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   FEATURES ADVERTISEMENTS HONOUR POINTS 5 Mr Bridge 2 Summer 2011 BRIDGE on board mv Minerva ‘Honours' are the top five 7 Double Dummy Quiz cards in the trump suit: by Richard Wheen 3 2012 Diary ‘A-K-Q-J-10’. If any Publisher and 9 Justin Corfield says 4 Voyages to Antiquity player holds four of these Managing Editor Hold Up in Cruise on board cards, then his side is Mr Bridge Dummy’s Suit Aegean Odyssey entitled to score 100 bonus points above the Ryden Grange 10 Seven Days 5 Just Bridge Knaphill, Surrey line and if all five are by Sally Brock held, that is worth 150 GU21 2TH 6 Bernard Magee 13 Playing and Defending at Haslemere Hall bonus points. Playing in ( agaisnt Precision no-trumps, aces take the 01483 489961 7 Mail Order Form by Jeremy Dhondy role of honours, and a e-mail: player must hold all four 14 Wendy Wensum 8 Bernard Magee’s [email protected] Interactive Software to score 150 for honours. 17 David Stevenson Any player can claim website: Answers Your Questions 10 Tunisia honours, including dummy (or declarer on www.mrbridge.co.uk 21 Bidding Quiz 11 Bernard Magee’s dummy’s behalf) and by Bernard Magee Better Hand Evaluation Associate Editor either of the defenders. Julian Pottage 22 Bidding Quiz Answers 12 Voyages of Discovery Honours count in by Bernard Magee 2011 Summer Cruises Rubber and Chicago Technical Consultant 23 Defence Quiz 15 Voyages of Discovery Bridge, but not in Duplicate (although it is Tony Gordon by Julian Pottage Winter 2012 Cruises legal for a sponsoring Bridge Consultant 24 Defence Quiz Answers 16 Bridge Event organisation to run an Booking Form Bernard Magee by Julian Pottage event in which they do). 25 Declarer Play Quiz 16 Bernard Magee’s Honours can be claimed Proof Readers by Dave Huggett Tips for Better Bridge at any time during play, Tony Richards but it is wise to wait till 26 Declarer Play Answers 20 Bridge Weekends Danny Roth the claimer has become by David Huggett with Bernard Magee clearly marked with the Hugh Williams 27 Lead Quiz 22 Bernard Magee’s relevant holding, e.g. if Richard Wheen by Andrew Kambites Begin Bridge – declarer has drawn all Acol Version the trumps and everyone Office Manager 28 Lead Quiz Answers else has shown out. Catrina Shackleton by Andrew Kambites 23 Reader’s Digest Otherwise, honours can 29 The A to Z of Bridge 25 Mr Bridge Christmas be claimed at the end of Events & Cruises C by Julian Pottage and New Year the deal when the score ( 01483 489961 is being agreed. The last 36 Double Dummy Answer 27 Tutorial Jessica Galt Mr Bridge chance to claim honours by Richard Wheen Bridge Breaks Rachel Everett is at the end of the 37 Readers’ Letters 36 Duplicate Bridge rubber, as defined by Megan Riccio Rules Simplified Law 78: ‘When it is Zoe Wright 38 Little Voice Used Stamp acknowledged by a Contributors 36 Charity Bridge Events majority of the players Clubs & Charities 40 Understanding the 37 Stamps that a scoring error was Maggie Axtell Contested Auction made in recording an 39 reviewed by David Mr Bridge agreed upon result (e.g. [email protected] Rubber/Chicago Huggett failure to enter honours, Bridge Events Address Changes or incorrect computation 41 Heather Dhondy says 42 Global Travel of score), the error must Elizabeth Bryan Open Light in Third ( 01483 485342 Insurance be corrected if Seat Only in a Suit You discovered before the net 47 Voyages of Discovery Want Led result of the rubber has 2012 Summer Cruises All correspondence should 44 Julian Pottage been agreed to.’ be addressed to Mr Bridge. Answers Your Questions 48 QPlus 10 Please make sure that all Reprinted from the letters, e-mails and faxes Bridge Players’ Diary. carry full postal addresses The views expressed in this publication are not Order your and telephone numbers. necessarily those of the publisher or its Managing Editor. 2012 Diary now.

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* Price is per person, single or double occupancy, and includes MR BRIDGE SPECIAL SAVING. The bridge programme is completely optional and Mr Bridge passengers can participate as much, or as little as they wish. This offer is subject to availability, is capacity controlled and may be withdrawn at any time. www.voyagestoantiquity.com COVER CRUISE PLEASE HELP ME MONEY SAVER In an effort to establish the JUST BRIDGE average age of those playing Full board duplicate throughout the ♦ No single supplement UK, I am asking clubs to ♦ 6 sessions of duplicate bridge help me. At your next ♦ No prizes or masterpoints duplicate, please hand out a ♦ No tuition, seminars blank slip of paper to all ♦ The price of posting a letter or quizzes, just bridge participants. Everyone has gone up again and once should write their age in again I write to tell you years and months on the about Clive Goff’s unusual slip. These should then be service. He buys unused collated, the ages totalled British stamps from and averaged and these Come with me on a cruise, collectors and investors figures, in years and without single supplements, and sells them below face months, sent to me with the onboard Aegean Odyssey. value to people like you name and address of your All cabins and suites for the and me to stick on our Latimer Mews club together with the cruise are offered without envelopes, cards and Chesham HP5 1UG name, address and postcode supplement. It’s a good packages. Do give him a of the member with the age cruise with an interesting ring on ( 0208 422 4906 nearest to the average of 2011 itinerary and the price or send him an email on your club. They will be sent includes gratuities on Clive-goff@londonrugby.com a copy of Bernard Magee’s 8-10 July £199 board, local wines with Quiz Book . Entries before The Beach Hotel dinner and all excursions. GOODBYE BEACH the end of June please. 8-10 July £169 The newly refurbished The resultant findings Latimer Mews will be published in the Aegean Odyssey carries 15-17 July £199 around 325 passengers and, August issue. The Beach Hotel being a compact vessel, it is able to call at the smaller UNDERESTIMATE 22-24 July £199 ports unsuitable for the The Beach Hotel floating hotels and holiday 5-7 August £199 camps now sailing the seas. Full planning permission The Beach Hotel There is a similar itinerary has been granted for the 12-14 August £245 at the end of August, with re-development of The The Beach Hotel the same deal for singles, Beach Hotel, Worthing. with Gala Dinner but with Mary Beard as the onboard lecturer. As I My rock-bottom offer of a There are still vacancies for 30 Sep-2 Oct £169 suspect the advertised black vinyl covered utility weekend events with Latimer Mews table and four matching several Just Bridge cruise will be sold out 28-30 Oct £169 almost as soon as this chairs for only £100 + £20 duplicates during the July magazine lands on your carriage anywhere in and August high season. Latimer Mews doorstep, you should ring if mainland UK has been See adjacent advert. 4-6 Nov £169 this Summer alternative is extended until 31 July 2011. I will be staying over the Latimer Mews of interest to you. Those living nearby should final weekend with Mrs ring to order and collect Bridge to greet guests at DIARIES from my depot to save the the Gala Dinner on the Club orders for their 2012 £20 delivery charge. Friday evening to celebrate diaries are now overdue. many happy memories. Don’t leave it until the last CALMED DOWN minute as you usually do. Bernard Magee (see page It is hoped that both 20) will be at The Beach Standard diaries come in Tunisia and Egypt will be twice in June and there are the same ten colour covers fully restored to normality several tutorial events in The Beach Hotel as last year. Luxury kidrell in time for next season’s June, see page 27. Worthing BN11 3QJ covered diaries come in bridge parties. Bernard ruby red, bottle green or Magee will lead both Be assured that The Beach Please see booking navy blue. groups, Egypt in January still deserves its reputation form on page 16. Let’s be hearing from you. and Tunisia in February. for comfort and service.

Page 5 HASLEMERE WHAT IS INSURANCE Bernard YOUR BID? Naturally, I am thrilled by Magee Mr A Solomons of London, the growing success of my SW19 asked this question club insurance promotion. at in his letter published on Over 400 clubs are now Haslemere page 34 of the last issue of covered by a policy that BRIDGE. costs less and covers more Hall than any other of its kind At Love All, your right on offer in the market Haslemere, Surrey hand opponent deals and place. The significant opens the bidding with 1 ´ uptake is evidence of this. This latest issue of – what do you say holding Tuesday Club committees should BRIDGE is being sent a the following hand? 17 May few days early to give contact Moore Stephens on readers a last chance to ( 0207 515 5270. Morning Session: 11.00 – 12.30 book one or more of the ´ Q 5 Buoyed up by this success, I Ruffing for extra tricks seminars as per the ™ K 3 am looking into competitive adjacent advertisement. ♦ Q 6 5 3 2 car insurance for us solid, Afternoon Session: ® A K Q J reliable bridge-playing 15.30 – 17.00 Each seminar is being types. Watch this space. Competitive auctions filmed and will be available as six self-contained DVDs early this Autumn. SECOND HAND Here are the answers from TABLES The contents are all fresh, some of my experts in Wednesday All my holiday venues are so even if you have alphabetical order. 18 May shortly being re-equipped. attended all Bernard’s portfolio of thirty-two Sally Brock As most clubs cover their Morning Session: 1NT. I see this as the lesser 11.00 – 12.30 weekend seminars, most tables with green cotton- Making the most of of the material will be evil of pass (second choice), velvet cloths, condition is your high cards absolutely new to you. double or 2 ♦. unimportant. Stability is in play and defence what matters. Reminder. Bring your Dave Huggett Afternoon Session: camera. I have arranged 1NT. I just know I would I will have over one 15.30 – 17.00 for a photographer to be hundred to clear in the Finding and bid this. bidding slams on hand all three days to Summer. Register your take your photo with Andrew Kambites interest now and the Bernard. Mobile phones 1NT. I dislike this action number you require. I will have cameras these days if least. advise all applicants as to Thursday you do not have your own cost. They will be priced to 19 May dedicated digital. Bernard Magee go. Locals may collect. Double. This is the easy Morning Session: answer for now, but what I MINERVA 11.00 – 12.30 bid over 2 ™ from partner is Play and defence less easy. I might rebid 2 ´ of 1NT to show a strong hand that Afternoon Session: wants more information. 15.30 – 17.00 Doubling and defence Julian Pottage against doubled 1NT. Prefer this to double: There is a Mr Bridge host contracts with a half stopper in on this ship on all cruises As part of The Haslemere spades and only two hearts, until November 2012. This £10 per ticket Festival, Bernard’s sister the hand is closer to having does not guarantee a For advanced Yvie, pictured above, stars a spade stopper than it is to duplicate which is booking, please call in Alan Ayckbourn’s having four hearts. dependent on numbers. Haslemere Hall comedy Round and Round However, teams or a rubber Box Office the Garden in the same David Stevenson or two after dinner can ( 01428 642161 theatre. If you are staying Pass. I do not expect this to make all the difference to a over in Haslemere for the be a majority view. Second holiday. See their advert on Please note that all sessions bridge, why not try the choice double, third choice page 2. Nearly all port will be filmed. play for some light relief on 1NT. I would not consider excursions are included in the Tuesday or Wednesday. 2®, 2 ♦ or 2NT. the prices quoted.

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he fate of many a contract depends on whether declarer can ´ 9 8 ´ 9 8 Testablish a long suit in dummy. ™ 8 5 ™ 8 5 Your job, as a defender, may be to ♦ K Q 10 9 6 5 ♦ A Q J 10 9 6 5 prevent this at all costs. ® A 5 3 ® 5 3 On some days, this is easy: ´ J 7 5 2 ´ Q 10 4 3 ´ J 7 5 2 ´ Q 10 4 3 ™ Q 10 6 4 N ™ J 9 7 ™ Q 10 6 4 N ™ J 9 7 ♦ 4 WE♦ A J 3 ♦ 4 2 WE♦ K 3 S S ´ 9 8 ® 9 7 6 2 ® K 8 4 ® 9 7 4 ® K Q J 10 ™ 2 ´ A K 6 ´ A K 6 ♦ K Q J 9 6 5 4 ™ A K 3 2 ™ A K 3 2 ® J 7 5 ♦ 8 7 2 ♦ 8 7 ´ J 7 5 ´ Q 10 4 2 ® Q J 10 ® A 8 6 2 ™ Q 10 6 4 3 N ™ J 9 8 7 WE ♦ Void S ♦ A 10 3 ® Q 10 6 3 2 ® K 8 After the same auction, South is again in When declarer wins and finesses in ´ A K 6 3 3NT. West leads a low spade. Do you diamonds, East needs to duck, doing so ™ A K 5 want to play or defend? smoothly. If you duck with sufficient ♦ 8 7 2 You should defend. nonchalance, declarer will surely repeat ® A 9 4 Declarer will win the lead and play a the diamond finesse… and regret it. diamond to the ♦K. East has two Here is one final example: diamond tricks whether he wins this or West North East South not. However, the difference is all about 3♦ Pass 3NT timing. If we take the first diamond, ´ A 9 5 End declarer might win the return in hand ™ 9 and play another diamond, setting up ♦ K Q J 9 8 7 West leads the ™4, won by declarer, who the suit while the ®A is still in dummy as ® 7 6 2 plays a diamond. East can defeat the an entry. In contrast, if we hold up on the ´ J 8 6 2 contract by holding up the ♦A until the first round of diamonds, declarer can N ™ J 3 2 third round. never get the suit going. WE ♦ A 5 3 S Before we move on, consider what What happens if declarer chooses to ® Q 10 5 might happen if West had led a club. play a diamond to the ♦10 instead? This Dummy plays low, and East must not prevents East from ducking and so is a play the ®K – if he does, the ®J good play. However, declarer is not the South is in 3NT, having bid hearts suddenly turns into an entry and a dead only one who can play well. After taking strongly. West leads the ®4. Declarer dummy springs back to life. Do not do the ♦J, there is just one defence worth wins your ®Q with the ®K and plays a that. Killing dummy’s suit is not just talking about – can you see it? diamond… ♦10 from West. about the hold-up; it is a way of life that Right, East can switch to the ®K, Whilst the hold-up is a sound general can begin at trick one. giving up his club trick to knock out strategy, you must ask yourself what is When dummy has a long suit with no dummy’s entry (the Merrimac coup) – going on. The usual aim of the hold-up is semblance of an outside entry, it is easy to declarer has to win or East goes back to to stop declarer from establishing see the need to hold up your stopper. A spades. I do not include this unusual dummy’s suit. On this deal, nothing can well-trained partner should be able to play here just to be dramatic. Rather, it shut out the diamonds; and it is too late signal to you how many cards in the long shows the lengths to which a defender to try to dislodge the ´A entry. suit he started with, telling you on which must go to kill the dummy. What we can do is grab the ♦A and round to take your winner. When, Now for a scary one: same auction, return the ®10. If partner’s clubs are unfortunately, dummy has outside entries, same contract and a spade lead from running and declarer has eight top things become (much) more complicated. your long-suffering partner. tricks, this defence will be essential. ■

Page 9 AT THE ROYAL KENZ Seven Days TUNISIA Two-week half-board by Sally Brock duplicate holidays February was rather quiet. Sadly, my good friend Debbie La Croix, who I have mentioned before in this column, lost her battle with ovarian cancer and died on the 12th March. £769* Many of us will greatly miss her. At the beginning of March, one of Barry’s jurors had a holiday on a Thursday and Friday, so we took the opportunity to have a short holiday: three nights in Seville. Although the weather was not brilliant, it was warm enough for us to eat outside most of the time. We relaxed, visited many churches (a lot for a couple of atheists anyway), watched flamenco, ate and drank too much and generally had a good time.

Monday and nibble on, as well as an proceeding to the Acol excellent raffle. I keep buy - where we are playing in the Back to earth with a bump. ing tickets because, in the new London League. This is After taking the kids to past, I have won a weekend not one of our better per - school, going to the gym in Dublin – though I sup - formances as we end up and weighing myself (shock pose lightning is unlikely to with only 1 VP – Nicola and horror! I must do strike twice. This year, it is I have not played for about something about this) I held at the London five months and we are just settle down to catching up Transport Museum in beginning to start our with work and dealing with Covent Garden, so all that preparations for the Venice the emails that have arrived merriment takes place in Cup in October. 6-20 November 2011 in my absence. Dominica is between (and on) London Tony & Jan Richards the title that I am working buses from one era or on just now. Then, in the another (including the latest Thursday 19 Feb – 4 March 2012 afternoon, I have an online prototype that has yet to hit Bernard Magee session with Richard and the streets). I need to leave London by Gerry. Barry has a juror 7am in order to get home in *per person half-board sharing a with a sick child so there is time to take the kids to twin-bedded room and is inclusive of bridge fees. Single supplement an unexpected day off for Wednesday school. Then the gym. In £6 per night. These prices are him; his loss is our gain as the evening, Briony and I go based on air travel from Gatwick to Monastir. Flights from other we get to play together A day off for Barry. Finally, to a Careers Fair at her UK airports are available at a against Richard and Gerry after more than four school. Shortly, she has to supplement. All prices are firm until the end of October 2011. rather than me partnering months, his trial is over and make a final choice of the A Prices for seven-night stays are myself (I might do better the jury finds all the defen - levels she wants to do. She is available on application. that way, but it is not so dants not guilty of murder – a good all-rounder and is Pay £70 per fortnight per person extra and have a pool-facing much fun). a great relief. We have an finding it difficult to think room, tea & coffee making unhurried, relaxing morn - about what she might do as facilities, bath robe and a bowl of seasonal fruit. ing before I set off for a an eventual career. At the Tuesday Selection Committee meet - fair, she is particularly These holidays have been organised for ing in Bloomsbury. After inspired by the companies by Tunisia First Limited, ATOL 5933, working in association with Thomas In the evening, I drive into much deliberation on a that take young people on Cook Tour Operations Limited, ATOL 1179. London for the launch of number of issues, we finally immediately after A levels, the British Guild of Travel break up at about 4.30pm where there is an opportu - DETAILS & BOOKINGS Writers’ annual yearbook. and adjourn to the pub. I nity to go to university ( 01483 489961 This is, as always, quite leave them later to meet alongside a real job. She good fun with lots to drink Nicola for supper before likes the idea that what

Page 10 Seven Days continued doing this when playing bridge socially. If an inter - North Better Hand esting hand crops up and ´ 6 you want to go back over the ™ A J 9 8 4 Evaluation she would be learning would play, it makes life so much ♦ Q 9 7 3 be of obvious practical bene - easier.) ® Q 10 6 Bernard Magee fit (and, of course, the idea We will draw a veil over West East of receiving payment to go the first deal when they ´ J 10 3 ´ A K Q 9 8 4 Introduction to university appeals in these allow me to make three no- ™ Q 10 2 ™ K 6 5 Better Hand Evaluation is aimed at helping readers to add days of high tuition fees). trumps after a club lead, ♦ 6 ♦ 5 4 greater accuracy to their with a club holding of two ® K J 9 8 5 2 ® 7 3 bidding. It deals with auctions low cards facing jack dou - South in which you and your partner, Friday bleton! ´ 7 5 2 against silent opponents, can describe your hands fully to What would you bid with ™ 7 3 each other and, by evaluating Off to my parents for the this hand, at Love All? ♦ A K J 10 8 2 them accurately, find the best weekend. We pick the chil - ® A 4 final contract. The emphasis of dren up after school and all good, accurate bidding is on hand evaluation. arrive early evening in time ´ 6 for a drink and a browse of ™ A J 9 8 4 West North East South There are two general types of an art exhibition at ♦ Q 9 7 3 Pass Pass 1´ 2♦ auction: a) a fit is found and b) no fit is found. Corsham Court, a lovely old ® Q 10 6 2´ 3™ 3´ 4♦ house that is part of Bath Pass 5♦ All Pass When you do not have a fit, you are aiming to describe the University. Then a pub sup - strength of your hand as soon per and back to my parents’ This is the start to the After a couple of hours of as possible, most often using house for a game of auction: entertaining (I hope) bridge, no-trump bids. This book Categories. You know the we adjourn for a splendid begins by discussing balanced hand bidding in Acol, as it is sort of thing: everyone West North East South lunch. There are definitely very important that both chooses a ‘category’ and Pass Pass 1´ 2♦ plenty of less enjoyable ways members of a partnership have then has to think of two 2´ ? to make money! an accurate knowledge of how things for each category In the evening, we go to a to show hands of different strengths. beginning with a particular If you were not a passed village talent show. I letter. I like this because I hand, it would be difficult. certainly have my share of When a fit is found, there is much re-evaluation of the hand usually win, but the real fun Do you bid that decent five- misgivings about this (and I to be done; point count, though is listening to my mother card heart suit, or should let Barry off – he was still important, needs to be argue the case for being you raise diamonds? playing in a National Pairs evaluated together with allowed ‘Atlantic Ocean’ However, as a passed hand it semi-final on the Sunday – distribution. The best way of reaching an accurate assess - under ‘Waters’ for the letter is much easier. In order to and I put him on a train ment is to use the Losing Trick ‘o’, because it is a surname! bid a new suit at the three before the event starts). It is Count; this is an important level, you need good values actually good fun – method of hand evaluation and and a decent suit. For it to especially as I know many of takes up a number of chapters. Saturday be sensible for you to do this the people. Finally, we move on to different on a hand that was not Star of the show is forms of evaluation including This is the real reason for suitable to open the bidding, Caroline Dale, a top-class game tries and splinter bids. You can never know enough this specific visit. One of my you must have a diamond concert cellist who lives in methods of hand evaluation; parents’ friends bought a fit. So, here, you can bid 3 ™, the village. the more you learn, the better bridge lesson with me for also showing a diamond fit. you get at judging your hand. another friend for a birth - The full hand is shown at Although the Losing Trick day present. Thus Andi, the top of the next column. Count is used more easily in Sunday tandem with your partner, a Paula, Linda and I all get Superficially, you might large proportion of the ideas in together for a lesson. It did think that there are three After a family lunch, I have this book can be used by an not seem sensible to prepare losers: one in each side suit. arranged a bit of a treat for individual. For example, evalu - anything since I have no However, it is impossible for the three of us: we go quad ating your hand to be worth an extra point is going to help any - idea of anyone’s standard, so the defenders to take them biking on a local farm. Of one you partner – as long as we just play a few hands but all. A spade lead and club course, the children spend you get it right. collect the cards, duplicate switch sets up the queen of most of their time lapping style, rather than in tricks as clubs for a heart discard, me – I think they do three £14 including postage rubber bridge. (By the way, I while a heart switch would circuits for every two I man - See Mail Order Form would recommend that you set up that suit for club age – but the weather is bril - on page 7 all get into the habit of discards. liant and we all have fun. ■

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f you play only in your local club, West North East South they know their methods) then your you may come across very few dif - 1™ Pass Pass ? opponents can have a lengthy and pret - Iferent systems; if instead you visit ty sequence and alight often in an excel - other clubs, tournaments or countries East may have more points to pass lent contract. They have started lower, or even venture online, you may come than you might expect in a traditional by opening 1 ®, than those who play across something more exotic. The system. traditional systems and have more aim of this article is to help you when room to explore. They can also make you come across strong club systems bids called ‘asking bids’ to determine such as Precision Club. There are ´ J 5 4 things like how good their trump suit is strong club systems other than ™ J 2 or how many controls they have. They Precision, but they are quite rare and ♦ K J 3 2 cannot do this so easily if you intervene, for the most part the same principles ® 10 7 5 3 so what you can do is disrupt them by apply whichever one you meet. being keen to enter the auction. The A Chinese Engineer, C C Wei, is standard way to defend against a strong credited with the invention of This hand would be a routine pass of a club is to bid immediately with a suit - Precision Club and, when it first sur - 1™ opening so, when you consider pro - able weak hand and wait for the next faced in the late 1960s, it came to tecting, you should be aware of this. round with a good hand. Suppose you prominence because previously The other side of the coin is that hold a hand such as this: unknown (in bridge terms at least) opener can jump around with rather Taiwan suddenly started doing excep - weaker hands in terms of point count tionally well at international level. The than you might expect. This is ´ K J 10 7 5 players were good, of course, but the because, given opener’s failure to open ™ 4 3 system was credited widely with mak - 1®, responder will never expect some ♦ Q 10 6 5 ing a difference. hand with 18 or 19 points. A typical ® 5 4 The main elements of the system are: example might be:

1. Most opening bids are limited to 15 You would overcall 1 ´, even though points maximum. ´ K Q J 9 5 you are a bit weak to do this normally. 2. Virtually all strong hands start with ™ A Q J 10 5 If your partner can raise, your oppo - 1®. 1 ♦ is the negative response. A ♦ 7 nents will have a tough time sorting normal 2NT opening is the excep - ® J 5 out what to do in the auction. You will tion to this. be able to imagine how unpleasant a 3. Major openings show five cards. decision they can have: 4. 1NT is typically 13-15. A Precision player, after opening 1 ´, 5 . 2® is the opening for hands with will rebid 3 ™ over a 1NT response, good clubs and opening strength. whereas a traditional Acol player ´ Q 5 6. 1♦ is the dustbin bid into which all would regard it as lacking in high-card ™ K Q 8 5 other opening hands go. strength to do this. ♦ A J 5 3 7. Weak Twos in the majors. When the opponents open 1 ♦, they ® A K 6 may have diamonds but they may also If you meet a strong club, it is first have hands unsuitable for anything worth deciding what to do if they do else. It is usually better to defend by With this hand, your opponent has not open a strong club! This is as there bidding as if it is a normal 1 ♦ opening. opened 1 ® to show a strong hand; you will be more opening bids that are This does not always work but it saves have bid 1 ´. When responder doubles under 16 points than over. It may be a lot of heartache and discussion. to show some values, they know they obvious, but a failure to open a strong When strong club players have good are close to game; your partner then club limits opener’s strength – this hands, they open 1 ® and here you can bids 3 ´. This gives the opening side a gives responder some licence; it will be take advantage. If you sit back and nasty decision. They may double to say more common for sequences to go: admire their sequence (and, of course, that they do not know what to do

Page 13 Precision continued The Diaries of Wendy Wensum and will find it difficult to get to 3NT when it is right; they Episode 3: may languish at the four level in an uncertain cause if Hold Up? – Daylight Robbery! they cannot bid no-trumps. Some players bid natural - illie and I have From the beginning, I knew the ´K, but a spade contin - ly against a strong club but settled in com - it was going to be my fault. uation from defenders later others have a conventional Mfortably as mem - It was I, who after much would cause even more defence worked out. A sim - bers at the Riverside, so I debate, finally agreed to havoc. At this moment of ple one is that a double of felt confident enough to play these fancy Benjamin crisis, Millie disappeared 1® shows the majors and a invite my friends, Gail and two bids. Needless to say, it from the bridge room to bid of 1NT (not needed to Chloë, to the club as visi - was Millie who had sug - have her brandy tankard show a strong hand) shows tors. Both are beginners gested adopting them. refilled. From dummy, I led the minors. and attend local bridge With a good diamond suit a small club to the king; it As Precision players open classes. As they arrived at and a 20 count, I opened held the trick. Now I played 1® to show a good hand, our table, Millie welcomed 2®. Millie responded with a small diamond to the ten they need something to do them by raising her half- a 2 ♦ relay. It seemed to be on the table followed by with opening hands that empty brandy glass. The going so well. At this point, low club; East played low; I have at least five clubs and first two hands were rela - I naturally assumed that, as played the queen, and West do not qualify for a strong tively uneventful, but the usual, I would be dummy. the ten. Lo and behold, club opening. On these next board produced an That hog instinct within now another trump from hands, they often open 2 ®. unexpected twist. her is difficult to counter. hand crashed the ace and A typical example might be: I knew that something On this occasion though, I the jack. A heart return had gone wrong with the was quite wrong. A veil from West ensured the bidding. For a start, Millie will be drawn over the pre - contract. For the record, ´ 7 6 was dummy. She was look - cise details of the auction. Gail, West held ®A-10-2, ™ K J 9 5 ing distinctly nervous in It is sufficient to say that and Chloë the ®J-8-3. ♦ K 7 the role. In my view, that’s Millie had forgotten the ‘Why didn’t you take the ® A Q 10 7 4 because she doesn’t get new meaning of the 2 ® bid ®K or ®Q with your ace enough practice at it. The and assumed it was artifi - earlier?’ I enquired of Gail. trump suit was also rather cial and forcing to game. ‘Well,’ said Gail, ‘as you If an opponent does this, dicey. To be fair to Millie, we had know, I am going to bridge then it is right to defend the Gail was West and led agreed the system change classes now just like you way you would against a the ´A. With the king in in the hostelry after the last used to do and last week we natural 1 ® opening, i.e. you dummy, prospects for the bridge night and so a haze were learning about hold- double for take-out. Usually, club slam seemed to have engulfs the exact arrange - up plays, so I thought I they respond 2 ♦ if they improved significantly. ments. In addition, some would try it out.’ ‘You have want to investigate the pos - Even so, the chances of confusion also arose over learned it very well, dear,’ sibility of game. 2 ♦ is a relay success were still slim. the meaning of a 4 ® bid, said Chloë. She sounded asking the opener to which Millie insisted was kindly enough, but I describe his hand telling always Gerber asking for thought I heard a touch of responder whether he has a Millie aces. I certainly don’t irony in her voice. ‘Who four-card major and ´ K J 8 3 remember that from our did you say your tutor whether he is minimum or ™ K 9 5 4 classes, but I digress. was?’ inquired Millie, who maximum. You can double ♦ 10 6 After the lead of the ´A, had just returned with the 2 ♦ response to show ® 9 6 5 I contemplated the possi - another brandy, but the diamonds and enough val - bility of making my 6 ® director had called the N ues that you do not mind if WE contract; it still seemed move and Gail and her partner competes. S remote. For a start, I did partner were already on If you want to know more, Wendy not hold the ace, jack or ten their way to the next table. there are endless references ´ Void of trumps. I ruffed the Millie turned to me. on the worldwide web. ™ A J 2 opening lead in hand, and ‘Why didn’t you use my www.usabridge.com/ ♦ A K Q J 5 3 led a small heart to the ´K?’ she asked sternly. assets/applets/Precision_Cl ® K Q 7 4 king. At this point, I con - ‘Should we have bid the ub_Article_One.pdf is an sidered ditching my ™J on Grand?’ example. ■

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Page 16 David Stevenson answers your questions on Laws and Ethics

Can I Use a Transfer Bid with Length in the Suit I Bid?

My partner and I three tricks remained. I suaded her partner to go 1NT, which my partner play that a 2 ♦ won trick eleven with the on to the next deal. announced as 12-14. Was Q response to 1NT ´A and claimed the last Name and address supplied. my action reasonable in is usually a transfer to two tricks with my ♦A-9. a club duplicate? hearts, but could be a There was only one It is always difficult Steve Bailey by email weak take out in diamond still out (the when no director is (similar from Harry Crisp, diamonds as follows: ♦K), so I knew it would A present. Many Poulton le Fylde). drop. My LHO scooped up leagues provide phone num - 1NT 2♦* her cards and agreed. bers for directors. The EBU It is legal to evaluate 2™ 3♦ My partner and I both has a list of directors on its your hand using End *transfer picked up ours and website and in its diary and A more than just points. began to shuffle them. the WBU has a list of direc - So, if you upgrade an eleven This has caused RHO had started to put tors in its Journal. Best when count, perhaps because of a controversy; some were away her cards, so there is a disagreement is to good five-card suit or lots of saying that the sequence although they were still phone a director. tens, or if you decide to is illegal. in order, one could not Of course, your RHO is out downgrade a fifteen count, Simon Smart, Grimsby see which she thought of line. She has no right to because it is 4333 (as you (same from Dave Bryan). were winners and losers. harangue you. Dummy has a did) that is perfectly legal. She said, ‘No, it was one perfect right to speak once You are, in both cases, say - It is legal to play any off.’ My partner, my LHO there is a claim because the ing that, in your view, it is a system of responses and I all disagreed; I hand is finished. balanced hand that is worth A to 1NT, and you explained that I won both If a director had been twelve to fourteen points. would be surprised how the last two tricks. present, he would probably This applies in anything many people do not think RHO then began to rant have penalised RHO for her from a novice club to interna - any means any! So, of course, and kept asking ‘So what behaviour. He would certainly tional matches. your method is permissible. tricks did you win then?’ have shut her up, listened to Note, however, that if you Although your 2 ♦ response aggressively. While I was the other three players, have an agreement to open is legal, you must alert it, not trying to remember, her looked at the cards of any - 1NT whenever you have 15 announce it and must never partner said, ‘I have all one who had not shuffled points and a 4333 shape, describe it as a transfer. If my cards in order; we can their cards and, based on the then you should announce people ask what 2 ♦ is, you check it that way.’ RHO information you have provid - ’12 to a poor 15’. say something like, ‘hearts, or refused to do that and ed, no doubt ruled in your weak with diamonds, expect - kept on, ‘So what cards favour. ing partner to rebid 2 ™.’ etc...’ while giving me no David Stevenson answers all time to reply. Dummy ®♦™ ´ queries based on the facts supplied by the letter writer. ®♦™ ´ said, ‘Well he made the Neither Mr Bridge nor first trick with …’ only for I had 15 HCP in David Stevenson has any In a league my RHO to say rudely a 4333 way of knowing whether match, the that dummy has no rights Q distribution. those facts are correct or Q contract was 3 ♦. and should be quiet. Downgrading because of complete. I had made six tricks and Eventually, my LHO per - the poor shape, I opened

Page 17 Ask David continued it would say so. partner overruffed. Play may tell someone else but Whether it counts as nor - continued and my part - nobody else may. This is a mal to lose to the queen of ner later discarded a change in the last law book: diamonds when it would diamond on a club; previously players could not North, declarer, have dropped under the ace nobody noticed the tell their partners. led a spade. East depends on the full deal, the revoke except me. Q followed. play to date and so on. This Do I have to disclose ®♦™ ´ Declarer instructed South is a judgement decision for the revoke if the oppo - to throw away a the director. nents do not notice? Playing a weak singleton diamond. She William Parkinson by email. no-trump (12-14) just sat there and did ®♦™ ´ Q and needing 40 nothing until he said, ‘Ah, There is no require - points for rubber, my trump please.’ I (West) After dummy ment for any player RHO opened 1NT in third would have won the trick goes down, who A to point out an estab - seat and played there. but for the ruff. Q should touch lished revoke by himself or On the first four tricks, Mrs Eileen Fox by email dummy’s cards – declarer his partner. Neither the Laws my RHO produced the (similar from F Davis, or dummy? nor the general ethics of the ace and king in the two Merseyside). Mrs R A Hockenhull, Hertford. game require it. majors. I assumed my Having said that, many partner had the rest of Dummy should not You do not say players would think this the high cards and participate in the whether your social wrong. There is what I call defended accordingly. A play, especially not to A bridge group plays personal ethics, similar to RHO made nine tricks, make suggestions to rubber bridge or duplicate what some call active ethics, holding 20 points. Was declarer. What dummy did on bridge – and it makes a big which are a player's own view his opening justified? this occasion is illegal and difference. of what to do over and above Roger Gorvin, very naughty indeed. If it is rubber bridge, it is what the Laws require. Thus, Macclesfield, Cheshire. If I had been the director normal for declarer to play many players will always and you had called me, I dummy’s cards herself by point out revokes by them - Certainly – you tell would have made sure that reaching across. However, it selves or their partners, even partner your points so dummy played the singleton, is legal for her to name the though it is not required. A that you can bid effi - not the trump. I would also card and dummy actually to Note that other people's ciently to game or slam. have warned dummy that any move it. level of personal ethics may When a slam is unlikely and repeat of making suggestions If it is duplicate bridge, differ from yours and you game is only 40 points, you about the hand to declarer then the correct way to play cannot require them to follow want to open 1NT as much would result in a procedural is for declarer to name the yours. Therefore, even if you as possible. penalty. card, dummy to move it and point out your own revokes, declarer never to touch you have no recourse ®♦™ ´ ®♦™ ´ dummy’s cards. There are because another player obvious exceptions, such as if does not. Are there any As declarer, I dummy has gone off to make rules regarding conceded a trick a cup of tea, or if dummy ®♦™ ´ Q the way that you Q to the queen of has a medical problem that should deal the cards? diamonds and claimed makes it difficult. After East/West Gerry Horton, the rest. Had I played on, lose a trick, East Birkdale, Southport. the queen of diamonds ®♦™ ´ Q puts his card would have fallen under down in the wrong At duplicate, you deal my ace, making my ten I was defending direction, indicating that boards before the of diamonds good. 4´ doubled, East/West won the trick. A start. Any form of Should my concession Q having bid West notices this before dealing is permissible as long have stood? diamonds. anyone leads to the next as consecutive cards dealt do Chris Pryce, Cowes, My partner led a dia - trick. Can West point the not go into the same Isle of Wight. mond. I won and led a error out to East? hand. The traditional method second diamond, ruffed Ian De’Ath by email. of dealing clockwise is recom - The Law says a con - low by declarer. Declarer mended but not mandatory. cession is void if drew one round of A player may tell his At rubber bridge, the tradi - A there is no normal trumps and played a partner he has a trick tional method of dealing play to lose a trick. It certainly club, which I won. I A the wrong way but clockwise starting with the does not mean ‘it is impossi - played a third diamond, only until the next trick player to dealer's left is ble to lose a trick’; otherwise, declarer ruffed and my starts. After that, declarer mandatory.

Page 18 Ask David continued In third seat, I response to 1NT you say that if I was not going to opened 1 ® with ‘Stayman’ if it is Stayman, bid, I should not have Q 8 points, ®A-K-J- you alert if it is any other asked for info at that x-x in a 1-3-4-5 shape. I convention and you do nei - point. Was this correct? I opened 1 ´, the made the bid thinking ther if it is natural. Michael Kaye, person on my that I would want a club Kintbury, Berks. Q left passed and lead against West’s ®♦™ ´ my partner doubled. Is possible spade contract. It is legal for you to this legal? My opponents main - Please point me ask questions. It is Jan Hollingdale, Edinburgh tained that my bid was a to some A not legal for an (similar from David Rose, ‘psyche’ subject to club Q documents that opponent to give rulings at Brighton). rules, whilst I maintain give guidance on: the table, which is what he is that if I have my suit it is shuffling cards before doing, in effect. You can double only a light opener and not a putting them back in the In general, the authorities your opponents’ bids, psyche. board; discouraging do not recommended you to A never a bid by your Ken Davies, Purley. people from saying ‘Run ask questions, unless you are partner. a suit’; alerting calls interested in bidding in the Since psyches are above 3NT. auction. At the end of the ®♦™ ´ legal, it is not entirely Adam Macleod, Gosport. auction, when it is your turn A clear what difference to lead, you can ask as many If a table is it makes. I do not know what It is a matter of law questions as you like. small, may one ‘club rules’ means, but a club that players must shuf - Q move the board cannot ban psyches. A fle their cards before ®♦™ ´ to one side if the majority If your system is to allow putting them back in the of the players agree? this opening then it is a light board. This you can see in the It seems odd W D Cleland, Heswall, Wirral. opening, but you must dis - Law book, Law 7C, download - that I announce close this. For example, it is able from the EBU website. Q ordinary The Laws say the legal to write on your System Discouragement for saying transfers (e.g. 1NT-pass- board must remain in Card (Convention Card) ‘Run the clubs’ you can see in 2♦) but I do nothing if A the centre of the ‘third-in-hand openers may the EBU White book, para - partner makes a Texas table. In real life, people be light’ and then it is part of graph #46.2, downloadable transfer (e.g. 1NT-pass- have always been somewhat your system and always legal. from the EBU website. This 4♦). Why is this so? lax in following this and mov - If, however, it is not part of cites the WBFLC minute, Jim Greer, Streatham. ing it to a side of the table, your agreed system, it is downloadable from the WBF or even under a bidding box. either a Deviation or a website. When the EBU intro - It does not matter so long as Psyche, dependent on The details of alerting you duced announce - you neither remove it from whether the misstatement of can see in the EBU Orange A ments, it felt that the table nor rotate it. honour strength is ‘gross’. book, chapter 5, download - keeping the number of them However, any player who Generally, 1345 hands need able from the EBU website. small and then perhaps insists that it remains in the 11 points to open: three increasing them if they centre has that right. points short is gross, just ®♦™ ´ proved popular, was much about, so yes, I would call it safer than making them ®♦™ ´ a psyche. The bidding went apply in many positions and as follows: then perhaps trying to reduce In rubber bridge, ®♦™ ´ Q the number. if you are As for not alerting them at Q already 40 Can I respond West North East South the four level, I think there is below, bid 2 ´ and make 2® to 1NT and Pass 2NT Pass 3®* a feeling that the EBU made an overtrick, is it Q say ‘not a mistake and that alerts acceptable to put 90 Stayman’? I asked what type of should apply above 3NT on below the line instead of Mrs C I Price, Stayman 3 ® was. North the first round only. However, 60 below the line and 30 Godstone, Surrey. said it was five-card people do not want regula - above? Puppet Stayman. As soon tions amended between Valerie Fryer by email. When you make a as I passed, South said major reviews. n bid, you do not say Yes, it is perfectly nor - A anything because it mal to do so and passes information illegally to E-mail your questions on bridge laws to: A gets you to the cor - partner. [email protected] rect result. If your partner bids 2 ® in

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Page 20 2012 BRIDGE Bernard Magee’s Bidding Quiz WEEKENDS You are West in the auctions below, playing with Bernard Magee 'Standard Acol’ with a weak no-trump (12-14 points) and four-card Denham Grove JANUARY Near Uxbridge UB9 5DU majors. 6 - 8 Chatsworth Hotel £245 (Answers overleaf) Leads and Defence

MARCH 1. Dealer East. Love All. ´ A 7 6 23 - 25 Chatsworth Hotel £245 NEW ™ K 9 4 N SEMINAR Squeezes ♦ A 8 7 5 WE ® A 5 2 S 30 - 1 Apr NEBW lunsdon House Hotel £245 SEMINAR Finding Slams APRIL West North East South Blunsdon House Hotel 1♦ Pass Swindon SN26 7AS 20 - 22 The Olde Barn Hotel £245 ? Squeezes

27 - 29 Inn on the Prom £245 2. Dealer East. Game All. Losing Trick Count ´ K 7 6 5 4 ™ A 4 2 N JUNE ♦ 8 5 2 W E NEW ® 8 7 S 8 - 10 SEMINABR lunsdon House Hotel £245 Playing Suit Combinations 15 - 17 Chatsworth Hotel £245 West North East South Doubles 1™ Pass The Beach Hotel 1´ Pass 1NT Pass Worthing BN11 3QJ OCTOBER ? 5 - 7 Denham Grove £245 Splinters & Cue-bids 3. Dealer East. Love All. ´ A K J 5 12 - 14 Blunsdon House Hotel £245 ™ 2 N WE Landy Defence to 1NT & Responses ♦ A 9 8 7 6 S 19 - 21 Chatsworth Hotel £245 ® K Q 2 Signals and Discards NOVEMBER West North East South 3™ Pass Denham Grove ? Near Uxbridge UB9 5DU 2 - 4 NEW Blunsdon House Hotel £245 SEMINAR Squeezes

16 - 18 NEW Chatsworth Hotel £245 4. Dealer West. Love All. SEMINAR Finding Slams ´ A K 8 4 2 ™ A 7 6 N WE 23 - 25 NEW Denham Grove £245 ♦ 6 5 SEMINAR S Playing Suit Combinations ® Q 3 2 30 - 2 Dec Chatsworth Hotel £245

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Page 21 Answers to Bernard Magee’s Bidding Quiz on page 21

West North East South 4™. Your partner’s 3 ™ shows a weak 1. Dealer East. Love All. 1™ Pass hand with a seven-card heart suit. As a ´ A 7 6 ´ K 2 1´ Pass 1NT Pass rule, when you respond to a pre-empt ™ K 9 4 N ™ A Q 6 ? without good support, you need 16+ W E ♦ A 8 7 5 S ♦ K Q 9 6 4 3 2 HCP to go for game. You have the ® A 5 2 ® 3 2™. You have two decisions to make: the required strength for game, so you level and the denomination. should go for it. With 7 HCP, you should stay in a However, make sure you choose the West North East South partscore – your five-card suit is poor and right game: most of your partner’s hearts 1♦ Pass there are no tens and nines, so you are likely to be useless in 3NT; you will ? should certainly not push too high. not be able to reach them. Instead, you The denomination is not such an easy should raise to 4 ™: after all, you do have 2®. Hands with support for a minor are decision: with such a weak hand, you an eight-card fit! not always easy to bid because you will would prefer to play in hearts or spades often want to play in no-trumps rather and this is what you should put across to than the minor. With no four-card suit your partner. 4. Dealer West. Love All. other than diamonds, you are a little stuck Any bid at the two-level is weak and ´ A K 8 4 2 ´ 7 – a raise to 3 ♦ would not be forcing – nor non-forcing. 2 ™ is the right bid: it shows ™ A 7 6 N ™ 9 8 2 W E should you leap in no-trumps for that will only three hearts because you did not ♦ 6 5 S ♦ Q J 10 9 8 4 not help your side have a good support right away and it gives East the ® Q 3 2 ® K 6 5 conversation. Sometimes, the best tactic is choice between hearts and spades. On to make up a bid so that you can hear this occasion, East will pass 2 ™. your partner’s second bid. Whenever you Although your side has only a 7-card West North East South contemplate telling a lie, make sure it is a fit, it is not a surprise to find that partner 1´ 1NT 2♦ Pass minor lie – bid clubs rather than one of can make an extra trick in hearts rather ? the majors because your partner is less than no-trumps because he can ruff a likely to get excited about your bid. club in your hand. 1NT makes seven Pass. You need to start by working out Over 2 ®, your partner jumps to 3 ♦ and tricks, whilst 2 ™ makes eight. what your partner’s bid means. No- now you can think about a slam: you start trump bids by either side change the by agreeing the suit with 4 ♦ and then nature of an auction: if East has 9+ East might use Blackwood. While finding 3. Dealer East. Love All. points, he should make a penalty double 7NT might not be easy, at least you will ´ A K J 5 ´ 4 3 of North’s 1NT. This means that East must find a slam. ™ 2 N ™ A K 9 8 7 5 3 have a weak hand with long diamonds: WE ♦ A 9 8 7 6 S ♦ 4 probably 6-8 points and six diamonds. ® K Q 2 ® 6 5 3 He is bidding it to compete for the 2. Dealer East. Game All. partscore – rather than letting North play ´ K 7 6 5 4 ´ A 2 in 1NT, he thinks he might make 2 ♦ – you ™ A 4 2 N ™ K Q J 6 West North East South must pass. 2 ♦ makes for +90, whilst WE ♦ 8 5 2 S ♦ J 7 6 3 3™ Pass North may well make 8 tricks in no- ® 8 7 ® A 10 5 ? trumps for -120 – a worthwhile difference. n

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Page 23 Answers to Julian Pottage’s Defence Quiz on page 23

West North East South West leads the three of diamonds, cov - 1. ´ Q 3 1♦ ered by the ten, jack and ace. Declarer ™ K 3 1´ 3♦* Pass 3NT plays a trump to the king and a second ♦ J 9 8 7 6 5 End *pre-emptive round. What do you discard? ® Q 7 3 You should place partner with the trump ´ J 10 9 7 6 2 ´ 8 4 West leads the jack of spades, the queen ace: a lead of dummy’s suit, even from a N ™ J 10 4 W E ™ 9 8 7 6 5 wins and you play the eight. Declarer singleton, is unattractive without a trump ♦ A 4 S ♦ 2 plays a diamond to the king and one to entry. So you want to get in to deliver a ® K 5 ® A J 10 9 2 partner’s ace. What do you discard? diamond ruff. You have a choice. You ´ A K 5 Much is as on the previous deal. This could discourage hearts with the two and ™ A Q 2 time you want to signal for a heart. For hope partner works out the position. ♦ K Q 10 3 sure, you could ask for one with the nine. Clearer and thus better is to discard the ® 8 6 4 This will work if the initial lead is from ten of clubs. Your partner is much more A-J-10-x-x-x and partner wants to put you likely to take note of a high card. in to play a spade through the king. West North East South Unfortunately, you might need all your 1♦ hearts if, as is the case, you need to run the 4. ´ K 9 5 3 1´ 3♦* Pass 3NT suit to beat the contract. ™ 8 7 2 End *pre-emptive You should discard instead the two of ♦ A Q J 7 clubs, clearly a discouraging card. By a ® 10 8 West leads the the jack of spades, the process of elimination, partner should ´ A 7 2 ´ 4 queen wins and you play the eight. work out that you want hearts, if anything. ™ A J 4 N ™ K 9 6 3 WE Declarer plays a diamond to the king and After a switch to the jack of hearts, cov - ♦ 8 6 ♦ 9 5 4 2 S a second round to partner’s ace. What do ered by the king and ace, you trust partner ® J 9 7 6 3 ® Q 5 4 2 you discard? to hold the ten of hearts and lead a low ´ Q J 10 8 6 Since cutting communications is not an heart next. This avoids blocking the suit ™ Q 10 5 issue, you can guess why partner has held and allows you to run four heart tricks. You ♦ K 10 3 up the ace of diamonds: to obtain a signal could also make four heart tricks if partner ® A K from you. To oblige, you should discard had four hearts, even without the ten – the jack of clubs – any honour discard though the switch would then be to a low shows a sequence, usually an interior heart rather than the jack. West North East South sequence. Without such a clear signal, you 1´ may struggle to convince partner to switch Pass 3´ Pass 4´ from a holding like K-x. Although you risk 3. ´ K J 9 3 End blowing a second undertrick, this is un - ™ K 8 important at teams or rubber bridge. ♦ Q 10 9 7 6 West leads the six of clubs; your queen ® K 5 loses to the ace. Declarer plays on trumps ´ A 7 2 ´ 4 – the queen, which holds – and another to 2. ´ Q 3 ™ J 7 6 5 4 N ™ 10 9 3 2 partner’s ace. What do you discard? ™ K 3 ♦ 3 WE ♦ K J 2 As declarer may intend to throw a heart S ♦ J 9 8 7 6 5 ® J 8 7 3 ® A 10 9 4 2 on the diamonds, you must signal for ® Q 7 3 ´ Q 10 8 6 5 hearts. As you hold the king and dummy ´ J 10 9 7 6 2 ´ 8 4 ™ A Q no hearts of value, it is very unlikely that a ™ J 10 4 N ™ A Q 9 5 ♦ A 8 5 4 heart switch could cost. You discard the WE ♦ ♦ ® A 4 S 2 Q 6 nine of hearts. Trusting you to hold the ® K 5 ® 10 9 8 6 4 2 king (you would not have asked for a heart ´ A K 5 if holding the queen or worse), partner ™ 8 7 6 2 West North East South switches to the four of hearts. You win with ♦ K Q 10 3 1♦ Pass 1´ the king and continue the suit, picking up ® A J Pass 2´ Pass 4´ South’s queen. Three heart tricks and a End trump enable you to beat the game. n

Page 24 DECLARER PLAY Christmas & QUIZ New Year 2011 by David Huggett

(Answers overleaf)

ou are South as declarer playing teams or rubber bridge. YIn each case, what is your play strategy?

1. ´ Q 9 7 3. ´ A 9 4 ™ Q 8 2 ™ A 6 5 ♦ J 8 7 5 3 2 ♦ K Q J 9 7 6 ® A ® A

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You are declarer in 5 ® and West leads that can go wrong is if you run into a bad 1. ´ Q 9 7 the ™Q. How do you plan the play? trump break. Although you can do noth - ™ Q 8 2 ing about that if West has all the missing ♦ J 8 7 5 3 2 Maybe you are regretting not being in a trumps, you certainly can if East has ® A small slam, for if the club finesse is right them. ´ J 10 8 6 3 ´ 5 4 2 there are twelve easy tricks available, or ™ 10 9 5 N ™ A J 4 thirteen if they do not cash the ace of So, at trick two, play the ace of spades WE ♦ 9 S ♦ K Q spades. Since you are in game, you have and, if West shows out, continue with the ® K 10 8 7 ® Q 6 4 3 2 to be careful and assume the worst-case nine of spades. East will undoubtedly ´ A K scenario. If the club finesse loses and a play the ten but you can win, re-enter ™ K 7 6 3 spade comes back, you are in danger of dummy with a heart and take the marked ♦ A 10 6 4 losing three tricks, so you must turn your finesse against the jack. ® J 9 5 attention to that possibility. Of course, if the trump finesse is right you do not have to take it because the king of spades is You are declarer in 5 ♦ and West leads the safe from attack if you lose the lead to 4. ´ K 2 ´J. How do you plan the play? West. Instead, play a club to the ace at ™ A Q 9 8 5 2 trick two and, if the king has not ♦ A 9 8 Assuming you have only one trump loser, appeared, just play another. ® 9 3 it looks as if you have two losers in hearts ´ Q 10 8 5 3 ´ J 9 unless you can find one opponent with a As it happens your forethought will drop ™ 4 3 N ™ K J 10 7 6 WE doubleton ace, when you can play up to the singleton king offside – to the annoy - ♦ 6 2 S ♦ J 7 4 3 an honour and duck a second round. ance of the defenders. ® K 6 4 2 ® A 5 There is a better line. Win the spade, cash ´ A 7 6 4 the ace of diamonds and the ace of clubs ™ Void before returning to hand with a spade. ♦ K Q 10 5 Ruff a club and discard the remaining 3. ´ A 9 4 ® Q J 10 8 7 club on the spade queen. Now give up a ™ A 6 5 diamond. If the defender winning this has ♦ K Q J 9 7 6 the ace of hearts, he will have no safe ® A You are declarer in 3NT and West leads exit. He will either have to give you a ruff ´ Void ´ J 10 3 2 the ´5. How do you plan the play? N and discard in a black suit – enabling you ™ K J 9 4 ™ Q 10 8 7 WE to throw away a heart – or give you two ♦ 8 5 2 S ♦ 4 3 You know from the Rule of Eleven that heart tricks, by either leading the ace or ® K Q 10 8 5 2 ® J 6 4 East has at least two spades but, with the leading away from it. ´ K Q 8 7 6 5 suit well guarded, it might seem right to ™ 3 2 win the opening lead in dummy. You plan ♦ A 10 to play on clubs, aiming to win two ® 9 7 3 spades, one heart, three diamonds and 2. ´ 7 3 three clubs. Stop to see what will happen ™ 6 if you do. ♦ A Q J 10 5 4 You are declarer in 7´ and West leads ® A 9 6 4 the ®K. How do you plan the play? An alert East will win the first club and ´ A J 8 ´ Q 10 9 6 4 2 return his remaining spade. Then, ™ Q J 10 5 3 N ™ K 9 8 2 Grand slams are always difficult to bid whether you duck or not, West will clear ♦ 7 2 WE♦ 8 6 and you have to make sure that you give the suit and have enough winners to S ® 7 5 2 ® K the problem the attention that it merits. defeat you when he wins the king of ´ K 5 Here, it would be too easy to think that clubs. So simply duck the first lead and ™ A 7 4 there are about fourteen tricks ‘on top’ the defenders’ communications will be ♦ K 9 3 and consequently nothing to worry cut! The hold-up play is easy to recognise ® Q J 10 8 3 about; it is at times like these that you when you have only one stopper in the have to be extra careful. The only thing suit led, less so when you have two. n

Page 26 Andrew Kambites’ Lead Quiz Tutorial Bridge Breaks You are West in the auctions below. It is your lead. (Answers overleaf.) NOVEMBER 2011

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Page 27 Answers to Andrew Kambites’ Lead Quiz on page 27

West North East South and has a marked finesse against East’s 1. ´ 7 5 4 2 1´ jack of hearts when West shows out. I ™ Q 7 4 Pass 2´ Pass 4´ know you can ruff in, but it does not help ♦ A 9 8 End you because your trumps will take tricks ® 6 4 2 anyway. Left to his own devices, declarer ´ 8 6 3 ´ A Leading a trump from three small cards would surely hope the heart suit broke N ™ J 6 2 ™ K 9 8 5 3 WE in the suit is as safe as you can get. 3-2, leaving him with a fourth round ♦ Q 4 3 2 S ♦ J 7 Leading a singleton trump is not safe, as heart loser. Is this unlucky? Look at your ® K 5 3 ® J 10 9 8 7 is demonstrated here. Left to his own trumps. You do not particularly want a ´ K Q J 10 9 devices declarer is likely to play for the heart ruff. Your trumps are too good! ™ A 10 queen of spades to drop, following the Lead the king of spades, passive and with ♦ K 10 6 5 guideline, ‘Eight ever, nine never’. After a the possibility of cutting down ruffs. ® A Q trump lead, he cannot go wrong.

The safe lead is the four of hearts. On 4. ´ K 9 6 5 4 passive subsequent defence, declarer is West North East South ™ 4 likely to lose a trump, two diamonds and 1´ ♦ 10 8 6 a club. You might like to look at the dia - Pass 2´ Pass 4´ ® K 7 6 3 mond suit. Whichever side is first to play End ´ Q 10 8 3 ´ A J it gives a trick away, so it is in the best ™ K 8 7 N ™ J 10 9 5 interest of the defence to leave it to WE Leading away from isolated honours ♦ 7 4 3 ♦ A K 2 declarer. This is called a frozen suit. S often costs a trick. That is not to say you ® Q J 9 ® 8 5 4 2 should never do it, but this auction has ´ 7 2 revealed no threatening side suits for ™ A Q 6 3 2 3. ´ 7 5 4 2 declarer, so there is no indication that ♦ Q J 9 5 ™ A 4 3 2 declarer can discard losers from one suit ® A 10 ♦ 9 4 on another suit. Lead the three of trumps. ® A 10 5 Your main objective is to be passive, ´ K Q J ´ 8 though, occasionally, repeated trump West North East South ™ 5 N ™ J 10 7 6 leads may prevent declarer from ruffing W E 1™ ♦ K 8 6 5 ♦ J 10 7 3 2 losers in the short hand or cross ruffing. S Pass 1´ Pass 2♦ ® J 6 4 3 2 ® Q 8 7 End On this deal, declarer has one loser in ´ A 10 9 6 3 each suit. If West leads any suit apart ™ K Q 9 8 Leading the queen of clubs looks attractive from trumps, the loser disappears in that ♦ A Q but this auction cries aloud for a trump suit. On a trump lead, East takes the ace ® K 9 lead. South has shown at least five hearts and returns the jack of clubs. The defence and at least four diamonds. Much of the prevails as long as it is passive. time North, if weak, will give preference to West North East South 2™ rather than pass 2 ♦. Even if North has 1´ three diamonds and only two hearts it is 2. ´ J 9 8 3 Pass 2´ Pass 4´ often correct to retreat to 2 ™: a 5-2 heart ™ A K J End fit will probably play better than the 4-3 ♦ 10 5 2 diamond fit. The most likely reason for ® 6 5 2 Bridge players love leading singletons North to pass 2 ♦ is that he has only one ´ 2 ´ Q 5 4 against a suit contract. This is under - heart, in which case you should be aiming ™ 5 4 3 2 N ™ 8 7 6 standable because it is very pleasing to to prevent heart ruffs in dummy. Lead the ♦ Q 7 4 3 WE ♦ K 9 8 be able to use a small trump to ruff one S three of diamonds. Partner will play three ® K 8 4 3 ® J 10 9 7 of declarer’s winners. Unfortunately, if rounds of trumps, leaving declarer with ´ A K 10 7 6 the singleton lead does not work, it often lots of heart losers and short of tricks. ™ Q 10 9 costs a trick. Suppose West leads the five ♦ A J 6 of hearts, East plays the ten and declarer Hint: consider leading a trump if the bid - ® A Q wins with the queen. Later on, declarer ding suggests that dummy has a side-suit wins a trick with dummy’s ace of hearts singleton. n

Page 28 A to Z of Bridge compiled by Julian Pottage

other words, with four hearts and five West must have the ♦Q (or East would clubs, you open 1 ™ rather than 1 ®. have played the card, the lower of The style, the brainchild of Pierre touching honours in third seat, rather C Albarran in France, has influenced than the ♦K) and East surely holds the Italian bidding theory. It features in the ♦J (or West would have led the ♦Q Neapolitan Club, Blue Club and rather than fourth best). West Roman systems. therefore started with Q-x-x-x and CAB East with K-J-x-x-x. The information An old-fashioned natural system of CANSINO CONVENTION that East has 4 points in diamonds to bidding, with similarities to Acol, A little used defence to a 1NT opening West’s 2 may then help you to place particular features of which are ace- bid where an overcall of 2 ® shows cards in another suit. showing responses to the 2 ® opener clubs and two other suits, and a 2 ♦ and Blackwood. CAB stands for Two overcall shows both majors. CARRY-FORWARD Clubs, Ace responses and Blackwood. OR CARRY-OVER SCORE CAPTAINCY When an event takes place over more CADDY 1 The captain of a team: his responsi - than one session, the ‘carry-forward’ An assistant who collects score cards at bilities include scoring, selecting score is that part of the score carried a large tournament. The use of line-ups, arranging the match venue over from a previous session. If the Bridgemate and similar scoring devices (for private matches) etc. participants are the same in each means that caddies are now rare. 2 When one member of a partnership session, a full carry-forward is normal. has made a limit bid, the other takes However, if the earlier session was a CALCUTTA the ‘captaincy’ and usually selects qualifying session, with a reduced field An unusual type of duplicate the contract. If someone makes an in the subsequent session, the carry- tournament that makes possible a fair- asking bid, the asker takes the over may be some fraction or subset of sized financial gain to any player or ‘captaincy’ and usually determines the full score. other participant. After the entries the contract. close, an auction takes place at which CARVE players and spectators bid to place bets CARD READING Slang term meaning to misplay. on contesting pairs. The money bet The determination of the distribution ‘Butcher’ and ‘Play Misère’ are similar goes into a pool and is later distributed of the unseen hands and the location terms. among the purchasers of the winning of the missing high cards by logical pair. deduction from the bidding and play. CASH To lead a winning card or cards. CALL Any bid, double, redouble or pass. ♦ 8 6 CASH OUT To take a series of tricks by leading N WE CAMROSE TROPHY S winning cards. The term usually Annual tournament contested by the applies to the situation when a player open teams of England, Ireland, Wales, ♦ A 5 realizes that he is on lead for the last Scotland and Northern Ireland under time and takes all the tricks that he can. the auspices of Bridge Great Britain. The tournament takes place over two Suppose you are playing in a spade CHANGE OF SUIT weekends early in the year and you can contract after East has bid diamonds The bid of a different suit e.g. 1 ™-Pass- watch all the action at Bridge Base and West has supported. West leads 2♦. Online. the ♦2 and East plays the ♦K. From the bidding and the size of the spot card CHEAPEST BID CANAPÉ led, you place West with four The most economical bid available to a A bidding style in which, with two diamonds and East with five. You can player e.g. if the auction is up to 2 ´, suits, one bids the shorter suit first. In also place the picture cards in the suit. the cheapest bid is 2NT.

Page 29 A to Z of Bridge continued CHINESE FINESSE CLEAR A SUIT A deceptive play attempting to score a To force out, by successive leads, trick with an unsupported honour. adversely held high cards and so For example: establish winners in the suit. In other CHECKBACK words, you clear a path for your side to A convention for finding 5-3 and 4-4 run the suit. fits in the majors after opener’s 1NT Layout 1 rebid. Responder’s 2 ® rebid is artificial, A 4 3 asking for more information and show - ´ A 5 N K 8 6 W E J 10 7 2 ing at least the values to invite game. S N ´ Q 10 7 4 2 W E ´ J 8 6 3 S Opener Responder Q 9 5 1♦ 1™ ´ K 9 1NT 2® ? Layout 2 A 4 3 West leads a low spade to the jack and 2♦ minimum without three hearts king. West, when back on lead, then N or four spades K 8 6 WE 10 7 5 2 ‘clears’ the suit by continuing with S 2™ minimum with three hearts another spade. 2´ minimum with four spades, but Q J 9 not three hearts CLEAR-CUT TRICKS 2NT maximum without three hearts A conservative method of assessing a or four spades Suppose you are South on Layout 1. If hand’s playing strength, typically used 3® maximum with four clubs you judge that West holds the king, in assessing whether the hand qualifies 3♦ maximum with five or six you might lead the queen (as you for a strong opening bid. In your long diamonds would if you held the jack with it) suits, you assume partner is void and 3™ maximum with three hearts hoping to escape a cover. If the the second most favourable distribu - 3´ maximum with four spades, but position were actually as in Layout 2, tional division of the other cards. In the not three hearts West would be right not to cover since other suits, you assume no help from you could take the king with the ace partner (typically three low cards). CHEST ONE’S CARDS and finesse the nine on the second To hold one’s cards tight to one’s chest round to score three tricks. The to prevent the opponents from seeing Chinese finesse has a chance of success Hand 1 them. only if West has the king but neither ´ A K Q J 8 5 3 the jack nor the ten, so it is usually not ™ A 9 4 CHICAGO the best line of play. ♦ 7 3 A form of rubber bridge that ® 5 comprises sets of four deals (chukka) CHUKKA with pre-determined vulnerability. On A term for the four deals at Chicago Hand 2 the first deal, neither side is bridge. The term originates from polo. ´ A K Q J 5 3 vulnerable; on the fourth, both sides ™ A Q 2 are. On the other two deals one side is CLAIM ♦ 7 3 vulnerable, usually the dealing side. Declarer makes a claim by placing his ® 5 2 Scoring is similar to rubber bridge but cards face up on the table and with bonuses for games replacing the announcing that he will win one or rubber bonus. If a deal results in a pass more of the remaining tricks. A Hand 1 has eight clear-cut tricks. Even out, the same player redeals. defender makes a claim by showing facing a void, the spade suit will play Some play a variation, known as any or all of his cards to declarer and for no loser if the break is either 3-3 or duplicate style Chicago; the procedure announcing he will win one or more of 4-2. is the same as regular Chicago but the remaining tricks. When a player Hand 2 has only six clear-cut tricks. duplicate style scoring applies: part makes a claim, he should state his Facing a void, the spade suit will play scores attract an immediate bonus intended line of play. If he fails to do so for one loser on a 5-2 break, the second rather than carry forward to subse - and an opponent contests the claim, most favourable. The ™Q, being of quent deals and honours do not count. restrictions apply to his play. In uncertain value, does not count The benefit of playing Chicago is the duplicate, if anyone disputes a claim, towards the total of clear-cut tricks. known length of a chukka. the players should call the Director to adjudicate. CLOSED HAND CHICANE Claiming, if done well, speeds up the The hand of the declarer as distinct An old expression for a trump void. game and so is generally a good idea. from the ‘open’ hand, the dummy.

Page 30 A to Z of Bridge continued facing Q-x-x-x, you would usually draw them with the ace, jack and ten. This ´ 8 6 5 leaves you with the option of winning ™ J 6 the fourth round in either hand. ♦ A K 5 CLOSED ROOM ® A K 9 7 3 In important head-to-head teams-of- COMPASS POINTS four matches, the two pairs of a team North, South, East and West indicate usually play in different rooms. One of the positions of players at the table. Nowadays, players use many low-level these rooms may be designated the doubles as competitive rather than ‘closed room’, the other the ‘open room’. COMPETITIVE AUCTION penalty. Spectators, including any non-playing Bidding sequences in which both captain, may watch in the open room partnerships enter the auction. COMPLETING A TRANSFER but may not enter the closed room. Competitive auctions are common, This means bidding the suit partner occurring on perhaps 70% of deals, has shown at a minimum level. eg. COFFEE HOUSING adding to the excitement of the game. 1NT-Pass-2 ♦-Pass-2 ™. Indulging in unethical behaviour to mislead the opponents. For example: COMPETITIVE DOUBLE COMPOUND SQUEEZE A double, primarily for take out, to A rare preparatory triple squeeze, fol - convey that the bidder is unwilling to lowed by a double squeeze. Normally, K J pass but has no good descriptive bid to the ending requires two double men - make. South’s double is competitive in aces (guarded by both opponents) and a N Q 2 WE A 3 the sequences below. one-card menace (guarded by one S opponent only). The one-card menace 5 4 West North East South must be over the relevant opponent, 1® 1™ 1´ Dbl and declarer has top winners for all the remaining tricks but one. When South leads low, West pauses West North East South before playing low, as he might if he 1® held the ace instead of the queen, thus 1´ 2™ 2´ Dbl ´ Void misleading declarer. The term comes ™ 8 from a style of bridge that one used to In the first sequence, it would be ♦ K 7 3 encounter in European coffee houses. pointless for South to attempt a ® K 6 4 penalty double of a bid that is natural ´ Void ´ A COLD and forcing, especially at such a low ™ 3 N ™ Void Slang term describing a contract that is level. The double suggests a doubleton ♦ J 9 2 WE ♦ Q 8 4 S certain to make. ‘Frigid’ and ‘Icy’ are heart (not enough hearts to raise to ® J 8 5 ® Q 9 2 similar terms. 2™), a four- or moderate five-card ´ K diamond suit (not enough diamonds ™ A K COME-ON SIGNAL to be bidding 2 ♦) and a weakness in ♦ A 6 A signal that encourages partner to one of the black suits (hence the ® A 3 continue playing a suit. In standard inability to bid 1NT). This hand would methods, you usually give a come-on be typical: signal with a high spot card. For First, see that the requirements are example, if partner switches to the ´A present: Declarer has six top winners and you hold ´K-J-9-2, you play the ´ 8 6 5 (three ace-kings), doubly guarded men - nine (assuming you can afford it). ™ J 6 aces with entries to the threats in both ♦ K 9 7 4 3 minors and a singly guarded menace in COMMUNICATIONS ® A K 9 spades (the king over East’s ace). The ability to transfer the lead between The lead of the ™A squeezes East in the two hands of a partnership. three suits. To avoid conceding a trick Communications are very important In the second sequence, after the immediately, he must discard from as they allow you to reach established opponents have bid and raised spades, one of his minor suits. This gives West winners and to lead towards (rather it is most unlikely that a worthwhile sole responsibility for guarding that than away from) tenaces. penalty is available from defending at minor suit, thereby preparing the way Playing suits in the right order can this level. The double suggests a for a double squeeze. help to maintain communications, as doubleton heart (not enough hearts to South next plays the king and ace of can careful management of suits. For raise to 3 ™ or 4 ™), five clubs (not whichever minor suit East discards, example, if you draw three rounds of enough clubs to bid 3 ®) and no spade and then leads the ™K, which creates a trumps with a holding of A-K-J-10-x stopper. This hand would be typical: double squeeze on both opponents.

Page 31 A to Z of Bridge continued opponents. It is also opposite to a sign- off. Constructive bids are usually ´ K Q J 7 5 3 invitational (partner may pass) or ™ 6 sometimes forcing for one round ♦ A Q 7 4 COMPUTER DEAL rather than game forcing. All of East- ® J 4 1 Term to describe the creation of West’s bids in this sequence are deals by computer. These deals are constructive: more correctly distributional than This hand has first-round control in those that some players deal. This is West North East South diamonds, second-round control in because humans often do not 1® Pass 1™ Pass each major and third-round control shuffle the cards properly. 1´ Pass 1NT Pass in clubs. If 6 ´ has any hope of being 2 Term to describe a deal physically 2NT End a viable contract, partner will need dealt by a computer dealing first- or second-round control of machine: this usually requires cards CONTRACT clubs and at least two first-round with special markings similar to bar The undertaking by declarer to win a controls in total. codes for the machine to identify number of tricks, in the denomination 2 In some systems, notably the Blue the cards. named, specified by the final bid of the Club, aces and kings have specific auction. The number of tricks is six numerical values: two for an ace CONCEDE more then the bid, ie. you need ten and one for a king. In this case, for To give one or more tricks to the tricks to make 4 ´. A defender may example, a hand with one ace and opposition. double the contract, in which case a one king or with three kings would member of the declaring side may have three controls. CONCESSION redouble. The lowest contract is 1 ® A player makes a concession when he and the highest contract is 7NT CONTROL FREAK announces he will lose the remaining redoubled. A player who likes to takes decisions tricks. A player may also concede one on behalf of the partnership in system, or more tricks as part of his own claim. CONTRACT BRIDGE style and play. In the bidding, he likes Contract Bridge evolved slowly from to make general forcing bids, such as CONDONE the game of Whist, through the games fourth-suit forcing and bids of the To bid or play immediately following of Auction Whist, Auction Bridge and opponent’s suit, to find out about his an irregularity and thereby convert it finally to Contract Bridge in 1926. It partner’s hand while disclosing little into a legal action. differed from its predecessors in that about his own. In the defence, he For example, if at South’s turn to bid only tricks bid for and made counted expects his partner to signal West opens 1 ™ and North bids 1 ´, towards game (based on the Plafond everything and to lead or return his North’s bid condones the bid out of system). suits. turn. Harold Vanderbilt changed considerably the method of scoring CONTROLLED PSYCHES CONGRESS and perfected the new game with the A psychic bid is one that deliberately A tournament, typically played over a inclusion of incentives for games and misdescribes one’s hand to confuse the (long) weekend, and often comprising slams, as well as the Plafond system of opponents. A psychic bid that some several individual competitions. bidding towards game by special bid by partner can uncover is a Usually, a congress takes place in a accumulating partscores. controlled psyche and makes the use of hotel or conference centre. such bids safer. British bidding CONTROL restrictions prohibit the use of CONSOLATION EVENT 1 This is a holding in a suit that controlled psyches. In some congresses and large prevents the opponents from tournaments, the main event has cashing more than a certain CONVENTION qualifying rounds to reach the Final. number of tricks in the suit. An ace A call or play with a defined meaning Usually, a ‘consolation event’ takes or void (in a suit contract) understood by the partnership, which place concurrently with the Final for constitutes a first-round control, a has little or no similarity to the natural the pairs/teams who failed to qualify. king or singleton (in a suit contract) use of the bid. constitutes a second-round control. Common examples of a convention CONSTRUCTIVE To contemplate a grand slam, a are a 2 ® Stayman response to 1NT and Description of a bid that is helpful and partnership will need first-round a 4NT ace-asking enquiry. forward going, seeking to find the best control in every suit. To contract. contemplate a small slam, it will CONVENTION CARD This is opposite to an obstructive or need first-round control in at least A card by which a partnership gives pre-emptive bid, the main aim of three suits and first- or second- details of the system of bidding it is which is to make life difficult for the round control in the fourth. using and its methods of leads,

Page 32 A to Z of Bridge continued entries. play of the hand. Many coups have Here is an example: identifying names, some descriptive (such as scissors coup, crocodile coup, trump coup, coup en passant), others discards and signals. It varies from the © K Q J 10 5 from the names of their authors (such simple, acceptable in most local clubs, as Deschapelles coup), or the places N to the very detailed information © A 8 2 WE © 9 6 where they first surfaced (such as Bath S required by sponsoring organisations coup and Vienna coup). for major tournaments. © 7 4 3 Having a correctly completed COUP EN PASSANT convention card is a courtesy to your The lead of a plain suit card to opponents and may assist the director Declarer plays a diamond to the king promote a low trump sitting over a if any dispute arises about the meaning and continues the suit to drive out the high trump. For example: of your side’s bidding. System Card is ace. East plays high-low (the nine another name for a Convention Card. before the six) to show an even number of diamonds, clearly two. This ´ 3 2 CO-OPERATIVE DOUBLE enables West to hold up the ©A until ™ Void A double, usually at a low level, that the third round. If East had three © Void shows willingness to bid on or to diamonds, he would play upwards and ® Void penalise the opponents but with no West would know to take the ace on ´ A ´ Void strong preference between the two. the second round. ™ Void N ™ A WE Defenders may also give count © A S © 3 West North East South signals on each other’s leads, doing so ® Void ® Void 1´ either by agreement or when an ´ Void Pass 2™ 3© Dbl attitude signal is clearly pointless. ™ K © 2 Historically, this double would have ® Void been a pure penalty double. However, ´ J 7 5 it is quite rare for one to have a N diamond stack on this sequence. Since ´ K Q 10 8 3 WE ´ 9 6 4 2 In the diagram above, with hearts as North might leave in the double, South S trumps, North leads a spade. If East needs a few diamonds for this co- ´ A discards, South scores the ™K at once operative double. Here is a possible on a ruff. If East prefers to ruff, South hand: discards and makes the ™K on the last When West leads the king, East can see trick. Either way, the ™K becomes a that declarer will win with the ace – winner. ´ A J 9 4 3 2 this means that it will be obvious to all ™ Q 6 that East has nothing in spades. In this COUNTING ONE’S CARDS © K 6 2 situation, East should make a count The Laws of Duplicate Contract ® A J signal. Normal is to play second Bridge state that players should count highest from a four-card holding, in their cards, face down, before they this case the six. look at their hand, to check that they The best contract might be 4 ´, 4 ™, have thirteen. 3NT or 3 © doubled. To keep all COUNTING THE HAND options open, South doubles. The deduction of the location of the COURT CARDS With undisclosed length in one of cards in the unseen hands from the Old-fashioned name for the honours. the majors, North is likely to show it bidding and previous play. For Originating from the fact that the or, with a flattish hand and a few example, if a player shows up with kings, queens and jacks, being all diamonds, pass. three spades, five hearts and three ‘coated’ figures were ‘coat cards’. This clubs, then you can deduce he has a quickly changed to court cards due to COUNT SIGNALS doubleton diamond. the association with a royal court. A signal to convey information about Alternatively, if a player makes a bid the length of a suit rather than its that shows 12-14 points and he shows COURTESY BID strength. In standard methods, a peter up with three aces, you can deduce A continuation made on a weak hand (high-low) shows an even number of that he has neither the fourth ace nor to allow for the possibility that the cards. any kings. opener has great strength. Examples of Defenders may give count signals on this are the 3 ´ bid in the sequence suits that declarer plays, especially if COUP 1´-1NT-3 ©-3 ´ or a 2 © response to a dummy holds a long suit but few A specialized manoeuvre during the 2® opening.

Page 33 A to Z of Bridge continued CROSS-IMP ´ A 4 A method of scoring individual pairs ™ Q 2 in terms of IMPs. You compare each pair’s score with the score of every COVERING HONOURS N ´ K 3 other pair sitting in the opposite The maxim ‘Cover an honour with an Immaterial W E ™ K 3 direction and convert it to IMPs, as if S honour’ coming from the early days of each in turn of the other pairs were whist is usually sound but may be ´ Q 2 teammates. A pair’s score on any given wrong sometimes. It is usually right to ™ A board is then the sum (plus or minus) cover if you hold intermediate cards © A of all the separate IMP scores. that covering might promote, or if your holding is short, when partner CROSSRUFF might hold such cards. It is usually South leads the ©A and discards the A play in which declarer uses trumps wrong to cover if you have length in ´4 from dummy. in both hands to ruff losers rather than the suit and poor intermediates, or if Both the hearts and spades are now drawing trumps. It is usually correct to the honour led is a touching honour. blocked but South can unblock play off side suit winners before whichever suit East discards and use starting to crossruff to stop opponents the other suit as an entry to the then from discarding those suits and later Layout 1 established queen. being in a position to ruff declarer’s ´ Q 6 winners. A crossruff works best when CRO most of your trumps are high trumps. N W E ´ K 7 4 This stands for Colour, Rank, Odd, S usually in relation to two-suited hands. ´ 9 6 Layout 2 CROCKFORDS CLUB ™ Q J 9 8 3 ´ Q 6 The gaming house in central London © J 2

N that became famous for its high-stake ® A J 9 6 WE S ´ K 7 4 2 games in the early days of rubber ´ Q 10 5 4 3 ´ 8 7 bridge and the prominent players who ™ 4 2 N ™ 6 5 W E supported it. It gave its name to the © Q 9 7 5 3 S © 8 6 Generally, East should cover the queen premier teams’ championship of ® Q ® K 10 7 5 4 3 2 with the king on the first layout (West England. ´ A K J 2 might hold 10-x-x or A-10-x) but not ™ A K 10 7 on the second (South might hold CROCODILE COUP © A K 10 4 A-J-10-9-x). A play by a defender of an apparently ® 8 unnecessarily high card to prevent a CRASHING HONOURS throw-in on his partner. The defender The playing of two high honours by needs to imagine being a crocodile as As South, you play in 7 ™. West leads a defenders to the same trick. A it opens its jaws to make sure of trump. You should win in hand (you deceptive play by declarer can catching partner’s winning card do not want to use dummy’s lowly ™3 sometimes induce defenders to crash (which by this stage is a singleton). For for ruffing) and cash the red ace-kings their honours. For example: example: as well as the ®A. You will then ruff clubs in hand and cards from the pointed suits in dummy and make the Q 5 4 3 2 ´ 3 2 rest of the tricks. ™ A Q N A WE K 6 CROWHURST CONVENTION S ´ A Q N ´ K A convention, named after the English WE J 10 9 8 7 ™ 7 6 S ™ K 5 4 player Eric Crowhurst, whereby a bid of 2 ® by responder, after a wide-range ´ 5 4 1NT rebid by opener, is an enquiry. If South, as declarer, leads the queen ™ 3 2 For example, if the 1NT rebid by from dummy, East may decide to opener shows 12-16 points then the cover, causing the defenders to crash continuations are as below: their honours. When South, declarer, leads a spade, West must play his ´A, swallowing his Opener Responder CRISS-CROSS SQUEEZE partner’s ´K. This saves East from 1™ 1´ A simple squeeze with a blocked suit. winning and having to lead into the 1NT 2® For example: heart tenace. ?

Page 34 A to Z of Bridge continued either a full or half a club stopper. CURSE OF SCOTLAND In the second sequence, where Name given to the ©9. The exact partner’s action is an overcall, it is source of the name is a mystery. There almost universal to play the 3 ® cue have been various suggestions: 2© 12-14 points without five hearts bid as showing a sound (heart) 1 In the game Cornette, introduced to or three spades raise. Scotland by the unfortunate Mary 2™ 12-14 points with five hearts Queen of Scots, the ©9 was the chief 2´ 12-14 points with three spades, 3 A direct overcall in the suit an card. but not five hearts opponent has opened conveys the 2 ‘Butcher’ Cumberland wrote the 2NT 15-16 points message of a very powerful hand or, orders for the Battle of Culloden more popularly, some form of two- (1746) on the card. CUE BID suited hand. The popular Michaels 3 The order for the massacre at This is a bid of a suit with no intention convention and the rarer Ghestem Glencoe was on the back of the that the bid suit should be the trump convention both use this type of cue card. suit. The term covers several quite bid to show a two-suited hand. 4 That it derives from the nine different situations. lozenges that formed the arms of CULBERTSON SYSTEM the Earl of Star, whom Scots hated 1 In a slam investigation, when the Historic system of bidding devised and for his part in the massacre at partnership has agreed a trump suit popularized by Ely Culbertson, first Glencoe and the union with (either explicitly or implicitly), the published in the Blue Book in 1933 England. cue bid of a suit shows a control in and later revised in further Blue that suit. By partnership agreement Books. Many of the features of the CURTAIN CARD this may be first-round control (an Culbertson system have provided a Written record of a hand in a duplicate ace or void), or either first- or basis for modern methods. The very board; this enables a player to check second-round control. To avoid successful Four Aces team and public that his hand is correct and helps to confusion with the other types of opinion influenced the system, leading restore the hand if the board becomes cue bid, some call this a control- to the publication of the Gold Book in fouled. Curtain cards are no longer in showing cue bid. 1936, which became standard in widespread use. America for nearly fifteen years. West North East South Features of the system were: CUT 1© Pass 1 Before the beginning of a rubber, 1´ Pass 3´ Pass 1 Valuation by Honour Tricks, from a deck of cards spread face 4® Pass 4© 2 Uniform standards for biddable down on the table, each player suits, draws one card. Those drawing the After East’s 3 ´ raise sets spades as 3 The approach forcing principle, two highest cards play with each trumps, West’s 4 ® and East’s 4 © are 4 The forcing Two bids, other, the winner deals first. both (control-showing) cue bids. 5 The forcing take-out (now known 4® must show interest in a slam as a jump shift) showing three 2 Before every deal, the dealer’s RHO because, with no such interest, West Honour Tricks, cuts the deck towards the dealer by would simply raise 3 ´ to 4 ´. 6 Strong no-trump, dividing it into two portions. The 7 Non-forcing jump rebids by opener, dealer replaces the lower portion on 2 In a contested auction, a bid of the unless in a new suit, top of the other. opponents’ suit is called a cue bid: it 8 Asking bids. may be a general forcing bid (when 3 In a qualifying session, the cut is the no suitable alternative is available) CULBERTSON 4-5NT place at which the field divides in or have a conventional meaning to A complicated slam convention determining who goes forward to convey. showing aces and kings as well as the next stage. For example, if there asking for them. The 4NT bid shows is to be a 7-table all-play-all final in West North East South three aces or two aces and a king of a a pairs’ event, the cut will be after 1™ 2® 3® suit bid by the partnership. The the 14th place. responses are: with two aces or one ace West North East South and the kings of all suits bid by the CUT IN 1® partnership, bid 5NT. If holding no A form of rubber bridge in which 1™ 2® 3® ace, bid five of the lowest suit that the players draw for partners. At the end partnership has bid. Holding one ace, of each rubber, players change Popular nowadays is for East’s 3 ® bid the suit with the ace at the five- partners and one or more players leave cue bid in the first sequence to show level, or at the six-level if it is the ace of the table, exchanging places with a value raise to at least 3 ™. The older the lowest suit genuinely bid by the sitting out players or players from treatment is to play it as asking for partnership. another table. n

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Previously, back seat, we managed known to make a comment my used stamps were several painfully slow hands at the table that can be taken collected by an elderly lady many who have given stamps before driving into Midelt. in different ways. My from my church. As she no and encourage them to find Mrs K Borgman, Thursday night bridge partner longer does so, I collect for some more. Littleborough, Lancs. will say, ‘quit while you’re Little Voice instead. Mr D Peters, ahead,’ but luckily for me, Mr A Robertson, Ramsbottom, Lancs. PUBLICITY the members at the G.B.C. Fife, Scotland. I think that your online forum still put up with me. SAT NAV is valuable and can be Mr V Goldwater, STAMP COLLECTING Two members, new to the helpful to a lot of people. Glasgow. After recently becoming an area, said they’d had trouble I don’t think that many avid reader of BRIdGE, I finding our, or any, bridge people know anything about OLD BRIDGE decided to collect used club after moving here as it. Perhaps you should I am a volunteer in my local stamps to support the Little nothing came up on the local advertise it in your Oxfam shop. On its shelves, Voice charity. My church, council’s web site, yet we magazine? I participate in the we have Bridge Reflections by Christ Church in Walmersley, knew we were there forum and I don’t think that I The Hon. Victor Bethell, has taken this on as well and ‘somewhere’, having posted would have found it had I not published in 1908. It is in here is our first instalment. all our details. The ‘path’ was come onto your site to reasonable condition, but I’m assuming you are so convoluted as to be near express my interest in taking with no dust jacket. happy to receive anything, impossible, needing many part in your activities. Would anyone in the area old or new, British or foreign. links and our treasurer asked Mrs S Rohan, London N8. like to make an offer for it? 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Page 38 READERS’ LETTERS in partnership and how to 4-1-4-4 Open 1 ®. continued accept bad luck. Even in 4-4-1-4 Open 1 ®. today’s computer-based 4-4-4-1 Open 1 © TWO POINTS world, young people are and rebid 2 © to RUBBER / Thank you for sending the more likely to buy QPlus or a 2 ® response. QPlus 10 upgrade. A great try online bridge if they know CHICAGO improvement I must say. the game already. If you accept that any 4-card Hosted by Congratulations to your We may not benefit from suit is biddable then you can Diana Holland correspondent Martyn Lewis, the seeds we sow now for the absolutely guarantee that on his being able to future, but where would we every opening 1 ´ or 1 ™ is understand 50% of the have been if parents, indeed a 5+ suit. content of BRIdGE. I am still grandparents and friends Mr C Jelley, trying. hadn’t taught us the game? Waikanae, New Zealand. Mr T Maxwell, Ian C Kemp, Thorverton, Devon. Ware, Hertfordshire. CHICAGO HELP I would like some help/ideas YOUNG NEEDED LITTLE VOICE about running an evening of You asked in BRIdGE issue I would be interested to know Chicago. We have a spare 106 (p 35), ‘Why do we need something about the charity evening at our club which I the young?’ In a nutshell, so ‘Little Voice’. It’s a new one would like to fill. Any advice The Olde Barn Hotel that this magnificent game to me. would be welcome. Marston, Lincs NG32 2HT that we love will still be Mrs J Allgood, Bath. Mr B Brooks, Doncaster. around in Britain in the next 20, 30 or 50 SAME FOR ALL 12-14 August years. Players often grumble 2011 Bridge is not just for in club pairs events The Olde Barn retired people. Yes, when they experience Hotel many people who an evening of really learn the game young poor hands. 30 Sept-2 Oct will drop out when On 29th March, families and work playing in the 2011 intervene, but they will Colchester duplicate Ardington Hotel remember the joys of Bridge Club, (11 the game and can tables), my total high Please note there are no come back to it later. I point count for 26 seminars or set hands at learnt from my parents hands came to 169. these events and a friendly neighbour who DOWN UNDER CARD This gave me an average of gave me an Acol crib-sheet; We were delighted to receive 6.5 points per hand. I had a £199 it lay dormant for 20 years BRIdGE issue 106 today. We run of 12 consecutive hands but gave me the incentive to feared that you had decided when I held 4 or fewer points Full-board try a computer program, finally that we were too far for each hand. I am sure there No Single read a beginner’s book and away. Many thanks for this are many who can better this. Supplement join a club when the latest issue which is as Mr C Stokes, opportunity arose. Now, I find entertaining as ever. I will Kirby-le-Soken, Essex. it is far easier to teach the send my stamps to Mr Colin game to adults who learnt Bamberger for Little Voice. MAXIMS whist originally or bridge as Diane & Sheila Robertson, Will you please write an article children, compared to those Turramurra, Australia. in BRIdGE magazine covering who have no past experience the various rules of play – ie. of card play. They enjoy it 4-4-4-1 HANDS the rule of seven, eleven, more, learn faster and are There is a method which eighteen – and any others? It more likely to stick at it. Elena Jeronimidis, BRIdGE would be helpful for casual I’m glad that the EBU put a April 2011, would not players to have a list of rules Ardington Hotel, significant part of their limited approve, but I find quite with explanations of how to Worthing BN11 3DZ budget into investing in the playable for 4-4-4-1 hands. apply these rules. future of the game by Mr J Taylor by email. encouraging bridge in 1-4-4-4 Open 1 © These so called rules have all Please see booking schools. It encourages and rebid 2 ® to been covered in BRIdGE form on page 16. teamwork, maths, tolerance a 1 ´ response. during the last three years.

Page 39 READERS’ LETTERS are your opponents. Bridge is continued a partnership game; your Understanding aim should be to promote CRUISE PARTNERS partnership harmony, so trust The Uncontested Auction Love your cruises. daunted by your partner to play the cards by Ron Klinger & Andrew Kambites the single supplement. How and relax while he does so about a bulletin board, and conserve your energy for reviewed by David Huggett ‘Anyone interested in sharing your future decisions. W Cassell in association with Peter Crawley a cabin on (cruise) departing The things that dummy can ISBN 0-304-36322-7 £7.99 (d/m/y) with quiet respectable do are limited: female (male). Phone (name) 1) dummy is allowed to f you had to make a list of bridge teachers with a on (telephone number).’ prevent an irregularity well-documented pedigree, it is a racing certainty Mrs S Burnett, London N2. occurring, but he is not Ithat these two authors would figure high up on that able to point it out once it list. This collaboration has produced a volume in the UNIMAGINABLE has occurred (until the Master Bridge Series that acts as a primer to basic Acol I was interested to see the list play is over). bidding in an uncontested auction. Even these days, of Bernard Magee’s 65 2) dummy is allowed to ask now and again a hand does come along when you are Invaluable Tips for Better partner whether he has any left alone and, in such circumstances, it would be a Bridge in BRIdGE 104. of a suit remaining, when shame if the auction went off the rails through I am confused by tip 63, he discards on an oppo - misunderstanding of some of the basic principles ‘Avoid being declarer when nent’s (or dummy’s) lead. behind bidding. you are dummy’. I cannot 3) dummy can keep track of The contents are prepared in a logical way with the understand a situation arising the number of tricks lost or first chapter given over to methods of hand valuation, when dummy could ever won. with particular reference to the Losing Trick Count. As possibly be declarer. I and dummy is, as the name I know only too well, this is something that is seized my friends would welcome an suggests, a relatively upon immediately with relish by anyone new to this explanation of this Tip or are redundant personage but this concept, but which can sometimes prove to be a thorn in we missing something? must not be an invitation to the side of the teacher. (‘I had only six losers partner…’) Mr Trevor Allery, get active and study the cards There are lots of sensible pointers about balanced Fetcham, Surrey. your partner is playing. hands, with the authors saying quite rightly that you I reprint Tip 63 below. Bridge is a complex and open any balanced hand outside the no-trump range fascinating game and there is with a major rather than a minor if 4-4 in those two AVOID BEING DUMMY always so much to think suits. This makes sense because the aim would be to WHEN YOU ARE about, so use your time as rebid in no-trumps and majors are not only more DECLARER dummy to relax and get important, but more pre-emptive too. This is probably the most ready for the next burst of They deal with raising opener’s important tip: if you can thought required. When you suit in an instructive way and, ´ 10 7 4 become a better dummy, you play the next deal you will be although many know the rules for ™ 5 4 will be amazed at how much glad of not having to think doing this, it is amazing how many © A J 8 7 your bridge will progress; about partner’s mistakes or people would respond 1NT to 1 ´ ® Q 4 3 2 your partnership will be better brilliancies, instead you will with this hand: as a whole, but you will also have a clearer head, ready to Of course, 2 ´ is the correct bid, have more energy for the rest find the perfect line. even when playing four-card majors, because a 1 ´ of your game. The number of times that opening promises either a five-card suit or a hand of 15 It certainly took me a long dummy will make a comment points or more if playing a weak no-trump. time; I used to keep a close detrimental to his partner at I would have liked the authors to have written more eye on my partner’s play, the end of play is extraordi - about the concept of ‘reversing’ – such a silly name – ready to pounce on any nary. Go to the bar and get because, of all the ideas about bidding, it is just about mistake – to what end? your partner a drink – he will the hardest to assimilate and is the cause of more Your partner is not going to certainly appreciate that a lot terrible contracts than anything else. There are lots of enjoy your comments, nor more. n other good things talked about in a sensible way and some relatively new ideas in bidding theory Write to Mr Bridge at: introduced, like Jacoby 2NT in response to an opening Ryden Grange, Knaphill, Surrey GU21 2TH bid of one in a major. or e-mail [email protected] If you want a book that details, in plain language, just E-mail correspondents are asked to include what to bid and when, buy this volume. At the very their name, full postal address, telephone least, you will be able to prove your partner wrong number and to send no attachments. when he is uncomplimentary about your bidding. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.

Page 40 Heather Dhondy Says

Open Light in Third Seat Only in a Suit You Want Led

pening light in third seat is a entries to set up and cash his suit. Here is the full deal this time: Owell-known tactical ploy. With Here is the full deal: luck, it may inconvenience the fourth player who is likely to have the ´ K Q 10 best hand at the table. Since there is no ´ K Q 10 ™ 9 5 need to find a rebid, (a change-of-suit ™ 9 5 © 8 2 response by a passed hand is not forcing) © 8 2 ® A 9 8 5 3 2 your risk of getting too high is slim. ® A 9 8 5 3 2 ´ 9 6 4 ´ 8 5 2 N ´ 9 6 4 ´ 8 5 2 ™ Q 6 ™ J 8 7 4 2 However, one main function of the W E N third-in-hand light opening is to ™ Q 6 ™ K J 10 7 4 © Q 9 7 5 4 S © A K 6 W E © Q 9 7 5 4 © A 6 3 ® J 10 4 ® Q 6 indicate a lead to partner. You are likely S to end up defending as, more often than ® J 10 4 ® Q 6 ´ A J 7 3 not, your side will hold the minority of ´ A J 7 3 ™ A K 10 3 the points. ™ A 8 3 2 © J 10 3 What do you call in third seat as East © K J 10 ® K 7 on the following collection? Are you ® K 7 tempted to make a light opening? What a disaster! Not only has East’s You will see that the heart lead is opening bid put West off a diamond ´ 8 5 2 essential to beat the contract. With just attack, when you could have cashed the N ™ K J 10 7 4 one stopper, declarer does not have nine first five tricks, but the lead has actually WE © A 6 3 tricks to run and therefore will have to given away the contract. Declarer can S ® Q 6 lose the lead to the defence at some win the lead, cross to dummy in spades point, and the ace of diamonds provides and play a heart to the ten. Now he will a sure entry to East’s heart winners. score three heart tricks, four spades and Let us see what happens if you open 1 ™. Now consider this hand in the third two clubs before he has to lose the lead This is how the auction develops. position. Are you tempted to make a to the defence. light opening this time? Of course, there will be times when West North East South you have a genuine opening with a poor Pass Pass 1™ 1NT suit. In this case, if you do not get the Pass 3NT End ´ 8 5 2 chance later in the bidding to show that N ™ J 8 7 4 2 you have real opening values, your bid WE © A K 6 Now imagine you are in the West seat on S gets the defence off to a bad start. This is lead. Here is your hand. ® Q 6 just unlucky and you cannot help that.

Summary ´ 9 6 4 If you do, the auction will develop in the ™ Q 6 N same fashion. The moral here is that, if your hand is © Q 9 7 5 4 WE borderline, one key factor in helping you S ® J 10 4 West North East South to decide whether to open in third seat Pass Pass 1™ 1NT should be the quality of your suit. If the Pass 3NT End opponents end up bidding a game, you Normal is to lead partner’s suit (hearts) know that partner’s hand will be very rather than yours (diamonds). This is Now imagine you are in the West seat on weak and therefore partner will nearly especially so with a poor suit of your lead. You have the same hand as before, always end up leading your suit as this own, and few points. Partner may have a so, of course, are going to make the same will be the only clue. Make sure that this better suit and is more likely to have lead. is what you want! n

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You have nine have seen all of the three With at least 11 points, you 10 HCP. However, cards between small cards, two from one can use Stayman and rebid borrowing a king from Q the two hands, opponent and one from the 2NT or 3NT as appropriate if partner’s hand would A-J-10-x-x opposite other. you do not find a fit. Partner, if give me 13. K-9-x-x and no help from One opponent has eleven holding no four-card major, At the table, I opened the opposing bidding. other cards, the other oppo - will often have your short suit 1©, planning to rebid You lead the jack putting nent has twelve. Clearly, the covered, especially if it is a 1NT to show 11-12. up the king when LHO opponent who has twelve minor. Alun Williams, Anglesey. does not cover; on the other cards has more room With strong hands (i.e. next round, do you for the missing queen than worth a game force) you may Firstly, you do not finesse or play for the the player with only eleven be able to do better, giving need to say ‘green drop? other cards. yourself a chance to find a fit A versus red’. Green ‘Eight ever, nine never’ in a minor, which may be use - suffices to say that only the says to play for the drop. ®©™ ´ ful when your shortage is in other side is vulnerable – Statistics say a 2-2 split one of the majors. For exam - white is the colour to refer to happens 40% and 3-1 What is the best ple, if you play that 1NT-2 ´ is love all. splits happen 50%. way of trying to a raise to 2NT, you can add a Secondly, the rule about What should you do? Q find a fit with strong option. If you bid a suit borrowing a king applies to a Ashley Nicklin, 4441 hands when after partner’s 2NT/3 ®, that different situation – when an Southend-on-Sea. partner opens 1NT? shows a four-card suit looking opponent opens and the next John Morley by email for a fit. two players pass. Although you are (similar from A Client). Notwithstanding that, right that the chance ®©™ ´ some players do open A of a 3-1 break is Unless you are weak lighter in third seat, though 50% and the chance of a 2-2 and short in a major, Playing Precision generally not with no-trump break is 40%, this is not the A you can use Stayman (13-15 1NT), I bids. whole story. One time in four and find a 4-4 major fit Q was third in Thirdly, if you downgrade when the suit is 3-1, the whenever you have one. hand, green versus red your hand because of the queen will drop on the first With a weak hand short in and held: poor spade holding, you round. When the queen does clubs, you bid 2 ® and pass should also upgrade because not appear, you can exclude next time whatever partner of the good intermediate the cases when the queen is does. ´ J 7 cards in the minors. These singleton. Three quarters of With a weak hand short in ™ K J 6 support your queen-jack 50% is 37.5%, reducing it diamonds, assuming you play © Q J 10 4 combinations there and are below the 40% chance of a that 1NT-2 ®-2 ©-2 ™ asks ® Q J 10 9 certainly worth a point. 2-2 break. Play for the drop. opener to correct to 2 ´ with Your original assessment, Another way to look at is 3-2 in the majors, you can do that the hand is good enough this. When you have played that. At worst, you finish in a I did not like the for a Precision 1 © but not one round of the suit and 4-3 fit; often you will find a doubleton jack of spades good enough for 13-15 1NT, half of the second round, you 4-4 fit. and valued the hand at seems spot on to me.

Page 44 Ask Julian continued he wanted to marry her. It card the higher. One benefit Melvyn Jefferies, Padbury, would be wrong for him to do to this method (and revolving Buckinghamshire. so purely out of curiosity. It is discards) is that you can give the same with Stayman. You a positive message without Yes, if, in a simple Playing a weak are proposing that you play in having to reduce either the sequence, you bid a no-trump and a major if a major-suit fit length or strength of the suit A lower-ranking suit Q Stayman I held: exists. You should not make you want. The way you have followed by a new higher- such a proposal if you never worded your question sug - ranking suit in such a way intend to play in a major. gests this may appeal to you. that partner cannot give pref - ´ A K There is one common erence to your first suit at the ™ 6 4 exception to the above. Some ®©™ ´ two level, this is a reverse. © 10 9 8 5 4 2 play that with a weak hand Although the first suit is ® A J 9 with clubs, you can bid 2 ® Is it always clear always longer, a reverse need and follow with 3 ® to show when a call of not be a minor followed by a clubs only but not a major. Q the opponents’ major. If you open 1 ® and Me Partner Here, you do not have a suit is an unassuming cue rebid 2 © or you open 1 ™ and 1NT weak hand or long clubs, so bid? rebid 2 ´, this is also a 2® 2™ the exception does not apply. Hugh Ball, Eastbourne. reverse. Since you might have 3NT 4´ a very good hand when you End ®©™ ´ Pairs who play unas - reverse, it is usual to play a suming cue bids usu - reverse as forcing for at least 4´ went two off while Is there a A ally use them in only one round. 3NT was cold for an satisfactory two situations – It is the fact that you cannot overtrick. My first thought Q discard- (i) Your first call after an usually stop at the two level was to bid 3NT earlier, signalling system for opponent opens and your that dictates the need to have though the hearts were a no-trump defending? partner overcalls: extra values for the bid. concern. What should Philip Hodgson, Coventry. have happened? West North East South ®©™ ´ Warren Bagust, London W4 No method is perfect, 1© 1´ Pass (similar from Ken Walsh, which is why there 2© With 12 HCP Cardiff). A are so many around. and ©A-Q-x-x, I You do not always have the (ii) Your first call after partner Q opened 1NT. My You should have right card spare to convey the opens and an opponent partner responded 3 ©, gone with your first right message. If you play overcalls: forcing with diamonds. A thought. If you do not that a high card encourages I raised to 5 © and we play in 3NT, the only alter - and a low card discourages, West North East South ended in 7 ©. Some ative is to play in diamonds. you are doing the same as 1© 1´ suggested that I had not It is most unlikely that 5 © is a you would when following 2´ bid high enough. better contract than 3NT. suit. This method has the Ken Wicks, Morden, Surrey. Besides, if you were thinking merit of simplicity. You may Other bids of the opposing of playing in diamonds, you hear this called natural or suit would not necessarily Usually, you would would have bid 3 © rather Held discards, Held standing promise support for partner. rebid 3NT (with stop - than 2 ®. Partner has bid no- for High Encouraging Low depending upon the A pers in both majors trumps and will have the lead discouraging. Technically, it is circumstances, they might ask but little interest in a slam), coming up to whatever he better to play reverse attitude, for a stopper or have a 4© (with interest in a dia - has in hearts (if they lead a with the low card to encour - variety of different meanings. mond slam) or three of a heart). The heart suit is your age and a high card to dis - major with strength in that partner’s worry, not yours. courage, though this idea has ®©™ ´ major. I am a little confused Stayman is both an asking yet to catch on widely. and do not see how you bid and a telling bid. Think of The main alternative is Please tell me could possibly bid any more it like saying ‘what do you some sort of suit preference about reverse than 5 © or how you could think of getting together in a discards, McKenney being the Q bids – bidding a have ended up higher than a four-four fit in one of the most common (though again minor suit first then a grand slam. Since a raise to majors’? Such a fit can exist not the best from a technical major – you open 1 ©, 4© would be forcing, a jump only if you hold a four-card viewpoint). With McKenney, partner responds 1 ´ and to 5 © should be very rare and major yourself. A man would you do not ask for the suit you rebid 2 ™. I carry a specific message, such only get down on one knee you discard. Instead, a low understand this is a as good trumps but poor con - and ask his girlfriend whether card asks for the lower of the reverse and you need 16 trols outside (no ace and she would like to marry him if other two suits and a high or more points for it. probably no king either).

Page 45 Ask Julian continued 4´, you would lose two dia - minimum overcall, suit quality with a void in clubs! My monds and the ´A. is paramount. partner held ®A-J-8-7-4 If you want to know more, At the two level, the mini - and played the seven, Bernard Magee's Better Hand mum strength is higher. You allowing the contract to Please can you Evaluation is a good book on need an opening bid or close make. My lead of the 10 explain how the the subject. thereto; also, having only five confused partner, who Q losing trick count cards in your suit is a flaw for said that if I had led works? ®©™ ´ a two-level overcall – often fourth highest he would Mike Hayfield, Walsall. you will have six cards. The have played the ace. Assuming a good second hand above would John Anderson, New Zealand. The losing trick count 5-card suit, what not be good enough to bid is a great way of Q range of points 2™ if they open 1 ´. The standard lead A valuing your hand does one need to overcall from your holding is once you have established at the one and two level? ®©™ ´ A the 10. Perhaps your that your side has a fit. In Michael Garnett by email. partner could not believe each suit, you count a maxi - At Game All, your holding from the bid - mum of 3 losers, fewer if you You ask a very good West has opened ding. The golden rule here is have fewer than 3 cards in question. The upper Q 1™. What should to trust partner rather than the suit. You also deduct los - A limit is the easier to North bid with this? the opponents. Some play ers for aces, kings and (usual - quantify. If the hand is too 'strong tens' in which case it ly) queens. Suppose you hold: good for a 1NT overcall, it is would be clear that you have too good for a suit overcall. ´ A K 6 the king or the queen with So about 17 or 18 points is ™ A 9 3 the 10-9. ´ K 9 5 4 2 the upper limit. © 10 ™ A Q 7 The lower limit is partly a ® 7 6 5 4 3 2 ®©™ ´ © 9 3 question of style. For one- ® A 10 2 level overcalls, my usual rule Is it advisable to is to ask what I would have Keith Boothby, Buxton. use a strong club responded had partner Q opening as part In hearts, you have only 1 opened one of a suit that If you read my col - of standard Acol? loser. In each of the other ranks above my suit. If I umn regularly, you Helen Blenkinsop, three suits, you have two would have responded 1NT, A will know that I often Cheltenham. losers. This means you have the hand is too weak for an recommend taking account of 7 losers in total. Having overcall. If I would have suit quality. However, on this If you play a strong seven is typical for a bid my suit at the two level, occasion, I really cannot see one club opening, minimum opening bid. the hand is good enough for a sensible alternative to over - A you cannot call it Suppose partner holds: one-level overcall. calling 2 ®. You do after all Acol. If you play that a one If the opening is 1 ® or 1 ©, have opening bid values, a club opening shows a strong the first hand is a maximum six-card suit and a singleton. hand and has nothing to with ´ Q J 8 6 and the second is a minimum Given the low rank of the clubs, you need another ™ K 10 4 for a 1 ™ overcall: club suit, it is likely that if you opening bid to show clubs © J 2 tried passing on this round (typically 2 ®). Playing a ® K Q 8 4 the bidding would be too strong one club certainly has ´ K 4 high for you to bid your suit its advantages, but you can - ™ A Q 8 7 4 at the two level on the next not simply add a strong one Partner has 1 loser in clubs © Q J 4 round. club opening to a natural and 2 losers in each of the ® A J 9 system and expect everything other suits, giving 7 losers ®©™ ´ else to fall into place. also. Precision is the most common Now comes the clever bit. Declarer reached strong one club system. To work out how many tricks ´ 9 6 a dreadful 3NT. Meckstroth-Rodwell, widely the partnership can make, ™ A Q 8 7 4 Q On lead, I had regarded as the best pair in you add the losers for the two © Q J 2 ®K-10-9-6-5 and led the the world, play a form of hands together and deduct ® 9 7 4 ten. Dummy came down Precision. n the total from 24. 7 + 7 = 14 and 24 - 14 = 10. This means you can Some overcall more E-mail your questions for Julian to: make 10 tricks, which as you aggressively than this when [email protected] can see is exactly right – in not vulnerable. For a

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