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The Highest Bid • '.: Some ·· Little Know~ :Deceptive Plays, by_, ~- Dormer . I -· Pride ~ ' ~ nd Prejudice, b~ .A. · Meredith and P. Juan ... ''· . Pop Went into a Huddle, by Hubert Phillips ,., Ea~tbourne Biddi,~g Match, by ~~.~old Franklin ,.. ·. The highest bid ... amongst bridge players is for Thomas De La Rue's LINETTE and CROWN playing cards I I LINETTE u C " SERIES CROWN SERIES I The Clubman's Playing Cards. I The world renowned Popular Geometrical design in red and I Playing Cards in geometrical blue to make playing pairs­ I design in red and blue to make linen grained. I playing pairs- linen grained. Packed singly in tuck cases. I Packed singly in tuck cases. I THOMAS DE LA RUE A CO. 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REESE VOLUME 2 November 1956 · NUMBER 5 cci<+>>nn ., Editorial Board · BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY L. BUTLER HUBERT PHILLIPS T E RENCE REESE KENNETH KONSTAM COMPETITION EDITOR: J. C. H. MARX EDITOR FOR REGIONAL NEWS: HAROLD FRANKLIN • 4 Roman Avenue, Leeds, 8 AI/ other correspondence including Subscriptions and Adl'ertisements. ro -the Publishers: Hugh Quekelt Ltd., 35 Dover Street, London, W.l ·' Annual Subscription 30/; The British Bridge World is published 011 the 15th of each mo11til Published 011 brhalf of rhr proprietors, Thomas De La Rue & Co. Ltd., by Hugh (}uekerr Ltd., 35 Do,.,.,. Srreer. London, IV. / . Printed by Moo r~ Batley Ltd.. Relreal Place, London, E.9 3 •, .. J." . '·· Novemb ~r, 1956 . Co11tents Page Editorial 5-6 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 Pop Went into a Huddle, by Hubert Phillips \ ... 26-27 '. •.' November Competition 28 Subscription Form 29 Skilful A voidance 31 Autour de L'Etoile, by Jean Besse 32-34 ' Ethics-Some Refl~ctions, by J. ~- H. Marx 34-36 Report on October Competition 38-40 Answers to One Hundred Up ... 41-49 .. · Tournament World; by Harold Franklin 51- 53 . E.B.U. Master Points 53 Diary of Events 54 '• E.B.U. List of Secretaries ... 55 i' 4 .... · ~· --~~-~·~·~~~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ··· · Edi~~ -tial . ·' .. ~: ... ' 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 entry, but please note that the 25921). 6 I • .... ;;:.. ·.·. ,,:·. :: ,'.'. ·.'' ;<"<·;·>:·~ ,. <:J ~~ :?· -~:> ::j·:'t...: <, :·}i~ ::/·.. :~ ti-~:·_:~.:·:i:·~~;:-)~·,.::;;;_:;1!~ .Some Little .K11owll . .~···- .:·.. :.. X· ' ' !.~ • r ~ .\, ~ :.~ • I~ • I .~.< Deceptive Plays r:'.. .' ~~ .. by 'A. DORMER 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 .
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