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2009 ANC and Butler Championships second time, Nafi was barred from “THANK YOU, PARTNER” bidding a long aving missed out by 2 VPs in qualifying for the spade suit, which, HNew South Wales Women’s Team this year, Nafi if introduced, may Bashar and I decided to take on the marathon that is well have led to the Women’s Butler in Canberra. disaster 442 hands in a week (if you make Stage 3) is enough These, and some to strain any partnership, but we were determined to other good results give it our best shot, remain united, and above all else, actually saw us in to avoid “wussy”* bids. the lead with two Kinga & Nafi , Women’s Butler winners We struggled through Stage 1, with a big win in the last matches to go. match getting us there, and things began to get better in But then, playing in a game contract, I led towards KJ Stage 2. I can confirm our bidding was not “wussy”- in a suit, intending to finesse the jack, which I played, witness this hand in Session 4 where we were one of only to realise that a split second before, RHO had only three pairs in all fields to bid the “granny”: contributed the queen!! 13 IMPs out, and a match lost Kinga Nafi which should have been drawn. l K 6 4 l A 10 “Never mind “ said Nafi “We’re still in it!” k--- kA K J 9 6 And we were. A series of fortuitous result left us in jA Q J 9 4 3 jK 8 5 the lead by 1VP over Margaret Bourke and Kathy iA 10 8 2 iK 9 6 Boardman, whom we were to play in the last match. Kinga Nafi The hands were tight, and I felt we were slightly behind 1j 1k when this little number appeared: 2i 2l(FSF) Dealer: East 3j 4NT (RKCB) Vul: All l 9 8 6 5l (2 +jQ) 7j k4 Inspired by our “bid’em up” philosophy, I interposed jA K 10 9 7 3 1l with a four-card suit successfully in Stage 2, and i6 4 2 repeated the effort also, with good results, early in l Q l K J 10 5 4 3 2 Stage 3. kJ 8 7 6 3 2 kK However, I went to the well once too often. jQ 4 j5 iK 8 5 3 iA Q J 7 Nafi was supportive “Two out of three, ain’t bad!” l A 7 she remarked. kA Q 10 9 5 “It is when the ‘three’ costs -1400”, I replied bitterly jJ 8 6 2 i10 9 Halfway through Stage 3, we were plugging along in fifth place, when strange things began to happen. West North East South I found myself making a series of mechanical errors Bourke Bashar Boardman Moses (no doubt due to tiredness). Twice I opened out of 1l Dbl turn, but fortunately neither episode cost. In fact, the 1NT 5j 5l Dbl All Pass *“wussy” = feeble, inept, cowardly. Origin unknown, but perhaps from “pussycat” (Australian Concise Oxford Dictionary) One down, NS +200. I decided to double, rather than bid my dubious heart suit at the two-level. Nafi, determined not to be What should I bid? “wussy”, hit the spot with a 5j bid, a contract which he best June submission came from Nick Beau- actually makes. Tmont of Melbourne: Boardman did well to bid 5l, but as no other NS pair Dear Sartaj, had pushed EW past 4l, Nafi’s bid was worth 10 IMPs, An issue that does not seem to be much discussed is a win in the match, a win in the tournament (Nafi’s the use of low-level cuebids, especially when there first Australian Championship) and a trip to Rome is a choice of cuebids. Having two cuebids available to represent Australia in an international women’s presumably enables more information to be conveyed. event. There are myriad possible sequences: here is one: Kinga Moses For once, 1i and 1j are natural bids: Open Butler West North East South The Open Butler was 1i Pass 1j Pass won by Ian Robinson - 1NT Pass Pass Dbl Arjuna deLivera (pictured Pass 2i/j? at right) from Peter Gill I have heard three interpretations: - Martin Bloom. 1. 2i (over) is to play: North has something like lxx, ANC Swiss Pairs kxx, jxx, iKJ10xxxx, or a bit better. 2j (under) This popular event was shows equal length in the majors, probably 4-4. won by Paula and David 2. 2i and 2j both show equal length in the majors, but McLeish. respectively better hearts and better spades. Open Interstate Teams 3. 2i and 2j both show equal length in the majors but In the final, South Australia, George Smolanko respectively weak (say, 0-8) and 9+ HCP hands. (captain), David Anderson, Judy Hocking, Kevin There are quite a few sequences in which experts at Lange, David Lusk, Atillio De Luca defeated Australian least offer to play in a suit first bid by the opponents, Capital Territory, Stephen Fischer, Marianne Bookallil, but most average players, at least, would not have Khokan Bagchi, Michael Smart, David Lilley, Richard discussed sequences such as: Brightling by 134 - 115 IMPs. West North East South 1k Pass Pass 1l Pass 2k? I think that some people would reckon that 2k was to play (kKQJxxx or the like), but probably most play that it shows good support for spades. Sorry, this grew to become two questions. Cheers, Nick Sartaj’s Reply: South Australian Open Team Hi Nick, Youth Interstate Teams The principle we play in my partnership is two-way: In the final, Victoria, Justin Howard, Peter Hollands, 1. The impossible bid is a cue raise. Nathan Howard, Max Henbest, Angus Munro, Jeremy Rosen, npc Laurie Kelso defeated New South Wales, For example (1i) Pass (1k) 1l; (Pass); now 2k is Adam Edgtton, Ally Morris, Ellena Moskovsky, Paul the cue raise, since we cannot have hearts for the pass Gosney, Erin Tewes, Leigh Matheson, npc Nye Grif- over 1i. 2i becomes natural here. fiths by 160 -120 IMPs. 2. Bidding responder’s suit by fourth hand is natural. For example, (1i) Pass (1k) 2k is natural; for us it Women’s Interstate Teams would be natural even if second-hand overcalled 1j. In the final, Queensland, Bev Stacey, Rosa Lachman, Therese Tully, Pele Rankin, Maureen Jakes, Rosemary On the second question, (1k) Pass (Pass) 1l; (Pass), Green defeated Northern Territory, Jodi Tutty (Captain), we would play 2k as a cue raise because there is no Cathy Warthold, Rosemary Mooney, Therese Demarco, other cue raise available. Pam Nunn, Alison Maynard 133 - 83 IMPs. 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It was interesting discussing system from afar, So the tricks you will make are one spade ruffed agreeing that we would keep it simple, and then low, and one spade ruffed high, three hearts, watching 10 pages of notes develop before my two diamonds and five trumps in dummy, for a eyes. I don’t normally get nervous before bridge total of 12 tricks. Moral of the story is a cure events, but playing with somebody you have for blindness. never met, let alone played with, is quie a scary It is interesting how the smallest afterthought can undertaking. be so valuable at the time, and how easy it is to Anyway, all went extremely well, as we quali- find when you think about it - usually too late. fied in second place. Some hands from Day 1 Round 3, Board 30 follow. Dealer: East Over the 15 years that I have been using Deep Vul: Nil l K Q J 7 4 3 Finesse - yes, I do own a legitimate purchased k A K 8 6 2 copy - I don’t recall ever seeing it produce an j --- error. One thing it does very well is remedy blind i J 3 spots, something I am prone to. Look at the fol- l 10 9 l 8 lowing deal, and see if you can see how to make k7 4 k9 5 6i from the East hand, albeit double dummy. jK 9 8 4 2 jA Q J 10 3 iQ 10 7 5 iA K 9 8 2 Round 1, Board 9 l A 6 5 2 Dealer: North k Q J 10 3 Vul: EW l A Q 5 4 j 7 6 5 k10 8 4 i6 4 jQ J 9 7 5 i4 West North East South l 10 8 7 6 3 2 l J Stern Fawcett kA Q kK 3 2 1j Pass j--- jA K 6 4 3 2j 4j 5j 5k iA J 8 7 3 iK 10 9 5 Pass 6k All Pass l K 9 kJ 9 7 6 5 I am not proud of my bidding on this hand, but j10 8 2 I thought that if partner had one black ace and iQ 6 2 we had no heart loser, we may have had some chance, especially on a diamond lead. West North East South When a club was led, I commented to partner that Pass 1j Pass I did not like the lead, and how right I was! 1l Pass 2i Pass 2k Pass 3k Pass As you can see, on any lead other than a club, 6i All Pass the contract makes. 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North leads l3. The defence take the first four times, and failed three times, probably being a spades with declarer discarding a club from hand good testament to the quality of the event. and dummy, and South a diamond. North then Ciao... exits with a passive diamond. David Stern Declarer cashes three rounds of hearts, and two rounds of diamonds, leading to this ending: l --- Bridge Person k --- j 10 5 Required iJ 9 l --- l --- Melbourne k 5 k --- The successful candidate will be a qualified j --- j Q 6 Bridge Director, able to supervise iA 6 5 iK 10 l --- Beginner/Intermediate players, deal up k J boards on a ‘Dealing Machine’, teach j --- Beginner level clinics, work well with iQ 7 2 people who can be difficult and basically feel comfortable in a Bridge environment. Having squeezed North into discarding a club on the third heart in order to protect diamonds, Seven sessions per week, with potential for declarer now turns his attention to South, by more. cashing jQ. Discarding either a club or a heart We Will Train the Right Person is fatal. Send letter of interest to: A spot check shows that of the 14 (of 30) times 502/221 Sturt Street, Southbank 3006 that North led a low spade, the contract made 11 17 Clearly 3k. The trouble was that partner held l 9842, Bridge into the 21st Century k 62 j QJ103 i 1074, and 3k failed by three tricks. If OVERCALL OR DOUBLE? you overcall 1j with 1k, and then double 3j to show a Nil vulnerable, your RHO opens the good hand, partner passes for penalties with two trump j k j bidding 1j. tricks: (1 ), 1 , (3 ), Pass, (Pass), Dbl. What is your call with the Now it is the opponents who fail by three tricks at the following hands? three-level. And doubled. When you get your suit in first, and later double, your partner has a choice of 1). l AKQ62, k K1076, j---, iA1053 actions. When you double first and then bid your suit 2). l AJ7, k AK1095, j 6, i AJ76 later, you are removing partner from the equation. 3). l AKJ987654, k A8, j 10, i 4 Worse still, against good opposition you may not even 4). l AQ9753, k AJ6, j K, i AJ5 get to bid your suit later. 5). l A2, k 2, j A32, i AKQ109643 3. Dbl. By around 2005, I had revised my overcall/take- 1). 1l. This hand is from the 2000 ANC Open Teams out double strategy. When you make a takeout double Final, between NSW and SA. Whether to overcall or with a long suit, the bidding could get very high, very make a takeout double, to show 16+ HCP, was already quickly. Logically, when you double at the one-level, a hot topic of discussion among experts. It seemed to concealing your long suit, you should be prepared to me that if ever there was a hand where it was better to bid at the five-level. Otherwise, good opponents will start with a double, this was it. After my double LHO bump the bidding to the four- or five-level, and you jumped to 3j, partner passed, and RHO jumped to 5j. risk never bidding your long suit. I doubled again. Bidding 5l on a five-card suit didn’t This hand is from Stage 1 of the recent ANC Butler seem a realistic option. The good news was that 5j Pairs. Those who jumped to 4l missed a slam. You doubled made in comfort. The really bad news was could overcall 1l, but that risks being passed out. that 5l was a make: Partner held, l Q, k KQJ1096, jAK532, i 9. There North/Nil l J 9 8 7 5 were 19 tables in both the Open and Women’s fields, k J 5 3 2 and six tables only in each field played 6l. j 9 2 i6 4 4. 1l. Yes, you have 19 HCP, but your hand is full of l 4 3 l 10 k A 8 4 k Q 9 holes, and you surely can’t afford to double and bid j 8 6 4 3 j A K Q J 10 7 5 4l later if preempted. Those who double on this hand iQ J 9 7 iK 8 2 cry, “ But if I bid 1l I might miss a game if partner l A K Q 6 2 k K 10 7 6 passes”. My thoughts are the opposite, “Even though j --- my hand has a lot of points and a six-card suit, we iA 10 5 3 might only make seven tricks”. West North East South Lusk Dalley Haffer Lavings At the table the 1l overcall was passed out. Partner Pass 1j Dbl had a poor hand with a singleton spade, and 1l failed 3j Pass 5j Dbl All Pass by one trick. Minus 50 was a top score. Whenever you double first and conceal your long suit, 5. 2i. Again, double would be a popular choice. The you expose yourself to preemption. Sure, not everyone most likely game contract is 3NT, but it would be a pity would find 3j on David Lusk’s hand, and Joe Haffer’s to go minus on such a beautiful hand. Your first step 5j was a great bid, but, having doubled intending to bid should be to show your long suit economically, with my long suit, I then didn’t bid it, because the bidding a simple overcall. You take a risk, but if you survive was too high. Nor could I blame partner, with his two (and you should, when you hold only three cards in jacks and a flattish hand. the majors), you can now make a strong bid, or take a chance on 3NT if it sounds like partner has some Something was wrong, and the conclusion was obvious. hearts. Don’t be afraid to make what you believe is the My double of 1j was indeed a very poor call. right call, and then take the opponents on later in the 2). 1k. This was yet another poor result if you double auction. Backing your judgment is an important part first. After: of improving your game. 1j Dbl 3j Pass Paul Lavings Pass ? [email protected] what now? Your email is welcome: 18 THE BRIDGE SHOP Tel: (02) 9967 0644 web: www.bridgeshop.com.au e‐mail: [email protected] NEW BOOKS AVAILABLE NOW
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Patrick Jourdain’s The Pocket Guide to Problem Corner Acol Bridge by Patrick Jourdain by Mark Horton and Barbara Seagram Theses are 78 challenging declarer play problems A handy little guide to targeted at the intermediate bidding, whether you’ve just or advanced player. learnt or thinking of Originally published in the switching over to ACOL. $14.95 English BRIDGE magazine, the hands are combination of Also including some useful real‐life deals and card play tips, this booklet is constructed themes, but small enough to fit in your they’re all interesting and the bag or pocket. analysis is first class. $29.95 Plus a great range of computer games and general bridge giftware Note advertised prices include GST but not postage and handling. 19 However, there are even lessons for those among Book reviews us who have been playing for a while, but are My Favorite 52 still not sure what to do when the opening lead is by Larry Cohen made and dummy is faced. The underlying theme n My Favorite 52, Larry Cohen presented here is make a plan. And haven’t we I presents his favourite hands all heard that before? from a long and successful play- Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand looks at ing and teaching career (in fact both suit contracts and notrump contracts, and he has just retired from tournament play to focus stresses that while all deals are different, there more on teaching and writing). are recurring themes and strategies that need to What makes this book particularly engaging is be considered when assessing the best way to the use of the over-the-shoulder technique of go about the play of a hand. Should you draw bridge writing (developed by Terence Reese). trumps, setting up side-suits? Should you hold- Using this style, Cohen presents a hand and dis- up, and for how many rounds? Should you be cusses the merits or weaknesses of various op- counting your winners, trying to avoid too many tions he considers, at each round of the bidding. losers. Then, whether declarer or defender, he does the In the world of bridge authors, Barbara Seagram same during the course of the play. At critical and David Bird are titans. Seagram is a Cana- junctures in the hand, he pauses to discuss what dian teacher, behind the successful ‘25’ series. are the cards he is considering playing, and why, (25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know is the and why he rejects inferior possibilities. most famous). David Bird is best known for his The hands in this book aren’t new – some of collaboration with Terence Reese on the Abbot them are quite famous, and they first appeared books, but has independently written dozens of in CD form (the CD won the prestigious Ameri- other books can Bridge Teachers Association Software of the Nick Fahrer Year Award in 2005). In its book form, Cohen has added a few bonus deals. Both books are available from your local bridge book supplier and are recommended for sale at What I liked about this book is that while the $29.95. deals are entertaining and instructional, Cohen doesn’t just focus on his successes. Many of the hands are where he, by self-admission, made monumental blunders (so it’s nice to know that JACK 4 even superstars can make costly mistakes). $114.95 (includes postage and GST) There’s a lot of discussion and analysis on every The world’s best bridge program hand; so much so that each deal takes about three to four pages to analyse. It’s a meaty book, with loads of ideas and instructional value. Plus, you BRIDGE TIMERS AND get a better idea of the thinking processes of one of the bridge world’s great players. DEALING MACHINES Remote-controlled timers for $595 including GST, + $10 postage in Australia. Planning the Play of a We also have second-hand dealing machines Bridge Hand in excellent condition. by Barbara Seagram Dennis Yovich, EBA Pty Ltd and David Bird This a book for the newcomer to bridge, perhaps P O Box 70, Leederville WA 6902 someone who has just finished a series of intro- Ph: (08) 9420 2458 Fax: (08) 9341 ductory lessons, or someone to whom you may 4547 Email: [email protected] be teaching the fundamentals of bridge. 110 MOLLYMOOK BRIDGE CLUB INC Want to improve your bridge? 13TH ANNUAL CONGRESS Go to Will be held at the Ex Servos Club www.ronklingerbridge.com Princes Highway, Ulladulla for new material each day Saturday October 17th 10.00 am – Swiss Pairs Bridge Holidays with Ron and Sunday Oct 18th 9.30 am – Teams Suzie Klinger in 2009 - 2010 Norfolk Island Lord Howe Island Convener / Enquiries – Mike Covill November 15 - 22 June 19 - 26 (02) 4454 0214 [email protected]
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A strong field in the Teams saw Ervin Otvosi’s squad trailing by 7 VPs overnight. They came home with 24 VPs and 25 VPs to win the first prize - $3.600 Henry Christie and Nigel - comfortably. Rosendorff with Hilary Yovich, Convener Restricted Teams winners were Jan Rae, Kath Rooney, Joan Mills and Errol Miller. 111 Brazil, Indonesia and Japan get nearly everything IBPA Editorial right: superb organisation, magnificent playing n the August 2009 editorial of sites and environs, friendly people, and good I the International Bridge Press playing schedules. All this success is mainly due Association newsletter, editor John to the ability and hard work of their ‘conveners’ Carruthers had this to say: such as Arifin Halim, Denis Howard, Tadayoshi “Which country does the best job of running Nakatani, Ernesto d’Orsi, David Stern, Therese bridge tournaments? That is very difficult to say Tully, Tadashi Yoshida, and the late Amran - many countries do some things well, but it is Zamzani. extraordinarily difficult to get everything right. It seems evident that the most important aspect If we first consider the ACBL, the aspect of of any Championship is the person in charge. their tournaments which is unique in its smooth That is why the 1985 Bermuda Bowl and Venice operation, is the player registration process. Cup in São Paulo and the 1995 World Junior With the exception of the major team events Championship in Bali were, in my experience, the (Spingold, Reisinger and Vanderbilt), they accept best World Championship tournaments I’ve ever player entries right up until game time. When attended - Ernesto d’Orsi and Amran Zamzani, you consider that they receive many hundreds of respectively, planned everything down to the last pairs and teams in their North American Bridge detail and had wonderful assistants to carry out Championships, this is really quite efficient. those plans. Everything about those two events Much of the rest of the world requires some sort was top-drawer: organisation, hospitality, play- of pre-registration for the tournament authorities ing site, hotel. Size has been a factor as well - the to cope, sometimes days or weeks in advance smaller the tournament, the better. The recent Open European Championships in For invitational tournaments, the Yeh Brothers San Remo, Italy had many laudable aspects: for Cup sets the current standard for excellence.” example, screens for every table in every event, live scoring through BridgeMates, every board pre-duplicated, and a wonderful playing schedule Club Manager - starting time was 10.30 am, with play finishing in plenty of time (usually around 7.30 pm) to enjoy a relaxing dinner and a social evening Contrast this with North America, where play for the major events begins at 1.00 pm, wasting half the day, and finishes at 11.00 in the evening, or later, often necessitating a hurried dinner be- SABA is the largest bridge club in South Australia, with approximately 800 members. tween sessions rather than at the end of play. We are looking for a proactive person to provide No one does hospitality better than they do in exceptional customer service in taking on the role of Club Manager. The position is a .6 fractional post, Bermuda (the best in the ACBL), with after- and is available for a two year contract. It attracts a noon tea, a gala closing dinner and prize-giving salary of about $30,000 per annum. ceremony and many ‘extracurricular’ activities The successful candidate will have broad experi- for the players. Indonesia’s hospitality is also ence in management and computing. The ability to second-to-none. relate and communicate effectively with internal and external customers is essential. A sound knowledge Tournaments in Asia seem somehow more civi- of contract bridge is desirable. lised and polite than they do elsewhere, with For further information please contact Graham Terry, none of the misbehaviour and rancour sometimes President, on (08) 82715997. evident in other environs. Invitational tourna- Details about the club can be accessed on ments in Japan, Indonesia, Taiwan, the Nether- http:www.saba.asn.au. lands and other countries have been fantastic. Applications including the details of three referees So which country comes closest to getting it all should be addressed to: right? Although I have played bridge in about 30 The President, P.O. Box 1016, Unley, S.A. 5061. countries, and there is a much larger number I Applications close on Friday, 9 October. have not played in, it seems to me that Australia, 112 Bridgemateisanadvancedscoringsystemforbridge,developedtomake recordingofresultseasier,reduceerrorstoaminimum,haverealͲtimeregistration ofresultsinthescoringprogramandincreasethespeedofpublishingfinalresults. BothplayersanddirectorswillbenefitfromusingBridgemate.
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W: www.bridgemate.com.au P: 0884318471 E: [email protected] E: POBox136,MardenSA5070 113 ANC Seniors’ Teams on the EW cards below, after Januszke - Zollo, NS, bid to 6j. This was likely to go at least one down. his year, the ANC se- Tniors event attracted seven The full deal: teams, with no clear favourite. l 9 6 5 3 South Australia, and particu- k--- larly Roger Januszke, were jA K 8 5 trying for three wins in a row. iA K 9 7 2 However all other teams were l A Q 10 l 8 4 contenders. It turned out that kQ J 10 6 5 kA K 9 8 7 4 3 this event was the most excit- jQ 10 j9 ing in determining which two i6 5 3 iQ 8 4 teams would make the finals. l K J 7 2 k After the first round robin the David Hoffman 2 critical standings were jJ 7 6 4 3 2 iJ 10 ACT 81 NSW 77.4 In the Closed Room, Bourke - Hoffman came to rest VIC 77.2 in 4l. For Rasilainen - Zurawel, East led j9. SA 43.4 After the next four rounds, when the top teams played Bourke won jA, and led a spade to the jack. West failed the bottom teams, the standings were: to realise it was necessary to give partner a diamond ruff now, so the contract made, giving the ACT an ACT 173 unexpected 3 IMPs. VIC 130.8 SA 108.3 The next deal: NSW 84.7 l 8 5 2 k10 4 2 with NSW losing twice to damage their chances. jJ 7 6 With one round to play, it was iK Q 7 6 l Q 9 l J 10 6 4 3 SA 151.3 kA K 8 7 5 kQ J 6 3 ACT 143 jQ 3 2 j9 8 5 4 VIC 119.8 i8 4 2 i--- NSW 82.7 l A K 7 k9 NSW need to beat ACT by 32 IMPs, and see South jA K 10 Australia win to make the final. iA J 10 9 5 3 However they lost by 34 IMPs. This left Victoria West North East South needing to beat South Australia by 16 IMPs to make Pass Pass 1i the final. Dbl 1NT Pass 5i However, it was South Australia winning by 16 IMPs, All Pass to finish second to the ACT, but close enough to have no carry forward to the final. West’s double showed a single-suited overcall. After k The final would be fought between South Australia, A lead, Hoffman drew trumps, eliminating hearts in l David Cherry - John Horowitz, Pentti Rasilainen the process, then cashed AK. On the second spade, l - Maciek Zurawel, Roger Januszke - John Zollo and East played J, indicating he had spades held. Australian Capital Territory, Anne Powell- Earl Dud- However, this helped Hoffman read the distribution. ley, Peter Grant - Tony Marinos, Margaret Bourke Judging that West needed jQ to justify his double, he - David Hoffman. played jA,K,10, forcing West to give a ruff-and-sluff After seven boards of the final, South Australia led by to make the contract. 6 IMPs to 4 IMPs. In the other room, declarer (along with five other de- Then on Board 8, Dudley - Powell had an understand- clarers in the four finals) took the diamond finesse, go- able disaster in the Open Room, saving in 6k doubled ing one down, and giving the ACT a 10 IMP swing. 114 2]%ULGJH7UDYHOSUHVHQWV &LUFXPQDYLJDWLRQRI$XVWUDOLD RQWKH6WDU6XQ3ULQFHVV $SULO 6ROLG:HHNVRI&UXLVLQJLQWKH:DNHRI0DWKHZ)OLQGHUV VWDUWLQJDWRQO\ %ULVEDQHWR)UHPDQWOH ,VKPDHODQG.LP'HO·0RQWH 7KLV LV D ULSSHU RI SULFH DQG ZLOO QRW ODVW VR DFW IDVW 7KLV FUXLVH LV WKH PRVW IDYRXULWH ZLWK $XVWUDOLDQV -RLQ $XVWUDOLD·V SUHPLHUH %ULGJH +ROLGD\ +RVWV IRU ZKDWSURPLVHVWREHD%ULGJH*HWDZD\WRUHPHPEHU%ULGJHILQHZLQHIDEXORXV IRRGDQGJUHDWFRPSDQ\-RLQXV" 1RORQJH[SHQVLYHRYHUVHDVIOLJKWV %ULVEDQH7RZQVYLOOH3RUW'RXJODV'DUZLQ
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Declarer “should clearly state both the suit and the rank of the desired uring the play of the hand, card” (Law 46A). However, when the call is in- dummy is simply declarer’s D complete, these are the restrictions that apply: agent (Law 42A3). He detaches and places in a played position those • “High” means play the highest card in the suit cards nominated by declarer. This led. should be done without question, comment or reaction. Dummy does not partici- • “Win the trick”, means use the lowest card that pate in the play, and hence he shouldn’t touch will win. or indicate any card without instruction from • “Low” means follow with the lowest card of the declarer. the suit lead. A card is defined as ‘played’ at the instant it is designated by declarer. Alternatively, declarer • Naming a suit and not a rank requires dummy may elect to reach across and select the desired to play the lowest card in that suit. card from dummy. This usually only occurs if partner is absent from the table. A card once • When leading from dummy and nominating just touched must be played, unless declarer was a rank, the laws assume a continuation of the specifically rearranging dummy’s cards, or if same suit that won the previous trick (provid- he accidentally touches another card, above or ing, of course, there is a card of the required below the one he intends to select (Laws 45B, rank available). 45C3). • In all other cases, declarer must simply play a A famous ‘played card’ situation occurred during card of the rank designated, if one exists, and the 2003 World Championships. On the very last if two or more exist then declarer gets to decide board of the event, an Italian declarer (dummy which one. having already left the room) reached across and picked up i7, only to discover to his horror that • When declarer nominates a card not in dummy, his American LHO had not made the expected the call is cancelled and declarer gets to try return! Having touched dummy’s card, it was again. ruled as ‘played’ and America won the champi- onship by a single IMP. • Finally, if declarer instructs dummy to play ‘any card’, then this is the only situation where There are times when dummy mishears declar- either defender may designate which card is to er’s instructions, and plays the card he thought be played! he heard. When this occurs, the defender next Law seeks to provide a safety net with which to in rotation sometimes also plays a card before resolve any difficulty regarding an ambiguous the initial misplay can be corrected? For exam- designation. The safest approach, however, is to ple, dummy may be a bit deaf and hear “eight” avoid the problem altogether by following correct instead of “ace”. procedure, and fully naming the card you wish to This is covered by Law 45D. “If dummy places play (both rank and denomination). This avoids in the played position a card that declarer did any potential misunderstanding as to which card not name, the card must be withdrawn if atten- was intended, as well as any subsequent claims tion is drawn to it before each side has played to of dummy involvement. the next trick, and a defender may withdraw and Laurie Kelso return to his hand a card played after the error but before attention was drawn to it.” Copy Deadline So if the “eight” was detached from dummy and for Issue No 140, November 2009, the deadline is: a defender follows with the king before dummy’s October 26, 2009 error is pointed out, then the defender can return Late submissions will be held over until Issue 141 the king to hand after dummy has exchanged the December 2009, at the discretion of the Editor “eight” for the “Ace”. Email: [email protected] 120 2009 Results Highest percentage overall Evans & Thompson, at Leeton Soldiers Bridge Club, 73.22% Sponsored by Mirvac Hotels and Resorts BridgePads are now in Australia Highest percentage over 75 years White & Morris Wireless scoring for the bridge club. Newcastle Bridge Club, 69.38% Sponsored by The Bridge Shop Highest Club Fundraiser Setting the standards the others NSW Bridge Club Association - $1070 Sponsored by Penguin Group aspire to. Highest Individual Fundraiser Elizabeth Fanos, NSWBA - $835 Sponsored by BridgeClimb Sydney and Vibe Still the best and only $199 per Hotels table. “The Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute would like to thank all the bridge players and sponsors who participated in the 2009 Bridge for Brain Research See more information at: www.asecomputing.com Challenge. Email: [email protected] Phone: (02) 4362 2488 Mail: P.O. Box 259 Ourimbah NSW 2258 The 2009 Challenge has raised over $25,000 for Alzhe- imer’s, Parkinson’s and Dementia Research at the Institute. Without the support of bridge players, they would not be able to achieve this fabulous result! National Top 10 1 Evans, Thompson, Leeton Soldiers Bridge Club, The Challenge has raised over $125,000 since start- 73.22% ing six years ago, and is stronger than ever, with the 2 O’Dempsey, Li, Toowong Bridge Club, 72.26% ongoing support of the Australian Bridge Federation 3 Rees, Beyer, Sale Bridge Club, 70.09% and volunteers. The 2009 Challenge saw 80 clubs participating, with over 2900 bridge players involved 4 Dods, Mann, Wodonga Bridge Club, 69.98% nation-wide. 5 White, Morris, Newcastle Bridge Club, 69.38% 6 Wilkinson, Foots, Toowong Bridge Club, 69.22% The week-long Challenge also grabbed the media’s 7 Broad, Gough, Toowong Bridge Club, 69.16% attention, with coverage of the ‘use it or lose it’ mes- 8 Hackett, Hackett, Yarrawonga Bridge Club, sage on ABC TV News, Channel Ten News, Nine 68.24% late afternoon news, 2GB, 2SM and 2UE as well as local/regional and national newspapers throughout the 9 McAlpine, Marr, Yamba Bridge Club, 68.15% month of May. 10 Perry, Logan, Nyngan Bridge Club, 68.04% Online bridge as it should be 21 Congress Dates Gold Coast Congress News September 20 - 21 27 February - 6 March, 2010 Noosa Swiss Teams & Butler Pairs he entry form for the 2010 Gold Coast Con- Email Kath McKay: [email protected] T gress is available, and can be downloaded October 3 - 4 from the following link: Gold Coast BC Butler Pairs & Swiss Teams http://www.qldbridge.com/entryforms/gcc2010.pdf Email: [email protected] Important information for you to note - this is October 17 - 18 also repeated in the entry form. Taree Pairs and Teams Congress Email: [email protected] X Pairs start Saturday, 27th February, not Sunday as it has done in the past. November 14 - 15 X New Intermediate Section for the Teams only - Tumbarumba Bridge Congress players with less than 500 masterpoints are eligible Margaret Horwitz, (02) 6948 8626 to play in this section. Email: [email protected] X Every player has Monday night off. X Open Teams now has 12 matches, with play starting John Hardy Tuesday 1.00 pm, and finishing at approximately 7.00 Books pm on Thursday. Finals as per 2009. Declarer Play the Bergen Way X Senior Teams is only 10 matches, with play start- Marty Bergen $29.70 ing Tuesday 1.00 pm, and finishing at 7.00 pm on Three Notrump in Depth Thursday, with the top two teams playing the final on Augie Boehm $19.80 Friday. There is no play for the Seniors on Wednesday Software evening. For those wishing to play on Wednesday JACK 4.1 $99.00 evening, walk ins will be provided. Bridge Baron 19 $99.00 X Intermediate/Restricted and Novice Teams is only Upgrade to BB19 (old CD required) $48.40 10 matches, with play starting on Tuesday 1.00 pm (while stocks last) and finishing 2.00 pm on Thursday. The top two Improve your bridge play – teams from each section will play in a 28-board final, The Terence Reese Classics from 3.30 pm on Thursday, finishing around 7.00 Three classic books on one CD $59.40 pm. For those that want more bridge, walk ins will John Hardy (ABN 63 813 139 759) be provided. 63 Tristan St., Carindale QLD 4152 X Direct Deposit available for online entries only. Ph: 07-3398 8898 or 0409 786 050 Email [email protected] X Scoring problems that occurred in 2009 have been Website www.uq.net.au/~zzjhardy addressed, and a Scoring Administrator has been ap- pointed, specifically to rectify scoring errors made by players incorrectly inputting data. Correction Periods Your Help is Needed! have also been addressed, and new correction periods will be listed in the supplementary regulations pub- The Beginning Intermediate Lounge (BIL) of Bridge Base Online (BBO) is urgently seeking lished prior to the start of the event. volunteer mentors to teach students one-on-one in online learning sessions. If you are able to volunteer just once a week to help someone learn this wonderful game, please contact Maureen Hall at [email protected]. She can also answer your questions about the commitment and objectives involved. Our Australian beginning players need your help! Thanks in advance! 122 2010 Summer Festival of Bridge Entry Form The Last Train Events - $200 per pair Women's Seniors Open Surname, Given Name ABF No Surname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ $540/team $540/team $540/team $480/team $480/team National National Life Non-Life National 0-49 Women's Seniors Masters Masters Novice 0-99 Teams Teams Teams Teams Teams 0-149 Surname, Given Name ABF NoSurname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ Australian Multi Pairs - $100 per pair Mixed Men's Women's Seniors Novice Surname, Given Name ABF No Surname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ National Swiss Pairs - $110 per pair Seniors Open Surname, Given Name ABF No Surname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ South-West Pacific Teams - $820 per team Surname, Given Name ABF No Surname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ National Flighted Swiss Pairs - $140 per pair ABFNo ABFNo Amount $ Australian Mixed Teams - $300 per team Surname, Given Name ABF No Surname, Given Name ABF No Amount $ Please make cheques payable to Summer Festival of Bridge; or Total $ Please charge to my credit card the TOTAL amount shown Card Holder Name: Please Print in BLOCK LETTERS Mastercard Visa Telephone Number Signature Expiry Date: 23 Post Entries to: The Summer Festival of Bridge,PO Box 4173, WESTON ACT 2611 1 86C7:GG6C6I>DC6A8DCK:CI>DC8:CIG: &&id'*?VcjVgn'%&% DON’T MISS OUT lll#hjbbZg[Zhi^kVad[Wg^Y\Z#Xdb]VhVYZiV^aZY^i^cZgVgnd[YViZhVcYZcignYZiV^ah 8Vaa&*&'+&/,',[dg[jgi]Zg LOGOLOGO ^c[dgbVi^dcdgVaiZgcVi^kZan 124 ZbV^adej6WX\$Yec$Wk