No No No now the doubler's partner bid an North first instructed South to intelligent Four Hearts. Ice cold, bid spades. Then North indicat whilst Two Spades bought the ed ability to play at No Trumps. hand at all other tables! With another point or so, North A hand from another tourna would have jumped to 3NT, offer ment found two experts slanging ing South a choice of game con each other over a slip in defence: tnicts. South, with another point or See next page. so, would have bid Three Spades SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST at his first turn.* Having failed No No 1\:} *Is that right?l rend else" here that one I+ 3\:} 3+ 4\:} of the adnmtages of this convention was Dbl. No No that it allowed the responder to bid on 4+ No complete weakness In the assurance that partner could not carry the bidding West opened the King of Clubs beyond tbe runge of Two.- T.R. and continued .with the Ace .. 14 .. ,.... ,, •• ~'"'. 0 ."; i ...... ·" ... 0, ,•'·, ~~~"' .... \..... • ...:..J , •• ...... , • , ... _.. 0 " • ".. : , ... r·. ,. • , • • I • • I ••. l • ~·.. •• • • . ': •• ::.~.:; l. West dealer , East-West vulnerable "?on't blame me," East said - NORTH " a~l mnocence. "Just return ~ • 7642 dmmond when you win the nine . of _hearts, and we'll beat the , '. \? 8 eastly." m .. 0 A973 + 10852 ·~ Why let me hold the nine of '~· hearts? You should overtake and WE r EAST '.• • 15 + Q lead a diamond to make sure . You know you have the Jack of ~ 10 9 53 \? AKQJ7 diamonds as well as the King. 0 Q 6 2 0 KJ lO I don't know about the jack." + A KQ4 + 9763 SOUTH " Why put up the nine of hearts + AKJ 1083 if you don't want the trick?" \? 64 2 East asked. " I thought you 0 854 might even have the Jack of spades and that you wanted to + J draw a third trump. Did you think I couldn't beat dummy's S~ ut h ruffed and drew trumps eight of hearts? " WJlh the Ace and King. " I didn't want to lead dia ' : East, forced to discard on the monds," West explained, " in case second trump, considered pitching you didn't have the Jack. I didn't a high heart but settled on the think he'd see the play of leading seven of clubs instead. This left the ten of clubs." Eas t with the blank nine of clubs, " Thank you," said South, " If of which more anon. you ask me,-" South led a low heart, and West put up the nine. East played " We didn't," chorused his low. West now led another heart, opponents. and dummy ruffed. South led But I ask you. Who was more the ten of clubs from dummy, to blame? East for making the picking up East's blank nine. discard that started all of the South discarded a diamond, trouble, or West for putting up the all owing West to win with the nine of hearts and then failing to Queen. Now dummy's eight of lead diamonds? Jf you were cl ubs provided the tenth trick! assigning percentage of blame, how would you distribute the " You had five hearts to throw, hundred? Fifty-fifty, sixty-forty, and you had to discard a club! " West accused his partner. or how? IS by HUBERT PHILLIPS " Bridge for you to-night, my you can't, you can't. A pity, girl," said Pop. "The General's though, my tickets aren't too coming to-dinner. So you'd bet bad." ter put on a decent frock and say, "Two Clubs," said Fanny. No, thank you, when I hand out " Showing off again," said Pop. the cocktails." " I' II pass." The General bid " The General, is it? " said Two Hearts. Fanny. " What's happened to Mum passed and Fanny bid Mrs.·· whosit? " Three Diamonds. Pop passed, " If you mean Mrs. Sweetlove, she's at some dam' show, judging NORTH cucumbers or something." The General "Labradors, dear," said Mum. + 53 " But Fanny will be all right, 1\? AK52 won't you, love ?" 0 18643 "Sure," said Fanny. "I don't + 63 mind the General. He's no Cul WEST EAST bertson, but he doesn't nag. He Pop Mum likes me, too. If we lived in • 10 8 6 • QJ92 town he'd be taking me out to I\? QJ84 " 109763 lunch." · 0 KQ 10 0- "Don't show off," said Pop. + Q97 + 10852 Pop jlnd Mum won the first SOUTH game and Mum dealt the cards Fanny for the second. Here are the + AK 74 four hands:- 1\?- 0 A9752 See next column + A KJ4 Mum studied her hand with a marked luck of enthusiasm. " I after a prolonged huddle, and the don't see how I can bid on these," General made it Six Diamonds. was her verdict. " I double Six Diamonds," an " No'? " said Pop. " Well, if nounced Pop firmly. 16 Mum said: " Is that for a NORTH take-out, dear? " Pop said: The General "Don't be silly, Milly. The con tract is Six Diamonds, ~5 ,.. doubied," and led \?4 to trick 1. ·0 J 8 6 ,I, To the General, laying his cards + - out, Fanny handed out a sweet WEST EAST smilt and said " Thank you very Pop Mum mucl partner.'.' She proceeded + Q to SI•J dy her dummy. \?Q 'V 109 Por said: " Don't be all night, ·0 KQ·IO 0- girl. You haven't a hope in hell + - + IO . . " I of m.t k·mg tt. Soum " That's alii wanted to know," Fanny sai d Fanny. Shl! took the first trick with ~- North's <;? K, discarding a spade ·0 A97 from her own hand. At trick 2 + J she led a heart; ruffed it; laid He can either lose the trick to down +A and + 1<, and ruffed a North's (> J; or win it, and lead spade in dummy at trick 5. At away from the losing tenace. trick 6 she Jed <:?A, which she " The luckiest slam J've ever ru ffe d. " Grand Coup," she ex seen," pronounced Pop. "You pl ained, when the General looked won't bring that off again in a sl ightly alarmed. " Not really hundred years, my girl." necessary, but it simplifies my " Oh, I don't know," said end game. "Next came the + A Fanny. " It's in one of the and + K, ·followed by a club, text-books somewhere. The ruffed in dummy. These were moment you said I hadn't a hope, the remaining cards:- Pop, I knew thnt you ~~ld the See next column three missing Diamonds. The Seven teams, composed largely given on the next page. This hand of the leaders in the previous pairs gave Truscott a win instead of a trial, contested the E.B.U's. teams loss against Richardson, and trial at Droitwich with this result : Lederer a win instead of a draw 1-2 A. Lederer and N. Squire, P. against North, and suggests an Juan and A. Hi ron ; A. Truscott almost endless series of "ifs." and Mrs. van Rees, A. Dormer ' If East-West in Room 3 double and D. Rimington. 8 V.P's. Six Diam'onds North's team 3rd J. Flint and A. Priday, P. finishes equal first and Lederer is Swinnerton-Dyer and J. Beale. fourth. If East in Room 2 plays 7 V.P's. a club at trick two, Lederer wins outright. If both these happen, 4th F. North and J. Pugh, R. North wins outright. If East in Frames and J. Albuquerque. Room 3 makes one more trick, 6 V.P's. as he can, Truscott wins outright. 5th R. E. Clark and E. Leader But if in addition East in. Room Williams, J. Street and L. Two plays a club at trick three, Helm. 5 V.P's. then Flint, Lederer, North and 6-7 G. Fell and F. Fardngton, Trusc,ott finish in a quadruple ·tie P. Tapley and E. Silverstone; and baffled cries of rage are heard P. Richardson and G. Griffiths, from the assembled selectors. P. and J. Spurway. 4 V.P's. With all this to think about it is The fact that all the five team not surprising that some bridge trials (other than ladies trials) held players look short of sleep. by the E.B.U. and the B.B.L. in Finally it should be added that the last 14 months have resulted the Flint team was unlucky to be in ties on Victory Points probably third. They had the best I.M.P. proves something-perhaps the score, and Flint and Priday were fierceness of the competition. the best partnership on view. This last trial was no exception, and the result hinged in a spec- tacuh1r way on the last hand in The teams chosen for the two reJJUlinjng Cnmrose Cup matches are announced play in the last session, which is on page. 27. 18 Hands of the Month .. by Alan Truscott · E.B. U · Camrose Trial East dealer + 9 North-South game y> Q32 0 AKJ07632 + 107 • 876543 y> 8 54 • 102 0 - lwNJ Room 3: Room 4: SourH WEST NORTH EAST SoLrrH WEST Lnlnrr NoRnr EAST .4/buqurr. Squirt! Franu s Pugh Juan North Hii'Oif QUI! I ~ I~ Db I. ,. 3NT No DbI. 3 ~ so No No 4 y> 60 6 ~ No 5 ~ No No Db I. No No No Obi. No No No + A fed. 9 tricks. 500to N-S. + A led. 9 tricks. 300 toN-S. On this wild hand almost anything could happen and did. In Room 2 East unwisely played three rounds of hearts, thus letting home with on overtrick a contract that goes six down if East plays 11 club at the first or second trick. This defence would surely have been found in Room One with the help of Rimington's good lead-directing bid of Four Clubs. Of the three declarers in high heart con tracts, only Dormer found the right play for II tricks, but had the help of 11 trump from South a t trick two. In Rooms One and Three North's Three No Trumps marks the heart finesse, but declarer can also get home by taking 11 second round heart finesse after ruffing one diamond 11nd then squeezing South in the black suits. In Room 3 Squire's Six Diamonds bid was o. desperate 11nd successful shot Ia retrieve a critical match. 19 East dealer • Q 107 2 North-South game (!:)Q94 0 Q93 + Q84 +J + A9863 (!:) AK8632 (!:) J 10 0 AI04 0 K8652 + 165 + 7 t3+ K54 (!:) 7 5 o n + A K 109 3 2 Room 1: Room 2: SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST Purh Juan North Hlron udt rt r Fransu Squire Albuquer- qllf! I+ No 2+ No 2+ I+ 2 (!:) No 3'V' No No No No No No No +4led. 10 tricks. 420 to E-W. + 41ed. 10 tricks. 170 to E-W. Room I: After East's sub-minimum opening East-West were bound to end in Four Hearts, which leads to some fascinating play. South returns a heart at trick two, which West must win. Juan now found the key play of a spade to the + A and spade ruff. A club ruff and a spade ruff now sets up a spade threat in dummy against North, and West plays his top trump and gets off play with his losing club, leaving South on lead in this position:- + Q 'V' Q 0 Q93 + - • 98 'V' 8 6 'V' - ·0 -AI04 0 K86 + r- t3 + - (!:)- ·0 -J 7 + 1093 In practice, South played a club which West ruffed. North has to overruff and play n diamond, after which he is squeezed by the last trump. The only defence, and a very difficult one, is for South to return his 0 7. West wins and gives up a trump, but North can now play his 0 9 to break the squeeze. 20 East dealer • 976 East-West game ~ AQ 0 K52 + AJI076 + AKQJO <:, 109543 + JS r;:J7 0 987 0 AI0643 ·+ 3 • KQ942 • 8432 r;:J K1R62 0 QJ + 85 Room I : Room 2: Souru WEST Til NOR EAST Soum WEST NOR Til Oonk.-r Fnrbrs Lu EAST MocLaun Lou D. ,\fyers Lm R. Myrrs Sltmkln Sltmkln 10 l Room I: A light opening bid and a rather tenuous overcall got everyone into the a~ction before North, with the best hand at the table, had a chance to speak. Rrghtly deciding that South's assets must be pretty meagre, Dr. Lee bid the North hand with wise restraint. As West is limited by hi.s Two Diamond bid, East \\auld have been wiser to remove the double to Three Diamonds. After cashing three spades West continued with his fourth spade to force a high trump from dummy. Diamonds were played to dispose of the club loser, and eight tricks were then comfortably made. If West switches to a club, as he prob ably should, South has to play caref4lly to make 7 tricks. Room 2: A more sedate and orthodox auction resulted in the Myers brothers reaching an accurate contract of Three Diamonds just made. North's take-out double is slightly surprising in view of the doubleton heart. If North OVCJ'CIIIs Two Clubs and is doubled, West can hardly stand it and East-West may well miss their diamond fit. 21 By ALBERT DORMER .. (A report of the Masters Individual) It is fashionable to denigrate a disastrous third session. Rod the Masters' Individual as a rigue and Flint now disputed the lottery and perhaps that opinion running until the end. The winner is held by the egregious few who scored above average in each of decline their annual invitations. the five sessions. Another view is that the names of Much of the appeal of this recent winners-Mrs. Markus, tournament lies in the clash of Schapiro, Meredith, Rodrigue, style that it engenders. Here is a Flint and Gray (three tim~s) notable deal that led to six point to skill as playing some part different auctions and the reader in the proceedings. may like to form his own opinion These players are killers as as to how the North-South hands well as fine technicians. The last should be bid, with East-West three are also exceptional in silent:- their ability to take hard knocks West dealer without complaint. East-West vulnerable This year's tournament was NORTH hotly contested as ever-though + AJ9432 we missed four or five great y>8 players-and almost provided a 0 8 repetition of 1954, when Jeremy + AKQ53 Flint and Claude Rodrigue dead WEST EAST heated. Here are the first six + KQ • 10 7 6 5 from the field of twenty-five:- y> 7543 y> Q 6 J. Flint ... 43 I 0 J3 0 K 109762 C. Rodrigue 429 + J8642 + 9 E. Leader-Williams 403 SOUTH G. Fox 397 • 8 J.Marx 392 y>AKJI092 J. Beale 391 0 AQ54 + 107 Leader-Williams led for two Should South call Three Hearts sets of fifteen boards but sustained over One Spade, intending to 22 Jack Marx, making one of Iris rare toumament appearances, finished fifth NoRTH SoUTH rebid Four Hearts? This renects uodtr Mrs. Fritzi ll'i/lloms Gordon the character and strength of the t+ 2\? ha nd and North, with good con 3+ 30 trols and a fine club suit, need not 6NT hesitate to bid Six Hearts after a 3+ two-Ace response to Four No +Kled. Trumps. South's final call is bad, even If South calls only Two Hearts at match-pointed pairs. The like he wi ll have to take control on lihood of an additional trick from • '-:'1. the next round. As it happens, playing in a heart contract out orth's rebid is a strength-show weighs the extra ten points to be in g Three Clubs and South can scored at no trumps. proceed to Six Hearts with some The hearts had to march and, confidence via Four No Trumps. when clubs failed to break, the Let's deal with the inferior con diamond finesse was taken for tracts before seeing how Six Hearts twelve tricks. should be played ::- 23 Rrpnlt~ for conrenlence A subtle contrast' m b~-d ·· NoRm valuation. Juan had called a + AJ9432 Culbertson Four No Trumps, ~ 8 0 8 Jacking the requirements, and had + AKQ53 gone fearlessly for the grand. WrsT EAST Truscott, with Blackwood' avail + KQ • 10 7 6 5 able, decided he had done enough. ' ~ 7543 ~ Q6 Certainly Four Hearts is a better 0 J 3 0 K 109 7 6 2 + J86 42 + 9 contract than Six No Trumps or SoUllf Seven Hearts. + 8 ~ A K J 109 2 NORTH SoUTH Dormer 0 AQ54 • Rodrigue 2\7 + 107 t+ 3+ 30 NORTH SOUTH 3+ 4NT . Juan Harrison-Gray 5NT 6\7 . t+ 3\7 +4 led. 3+ 4\j) 4NT 5NT Rodrigue played the hand well. 1\7 He took an immediate diamond +Kied . finesse and followed with a dia • mond ruff. The closed hand was Theorists will note that North re-entered with a spade ruff and, lacked the technical requirements with \j)Q falling, thirteen tricks (three Aces or two Aces and the were made. King of a bid suit) for his Cul bertson Four No Trumps. He NORTH SOUTH might have ended in Seven missing . HIr on J. Tar/o J+ 2\7 an Ace. Also, J do not see why 30 he credited his partner with a 3+ 4+ 4NT solid heart suit. 5NT 6\j) Gray cleared trumps, ruffed a \73 led. spade to set up the Jack and took the diamond finesse for the thir Tarlo drew trumps, tested clubs teenth trick. and took the diamond finesse. When the remaining trumps were NORTH SOUTH Truscoll Dooktr led out, West was squeezed. t+ •3\j) Had the spade honours been 4+ 4\7 divided there would have been a • + 41ed. double squeeze. 24 . ' NORTH SoUTH .It is ~ust.omary to ~nderline the Bra/~ Sc:haplro wmner s ~Irtu.ousity by reporting I+ # 3\;) 4NT one of his diabolically-contrived 4+ coups. The following does not 5NT 6\7 .conform to that tradition but it 4•-+ led. appeals to me more than any Su apiro took the heart finesse, double squeeze:- dre' trumps and cashed dummy's + Qxx top lubs. A club ruff, followed 1\i 98xx by t. c last trump, left this ending: 0 Qxx + AKQ NoRTH Flint opened an Acol no trump + AJ and the auction continued with 'V- Two Clubs-Two Diamonds(l) 0 X Three No Trumps, which was + x made in great comfort. At other W LST EAsT tables where the bidding started + K Q • 10 in similar fashion, Flint's hand ' Certainly, the world of bridge SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST will be grateful for ever to the INT No _ 3+ (a) No British bridge in general and to 40(b) No 4\/(c) Dbl. the firm Thomas De La Rue in 4NT(d) No 6NT(e) Dbl.(f) particular for the extraordinary No No No achievement called "British Bridge World Challenge Cup." (a) No typographical error! The perfection of the organjsa This is an extended " Texas " tion was only matched by the equivalent to "Three Clubs." marvellous hospitality we all en (b) My hand being maximum joyed during that week in London. No Trump by our standard:;, I tell it, by-passing Three No My only pajnful moment at Trumps and also Four Clubs. Selfridges occurred when I mis . played the following hand:- (c) Intending to give South an opportunity to bid clubs. This South dealer North-South vulnerable message may have been a little NORTH obscure to the partner. East's • Q43 double, however, was perfectly \/ 1 clear. 0 52 (d) My support for partner's + AKJ965.4 clubs (only Qx) being moderate, WEST EAST and my support is his second suit • 19 5 + Al082 (\/A.xx) not so strong either, I 'V J8643 'V KQ102 retired to 4NT. 106 0 0 Q973 (e) Despairing of his partner + 872 + IO over bidding clubs, Jimmy didn't SOUTH fancy bidding that suit himself! + K76 'V A9 5 (f) As an echo of his previous 0 AKJ84 call .. . . + Q3 As a result of this intricate Jimmy Ortiz (North) and I bidding, I was faced by the (South) bid like this:- disagreeable lead of a small heart. 26 ... 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Sl\', ep money distributed, Most Why? · Because if I have a weak of the players have gone home, but raise I say Three Spades, and if Olk ' disgruntled pair remains be- I have an all round hand I either hind. We hear the voice of one of pass or redouble, so Two No them, going over the evening's Trumps, as I say, means a good e\'cnts. It is a on(!-sided con- raise. Everyone plays it like versation . . . . • that, nowadays. Announce it? What for? I thought you knew it. ''What happened ;o us tonight? " What's thatJ I cauld have I just can't get over it. .We must gone to Four Spades ~ver your have been three tops over average Three No Trumps. My dear with three boards to go. fellow, ,you 'as good as told me " Last round a'gainst the your Spade opening was psychic. Schwartztrees, too! What a pair! Of course 1 had to pass. T h ~t woman's got a face like an " What agony that hand was! omelette made with'bad eggs, and Two small hearts in each hand,. neither of them has the slightest they block the suit so that we idea of the game. make the contract, they scream "Now, look llere, old chap, blue murder at one another until you don't play a bad game up ~0 they see the travelling slip. Then a point, but if we're going .to wm did you hear Omelette Face? these duplicates you've got to be ' Why, lover, it's a top for us: a bit quicker on the uptake. Everyone's made Four Spades. Psychology, that's what you ~eed. 'Wrong, lover,' fron_t _male Omelette Face, ' Two patrS ~av~ " Take tha"'t first hand. We made Five Spades.' Nauseatmg. were non-vul. against vul., " Because you didn:t under- remember? You opened One bid we got a cold stand my . I " the Spade as dealer, Omelett~ Fa~ bottom; .. zero integra • squelched out a double and I s~td frenchies call it. Two No Trumps. " The next hand " Now surely you know what , 29 Your lead,' now that was a real •• Naturally ·· I had to double killer! Oh me, oh my! You with- my 10 points: You can't. have Jxx in their suit, I have Qxx, blame me for thinking you had you lead the Jack and we don't at least 11 or 12-you know the make a trick. type of hand- too good to pass, too risky to double. "Yes, yes, I remember the . bidding. The female Schwartz " I like that! So it was I who tree opened One C_lub an4 for the jumped to conclusions this time! moment I couldn't remember What's that about my having no whether they were playing their psychology? You say I didn't silly One Club system. You're notice the miserable way Omelette quite right, I did ask if the One Face said No Bid-that everyone Club was conventional. at the table knew she had at least "Oh, I see. So that was it. 10 points? Well, well, partner dear, you did ."How was I to know she rather jump to conclusions, didn't played that sort of game? Ally you ? Wrong end of ,the jolly old way, I still say I'd rather trust stick, that time. my partner than my opponents. "The third hand? I'd rather not discuss that, if you don't " No, I didn't enjoy the play mind. any more than you did. ·The old basket puffing along in One " It simply proved to me that No Tr~mp doubled with 24 points you lack judgement in a com in the two hands, playing safe as petitive situation. he called it- so safe he nearly " The Schwartztree opened One revoked, and Omelette Face No Trump as dealer, at love all. making horrible gurgling, gloating You were second in hand and noises. asked them what sort of No Trump they played. I mean to " There's only one thing you say! What had you got, to start can say of people like that. They getting so busy? spoil the game." ' ONE HUNDRED UP: On the opposite page we reproduce the November problems so that readers who did not enter for the competition can study the questions again before turning to the answers on. page 43. There is no new competition this month. · . 30 Problem No. 1 (10 points) Problem No. (IO points) scoring, game all, the b"dd" s l.M.P. 1 has gone:- mg Rubber brid 1 ... A ge, ove all the biddm· S•> UTH WEST NoRm •ws gone:- ' 8 EAsr Sourn WEST 10 No NOJmr I~ No 2 0 4+ so ? No ? Db!e. Snuth holds:- South holds:- +KBG4 2 ~- 0975 + KJI062 + 4 \7AKJ63 0 2 + AQJ865 \\ hat should South bid? What should ~outh bid 1 PruiJicm No. 2 (10 points) Problem No. 6 (10 points) · Match-pointed pairs Jove I M .P. scoring, game aU, the biddin all, the has gone:- g bidding has gone:- ' Sourn WEST NORTH So UTH WEST NoRm EAST EAsr INT No 1+ No 20 I + No No Dbl. No 2 0 2+ No ? ') The One No Trump opening is underA South holds:- stood to show 13 to 15 points. +A9764 \7Ql096 073 + K6 South holds:- What should South bid ? + 92 " J83 OA765 + QI084 What should South bid? Problem No. 3 {10 points) I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding Problem No. 7 (10 points) hasgone:- Rubber bridge, Jove all, the bidding SourH WEST NoRm EAST has gone:- 10 No So!JTH WEST NORTH I+ Dbl. 20 No ,. ? ? South holds:- South holds'":- + AI07532 \7K3 O KJ2 + 52 • +- "A874 OAKJ9754 + 83 What should South bid? What should South bid? Problem No. 4 (20 points) Problem No. 8 (20 points) f.M.P. scoring, Jove all, the bidding Do y~ ..:.consider (Y~ or No) that the has gone:- following are necessarily trnp sequences Souru WEST EAST in which one or other of South's bids No No 2" must be wrong? I 2+ No No (a) Soum WEST NoRm EAST ? I + No 2" No South holds:- 2+ No 4+ No + QJ <;:7Q JO OJJ093 + KI0865 S+ (a) Do you agree with South's bid of (b) Soum WEST NORTH EAST Two Spades? State any alternative you No 20 No consider beller. '" No 4" No (b) What should South bid now? S3"+ \ 31 Bridge · ""·orl~ .· Annual Subscription 30/- E.B.U. 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I 32 FRANKLIN I t their first match in d ti f 1 C e ence North dealer o ' te amrose Trophy England North-South vulnerable leading for almost all ,lo ug~ th~ NORTH wl ,Je dJstance, were hard pressed • 87632 b} .t sound Scottish team. The RESULT OF NOVEMBER COMPETffiON With the panel again divided on several questions, there was plenty' of latitude in the scoring. Most points were dropped on problem 8, where at least half the competitors were of opposite mind to the panel on both parts. The prize-winners were:- Max. 100 Equal First J. K. PATES, 66 Falconwood Avenue, Welling, Kent 100 N. F. CHOULARTON, 55 Bradfield Road, Stretford, Lanes. JOO J. T. NAYLOR, II J(jngston Street, Derby. - 100 · Other good scores '\tere: L G. WooD, 97 ; J . E. GoRDON, 97 ; A. P. DRIVER, 95 ; MRS. M. CLEGG, 95 ; J. MACLAREN, 95 ; c. R. B. MURRAY, 95 ; D. w. POYNER, • 94; J. E. TAYLOR, 93; M. E. WEBER, 92; A. HUTCHINSON, 92; Mks. E. HlGGIN:. SON ; 90; F. v. KJMMENADE, 90; F. G. RANDALL, 90; MRS. J. D. K. MARSHALL, 90. .RESULT OF THREE MONTH'S COMPETITION ·- .First Prize of Five Guineas ' A. HUTCHINSON, 65a Churchill Road, Sutton Coldfield. • • Dividing Second Prize of Three Guineas -' J. E. GoRDON, Beechbank, Bromborough, Wirral, Cheshire. 274 L. G. WooD, 26 Broxholm Road, Newcastle-on-Tyne. 214 ' WiMcrs of Gift Vouchers for a Year's Subscription A. P. DRIVER (Cheshire), 273 ; N. F. CHOULARTON (Stretford), 270; B. SERAFINI (Fal~irk), 261. Oose behind were: MRS. G. E.'HIGOJNSON, 260; c. DOHERTY, 259 ; J . HIBBERT, · I 255; C. VICKERMAN, 254. O 36 'l I , • • t ... On page 43 of the November from AK; that the conversation issu l: Mr. Truscott writes as between Mrs. van Rees and the follcws in connection with the tournament director went com Brit .. m-Holland ladies match at pletely over the heads of the Vier 1a:- Dutch players, who understAnd little English; and that West, in " Playing in a. suit contract, leading low from AKJx, knew Mrs van Rees had + A led against that it would cost a trick, partner her .md found this lay-out: having b~gun a peter, and was Qxxx leaning over backwards not to A (9) obtain an advantage. All of 10 X X which puts a different face on the " T he opponents' system card " rough justice." did not show their lead from a There are already too many holding headed by Ace and King, misunderstandings in the bridge so, unsure of her rights, the world. Certainly this is the first declarer consulted the Tourna time that a reporter has dared to ment Director. The ruling given, say anything unpl~asant about the as remarkable as it was unsound, behaviour of a player in the Dutch was that right-hand opponent ladies team. Honi soil qui mal y could explain if she wished. Right pense. HERMAN fiLARSKI, hand opponent uncharitably did Amsterdam. not wish, and the leader tried to I have compressed your letter take advantage of the situation. somewhat, for I assure you that But as her method of doing so was there was ne,•er any doubt of the to play a low spade at trick two guiltless intention of the Dutch fro m + AKJx, giving the +10 a ladies. trick, rough justice was done." To an English ear the use of the For justice's sake, it should be word "uricharitably" and the added that the East-West pair description of the low lead from stated at the beginning of the AKJx clearly bespeak irony. Tll'o match that they were leading Ace points arise from the paragraph: 37 , I ~-,_\· .• -. ·-~:··.\···~; ••• ·.~ • 'r ·:'·.~;'· ~·4, ...... -\ · ··· ;·• .. : · ~~. ~4:~"'~·-·~~:1f't ·. thai there was a muddle which the fact that the ' two ·honours in ' bOtlr': toumament director failed . to re- major suits· are accompanied by ' sOlve, and that alegal point arose four-card length, the strong inter which should be clarified. mediates, and the sandwiching of Please accept regrets from Mr. East between two useful hands, all Truscott and myse(( that there these explain why Besse rejected should have been any misunder- "One No Trump, so frequently standing. passed out for three overtricks."· * * * It is the sort of hand on i••hich nine tricks will roll in froin 22 to 23 May I trouble you with a points. question relating to Problem No. I of the October 100 l}p? After * * * North One Club, East One Heart, Edward Mayer has always been South has to bid on 1053 +Q gravely concerned with the man- .· \/KJ87 O K106 +J9, -and the ners, race· and personal charac panel gives as proper bids One teristics of tournament players, Spade and Two No Trumps. not to mention their deplorable Now what puzzles me is why standard of play. I am all in , you do not mention One No favour of old-world courtesy at Trump. Does not a · free bid, the card table (vide his letter in the over an intervention, show more November B.B.W.), but I think than a simple response? 1 should he tends to torture. himself un be grateful if you would give me, necessarily. roughly, the present theory atout Thus, in reporting for The Times responding over interventions. the world individual champion Am I to bid as if there were no ship at Monte Carlo, he gave tliis interference, save .only tHat I alarming picture: " Madame C. show a guard? Martin (France) is thought to have GERALD ABRAHAMS, an outside chance although she Liverpool 15. lies thirteenth, since French com- A free response of One No petitors who have no hope for Tnunp certainly has a higher themselves are notoriously gener range than a simple respf!nse.: in ous towards their fair opponents.'' terms of points, you may say 7 to The French have a sense of 10 rather than 6 to 9. · humour, but this passage did not The simple fact about the present . strike them as excru9iatingly hand is that " 10 points" by no funny ; .the point, however, is that means represei1ts its true l'O/ue. Tl.e · Mr. Mayer wa~ apparently_un- 38 ' .. ,. .: • I • • ': ,'' ~ ~l•f.r\ i• .~:· .. . ·. . • •rr:: • 1,' {I c 1 ",tot:: !~·;:: ;;-:· :-:-:'k~.,.~- aware that (a) all the F · :::. ' ':: ~ ,.,, .' •.• -.' .,, ·s ptay~rs were very much i~e~~~ La Revue .. Belg·.e .,:~=.'\ :': runnmg (b) special steps had been - - taken to guard against this form d U . .., .,. of gcnerostty, which would have \. B • dqne far more harm than good ridge to the mnocent Madame M u· M M ar n. Un programme complet pour r. ayer was shocked when amateurs et experts I fa il. ed to return a cash pnze. to the unpoverished sponsors of this Direction technique : to~rn ament. What a pity !'didn't A. Fin~lesteln thmk of making an historical gesture: "Messieurs," I would . Abonnement annuel say to the Casino Municipale de . ( 12 numeros) 220 frs. belges Monte Carlo, " take back your money-you need it more than ' I do." 64, Avenue Louise, Bruxelles. Aga .m , why did Mr. Mayer have to go to " the distant island of Rhodes " for a report on the churli_sh behaviour of two English- ing why I could not turn up at the men m the European champion- prize-giving. shi~? Those who actually played The solution, surely, is for Mr. agamst the pair in question formed Mayer to leave the nineteenth an entirely different impression. bolr and go out more on the As for my failure to attend course. certain functions connected with M. HARRISON-GRAY, the British Bridge World Cup, London, N.W.3. Mr. Mayer is big enough to give To do the other men's thinking a supreme glimpse of the obvious for him, and then attack hlmjor - ere may have been an having wicked thoughts, is an • " th explanation." There was. As this ancient but not altogether logical is a bridge magazine and not a method of conducting a contra medical journal, we can leave it versy. No doubt .Mayer would at that. The suggestion that reject most of the attimdes attribut- foreign competitors felt slighted is ed to /Jim. Howerer, we must end flattering but far-fetched since I ·this correspondence noll', before II made a point of saying ~ood-bye · strays still further from the point to them at Selfridges and explain- originally raised. 39 by HAROLD FRANKLIN . The Sunday morning Bidding Match been assured that the Three Heart bid. had a truly international character with was strictly limit. The Four Heart Bruce Bell and Rex Evans from New contract scored a maximum 100, Four :Z.ealand, Claude Reichenbach and Spades was rewarded with 50 and Three Gerard Bo.urcbtoff from Switzerland No Trumps and Five Clubs with 20, and France, Sidpey Lee and Standish Pedro Juan once again having under Booker bringif!g a touch of Vienna to taken the duty of assessing the contracts. the English representation and Charles Lee and Booker established the H. Goren and Kenneth Konstam form efficacy of the Vienna system on this ing q distinguished Anglo-American deal as follows:- alliance. Sourn The first hand:- INT North dealer 2IY> Love all 3<:;' NoRTH No +. KQ98 and we began to have doubts as to the V' 10 4 testing nature of the deal. 0 5 Our next pair introduced the first note + AK9132 of " science." Sourn NORTii Sourn R~lrh~nboch Baurchtoff + A 74 •+ IV' IV> KQJ72 20 0 K98 •• 3V' 108 3+ + No Bruce Bell and Rex Evans, good Our beloved bid of· " the fourth suit favourites in a popularity vote amongst forcing " has crossed the channel- and our distinguished visitors, scored a Two Diamonds was, in the Baron man " bull " with the following sequence ner, merely a request for further their system " Gladiator "-closer in information. Reichenbach exercised style to the American methods than to his judgement in passing Three Hearts our own:- - faultily, in my view, for his partner's NoRTif · Souni hearts were not likely to be much worse B~ /1 E1·ans +I V' l than they were and the North hand had +I <:;'3 both high card tricks · and a ruffing +4 pt on Beachy Head· Dr. Sidney Lee and Mrs. Fritzi Gordon. And K•ho's be/r ind? See next page. . PAolo3 by Claudr RoJri111r NORTH SOUTH t~rget when Bell made all the runnin1 Gorrn Kon31am with the North hand:- I+ I ~ NoRm Sourn . I+ 30 2+ 3+ 4+ 2~ 3 ~ 5+ No 4+ (?) 40 (Four Aces) 4NT (?) 5 ~ (Two Kings) Hand No. 2 6~ No Six Hearts was assessed by Mr. Juan South dealer • as worth 70 against 100 for Six Game all Diamonds. NoRTH ' Lee and Booker scored 30 for a + K98 cautious Three No Trumps, while the ~ QJ64 last two pairs were disappointed to 0 97532 receive, no points for Six No Trumps. + J In Vienna this hand proved ideal for the Acol style, Rose and Gardener SoUTH bidding as follows : + AQ3 Sount ~ AK9 NoRTH 2+ 0 AKJ 2NT + A9 7 6 20 60 30 Dell and Evans were again near the 41 Quite riglrt (see pre1•ious page): Marjorie \'an Rees and Standish Booker. Hand No. 3 was an old trap that found Heart, but spades were then introduced new victims:- and again Six was reached. South dealer It was left to the continental visitors North-South game to produce the one plus score on the NOR Til hand with the following well-informed . + A 7 53 sequence:- ~ KQJ7 NORTH SOlrrH 0 K82 Rt'icht'nbach Bourchtoff + J9 t + I ~ SOIJTII 30 4+ K982 ~ · + 4+ 4NT ~ 103 50 5~ 0 AJ 6+ No + AKQ106 Six No Trumps scored 100, Six Clubs The result was a win for the New 90. If the bidding begins: t +- 1 ~; Zealanders with a score of 170 out of a t + -4+ , it is hard to avoid Six Spades, possible 300, followed by Lee and which was the contract reached by the Booker with 130 and considerably ex first two pairs to bid. ceeded, as we were audibly advised, by a Konstam and Goren had a chance good number of the audience. All of to escape trouble when Konstam which makes for an enjoyable Sunday rebid Two No Trumps over One morning. 42 •, One Hutidred up .. ... ~) · Conducted by the EDITOR . .. NoH·mbcr Solutions: Jf you did not enter for the November Competition, try your hand at the problems on page 31 before reading how the experts voted. lucre are two newcomers to the panel DoRMER: II Three Diamonds. The thi( month, Albert Donner and Freddy risk of getting too high is worth taking No rth. Answers were received al to keep opponents out." together from thirteen experts, as MRS. MARKus: II Three Diamonds. fo llows : K. W, Konstam, J . Flint, B. I am bidding Three Diamonds as a semi Schapiro; R. Sharples, C. Rodrigue, defensive measure. West is bound to M r~. R. Markus, A; Dormer, F. Nor!h come in with Two Hearts if I pass. I ami A. Truscott, all of London and the cannot stand a Double of that and he Ho me Counties; C. E. Phillips, may find it more difficult to come in at. Cheshire; B. P. Tapley, Manchester; the Three level." H. Filarski, Amsterdam; and Jean TRuscorr: II Three Diamonds. This Besse, Paris. is a bid partner is quite likely to pass, and I hope he will. The bid is to prevent Problem No. I (10 points) the opponents from coming to life in I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding · the heart suit, but may encourage part has gone:- ner to get too high. An argument for a SoUTH WEST NoRnt EAST pass is ihnt neither oppon~nt hM yet 10 No been able to bid hearts, which suggests No 20 No that North has some strength there." Two panelists fastened on that last South holds:- point:- +K8642 y>- 0 975 + KJJ06~ Fw.rr: No Bid. There are no hearts What should South bid~ in this pack! I feel this shoul~ deter A ns 1n~r : Three Diamonds, 10; No one from any further enterpn~, as partner is liable to hold unsuitable Bid, 7; Three Clubs, 3. The panel's \'Ole: 9 for Three . Dia goodies." 11 No Bid Opponents ha\'e monds, 2 for No Bid, (Flint, Rodngue), RoDRIGUE : . v· h nearly half the points in the.pack. \ Jt 1 for Three Clubs (Konstam). ten hearts they would surely have ~n,~ekredely South has to consider his bid from ence partner IS 1 the arena b Y no W• h d · two angles: (I) Is the hand worth to have four hearts and the han ~s ~ another bid, in the sense thnt a puss rna~ misfit I just cannot see eleven tn~ lead to a missed game? <2) Even If h~ve no inclination to play for OJne nd game is unhkcly. , ·IS ·11 a d VI· sable to make. a " another bid for tactical and defensive in No Trumps. 'b'lity of duplica- 4 w Apart from the pOSSI I ted reasons ? . I feel that the panel has exaggcra. twn, of prevcnttnl The majority of the pa.nel ~en: the tactical importance m. f1 uence d by the second consldernuon. 43 West from coming in with Two Hearts. Three Hearts only helps opponents in There were two ways of looking at this. the defence." Jf that happens and they can be pushed PHILLIPS:-' "Three Spades. This is to Three Hearts partner may well have not the type of hand dn which a y a good double. heart fit, if it exists, is likely to provide There is one bold suggestion: a better contract than 5-3 in spades." KONSTAM: "Three Clubs. I can see Those who suggested Three Hearts, no reason tomakeother than the natural however, for the most part treat this as bid on the hand." a trial bid rather than as an attempt to A reason may occur to him when find an alternative contract. partner calls Three No Trumps. Now, KoNSTAM: " Three Hearts. I feel the if he pushes on to Four Diamonds, he hand is just worth another effort and a will be giving an exagge('ated impression trial bid of Three Hearts seems the best. of his holding. RoDRIGUE:" Three Hearts. Certainly Problem No. 2 (10 points) worth a trial bid." · . I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding TOPLEY: Three Hearts. Worth a has gone:- try for gamr, and a heart fit will help." Souni WEST NoRTH EAST ScHAPIRO says that his instinct (not t+ No to mention his recollection of what 20 2+ No happened) urges him to say No Bid. He has one supporter:- South holds:- TRuscorr: " No Bid. It is tempting +A9764 ~QJ096 073 + K6 to try, but game is at best a borderline What should South bid ? proposition and West's vulnerable bid Answer: Three Spades or Three suggests that at least one black suit will Hearts, 10; Four Spades, 6; No Bid, 4. not break." 77te panel's rote: 5 for Three Hearts, If no one else gives me right, Rixi will, 3 for Three Spades, 3 for Four Spades I thought, and so it was:- (Mrs. Markus, Donner, Besse), 2 for · MRs. MARKus: "Four Spades. With No Bid (Schapiro, Truscott). out hesitation. A free bid by partner in This is a hand from Vienna on which, this position cannot be weakness. Kx uncharacteristically perhaps, I went to of his suit must be useful." Four Spades. Two finesses went wrong DoRMER contributes: " Four Spades. (including OK over North's AQ) andJ Just! " and Besse makes Four Spades was two down. While admitting that the book bid. my bid was on the forward side, I was Problem No. J (10 points) unwilling to accept my partner's con l.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding tention that the hand was 'closer to a has gone:- pass than to Three Spades. As expected, SouTH WEST NORTH EAST the majority thought the hand worth n I 10 No try:-'- I+ Obi. 20 No Fil.ARSKI: "Three Spades. Too good ? to pass. Three Hearts makes no sense; South holds:- if there is a 4-4 heart fit, what discards + AJ07532 ~K3 OKJ2 + 52 can North make on the long spades? What should South bid'? 44 Answer: Two No Trumps or Three TRuscorr: " Three No' Trumps. A Diamonds, 10; Three No Trumps . or rather wild gamble,· with an apology Four Diamonds, 8; Three Spades, 5. ready if the opponents rattle off lots of Clubs. On a heart lead there should The panel's l'Ote: 4 for Two No be eight top tricks and North must have · Trumps, 4 for Three Diamonds, 3 for something in the side suits." Thm : No Trumps (Dormer, Truscott, I I Bes~d . I for Four Diamonds (Konstam), That is not how see it. expect at I for Three Spades (Sharples). least one side suit to be wide open. Forgetting my own extra\rangance, this l llls, in contrast to the last problem, .seems to me the. most balanced answer: was one of my more successful enter KoNSTAM: "Four Diamonds. The pri ~t:s in competitive bidding. Playing best available bid. The bidding would with Schapiro against the Sharples in an indicate that the spades are stacked and International Trial some years ago, I a rebid in this suit at the Three level jumped to Five Diamonds, which turned could result in at least a missed game out to be a clever move, for we were one and possibly even a penalty, while Two do'' n and Five Clubs was on for the Spades or Three Diamonds is too much opponents. The bid looks exaggerated of an underbid." on paper, but I knew that my partner would not have bid Two Diamonds to Problem No. 4 (20 points) hear his own voice and having made up I.M.P. sccring, love all, the bidding my mind that I would go to Five has gone:- Diamonds over Four Hearts I decided SoUTH Wr:sr to bid it at once- a sort of anticipatory No No sacrifice tha t might not be a sacrifice. 2+ No The panel expressed some widely ? difTcr ent opinions:- South holds:- TorLEY : " Three Diamonds. The + QJ NATIONAL MASTERS Qualification: 150 Master Poillfs None I • '. COUNTY MASTERS Qualification: 50 Master Poillls Herts ... Mrs. G. Durran (55). Kent N. S. L. Smart (65). London C. Rodrigue (107), Mrs. F. Gordon (105), Mrs. R. Markus, Dr. S. Lee (79), S. Booker (69). Middlesex Miss D . Shanahan {Ill), A. Rose (77), R. Preston, R. Swimer (54), J. Nunes, D. J. Smerdon {51). North Eastern Dr. M. Rushton (53). . ' I North Western D. Franks (65), J. Lazarus (62), D. Myers, R. Myers, (51). Notts. Mrs. D. M. Hopewell (53). \ Surrey J. Sharples ( 116), R. Sharples ( 115), J. C. Street (50). Wurwlcks E. J. Spurway (80), P. F. Spurway (71). Yorkshire J. Hochwald (73), A. Finlay (54), I. Manning (50). 50 LOCAL MASTERS Qualification: I 5 Master Points Derbyshire Dr. 1. C. Macfarlane, Mrs. K. M. H. Neale (15). Devon G. Levey (22), N. A. T. Vinson (15). ... . Essr ·..: ... 1. Cardwell (22), D. Romain (17), A. M. Grant (16), ·- G. B. Burrows (15). Glo·,;:cstershire J. T. Vowles {16), Mrs. Russell Jessop {15). Her s. A. Wolfeld (43), G . Durran (41), Mrs. K. S. Richard (20), G .. Harrower (15). .' ,.l ' Kcm ... H . St. J. Ingram (39), Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Hunter (21), G. Hammond {18), Mrs. G. Hammond (17). Lckestcrshire Mrs. M. Cole (21), N. Alton, Col. G. H. F. Broad, Mrs. F. Millett (18), S. Josephs (15). London P . Juan, D. C. Rimington (37), Mrs. M. van Rees (36), M. Wolach (34), Mrs. M. Whitaker (33), J. Marshall (32.), V. Mollo (26), Mrs. V. Cooper (25), G . C. H. Fox (24), Mrs. B. Gordon (20), Lady Rhodes, Mrs. D. M. Shammon (16), Dr. M. Rock felt, Mrs. M. Lester (15). Middlesex R. Crown (20). • ' Norfolk A. E. Shaw (17), J. C. Jewson (15). North Eastern Dr. D . C. Dove (45), H. Hamblin (18), H. Esther ( 17), D. G. Fraser (16), Mrs. H. Esther {1_5). North Western I M Morris (49), S. Blaser (36), F. Farrington (33), G G Endicott (22), Mrs. M. Wylde (20), Mrs. B. F~anks (19), J. E. Gordon (18), M. Esner, P. E. Morley, C. E. Phillips, W. J. Wo~g ~l6)M MrG a~d d Mrs W W. L. Fearn, E. L. FJggls, rs. . . aH~ . . R. T Higson P. G. Littler (15). 1ggmson, . · • . t (42) R D F Oland, N. R ~ C. Frith Nottinghamshire m on , · · · ~4)~C . ~ard (29), J. H. C. Godfrey (17), Mrs. E. M. rs A J. Garratt (15). . • Burns (16), M · · 51 Staffs. Mrs. D. M. Hallett (22), Mrs. P. Hartill (21), Mrs: W. Davis, C. E. Robinson (16). Surrey E. Leader-Williams (40), J. D. R. Collings (35), B. • Parker (30), Mrs. J. Evins (28), R. A. Priday (27), L. Helm (25), Mrs. 0. Goodall (24), J. Flint, A. F . . Truscott {23), Mrs. J. Craig, Miss S. Evans (21), D. Carter (~0), D. C. Luxton, G. F. Mathieson• (17), F. J. Hobden {16), R. J. Blyton, Mrs. M. Edwards (15). Sussex J. Pearlstone (37), J. Albuquerque (36), R. Franse~ (31), F. North (22), Mrs. E. Hariison (18), J. Pugh (16), J. C. Giddins, J. Hawkins, G. H. Yarnell (15). Wanvks. A. E. Brookes (33), Mrs. A. E. Brookes (32), F. W. Marston (24), E. Foster (22), Mrs. W. E. D. Hall (21), H. K. Cooke, W. E. Q. Hall, P. G, Whitehouse (20), M.A. Porter {19), J. T. Chapman, L. Levey (16). Worcs. G. R. Dawes (23), Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Healey (15). ' · Yorks. C. Vickennan (47), J. H. Taylor (44), J. Bloomberg Mrs. M. Oldroyd · (41 ),- R. Dorsey (3'7), S. Leviten (32), C. Manning (28), D. Sellman, M. Leviten (26), D. Lyons, E. Messer (24), H. Franklin (23), E. C. Milnes (19); H. Pelham (17), R. S. ~rock~ Mrs. R. Corwen (16), J.D. Colley, .Mrs. M. Frith, ' . Mrs. J. Hadfield, R. Vincent, Mrs. J. C. Bowler (15). Wales Mrs. J. S. Spickett (25), Mr. and Mrs. J. Ernst (23); Dr. J. S. . Spickett (22), G. Fox (16), Dr. Butler (16). . ' i...... 4 ~ . t ~P" I • - CLUB MASTERS , . ' Qualification: 2 Master Points '. Over 1,000 Club Masters have been registered. I 52 "'.: l. .. j - I' ... ·' R. F. CoRWEN, 535 Otley Road, Leeds, 6. Jlire-Chairman ..• A. ELUOIT, 60a Portland PI~, london, W.l. ...\. , , Ho.1. Secretor;: MRS. A. L. FLEMING, 12 Frant Road, Tunbridge I I , r'f., Wells, Kent. ""~-' Hm. Treasurer H. CoLLINS, 152a Fulham Palace Road London W.6. ' ' H 11. Tournament Secretary ... MAJOR GEOFFREY FELL, Craven lead Works Skipton, Yorkshire. (Phone: Skipton 32) ' M Iter Points Secretary F. BLNGIIAM, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.l6. H •1. Registrars Messrs. LEAVER CoLE & Co. The Council of the English Bridge Union is made up of Delegates from County ar I Area Associations, whose Secretaries are as follows:- 8 1 RKS. & BUCKS. Mrs. Matlhews, 10 Sutton Avenue, Slough m :RBYSHIRE E. White, Flat 2, 193 Station St., Burton-on-Trent or:voN F. C. Keyte, 64 Fleet Street, Torquay ESSEX Miss M. Eve, 40 Forest Way, Woodford Wells GLOUCESTERSHIRE W. N. Morgan-Drown, 5 Douro Road, Chelten· ham HERTFORDSHIRE ... C. G. Grenside, I The Cloisters, Gran~ Court Road, Harpenden KENT ... Mrs. R. H. Corbett, West Kent Club, Boyne Par~. Tunbridge Wells LEICESTERSHffiE ... L. G. Cayless, Farm Edge, leicester Road, Thurcaston LINCOLNSHIRE S. Vincent, 46 The Park, Grimsby ·F. Pitt Reynolds, 32 Highbury Place, London LONDON N.S Mrs. J. Johnston, Flat 2, Redmgton Grange, MIDDLESEX 42 Redington Road, London, N.W.3. H. Hudson, Stanfield Hall, Wymondham, NorfoUc NORFOLK H. V. Lightfoot, 194 Holywood Avenue, Gosforth NORTH EASTERN Newcastle-on-Tyne, 3 Mrs. H. T. Halewood, 7 McndipRd., Liverp~l, 15 NORTH WESTERN ... J H. C. Godfrey, Leighton House, Lmcoln NOITINGHAMSHfRE • Street Nottingham R •G Beck I Blenheim Drive, Oxford_ OXFORDSHIRE Mrs. . . d. 't 13 Whitcladies Road, Chfton, p, R1char son, SOMERSET ... . Bristol 8 L' d y Manor LindsaY Road, Mrs. W. J. Davy, m sa • SOUTHERN COUNTIES Bourne~outh 6 L' hfield Road Stafford Robmson, IC ' d S th C · E. . . 110 Banstead Roa ou • STAFFORDSHIRE R. F. R. Ph1lhps, SURREY Sutton h 18 Westboume Villas, Jlo\'e Mr~. F. Nort ' V hall Street, Birmingham. 4 SUSSEX H. K. Cooke, 46 au~ . Sq~re Worcester WARWICKSHIRE Allen 28 Bntanma • "' R. D . • , 146 Soothill Lane, Batley, • .. s. WORCESfERSHJRE Mrs. A. Ca.rtwnght. YORKSHIRE ... 53 by HAROLD FRANKLIN North-Western North dealer c.n.A. Congress, ntackpool North-South game NORTii The outstanding feature of this + A 1072 Congress was the size of it, which, as ~ AK965 ever, was bigger than ever, reaching 0 J 5 the mammoth proportions of 147 tables + A4 in play on the Sunday afternoon~ The WEST EAST attractiveness of the prizes proved an • QJ653 + 9 irresistible magnet and ·the venue pro ~ 10 8 3 ~ Q72 vided playing accommodation able to 0 K4 0 8 cope in comfort with these and even + 1072 + KQJ98653 greater numbers. Sourn In the Pairs Championship S. Blaser + K84 and S. Denby of Manche~ter won ~ J4 narrowly from Mr. and Mrs. Della 0 AQ1097632 Porta of London, 4,426 points as + - against 4,409. The Team·s Champion North, with his excellent controls; raised. ship also went to Manchester, J. Lazarus, to Six Diamonds. At forty per cent. S. Blaser, B. H. Franks and F. Farring of the tables this was the final contract ton scoring 26 against 23 by B. P. Tapley, -at a further forty per cent. after two E. L. Silverstone, Mrs. Higginson and passes · West sacrificed in Seven Clubs H. Isaacson of Manchester and Black and escaped for a loss of 900. pool and 22 by G. Mathieson, J. Hochwald, Dr. D. Dove and Dr. M. Welsh Bridge Union Congress, '" Rushton of London, Yorkshire and the Porthcm\1 North-East. The Ladies Pairs pro Although the two principle events duced an equally close finish, Mrs. Lee went to the London " pros,'' Welsh Miss Ramus of Manchester winning players, and local players in particular, • with 129, one point ahead of Mrs. took a good share of the ,trophies. Dent and Mrs. Woodward, also of Mr. and Mrs. 0. B. Hands of Porth Lancashire, with Mrs. E. Field and cawl won the Flitch, appropriately, in and Credland of Dewsbury two points · their silver wedding year and Mrs. behind. Jones and Mrs. Morgan, also a local In the Pairs Championship freakish pair, won the ~adies Pairs from a deals were the order of the day. This strong field. In the Men's Pairs the one was particularly well handled on seasoned Welsh campaigners A. Stone the whole:- and S. Rivlin edged out Reese and North opened One Heart and East Schapiro and the Congress Fours went bid Four Clubs. South made a good to Swansea in the persons of ~ · V. descriptive bid of Five Diamonds and Bevan, R. L. Griffin, Dr. and Mrs. J . 54 McNair. An Anglo-Welsh alliance was South dealer su~t-cssful in the Ladies Fours, Mrs. Love all Sp1ckett and Mrs. Fletcher of Wales NORTH and Mrs. Pimblett and Mrs. Owen + KJ8632' 1;' Da1 1es of Wolverhampton. ~ AQ ._, Jq the Championship Teams event 0 - I fo r the Porthcawl Cup, t~e favourites, + AK754 WEST T. · ~eese, B. Schapiro, Mrs. B. Gordon EAsT • 10 7 5 an ' A. Easey came through, but by the + AQ CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 5{- per line. Special terms for a series BRIDGE CLUBS AND HOTELS EASTDOURNE IIARROW . WllrniiAL.I. BRIOOl! CL.~Howa~d Square. HARROW BRIDOE CL.UB- 16 NorthwJclc Parle Stakes 2d. 3d. and 6d. 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Folder Free ro all under personahupervrBlso,odn ~•'fs ~na' s Road, Poinu contcsu. 5,~d io (Dept. .n. 114 Wla- The London School o . n 11~ the Mayrait Drid;e w 1 or ' pbonc GRO.lSU London, S.\11 .3. KENson&ton 7201 ' more Suec:t. Lond~n, ' - 55 mitted to play there if partner's hand club, ente~ · dummy with the Queen or was not quite unsuitable. Schapiro hearts for a further club ruff, re--entered however interpreted the bid as a slam with the Ace of hearts for the now try with diamonds as the agreed suit. established club and reduced the hel~ Impressed by his secondary controls in Jess East to his one trump trick. the two unbid suits he accepted the invitation and bid Six Diamonds. Lady MUne Cup A spade lead gives. the defence four Mrs. Craig's team, the Whitelaw' tricks, a heart or club holds them to a Cup winners, won the Lady Milne Cup modest three. West however led the for England. ' Wales was second, Jack of Diamonds and with the air of a Northern Iretand ~ird,. and Scotland man who had never thought the con fourth. The event was played at Belfast tract in doubt Schapiro won with the and the visiting teams were received Queen and cashed the Ace, discarded with overwhelming kindness and hos one spade on a club and ruffed a third pitality. Diary of Eve11ts 1958 Jan. 18-19 ENGLAND V. NORTHERN IRELAND ... ' ... Home 24-26 WHITELAW CUP Eastbourne Jan. 25-Feb.3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH Como (Italy) Jan. 3t....:Feb. 2 CROYDON CONGRESS ... Town Hall Feb. • 8-9 WADDINGTON CUP FOR MASTERS PAIRS London 14-15 DAlLY TELEGRAPH CUP FINAL • .•• Waldorf Hotel . 22- 23 ENGLAND V. WALES Away Mar. I ANNE REESE CuP FINAL .. . 49 Hallam St. 7- 9 E .B.U. SPRINO CoNGRESS .. . Harrogate 21 - 24 DEVON C .B.A. CoNGRESS ...... Torquay 29- 30 NORTH OF ENGLAND PAIRS FINAL Harrogate MIDLANDS PAIRS FINAL ...... Droitwich SOUTH OF ENGLAND PAIRS FINAL.. . 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