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Some Little Known Dec~ptive Plays, by A. Dormer· 7-9 Eastbourne Bidding Match, by Harold Franklin 10-14 Pride- and Prejudice, by A. Meredith and P. Juan .. ; 15- 18 '6ne Hundred Up, edited by M. Harrison Gray 18- 19 American News-Letter, by Alfred Sheinwold 20-22 Camrose Trials..:_New Style, by Alan Truscott ... 22-25

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REMOTE CONTROL qu~lified success. Players turned The Eastbourne Congress was ·up in their hundreds each day to · favoured by fine weather, a fine collect their points-often with attendance, and fine organisation. self-deprecatory ba11ter, but they The most remarkable part about ' turned up. · Harold Franklin's control of. . Mr. Clement.Hunt, of NorwiCh, · affairs is that you will alrp.ost has written a letter, rather too never catch him at it. However long for publicatiop, in which he many events are in progress, or criticises the scheme as un-English, match points to add, Harold likely to create a wrong spirit in · always seems to have time to dis­ the field of. competition, and cuss a hand, play a round of golf, valueless except as a means 'of or dance a reel. raising revenue. The answer to all these objections was apparent WISE DUPLICAJ'ION at Eastbourne. If players show The only slip-up that I heard of interest at this early stage when occurred on the last night when the scheme is. ".cold," it must the " barometer " method was in have a great future. use for the Two Stars and there was a bad miscalculation in the · . THE LINE-UP - \ leading scores. Surely there is something to be said, on final ·The date for the team trial has_ nights, for the French system of been put back one week and is· including two travelling scores now December 7th to 9th. This · With each board so that two direc­ is the expected line-up:- tors can work out the scores Meredith, Juan, Kehela, Squire.· ' - independently? Indeed, that J. Tarlo, Dr. Rockfelt, R. and J. might be a good method to Sharples. follow all the time for late at Preston, Swimer, Gardener, night it can take a v:ry iong while Rose. to "find" a couple of points wp.en Reese, Schapiro, Dodds, the chart does not balance. Kon~ stam. A GOOD BEGINNING Flint, Priday, Swinnerton-Dyer, Master Points proved an un- North. 5 ·=~~;y~:· ..:~ ;· :: ~-··:.).:~:t: "',~, !'t <:~·· ;;~:xF~~;;·· ~.:)\ .;·t;>',:;y··r.··,,.·;:;~~~ ... ~>\-?7.~/ :/~?.'.t · . 1 ,• .··: .. :~. ; ..Trusc 'ou;· B~al , e, Dq~;m: ~·r, ' ·.' )i~i~ of:~~r~s·' has . beei{extehd~ l:· . : . Rimi~gton. . . ·_ . . . '. · :frprri, 200 ~o 250, arid there are two . · According to present arran'ge- cash prizes of Th_fee Guineas· a~d ments, the matches will be played Two Guineas. at the Lo~don Club, beginning ONE FOR ONE at 7.15 on Friday evening. Spec~ tators will be admitted for a small Circulation has ·advanced well charge, .and with the same hands · during the year, especially over­ being played in all matches there seas, but the bridge magazines should be some excellent still reach only a .small fraction . " kibitzing.'·' of the playing public-even of the bridge-reading public. The YOUR VERDier great problem, with a peiiqdical The new British Bridge World, whose sale is not of the kind that increased now to 56 p~ges, is secures prominent display on th'e almost a year old; and for this bookstalls, is to let the world month's competition (see page know that it exists. In that 28) readers are as~ed to say what connection, may we draw the attention. of our readers to the \,'- they think of the magazine. Are . the contents too advanced or too announcement on page 29? . At eleme·ntiuy? Would more, or Christmas we want EVERY less, regional news be welcome? reader to take out at least ONE Would you like to see more gift subscription. lt doesn't seem words to the page, or do you a lot' to ask. appreciate the way in which a HEARD AT EASTBOURNE feature such as Hands of the " What happens after you be- Month is displayed? Do you like, as in One Hundred Up, to come a Life Master? " . " You can always try for Miss have answers to questions in the same issue, or do you prefer a Universe." Pedro Juan .. . competition with answers the fol­ lowing month? Do you approve . TWO ADDRESSES TO NOTE of the present balance between Mr. Geoffrey Butler has left 57. technical and non-technical Gordon Square and liis office address is features? nqw 19 Hertford_ Street, W.l (GRO These are a few points on which 8250). . The new address of the Master Points we look for advice. Naturally Secretary is: Mr. F. 0. Bingham, 58 they cannot all be covered in one Pennymead, Harlow, Essex . (Harlow , but please note that the 25921). 6

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Albert Dormer first made his mark as a _writer when editing the English edition of the Bulletin published durilig the European .Championship at · Stockholm. ·

...... -. • A deceptive play that has had opportunity .for : false-carding is a·good deal of attention recently Jess well known. Here are some is the following:- examples:- (i) (iii) A 10 7 6 KJ94 J853 Al083 .... 2 K Q94 . . Q 7 6 5 Declarer plays the K from hand, The normal way of taGkli~g intending, i~both defenders play this holding is to lead up ; to small cards, to take a view on the dummy's K and, if both oppo~~ next round. When East pro­ erits play small cards, to play the duces the 8, declarer is more Q on the next round. Obviously~ . this is because ~~ b·reak cari . inclined to play the Queen on the Jl'"':·.a .. I . •. second round. n"ow be deait with only if East A more advanced example of has the singleton. . the same play occurs in this West should . dr~p the 8 on ih~ Position:- first round and now declarer "has" (ii) a chance to go wrong. From his angle, East may be holding off A K 107 1 19 65 4 with A 1032, and to guard against • Q 8 3"' 2 this it will be nec·essary to play Now it is obligatory for West . dummy's remaining honour. West . to play the 9 under dummy's should also play .... the 8, from ~ce, otherwise there is no pos­ 108 xx, in case his partner has the. SibT1 lty of a wrong view. singleton Ace. · · · · In the same group there are The player sitting over dummy.' · many situations in which the also has his chances:- 7 irl-: ,< _.;-1 ~ " J •"·)· ;~: ••; ·,·, _.· (vii) .·-,-·. · QJ62 . QJ94 4 A ·10 8 3 10·8 53 ' ~ ,K97 5 A 762 East · must play the 8 when Declarer may play in one of . declarer leads up to the Queen. three ways, depending on the tactical setting. · If · he leads a (v) AJ74 small card toward the North 2 K 10 8 5· . hand, West must plaY. the 8. Q9 6 3 If dummy's Quee~ is led· the When South the Jack position maY. become complicl!ted · East must play the 8- his only arid the small cards assume great . chance of two tricks. importance. In the above dja­ gram, West would be certain of After this play of the 8 declarer a · trick provided he did not has a safety-play to lose only one false-card. trick, but at match-point scoring he may think he has nothing to (viii) lose and a possible trick to gain QJ 7 4 by leading the Queen on the next K 10 8 53 round. A962 East should also play the 8 if Now, however, East is back at the Ace is put up. A small card the treadmill with the eight-spot · may now be led from dummy to when the Q is led. So is We~t , guard against Kl052 with West, in the next diagram:-· and although declarer's suspicions may ,be aroused when East plays (ix) -, low the 9 will not necessarily be QJ94 finessed. · K1085 3 A 7 62 (vi) AQ92 Declarer may sometimes avoid 10 8 53 K being outguessed by playing the 1764 Ace first. Here, though, he will , West plays the 8 on South's surely lead the Queen:- lead of a small card and has a (x) good chance of a further trick ' QJ85 when _the Queen · loses to the 9732 K ' singleton King. A 1064 8 THE CARD PLAYERS . DIARY •. ·. ' This little book, written by today's leading players, contains articles on Bridge, Canasta, Poker, etc. The contents of this valuable diary are continually being brought up to date. Beauti­ fuJiy bound in red, blue or brown morocco leather, . they are available at 8/3 including P.T. and 'post­ age, from the Editor and Publisher.

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and West's play of the 7 again • when the Ace is Jed West must ' . ·: gives him a headache. false-card for a similar reason . . The following situation is well Fimilly, there are little known known:- possibilities in this diagram:- (xi) (xiii) 1842 J842 10 9 3 K 6 Q 1096 3

AQ7 5 AK 75 . ·, ~! When a small card is led to the If West plays his small card Queen West must false-card with ; under the Ace declarer cannot go the 9 or 10. But change the wrong. The play of the 9 will cards to:- make him think hard and he may (xii) decide to lead dummy's Jack on · the 'next round, with the idea of 1842 guarding against QI062 in East's 10 9 3 Q6 hand, while retaining the chance A K 7 5 of losing no tricks if West has and few players will realise that 10 9 doubleton. 9

•. ' by HAROLD FRANKLIN

- •' ' The bidding match on Sunday difficulty on the first of them, morning .has beco~e a firm Rodrigue (South) and Dr. Rock­ fav.ourite at the Eastbourne Con­ felt (North) as follows:---: gress, and a big audience gathered SouTH · · NoRTH to watch four expert pairs bid . 1+ . t+ three test hands. Members of the 2+ 3+ audience had an opportunity to try 3.0 3. out their own skill first, and quite . 4+ No a few pairs later claimed · a and Schapiro (South) and Reese . " possible:" (North) with, to my mind, the This was the first hand:­ more immaculate sequence:- South dealer . SOUTH ' NORTH North-South vulnerable 1+ I+ NORTH 2+ 3+ + QJ53 30 4+ \') Q64 No 0 82 After South's bid of Three + AQ54 Diamonds · it must be clear to North .that his spades could • SOUTH , scarcely be worse nor his clubs + A64 better- which seems to ·make · \') 9 3 Four Clubs the obvious choice. '0 AQ7 Of the other two competing + KJlO 3 2 pairs, with whom the bidding A combined count of 25 points, began in si~ilar style, . Rose: a fit in two suits, no playable I·partnered by Nunes, also chose game- these ele'ments, in spite of Three Spades over Three Dia- the fact that they are reproduced monds and overdid things by · with reasonable frequency still going on to Four Spades over . provide a good test, even for the Four Clubs. Mrs. Markus, part- . best. · There were two such hands nered by C. Reichenbach, the , in. this bidding match. Two of Swiss international, with ' her the four pairs circumvented the quick eye for game possibilities; . - . . . 10 1· .. ~=·.~ ...... ;~

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"How many more boards? "-M. Claude Reichenbach, Switzerla11d l.'! i.~·i:', 1 •• ' J··.~: .. : i•. ···.~.~~ ;'1 'l'' '!• 'f', ·; 1 ·--.·-,-• I ·.•· ,!; .~\ 1 •• •• '. ',·:, • • • • , • • ~:,r . 1 1 /' ~ ',,"\:'.l,,o·~-' ,,J •.': '• I 0 ·.~t~•: . jumped to Four Spades' o~e~ · Mrs. Marku~ ' bi~ ~hr~~ Sp~d~~ ~. ·.·: ::/t.:; Three Diamonds. The ·final con- over Three Clubs, but recov~red · ···:. tract of Four Clubs scored the subsequently:- '< .' ~ maximum points- 100-while NORTH SOUTH ·:·-· .. Four Spades was worth 30: 10 · 1'\! 3+ ·:: i· ~: Thus was hand No. 2:- 3+ . 4<) North dealer 4'\f 4 + Game all 6+ No NoRTH The second best contract of Six + A 7 4 3 Clubs, which is only likely to '\! A fail in the event of two <) A 1 9 7 3 · losers was awarded 80 points out · + 8 7 2 of 100. Reese and Schapiro scor­ · soUTH ed maximum points for teaching + KJ65 the optimum contract of Six '\11 Diamonds:- <) KQ 8 NoRTH SOUTH . Reese Schapiro + AKJ94 IO 3+ · . After North had opened with 30 40 . East a bid of One Diamond 4NT 5'\1 intervened with One Heart. The 6+ 60 opponents took no further part No in the bidding. The point of this South has technically a Five hand is to avoid the 4-4 spade No Trump response to the Cul­ fit Which in fact offers only the bertson Four No Trumps, but third best slam spot, and here Schapiro chose Five Hearts . in again simple methods solve the case partner could make a grand problem- North is scarcely good slam try of Five Spades. enough to show spades on the Nunes and Rose produced a second round. Rockfelt and ludicrous auction owing to Nunes' Rodrigue .opened the ball as failure to force initially with the follows:- South hand. He· bid Two Cluqs NORTH SouTH and when his partner rebid T~o . Diamonds he bid Two . Spades. 10 I '\I 3+ 30 40 North not unnaturally became quite excited and South had so 4'\f 4NT 6+ much to spare that they were S+ unable to stop ~hort of Seven No 13 '.1 ' ·' Spades. At this · point Reese ·· and Schapiro led with 200 'points on·a hand on which no safe game against 180 by Rockfelt. and contract can be visualised. There Rodrigue, and this was the final seems to be little justification-for test:- South, with a minimum opening, South dealer , to take the bidding further but Love all •· Schapiro, a forceful player, made NoRTH a further try with Three Dia- +. A 7 6 " monds. Reese made the non- -, ~ K J 9 5 2 co~ttal bid of Three -Hearts ' 0 · 7 4 which Schapiro ought clearly to + K J 8 have passed, but over which he none the -less pressed on with SOUTH Four Hearts. Perhaps he did '. + Q985 not expect a second part score ~AS . in three hands! 0 AJ Mrs. Markus and Reichenbach ' , + Q 10 9 7 5 likewise scored ·30 out ~f 100, for O~ce again the accent )s . after Mrs. Markus had made the on simplicity with the first ex­ good bid of Three Clubs her part­ changes:­ ner made a further bid of Three SOUTH NORTH Hearts with the South:hand and I+ . I~ Mrs. Markus could do no less I+ than bid game. It was 'left to quite automatic. At this point Nunes and· Rose to score. full Rockfelt complicated the issue points on the hand by being no · witq a'· " scientific " bid of _Two more than obvious:- D1amonds- "." SOUTH NORTH South bid Tw_o No Trumps and North, fearful of his diamond I+ 1~ holding, bid Three Hearts-but I+ No ~· the sitl:iation was now clearly forcing and South bid Four Hearts The final scores were:- --;-too high and f:redited with 30 (Maximum 300) points. ' - Reese and Schapiro ' 230 After the opening exchanges _of Rockfelt and Rodrigue ... 210 · I+- I ~- 1 + Reese made the Mrs. Markus and obvious (and best) · bid of Three Reichenbach )50 Clubs; strongly encouraging and, ~unes and Rose 150 ' . 14 .. . ' Pride-and 'PrejudiCe · :~ .' by A. MEREDITH and P. JUAN .'·- Is there any truth in the suggestion that some of the ladies round a~ 1 d about the British team have supporters whp can see only the virtues in their performance? In this challenging article Adam Me;edith and Pedro · Juan analyse a specific. instance of what they . regard as short-sighted reporting.

" All played well but the match 1 East's hand is:- was lost!" used to be one of Dr. + 9874 \?QJ4 017 + AQ106 Leist's famous dicta. Having The bidding:- · read a Bridge column in an SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST agricultural magazine and also a IO No recent article by Alan Truscott on I+ No INT No .the British ladies' performance at 2NT No No No Stockholm, we are persuaded that No trump contracts reached in it is better to say: " One player this fashion,can often be defeated did excellently but the matches by tight .defence. The opening were lost! " which does seem lead of the +9 is the orthodox a bit hard on the other five play which keeps declarer to seven . " dolls " who toiled in vain for a tricks. · whole week. The intrepid Mr; East's opening lead: \?Q. It Truscott offers as evidence of cost 4 I.M.P. some of the British ladies' good * * * play the match against Norway ' Hand No.3. '· game. Dealer. which was lost by a small margin East-West only because " our opponents South. West's hand ~s:- played a little better than our­ + I096 \?8 OAJ963 + KJ94 selves." Our interest being very The bidding:- much aroused, we got hold of the SouTH WEST NORTH EAST records and decided to " sit-in " I + No 2\? . No ~or the first twenty boards, watch­ 30 No 3~ · -No Ing Miss Shanahan and Mrs. 3NT No No No Willi ams playing East and West In sharp contrast to the pre­ respecti vely in Room 2. , vious hand, we believe that tiJe Hand No. I. opponents' bidding and the nature of West's holding, calls . for an Lo ve all. Dealer North. 15 ... " ' •I i attackin·g lead to have a chance to· break the ·contract. · West's opening lead: <:?8. It cost five I.M.P. * * * * * * Hand No. 5. Hand No. 12. North dealer West dealer North-South game North-South_game

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SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST No No I+ Dbl. 2\? f•• ' I+ No 2+ No No No No 3+ No 4+ No No No The opening lead was + 9, which is open to criticism but cannot -be condemned. Declarer won the trick in her hand and led I , ... . + 6 which East won with the Ace .. At .trick 3) East returned +7 ( !) This very poor play was followed . by failure to cash the two dia- \ . I . \'/iTi"--:.~l"',·i;"l,.' ...... ,or:y·~~-.-. ~"":'""'..,.._...... ,..c"r""..,...,,....,.,_ . ~·,. i ·J .•• •' ',I .. •• ':' • • '. ' 1 . " •• •. • ' .• . • ',. ~, ... t ,,,,• ·.J I J, ·• •· i . ' Hm1d No. 17. · :.. : · bid and ~_adc in Room 'i. North dealer North-South game Hand No. 18. East dealer NORTH North-South game +11097 NORTH

One Hu11dred Up Edited by M. HARRISON GRAY

This is the second of a new Test­ Your-Bidding series. Write down your answer to each of the ten questions opposite, _then turn to page 41 , ·where you will find the ~nswers of a panel of ' eight famous experts together with a rating by _Harrison Gray from which you can estimate your own score. · Maximum: 100. 18 . <•. , , .t,•·,:·<·.:; ~~~:. (·~ -~r~ \·:::··'C":···.' :~·::: .-.~· .: t;-;.; .• ·(-~) .~·.~~ •• ~-l 1. North-Sou.th vulnerable. South · .6. :Norib-Sotith ' win~bie: · 8o~ui :. · ·· holds:- holds:- · · ' · + A7 C,AKJ5 OKQJ9 + AQJ + KQ7 ~J3 OQI082 + Kt065 SoUTH Wr:sr NoRm EAST Soum Wr:sr NoRm EAST 2+ No 20 2+ ·2+ No ? ? What should South say? .What should South say? Your answer ----,.....:_.______· _ Your _answer ...... , ...... _ 2. North-South vulnerable. South · 7. North-South vulnerable. South holds:- · holds:- + A75~ ~K OQ98l + A932 + KJ9764 ~A3~ OA94 + 8 SoUTH Wr:sr NoRm EAST . Soum Wr:sr NoRTH ' EAST l + 2(Vl 3~ . 4~ 1~ Dbl. 1+ Db!. . 2~ 4+ ' 6~ 1 6+ 7~ ? . 1 What should South say? What should South say? Your answer ...... - ...... _._, ...... 8. _ Love all. South holds:..:... . 3. East-West vulnerable~ South . + AQJ ~104 OA73 + KQ1095 holds:- ' SotrrH wr:sr . NoRTH EAST + 1086543 ~J984 08 + 32 10 No SmrrH Wr:sr NoRm EAST No 30 No 10 2+ 30 I ? . What should South say? Wh~t should South say? Your answer _, ...... :._· ____.. _ ___:.:. · ; ' Your answer ...... ----- 9. Love all. · South holds:- · 4. Love all. Sout-h holds:­ + AS ~J5 OQ876 + AKt'082 +962 ~953 0 - + AQ98653 SmiTH WFSr NoRTH EAsT SoUTH Wr:sr NoRm EAST No No No 1+ No No 1~ I + ·2+ 2+ 20 2+ 40 ? ? What should South say? What should South S!lY? Your answer ..... -·-:------:- . . Your answer ...... : ...... - ...... _ ..... 10. Game all. South holds:­ + J96 OAQ5 ·+ K53 ' 5. North-South vulnerable. South . ~AQJ9 SoUTH WFSr NoRTH EAsT . holds:­ 1+ No +AK4 ~Q6 OQ103 + AKQ65 · No · 2+ No SoUTH Wr:sr NORTH EAST 2~ . 2NT No 4+ No l+ No' 10 No 2+ .•No .3+ . No ? :what should_South say 1 1 I Your answer ...:.---·----- Your answer ...... :...... : ...... - 19 by ALFRED SHEINWOLD

Leading American experts are attracted many of the best Cana- · now preparing for the Winter dian and up-State players. The . National Championships, neatest hand of the team cham­ scheduled to be 'held in New pionship was played by Dr. Paul . I Orleans,' December 1st to 9th. Zweifel, of the winning team:- Events will include board-a-match West dealer team contests for men's teams, North-South vulnerable . women's teams, and open teams, NORTH besides a three-session. mixed. • J 842 pairs championship, and a four- \? AQ1084 ·session open pairs event. · OA Several hundred of the best + J96 American players have already WEST EAsT · reserv<;:d rooms at the head- + A K Q .9 7 6 3 • 105 quarters hotel, from which they cy> 6 5 3 cy>KJ9 are unlikely to stir during_ the 0 10 6 0 QJ53 course of the tournament. The + 7 + Q 10 53 odd agoraphobia of bridge players SOUTH nullifies the educational effect of + ~ the travelling they must 'do to cy> 7 2 compete in our national tourna- 0 K 9 8 7 4 2 ments. A few less dedicated types + A K 8 4 2 will, however, sample the Creole SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST cooking, for which New Orleans No 1cy> No is so well known. 20 2+ No No Meanwhile, we continue to 3+ No 3\? No sharpen up our game with weekly 4+ No 5+ Dbl. .. tournaments in various parts of No No No ' the country. In Syracuse,, N.Y. West opened the King of (a busy manufacturing and univer- spades, and Dr. Zweifel ruffed. sity town, roughly midway be- He led to the Ace of diamonds, tween New York and Montreal), returned with a trump to th~ Ace, a regional tournament recently cashed the King of diamonds, and 20 ·ruffed -a . . next few 'plays were spade ; ruff; '' J '.' .., diamo ~ d ruff/ and another· spade ·.. _ 3NT.' '.;~- No .·, ruff; East had to discard a· heart ·: · 'No· No . , .. for lack of anythrng better. . . • . Dr. Zweifel . now . cashed · the . .Three .· No .Trumps wo1.dd, of ,' ~- J{jng of trumps a!lq 'ted a ,good . course, have been simplicity it.;. ' .. diamond. East, •reduced to the self. As· it happened, the hand... ·:~ two last trumps and two hearts;. --~as _ played in a rnix~d pairs eyent, _,· had to take his trump tricks and and.South w~s., unw!llmg to trust . give durn.¢y a winning heart the play to hts partrie~; He was :'· for the tenth and eleventh .l0 . pay, .dearly for t~s . lack of ·. · tricks. . . ,' . ..· fatth. .. .. , . . ·.·. ·_.: The hand that. gave us niost . West opened the four of clubs~- · '-~ pleasure came from a New York. and South won and drew three · , tournament late in October. It rounds of trumps. He cashed ·: probably ·proves 'a point that is the remaining top club; led a spade 'i true of bridge players on ·both' to the IGDg, ruffed a club, and ·_·_: sides of tl,1e Atlantic:-· that· there .led another spade. . . ~ .. is a sweeter taste to the trick that ~ . West kne~ enough to ta~e the_ . ·. you steal than to the trick that . · Ace; thanks partly to East's higq- : . you earn. : : , . low and partly to the fact -tliat ·~ ·' South dealer · there was nothing else to do.- She · : . North-South vulnerable · . ': led the Jack.. of clubs, · ~nd ·south·· : NORTH i~ffed. · - ' .:r. ·· · +. K Q65 <;:?74 ' South had been hoping to force ··. : 0 K 54 a diamond lead from- tlie deferi~ · ' · rlers, but now,pe had t~ _tackle th«? ·:· \ + ~r- 6 3 2 WEST EAST ' · suit himself. He led the deuce · + AJ972 + 10 3' · · : · of .diamonds, and West shr~w~IY . \/ 8 3 I <;:? J ~ 5 · ,. . played .. the Queen. · 0 Q6 <>. A! 9 8 3 West might have to win the Sel!IIJDI:l ~ + 19 54 + -Q 101 , diamo!ld wit~ the Queen SOUTH forced to give dummy a • 8 4 spade trick.) Dummy <;:? A K Q 10 9.2 .,. - King, and East took . 0 107 2 returned the eight of with Just ihe right ft. rftCtAM' + A~ . .. 21 . ., ' (, ), ~ .,,., ... , ,. ·~· · 1,> ~: · .. ,:· ;_:.~}) \ ·-· :• : :·~;~ I ;~-~ - · - ,- ! "\ 'l ; ~.- 1 South. played .low without even· _. eight of diamonds. with the· ten, of · . . I thinking, and the eight of dia- cOurse, but th.e fact remains that · monds held the trick. Now'East he didn't and that only the shrewd cashed the Jack of diamonds, defence . of l1is opponents gave defeating the contract. him this chance to toss his con- South should have covered the tract away.

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Cam rose Trials--New _ Styl~ by ALAN TRUSCOTT

· This season the English Bridge _Dorrrier- Rimington), one Lan­ . Union has departed from the Lancashire-cum-Midlands team time-hon

' I South + Kl032 Game all dealer \?1106 0 Q43 + QJ8 + Q J 8 41 + .J\916 . I!) A987542 I!) Q 3 · O K 0 765 +9 · ~ + AKl03 •\?K-5 . 0 AJ10982 • . 7 65~2

Room 2: (Topley v. Truscott). ~ Room I : (Tapley v. Truscott). I SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH · WEST NoRTH EAST Top/ty Truscott Silverstone Clark . Dormer . J. Spurway f_llmington- P . Spurway · ·,. No II!) No t + No II!) . - No ·' I+ "' 20 2+ No 3+ 20 4+ No 5+ No ' No 31!) No 4\? No 5+ ~0 I No No No No \) 10 led. II tricks. 650toE-W. · OA led: 9 tricks. 200 toN-S.

Room 3: (Sellman v. Flint). Room 4: (Sellman·v: _Flint). SOUTH WEST NORTH ~AST Soun1 WEST NoRTH EAST 1 Sellman Flint I. /llannlnr C.:Manning S . Dyer Finlay Beale. Prlday No 1\? No No _I\? . · No I+ ·r• 2+ · No : 30 Db!. 2+ No 3+ INJ 3\? No · 4+ No 3\? No 4+ Dbl. , No _ No .. . No No No No t'o tricks. 620 to E-W. OA led. 100 tq N-S. ·+ 7Ied. 9 tricks. . \ . . .. East's final bid in Room 1 showed excellent judgment. As he has failed to suggest ·. a heart contract by bidding Three Hearts·on the second round, he can hardly have · . better hearts or worse spades. West's bidding has shown mor:' heartS ~istinctly 5 than spades and he can correct to spades if he wishes. In Room·2 West . Wild rebid got his side ·aut of its depth. Even Four Spades. is ~ tricky . the results in the other two rooms show: it can be made by takmg_one early;_.• .-...·.·"' or trumps and then playing a cross-ruff. ' ' 23 South • 107 6 Love all dealer \;)- 0 Al04 + AK 10 7 6 53 • 54 • Q98 \;)KJ985 \;) A Q 10 7 6 0 K32 · Jw:E , o· QJ5 + 194 + 82 + AKJ32 \;) 432 0 9 8 7 6 +Q

Room 1: (Truscott v. Sellman) Room 2: (Truscott v. Sellman) SouTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST C. Manning Truscott Finlay Clark Rlmington Sellman ' Dormer I. Manning I\;) No No I+ No No. I + No No I + 2\;) 3+ 3+ No No No No 3\;)' 3. No No No \;)8 led. 10 tricks. I70 to N-S. + 8 ,Jed. 10 tricks. 170 toN-S.

Room 3: (Tapley 'v. Flint) - Room 4: (Tapley v. Flint) SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Silverstone S. Dyer Top ley Beale Priday J. 'Spurway Flint P. Spur·way No No lNT No No No 4+ No 2+ No 3+ No No No 3+ No 4+ No No No + 5 led. I3 tricks. 510 toN-S. OQ led. 13 tricks. 190 toN-S.

T • The four Norths, third in hand, found four different opening bids: safe (Room 1), pre-emptive (Room 4), imaginative (Room 2), and more imaginative (Room 3). It was the most original approach of One No Trump which got the best result, and ·' Topley and Silverstone deserve credit for landing on their feet with a sequence ·.~-: which fooled three of th~ players. South in Rooms 1 and 2 were both slightly backward in not ·going to game, but the pair in Room 4 had no chance. 24 Teams of Four Final • 7 64.3 2 Game all Eastbourn·e Congress ~ 10 8 4 3 South dealer 0 + AKJ8 • 109 + AK ~ Q J 9.2 ... ~ AK75 O ·K108643 0 5 2 . . + .Q 10973 E3 • 4' • QJ85 - ~ 6 0 AQJ97 • 652

Room Room 1: 2: '· Souni . WESt 'NoRTH ' EAST SOUTH WEST NoRTH EAST Bernm.d Greenberg Pearlstone Rothschild Frall!es 1. Rose Albuquerque A . Preston No No No - No 10 10 No t+ ·No No No No 1~ 1. 2+ 2+ 3+ No No 4 ~ No No 4. -. 5 ~. DbI. No No No ' - 10 tricks. 170"to N-S. , + A led. 7 tricks. 1,1oo to N"-s. ~Q led.

Room 1. One would exp~t North. to' have a more substantial spade suit for l!iS '.. ~l~erable bids of One Spade imd,Four ~pades , but his enterprise certainly showed · . h"big profit. East's fi nal bid was unwise, as he' has already shown the power of' · IS hand and can now leave the ·final decision to West. A gloomy doubl.e' by ~est should net 200, as Four Spades (" only three lose~") is a kibitzer's make - nly. If the defenders play two early rounds of trumps and confine themselves to playing hearts, declarer is held to five tru~P and four "side winners. ' After a similar sequence in another match Rodrigue found an instantaneous redouble when Five Hearts was doubled-Wtd ~ Master opponent, obligingly ' :- retr ea ted mto· F1ve. Spades! . . · : · · · Room 2. South's light- ~pen i ng . bid shut the· opponen~ . out or the bidding. and also shut them out of trouble. East,•warned by the diamond bid on his left, Well to stay out of ihe bidding. Albuquerque's ·team, the eventual .winners, 7 I.M.P. I • - ·! : 2S '· by HUBERT PHILLIPS

"Bridge to-night, dear," said Pop (dealer) opened the bidding Mum. "You'll have to play with One Heart. The General instead of .me, Fanny; I'm not bid Three Clubs ; Mrs. Sweetlove feeling too good." countered ·with Four Clubs . . . "Okay," said Fanny. "I only " That's a game-going force, hope I don't cut Mrs. Whosit. Fanny," said · Pop. "Yes, of Last . time I played with her, course," said Fanny; "No bid." nothing I did was right." "Four No . Trump," said Pop. "If you mean Mrs. Sweetlove," The Gener~l passed, and Mrs. said Pop " you were lucky to Sweetlove-who had agreed to have her as a partner. She's a play Blackwood- bid Five Spades. very charming woman." · Mrs. Sweetlove- had Pop only "She's all ,yours," said Fanny. known it- was now wishing that As it happened, Fanny cut the s·he hadn't made her" game-going General. Pop and Mrs. Sweet­ force." She was certain that love wtm the first game: an Pop's next bid would be Six No. uneventful Four Hearts. The ~rump. Six Sp:tdes, she was second deal was more interesting: telling herself, would probably be MRS. SWEETLOVE the better contract. AQ 107 543 + Fanny passed, of course, and \() A63 Pop duly ·bid Six No Trump. 0 107 This was passed all round, and + A the General led the + 7. THE GENERAL FANNY • 62 + KJ Mrs. Sweetlove laid out her \() K 7 '()854 cards and Pop went into a pro­ 0 3 0 Q86542 tracted huddle. " That's a nice 1- + QJ0876532 K4 dummy, partner," he commented; , + PoP " but I'll have to plan the play • 98 carefully . . . A tip for you, \() QJ 1092 Fanny," he added. "Don't play 0 AKJ9 to the first trick till you've worked + J9 out your plan of campaign." 26 ' Fa~ny said nothin&. She wa5 "I do·~·t want to ~riticise; p~~t~er; · taking advantage of ;pop's huddle but surety. you might have cashed to analyse the hand for herself. your heart tricks before playing In due course Pop played the second spade? " · ' . ' dummy's +A and Fanny prompt­ " But the thing looked a cast- ly threw +K. Pop scowled. iron c'f:rtainty," said Pop. " ~hy "I know your tricks, my girl. do you suppose I put up your .A , You've got another one, I don't' at trick 3? .Because (I ~aid to mind betting. The plot thickens, myself) if Fanny has the, King, 1 partner." He led 0.7 at trick 2, it's a singleton. With two ·Kings, and, when Fanny played lo~, put both guarded, she c!m break the . up OK. ".A ticklish hand, 1part­ contract a,nyway:_so who, but a ner," Pop commented; . "but lunatic, would have thrown +K we've still a fighting chance." • • I a! trick 1 ?." "I should jolly well hope so," " Yes " said the General; " that said Mrs. Sweetlove. She had ' . . puzzled me too, Fanny. N.ot that · studiously refrained from looking your defence wasn't a wow." , · at her adversaries' hands. · Thus encouraged, Pop led .9.' " I thought it out before the He looked hard at Fanny, who first . trick," said Fanny. " Like how Pop said I should. ·If I was gazing demurely intq ~ the 1 'middle distance. That demure keep my +K, Pop can make his expression made up Pop's mind ·contract. On the bidding, he for him. He played dummy's must have five h'earts and _P~ _o­ + A; nodding his head sagely bably four diamonds. So he wms when Fanny threw .K under it. ·the first tri~k with +A; . ma~e~ nine more tricks in the red sm.ts' " I knew that's how things . d puts me in with +K at tnck Were," said Pop. ~~ to lead up to th_e major tenace The rest · of the story can ·be in spades ... At least," she added · told in a few words. Pop re- "that's what ·\ 1 thought. Of ent.ered his hand with · OA, the course, I' might throw my +K on. General- to his eternal · credit~ a heart. But no! ·. Then yo~ ­ throwing '\)7. The .8 was led just let ·me make a spade, don t and finessed. And Fanny, win- you, Pop? " ning, played + 4 arid ·set the , " F. or heaven's sake, gir'1 contract s·even tricks. ' qu :suo~~~:t.;i "J 1 were n' t Pop "stop asking silly 1 ust as wei we d' t' get on with the p11•~~ doubled," said Mrs. Sweetlove. an 1e s ·. 27 This month there will be another prize competition for letters dealing with a special subject. The British Bridge World offers the following prizes:-

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30 ' .. . n· • • I • , .. , ' "• ., . ••• ' 'f .... - .. .. • I , t- • o ... ' •. ' •• '· ·~->~·. .-.~,. .I ',~·.1 " t• ; ' ~O. j \~.;.~ ! .•~r~1' .; ... ~.. ·. ' ~ !•/ ·· · sknf~ i- "1\~~idai,~~·:: ;· ·· · .. . . The Mayfair Bridge Studio is the only club. or orga?1isation in the cou111ry . that runs a Par Contest each-month: This is a hand. from the October contest. 'No player managed to find the open to question. The suggested winning play on the . f9llowing bid9ing actually occurred· in a hand ; it is an exercise iii Tollemac~e Cup match. "." West leads . ~6 against Three East dealer No Tiumps and South's problem North-South vulnerable is to come to !'line tricks before NORTH the hea'rts 'are set up. . ' + AK654 Since East is marked with the ~ 95 high cards, the' recommen~ed lirie 0 :J 6 5 of play is to cross to dummy with · + K Q 8 +K and lead a low club. This WEST EAST avoids the axe- represented by • 3 2 + Q 9 8 .7 . East's + A. If Eas~ go:s u'p with '_ ' .. \/ 110 76 4 , ~ K 8 3 2 the Ace he releases. three club '· 0 Q 742 0 3 tricks, and if he ducks declarer can + 76 +A 10 9 5 switch to diamonds with nine SOUTH tricks asrured. +JIO The winners ~of the . October ~ AQ contest were: ~ North-South, D ... 0 AK1098 · Carter and D. Quinn; -East-We~t, . +J432 I ' R.. Kerr . a~d J. · Amsbury. The suggested biddirig _was:_:_ SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST No BETI'J:UIRIDGE 10 No I+ Dbl. . The backs of envelopes (hitherto the . Redbl. 2~ No No official medium for bridge problems) 2NT No 3NT All pass are in for a period o~ unemployment, ' d d I ween. f ld ~ · Maximum points were awar e · True you can acquire a lot o ~ f F · ' · 0 fBetta- or Three N o Trump~ o_r our , envelopes for 65/-•. the ~nee · Spades. No bidding points were bridge, but Bettabndge, hkc a millli&tll~\.:.4l , .. 1 ts for ever and ---~c - •. ,._ awarded to East-West,- smce chess set, as T n - · . d . ble present.- .~ East's second round double JS a mtrn . · 31 ''

by JEAN BESSE

Geneva is known as one. of. the It is clear that Six Diamonds is keenest international centres· in cold against any normal break, the world. This is now true with whereas Six No Trumps should respect to bridge also, as Switzer­ go down most of the time. land owns a genuine American After South's One No Trump "Life Master," young Mr. Tom opening, however, it is nearly Fenwick, living in Geneva. · impossible to reach Six Diamonds Back in .the States for holiday, with standard bidding methods. ' Mr. Fenwick played .. duplicate in (The hand would be a triumph · Pittsburgh and told l,JS of a hand for the " Baron " ' conventional showing up quite a rare situation. Two No Trump response atter South dealer which the partnership has to bid Love all the four card suits' " upwards."). · NORTH So, South· was playing Six No + Q43 Trumps, West leading 0 10~ Hav­ ~ KQlO ing cashed the first trick Mr. Fen­ <> Q762 wick at once led a small spade + AK3 for dummy's Queen to win, WEST EAST East dropping + 9. ' + A 762 + J 109 Mr. Fenwick then cashed four ~ 97 5 ~ 642 diamond and three heart tricks <> 10 9 8 <> 4 3 to p'roduce the following interest­ + Q86 + 109754 i.ng two-suited-doubl~-squeeze lay­ SOUTH out:- ' + K85 See next page. ~ AJ83 0 AKJ5 , When South leads ~A, )Vest + 12 must discard a small clup lest de­ The bidding was short and­ clarer establish his + K (by almost-to the point. South, leading + x). Dummy· discards Mr. Fenwick, opened One_ No · then a spade and East must now Trump and North closed the shed one of his spade honours in · bidding with Six No Trumps. order. to hold the clubs. 32 :.:' :': .·.: ~·-:'::, :·i.. ,/~ :' :::,;:{_ :~(:~ r; .:: :·f/,- j ~'Jl!~~,~ :·; />;:,:l:-f1:·>_<1'i >•;:·~~~~' ··,:-:~;_:r :):'~ ·, >>~::·:;~~ ' · NoRTH· . · :· ·. · .' . · tournament .: called 1. : .,"Coupe ,• de 1 ·· ·+4 3 · ,· .- Paris," which is.now run'riiog. It · ~~'! - · I , . . ... , · 1\1- '' was ·entered by abou~ 150 pairs, .. - ... . · . • i ,t' 0 - 32 pairs being qualified for a final . ; ', r + A K 3 in three sessions. · · · ·.' : : -~ WEST EAsT Playing with Pierre Beguio · .I . _. + A 7 • J 10 encountered'the following bidding ' . ·, ;-', • r • • ''.' ·'& ~- 1\7 - situatiOn:-· · ·- 0- 0 - · Northdealer + Q 86 + 10 9 7 Game all SOUTH NORTH· + K8 .5 1\1 A , I\! Jl065 0- 0 K43 i + J2 + . J875 W EST , _ EAST : + Q 9 6 4 + K J ~ 2 _ ... · ·, Whereupon dummy's + AK are 1\1 7 1\/ A-932· . played before exiting with a O Q1097 O AJ6 ·~: spade. South covers East's re­ + A 9 3 2 + 10 6 • maining honour and West m ust + AI087 finally concede the twelfth trick 1\1 KQ86 to declarer's +&. 0 8 5 This kind of guard* squeeze, + :KQ4 though quite well known, occurs extremely seldom in practice. . With Beguin North and myself - South, the bidding proceeded:-- Coupe de Paris SOUTH W EST ·NORTH EAST ; ~ •. The first event of the bridge No 10 season in Paris is a big pair Db!. 30 Dbl. _ N Q. No No *Not, in the terminology that I use, a I led a small trump and East , which involves the element was one down for the very g?od of finesse. It is a secondary squeeze (a trick is lost after the squeeze ~ins) score, to us, .of 200 . . · · , · with a " crush " menace in spades. TI1e The point of 'Course is h_ow. to., .'. ending is of the same type as that t these very tricky b1ddmg · t rea ' · b · t th · adumbrated by Truscott on page 22 of the situations;, and w~at a 00 e October issue when he writes of "an use 'of the. so-called " ingenious in which Doub l e ?~· South's +s is the key card."-T.R. 33 ' '· It is clear that if· you play the double, I should say. With the · '! respo~sive doubl~," American -actual South hand I was quite fa~hion, for partner, to ta~~-out, satisfied to pass my partner's North cannot double as he ·l~cks double. ·' the ingredients to support South's · But with, for instance, likely bid of spades. + AlOxx \?KQxx O.x KJxx · But if you play the double for I should no doubt have bid Three penalties North cannot double Hearts. either because he has no guarantee whatsoever to set .a contract of :East's One Diampnd operting Three (or even Four) Diamonds. · proceeded obviously from his dis- We co_nsider therefore a double like of openiqg a fout: card in North's position. as a highly major. Perhaps, Simon :would co-operative gadget, say 50 per have said, the best way towards cent. for penalty, 50 per cent. for 'playing a ·suit (spades in this case) take out. An optional responsive ' is still to bid that suit.

Ethics - Some Reflecti011s by J . C . H. MARX

The incidents · at Stockholm The charge 'was disrriissed but the that gave rise to protests by the­ defendant got ·a severe wigging . British team may by now be con- 'from the bench. At. the end of it , sid.ered decently buried, but the all no one was any clearer how unde.t:lying controversy remains suitcases should be' cacped in an and will not . be ended by mere unsuspicious manner. interment. The self-contradictory Since the' trouble arose over judgment of the Tournament . suspicions of wrongful conduct, Committee does ~:tot help much we. might do well to examine the in disposing of the- body. One nature of the supposed error: recalls ·the story; ·too silly to be At every game there are fields of true but true nevertheless; of the conduct th;1t canno_t be regulate~ traveller' arrested by an offic;ious by law alone. · The general sen­ policeman for carrying his own timent of the mass of players ' I suitcase in · a suspicious manner. takes charge and this ·of course_ \ 34 ·' I.·. ~ ,. ; • . • ' 1.. ,' .'.: ~ '' '. t I ~

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Problems of Selection

The competition was for letters the stamina which will enable on the following subject:- them to keep their form through­ out a gruelling week. /f you we1:e a · selector, what A good method of selection will method of selection (without re­ take all these points into account,· ference to ;,;dividual players) would and judged by that standard most you advocate for -next year's open of the entries fell short. Many Ei~ropean Championship? competitors suggested that the Criticism of selectors is a com­ winners of a si~gle competitio~, mon British pastime, but the such as the , with certain • · principal fact which emerges from variations, should be chosen. the ·entries for this competition is One has 'only to consider the that there is more to the task than American example to observe the may appear on the surface. These weakness of any such scheme. are the qualifications w_hich , Their Summer Nationals, in which ideally, the team should possess:- the last eight teams all play a full 1. The players should be good match against one another, is a enough to win matches against much better test than our knock­ the strongest European teams. out Gold Cup, but the- winning 2. They should be steady, so team, though necessarily a good that they w~n't lose to the weaker one, is by no means always the teams. · strongest that could be picked. 3. They should have the right Some competitors sought refuge temperament to overcome set­ in the Master Points scheme, backs. making it retrospective and so 4. So that morale will be good, arriving at the players with the the players must be on good best tournament record in recent terms with one another and have years. There again, the results respect for one another. might surprise. Some very good _ 5. The players must possess players do not play in many 38 1 1 ': ~ '! .. ; ~·. -: · : .. : t·.:: .. r~·~j, '., :;''.. ~.·~: .. ·., .. ... 1 ~,· ~·:··:~ ·, .'· 'f ' \ :·J. ; , ... ·· · .. , , ::~: 1. ,.· • . ' I , - J ' ' _,,· ,, · ,, .,.~ ~>.. ' ·.' : . .. ; ·.: · ... .. i ,I, ' '. '~ • el'ents. Apart from 1 th~t; · any ' vited' to noni/,iate teams ~~ ~ix ;~ · such plan leaves out of considera- play regularly in such a conlpeti­ tion too many important require- 'lion. Matches would be played -;11 ments. London once a month, restricted to: In the opinion of the Editorial say, nine te,iuns,pldying an Ameri­ Board, which judged-the compe- can Whist League movement.

tition, none of the entri~s was At the end o/ the season the L\ '11" outstanding, and accordingly the "league-le~ders" would offer them­ . :; I .. first prize of Two Guineas is selves as first choice for the ·.(. carried over to the November Europecm. Championships. The competition. The three prizes for selectors· wo!fld • make the final runners-up are awarded to the decision themselves, but such a . competitors whose letters are set competition should provide them out below. with a sound basis on which io exercise their judgment."

"LEAGUE FOR TOP TEAMS " "LET THE PLAYERS CHOOSE" Mr. W. D. Thompson, of 54 King Edward Avenue, Mansfield, Mr. C. E. Gates, of 3 Ridgway Notts. , has a sensible and ortho­ Road, Barton Seagrave, Ketter­ dox plan:- ing, Northants, has an original " Fundamentally the team chosen idea which is ·unlikely ever to to represent Great Britain should commend itself to a s~lection committee but would nevertheless possess the following attributes:­ • <' (a) They should be experienced produce a strong team more , .. surely than any single trial. -- i11 playing together as a team. ' . ' "Form a panel of, say, thirty .· ..:· .:. .. (b) Each member should be fully '. ·.. leading play~rs and invite them to I ..,"1 , , equipped tec!tnically. , . . "'',.. answer individually the following (c) The team should currently .. -- t be playing better titan other similar questionnaire:- ' , teams. 'Assuming that you belonged_ to Accordingly there should be an a team offour, with your favourite auronwtically-produced "ranking partner opposite you, .· and the liST " hased on the results obtained second pair of like calibre, (a) from byfirst class teams playing against what other team offour would you each other in regular competition­ expect the greatest danger tl! ·a li ar merely taking part in special IOO-board tournament, and (b) trials. which pair of that team would you Leading players should bl! in- regard as the stronger?' · 39 : : .:':~ :, :.;:~ \r; f:·::·/ :~;·.!: I.·~~~· .·. .~·:-;;·:h;~~. ~-;·;,\:f\i~:.i·'···,'~'·;:H''; .·:!}:.'::-- ::. <>\·;·-·~y: ::r~~·.. ;·v:

Collation of the answers' would I All men probables would .'have .- establish an order of 'tterit as ·to atiended a British school and both individuals and pairs, reflect- all the women should have had a

ing the majority opinion ·of a British grandfather so that British 1 representative 'body of practising standards of sportsmanship were experts. : ingrained in them. This method has the virtue in a I woufd allow no Continental democratic age of being elective mixture of witchcraft and brilliance rather than selective and it obviates to devastate opponents and play­ the holding of trials which are apt mates in turn (no reference to any to be unhelpful, .or actually mis­ particular person' is intended here- leading. in general the vivacity of European Lastly, it must favour the choice ·born wome1i does not well accord of players who by their skill, with 'the British type.) stamina and big match tempera­ ment should be automatic choices. Then having chosen the six pairs Consider, dear Sir, the private with the best current form I would thoughts of a leading player invited give the 1vomen plenty of money to nominate a team from which for clothes and furs (qs good as the he must exclude himself. The French), ban the slimming tablets best, you no doubt agree, will which enhance the glamour but, hardly .be good enough for him." distort the thought processes, and beg the rest of the conte.nders to forget their disappointment, still "NO WITCHCRAFf " their facile but withering pens and I:'inally, although the stress on send the Team -away in an atmos­ ladies' teams was not within the phere of peace and goodwill! In terms of the competition, the this manner the prestige of British Editorial Board could not bear bridge would undoubtedly be pre- that readers should be deprived served." of the comments of Mrs. Margery Burns, of Meade House, 6 Hamil­ ton Road, Sherwood Rise, Not­ tingham :- STATE EXPRESS _ "In September I would invite a A simple and excellent choice for a dozen established pairs to enter at Christmas present is a box of famous least eight major events, including State Express cigarettes most attrac­ tively packed for the season at no a Continental Congress, and study extra cost. See the range qf gifts at the results,. 210 Piccadilly; W.l. 40 r • Edited by M. HARRISON. GRAy

• • . • I How the Ex~r~ Voted: Before reading these ~nswers, try your hand at the problems , . set out on page 19. '

Norember Problem: 1 2 · ' 3 4 s 6 7 . 8 9 10 }elll Besse ., (Switzerland) '... No No · No No 3NT 2NT 2+ ... 3+ f + · 5+ (London) No . Db!. 3\/ 5+ 4¢ 2NT No Herman Filarski 3+ 3+ 6NT (Holland) No No 4+ 5¢· 3NT.2NT 2+ Edmund Phillips 3+ 3. 6+ ·.. (Northwich) \ No No 4 + No 3NT 2¢ 4¢ Terence Reese 2+ 3+ 41-rr (London) No Db!. 4+ 5+ 4+ 2NT No Bob Sharples 3+ 3+ 4NT (Cater ham) No Db!. 3+ 4~ 4+ 2NT No 3+ 3¢ Miss D. Shanahan 6+ (Hendon) No Db!. No 5¢ 4+ 2NT No 3+ 3¢ . 6+ Alfred Sheinwold (U.S.A.) No Db! ~ No No 4+ 3NT No 3+ ,3+ 5NT ' ., r

I. North-South vulnerable. . South indicates the balanced nature of the· holds:- hand. What are partne~ for if not to + A7 \/AKJ5 0 KQJ9 + AQJ · be strained? " .. 1 SOUTH W EST NORTH EAST PHILLIPs: "No bid. Gives partner 2+ No 20 2. - the opportunity of bidding No Trumps if he holds, say, Qxx in Spades."· . What should South say ? FILARSKI makes the same point and. goes on to say: " South's pass 'cai:ries . The panel's 1•ote: 8 for No Bid. a fine inference that any suit which he This problem was not designed to bids subsequently will consist of not - harass the panel; as REESE puts it, there · more than four cards." .' IS no alternative to " this s·mugly This type of problem points the dif­ expert call." ference between the expert. and the non- · Dooos: " No bid. This is partner's expert player. When 'the hand came Problem. The pass in this sequence up in a twelve-table pairs contest of a &lvcs a fair pic ture of the hand." high general standard, at two tables only . - • SHARPLES: " No bid. A standard did North-South obtain a plus score-a. situation. Allows partner to show his modest' penafty of 300 off Two Spades · suit or double for penalties." doubled after a second-round pass by • · SHEINWOLD : " No bid. The pass South, whoso partner's sole featuic ~ 41 JJixx in East's. suit. SHARPL'ES was the of telling partner that South controls only paneli~t to mention _this possible Hearts. .North's bidding was so strong outcome. _ · that a doub!e seems premature. At The most popular action over East's , even with a good partner, · was a of Three Spades, I double-at ]east we will remain on forcing North to bid Three No Trumps; . speaking terms, which is more,fhan we South either passed with a feeling that will do if we bid up to Seven m.issing the he had done the wrong thing, or ran Ace of trumps." into a penalty of 500 or more after One tends to argue in a team match deciding to play the hand himself, both that North-South are fixed anyway for a red suits being stacked on his left. bad result, so they might' as well go the wpole hog:-a penalty of 700 is a poor 2. North-S9uth vulnerable. South exchange for 1,430. in Six Spades and holds:- still more so for 2,210 if Seven Spades + KJ9764 'VA32 OA94 + 8 happens to be on. But FILARSKI voices SouTH WEST NoRTH EAsT the very consideration which le~ other I + 2\/ 3\/ 4\1 panelists to play for safety by doubling 4+ . 6\1 ~ 6+ 7\1 - the shattering blow to morale if ? Seven Spades is bid and goes down, What should South say? particularly when a very essential card is missing. In actual play North beld:- The panel's vote: 5 for Double, 3 for + QI0832 'V- OKQ75 + AKQ2 No bid. · When South passed over Seven An agonizing moment for the player Hearts, as he did in practice, could who fears that he is being talked out of North be severely blamed for placing his just due. South's responsibility is him with top Spades and Ace· of Dia- a heavy one-should he apply the closure . monds ? The result came close to dis­ by do.ubling Seven Hearts, or make a rupting a well-known partnership. ~We which might land the side nearly always go WTong when we strain in an unmakable Seven Spades? North's after specific holdings, and it seems cue bid did not guarantee first-round wiser on all counts to fall back on this Heart control, but later he becomes kind of simple reasoning:- · marked with a ; since the Ace of DoDDS: " Double. For our opening Hearts is waste paper, at first sight a bid, followed by a free bid of Four warning double seems strongly indicat­ Spades, partner is entitled to expect ed. But it is still possible for North to rather more than seven effective points." hold the right hand for Seven Spades­ REESE : "Double. You were not for example:- proposing to bid Seven if East had + AI0832 'V- OKQ75 + Al062 passed, so should not make a forcing PHILLIPS: "·No bid. It is true there pass now. You have already made is duplication in Hearts, but after all that free call of Four Spades, after all." South's bidding so far would have been SHErNWOLD : " Double. I have al­ the same with .the King of Diamonds ready bid the spots Qff this hand." instead of the Ace. There could well be a grand slam if North ha ~ solid 3. East-West vulnerable. South Clubs." holds:- FILARSKI: " No bid. The only way + 1086543 'VJ984 08 + 32 42 ., SoUTH WEST . NoRTH EAST . · t~ r ibis: ' whateVer , South does . on ~· thC - ·. '· · '~· 10. 2• Jo···· first round, he intends to bid up to Five · Spades, lioping that East-West will be · · 'I'..:,. doubled on the way in Five Diamonds. What should South say 1 But should he not perhaps ·look a little : · .: \ further ahead 1 If he makes any call '· ' · ·· J71e panels \'ole: 3 for No bid, 2 for over Three Diamonds other than a pass,' Four Spades, one each for Three he will be haunted by the 'fear that North Spades, Three Hearts and Four Clubs. is counting on him for a trick in defence; South's aim is clearly to buy the and what does be do ~f the .vulnerable contract in Five Spades doubled, and opponents, having found ·a fit in Clubs the ex p ~ rts ' tackled . the problem in as well as in Diamonds, should bid up 1-arious ways:- to SiX over Five Spades in spite of PHtU IPS : " Four Spades. The honest having been doubled by North_at the bid seems here to .be the right one. Five level? That was South's problem Doubtless opponents will ·continue in in a Camrose Cup match. As it hap­ Diamonds ; now, if North doubles, pened,-Six Diamonds was just'not on, South shows the distributional nature of but the risk was too great and he settled his hand by taking out into Five for one down in Six Spades doubled. Spades." The psychic Club call suggested by Mtss SHANAHAN: " No bid. If South REESE might have worked well on ,the supports Spades immediately, he may actual deal, while the pass favoured ~Y well be fixed when N orth eventually MISS SHANAHAN, BESSE and SHEINWOLD doubles Diamonds, possibly at the Six seems to cater for all possible develop­ level. Having passed, however, he can ments · if East-West should bid up to bid up to Five Spades and leave the Six, then South can accept his partne~'s decision to partner, who cannot place double with a· clear conscience. him with a vestige of a defensive trick." 4. Love all. South holds:-: SHEI NWO LD makes the same point­ .f.962 ~953 0- -+ AQ98653 that by passing now and supporting SoLrrH WEST NoRTH EAsT Spades later South escapes having to / 1~ t+ make an impossible decision. DoDDS 2+ 20 ·2· 40 and REESE support a more devious plan. ? DoDos: " Three Hearts. It is de­ What should South say? sirable to confuse the issue with a view to encouraging partner to double Dia­ The panel's 1,0 te:. 3 for No bid, 2 eac~ monds (the double, of course, will be for Five Diamonds and Five ~lubs, _one taken out); alternatively; the opponents for Four Hearts. may be lured into doubling a Spade Most of the panelists visualised at contract too early." least a small slam, but not all favoure~ aggressive action at this .moment. R EESE: " Four Clubs. It must be REESE : "Five Clubs. Six may be o.n assumed that at least Five Diamonds is if partner has the fit suggested by Ius on for the opponents. That being so, Two Spade call, but if Y.OU make a free. I favour the shift-psychic which may bid of Five Clubs now you are not cause them to misjudge their holdings." underbidding. Partner will doubtless .. The issue, on the face of it, boils down 43 1 :~·:.·.,:·~;··'-;':"" ~::./', ·.. ~~i·h:~~~: :::_.;: .. ,·:';:\:;; ~/\ .-~· t:·-~ -:.,;.~~(~:-:·~ ;~H·-.... ·· .·., .,1-'·' .j·· .~:~·:~ be able to work out you~ shortage· m · qtrd value of this hand and should u5e -·· Diamonds for himself." .. sorrie opportunity to •assure my partner ' Some gave more thought than others that we haven't suddenly begun to use . to the questi9n of averting an enemy a pinochle deck." · bid:- Let us consider the danger of being PHILLIPS: -~ ~ No bid. There is pro- outbid in Diamonds, bearing in mind bably Six; possibly Seven, Clubs to be that neither side is vulnerable. Over made, but if either contract is reached Six Clubs East-West may well go Six with any show of confidence opponents Diamonds; but will they bid Seven will certainly sacrifice. It is true they Diamonds as a save against Six Hearts? can be outbid in Hearts, but there may Hardly, since a penalty 'or 900 is not be bad breaks to contend with. The much of a save against t.he 9BO scored immediate objective, therefore, is to be by the enemy if their Heart slam happens allowed to play quietly in a Club slam. to be on · (as PHILLIPS points out, a How to achieve this is more doubtful, four-one trump break is to be expected but possibly the best plan is to pass now on the bidding). This possibility went with the intention of bidding Six Clubs through my mind when I held the on the next· round." South hand, partnered by Kenneth Dooos: "Five Clubs. Six or Seven Konstam, in a European championship Clubs will be on, but we must be pushed match; the problem was how to induce there in the hope of avoiding a Diamond partner to bid Six Hearts over Six sacrifice." . . Diamonds without encouraging him to The next group were more concerned try for an unmakable Seven. Actual with bidding their own cards:- bidding:- FILARSKI: "Five Diamonds. North's SoUTH WFST EAsT bid of Two Spades surely promises good t+ Club support. Six Clubs must be a 20 40 certainty, and my void in Diamonds No 60 could well be the key feature for a grand No No No slam." No ·No MISS SHANAHAN: "Five Diamonds. North held:- ,· . South's hand, despite its lack of high + AQ

hate this bid, but I can think of many In view of the opponents' silence, the '· I North hands with an auxiliary Heart singleton Heart in the actual North .... stopper for No Trumps but not enough hand is not to be expected.- top cards for game in Spades or one of Dooos: "Four Diamonds. Being the mi nors. 1f North holds four good prepaced to pass Four Spades or Five ·. , ~ Spades, he must convert Three No Diamonds." - Trumps to Four Spades, which is Even allowing for variations in style, almost su re to be a make." this bid strikes me as misleading. A subtle point, fear, has been over- Noeth may tend to assume that South's . -.. - ~. 1 looked. When a good player rebids in forcing rebid was inspired by a four-card fit in Diamonds, and he will be shocked ' . • ,, j a major, gets raised by his partner, and to find him with. more than one Heart. · . . -~::.. then ru ns into No Trumps, it is about ten to one that there is something fishy Altematively, he may think ~hat South is making a slam try, with Spades as b ' . ' ah _ out the said major su.it ; so the one th.e agreed suit, on· something like AJs ,· ' .. 1 tng North will not do is to revert to in Diamonds; if he is able to co-operat_e Four Spades. In fact, that is why with a bid of Four Hearts, South will Goren scored a cold top after being left be faced with a really sticky problem. tn Three No Trumps by a partner who · SHARPLES ·. "Four Clubs. Shows he ld four useful Spades and only one small Heart. The play was interesting. 'main feature of hand. Raise _Four West led the Jack of Hearts from Diamonds to Five; pass Four Spades." KJ IOxx , but his partner was not such a REESE : "Four Club~. What else? _ sucker as to put up his Ace; Goren's It would be foolish, on a good hand, to ·.:. • Spade call , he argued, was an obvious risk ignominious defeat in Three No .. ~. : psychic to mask his weak spot, and he Trumps." (Arc you now inclined to was almost sure to hold KQx in Hearts. agree, Mr. Go~en ?) ' 45

I -~~l;. ~:. ~i;~: ;·.~·'. ·;::;_.:-: ~ ..·J ·)d:~:~~•")'·~---·~,_...1'\·, '' ·•, •·l···t"'i :,.:.·,,..·n;.f ·:·,....,·~~i,·-~c\ ,,, •- . ,,, .. .. 1 1 '1J,.• 1 1 • Yt·: ,. • •, / J,;•' '';{\.'\tj or· .. ~.~:!.,:; '\' ·'.!•~ j 1:."' 1 't• ~·; ;,,'tr .,~ 'i• "·I''' r~:i •·:·,f 1>·. •':'JI\(: •·•' ~~ • •i!1•'' /t ... •,r:.'f ',~< 'ft'i;r '1 _; •,< .,:.: '··.·.\ ·· .~:~· ';: ~ ·- :\~· ... ·;··.))Y~~~;-~ . ·~j·:·:~'.'~\':'~:·\.::,., ...~;·;~:·:;.-;.·,·.·:.:.~L>r:f'.;.: ..~:. ~~: :_, ·~;;·, ' 1~\ \,~;·:;r::l.~· 'The pone/'s wite: 5 fo~ No,b1d, 3 (o_r .. r···. 'A.- glimpse at the.actuaJ deal slic;mld . ~.r·· ·:< Two Spades. . · • satisfy the . "No · bid" ·group ' of ·, .. ·~·· ,.;;~ The theme here is the same as. in, . panelists;...!.... . i . : l' . ·i· Problem No. 7 of the October' series- E~t deaier · . /. :~.;i?:. an 0jx:ning bid by dealer, a ~ake-out' North-South vulnerable '' · · ·,• .;.,r;;~ double and a Spade call by the third NoRTH .. player ~ which is promptly' doubled for + K 9 6 4 3 . penalties. Has West tried a vintage ~ . J 8 5 ·' psychic at favourable vulnerability 7 O K 2 ·' When Ea5t retreats to · Two , Hearts, + J 7 5 should South co-oper.ate with .his . WESr '. EAsT. partner by bidding West's alleged suit? • QJI08 . The expeits split up into two camps:- ~ 932 ~ AQI0764' ' FILARSKI : "Two Spades. ·· A pass 0 ·AJ94 ·0 ·-865 suggests a rather weak double and + 96 . + KQ I04 -might confuse partner. ..West seems to SoUTH be psychic, and Spades are probably + A 752 the right spot for North-S_outh. Two ~ K , . Spades in this situation does not show O QI073 an enormous double. If South passes + A832 . now, he may not get another chance to WEST Nolim EAST ~ SoUTH I indicate his four-card Spade holding; . I ~ the bidding might easily die at Two Db!. I + Db!. 2<:? Hearts." 2+ No 4+ No But other paneli sts felt they had no No Db!. No No cause to dread this last eventuality:- No SHARPLES: " No bid. South is -not The result bears out. the late Mr. quite strong enough for a free bid of Culbertson'•s dictum thar two mode~te . Two Spades. He will surely get overbids can add up to a big pe~aJtr. · \·. .J:J:~~ another chance to speak." Both North and South were too mte~t . : ·: : ' , ; ~ Miss SHANAHAN: " No bid. South on showing their contempt for Wests · .. · ·, .., • /::; has a minimum vulnerable double and presumed psychic, and each forgot that.'· ·: .,.. ·· ?:: Two Spades may prove' too encouraging. he had said his piece on the first ro~nd. ';: .. ,: ;~~; Nothing wi ll be missed if North cannot The defence collected two S~ad_e tncks, ·~.', . :.·:: -~; bid again." two Clubs, a Heart and a Dtamond for . R EESE : " No bi d. In the urge to a penalty of 800. expose a (possible) bluff by West you Love all. South holds:...::. -. must not overlook that you have a 8 . + AQJ <:? 104 OA73 +KQI~5 Pretty minimum double. Partner is SoUTH WES£ NoRTH EAST still there." 10 .· No SltEINWOLD: " No bid. I have al­ No 30 No ready shown my hand. The next move 3+ .? . . . ? is up to North." What should South say.· Danos :" No bid. Two Spades is The panel's vote: 7 for Three Spades, tempting but liable to stimulate partner one for Four Diamonds. . Unduly ." 47 ' . .. ~ . .... ' The majority vote differs from that So~ WEST NORTH EAsT of the British representatives in the 1954 1 No · No No world bidding match. On that I+ No 2. No occasion five of our six pairs scored no ? marks for 'reaching Six Diamonds, What should South say? North's band being this:- + K95 <:;:153 OKQJI086 +AJ The panel's vote: 3 for Three Spades, North and South usually started with 3 for Three Clubs, 2 for Three Diamonds. _ One Diamond-Three Clubs; Three This problem, I think, brings out a Diamonds-Four Diamonds; North useful lesson: partnerships of all grades then got ideas 'but found insufficient would do well to agree_ on the signifi-_ room for a check-up on controls. Only cance of a jump take-out on a passed one of my panelists favoured the hand. Most British players scorn the Diamond raise:- idea that it merely shows a near-opener 1 PmLLIPS: " Four Diamonds. South with no particular fit in . partner's suit, · has close to a minimum force but no but few of us can give a pat answer to reason to fear an 11-trick contract." this question: does a jump in this The others, however, felt the raise situation establish a full forcing-to-game was too aggressive at a point where situation; or is either partner entitled North had shown no more than a to take a view and drop the bidding? - minimum opening. South's hand is The American North and South fairly balanced, and he must think twice players were scarcely en rapport when before by-passing Three No Trumps, the deal came up in the last world which might be the only makable game championship match, for they stopped contract. Three Spades would obtain short of a makable game after One Club the desired result if it found North with - Two Spades-Three Clubs. Terence a Heart guard and a hand suitable for Reese suggested in a Bridge World No Trumps. - article that North's pass over Three Oddly enough, no South player in our Clubs must be wrong in principle, and • official team for the bidding match went on to say: " Schapiro and I thought of Three Spades, although the believe in raising to Three Spades in bid was made twice in a subsidiary this sequence, for partn~r either has contest. The outcome was a smooth long Spades or will revert to Clubs." sequence in which every· bid pulled its FILARSKI and PHILLIPS also· favour weight: One Diamond- Three Clubs; Three Spades on the same grounds as Three Diamonds- Three Spades; Four REESE does. The bid would have work­ Cl~b s-=-Four Diamonds; Fou~ Spades ed well in practice, but there must be -Five Diamonds; end. The delayed cases where it would lead to the wrong Diamond support gave North no reason contract; in these days of light openings to bank on a singleton Heart, and North will rarely have a six- or a near­ South's sign-off over Four Spades made solid five-suit, and how is he to know it clear that each hand contained a· gap whether the raise was on Axx or Ax in the Heart department. o~y? . Those who support Three Clubs 9. Love all. South h~lds :- evidently expect the bidding to continue. + AS <:;:1J5 OQ876 + AK1082 Thus:- 48 ·_; ·~ ·-·:.·· .~·r'- ~ · .1··~( .. ·'.:-...:~ ~~~-~- :;:~-~:6.!: ·:·· ~ .·~ .-· ·.. ·~, ,,. 1 ·t: ':.-::,-·· '·. '.- ... : ·,,· .f.:., 1 1 , SHEJNWOLD: ~ " Th~.: Clubs; · . ~em~ : · looJcing . ; . f~r ' seven. BFSSE . : pc:rhaps ...'. J. • ' • ' ted to raise Spades, · but the~ · 'Will means h~~ btd of Five Clubs to be' treated probably be time for that later. TherC? as control-showing, but it seems a little JllllY never be another chance to show ambigudus. · . ' that the Clubs are rebiddable." · . * SHARPLES and MISS .SHANAHAN vote * . • for the more descriptive rebid of Three · The re~der can assess his Pc:rsonal Diamonds, to avoid a possible fix on a score by comparing his answers , with later round, and this seems a thoroughly either the panel's majority vote or my sound solution; at one and the' same own rating list, which is as follows:- ·. time they show a fairly strong opening, No: 1. No bld-10. Three Sp~des, length in Clubs, and a Diamond guard J'wo No Trumps, Three No ·Trumps, for a possible Three No Trump con­ Three Hearts, Three DiamondS, Double tract. South may be a bit below - 2. . . . . strength for a normal , but this is not a normal situation. No. 2. Doubi~IO. No bid-4., No. 3. No bid-10. Five Spades, ­ 10. Game all. South holds:­ Three Hearts, . Four Clubs-6. Three Spades, Four Spades-5. + J96 ~AQJ9 O AQ5 + K53 SOUTH W EST NORTH EAST No. 4. Five Diamon~10. Five · 1+ No Clubs, Four Hearts, No bid...:....7. 2\? No 2+ No No. 5. ·Four Clubs-io. Four Spades 2NT No 4+ No - 7. Three_ No Trumps, Four Dia: . ? monds-4. What should South say '?, No. 6. Two piamon~IO. · Two ·· No Trumps- 9. ·.Three No ·Trumps, · The panel's l'ole: 2 each for Four No· Three Clubs- 3. Trumps (Culbertson) and Six · Clubs;· . ' one each for Six No Trumps, Six Spades,' No. 7. No bid-10. Two Spades Five No Trumps and Five Clubs . . - 2. · As I am running out of space, I can No. 8._ Thre~ · Spades- 10: . Four shorten analysis of this problem ·by Diamonds-3. , , admitting .that it lacks definition . . I No. 9. Three Diamonds-to. Three· had a good idea at the back of my mind Spades-8. Three Clubs.-:6. which was ruined by faulty presenta­ · No. 10 . .- Four No Trumps (Culbert- tion. As it is, Six ciubs, Six Spades . son), Six No Trumps, Six Sp~des, Six and Six No Trumps are all likely to be Clubs,' Five No•Trumps (natural)-10. on ; North can scarcely have such a Four , No Trumps '(Biackwood)-4. hand that one of these slams will fail Five Clubs, No bid-:-2. Where another might prove superior. A grand slam is virtually out of the Question, for North's strength is limited DUPUCATE BRIDGE BOARDS in spite of his jump in a forcing situa- Stronaly made. ·Quick dcllvay. t' ; d · Size 7' sq with Metal Edaa £6/11/0 per Jon ; Four Spades merely shows a g~o ' . plus 41• ~staae and reaistratlon. five-five (possibly six-five) two-sutter, Actual Mak": F. Lawes, tO Far.-•-J! and South needs the Queen · of Spades Edabas.on, BinDID.IIDUIIe instead of the Jack . before he starts 49 EDITED BY EWART KEMPSON

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The " professionals" pair and on th_e Sharples. . . did not have things all their own way The Punch Bowl, a Mixed Teams · · and it was not until the four session . event, retained its p~pularity and pro- .... Two Stars event that some of them came · vided both surprise~ and :exCitement: : · :;· _,, _~ in~hthe Mir _owdn. P _ Ch . . . The fiGniliHistsHwere t~~dhoMide~sA,: Mid r. andd _. ·. ~:_-~.~ -....:.·_ :_r:· ~:.~;:. e 1xe a1rs amp10nship, a Mrs. . . ammon , rs. er an __ obne sdession event played wi th duplic;1ted · R. E. Clark, Mr. anddMrs. GH; Mathiesond,· ,- _ .·:·: -_..; . :':_:; oar s and scored over one field was Mrs. H. Burton an E. B. arvey, an · · - sufficiently popular to attract 96 'pairs · Mr. and Mrs. A. Loeb, Mrs. Fleming .• -'~. ·,;_>{ on the Friday afternoon and was hand- and Mrs. Slot, all the . more fimcied . .: '_: · ,r~ - somely won by Mr. and Mrs. G. E .Earle, compinations having fallen by the way- ·· · -~ .---_-_.:.• :_~:~~--,!_:.~ of St. Leonard's. Civil Service players, ·side. The short final wa's decided on - . Miss P. M. Nye and J. R. Gibson, were victory points, with· two I.M.P; CO!l- -. a very cl ose second and Mr. and' Mrs.. stituting .a win.· The holders d_efeated ' A. Loeb of Brighton won the · Flitch Loeb by 2 points and drew with Mathie~ , ' fo r the seco nd successive year. An son,. -.yhile Mathies~n' drew , with L~b . .. _ · ·,· · even more outstanding Brighton per- - · Hammond ihus retamed the trophy m a · 1 • forma nee was in the Congress teams of final in which , one. trick _cou!d . have .. .. four, won by J. Albuquerque, ·R. , completely reversed the result. . · 1 4 Fr anscs, J. Pearlstone and G. Bernard, ~ from a field which included such entries · Principal Results .- as Reese- Schapiro- Mrs . . Fleming- . Two ,Stars (Pairs Championship)_. Smart , Sharples- Sharples:._Harrison · (I) · A. Rose ·and · J. ·Nunes. (2~ E. Gray- Mi ss Shanahan; Priday- Flint- - Leader~ Williams and R. E. Clark. · (3) · Nonh, Swi nnerton-Dyer- Triefus, R. and J. Sharples. - . . . Rockfclt- Rodrigue-Juan- Mrs. Gor- . Congress Teams of Fo1~r Champ10nshtp~ ~ don, Mrs . Markus- Reichenbach- Lee , Winners; J. Albuquerque-R. F~ - Booker. Not less distinguished was ses- J. Pearlstone-G._Bernard. the achievement of E Leader-Williams · . Runners-up M. Hamson Grav-...... ~rfll an d R. E. Clark who ~ ere secondin the D. Shanahan-;-R- and·J._ sr - .•.. ' Po'l' •t .. '··. ;,·:~: ....•,-:' ,I • I,_"'-'·:~._~;,~_; • ~:~.:·.:,' ·~·~ ~-~-~:,?~~'} ··,:·: ~~~::.~ :·: ~---~~~.~.]·~,;~,:~:.,:-~~~·::•1~;:, • t~· .. ~~~~- J ~ ~~~:~~~·1:r:•~• ~ f .-# .· Burlington Cup-Teams-of Four: ·' . ·: .' m.at~j-~riiriti~g;e~«m ' ·'"!aki~g-up;•.•,wb6Q i :·: ~ Winners: · Mr. and Mrs.~· G. Ainger · a partl'l.er· .is - want~. Her non-stop (Weybridge), I. T. Minhil'l.nick, E. G. efforts are an inspiration to all. The Broadbent. · . Congress secretary, Mr. Donald PeaiSori · Runners-up: Mr. and . Mrs. G. H. does not, to the best of my knowledge, Hammond, E. Rosenfelder and J. play bridge nor does he haye any other Abrahams. point of contact with the game. And Punch Bowl. yet I have not as yet ~ncountered a Winners: Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Ham- Congress secretary more conversant . mond, Mrs. Alder and R. E. Clark. with his duties or more efficient in _the Runners-up: Mr. and Mrs. G. Mathie- execution of them. ~e can put a name son, Mrs.I-i. Burton and E. B. Harvey. to all his hundreds of players .and an Consolation Teams of Four. address to most of them and _ ma~es the Winner: Mrs. F. North's team. comfort of each of them his personal Mixed Pairs Championship. problem·. There is every reason to think · Winners: Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Earle. that next year's Congress will be an Runners-up: Miss P. M. Nye and even more successful one, although hotel J. R. Gibson. accommodation has been strained to the Flitch Winners: Mr. and Mrs. A. limit. I strongly commend this most Loeb. worth-while Congress to those who have Bidding Match: J. T. Reese and B. not yet made their next year's plans-· Schapiro. the date will be announced in the very GoT/Competition: Mrs. G. Mathieson near future. and J. T. Reese. Although-the Congress is most largely * * . * supported by those who like the free-. llkley, St. Dunstan's Congress and-easy atmosphere of the Open Pairs The llkley St. Dunstan's Congress, there are three principal events in which which began in a very modest way ten the keener elements can match their years ago as 'a short week-end tourna­ skill. The Paici Championship was ment favoured largely by day trippers, dominated by local players in the has grown from strength to strength and following fashion:- n6w attracts entries from places as· far (1) Miss S. T. Binns (Leeds) and apart as London and Edinburgh. This E. C. Powell (Sale). year's Congress, the eleventh, had a (2) V. Biber and H. Lee (Leeds). record entry at every single session and will hand over to St. Dunstan's the sum of £450-an effort of which the organi­ PRINTATORBridge Scorers Three sizes and designs with separate final sers and the players who support them score columns. Also sets of four in can feel justly proud, and which offers containers of leather with stylos and space for cards. Well-known, used more than sufficient excuse for a word everywhere. Ideal for Christmas Gifts. about the organisers. The chairman New.' Magnetic stylo-docs not roll off table. of the committee, Mrs. R. Burnham, is Mamifact11rers: in charge of a much larger committee PRINTATOR (SALES) LTD., of which the bridge congress is just one The Burroughs House, London, N.W.4 Available at all good Stationers activity but there is no job during the and Stores.· week-end to which she will not willingly If any dijJic11lty, apply directly to turn-tidying a room, preparing boards, manll,[actw rrs. 52 : ···~ ... _.,._.,.:·\~-r- · . ~ .. :~~:.:· .. .-··~.-~:·\):.· · ..~ .>:: .. >· ·. .-. (3) R. Dorsey and <. S . . ' leviten . Kent ·'Contrii~t · Brid. · Ass ' :•·· • ) · · . . ge. OCJation (Leeds . Plul/~more Cup (Summer Pairs).' (4) Miss D . Kleuser and ' W. ~ E. Lee Wmners: Mrs. A. L. Fleming and N. (Nottingham). ' Smart. · , • The inter-towns Teams of Four was Runners-up: Mr. and Mrs. T . .L. retained ·by Manchester in the persons ' Hunter. . - of B. P. 'ropley, E. L.· Silverstone, F. . Dyer-Smith Trophy ~ (Kent Mixed Pairs Farrington and the nomadic' G . Fell, Ch.ampionshiP.). • .• ,. , . 11ith Leeds (J. H. Taylor, Mrs. Oldroyd, . f!'mners: Mrs . . P. Kir~h and J. _ R. F. Corwen and H. Brostoff) in second SerJeant. . place and G. L. Butler, J. Hochwald of Runner-up: Mr. and Mrs. G. H. · Leeds and R. Vincent and M rs. Had- Hammond. .. - field of Sheffield, who represented - ~ Clar~ Bowl (Individual C!han!piof~!hip)• . London by virtue of all being members Wumer: Mrs. Goodnch. of Crockford's, in third place.' I ' Runner-up: Mrs .. Kennard. - hasten to add that this type of alliance Buck,. Cup (kem Pa1rs Cha1~1pionship). is entirely in accord with . the spirit of Wmners: Mrs.. Brett and Mrs. the week-end. · · Haycocks. Runners-up: Mrs. Erskine and Mrs. The Open Teams of Four event also Palmer. . went to Manchester, to the youthful Cup-Tunbridge Wells · . . :-I quartet of M. Blank, E. Pearce, M. • Heat. 1 Ltpworth and M. Lewis. S. Fielding, D. Qualifiers: J. B. Harvey and Mrs. ' Sellman, Y. Hurwitz and H . Pelham of Corbe'tt, A. .Richer ana . Mrs. Milne. Leeds were runners-up and G . L. _ Devonshire Cup (preliminary round): B~tler , G. Fell, Mrs. Hadfield and R. Savile Club beat Reform Club by 200 Vtncent in third place. points.

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Full particulars from: Hon. Sec.-HUGH COLLINS English Bridge Union, 152a Fulham Palace Road, London: W.6 54 •

' ~ ' Chairman ' R . F. CoaWEN, 535 .Otley Road, Leeds 6. · Vice-Chairman . . A'. ELuon, 60a Portland Place, Londo~, ·.w.J. , · ! Hon. Secretary :md Treasurer ... H . COLLINS, English' Bridge Union, 15211 Fulham · . Palace Road, London, W.6. . · Hon . To11rnament Secretary ... MAJOR GEOFFREY . FELL, Craven Lead· W~rks Skipton, Yorkshire. (Phone:.Skipton 32) ' Hon . Registrars Messrs. LEAVER. CoLE & Co:. · ·· .

, . ~ .• • ' 1 • ': * ' ·, • • • • 4. ·1 The Council of the English Bridge Union is made up of Delegates from County · · • and Area Associations, whose Secretaries are' as. follows:- · . - · · _ · · BERKS. & BUCKS. Mrs. Matth~Ws, 10 .Sutt~n A~enue, Slough , · :-·· :o.. DE RBYSHIRE E. White; Flat 2:193 Station St., ' Burt~n-on-Trent ~:. DEVON F. c :.'Keyte, 64 Fleet Street, Torquay ~ ESSEX P. Mooney, 126 Kings Avenue, Woodford O~n ·· GLOUCESTERSHIRE' W. N. Morgan-Brown, ·s Douro Road, chelten- ham · : ' . . . ' . · .. HERTFORDSHIRE ... c. G. Grenside, 1 The CloiSters, Grange Cow:t •Road, H~nden KEl'.'T ... Mrs. R. H. Corbett,'West Kent Club; Boyne_Park, Tunbridge Wells · LEICESTERSHIRE ... L.' G. .Cayless, Farm .Edge, Lei~ter · Road, · Thurcaston LINCOLNSHIRE .... Mrs. S. N ~ Dean, 2 .,)Vestlands Avenue, qrimsby I : LONDON F. Pitt Reynolds,- 32 Highbuey. Place, London, • N.S . ·, - MIDDLESEX Mrs. J. Johnston, Flat 2, Redington Grapge, · 42 Redington Road, Lon~on, N.W.3_ - , NORFOLK 'H. Hudson, Stanfield Hall, \Yymondham, NorfC?lk . . NORTH EASTERN H: v. Lightfoot, 194 Holywood Avenu~, Gasforth, . . ' . Newcastle-on-Tyne, 3· . , ·'·,.' ·. NORTH WESTERN ... Mrs. H. T. Halewood, 7 Men dip Rd., Live!"~ I, 15 ;-:. l; ' '·. NOTTING~HIRE J. H. C. Godfrey, Ifighton ·House, Lmcoln . · · · Street, Nottingham 0XFORDSHIRE -Mrs: R. G. Beck, 1 Blenheim Drive, Oxford SOUTHERN COUNTIES ... Mrs. A. H ~ Hogg, 27 · Eigin _Road,'IJ~~mou~ STAFFORDSHIRE .. : c. E. Robins'on, 6 Llcbfiel~ R~?ad, Staffor~ · · SURREy R. F. R.· Phillips, · 110 B~pUtead ·Road Sou~··. Sutton . ' SUSSEX Mrs. Parker, 28 Medina Villas, Hove , .. · -.. WARWICKSHIRE ... H . K. ,Cooke, 46 Vauxhall Street, Birmingham, 4._ · · WORCE'SfERSHIRE R. D . Allen, 28 Bri~annia -Square; Woi"CCCSter YORKsHIRE ... .. , Mn. A. Cartwright, 146 Soothill Lane, Batley, 55 :. _- ·:. ' ....,-.: • ,· .: : ··:~ .~i:.~:. ~· .: :· :;:. ·:< : _:: .. ·"·· ..~· .y·,:: :·:r··: ...~}, :~~;~ 1

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