The British Bridg·E: .. ·world Editorial BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM (EDITOR)

VOL. 14, ~0. 9 CONTENTS SEPTBfBER, 1963

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Editorial 5

Baden Baden-British Spa, by Eric Jannersten ... 6-13

Annals of RufT's Club, by Terence Reese 14-15

The under Fire, by Harold Franklin 17-28

Bridge in Poland, by K. R. Schleyen 30-32

Precautionary Measures (2), by Eric Crowhurst 33-36

The Bridge Battle of the Century, by Terence Reese 38-4-l

One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron 45-53

Bridge Academy, conducted by G. C. H. Fox 55-61

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Next month's English l3 ricit:.:: · :1;cnts for charter flights and Union congress at Eastoo;.m~~ · (,old accommodation at reduced opens a new tournament sc~s0:1 rates. Many ordinary bridge and interest will centre quickly players who have never visited on the selection scheme for the the United · States will want to world bridge Olympiad to be held take advantage of these arrange­ in New York next year. ments, combining a low-cost holi­ The Chairman of the ll.B.L. day with an exciting bridge occa­ selection committee, Mr. Geoffrey sion. Full details will be an­ Butler, has indicated that women nounced in these columns as pairs who have aspirations to soon as possible. play in New York would be well ALL MOD. CO~ advised, in competitions this sea­ son, to play with the partner with The Secretary of a long-estab­ whom they would wish to play lished bridge club in the north­ in the trials. Presumably this west London suburbs (foundcd means that the B.B.L. intend to in 1936) is retiring next month adopt the method hinted at last and the Directors of the pro­ year-of designating certain im­ prietary company arc about to portant tournaments as Inter­ consider the appointment of a national Class Events, and basing successor. They would bc plcascd invitations to play in the trials to hear from intcrcstcd bridgc upon the performance of players players and they suggcst that the in these events. position might well suit a marricd The Chairman of the selection couple on thc point of rctirem..:nt committee has not made a similar from ordinary busincss. A four­ ~tnnouncement concerning the room flat with all ser\'iccs is Open team for New York. It is provided as part of the remunera­ to he hoped that an announce­ tion, plus a modcrate salary. ment concerning the Open team Letters from intcre~ted pl.'rSl'll~ will not he as long delayed as can be addr~:ssed tn the Briti~h last season, when players wen: Bridl!e World, J5 Dl)\'l.'f Str~:.:t. kept in the dark until tH.:arly the \\'.1: and will h.: fM\\ ard..:d end of the season. unop..:ncd if · th..:y an: ck;~rly The American Contract Bridl!e markcd "Brid~..: Secretary" l'll League is busy making arrang~- the out:-ide. BADEN EN

. Eric Jannersten, Secretary of the lnter­ iwtional Bridge Press Association and Editor of the Swedish "Bridgetidningen," reports on the recent British successes.

It is not at all difficult to fore- of experience, but would this cast the outcome of a European really be enough in a marathon championship. You are safe in tournament, where physical con- sticking to the big three, France, dition could count? · Britain and Italy. If any other But the British odds shortened team should divide this trio at when it was known that Forquet the top of the final table, the time and Garozzo, who were the out­ is ripe to talk about a big surprise. standing pair in the World Cham- France did not do very well in · pionship, could not take part. the World championship at St. Their substitutes were Chiaradia Vincent a month ago, and now · and D'Alelio, who at St. Vincent in the European championship had not shown their usual high they had a somewhat. weaker team standard. and could hardly be counted No fewer than 18 nations favourites. The Italian team entered the. Open class this year. captain, Pcrroux, had threatened Matches of 40 boards were played, to come to Baden-Baden with a total of 680 boards, by no ~is strongest players; in that case, ~cans a picnic. But as Reese, tf a weaker Italian team had Schapiro, Harrison-Gray, Flint, been able to take the World Konstam and J. Tarlo performed. crown, why should not also the they in fact found Baden-Baden European title be destined for a very relaxing place. They treated Italy? the marathon as a gent 1c stroll Brita~n, with the very old boys and set a record which I guess (acc,>rdmg to Schapiro one mcm- will be unbroken for ever. Out her of the British team was of of seventeen matches they won the same age as the Finnish team fifteen with 6-0 and the remaining together), had of course plenty two (against Norway and Sweden) 6 5-l. thus finishing with _it !.~ ( :~ In the next round Britain points fewer than the ma>.i r:•.Lr.·i. ~ .~ f~atcd Denmark with 78-5-+. ~i g ain a precarious margin for The day-by-day rc!o,ults \~ -0. Italy beat Spain 6-0 and France recovered with 110-51 The Championships began a :; expected, the big three winning against Finland. In the fifth their matches 6-0. Britain de­ round only Britain of the big feated Lebanon 100-71 (a smaller three failed to score the maximum~ victory than expected), France Norway got 1-5 against the took care of Holland with I 00-60 champions. and Italy murdered Egypt with The French chances definitely no less than 163-60. Finland were disappeared when they drew 3-3 the surprise of the round, defeat­ against Sweden after the Swedes ing last year's third, Switzerland, had taken a flying start with 40-0. by 5-l (but the Swiss first-string, This match was shown on Brid­ Jean Besse, had not yet reached · gerama and was one of the very Baden-Baden). best spectacles during the whole One of the key matches came tournament. Britain .took care quickly: France v. Britain in the of Spain with 119-44 and Italy !.ccond round. France threatened followed suit with 125-63 against to take some victory points, but Holland. in the end lost 0-6 with 77-99 Britain now led with 35 v.p.s (a minimum of 21 i.m.p. is needed and Italy were second with 33. for 6-0). Italy had no trouble Then there was a big drop to the \Vith Norway, winning 103-42. third, one of the successes of the At this point only four teams tournament, Finland, with 23. had succeeth:d in taking the One victory point behind them maximum; Spain and Germany came France and Poland. Six were the two others. rounds had been played. After the third round, however, For many years Finland sub­ Britain alone had a 100~ {, record. scribed to the bottom pbce in Italy-Poland was a 3-3 draw: the final table: but the: ncw while Britain easily defeated the genaation of Finns play a sura­ h~ttom tc. .'am, Egypt. The top modern game. In comparison ol the table read: Britain I};, the Italian scientillc bidding lool..s Italy 15, Germany, Spain and rathc:r childishly primitive! Finland 14. Fr:·2 with Germany. hut very exciting. Most of the Britain conti•! :cd to pile up the time Britain led by about 20 i.m.p. points and \Vilh four rounds to Italy could have gained a Jot on go had scorcci i7 (Italy 62, Poland the last few boards but failed 50, Switzerin.nd 47, Sweden and to take advantage and the result, France 44). g J-58, meant that Britain took In the 14th round Sweden led 6-0 against their only real rivals. 40-29 against the champions at The road was free for an easy half-time but . in the second half ride to the titles. · The French Britain exerted superiority. There were now definitely out of the was no better talking-point than race, having lost 0-6 to Belgium. that Britain had to be satisfied The outcome became still more with 5-l. The only interesting of a foregone conclusion when titbit in the 15th round was thaf Italy and Finland played 3-3. Sweden and Finland ·were fined Britain won as usual, this ·time 2 v.p.s for lazy play. Britain 6-0 against Austria. In the ninth took the usual 6 points from round both leaders took 6-0, Belgium. Britain against Holland and Italy Italy and France met in the against Ireland. At this point 16th round but the match was Britain had 53 v.p.s and Italy 42. rather poor. Italy took 6-0, Finland were third with 37, and it was GermanY's turn to France fourth with 34 and Poland get a zero from Britain. fifth with 32. At last came the final round We scribes thought that Poland, in a tournament that lacked every who had done very well, could ounce of excitement. Britain possibly do something to the played Switzerland and showed British in the tenth round, but no: p<;rfect style, winning the final 20 it was another 6 v.p.s for Britain boards with 74-6. while Italy had only a winnin~ draw (4-2) against Iceland. So Thus Britain took the titles now the only remaining question with a remarkable 100 out of 102 was, how big the British victory v.p.s. Italy, with the world cham­ would he. pions Chiaradia, D'Aiclio and Pabis Ticci supported by Messina. In the II th round Britain took Bianchi and Brogi, were runtw.rs­ !heir six points against Finland, up with 84. Poland came tlurJ Ill the 12th against Ireland and with 70, Finland fourth with 60 8 while France and Switze~! <: r. ~.i Or, can the real reason for my shared fifth place with 59. l\ :!·· impression be that there arc so gium got 49, Sweden 46, Jrc!.:L1':!. many big tournaments, so that 44, Spain 41, Denmark 39, Al! :; t: i.l rn :tny of the best players prefer and Germany 38, Holland %, to miss the fortnight-long Euro­ Lebanon 35 and Egypt 31 . pean Championship,' where just honour and no money is to be Press Room impressions earned? Of course it is quite impossible The big match of the tourna­ to watch the play at 36 tables ment, Britain versus Italy, was no at the same time. It may be that demonstration of fine bridge. excellent bridge was played away And the audience did not seem from the spotlights, but my im­ to care. The main thing was that pression is that the top standard something happened; bad or good is lower now than a couple of play was just the same. The first years ago. It is a pity that you swing of the match went to cannot count bridge in seconds Britain: or inches. South dealer Even if this year's British team East-West vulnerable set a European record, I am not NORTH quite certain that the victory + K64 would have been so overwhelming '\) K Q J 10 5 3 if, instead of Baden-Baden 1963, 0 K8 it had been, for instance, Oslo in + 8 7 195g. It seems to me that in WEST EAST most countries it was tougher • J 9 8 2 • Q7 3 at the top some years ago. It '\)4 '\)A86 could be due to new bidding 0 Q 10 9 7 52 0- methods, dangerous and un­ +9 3 +AKQJJOM familiar to the players, with SOUTII misunderstandings or simply bad +A 105 contracts as a result. Too many '\)972 players believe nowadays that OAJ643 the bidding is A to Z, forgetting +52 the oth~.:r part of the gam~.:, the play of the cards. Bad declara The bidding in the closed room play and poor d~.:fencc wac often went as indicated on the ne.\t seen at Uaden-Badcn. page. 9 Sounr WEST NORTH EAST South's opell!\1 g bid he might Bianchi Konstam Brogi Scha- have had bGth top honours in piro spades, eve11 if he did not cash No No 1\? 3+ one of tlv::m to the first trick. 30 No 4\? S+ Anyway, this meant one down Dble No No No and Britain gained in all 950 on the board. South could certainly not ima­ gine that East might make his This deal from the match contract. North had opened the between the two best teams shows bidding and South had two Aces. how the opinion of one expert However, South did not find differs from another: the killing lead. In a situation East dealer like this the text-book recom­ East-West vulnerable mends a ; South has NORTH stoppers · in two suits and his +QJ9732 partner has bid the other. On ~Kl052 the actual heart lead East could 0 54 easily his ·losing hearts with +3 diamond ruffs as entries, and he WEST EAST · lost only two spade tricks. • 8 6 4 On the Rama the bidding was \? Q 8 \?AJ9763 much shorter. Flint (South), 0 8 6 ·­0 A K Q 10 2 using le petit majeur, opened One +Al09852 +KQ Heart. Reese jumped to Three SOUTH I fearts, Pabis Ticci bid Five +AK105 Clubs and South's double ended \?4 the bidding. At this table the 0 J 9 7 3 trump lead was less clearly in­ + J 7 6 4 dicated than in the closed room On Rama the bidding was and the and th~ peaceful. East, Pabis Ticci. play to the first seven tricks were opened One Club, showing a the same. But having ruffed strong hand and asking for Aces ~~~s . hea.rts. and drawn trumps and Kings. \Vest's One Diamond I .tbts Ttcct took the wrong view response was a negative. Reese. of the spades: he led low from North then bid One Sp:tdc, his hand and put on West's East s'aid Two He:trts and Flint J:~ck. The experts on the Rama raised to Three Spadr:s. Aft~r dtd not agree, but considering two passes East introducr:d Jus 10 second suit with Four Di.:;:,::·::d:; in a major, no man's land. But and West preferred Fat;:~ ! : ~ : >: t:; . this time Brogi's Five Spades Although not vulnerabL :: s --. : ~ . ~~ was the perfect bid, as it stood vulnerable opponents R~ ;! :: ~; '.: ,'~J:; to cost no more than 300 instead not interested in the sac;·ifrc:.:; of 650 for Five Hearts. neither did Pabis Ticci tr; fer th~ But Schapiro did not like to slam, which depends only on t!ie defend against Five Spades so red suits being not too badly he bid Six Hearts. This was distributed. passed to North, who continued So, Four Hearts was the final with Six Spades! He should contract. East ruffed the spade have said to himself, "South lead and cashed Ace and King cannot possibly have just spades; of diamonds. He then led the 2 he ought to have some length in of diamonds, ruffed in dummy the minors, making it difficult with the 8 and overruffed with for East. \Vest has given pre­ the I 0. East still had an ference for hearts, where I have to dummy by overtaking a club King-Ten to four, so maybe the honour, but the trump King was diamonds are not solid either. still well guarded and he had to The odds that Schapiro will make be content with eleven tricks. his slam must be extremely small." In the closed room East, Schapiro doubled Six Spades Schapiro, opened an Two · and of course it was cheap, only Hearts and got Three Clubs from 500, and the Italians gained 4 Konstam. Brogi, North bid i.m.p. on the board. But neva­ Three Spades and Schapiro went thcless, to against a Four Diamonds. South raised contract which certainly cannot to Four Spades which was passed be made is almost the same as to Schapiro, who now bid Five to insure a waterfall for fire. Clubs. South passed and Kon­ Psychic bids an: out of fashion ~tam preferred Five Hearts. these days. I guess that the Keeping in mind that at the reason is that current scientific other table North was not in­ bidding is based on the assump­ h:rested in bidding over Four tion that partner has got wh~lt he llearts, it is rather amazing that has promised, since if he has not Brogi now hid Five Spades over a disaster is around the corner. Five I karts. r-.to~t experts arc But this tkal occurred in the content when they have succeeded match Finbnd-lceland: in pushing the opponents to Five (Jt't' 1/t'.\'1 ragt') 11 South dealer East, passed . :\ ftcr such a weak East-West vulnerable response SiJr;(;;:arson saw no fu­ NORTH ture in the . ;;.)uth hand and +8 passed. So . did Sulin. The (/8542 Finns stared <•t each other when 0 J 7 4 3 dummy was · c;.posed and with +KQI05 a big laugh they noted 250 for WEST EAST five off, when play was over . +AKJ75 • 64 2 Expert bidding and play were <:/ K 7 \/AQJIO 0 K 8 5 0 AQ2 lacking when this board was played on Rama, in the match +AJ9 + 8 4 2 SOUTH Poland-Britain. +QI093 South dealer <:/ 9 6 3 Game all 0 10 9 6 NORTH + 7 6 3 + K842 \?- With Iceland East-West the 011043 bidding went: +Q10865 SOUTII WEST NORTH EAST WEST EAST No I+ No INT + AJ9 • 7 53 No 2+ No 3\/ \? K 7 3 \?AJ9842 No 3NT No 6NT OA9765 OQ No No No + 7 3 +AKJ A club lead would have de­ SOUTH feated the slam but South led the • Q 106 10 of diamonds. East established \?QI065 dummy's fifth spade and scored 0 K 8 2 1440. . • 94 2 At the other table, too, the In the closed room the Poles hand was played in notrumps, had found the correct contract. hut there the similarity ends. \Vest opened One Dimnond, East Simonarson for Iceland opened responding One Heart. West bid One Spade 011 the Sowh hand. One Spade and East jumped to The Finnish West, Sulin, did not Three Hearts. West raised to like to warn his opponents, so Four and Five were made. he passed. Sigurdsson, North, On the Rama the British West responded I NT and Jokinen, opened One Diamond and afta 12 One Heart from East he bkl !.::' ~ !·. West cannot produce enough In spite of his six-card major ::.: ::~; ~ tricks with just one hand. went JNT, which became tbc i!v .1l The ladies' championship contract. Sixteen nations should have North led the 6 of clubs, t

Alfred Bulldozer entered the Mrs ..l'liceways card room early one afternoon + 8 !J to find Mrs. Rougcnoir playing \? 107652 OK.l64 ._ . patience and Walter Hurr~ im­ mersed in a paperback wtth a +Ki . Hurry Mrs. Rougenoir lurid yellow cover. • Q 7 6 3 • J 10 52 "What've you got there?" . he \?AJ8 \?Q943 demanded of the insurance man. 0 Q 10 5 0 7 ''Anything 1 ought to read?" + 10 7 4 + J 9 53 "Not that sort," replied Hurry. +A K9 "Detective story, actually. Within \?K five minutes of arriving at the OA9832 ~ccne of the crime Inspector +AQ86 Bullivant has deduced that it was Bu/ldo:er committed by a man between 35 to Two Diamonds-a call that and 40 who is left-handed and a no one could criticise. Bulldozer butterfly collector." then went to 3NT, making a "That so?" said Bulldozer, brief auction: losing interest. "Well, I can SouTH WEsT NoRTH E,,sT hear old Mrs. Niceways in the 10 No 20 No hall, so come and cut a card and · 3NT No No No sec which butterfly you collect." Hurry led the 3 of spades. Bulldozer drew Mrs. Niceways Mrs. Rougenoir played the. 10 and Hurry was partnered by Mrs. and Bulldozer won with the KJilg. Rougcnoir. Early on in the The diamond combination pre­ rubber, Bulldozer distributed the sented a well known . cards as follows: (See next col.) If declarer leads the Ace first Bulldozer opened One Diamond he can lose two tricks if East has and Hurry passed. It is usual to Qtoxx hut by playing up to the ' d 1 1 he respond in a five-card King on the first roun lC cat even when headed by the 10, but sure of losing not more than one Mrs. Niccways preferred a raise trick. Accordin~ly, Bulldozer kd 14 a low diamond to the I:i.-;.',· :". :·.! call hearts, did you, dear?'' she returned a diamond, <':·: .•·:: .;• .; ! asked ~1rs. Rougenoir. Mrs. Rougenoir discard;:c ~ .' ··. : ·: :: ~· "No, indeed!" said Christina spades. . . . Rougenoir. ..Don't be coy. Since a diamond trick h~ :: ~ :. ~ .. ,~ .Walter! Tell us hO\v you did lost now, Bulldozer p!a;·~ :: · ~ . ;·'.rJ it.,. from hand, Jetting Hurry ,.. ~ ·~ .> • ~ ~~;: . ..Elementary, my dear trick. It was unlikely, tl :t: cic- . Christina," said .rvtr. Hurry. ..J clarer thought to himself, . thnt had been reading that detective the defence would find a switrh · book, you know, so I looked for to hearts, seeing five to the 10 all the little clues. First, the play on the table. to the opening trick established But Hurry's imagination, stimu- that declarer held AK9 of spades. latcd by Inspector Bullivant, was Then my partner turned up with working overtime. After deep a singleton diamond and threw a consideration he laid down the spade. I thought she would have Ace of Hearts. When Bulldozer thrown a club if she had five of dropped the King, Hurry con- them, so it looked as though tinued with the Jack and the 8, Alfred had three spades, fhe so the defence took four heart diamonds, and four clubs. That tricks to beat the contract. left him with only one heart, so "Are we one down'?" asked it was logical to play off the Ace." Mrs. Niceways. "How clever of "Nifty piece of work,'' con­ Mr. Hurry to lead off the Ace of ceded Bulldozer. "Bully for hearts like that! You didn't Inspector Bullivant !" ·

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J:f:'c;; bfdrlers all Ol'cr the H'orld will welcome Hmoid Franklin's report from Baden-Baden. It is deroted exc/usil'ely to a stuc~r of the semational new system, The Little ,\fajor, iJ; its first intemationa/ tournament.

A correspondent in the June considerable interest that it has issue of the Britislz Bric(r:e World, aroused. commenting on the fact that And what can we say as to its Terence Reese's account of the merits or demerits after Baden­ Little Major was to be resumed, Baden. Firstly, that it would be asked: "Why? The system can quite unfair to pass judgement be of practical interest to at most after so short a time and so 0.001% of your readers." If limited an experience. The ori­ the correspondent had been at ginators of the system arc still Baden-Baden he would have seen shaping and adjusting, and arc how wrong he was. The most at present committing more errors frequently repeated question at the table than are likely to throughout the fortnight was, occur when they have acquired "How did you find the Little the familiarity that comes from Major?" Leading British players years of practice. The British were interviewed by bridge success at Baden-Baden was journalists from the rest of Europe neither because of, nor in spite of, for their views on the efficacy of the system. \Ve had probably the the new system and Reese recorded best, and certainly the most lengthy interviews on tape for experienced, players in the fidd. 5ubsequent reproduction. When They were better able to take the the system was abandoned for a rough with the smooth than the half-match, that was the day's talented young playas who mJde !.tory for every bridge columnist up the French team or than the covering the Championships. younger and less expaicnc~:d end Whatever the merits or the de­ of the Italian team. This ability merits of the system may be, the to keep their hl·ads cnJblcd thl..'m one incontestable fact is the to rccO\·a from losing positions 17 in several matches, including the One Diamond can be either early, and critical one, against an opening bid which includes a the French. spade suit or a strong no-trump Though it is too early to pass type of hand. East's bid of Two judgment on the Little Major Spades is the equivalent of a it is interesting to study the hands raise from One Spade to Two where success or failure may Spades and \Vest's next call have been due to the new method. shows whetL-::r he has a spade From the first match, against hand or a ;!o-trump hand. A Lebanon, I select two hands. 5-3-3-2 with a long WEST EAST does howe-~·':: r . seem to be a + A 8 6 + K 9 7 4 difficult hand to describe: if \!} A 2 \!} 9 4 · East's minor-suit holdings are 0 K 10 6 0 Q 5 4 2 . strengthened to 0 Q J x x + K J + A Q 6 5 3 + K 9 7 · x, a of Three Clubs W1'th Eas t th e d ea 1er a t game over 2NT might. just . open the . all this is a hand which could test door to a ~mor-sUit . game 1f most systems. Four Spades is . the pa~tnershlp . are playmg Acol. likely to succeed if the spades The Little MaJor would appear divide 3-3: F~ve Clubs or Five to be less well placed. Diamonds can be made if South Slam bidding is the traditional holds 0 J x x (as in fact he did), weakness of British_ teams in while 3NT seems doomed in the European Championships. The face of the inevitable heart lead. Little Major missed an early Old-fashioned Acol would be chance to shine when West dealt unlikely to do better than: these cards: WEST EAST WEST EAST No +JI092 +AKQ7 I+ 10 \!}A \? Q 7 4 2NT 3NT OAQ942 0 KJ 53 No +A84 +K9 The Little Major had no magic WEST EAST to offer : Reese Flint WEST EAST 10 (a) I\? (b) No 20 (c) 3+ (d) 10 2+ 4+ (e) 40 (/) 2NT 3NT 4\? (g) 60 (h) No No I& (a) An opening bid wLi: L ,\t the other table the Lcbancsl! includes a !.padc suit. (b) ~lil6:i:l! _:; hiJ the wrong grand slam : time. (c) West shows hi s scco;J;! WEST EAST suit. (d) Forcing, and cqui, ·<'.!·:r.t !() 1+ to a Culbertson raise of O :v:.: 3() 4NT Spade-Three Spades. (c) C ~ .:: ~ s~~ 5NT bid. (f) Diamond support. ~Zi ':(J 7NT Cuc·bid. (It) Final decision. 4NT was Roman Blackwood. Although there arc ma:-,y '•·.. Had they played in Seven in a qucnces in which the caJ:~.iil (; ;; uit they would have gained 16 principle is followed, this i:;. not i.m.p. instead of losing 13, and one, and East has no way of that would have meant an exact knowing the length of his partner'~ draw instead of 6-0 to Britain. spade and diamond suits. East Round 2 saw the first big might have bid Five Clubs over clash, Britain v. France, with Four Hearts-at that stage he Reese and Schapiro operating knew no Ace to be missing and the Little Major. Board I found his own spade and diamond them in the better contract, strength were such as to make thanks to judgment rather than to grand slam possibilities worth system: investigation; but if East's failure. WEST EAST to bid Five Clubs was an error +AJI032 it was one of judgement rather + 8 6 5 \7KQ3 . \74 than of system. One would have 0 AS 0 KQJ 3 expected Reese and Schapiro, +/\KQ54 without benifit of the new method, + J 6 3 WEST EAST to have found their way to Seven. Reese Schapiro And very oJd.fashioned Acol, with the help of the now·discarded 10 3+ King convention, might go: 3+ 4+ 5+ No Wf;.')T EAST Reading the opening bid as the 10 2+ equivalent of a natural bid of 3+ 40 One Spade, the rest of the 4NT (Culb.) (a) 5+ auction is natural. Schapiro (b) 7+ 5\/ judged well in passing Five Clubs: (a) An Ace, all bid Kings, and one Ace was clearly ofT, anJ the King of clubs. since he had no spade picturc (h) Further heart control. there was a probable Josa in that 19 ~uit. The French judged less well spades-in f<:ct resulted in 3:'\T hut more effectively: being played the wrong way. Happily, th~ Ac~.: of spades was WF... <;T EAST Theron Desrott.ueaux well placed and this possible ,. 2+ weakness of the method was 2NT 30 spared from too bright a light. 3\1 3+ Britain were 25 points behind 4+ 4NT at half-time . . The system had a 5\1 6+ chance to shine on the first board No of the second half, but the players The slam is rather poor since failed to ri~e to the occasion. it fails on a spade lead, or if West dealer the Ace of hearts is badly placed, East-West game or if both spade honours are WEST EAST off-side. However, the Ace of +8 +A97532 hearts was led, giving France \/10962 \13 a fortunate start. () Q J ()A K 6 +AKJ732 Four boards later the Little + 8 54 Major almost ran into trouble. In spite of the shortage of points, fair breaks would make a WEST EAST +K2 +83 club slam playable. In fact North \/A97 \/K63 held + Q 10 x, but eleven tricks 0 A K 9 7 5 () Q J 10 6 presented no problem. Schapiro +A J 4 + Q 10'8 3 opened One Heart with the West hand, Reese responded Two 3NT, played by West, is a Spades and this ended the normal contract and the French auction. reached it by the sequence: One Diamond-Two Diamonds-3NT. One Heart, lton-ru/nerab/e, At the other table Schapiro would show a hand of 7-11 opened One Diamond and Reese points with a long minor suit­ responded I NT (indicating that a sub-minimum opening bid unda that would have heen his response normal methods. Vulnerable, and to an opening hid of One Spade). East-West were vulncrabk, it But One Diamond on this should show an opening hid of a oc~asion was hased not on a spade weak I NT (12-14 points). stut hut on the strong no-trump Schapiro had made a mistak~ type of hand. East's response of with his opening hid. So too hJJ I NT-\atisfactory if West had Reese, at first appearance. T,,,, :!0 Spades would be correct in rc:.,­ with a double and East bid Three ponse to a 11011-mlncrahl, · bid Clubs, but West still refused to of One Heart (it would the11 be a move. sign-off), but if Schapiro h<; G h:'id There were from time to time what he should have h~d--a gains stemming from the diffi­ 12-14 no trump-then ob-.·Jcil s!y culties with which the system Four Spades would be rcasor~:•blc. beset the opponents. The French Reese explained that the mcJ.n­ !,urrendercd the part score ,,·ith­ ing of these various bids hfld out a fight on this hand: recently been changed and he South dealer rather ~uspected that Schapiro LO\c all might have forgotten. But if NOR Til Schapiro really did have a 12-14 +KQ872 no-trump, then he might still \/A985 go on over Two Spades. As it 0 Q4 was, the good club game was + K 10 missed. WEST EAST Throughout the Championship • 6 54 3 +A most of the errors were of this \/Q163 \/ K 7 2 type, due to the players' lack of . 0 A J 7 0 K 10 9 6 3 familiarity with their own methods. + 4 3 + QJ 92 This is how it is claimed the above SOUTH hand should have been bid: • J 10 9 WF4c;T EAST \/ 10 4 t+(a) INT(h) 0 8 52 2+ (c) 2+ (d) +A8765 3+ (£') 5+ Schapiro opened One Diamond One Spade shows an opening as North, Reese made the ncgati\'e bid with a long minor suit. I NT response of One Heart, Schapiro a!>ks partner to name his suit. converted to One Spade and that Two Spades is natural and forcing was the final contract, with East­ and when West repeats his clubs West taking no part. the game is a fair prospect. With greater familiarity with the At the other table the French system opponents may appreciate failed to progress beyond Three that thl.! opening bids of One Cluh Clubs. West opened One Spade and One Diamond provid~· as and passed his partner's response much extra hiddin~ space to on~· of Two Clubs. North re-opened side as to the other. For cxampk, :!I 1 c~ . ~ ~ i~ itt ~.W . ~ ~ T~ ' :t

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t. •· • ·. r l j A ~ ~~ \IIU H. ot 1111: 1 ~ 1 : 1 .\ ~~ one can double One Cr,:~ t>r after West had passed ~orth One Diamond to show a t::::eout bid Two Diamonds-end of double of One Heart •.. r G1c auction. With East-West silent Spade, and bid One I J.~.: .. ::~ or Reese and Schapiro bid as One Spade to show C!~~ ~: · : ·· :. .".: til follows: in clubs or diamond :; ,. as L :.; c~1 :: SOUTH NORTH may be, and be at an •~ ~~·r ,::.. r·;:!g ~. No Rut there will always lx.: c :)i~0:1- 20 2\? ents who prepare imdcqu ;) tciy 2+ 3\1 and who give the artifici~t bidder:; 4+ 60 an advantage; as here, where No East-West should both enter the auction and buy the contract. The opening bid of Two Dia­ monds shows a hand of reversing The system really shone on this values (15-19 points). Two Hearts next board: is a , inviting the opener North dealer to show a second suit if he has North-South vulnerable one. North's later Three Heart NORTH bid · was natural, and encouraged +Q South to make a forward move by \?KI0642 cue-bidding a club control. North 0 Q62 now knew that he had the right +A 9 8 7 cards and did the rest. WEST EAST After a trump lead the contract • J 4 3 +KI0865 needed no more than a heart \?QJ985 \?- break. Reese endeavoured to 0 7 4 0 9 8 5 a heart at trick 2 and was + K J 10 +Q6543 defeated by the unsuspected dis­ SOUTII tribution, but the contract was +A 9 7 2 so good that it might ha\'C been \1 A 7 3 made if West had shown his 0 A K J 10 3 hearts during the bidding. De­ +2 clarer ruffs two spades on the For France, Meyer and Bou­ table and two clubs in his own langer died in Two Diamonds. hand, draws the last trump and South opened One Diamond and is then able to play for three West bid One lleart. North heart tricks. doubled and East escaped to In spite of this misfortune One Spade. South doubled and the British team had so much the 13 better of things in the second half passed. Tb~ defence took seven that they recovered the whole of tricks-no S\ving. their deficit and thrilled their In the Jun•.: i ~s ut:: of the British supporters in the 'Rama by Bridge World Terence Reese dealt going on to a 6-0 victory. with the machinery for bidding The team suffered a reaction major two-s1.'itcrs. Here was one from the excitements of the case that was;1't quite covered: French match in the first half East dealer of their match against Denmark, North-South vu!;;crablc played on the same evening, NORTH when they found themselves 19 94 points in arrears. The Little <.:/ AK 7 3 Major had an early opportunity OK to show to advantage: +AKJ875 WEST EAST WEST EAST +Kto76 +QJ842 +7 +AKQJ32 \/Q73 \/K852 \/5 \/Q10864 OAQ7 OKJ8 OAJ9876542 0 10 3 +942 +K + 106 +- SOUTH After East had opened One +10865 Spade the Danes were unable to \/ J 9 2 stop short of Four an.d, in the OQ absence of a fortunate heart +Q9432 position, were one down. West of course has a difficult response­ SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST too good for Two Spades, but Schapiro Flinl poor value for Three Spades t+ because of the distribution. The No 10 Dble 2+ Little Major caters for this very No No 3+ No situation: East opens One Dia­ 4+ 40 5+ No mond and if West responds One No Dblc No No Spade he shows a poor raise to No Two Spades: if he responds Two According to "the book" One Spades he shov:s a good raise, a Club followed by Two Spades 2~ spade bid. Flint duly opened shows a strong 5-4 or 5-5, (whik 01.1e . Diamond but Schapiro, One Club followed by Tlrn·,· tlunkmg of other things, res­ Spades shows a very strong 6-5 ponded 1NT which his partner or 6-4). The cxampk h:111Js 24 answer, playing the little ~tajor, BO!\RDS I METAL EDGED than to bid the East hand as a (As supplied by the late F. l:\·.-,·c~} spade hand, introducing the Now Manufactured by I heart suit if opportunity occurs. ARBEL PRODUC"!'$ . . • • . I At the other table West played 3, Vittoria Street, B~rrrllr.znd·;: , __• _ in Five Diamonds after a com- . petitive auction in which East given arc respectively: . bid only spades. (a) +AQJxx c:fAKxx OAQx i.px \VEST EAST (h) +AK IOxx c:fKQlOxx Ox +AJ8532 +KQ9 +AQ c:f1042 c:f73 Had East in fact held a hand of 07 OK952 that general type, the auction +AK7 +8642 would undoubtedly have died in When the Danes held these Two Spades. Schapiro, West, had cards West opened One Spade, already passed Two Spades, and North doubled and East had a if East had had his bid then problem on his hands. He was North would presumably have not entirely suitable for either Jacked the high-card strength to a double, Two Spades or Three contest. So the final contract Spades. He decided to pass would have been Two Spades on and wait on events. After a con­ a deal where Five Diamo·nds is tested auction, East-\Vest ended in a most desirable contract. Three Spades. In fact, although Six Diamonds The little Major was much can be made, Five Clubs doubled better placed. \Vest opened One might well have produced a good Diamond and North doubled. result. East began with two East bid Two Spades and, since rounds of spades, on the second this showed a good raise from of which Schapiro discarded his One spade to Two Spades, West heart. A heart or diamond could bid Four Spades in high !.Witch would have ensured two hopes. That was the final blow down, but Flint continued with that enabled the British team to a third spade. The declarer convert another deficit into a 6-0 ruffed, drew the outstanding win. trumps, played off one top heart and then put West on play with Round 4, against Egypt, s~lw a diamond to escape for one a comfortable British victory and down. Perhaps then: is no hetta irn:gul:lr partnerships in the 25 second half. However, Flint and at least, offset by the disadvantal!e Reese were taken out of their of the minor~~uit opening ~f depth by the system on this one: One Spade and the attendant loss of bidding space. WEST EAST +87 +AKJ42 The British team surrendered ~KQ3 ~62 their first victory point of the OJ4 OK963 Championship when they defeated +AK9862 +73. Norway 5-J in round 5. The WEST EAST system did not provide machinery Flint Reese for an excellent slam early in the t+ (a) INT (b) match: 2+ 2+ (c) WEST EAST 3~ 3+ +763 +AKQJ984 4+ No ~AKJ0763~J (a) An opening bid with a long 0 2 0 6 5 minor suit. (b) Asking partner to +1094 +AK2 name his suit. (c) Forcing. The WFST EAST position is now as in an Acol Reese Flint sequence One Club - One Spade No · 10 - Two Clubs - Two Spades, 2~ 4+ save that the last bid is forcing. No There seemed to be no move Which is as though the bidding West could m·ake, except to had gone: One Spade - Two show his spade hold for no­ Hearts - Four Spades by more trump purposes. East realised conventional methods. And on that 3NT was unlikely, but when that sequence · West cannot really he bid Three Spades West was move. Playing the Little Major, · unable to judge whether or not East cannot open Two Spades as he had the right hand for game. that shows a major-minor two Four Spades failed by two tricks suiter. while the Egyptians made over­ The hand certainly goes much tricks in 2NT. better at Acol where, after a Apropos of the above, one of the beginning of Two Spades-Three early conclusions J formed about Hearts -Three Spades, \Vest has the Little Major was that the enough in hand to bid Four advantage of the space-saving Diamonds and that should be major-suit openings of One Club sufficient encouragement for East. and One Diamond is, in part The Norwegians, using Two Clubs 26 to denote an Acol T··;o-b! :J, !>h ould have had no ;-.rcbkm The new, true classic of brldfe after beginning T\\O Cl t;i)c:; - (G ut R.J-lfl in J. ... O• i 't Tt ' t; ~ , ;,'-J Two Hearts - Three Sp ~: d;.: c: , biil THE EXPERT CAME West made a timid r ;~ i <:> c t 0 Fn•Jr by Terence Reese Spades and let Britain c-:f t!1c hook. Edward Arnold Ud. 121. u. Back in top gear in ti·:c i, t; ~:~t match, against Spain, tk !:: rit;sh were none the Jess u:.;sc t "'·ith difficult to find minor suit con­ occasional hands which s::~ ,ncd tracts at a high level. The to set special problems for the Spaniards fared no better, but Little Major. largely because West made an ill-judged opening bid of I NT. WEST EAST Both declarers profited from the • A J • 10 8 6 53 fact that North had a natural ~A 82 ~5 club lead. 0 A 10 7 2 0 KQJ94 +A J 7 2 +Q9 Wr:sT EAST West opened One Diamond, +AJ943 • 10 8 7 the two-way bid which might

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Problem :\o. 6 (20 points) Problem 1'\o. 2 (10 point~} . · Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ Match-point pairs, Jo -·tc: ·all, the able, the bidding has gonc:- bidding has gone:- -. _. _ SOUTH WEST l"ORTII E-\.'iT SoUTH WEST N01<1Jl .. L\ST 10 :-.:o I+ No t+ No I+ No 3+ :-.:o 2+ No 3

Problem No. 3 (20 points) Problem 1'\o. 7 (10 points) East-West vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- . l.m.p. scoring, East-West vulnerab!c, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SouTH WEST NoRnt EAsT 10 I+ 30 No l

Problem :\o. 8 (10 points) I.m.p. scoring, game all, the t>iJJ i n~ J>rohll·m No. 4 (10 points) has gonc:- , North-South vulner­ SoUTII WtsT NoR Tit able and 60, the bidding has gone:- SouTtt Wr.sT NoRTII EAsT No 2~ I+ No No 6NT No South holds:- South holds:- +KIO ~AIOIJ4 OAH73 +IOS2 +KI09S5 VIH O QJ52 What ~hould South hid? What shouiJ Sl'Uth k.1J -~ BRIDG IN P NO Poland came a re11w.rkab.'y good third in this years European CluPnpio!:slrip. Accord­ ing to journalist K. R. Sc!i!::ycn they can he expected to do bellcr before long.

Before the war Poland was a completely. Pci~ad has adopted remarkable country, the only one the new rules and scoring, and which did not recognise Contract Contract has been named "Sport­ bridge. Card players stuck stub­ ing bridge," which shows the bornly to the old scoring system, general attitude to the game; not which was thought to be more for stakes, not for passing the suited to the Polish temperament. time, but for fair competition It was an entirely different game. requiring knowledge and constant Intuition, well-calculated defen­ training. Feverishly the younger sive bidding and inspired gambles generation studies all the intrica­ would have produced a very cies of the game to make up for dangerous Polish international time lost. English books and team under the old scoring sys­ magazines, so difficult to obtain tem, but the lack of precision in in Poland, are circulated among Contract approach-bidding elimi­ the players and read · over and nated Polish players as a real over again. It is no exaggeration force in tournaments abroad. to say that names like Terence Until quite recently they had no Reece, and Ken­ opportunity to prove their talents, neth Konstam are no less known unlike those living in exile in in Poland than in Britain. They Britain such as Michael Wolach are certainly more often quoted (Lifemaster), W. Langiert (Na­ and their bidding and play arc tional Master) and, among non­ widely discussed and commented competitors, J. Moskal and W. on. Szaflarski. Bridge in Poland flourishes in A few years after the war, entirely different conditions from wh~:n the grip of terror had those in Britain, where it is cased a bit, the picture changed played in luxurious cluhs and 30 comfortable flats and is ~ r;amc Polish tournaments arc reponed rather favoured by the better-off and discussed by the daily press. classes. In Poland every facto:-y, Here is a hand which shows every school has its brid£C section. that Polish players can at times The number of bridge p!ay(:r<; is shmv class in bidding, play and increasing day by day to pro­ defence. bably one of the highest per­ NOR Til centages in Europe and n:r:a!nly the number of tournament:. beats + K 15 10 3 all records. Each factory h~5 "Q 0 A J 7 4 its Masters' team. Tournaments between factories, towns r..nd dis­ + K J 2 WEST tricts arc normal weekly events. EAST There is a maze of leagues, + 7 4 3 + A2 \/6 \/AK9874 divisions and regional tourna­ 010982 Q65 ments. 0 +98765 As yet no Polish +A 3 SOUTH has been invented and no typical +QI0986 Polish style of bidding is growing up. We are choosing what is 52 "1K 3 best from other systems and our 0 Q 104 regular partnerships arc intro­ + ducing their own variations. Acol East started with One Heart, is the most popular system and passed to North who bid I NT. Polish players arc learning from East contested with Two Hearts their O\vn mistakes and short­ but South's Two Spades closed comings. The monthly magazine the bidding. It was ·the only Bridge, excellently conducted by contract which could be made the best theorists, not only keeps on the distribution: not difficult players informed of what is going to reach, but many a good on abroad in the world of bridge, tournament player would be less but also teaches both beginners moderate and have another try and more advanced players. It on 23 combined points, just in publishes more problems in bid­ case. To stop at such a low d_ing and play than any other part-score was not bad. European . The lead of the 6 of hearts to Modestly, the magazine concen­ the King did not rc\·eal the trates on analysis of the most d!stribution but the Ace diJ. intcrc">ting hands played abroad. East counted fin: tricks-third 3t heart ruffed and two black Aces­ between opponciits and savin!! but not enough to defeat the the contract. Not brilliant per: contract. East's Ace of trumps haps, but such all-round accuracy gave him a sure entry to lead in tournaments is vital. hearts later, so he was in no hurry This year in Dadcn-Badcn the to give his partner the heart ruff. great names in Polish bridge were He therefore set the stage for not far behind the master players South's defeat by playing Ace of Europe, but many of our and another club; now when \Vest other good phycrs do not yet got the heart ruff he would give approach the · high standard East a club ruff in return. needed for biz international But South read the situation tournaments. Polish players need correctly and after winning the more experiencr;; but before long club he played King, Ace and the immense stock of players Jack of Diamonds. East's Queen learning zealously, inspired by was allowed to hold the trick the national enthusiasm for this and South threw a heart from great game, will produce more his hand, , thus and more worthy competitors cutting the communication lines to our foreign friends.

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Last month we dis:~ s:. ~c ih~ tricks. The only danger is a 5-0 distinction between Pcrfc'-t S:ifcty break, and this is overcome by Plays, which guarantee: mak;n.s a le:1ding small to the 10. If ~orth given number of tricks from a is , there will still be tirr.c suit, and Imperfect Safety Plays, to lead through South nvicc. which merely give the declarer FOUR TRICKS. There is no the best percentage chance of Perfect Safety Play but the Im­ making a required number. This perfect Safety Play of cashing th-: distinction means that there can Ace and leading small to the 10 be more than one Safety Play for is markedly superior to the al­ a single , and ternatives. It collects four tric~s that the .. correct" way of playing except when there is a 5-D brc:1k a suit can vary according to how and when South h::!S eitl:er many tricks arc needed from that Q 1 9 x or a small singleton-an suit. 82% chance of sl!cccss. How would you play the follow­ FIVE TRICKS. The only hop-.: ing combination for five tricks, is that one opponent has Q J four tricks and three tricks? doubleton-a 7 ~~ ch:mcc. And for as many tricks as ~fAXI~lU~l TRICKS. Pby­ poss ible on the assumption that ing for the highest c: slight chancr: of drop?in; t::.: suit for the maximum numb~r of doubleton Q J and to p!Jy tl::: .-\cc O\'crtricko, '! and smJ.Il to the 10. This rro.!~.::c) WJ S J EA~T four tric~s ~2 tirr.cs Ol!t of I C•.\ t\ K :-;.; 2 J(J 5 3 thrcr: tricks 1.; tirr.::s ar.d [ \ \0 tri.;~' THREE TRJC•:s. Th~rc ;., a .; tim::-;, an 3\0:rJ_;.: of 3.7~ tri.:i...s. Pcrfl:ct S ~t fdy Ploy to rnah.: thrc.: So, !::.1J <.mall to t!-::: 10 i~' =- three tricks, cash the Ace and WEST EAST King for five tricks, and play the K6532 .194 Ace and small to the 10 for four How would · you play this tricks or as many overtricks as combination for two tricks? Three possible. tricks? Four trid:s? And to give Suppose we add a small card yourself the high;;:..t expectation to East's holding in the last of tricks? example. Docs this affect the TWO TRICI~~- There is no correct way to manage the suit? Perfect Safety Pluy for two tricks. WI... 'iT EAST The Imperfect S~fcty Play of A K X 4 2 10 6 53 leading small to the 9 and, if Three tricks arc now assured, this loses, leading small to the hut there is no Perfect Safety Jack, will produce two tricks Play to guarantee four tricks, unless right hand opponent is for we cannot cater for South void. It therefore achieves 98% being void (5 %). \Vc can, how­ success. ever, guard against North being THREE TRICKS. The first void by playing small to the 8 play is still small to the 9. If or !.mall to the 10. this loses to the I 0 we cannot Needing five tricks from the afford the luxury of small to the suit, the best hope is to rely on a Jack in case the 10 was singleton. 2- 2 break-a 41% chance. This We must play up to the King is also the play which gives the and hope that the Ace is on the highest expectation of tricks from left. Playing small to the 9 the suit, but there is a refinement and then small to the King will which would probably not occur reap three tricks 63 times out of to many players: lead the I 0 100. Since it makes two tricks towards dummy, with the in­ in 32 of the remaining cases, it tention of playing th~ Ace scores an average of 2.58 tricks whatever happens. This can per deal and is the best play if never cost a trick and it can save we arc merely looking for as many a trick if West covers with tricks as possible. Q J 9 7. It produces an average Finally, suppose we arc in the or 4.36 tricks per deal. desperate position of needing four For the benefit of readers who tricks from this unpromising regard themsdvcs as poor card­ collection. The only hope is holders, we now consider a weaker that \Vest has precisely A Q suit: doubleton, and the first kad must J1 be small towards the ~~;11g: the tricks as possible? required miracle will occ~ : r ~lightly WEST EAST over 3% of the time. AQ2 J9S3 The next example i:; ra~hcr THREE TRICKS. The Im­ more spectacular. Sor.i~ e~y you perfect Safety Play is one which will be fortunate enough to be would be found by the vast faced with the following suit: majority of Golf Club players how would you handle it for up and down the country-lead five tricks, six tricks and seven small to the Queen. If it holds, tricks? lead the Jack next; if the Queen loses, cash the Ace and the Jack. WEST EAST This produces three tricks unless A Q 7 6 53 2 10 4 North has the bare King, K x, FIVE TRICKS. The Perfect K 10 x x or K 10 x x x (provided Safety Play for five tricks from he does not take the Queen), this holding is to lead small to and therefore offers a 78% chance. the 10, to cater for a void on the FOUR TRICKS. In the par­ left. · lous position of requiring all SIX TRICKS. The immediate four tricks, the correct play is to Queen finesse loses a trick if run the 9; if this is covered by the there is a· singleton King on the I0, finesse the Queen and lead right. So the Imperfect Safety the Jack next. Four tricks arc Play for six tricks is to lay down ours ·if South has the King the Ace before leading up to singleton or K 10 x-an S ~~ the Queen; we make six tricks chance. 7g% of the time, losing when MAXIMUM TRICKS. Play­ either hand is void or when ing for as many tricks as possible, South has a small singleton. the Imperfect Safety Play is to SEVEN TRICKS. Obviously lead the Jack: if covered, run we can only hope that South has the 9 through next. This play K x. lie will oblige 20% of the picks up the entire suit if South time. Incidentally, this is also has K 10 x, and loses only tw~l the play for as many tricks as tricks .23 times in 100, thaehy po~ s ihle in the suit, producing an producing an average of :!.S-l avl'rag..: of 5.!-17 tricks pa deal. tricks per deal-.03 more than Back to earth with a more th..: immediate Qul.'cn fines~c and mundane holding. llow would .07 mon: than runnin~ th~o.· 9. you play the followint! for thre..: The next ca-;e is a~:tin a tricks, four tricks an:! as many familiar on.: . .15 Wf:.'iT EAST MAX1~1 U;\-1 TRICKS. Cash­ AK9S3 J42 ing Ace and King will leave us with only three tricks against How would you play for four most 4-1 brcuks. If we arc tricks, five tricks and as many merely playing for as many over­ tricks as possible? tricks as possib!e, a more profit­ able line i:; av::1.ihble: lead the FOUR TRICKS. The Im- Jack; if it is covered, finesse the perfect Safety Play for four tricks 9 next; if the .I

DORIN CUP CHARITY PAIRS RESULT The winners, with a score of 74.77%. were R. A. Priday and G. C. H. Fox. Other section winners:- A. M. Hiron and R. Green; D. Garbitt-Clowes and Mrs. Edington; Mr. and Mrs. P. Juan; Miss Shanahan and K. Barbour; Mr. and Mrs. C. Ainger. · The sum of £S4. 5s. was raised for the Banstead Place Rehabilitation Centre.

PAR POINT OLYMPIAD Sessions arc on October 30 and November 6. A heat will be held at the llcath Bridge Club, The Heath, Weybridgc (\VR4 3620), to which enquiries should be addn:sscd. 36 Try )001' hand at the Au;.;o :•,c F·~ !, : : : ms bdore rcadin;! ho" the experts \Otcd t•roblnn :"o. J (10 points) Prohkm :'\o. 5 (10 points) Rubber bridge, East-\\'cst \tt!fl::r;:b.k, Match-point pairs, pmc all, the the bidding has gone:- bidding has gone:- Sount W1sr ;\:fJRllf E":.T SOUTII WIST ;\:(.l!{lff E..\ST 2+ N0 10 Dhle :-.;o 3~ No ·H/ No ? South holds:- South holds:- . K742 IV6 OKJS6 +KM3 +07 IVA1097M <)3 ,",0i:":-=; . What should South bid? What !.hould South bid~ · Problem r'oio. 6 (10 points) Probll•m ~o. 2 (10 point~) Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ l.m.p. scoring, game all, tt;e bidding able, the bidding has gone:- has gone:- SouTH WFsT 1'-:0RTH EAST Sount WEST NORTil EAST IIV :"o I+ No No No No ? South holds:- South holds:- +7 IVJ874 <)KQJ1052 +QJO +74 IVAS 001052 +AI0963 What should South bid? What should South bid?

Problem r'oio. 3 (20 points) Problem No. 7 (20 points) l.m.p. scoring, North-South vulncr- Match-point pairs, North-South 'ul­ able, the bidding has gone:- nerable, the bidding has gone:- SouTil WEST NoRTH EAST SouTH WEsT 1'-:0RTH EAST t+ No 21V No 10 No 2+ No 30 No I+ No 3+ No 3y> No 4+ No 4+ No 4+ No ? South holds:- South holds:- +K010942 IV109 OAIO +094 +AKI097 IV542 OJ +0432 (a) Do you agree with South's bid (a) Do you agree with South's bid of t>f Three Hearts? If not, what alterna­ Four Clubs? If not, what alternati'c tive do you prefer? do you prefer? (b) What should South bid now? (b) What should South bid now '?

Probll"m l'o. 4 (10 points) Problem No. 8 (10 points) l.m.p. scoring, Jove all, the bidding Match-point pairs, IO\C :til, the has gone:- bidding has gone:- S

Terence Reese colllinu:!s his accoum of the' celebrated Culbertson-Len;; clash of 1931.

I lando; That Led To The Break-up SOUTII WEST l':oinH EAST Jacoby Cui- L ~r 'Z Lightner The dramatic event of rno ~ t bertson the match was Jacoby's resigna­ 1\;J No 3NT No tion after 103 rubbers when his 4\;J No 4NT No ~ide was nearly I 7,000 down. 1 5\;) No 6NT No now relate three of the hands No Dble No No that led to Jacoby's departure. 7\;) Dble No No The first was described at the time as the greatest tragedy of The critics were naturally hard the match: on Lenz for his devotion to no trumps. In his own account of South dealer Game all the deal, Culbertson congratu­ NORTII lated himself most war~ly on +A Q 103 his brilliant psychology in doub­ (()A ling 6NT (which is cold except 0 AQ97 against a club lead), while Jacoby +A 7 52 says that fifteen experts to whom Wt:ST EAST he showed the hand agreed with • 9 8 5 • 62 his rescue into Seven Hearts. I (() K 6 \;) 10 3 2 think, however, that despite his 0 54 3 2 OKJI086 sub-minimum opening he should + K J98 +O 103 have taken his chance on 6NT: Seven Hearts was sure to fail. SOUTII + K J 7 4 Jacoby was especially upset \;)QJ98754 on the occasions when Lenz 0- unreasonably criticised his play. +64 The following hand, which oc- 3!! currcd in the 97th rubb:.:r, is ~ a:d i'\ow Jacoby made what was by Gruenther. the neutral referee, really a very fine play. He placed to have precipitated the brc3k-up: his partner with a five-card club South dealer suit and the King of hearts. To Game all, E-W 35 defeat 2NT a spade trick was NoRTJI needed as well~ instead, therefore. + K 5 of making the obvious play of (/KJ42 his third club. he led the 3 of 0 J 5 spades. There was something to +QJ954 be said for playing the Ace now. W1sr EAST but in fact Culbertson ducked +A J 4 2 • 10 6 and Lenz won with the King. \?A 10 7 3 \? Q ~ 6 With this trick in the bag, Lcnz 0 10 2 OKQ9743 had only to play another club to +A K2 + 10 3 establish the setting tricks, but SOUTH he had been misled by his part­ +Q9873 ncr's play of the 7 and 8 of clubs. \? 9 5 Thinking that a club... would be 0 A 8 6 up to a tenace, he returned a + 8 7 6 spade. Culbertson won and led SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST a low heart, finishing up with Jacohy Cui- Len= Mrs. Cui- nine tricks. bert SOil bert sol! The truth is that Lcnz gave up No t+ No 20 hope. One can sec that he was No 2NT No No misled, but it appeared to be his No error and his criticisms of his In those days, it will be remem­ partner were not well received. bered, the first trick in no trumps Gruenthcr concludes his account: counted 35. The trouble came in "Mr. Jacoby, incidentally, said the play. Lenz led +Q, on he had made a play that only which Jacoby played the 7 and twelve experts in the country Culbertson held off. Lenz con­ would understand. And unfortu­ tinued with +J and now Jacoby nately, he commented, ~tr. Lenz played the X. Culbertson won did not seem at that p~uticul:u and led O 10 to the King. When moment, anyway, to be among Jacoby allowed this to hold, the vaunted twelve." Culbertson returned to the Ace of hearts and led another diamond Dicressing for a moment, it is to the Jack, Queen and King. not diflicult to understand th:ll :w .::...-;::::>; . / Ql u ~

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40 the nerves of all the player~ To return to the break-up became somewhat frayed. Cul­ between Lenz and Jacobv: th:: bertson, as in all his big m:ttche:-., hand that led to the final ar~umcnt arrived at every sessior. from one was not in itself particularlv to two hours late. On the one interesting: • occasion when he arrived on \\'e ~ t dealer time he observed blandly that East-West vulnerable his watch was wrong. On !Oj) J'.:ORTII of that, it was his practice, <:nc! +J9763 Jacoby's as well, to order l : :rg~ \/4 3 2 steaks as soon as he sat d ~'Wn at 0 K J 4 the table. Whenever Cull:,(·ctson +A 3 was dummy, he would ru;;h out WEST EAST to dictate to his secretary or K 10 2 +A Q S5 speak over the radio, so that a \/AJJ09 \/ 8 5 plaintive "Fetch Ely" became 0 A 10 3 0 Q9 8 Lenz's standard remark. + QJ 10 + K 9 7 6 SO UTI! Culbertson also played at a very uneven rate. Sometimes, +4 \/KQ76 even when there was no doubt 7 6 52 about the card he was going to 0 + 8 54 2 play to the current trick, he would pause for a very long time, SOUTH WEST NOR Til EAST planning the rest of the play. Jacoby Cui- Len= .\Irs Cui- Thus, reading through Famous bertson bert son No 1/aml:c of gaining \? 6 4 3 \? K J something.'" OKI085 0 Q 9 3 After the re :, ig:: ation Jacoby + K 8 3 + J 9 7 2 made :i dignifi t:: J statement, paying Sounr tribute both to his oppc·ncnts • Q 10 7 4 3 a11d his p~ t llllt:r . .! !: ~ :1 e book \/2 he goes on to c! c:; c;-i ~• :. : ~ ll. ' . l ~~1 b~ i· 0 J 6 2 of hands wiH.:r{; ~. ~ f-:-~~~;, b~ ·,vas + A 1054 unjustifiably critici~c.i. C · ;:~:-:. ; ~ · : 'ij, SOUTJI WEST NOR Til EAST he and Lenz were an ilk:.ssorted Jacoby Cui- Lenz Mrs. Cui- partnership. bert son bert son Needless to say, there was much 2\/ No good play in the match as well 2+ No 3\/ No as bad bidding. Lcnz's play of No No the following hand earned uni­ Mrs. Culbertson opened the versal admiration and has been 2 of clubs, dummy played low, the basis of many a test hand and when Culbertson went in since. with the King Lenz did not miss ST. DUNSTAN'S CONGRESS Entries to Donald Pearson, Dinorbcn, Clifton Road, Jlkley. £2 full Congress. CRAI&LANDS HOTEl, llKlEY 25 to 27 OCTOBER, 1963 Bridge players who arc unable to attend but who wish to help arc invited to write to: MAJOR GEOFFREY FELL, E.B.U. Tournament Secretary, The Hob Hill, Stccton, Nr. Keighley, Yorkshire.

42 the unblock of the Quc :~ '1. This Culbertson won the third round play would not, perh~ ps , bring \vith the Ace. The position was the house down today, but one now: must remember that in those NORTH days players had to rely en their own wit rather than the :.:-: c•Jmu• • 9 3 2 \/8 Jatcd knowledge of th~ t-:-x~ -b ooks. 0 10 Culbertson's bigger:-: ·rq,_u;--.ph, + 7 5 at any rate in the way h· ~ t·; r.,~s~ntcd WEST EAST it, occurred on the fol:ov;ing deal: +A 8 7 + K J 5 Wc ~ t dea ler \/- \/- Lo ve all 0- 0 QJ NORTH + J 10 8 4 +AQ • 9 3 2 SOUTII \/9853 • Q 106 0 K 10 8 6 <:?Q + 7 5 0- WEST EAST + K 93 +A 8 7 + K J 5 \:;A76 Culbertson had eight tricks on \/ 10 4 top and might well have taken a 0 A 9 7 0QJ532 club finesse for his ninth. Instead, J 10 8 4 + +AQ6 he led a club to the Ace and SOUTH cashed the two diamonds. Jacoby • Q 10 6 4 took his best chance by throwing \/KQJ2 a club and a spade, but now 04 Culbertson played Ace and King K 93 2 + of spades, bringing down th~ SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Queen. Jacoby Cui- Lenz Mrs. Cui- Gruenther concludes his ac­ bert son bert son count as follows: "I watched th~ INT No 3NT play of this hand with great No No No interest. However, I was quite North made the unfortunate curious to know why ~1r. Cul­ lead of the 6 of diamonds, which bertson refused the club finesse. ran to declarer's 9. Culbertson which seemed to me to haw continued with Ace and another greater probability of success diamond, North winning. Lcnz than the play for a squeeze by now switched to 9 of hearts and which he finally made his con- 43 tract; so I asked him what his crucial moment to rd:.~x. I there­ reasoning was. This was his fore gambled on the fact that he explanation: 'When Mr. Jacoby had all of the key cards, and as led his second heart, which I won you sec, I won.· with the Ace, he settled back in "It would seem that on this his chair quite visibly relaxed. hand Mr. Culbertson combined Now, I reasoned, why did Mr. the roles of psycho!o~ist and Jacoby relax? Certainly he must bridge expert.'' have felt that he had me set. I The hand was wril~~n up all concluded, therefore, that he must over the world as "Culbertson's have the Queen of spades, the Triple Squcczc''-no~, in a tech­ King of clubs and perhaps the nical sense, a very accurate King and Queen of hearts. Of description. course, there was always the (Next mo/1111 Terence Rcf!se u"i/1 possibility that Mr. Jacoby was conclude his account with a de! scrip­ simply taking a rest, but it seemed tion of the last 47 rubbers, when strange to me that a man who is Commander Liggett replacer/ usually so tense sho.uld select that Jacoby.)

RESULT OF AUGUST COMPETITION Problem No. 3 proved the greatest stumbling block for competitors, who fre­ quently suggested 3NT as an alternative to the suggested Three Heart bid. Not only is the club stopper ,·cry weak, but South has two very reasonable and more descriptive bids available in a heart preference or a rebid in spades, and it is not !>urprising that none of the panel supported the 3NT suggestion. Winner: Max. 100 J. T. OvAI'WAY, 20 Haden Park Road, Old Hill, StatTs. 96 S«ond: J. K. PAlJ.s, Two-Ways, 46 Oak Avenue, Shirley, Croydon 95 Third: C. W. HAnus, I 5 Manor Road, South Hinksey, Oxford

Other I(•Oidin~ !>Cores: J. Ftf.LI>, S. LAIIIRI, 90; G. K. RussELL, 89; G. D. SIIARI'E, !)K; OR. A. L. BUll., J. T. NAYLOR, 86; J. E. GORl>ON, MRS. T. SI~IO:"S, N. f. Otot:l ARWN, J. R. An:IN, N. F. MoRLEY, 85; E. C. MILNES, J. M. SALVADORrs (Spain), !14; J. E. BoKRtLI., W. Scuurrr (Holland), C. LFIGIITON, K. C. A. RLASDALF, 10; R. P. Wnm, A. A. WRIGHT, J. IIIUIILRT, 82; D. J. DAY, L. 0. GoRnrJUI'I.A (Spain), !10; MRs. N. L. RUSSII.L, 79; J. A. EASSOM, 78; H. DAVIDSOS (HollanJ), T. Pt SCOIT-DAY, 77.

T"o further gooJ s~:orcs in the July ~:ompetition \\ere: C. GALI.I RY (Indiana, U.S.A.), 73; J. W. Gn t.lo:l.l"S (Jiolland), 72. 44 E DRED UP

Conducted by ALA~ H I R 0 ~ .\n~.;u~ ; f 1-olutions: If you did not enter for the Au£:ust <::1Ji11;"'~t i tion, try your hand at the problems on pa!_;c J7 b::forc reading how the · e~perts voted.

The panel for the Au[;u:.t c-~;-,~p..:tition to press on, the problem lies in choosing consisted of the followir:c fourteen which feature to tell partner :~bout. experts: Mrs. R. Markus, K. ijarbour, Making a well reasoned c:~sc for E. CrO\\hurst, G. C. H. Fox, J. Nunes, selecting Four Spades:- T. Reese, D. Rimington, C. Rodrigue, Swrs!'ERTOs-DnR: .. Four Spaces. J. Sharples and N. Snurt, all of London A sequence that uses up bidding space and the Home Counties: C. E. Phillips as recklessly as the one adopted by of Cheshire: P. Swinnerton-Dyer of partner must be virtually forcing: Cambridge; J. Besse of Rome: and H. North would h:~ve had to be 0\er­ Filarski of Amsterdam. whelmingly strong to bid mor·! than Four Hearts. Desides, there must be Problem :"'o. I (10 points) a good play for a slam unless there :~rc Rubber bridge, East-West vulnerable, two top losers. the bidding has gone:- .. Once a pass is rejected, the :~ltern.t­ SoUTII WEST NORTH EAST tives to Four Spades are f:~tuous. Fi\c No 2+ Hearts would show a losing doubleton 3CV No 4CV No in each minor and presumably better cards in the majors. Five Di:~monds South holds:- forces partner categorically to accept +07 CVAI09764 +8764 03 or reject the try, and so must show a What should South bid? first-round control. Owr Four Spadei Ans11w: Four Spades, 10; Five Dia­ 1 hope to hear Five Clubs, when I can monds, 6; No Did, 5; Five Hearts, 5; bid Five Diamonds in comfort, showin.:; .tNT (Blackwood), 4. a diamond control but not enou£:h Thr panel's rote: 7 for Four Spades; values to bid the slam directly." 3 for Five Diamonds (Reese, Smart and Apart from S-O's slightly otf-t'Cat Rimington); 2 for No Did (Filarski and suggestion that Four He;trts is forcing. Barbour); I for Five Hearts (Rodrigue); there is the question whether Four I for 4NT (Mrs. Markus). Spades is forcing or merely a Cl'rrc-ction. Though weak in high cards, South's Coming down firmly on the forcing hand could rcadily produce a slam with side of the fence:- the right hand opposite. The Queen of Nu:-;rs: .. Four Spades. This mu't !.pades and the singleton diamond arc be forcing as I did not support partncr·~ ohviou~ly of grcat value. If you decide spadcs immcdiatcly." 45 Keeping an open mind, but di ~ ~cmi­ ProL~~::. ~o. 2 (10 points) nating rank hcrcs.y:- I.rn.p. s-::oring, game all, the bidding BF.ssE: "Four Spades.. I may be has gont!:- innucnccd by our (so-called) 'Swiss Acol' Souru WEST NORTI! EAH bidding style, where a change of suit I+ No . No in response to an opening Two-bid docs ? not promise strength, and where positive South holds:- support for partner's opening suit +7 \?J874 OKQJI052 +010 would be given on the first round. What should South bid? "Should you now ask me how the Ansll"cr; No Did, 10; One Diamond, partnership will bid a good slam and 6; Three Diamonds, 6. stay out of a bad one, and whether Th£! pmicl's rot£!: 8 for No Did; 3 for Four Spades is forcing and so on, I One Diamond (Nunes, Sharples and shall reply that the higher the standard Smart); 3 for Three Diamonds (Mrs. of the players, the more do slams Markus, Besse and Swinnerton-Dyer). depend upon inspiration; upon the Partner has not come in at the One­ opening lead, good card-play or defence level, and there arc a large number of and sheer chance, rather than t:~o:J ~padcs unaccounted for. Is it wise to scientific bidding." :.c-:)pcn the bidding on South's meagre Rti:SE: "Five Diamonds. Ti1; :; is . ·:::Ji!ection, perhaps only to hear the likely to be the most helpful advar;cc. opponents bid their way happily to a In sequences of this type, the weak comfortable spade part-score, or even hand should always be free to show game? second-round controls." Quite a few of the panel decided that This idea is very reasonable provided action should be taken. that partner docs not rely on more than SHARPLES: "One Diamond. If we a second-round control. But most bid at all this must be our choice as the players prefer to make it a rule that hand is unsuitable. for vulnerable pre­ second-round controls should not be emption. But I am not really convinced cue-bid in ambiguous circumstances. that it is either safe or desirable to BARBOUR: "No Bid. Partner hasn't re-open, especially as One Club can made an advance , which pre­ conceal a very strong hand that would cludes his having minor-suit controls have opened with an Acol Two-bid and good trumps. Four Spades could had its suit been other than clubs. The he better than Four Hearts and deserves risk is reduced, though, by the fact that some marks, but only panelists with partner probably has his share of remarkably short memories will make spades." their effort with Five Diamonds." Sharples refers to a point that is Barbour alludes to the fact that the often overlooked: viz., that if you hold North hand was set as a 100 Up problem a small doubleton in the opponents' suit a couple of months ago, when the (or suspected suit), then this suit will question was, what should North bid be breaking well for them. With a in this sequence after Five Diamonds void or singleton, however, then the from South. The majority view was likelihood of the opposition being that North should bid slam, but this ruined by bad hreaks is greatly in­ was down in top tricks. creased. 46 Another thought: News ••• Views ••• Coups ••• ~1Rs. MARKvs: "Th~c < D ;:.1rr.anus. We can't let them play in On..! Club, ::nd Three Diamonds will ::at 1<;;,•,1 make it The complete picture of .. cry difficult for them to fi;,·:i :1 spJde fit." But the majority v. :.: re C(, ;·. tr.:li to let AMERICAN BRIDGE sleeping dogs lie. every month in Rns[: "No Bid. With;~ ::.' · 'nr: ,~ r ·.•, ho has passed One Club, :; ~- -:, is no ~ Contract prospect of game. 0;- r<:.t'i :::-, if !-•c is ~trong then he will be :;t:-,:: ;;~ .i n clubs //te Bridge and you will be able tc ,.:::-.: ; ::m c

South holds:- BRITISH BRIDGE WORLD +KQJ0942 <::/109 OAJO +094 35 Dover Street, London, W.1. (a) Do you agree with South's bid Agent f'or of Three Hearts? If not, what alterna­ THE BULLETIN tive do you prefer? Enclosed Is 15 sh illings for wh ich en!er (b) What !>hould South bid now? my subscription for one year, includo:'l;) foreign post. An.n1w to (a) : Arree with Three Hearts, 10; Prefer Three Spades, 5. Name ...•.. •..• ...... •...... Tht• panel's rotc: II Agree with Three Address •• .•• .•.••..•.•...... Hearts; 3 prefer Three Spades (Barbour, Nunes and Sharples). ·17 It is fa irly {; ~:ner a lly a g r~cd th;1t :.;. ..· ,:;.w u · !0 tb): Four Hearts, 10: Four sequence such as On:! Spade - Two Dii! rn 0 r,c' ',, 7: Four Spades, 4. Clubs - Two Spad(;s suggc:;ts a s ix ~ "i hc· p;; .r. d '.s \'OTC': 9 for Four Hearts· card, or at least a very sound fi,·c-card . ~ icr Fo.:J r Diamonds (Filarski, Fox: suit, for op:.:ncr has had plenty of I{cc 5 ~ and kodri ~; ue): 1 for Four Spades bidding space in which to find an (Rimingto;J). alternative to rebidding a man!:,'Y fi\'e- The rnaje>rity t ~ l . :: the view that a timer. nut the sequence in this prob- cue-bid of Four Diamonds, although lcm is different, for after 1'\orth'!> Two made below the game level, would llearts South may have been compelled suggest non-existent n:serves of strength. to rebid a relatively poor suit. BAIWOUIC "Four Hearts. This did South's spades, therefore, arc better not start life as a good hand and the way than partner may expect. Should he the bidding has gone has made it worse. then affirm the quality of the suit by Any slam co-operation would be bidding Three Spades, or imte;td give tempting providence." partner the heart preference that h:: so clearly desires? CHOWIIURST: "Four Hearts. Since p :1 r:m:r still has ambitions despite S\IAHT: "Agree with Thrcl.! llc:!rt ~ . b·; ;;.ri ng a minimum rebid on the second This can hardly be constru:.;J ~ ~ s (;Jl- · ::.:J un

Problem l"o. 4 (10 points) PHILLIPS: "Three Clubs. Our T"'o J.m.p. scoring, love all, the bidding Heart response has denied partner has gonc:- bidding space and his Two Spade rebid SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST can cover a wide range of strength: so ,. No it would be cowardly not to make one 2KJI076 OQ1087 +KQJ3 some considered it an overbid for that What should South bid? reason. Ansll'er: Three Clubs, 10; 2NT, 7; BESSE: "2NT. This is the drc .:~ d ful 3NT, 4. bid of the old lady, but t-etter thJn The panel's mte: 8 for Three Clubs; creating new problems with a b!J of 5 for 2NT (Reese, Rodrigue, Fox, Three Clubs or letting ?'orth go dO\\n Besse a nd Sharples); I for 3NT (Smart). in Two Spades with 31"T on icc." All were agreed that in spite of the SIIARPLES : "2NT. A slight unJat-:J obvious danger of a complete misfit in terms of points but, '' ith a 'oiJ ar.J South was too good not to make no Ace, we must write do,,n our st C'-.:1.. another try for game, and by far the a little. If partner persists "ith Thrl'\: hc~ t chance of game appears to lie in Spades his suit should ~1t kast b.: s.: lf no trumps. But :1n immediate move supporting, ~mJ \\ ith a \\c:.tk 6~ 1:.: in this direction may incite partner to could also try lllrl"\! of a minl'r. Any jump to Four Spades-clearly un- other action is too a ~gn:~\i\1~ ... Problem :"o. 5 (I 0 points) i ..: ; ; •!l y: This 2NT bid is still pbycd Match-point pairs, game :· ll. :;:-: L:,- : ! ~ ·: older brigade as forc;ng but bidding has gone:- ~· : ·: ; . ; is : ca!ly no reason for this. If SOUTH WEST I"o;nu EAST f.. \ ; :'.: ~, r •~ i cs TI1rec Spades over 2~T I(> Dble No a-. ,~ .'1 y::.:.. a ~e ;,appy to pass." ? U.-::crt•n: ;; tcly the older brigade does South holdc,:- not furni"h us with reasons for re­ +K742 ~?6 OKJ86 + K643 jecting Two D!:,monds, so we do not What should South bid? know \\he:her they still consider it Ansll'cr: Two Diamonds, 10; Two forcing to game. TI1c supporters of an Spades, 9; One Spade, 8; 2NT or immediate Two Spades arc similarly INT,4. taciturn. On the other hand the One Spade bidders seem to be more "with The panel's rotc: 4 for Two Dia­ it." monds; 5 for Two Spades (Reese, PHILLIPS: "One Spade. A slight Rodrigue, Fox, Nunes and Swinnerton­ underbid, but the suit is only moderate Dycr); 4 for One Spade (Mrs. Markus, and 0 KJ, sitting under the opener, Filarski, Uesse and Phillips); I for 2NT a r\! worth less than their face value. (Rimington). .H ;::• artncr is good enough to continue As Filarski remarks, Sout~1 hcids tt;o wi th Two Hearts, we shall be well many high cards for I NT and teo f::A ' placed to continue with 2NT." tricks for 2NT, and anyway a bid of no ;\.'f itS. MARKus : "One Spade. I am trumps would diminish the possibility convinced that the bidding is unlikely to of finding a spade fit. Should, then, stop: \here is no really satisfactory South bid spades? One Spade seems bid on such a hand but the danger that very cautious but could work well partner holds too much in hearts is provided the bidding docs not die at obvious." this point. Two Spades, on the other FILARSKJ: "One Spade. A pass might hand, appears to exaggerate what is work out well if partner omits to make after all a mediocre suit. As the the natural trump lead; unfortunately if marking scale indicates I have gi\'en the he docs, it is likely to cost an important edge to none of these bids, but to Two trick. Two Spades is a reasonable bid, Diamonds, the virtues of which arc although the trumps arc not robust, but extolled by: in match-point pairs events my style C:::RoWiiURST: "Two Diamonds. is to underbid: perhaps partner or intend to rebid 2NT over the expected opponents will find another bid." Two Heart reply: partner will then Problem No. 6 (10 points) know that, while I have the values for Match-point pairs, East-West \'Uincr­ an immediate 2NT, the hand is un­ ablc, the bidding has gone:- suited to that; and since I have no liking for hearts, it should be easy for SOUTH WF.ST NORTII EAST him to divine that a black suit will be I~ No v.clcome." No No llARIIOUR: "Two Diamonds. 0\'er the expected Two lle:1rts a non-forcing South holds:- 2NT shows the hand nicely; you must +74 ~AS 001052 +AI0%3 have a spade suit, or why not 2NT What should South bid? 50 AnJirrr: Three Hearts, 10; D ; ~,:Yc, 9; f?rcc. It seems to me that they J:::.:m a Three Clubs, 5: Three D :;.: r :·;-~: ; : ~ s : 3: little heavily upon the CAB prin.:i.,!c, No Bid, 3. that you should never stand prtncr's Thr panri"J rote: 5 for Tl : r~·-: ~ !:;:: rt.>: doubles unless your hand is practicallv 5 for Double (Rodri:,•J::, l'.:r!.'our, good enough to double in its own rit:h;. Phillips. Mrs. M:ukus :In ': Cr.-:·· ~ >•,r ; t): However, making a useful point: - 2 for Three Clubs (Fib•~ki :O! ··.: : ~,-~ > e:l; RooRJGt:E: .. Double. ~linus 110 I for Three Diamonds (~::· .·· .-r~ ; i f,::r will not enrich us, neither will plus 100. No Bid (Fox). Besides, declarer may well take an South is faced with a typi::.-.::;· ~t.~: : ~r.t::: unnatural view of the trump suit:• match-point pairs decision · ;:f:cr :!n Other avenues were c'plored. opening bid from partner, f:;-.•, match­ fiLARSKI: ..Three Clubs. Havin; point~ will be garnered ty passint;. decided that a pass is unthinkable. the danger of any alternative to Three Whether West makes seven C!' eight tricks will make no difTcrcncc to your Clubs is that we shall get too high. score as compared with the I lOs and North, in pssing Two Spades, suggests 120s that your side may be c!ocking that he has something in the suit, and up at the other tables. Some action not a singleton club for then he might is called for, but it isn't easy to say have doubled himself. So Three Clubs ll'hat action. may well be a make." SIIARI'LES: "Three Hearts. With only S~!ART: "Three Diamonds. There is two spades, a co-operative double no atrocity to which I will not stoop would be pushing a good principle too when not vulnerable in a pairs event." far. Even if partner's hearts arc no So we sec. If partner has got four better than KQJx we still have chances diamonds he will raise us and we sh::lll of nine tricks." probably be too high, and if he hasn't, S\VINSERTON-DYER: "Three Hearts. a preference for clubs at the Four JeycJ may be distinctly unwelcome. Not the bid that I found at the table but the. only one that seems reasonable: Problem No. 7 (20 points) I reject a pass on grounds of pride, and Match-point pairs, l':orth-South \UI· now realise that Three Diamonds is ncrablc, the bidding has gone:- · pushing a good idea to excessive lengths. SOUTH WEST l'ORTH EAST Of course the ideal bid ought to be 2NT, 10 1\o shov.ing values and offering a choice I+ No 3+ 1\o of all three suits; but not with a panel 4+ No 4+ :-.:o apt t0 take it as natural." Yes, some of us arc still a bit old­ South holds:- fa\hioned about that sort of thing. +AKI097 <:;?542 OJ +O-tJ:! Rr '-"'·: "Three Hearts. Not entirely (a) Do you agree with South's biJ 0f comfortable, but in pairs events one has Four Clubs'? If not, \\hat ;lltcrn;lli'c to hattie on. You won't win any medals do you prefer'? h~ letting them play in Two Spadcs­ \tillless for doubling thern out as some (h) What should South biJ now '! players would do." Annrl'f to (a): Yes, ;!grl'C \\ith r.,ur In spite of thio; po-.sihle consc.:quc.:nce Clubs, 10; l':ll, prl.'fa Fi'e Cluh. 5: the co-opl.'rati,·e doublers were out in No, prefer Thrl.'e I k:1rts, 5. 51 The pane/'.r rote: 12 agree with Four The panc/'J :me: 5 for Fi,·e SpJdes: Clubs; 1 prefers Five Clubs (Mrs. S for Six Sp::~dcs (P.c::: sc, Rodrigue, Markus); I prefers Three Hearts Rimington, Bess:: ~ r: d Sh:!rplcs); 2 (Swinncrton-Dyer). for Five Di:t:o~c n ~ > (B ::~ rbour and Not, it appears, a memorable problem. Nunes); I for !.?.iT (Fi:ar;ki); I for No I had expected to get some customers Did (Fox). for Three Spades, which to my simple If p;1rtncr"s r. ~: ! i d c:.•n re relied upon mind did not appear a wildly illogical to provide :o. t bt~. t :: ,_~c ·: >nd-round control move. The panel sees matters in a in the unbid 1"-'J :t, hc:; rt5, then clearly simple light. "Partner has bid clubs," a slam wi!l ilt ·.,:u :: t d~pcnd upon a they say. "We can support clubs and finesse and may \""< .;i! !:<.: much better than we do not have to make a quantitative this. Docs, tl ~~ ,1, North's bidding bid, for a forcing to game situation is guarantee su;;h ~ c:ontrol? Or should in being. Furthermore, if partner's South at temp i: to find out? club suit is just an 'invented' bid, then Still aggri v.,.·~d about the first part of he has plenty of room to re-direct the probbn: · the contract into more fitting channels." Swn..:r-:ERTON·DYER :· "Five Spades. RrEsE: "Yes, agree with Four Clubs. How can 1 make a sensible bid now? Until partner indicates otherwise, you Owing to the wanton waste of bidding must assume that his strength is in the space I cannot be sure that there are suits he has bid." not two heart losers. In practice Five Spades will be enough, although partner UARIIOUR: "Yes, agree with Four may go on for the wrong reasons." Clubs. I can't even .ree an alternative, PHILLIPS: "Five Spades. Eminent let alone prefer it." authorities have claimed that the Oh, come! Two seasons with the sequence of bids adopted by North maestro and you can't even see an promises a singleton heart, in which alternative? case we could reasonably go straight Swu..;N f. RTON-DYER: "No, prefer to the slam. It seems to me, however, Three Hearts. In this type of sequence that allowance must be made for a it is vital to find out how much of hand such as +QJx ~xx OAKQxx p~1rtncr's enthusiasm is due to his fit +AKx." in my suit, and it is nearly always wise This seems reasonable to me and to hold the bidding low so that he can explains why Five Spades and Five give jump preference on the next round Diamonds (which will also encourage if he wants. Here Three Hearts has no partner if he docs hold a heart control) active meaning, but only holds the have been upgraded in the marking. hidding open. Now over Three Spades Five Spades seems better, for it must I ran bid Four Clubs and be in practice pinpoint the heart weakness and allay far better ofT than on the actual sequence. partner's possible doubts as to the Even Three Diamonds, though some­ quality of our sp:1des. what misleading, is to be preferred to SI!ARJ'lF-'i: "Six Spades. This is Four Clubs in this position." uulikcly to be worse than a finesse. All.\ll't'r to (b): Five Spades, 10; Six Quite :tpart from the scoring angle:, Sp;1dcs, H; Five Diamonds, 7; 4NT, Ci; it is doubtful that the h:tnd will play No Rid, 2. better in clubs even if partner has a 52 four-card suit. Played in clu ~~ th::rc spade lead of some so:-t or ar.o:t:cr? may be a he.art and a tru:T•P lo~::r. East did not immediately bunch in:o This may not be so in ~r:!(~ :; ~ . . for no trumps; he did so only after his partner's diamonds may rro,!:l:: ~- J·Jb partner had mentioned spades. d' c. rds." RouRJGU£: ":--;inc of spades. This RJ\fJ~GTos: "Six Sp::dc:;. ?.";!ncr is an uncommonly silly question as was too good to bid F<•ur S;:1~.r::s ~· · cr there seem to be about si:t perfectly our One Spade and tl , crcfc:-~~ t!1c reasonable leads. A knowledge of the possession of such an exec[<:(:~ ·,::·:de players involved is important: is East a suit is sufficient justification fc:' t•;cding scientific player who felt bound to show a slam." his hearts? Or could he really not bid But, as Phillips has :;~g£;C!;tl!d, no trumps until his partner bid spades?'' partner may not ha\'e held good I thought that it was too good to bst enough spades to bid Four Spades over when you spared a kind word for the our One Spade. Now the full beauty Conductor last month. of P. S.-D.'s suggested Three Hearts MRs. MARKUS: "Nine of spades. We is seen: if over Three Hearts partner must try to remove dummy's entry jumps to Four Spades, then we would before the diamonds are established. indeed know that he was too good to In choosing the nine of spades we make bid a simple Four Spades over One it more difficult for declarer to read Spade. the lead." Problem No. 8 (10 points) SMART: "Nine of spades. Yielding Match-point pairs, love all, the to temptation again. If partner holds bidding has gone:- KJ8x my day is made." SouTH WEST NORTH EAST But the same transports of delight 10 No ~~ will be open to Barbour and Fibrski, No I+ No 3NT for they hold the Ace of hearts as a No · No No re-entry for a third spade lead if their South holds:- choice of the Ace of spades strikes oil. +A94 ~A3 OJ1083 +9642 BARBOUR: "Ace of spades. A natural What should South lead? lead to see dummy, when the tx.-st AnJwer: Nine or Four of spades, 10; switch (or continuation) will become Small club, 8; Ace of spades, 7; Jack apparent." . of diamonds, 5. FJLARSKJ: "Ace of spades. Th1s The panel's rote: 5 for Nine of spades; may cost an extra O\'Crtrick, but s~ms 3 for Two of clubs (Rimington, Besse the best chance. The 'old lady lead' of and Phillips); 1 for Six of clubs (Crow­ +2 will give a dull a\'crage scor~, but hurst); I for Four of spades (Nunes); +A is a thrilling ad\'enturc, k:~dmg to 2 for Ace of spades (Barbour and 100% or nothing." Filarski); I for Jack of diamonds There were se\'er:tl stern discipk-s l'f (Reese). orthodoxy: Should South make the run-of-the­ Rl~tJSGTOS: "Two of clubs. It kx,\.s mill lead of the unbid suit, \\hich may as though my hand "ill take three not he an a5tonbhing success but tricks in defence and the best hl'i'C l'f a \\hich will probably ensure an average fourth seems to be a club att.lck. Why ~core, or should he speculate with a should I master-mind the ~itu.lti<1n '? .. 5J :-r-·r· Directory of E.B. • l···~ . rr i I ated CltibS

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In some ways sacrificf 't:.::.:. i.:Jg get a good result. But on th.: i easier in duplicate · Li i~ :i . i!1 other hand, if you go four down rubber bridge. Suppose y0u 3n: (700) you will get a bottom, since playing rubber bridge ~nd your your loss is greater than their opponents, who arc a g~tml! up. game could be worth. bid Four Hearts. You save in The following is a reasonable Four Spades and Jose 500. All yardstick:- you can reasonably say is, "Let's At lore all you can afford to go hope it's worth it." In duplicate, two down-300. where each hand is a separate At game all you can afford to entity, you know immediately go two down-500. whether it is "worth it"; you are not concerned with the next Opponellts only game you can board. When you are consider­ afford to go three down-500. ing a sacrifice the important Your side only game you can factors are:- afford to go one down-200. In each case it is assumed th:lt (a) Whether the opponent~ will make t_heir contract. you will be doubled. Obviously, opportunities for Cb) Whether the penalty you saving game arc quite good when arc likely to incur will exceed the the vulnerability b equal. \\'ith value of their game. adverse vulnerability the greatest To mi scalculate by one trick care must be exercised, for a two­ may result in a bottom. For trick set will be disastrous. The cxampk your vulnerable oppo­ marl!in of error is so sknder that nents hid Four Spades and you, a sa~ · c should really only h.: con­ not vulnerable, bid Five Dia­ sidered if there is a f:1ir p\.H Si ~ility monds. If you arc 500 down of making the contr:1ct. (thn:c tricks) you will probably (contillllt'd on f' r. ~t' 61) 55 BIDDI .- ~~l ISE

Ronald Crown disci':::;r-. 5 ~tandard British bidding and tests yo ~ . :r knowledge with a special quiz. · This mollflz his su~icc! i'> tlze "informatory'' or "takeout" double.

The informatory double is All the . < ~'.::·.j·.:e justify an in­ one · of the most useful ways formatory (o:· '_' takeout") double. of combating an opponent's (c) is not i d ~~·:~, .- hiasmuch as there opening · bid. In its simplest is only thr c<.·~: ::.:11 d support for two form, the double of an enemy of the unbid.:suits, but there is a opening bid shows at least the compensation : in the way of same strength as an opening bid, high-card strength. · plus support for any suit that Similarly, where the distribu­ your partner may bid. It therefore tion is particularly good, the presupposes a shortage in the suit high-card strength may be scaled called by the opponents, and is· a down. request to partner to bid his best suit. Example: +KJ87 \/K10984 0- +A842. Typical examples arc as follows : Although there are only eleven Right hand opponent opens One high-card points, this hand would Club. present an excellent double of an You hold: opening bid of One Diamond. (a) (b) What are the advantages of a +A 10 9 6 + K Q8 double as compared to a simple \/AQ74 \1 A J 10 6 3 ? In all the examples 0 K J 3 0 A Q42 given, you could have made a + X4 +7 simple overcall in your own suit. (c) However, among good players +A K4 this would deny the all-round \1 K J 10 7 strength of a . In 0 A K J other words, while a simple • 8 4 2 ov~rcall covers a fairly wide 56 ran ge of strength. ii : :·,·. ~: ~ b) ~uggcst a one-suited h~1ld, ~~ . ~~~r;;;r; a takeout double is mNc :-. \' "'~ ~:fie: Learn Bridge it !lhO\VS a hand of :: ;;. i·nllnd ~trcngth and asks partnci ~;; jnd gc with Reese the correct action to t.:~ ~;; ~ · en. The principles of bidding Suppose we go back ::. ·. • .~; ~;,·.p!c and play are explained in an (a); which suit shoulri :... ~ :. b:d '! uncomplicated way that will be illuminating not only to The takeout double. i r. : ..:. · . : ~ ·· t il l! learners but also to people neCC!l. ity for choosing, '.:·:; '\';."':.. Ca·;l who play a certain amount now leave it to paru:;; : ·. ~,;.·> . ;;ick without always being too his hcst suit. · sure what they are doing or why • . Another advantagt: . : of the Writing for beginners, double lies in the safety factor; Terence Reese displays the What should partner ·do in the same brilliant quality of ex­ following situation? position as in his famous books on advanced play. Right-hand opponent bids One Club. You overcall One Spade Fabu & Faber ISs. and left-hand opponent doubies: Partner holds: Hearts will be better than One +S · \/Jg642 OS542 +1063. Spade." But the answer is that Without · question he should one should not bid One Spade pass, as any action taken will on that hand. A takeout double almost certainly make · matters is better. worse. After' all, he has not been An informatory double may asked to bid and your spades . also enable partner to compete may be good enough .to enable · on very slender high-card values. you to scramble a few tricks, provided he has some "shape," so the penalty may not be too and may result in pushing your had. If, on the other hand, he opponents too high. All thcs~: bids Two Hearts and finds you points emphasize the many ad­ with a singleton or doubleton, vantag~s of the takeout double you will obviously sutTer an over the Jess constructi\c simpk enormous penalty. An inex- overcall. The double can he pcril·necd player . will say: made in various positions and "Suppo~e that partner has called need not be at the one kn:l. One Spade on: +KJ743 \/AQ9 Some exampks arc !!in:n Cln ()AJIO +75. In that ca-.e Two the next page. 57 I. Left-hand opponent - One A doubk i:1 :hi:, positiOn Heart. · Partner - Pass. Right­ shows this typ~· cor hand and is hand opponent - Two Hearts. informatory. You hold: 3. Left-hand tJ pponent bids +AK74 \?4 OKQJ87 +AJ6. One Club, r ::dntr · passes and Although you have a good suit right-hand c ,JP~· ; , c• it bids One of your own, the correct action Heart. is to double. This is not a penalty You hold : double, as you arc simply asking +AK84 \?K·! >AQ832 +42. partner to hid his best suit. A double . ~ . · ti!is position 2. You open One Diamond. shows a good ! · ·.~.:. .: _ ~- 'Sith support Left-hand opponent bids One . for the unbid si.~i7.:; . . '• . I fcart and the next two players Next month v.-e }:hall dca.J with pass. . the responses to :)c ma·de when You hold: partner has made/ an informatory + KJ43 \?7 · 0 KQJ6 +AKJ4. double.

BIDDING QUIZ In all of the following questions you are South. What do Yot.• say? I. You hold: +AQJ76 \?AQ64 0 8 4 SOUTII WEST NORTH EAST I+ No 1\? ? 2. You hold the same hand and the bidding has gone: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST I+ No 10

3. You hold: + K J 4 \?A843 0 K 7 3 + K J 8 SOUTII WEST NORTH EAST 1\? No 20 ') 4. You hold: + K 4 \?86 OAKJ63 + K Q J 7. SOUTJI WI'ST NORTII EAST ., 1\? 5. You hold: • 42 \1 K Q (; 0 AKQJ74 +Qs SOUTH \\ -' £:;-r 1'-:0RTII EAST ; .: ~, No 1\? ') 6. You hold: +04 \1 K 7 : 0AJ842 + K g4 Sour;·'. ·. .':::LT NOR Til EAST I\/ ? 7. You hold: + K 064 (/ i:> 0AKQJ8 +043 SOUTH WI:ST NOR Til EAST 1\/ No 2\/ ? 8. You hold: + K 10 4 3 2 y>QJ9643 04 +7 SOUTII WEST NORTH EAST 10 No 3+ ? ANSWERS To· BIDDING QUIZ I. One Spade, 10 points. No· 5. Three Diamonds, I 0 points. choice but to overcall. A normal strength-showing jump 2. Double, I 0 points. One overcall. Spade, 5 points. It is far better .. 6. No bid, I 0 points. T1ro to tell your partner that you can Diamonds, 2 points. This suit support both the unbid suits. is really too poor to overcall 3. No Bid, 10 points. You have at the two-level. quite a good hand but partner is 7. Double, 10 points. The ideal marked with very little. In any hand for the bid, showing good case your support for the black all-round strength. suits is not strong. 8. Double, 10 points. Tlrrt't' 4. Double, 10 points. T1ro 1/earts, 3 points. No hid. 2 Diamonds, 3 points. Although points. If your partner lws some­ the hand is not ideal for a double thing in the major suits you would (since a douhle of one. major like to compctc Don't he ~tfraid suit normally shows good support of misleading partner as to the for the other major) you arc really ~trcngth of your hanJ- hc has too strong for a simple overcall. heard the enemy ridding as wdl. PLAY I

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. . ,· ~ .. . . . Du~niY . ~ ; -; ;: , ~Gil) When you arc defending, you .· , .,.. ~hould get some help from reading + Qx .• your partner's leads and sub­ \?Kx:{ ~equent plays. ln addition to 0 K Qx being able to sec the cards in + J X X XX dummy, the better player has You (WEST) yet another source of information: • A XX by keeping the bidding in mind, \/X X X he tries to envisage the concealed 0 1098x hand of declarer, both its shape + Kx and strength. As the play un­ You lead the I 0 of diamonds, folds and declarer's high cards dummy and your partner play arc played, it will become obvious small, declarer wins with the Ace that he must hold others. All and leads. a small spade. this information can be pieced With your 7 . points and together and used. dummy's II you know your partner and declarer · have 22 This ability to read declarer's between them. Declarer's simple hand is often regarded by begin­ rebid of his heart suit makes it ners as some sort of mystical likely that he has no more than gift, bestowed on certain favoured 14, which leaves your partner beings, but it is really nothing with a probable 8. more than simple logic. With the King of hearts in dummy and nothing in your SOU Til Notntl hand you feel fairly certain that 1\/ 2+ declarer can take five heart tricks. 2\/ 3\/ If he were missing the Ace or 3NT No Queen, surely his first step would (,(} be to drivl.! it out. Why, tL o.::·<·Y -': , 9xxxx, and much b;;ttcr to trv doc.• he lead spades sc: ,~ ~ .~.;; 7 t~) find your r~rtncr's sui~. You kno'>'' he has three (b·.::·.;;. ! Ag~in. your own suit rr.i~ht have tricks and, with five he:J rt I ' i:~ ~: :- . b..:cn bid by declarer and- to kad he ncedc; only one mor..:. : ,:! :;­ it might surrender a vitJI trick . partner's points an.: noi .:;·: ~:, : :, . Take these examples: monds and he is unlike!:· ~ ·-· .' ::.:c: (a) +A X X more than the Queer. c~ )::.;.~ ~s. (/9xxxx D ·darer's lead of a spad·~ ::_, .i .~i;· 7 ; ~ 5 0 K X X he ha the K or KJ, !: '::. ;o;i:.;: :t:: +Ax can your partner's high c.:t ;~~:· : ;· ~~ '! (/>) + X X X In clubs, where else? . ~ (:, you \?9xxxx don't play lo\'.,' on tht:: ;; pJ(k 0 X X I ad and allow dccbn:r to +X X X " ~nt:ak '' his ninth trick with In both cases the opponents dummy's Queen. You bang on have bid to 3NT via I NT-3NT. the Ace and firmly lay down the On hand (a) your two black King of clubs, hoping that you Aces arc certain entries and the can take enough tricks in the . King of diamonds may providl! suit to get the contract. another, so you lead your fourth­ Th!! evidence of the bidding, best heart with some hopes of thl! sight of dummy and the early getting in to make tricks _in the play has led us in that example suit eventually. On hand (h), to .nritch to a short suit. There you can have no hope of making arc times when you should con­ any heart tricks and to kad a ~ ider making an opening lead heart might give tricks away from such a worthless suit. with no prospect of gain. B~ttcr Supposing you have a worthless to consult your oracle and d~cid~ hand with no entries: it might be which .. top of nothing" card to a wa~>tc of time to lead from, say, lead.

G. C. H. FOX Continued

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