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American ~ews-Letter, by Alfred Sheinwold 10- 12 One Hundred Up, edited by M. Harrison Gray 12- 13 Congratulations, by Chien-Hwa Wang ... 14-15 Famous Hands from Famous Matches, by M. Harrison Gray 16- 19 No. 10 Canaries Sometimes Sing Hands of the Month, by Alan Truscott ... 20-2l Females- and Fallibility, by Alan Truscott 22- 24 . . Sense~and Sensibility, by M. Harrison Gray 24-25 Test Your Play 26 Subscription Form 27 Oxford Eight, by "Isis" 28- 30
Dupli~ate Night at the Club, by Harold Franklin 30-32 No. 2 . The Porthcawl Bridge Club You Say . .. 33- 34 Across the Green Baize, by George Baxter 34-35 . Solutions to Test Your Play 35- 36 Report on November Competition 37- 39 E.B.U. Master Points 39 Answers to One Hundred Up 40-49 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin 50- 54 Diary of Events 56 4 'I ._ I A NEW· SECRETARY. ' : . . ' PERSUASION. ·. . . • . After many y·ears of valuable .·· There· . hay~- . been t-w~ - qui~k .~-~_-.'·., service, Hugh Collins has resigned responses .. to . the challenge co~.: _ ' ·, · from the honorary :secretaryship tained in : last . month's article '~ , of the English Bridge , U~ion . . He · ~ Pride-and . Prejudic~.'; _:' will be succeeded by :Mrs. _A .' L. lt should not be overlooked ' Flemin g, whose appo-intment will . that· Juan 'and Meredith were not take effec t as from January_ I st. out ~o _· " Ia_to~k " • any p~rti~ular. :.- · ;~ .
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Huohc Collins for. the time that he · atmospqere.. . in . ' the ·ladies'. teams ·· ·_·. . has given up to bridge from his_ · was unsettl~d by the fact that professional duties, and to exp'ress .. certain .pl':lyers ~ad /·their speci~l the hope that, with his tankard and patrons. Readers ·wm . judge for friendly smile, he 'will continue thems.elves ~hether H~rrison~
to be a familiar presence at Gray .and Tri.Jsco!t,. ·re~c~ng ·for 1 __ congresses for many years to their· chilvalrous laf!ces, : suppo~ ~ ·'-': ,. come. Best wi~ hes ; ·also, to Mrs. or _dispel that notion.. , ... Fleming in her new . post: · . YOU SAY ..• _ ON WITH THE _MOTLEY . :·-. J. _what. r~aders . ' sil.y ab~~t . the'· ~ ·: The spirit of cc:>ngress.organisers · · ·British :Brirfg ~ -: World can ~ seen · - .-': : has not been dampened by petrol in :the answers 'to the · November _ rationing or other .external pres: · ·competiticin on p~ges 37-39. We ·__ sures. The Droitwich .Congress are· grat~ful to _ali who w~re . will definitely be held, and so_will kind ·eriougli. ·to· send' . us their' · the Whitelaw Cup at Brighton views·. -There _will . be no . 'new from January 25 ~27. This ·eveht, _Co~ petition' this 'ffi_onth', mainly: by which . the selection of the because" of the 'time 'factor _.in : British ladies' team 'will be l~rgely . relation t~ Christmas holidays. · . guided, has been expanded into a_ · · We wish all'our readers a happy · .~-. · miniature congress. There · wHI . · Christmas and · thank - them ~~r ·: . :1 be subsidiary . events, carrying their support throughout the y~ar. Master Points, opc::n both ~o teams· . knocked out iri the early rounds ' · and to players nof engaged in,the STOP . PRESS • . For result_. or ·. ~ Whitelaw Cup itself. · · · international trials, see page ~· " . 5 Marjorie .Van Rees looks a little like the cat that has stolen the contract, if not the cream. Her partner is Albert Rose, and 011 her rit:ht is Jeremy Flint .
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Tony Priday and A lhert Rose look apprehensi1•e, Standish Booker twinkles expectantly as Harrison Gray opens the tra1•e/ling score sheet. Photos from thr Masters Individual by C/audr Rodr/gut' ! .... ;;· R·: t::··a~:.:t:-.r;~e:-?·: ... ~iD·:·:;~~e.>.c)·:e:~-. ··}p\t:::: li ·:o·::- :~:· n~~: : ~_,, --~_::~::/t~·-:~;i?-~~ -:~r: ·~,~ · -_~; .. 1. ' ' ~ 1,, '/: •• ~ •• • • ~::~ '}··: -~·
'•• • I > ; . . . ' · ''. :··'. . . . . ~.' · . ' .. by - ~ERENCE 'REE:SE · · . ,. / ·.. :,-.=. l, : ;·: . : --:<· .. : . ..: ~ ; Last month Albert Dormer Alte.r · th.~ high _ card~ sl_ightly gave examples of some original and sttuahons will arise which deceptive plays, mostly concern~d are similar, but not the sa~ e... with the play of the· 8 from .a (ii) - . holdin g such as K 1082. -There .is A 10-8.6 3' . ' another group of plays which, .so . Q ~ 4.2 . ~ . ·. i 9 . far as I know, ·. has· escaped · · - K 7 · analysis. It centres around. the . If the King drops. the 9 on the play of the Jack from J9 com~ first' round South. will g<;> up with-. . binations.h l first thought about· · the A ce on t h e second. .round . _ sue play wh~n ! wa~ South and. playing East f~r 'Q9 . cir J9. Bu~ · a ~~)it was dtstnbuted thus:- . if East drops the Jack on the first · round, South will finess~ on the Q ·10 8 7 4 second ; lie will' work out· that if' . K 6 3 2 1 9 East has QJ ~lone one trick mu~t A 5 . be lost; in any event to. \Yest:S South lays down the Ace and 9xxx; if East's .Jack · is 'single,, East, we will ass~me, follow~ with however, the hand will be under the 9. Now what is South to better control jf the ~ finesse 'is do on the next- round?· If he taken. : finesses the 7 it will not 'avail him · In the next example we put 'the to find that East had the K9 to long suit in declarer's hand. begin with, for' another ·trick will - (iii) . :.; still be lost' to West's' JXXX • Q 5 Therefore, South will go up with J 9 K 6 4 the Queen, his ~nly chance for .: A. 10 8 7 3 7 • .· '·: i .. four tricks being. to fi~~ East with South leads low .up to the J9. . Queen. -If West .plays -the 9 a~d Suppose, however, ·that East the Queen is· headed by t_he. King; drops the Jack on the first lead. .. South may play for the drop of the Now it will look to South as Jack on .the next round. But if though East ~ight liave KJ ;·.' he :· W~st plays ' th~Jack O!\ the . fir~t will surely finesse the 8 and so will , , rou~d South will surely finesse lose two tricks. . . :. - the 8 on the.way . back. , -7 ' ... J 84 . ' Q84 ' . 7 52 Q 10 753 KJ9 · · ·' A .K96J A 10 6 2 . I The effectiveness of. the Jack Declarer plays· the 4 from table, from J9 in similar. ~ifuations has and if East plays' the 9 the .10 will been overlo~ked . . ·For example: . surely,_be finessed. .But 'try the (v) . ·"Jack from Ea~t; ,nQw South will 10 8 4 put on the Ace. and finesse the 8 K 7 5' J9 on the way back, . playing West . ·. AQ63 2 for 9753. - If East plays the Jack on the The. combination AJ9 offers first rouJ.ld South will finesse the . still more opportunities:- 8 . on 'the way b~ck an.d· a trick (ix) w~li be ~tolen by . the defence. Q 10 8 3 This play ~s 'equally effective when AJ9 654 South holds KQ:xxx. ·· · K 72 Transfer one of the high hon- . . I. ours. to dummy and the play still A familiar situation in which works:- . normal play will.result in declarer (vi) . .winning three tricks. But try K87 the play of the Jack by West,' A 6 3 · J9 second in hand. The Queen wins _Q 10542 in dummy, and on the way back When a small card is led from South will surely finesse the 7, ibe table the play of the Jack by playing West for AJ alone. East can hardly lose, for if partner Here is another "funny holds the 10 the J and 9 are equals, one ":- and if South holds the I 0 he will (x) be led astray. It is «;!aSy to see 10 8 4 2 what will happen in the _present 753 AJ9 diagram: after the Jack has KQ6 fetched the Queen and Ace, South Once again, with normal play, will finesse the 8 on the next and assuming sufficient entries, round, playing West for A9xx. declarer will win three tricks.· 8 i lll'isihle Master: " t · shouldn't play the Ace of Diarito·nds.;,' Boris - Schapir~ : "You shouldn't play this_game at all.'' Leslie- Dodds is amused.
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Now try the play of the Jack by East on the first round. South wil l win with the Queen and, as .. ····· '• li ke ly as not, will play the King fro m hand, intending, if this South leads· the 4,· and ·West's -, ·:-:~ ~. loses to the Ace, to finesse the 8 J~ck is -- headed by ·the Queen. _- ·- .· later. It is true that, with . suf DeClarer may finess~ the 7, on _the ... ficie nt entries, South can esc.ape way b~ck. · .. I this pitfall by leading from dummy The more :you loQk .at these on the second round and not AJ9 situations; the ' more it. will .. - ~:.: · " unblocking'-' ; t>ut he may well ~trike you that the play o~ the Jack omit to do that, having convinced can hardly lose and _may,gain in . hi mself that the 9 is with West. -·surprising. ways. The·field is ful~ of interest,.,· and · ·reade_rs · ·who Make it a long suit over the experiment around , it Will Ccoup. . . gain. ' . . . . .•.9 . ( . .... • :..;... '. .. ~~ ...... ·.. by ALFRED SHEINWOLD
.J -~· · Inspired by the exhibition· North dealer mat~hes held -at· Selfridges, .. in North-South vulnerable · London, the American Contract NORTH Bridge League is planning to • Ql063: stage _part of ._' the 1958 World Championship for several hundred ~Q . -spectators and - perhaps -for a O . AKQ9-4" large . television ·audience. The · · + AK7 players will be visible in ?- WEST EAST '' fishbowl," a Ia Selfridges , but' + 8 5 2 + AJ94 the hands will be flashed on a ~ K 7 4 2 ~ 9863 6 3 2 screen. by the modern. version ·of -0 0 .87 + 653 ·a magic lantern. Bids and com- + 9 8 4 ' ments will be;: heard over a loud- SOUTH .speaker, . and the play-by-play + K7 will be indicated on the screen. ~AJI05 Me~nwhile, play 'is going on in 0 1105 . · our' Winter National Tournament, +QJI02 details of which will be supplied next-month. For this month, the West led the +9. and Schenken · hands come from a rubber bridge saw th?-t he needed three tricks :: ga~e ,at New York's Cavendish in spades and hearts combined to Club and from a regional tourna assure the contract. He could 'I • ~~ ·, ,. ·rnent in Cleveland. play West for the +J. or East for · :· The Cavendish Club · hand the \/K. Which was the better found Howard Schenken in the shot? I • ·'south ·seat:- Mathematically, there is· a slight balance in favour of tackling. SouTH ·WEST NORTH EAST spades first. Declarer does not 1·0 No finesse, however; he plays a spade - ]~ No I+. No to the King, and if it loses '·t'o the ··2NT· · ·No 6NT No Ace he plays ·out +Q ·before .•, No No '· . -- finessing in hearts. This gives ·.- 10 ~ .· ' ' - . . . . .• .. , ...• t ~; .' ~~ · . · •J.•" 1 ' ', . '; • • . " ,:; ·~ : ,;·"' :1" .•·>, -~ , r,', " \u, f • • , .. , _ , .,· ·-.~ 1 him some extra ~~1an~es ' of ~nding _ ' . ca~ua ~ly . ~ef1;1s~d · t~ tak~ · ~·h~ .klng .. . an opponent \\ Ith ~A~ -or Jx . of hearts, hoping .that this would alone. 'c9nfuse deClarer.· I'\everthelcss, Schenken deqided' .1\s it happened, Sch~nk~n · ., to try th e hearts fi rst. He won managed to avoid confusion! . the first trick in dummy wi th the The hand from th~ ·Cleveland ·. - ;:_~ 1; King of clubs, dropping the ten ·tournament . precipitated anew from his hand as a decoy, and the .discussion between the Low let the Queen of hearts ride for a leaders and the J:Ii g h-lead~rs : -:- finesse. West dealer· · Why was this the better choice? N~rth-South vulnerable If the finesse succeded, he could . ' NORTH ·~ switch to spades to· assure the .+ Q9 slam. This was no better than · \::} QJ 8 his chance of fi nding the Jack of ' O KJlO · spades i 11 the West hand. + QJ 1.07 3 If the heart fi nesse. lost,' West WEST EAST • . AJ.I06 could defeat the slam only by 8 5 2 + . \ ' . \::} 10 9 5 .. , leading a spade at once.· He \::} 7 6 3 2 0 964 - might not see the necessity, and - 0 .7 5 3 2 any other return would allow + 6 4 ,+ AK2 Sovni Schen ken to take twelve tricks. . .. . • K.7 43 This is better than an imme~late \::} AK4 attempt to make two spade tricks, AQ8 for if South leads a spade' to the . 0 ~ King and then finesses· the Jack, + s s· the opponen~ will surely take SQUTH WEST · ' NoRTH EAST two spade tricks· at once · if the No . : ' No . t+ finesse fails. .: : ·:,--. : . . , JNT, .No ·: .: '- I~T . No · What luck did Schenken. have? No . No · Did West guess the · correct ~hift ,. . We ~ t m~naged t~ ~estrain hi~ to spades? No he.· didh't.:..,.for , se}f ,during _!h~ auction, but his a peculiar rea ~ o ~. · . w~s( ;. hl;ld .- }Va·~ _.the .. Jead.~~g role during ·t:e thought about this problem ,when . :play. ) .The . c~mtract de?ended n the Queen of hearts was·:Jed ·from ·: ·whether West· led the etght or the dummy and had .. coin·~ to t~e ·. ~~u-~e ,. of .' sp~d ~ s! . · . conclusion that he 'dian't \vlint 'to · ·. Th~· H1~h-l~aQers wasted theJr · guess at the best s h ift ~ · He~ce- h~ ' su~~tan_C,e...i n..'.· .o~~ riotous splurge :: n ,. '' '' \l,;.t U• '' t~•l ~h' '•J~'"···~ '."· 'j'' I' '• ' 1 r ' · ·• ' -•., •·· ~_,;;-.'f' '"·.-·. ·'~ir""!!· P: ~1~ :1~,· .. ~~~ ..~!~ t'tl1':~·-~~F~~ , .~.?~:.- 1 .":..\"_i:'.. ..:.:;~·n.;-~.;:J~i.-•1/~ ~ .·~~- ·;,;<.·~,~~..:1'· ·l.·'.... 11 '/),;· ·-.~.-r-_ ;~- .. ~, .. ~! .-.~. '~},. .>~ :~:~~- .· ·:·~::.~::~~.!~·~~; ::~;·~ 'r~::~-~t:;'-:: :_:.~~: _1~:;_. -~ >: -ir ·.J•• _,~ -~ , •.·:~·. ~~ ·:.l. 1 .·• : ... •~-~~ ~!~-~~~,'i" ·>? ,...·· ·:_. ·.. : ·::.' · . or ~· an . oj>en'ing . Ieaci!i' They· put . I A.CB.L: rang 'the'-other day : and''. : ' the' eight of spades 'down on the ·. an' exCited ' ·voice -asked . for ~ table, and South's seven of spades . ruling. . . became a second stopper. · ' It developed tqat a· player had The Low-leaders opened ·the ' announ~ed as soon as the dummy deuce of spades. Dummy put up appeared " We're ice cold ·ror the Queen; ·and: East won with the ·six Diamonds! " · He then staged Ace. East -returned the Jack' of a · careful cross-ruff· to make spades to South's King, -and twelve · tricks: Just as he ·began South forced out a top- club. to write down the score, one of .Now East could lead, the six of · the opponents rememb~red _that spades to West's carefully pre- the contract had been. Three No ~erved eight. . The cfefenders thus Trumps. took two clubs , and three spades. . What ·to do? ·The hand convinced nobody of There are_several ways to handle the error . of his thinking. Low · such a situation, but they don't · is low, and high is high . . 'incl.ude explaining the law to. the * * * excited voice. "I'm very· sorry, · Our ·next story is furnished in madarh," 1 said to the excited the hop~ that it will teach Mrs. man (a subtle touch),. " these . Fleming and her aides at the telephones still aren't w·orking . .E.B.U. ·to stay away from that I'm from the telephone company. devil's instrument known as the Testing . . . one . . . two . . . telephone. Our phon'e at the three ..." And I quietly hung up.
One H-undred Up Edited by M ." HARRISON GRAY
This is the third of a new Test .; · t Your-Bidding series. Write down yo.ur answer to each 'of the ten questions opposite, : then turn to page 40, where you will find the answers of a panel of
. ten famous experts together with ~ · :.·4 . rating by Harrison Gray f~om which you can estimate your own score . .
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+ A62 " A I0763 OQ53 I + B4 7. . Neither vulnerable. South ~olds : SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST + QJ2 "AQ73 OQJ106 + QIO No t + No SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST l \'} t + No No I" No .1+ No INT No 2NT No ? ') What should South say ? What should South say ? Your an5wer ...... ______.. _
You r answer ...... 8. North-South vulnerable. South 3. Both vulnerable. South holds: holds:- + AQ95 " AKJ93 OQ3 + 102 + AKQ7 " 9854 : OQJ + JS7 SOUTH WEST . N ORTH EAST SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST t + · No t + No No- 3+ No 3\? No 3+ · No · J+ 3+ No 5+ · · Dbl. .? • ') What should Sout!t say ?· Wh at should South say ? Your answer ...... - .... - .... - ...... ------Your answer 9. Both vulnerable. Soutlrholds: + JIO " J985 (> KJ2 + AQ72 4. Both vulnerable. South holds: SoUTH WEST . . NoRTH EAST + K " K1 06 O J982 + A9854 2+ '· No .. SouTH WEST NoRTH EAsT 3+ No · 4+ . ~o · t + No ? . . '-. 2+ No 2" No What should South say ? 2NT No 3+ No ., Your answer .. _ ...... ~._...... - .. --.-.. ·--·- . What should South say ? 10 • . North-South v_ulnerable. South ' Your answer ...... holds:- OQ62 + AKJ973 · +to " KJ3 5. orth-South game. South holds : SoUTH .WFSr NoRTH EAST + - "J7 OQJ9862 . + QS754 t + No SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST 2+ 4+ No No No INT 3+ No 50 4 0 4+ Dbl. No ., ? . ? What should So~th say What should South say ? Your answer ...... -·-·.---·...... :.·--·-·- Your answer ...... - ...... · · ' . 13 'o I ' by· CHIEN-~WA WANG ·: ..
. Mr. Chien-Hwa Wang, of Pekin, is a .sp.ecialist ·in . discovering . rare endings. The present example is a form of reve1~se jettison_ s.queeze.
An onlooker at bridge some West began with \/KQ, East times derives more pleasure from _- discarding 08 on the second the game than· a · participant. round .. West played a diamond Recently I observed a hand as 'to his partner's Queen, and a spade · ~- : · · ' follows played at · TIJree. No ·return was won on the table. Trumps. Declarer could have ·run off East dealer eight tricks now, but in the hope East-West vulnerable that something would develop ·. .- NORTH he led a diamond from dummy. + KQ - East won with the King and West y> J 9 8 5'4 2 discarded a heart. At this point 0 J 10 9 5 13 East led a club. South played + - off. one or two clubs and then WEST EAST - conceded one down, ·observing + 10.7 6 + J 9 8 2 that the spades were blocked. y> AKQ103 \/7 " I could have put you down . -:·, . ... o 4 0 AKQ87 at once by cashing my three /<' .' : _- ... ~ 6_5 2 + 743 diamonds," remarked East, .. ·but .··. SOUTH I knew you couldn't get home." + A543 " I suppose we can congratu \/6 late ourselves on not losing six 0 62 top . tricks," said South rather + AKQJ109 foolishly. The bidding proceeded:- Meanwhile l was congratulating Sou·TH WEST NORTH EAST myself that I had not missed a No very interesting double squeeze I+ No 1\/ No position that would have arisen I+ No 20 Dbl. · if South had not given up so easily. 3NT Db!. No No. If he leads out all his clubs he No arrives at this position:- 14 ·.. ·:l.~~t~~·~~:~ ~:~;.:~l:~\Y{~)~::~:;~g{~i~~:;:t;~~~~~Jf!:~::~;~~~~?~:~f.(~~:;.~~~>~l;~~;~i2~~ NoRTH >~ --. -: .. : ·_sent hand ~out~. ~as, · of. cours~. ,· :, :~~- + K _ · ·. nine tricks on ·top if he- can lead - "" =· r::::; J .. from'. either hand' at . ~ill. 'n is ,· 0 J .. the .block in spades and the void ..· ::~~ + - in clubs that create the conditions . ~~:.. -- Wi'ST EAST for a_ jettison-type squeeze. "~·:p • 10 7 .+ J 9 It is worth noticing that if ::-· :·,:.~ ~ IV A r::::J .- . East h~d had th~ fifth spade- · · · J.;~ () - 0 A · instead, say, of a small club-he +- ·• - would -have· been open to ·a SOUTH . nottisej simple squeeze. -The end-- . · -:-:/~' + A5 ing· would have ·been :- · -"·~:: '\l- NoRTH o~ .-K + A \j>) On the lead of +Athe oppon 0 J ents have no escape.· West has · .:.._ ,· to throw a spade, and the ·heart . WEST goes away from dummy, leavin& • · 1o East without resource. - ~ A3 .- .. . This squeeze i ~ really a curiosity. 0 .- Perhaps we may call it_a .nosittej + - double squeeze, owing to. the fact So urn I • " that it has the nature reverse. to a I ·_ .. A5 jettison squeeze. \j> The reason why such squeezes ~ · are more common 'in problems +.A . . . . . ··- than in actual play is : that ··they . On the !r::ad. of + A North dis- ~ :.:.{g occur only when ther.e is entr.y _cards \j>J ahd East is sguee~ed. trouble in two suits. In the pre- >:_.-.-
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15 ,. ,.. · ·'. , :· <~<'·:' :.-.;:~.:./' .~~: ~~-~·::<: :~-::·~/. .. ··. ::· :. . ·. -: ..·. '!: ~;\ ·t: .:·.::>~i.> FAMOUS -HAND'S F R OM ·· FA·M·OUS MATCHES: .. No. 10
by M. HARRISON GRAY
Last month I described a costly, East dealer "Meredith special" in the 1955 North-South vulnerable world championship match. It NORTH . is OQly fair to sh_ow the other side . + AK876 . ' of the story, and another deal· ~Q 0 K8543 .' from the same match will serve a • 92 ·. : . dual purpose. The fifth and penultimate day WEST EAST in New York started with Britain • QJ 102 + 9 . · leading by I ,240, total points ~ K 8 642 ~ 10 5 3 scoring. On boards 145 ....:...... 156 ·o to 6 2 0 AJ97 ..the Americans gained 1,500 ar:~ + 4 + KQ 86 5 for the first time took the lead. SOUTH The next period was naturally an • 543 anxious one for.our players, who ~ AJ 97 had led at an early stage by 3,000 O Q odd; 4id it not look as though + A J 10 7 3 the enemy had taken their mea- SO UTH WEST NORTH EAST .. sure and were now riding on the R use Roth Schapiro £1/cnby crest of a wave? · It is impossible No to predict what might have hap N o 1\o I+ INT pened but for the strange events D b!. N o No 2+ on board 162 ; we only know D b!. No No No that the British were profoundly The play went as follows. ' / grateful for an outsize windfall. , Trick I, +S to +K ; 2, \/Q to •,", · One half of the board 162 ~ A; 3, \/9 to ~ K . ruffed by story has been widely publicised, North ; 4, 0 4 to 0 7 and OQ; notably in the U .S.A., so 1 wi ll 5, \/J ; 6, \/7 ruffed by North deal briefly wi th the American wi th + 9 and over-ruffed by + Q ; crash in the closed room. 7, +S led, taken by South with I ' 16 ~ ,· ~., .. •. ~ ... . ! l~.·~/: >·<.: ~ 'j~i _:. .' ..~~ :r : -:~: ~. ~ ·::,·: • : + 7i- 8, .+J returned 'ti> '.+ K; 9, '•' r-:-~~~~-~...;.:.--...::..:.:.....:.,;.;.:;, + 6 led, taken with + to; 'IQ, · ,.' r:, ·. .&.A; 11, .+ 4 to + A; · 17, 05 C.B.A.I. - ,· .. ':- "" South of Ireland ,: led, South ruffing East's Ace; 13, FourteenthAnnual BridgeCongress South's remaining card, -+ 3, al- at the Lake Hotel, Killarney · lowed dummy to win the .la~t Saturday June 15th, to trick, so the defence had to· be ~· ' .sunday June_23rd, 1957 content with ·a five-trick defeat Main Championship Trophy com petitions centred during both week.:Cncb. and a penalty of 900. (N_ot a bad All Competitions will be held in the Lake Hotel where an inclusive charge, resul t for North, by the · way, for the nine days, covering accommoda tion and Bridge fees has been arranged aner a fourth hand" ope_ning on, for £16.5.6 per person. . .. . II is esse~tial that intending patrons ' ...- virtually, lO points.) book hotel accommodation immediately. Further detail! from: • The West ha~d was· used as a COMDT. LEO McKENNA. problem in THE BRIDGE WoRLD " Jnniscarra," Muckross Road, Killarney. what should West do over ~outh's . DONAL SHEAHAN, M.P.S.L, Main Street, double· of Two Clubs? A panel Killarney. of experts voted thus: 18 for No' Bid ; 14 for Two Diamonds; 3 each for Two Hearts and Two Spades. ·The majority split into was right t9 pass (as the · panel two camps. A One No Ti:ump_ said he was), then -~ast virtually overcall on a passed hand cpuld put paid to 'any hope of finding not be genuine, but should _West a' tolerable haven in Two Hear!s read it as a ·request for his best when he prefer~ed a <;>ne No minor (East having denied in Tr~~p qvercall to a more norm~l terest in Hearts by his failure to take-out double; I would also say double Orie Spade) or as a psychic th'at a wo-rld championship match - based solely on a long Club suit? · with total - point~.. scorin~ is n~t Roth passed ·one,· No 'Trump an ideal occasion for an expen doubled .up to his.partn'er, hoping mental essay opposite an un-: · for clarification; ·when a S.O.S. nimilia~ p;lrtner. redouble was not forthcoming he decided, rightly or wrongly, th~t Now for the ·s.trangest part of Ellen by ·was not ~nterested m the story. America lost 900 anything but Clubs. points when there was no ~a~e on . for the opposit.ion; thts ~n . One· point was barely touch~d itself is an unusual faux pas m 10 on in the debate that raged such company, but no one as _ THE BRIDGE WoRLD. If West ' . 17
. I ~·~' ·:~,-;.:::·~:: ~ ::.:: ~ b:_;r ·~·{·~;~~~:'.~:~;f?l::;.~; ~:~~~;~~~·~~~;?:z\::.f~-~-f?'·;:·.'·:;~G:: ·-;~ ·-~ i:~~':-?~?~ ~~-: - 't. ~.. Rep~at~d for convenl~nc~ .. :<~~·> ;: ..~-7~:·; ~;:And:: - ~_ at, . I 'think: . W!l~ ,ihe :real . ':: East deale~ . . ·> turning ·point of the match, for· .. North-South vulnerable the swjng bore all the 'elements of NoRm , + A k s 7 6 a psycho1ogical]?low· to the home IV' Q team. · . . . 0 K8543 · -In the " One Hundred Up_.. . + 92 WEi; ·. EAST ' ' answers · only one panelist, Jan . • Q'Jl02_ • 9 , · . Wohlin, vote~ for ·a bid of On_e_. IV' K8642 -IV' 1053 Spade by West, giving the follow 0 1062 0 AJ91 ing reasons: East-West were. not · .4 + KQ8§5 So urn vulnerable and could afford to • 543 fight for a -part-score; it might IV' AJ97 be a good plan to ·show both of OQ West's majors, and this entails + AJ 107 3 . biddirig spades first. But Mere dith, at the table, was actuated as J am aware has pointed -out in by a rather different motive. p~int that the result on the board might· have been a tie. . Round about the year I 934 a · ·. in the October " One Hundred certain type of psychic was con Up·'' feature I invited my panel sidered almost mandatory. East of ten experts to state what West would open One Diamond, North- I ' ' should do, with the hand shown South only . being vulnerable ; above, after ·East had opened South would double, and West ·with One' Diamond and South had would view something like this:- . d~ubled. If you study the bid- . + 6 \/1085 O Q10942 + J983 ding and denouelnent in_ the open ~- rootyJ , you may agree with me Hopefully, West would say that Adam Me ~ edith found an One Spade. Since he co,uld al . ·effecti ve. answer to the problem. ways retreat to diamonds the outcome was rarely expensive for SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST R o. •i··:'"' ~~··· • ~ : I ·:;· ; -~~.~~-:::..~:-•:- '··'•'T ::,..._, .- , ._ ,.: • ..._, :~ .i.: .. ,~.:. o , o - •• :.:·~-"- '• ·'·:-· ~·-t-~ ..'·.·.-.-.}-...:.·~ .. -~·=·----~~--.~-;::: '-;{':-:· ·, --~: _:-r:.·· .. '::;... : .. ~ . ~ ~ _-·~. ~ -:-~" 4.. :~.. -:.~ .seem over-reluctant .to see . ~is ' :-failure to _do:uble the; bid under'· . : . _::.~:::~: bets ; if the enemy ·can be ma~e . his nose" strikes me as riiisgUided; .. -~.:.- ...... to believe thai· you are capable Mathe might ~ave taken a doubie ·: .. ·~ ·:.·· of such nonsens_e, th~ moment to mean that his partner was not : .'(~ may come when the st_age is set 'mad about_a spade contract.: · - ~- ·- ·· for an ex_quisite double-cross. · 7. · Placing Konstam with five , And on board 162 m_any f~ctors cards in ·his first suit, Meredith - ·:· ·. combined to favour Adam Mere; completes his fell .work by juJIIp- .. .-· \ .. :' dith and to confoun~ one oL the ing to Three Diamonds. Now I; · - ·.· best players in . the world . (wi~h ask you-:-doesn't apsychic spade : : ·. grati tude I recall my partnership try-on, with good diamond sup- · with Lew Mathe, a· fe':" ~~nths port up hi_s · slee~e, seem to stick later, in the world mdtvidual out like' a sore thumb? · · affair a_t Monte Carlo): ·. . . . _ S. Et tu, Mailze!.You thought . ~ eann_g th~ vulnerabthty_c?n- Three' Diamonds doubled rnjght . ditiOns m mmd, let us review . d 500 but Four Spades ·;; go own , , . . . .~- . each step in turn:- , looked a certainty to. score 620~ .· ·:;· .._. 1. Konstam puts his spoke in Who among us can bear io .be _$.. at once on a 10-point hand- and chiseled·out·of lOO"odd points? chooses diamonds. . . Four Spades was ·defeated by 2. Rosen counters: with a the one contingency that North , double which seems a little too c·ould not allow for during ' the · :- ,; courageous at total points. auction- a- · genuine . four-~ard ~ :~~ 3. Meredith hopes that N_orth . spade holding on his · right. ~~ will have enough in spades to credit to ._ Mathe for . tumbhng make him suspect a psychic. . to the ,true ·situation as sqon as 4. Mathe in fact holds AK876 the dummy went down ; he. re in the suit- after . _a vulnerable - jected the _line of play· ~at _ cater~ double by partner. No one cou~d - for a three-two_trump _· split . an .. blame him if he had bid a dire~t came to nine trJcks by means ~f- .. Four Spades to ~how his com: . a ~ross-ruff. But- if you care _to ·.. plete contempt for . !he pre~umed work out .the fate of Three .~:; .. : antics on his right.- monds doubled after the mar • .. h 1 d of South's Queen of trumps, 5. Konstam tries his ot er ea B 't · · stood , you will .see that n am suit. to lose some 900 poin~s. as .the 6. Rosen passes on the pri~- U.S.A. did in the closed room and ciple that he-more .than said h~s in. an equall~ dubious cause. piece on the first · round. T~us 19 : ~ ~ . ... Miss Shanahan v. Tatham ' ' Crockford's + A Q I0763 , _ Game all Cup \? 52 Dealer.: South - 0 9 + : KJ84 • 942 • J -5 \? 10-9 . \? QJ83 0 AJ876 lw: El 0 Q 10 + Q I0 9 + A65,32 + K8 Room.l . East held the fi rst trick and switched to the +J which was won in dummy. The + 7 then brought out the + tO, + J and + A, and East led his second trump. After drawing the last trump North's obvious course is to duck a heart in the hope of a 3-3 break, but Idelson took an inspired view. Knowing the + Q to be with West he decided that + Qt09 was quite a possible holding for that player. Entering dummy with a heart (belter to lead + 4 at once, retaining squeeze chances - T.R.) he ruffed a diamond, with a slight chance of producing the OA. and then ' led his + 4. Declarer's + 8 (hen provided the tenth trick, and a gain of 6 I.M.P. ' ' . to Tatham. Room 2. On different, and slightly. preferable, bidding, North received a good lead of a trump. Now she played, very reasonably, for the OA to be right or for the hearts to break. Tatham's team of relatively unknown young players brought ofT the first major surprise of the season by beating their famous opponents by 10 I.M.P. 20 . ' ,._ South . 974 ,' Game all dealer \? Q963 0 94 • K972 • 10872 .\? A4 • 16 <:/ K18752 0 10863 8j• 0 52 . • 163 ·• Ql05 ' • AKQ3 \?10 O . AKQ17 • A84. Room I : f!.oom 2: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Dormer Hamilton Truscott Weir Spencer- Mlsi Linto/1 · .Mrs. Brown Hargreaves ·Della Porta 20 No 2NT No 3+ No 3NT No 20 No 2NT No 4+ No 4. No 3. No 3NT No 4 T No 5. No No No· so No No No \lA led. 9 tricks.· 200 to E-W. <:/6 led. lO ·.tricks: 630 toN-S. Ruum I. The involved sequence here stemmed from S~u~h's failure to open Two Clubs, but North could have saved the day by passing Four No Trumps, a bid which must be intended to be natural as both hands are limited: , A heart lead is most likely after this bidding, so South ·does·not assume adoubleton with West and has an interesting choice of plays. The obvious line is to ruff and draw trumps, hoping for either the spades or both minor s~its . to break. Dormer found the interesting, and rather better, plan of discarding a·club to preserve squeeze ~:hances. If the hearts are not ~2 this succeed~ against all normal breaks except when West guards the spades and East the clubs. As the cards are, of course, · no play succeeds. . Room 2. The Oxford pair were rightly content to play "in Three No Trumps and made ten tricks without effort. The University showed uncertain form in this • frie ndly team of 8 match, but can be expected to imp!ove considerably by the time they play Cambridge in March." · · 21 by ALAN · TRUSCOTT This article, and the one .that follows, should be read in ~onjunction with "P;ide-_and Prejudice" in the November issue. - • I • • A memorable scene in · the North dealer I. Lyric Revfew . was located. in: the Lov6 all lounge · of a West End hotel, NORTH where a lady past her first youth + AQ determinedly . sang: " I . :carne 5:/ A965 here to be insulted,_and ·I won't · 0 K8632 go · home until I am! " The + 8? British ladies in the Stockholm WEST EAST C~ampionships 'have had · their + K65 .• 987,4 · sh1;1re of insults for ..an erratic· y> .K·8 2 y> QJ 4 performance; but the . latest one 0 Q 1054 0 J 7 'is not ·only unnecessary but niis~ ' • 7 54 +AQ106 guided. It appears that Messrs. SOUTH Meredith · and Juan, who last • J 10 3 2 month .in Pride-and Prejudice y> 10 7 3 announced that they were de 0 A9 pressed by a study of 20 boards + KJ93 from on'e match, have their own South bid One Spade over One variation of the theme: " l am Diamond, and raised North's reading these to be depressed, rebid of One No Trump to Two and I won't write in until I am." No Trumps. Pedro and Plum This famous pair, better known (hereafter called P. and ·r.) com as players than as writers, object ment as follows: " No trump ed to my statement that Miss contracts reached in this fashion Shanahan made fewest mistakes can often be defeated by tight among the ladies in Stockholm, a defence. The opening lead of the verdict confirmed after careful +9 is the orthodox play which study of all the records by two keeps declarer to 7 tricks. East's independent male experts. Let opening lead : y> Q. It cost 4 '· us look at some of the evidence I. M.P." offered by the opposition. The lead of the y> Q has been ..... ,· 22 :.:_.! Dorothy Sltanaltan claims tltf! remainder. Her ~~rtner appears .not to ,;~ve . wai~ecl ·.. -:. ~ for tlte finish. On her left is Albert Dormer. : end orsed by Boris Schapiro and clare! peld be able to solve. The answers "are Oil page 35, but do ·not look . at them until you have a;rived at your own solution . No.I Noarn · No.3 . NORTH + K6 . + KI04 'I <;JI AoK Q 74 <;JI A2 . 0 10 3 . 0 8 7 5 + K65~ • 9 -7632 + Jled + Kied Soum Soum + A 732 + "AQ765 <;JI5 . J South is in Six No Trumps and West South plays in Four Spades after . leads + J. How should South set West has · overcalled in diamonds. about the_pl~y? · West begin~ with + K and + A, which South ruffs. How should he continue? 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Address ...... :...... :. .. :...... ~ .... :... :...... ;:--·---...... --:-·~--:---·:: · · .. :...... ~ ...... : ...... :...... ~ ...... :...... :...... _.:: ...... :-...... ---·--·-----: . -r· ach year to -the · Christmas . comes Twelve ~ unes e Yi Gifit' • ' . · 1 B 'd World as our ' · friend who has the B_r~tzs 1 " ge . . . . · 27 I by "ISIS" Which is . better-to reach a At one table, · an Oxford West · _ . makable slam by . a revolting opened One Spade and, over bidding sequence or miss it sCien Two Cl_ubs, rebid Four Hearts. - tifically? Especially when there East plunged into Blackwood and, is an over-trick available! with two ·Aces shown, shot Six This question reared its ugly Spades. On analysis, the bid · head when Guy Ramsey,. B-ridge ding (however effective) is con ' Correspondent of The Daily Tele trary to re·ason and logic alike; graplz, took a team-of-eight down West, worth (in his own opinion) tq Oxford last month and, over only One Spade, now finds that . 32 boards, defeated . the Blues a response in his void suit makes (or half-Blues) tiy 48 I.M.P. The · him worth Four 'Spades! East, London side mustered (in part with +J seemingly redundant, nerships): Guy Ramsey (capt.) is scarcely well advised to Black- - ·and Mrs. N. Kahn; Mrs. A. L. wood with but one first-round · "Dimmie" Fleming~nd N. Smart; control; even if West holds the. ). C. H. Marx and J. Flint; Mr. black Aces (and the Four Spade and Mrs. John Moss; Oxford bid makes it probable that he has fielded: J. S. Wheeler (President, a club fit), the benighted two dia . · _Christ · Church); and M. Quen monds have a very ugly look. ouille (Jesus); S. Yorke "(Trinity) But Oxford's hurricane se and D. Spencer Brown (Christ quence proved much more suc _ Church); J. F. Weir (Balliol) and cessful than that adopted by one A. 1: Smith (University); P. Letts scientific London pair. This · (Pembroke) and L . Wilkinson London West opened One Spade (Worcester). and, over Two Clubs, bid only The bone of contention occurr Two Diamonds. " With a casual ed in the first session and the partner at the rubber - bridge relevant hands were:- table, of course, one bids Three WEST ·. EAST Spades or Three Diamonds, but +AK10432 +J6 I with a World Master for partn¢r . CV' ·Kl03 cy> AQ76 in a duplicate match, , l reckon · OAK52 084 that, if . he cannot reply over a : .. + - + KQJ94 mere Two Diamonds, we are 28 ·' .. . T ·,, ~ •' .. , •l "' : i ... ;_ ,... I .. ~ ,' \ · • • ; , \ :••: .. unlikely to be missing · miich ;, , ' r7~7.;:7,~--:.~.:"·~· _:2_ said West. East·brpught fo~th:a .. · · •· . . ·> _,. fou rth-suit bid, Two Hearts, and come to . the - West now emerged· from slow and min imal approach by jumping to . TORQ U:A.Y Th ree Spades. East bid Three No Trumps, showing, for certain, CO NGRESS a good guard in hearts* ··(which The happy Congress We ~ t. by ·bidding Three Spades 'APRIL 5th to 8th, 1957 and not No Trumps, . had im plic itly denied). PALACE . HOTEL - This primary denial West now - contradicted· by bidding . Four l\IASTER POINTS' AWAJIDED . . Hearts, and thereby completed ~ COCKTAIL PARTY, GOLF COMP. precise picture - of an excellent 6- 3-4-0 holding, putting)t up Hon . . Sec. F. C. KEYTE to East to judge whether his club 64 FLEET STREET,· TORQUAY valu(;!s were likely to work or to be Phone 25141 wasted. East marked time with ·. _ Four Spades, showing, roughly, .~------. ; ------J \vhat he held: viz., spade toler- --"· o '~ght ·to have bid Five -Sp(ldes : ance, plus a club suit:.(first re~ East; over Four Hearts, and W~st sponse), plus a count of 11-plus . _·over Four Spades. Who shall (fourth suit bid), plus a real ·t;say they are wrong? _ heart stopper (Three No T~umps). The other London partnership · West looked ·long- and long-· to hold the cards found quite a · ingly-but _passed. In a pro- different sequence. 'Yest · bid · tracted post mortem, both players One Spade ·and, over Two-Clubs, came to · the conclusion that they ' came to ·the conclusion he ought - · to have opened Two Spades! ------. He caught up insome measure by *The .reader might suppose that East's bidding Three Dia~onds . . East previous bid -of Two Hearts had already bid Three Hearts ·and the' slam < suggested a heart guard- but that would he too simple and old-fashioned. To my was now successfully reached. mind, the whole floundering auction The second Oxford pair to deal shows 'the psychological wcnknc5s of with it opened Two Spades, and this fourth-suit-forcing . business. If this paved the way to ·a speedy;. East, at this point, had raised Three Spades sequence: As the cards lay, thir to Four Spades- the obvious con- West teen tricks could be made. could not have failed .to go on.- T.R. • 29 • I · · one::;- . ·:"·, WEST . EAST WEST ' ' EAST ;. :·· + 864 + AK3 . • AQ5 + 4 . preliminary 1 sequenc~ , . but still Oxford sty!e sanctioned' a positive · failed · at the final fence. This · reply to Two Clubs on the East. · went: I '\_:·_ :Duplicate Night at the Club by 'HAROLD F R ANKLIN . No ~' 2 The Porthcawl Bridge Club The Esplanade Hotel, Porthcawl, South Wales ·. In 1950 a group of people in of six talks, on Monday evenings, Porthcawl decided that they would at the Esplanade Hotel. The Ilke to learn to p~ay Contract enthusiasts duly appeared, were Brid ge and , having a most interested, and saw no reason why approachable international player they should stop appearing · after in their midst, Cyril E. Bloom, six Mondays- they have not yet they sounded him on the possibili stopped, indeed they now also ties. He agreed to give a series appear on Wednesday, Thursday .· 30 In the foreground Mr; N. Gable and Mr. c. Car~enler, a l~isilor from the north, - • ~-,_. oppose M~s. Ga~/e and.Mrs: Hogan. AI the second table: _Mrs .. Carpenter ··and , . : Mr. J. Twme, Mts~ V. Sunpkm_s and Mrs. Joyce. In the distance: .Miss R. Meskin, - _- ~-. wall Mr. Cyr1/ Bloom. and Mr. Harold Franklin. .:. --:-~ i.--- ~ and Saturday- Monday· ·and can manage with an annual su~-- · · Thursday for duplicate and Wed scription of £1 Ss. Od. and a nesday and'-Satu'rday for rubber nightly duplicate cha;g~- of one -~ ~ ...... _ bridge. The bridge class of 1950 shilling. Did '- I say -manage?-.' · - has developed into a club with a they do much better 'than' that; mem bership of one hundrbd, Out of their profits last· year they which is quite considerable in a took all the members to thi-~e . - population of under_ten thousand representative matches by coach, ---:-a members.hip so active that paying ali their· expenses, and to the average dup!icate attendance a three day Congress, paying all is more than ten tables and wa~ their travelling'expenses and Con in fact fourteen tables' on the gress fees. _ Their chairman, still occasion of my visit. Mr. Bloom, Secretary 0. B. ·· They still play · in · the same Hands, .and Treasurer T. Rich-~ rooms and have such an excellent ards, - have cause for working arrangement that th~y gratulation. 31 .. . ~- .. :·~···::_>) }~~f':: -~:~.:. >~~~·~?~-~~~~~~\·~:;~;;~~:·~r:;<::r.~~!~;:t:j:>:~ ::?;·_;~-~.·"Air ):~~_r:f.:~;~t:~t · ·· ... ·Although .comparatively· yo·ung . · Diamon~. ·: East·passed _and 1-bid . ~· . in,bridge ~xperience the members·'·· T~o Spades and North· (Bloom) -~ · . . are being given every opportunity ma~e an intelligent raise ·to Four . to develop, .and particularly. ·Spades- ! could hardly place him through their own Congress, with greater. values having regard which also started ·six years ago to his initial response of One and which is, inevitably, organised ·Diamond. East- now bid Five by Mr. Bloo~. His enterprise ,· Clubs- perhaps regretting his fail has succeeded in bringing many ure to pre-empt originally. I leading players to·Porthcawl each year and it- is easy to .see _how the Would you like yo~r club to .be local players have benefited. Each featured · in this. series? . H so, successive year they have given a .write to Harold Franklin, ·4 Roman better account · of. themselves in Avenue, Leeds 8. the open competitions. : I partnered' Mr. · Bloom who thought Six Spades was likely to . . took the· dual · responsibility" of have a fair chance, but tqat the; playing and directing in his stride question · was largely academic and started us off well on the first - since East could have no defensive .. -board:- values and havingjsacrific ed against NORTH Four Spades was likely to ~ac r i • K ·IO x fice against a confidently bid slam . - Readers are invite_'d to · se~d letters· .on a 11 subjects to the Editor, B.B.W., 35 D~ver Str_eet, London, W.l . . I I was appalled that the Edito~ial _some serious proposals for t~am Board should .tiave awarded a -- _trials. By quotilig less than the prize to Mrs. Burns :for · her ' 1vhple, we !110y have created~ false comments on how. to choose · a impression of her intent. · team . At the same. iime, I don't think The attitude of this lady has a tl10t her suggestion that onlyplayers ' very nasty flavour of Hitler's of British race and tradition should ideology, although -she · does not .be chosen for British teams should express it quite - so straightfor- give ojJe1ice to anyone. To speak: wardly. Do you really approve of "Hitler's ideology" seems -more. of her suggestion that only people than a little far-fetched. _ , _ British born and bred have a goqd- * · * ' * standard of sportsmanship? · If ' I claim t; be one of the keen~st ' that were so, a good many of our . Bridge players in the world. To best players, past ·and present, . get a gaine I have to. travel 120 would not be eligible! miles ·each way to Brisbane and In view of what Mrs: Burns has back. to say in her second a·nd third GEORGE STEPHENS, . paragraphs, it seems-rather hypo- Bar gal ow, New South Wales. · ':: ·: critical to speak of an ." atmos- , · Good for .you! I must ad_mir . phere of peace and good-\\;'ill."- - I have never bee!' more than 119 · · ~ .. - miles myself · MRS. HANNA WARNER, . * * .· Crumpsall,. Mancheste!, 8. * : Several times I ha_ve noticed in Mrs. Burns evidently considers tournamenfplay (and, of course, -.. that the traditional British virtues • I . it might also. happen in 'rubber - -' - modesty in victory, generostty m, bridge) a situation like th~s:- _. :- defeat, courtesy towa_rds ,tem!1- -souTH . WEST NoRTH EAST .; · mates, unhesitating acceptance of a 1\? . No 2• ·No . referee's decisi01 f-are seldom seen 3\? No 4+ No in gorgeous flower: 4\? No 6\? All H er original letter contained 33 ~-~~ ~-~~\:.J:; ;;:.: ~~:~s:;h~~:):~f'~~~~~~:·~ ;~:ff!~~;: {;~~:~~'+:2,~ .:~:.:.:. :·~~:{~~~~:;_::·.::~~~~~ ~(:~- ~ ·· . - ·Before West,eari lead,- East askS '·:~ ~.- 2. The partne~ . of the··pJaye·r,. _:., " 'What's :the . meaning . ·or· the . · on lead may ask: for the review Four Club bid?" ' ·etc.- only after ·tqe· open~.ng · tea~ · - HQwever innocent the intention, · and before dummy .has been this question is ·bound to ·direct exposed. partner's mind towards the pos- HERMAN W. FILARSKi, sibility of a club· lead.- Amsterdam · ' It might. be better to alter ·the · Law, as follows:-;;- . . , This s_uggestio~ ·- would seimno be · 1. _After the bidding has clos- well worth considering by the la_w-· ed, the player on lead shall be makers; but the " directing" ques allowed to review the bidding and tion could still be put, as the /au' ask any proper question-before stands, immediately after the Four ~aking hi.s lead. · · Club bid. . . . Across the G-reeh. Baize George Baxter r.eplies to. -s~me questions sent in by readers ' - - Question (from Mrs. M. Esther,. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Newcastle-on-Tyne). I+ 1\? 2\? No " At Jove all these were the 4+ No 4NT No cards of North and South: 5\? No 6NT ·No NoRTH .7+ Db I. All pass • KQ 8 5 3 _.. North-South were playing .\? AK 74 Acol and Blackwood. South was 0 Kl04 2 criticised for his bid of Four Clubs which, according to his partner, should have guaranteed ··SOUTH- a solid suit. North's Two Hearts + A 10 was also criticised. Would you \?- comment?" ' ~·.= .. '· 0 Q9 6 5 Answer: It is true that, in Acol, + AQJ9743 a jump bid in a forcing situation " South dealt and this was the is supposed to show a solid suit, .' , bidding:- but South's Four Clubs was well- .- ~4 1 • • ·.! • - • -~~"> ._ ~· ~.. ].·: .. ·--·~."'·,.._:_~I:~ : -i~ ..~_; :- ~~~:·~ -~ ~~~:.-·'-:-_ :_t ~~, r--:·t::~ :; ... ,~· .. : ;_:·~ -=--.. ..:~~ -~·;:-;;c_~ ::~.. ~ -: ·~· ,·_i~~=-t:.:: 'i'F: "intentioned and was by :no means :·· ·.~ · - . So.ltitions to.· Test .your Play ·~--~--~~.. DON'T LOOK NOW_:_ unless YC?" ha,;e made-a conscientious atJemptto · . . sol~~ all the pr~blems. Y~u 1~ill /ind them on page 2~ · :. ~ South to make Six No Trumps~ · . _ No, 1 NoRm . This is a not-too-exactin~ pro~lem. m . ; + K6 safety play. With ~ ten tf•clcs m high . ~ AKQ74 cards declarer needs to develop only . 0 10 3 two long cards in diamonds. ~e -:an · + K652 achieve this with certainty by wmmna +J led the spade lead in his own ._ hand · SoUTH leading' a low diai!'ond. toWards · + A732 · dummy; no _matter whtch ~ 5 . .holds the outstanding five dial~!@ 0 AKQ842 . he can be held to one_tri_cl'- , .. - ~ A9 35 Testing . th~ hearts at once, ruffing the third · round with the 10, loses, as + Kied compared 'with other methods, when SoUTH East has + Jx and That gives • QJ 10865 ~xx. ~AK . West seven cards in the majors, which is unlikely as he has bid diamonds and o· J93 ' appears to have two or three clubs. + 17 Playing on hearts at once, therefore, is South to make Four SpadeS. the right play: it gains when West . .. holds · + Jxx and ~xx. It looks as though East may hold a singleton diamon·d together with Kxx No.4 NoRm -in spades. If so, he threatens to come + AKJ5 to a diamond ruff. South may be able ~ 102 . I to thwart this plan by recourse to the 0 KJ85 coup-without-a-name. . • 7 53 .I ~Qied Declarer shouid win with OJ, cash SoUTH ~ AK; then lead + Q and overtake with • 8 the Ace. The next' play (if + K has ~A 73 not fallen) should be the Jack of hearts 0 AQ96 from dummy. If East puts on the + AKJ42 . Queen South discards his second club, cutting the enemy communications. If South to make Six Diamonds. East does not play the Queen South should ruff and lead a second t'rump. This hand is a fairly simple exercise in combining chances. A successful No.3 NoRm finesse in either spades or clubs will make_ · + K104 the hand, but declarer can improve on ~ A2 the even chance of a finesse by trying ':' 1 0 87 5 first to drop + Q in two rounds. If • 97632 this fails the spade finesse can be + Kled, taken. After two rounds of trumps, SoUTH therefore, South should lay down + A. + AQ765 If all follow he ·should draw the third ~ KQ 8 53 trump and lead + K, with the spade 0 J9 finesse in reserve. + Q South to make Four Spades. DUPLICATE BRIDGE BOARDS . Strongly made. Quick delive1y. The problem is a familiar one: how Size 7" sq. with Metal Edges £6/11./0 per set of32 many trumps should South draw before plus 4/- postage nnd registration. testing the hearts? Acwa/ .Aiak~r : F. Lawes, 10 Farquhar Road Edgbnston, Birmingham, IS To draw. three trumps is clearly not 36 ...... -.Novem-·ber·:· ~ ·· ,.-<~ :·..··_ ,..··· . ·.. Com petition What_ Readers ~ay about the B.B.W. The competition was for letters mopolitan · touch of American on the following· subject:- News-Letter and Autour de What, in ge1ieral, is your verdict l'Etoile," and . many readers ask 011 _the British Bridge World after for Test Your Play to be included I 11early a year of publicatio11?. every month. ' ' · Now thai the nJagazine has ad Regional News had some sup vanced from 48. to 56 pages, porters, !!Jut the . balance was what direction .· would you like against. "Interesting when· ~ in that expansion to take'? my area, dull when in yours," observes Mr. Aidan Lennon . . ·We Readers were for the most ~ay follow the CO!Jlpromise of· part kind, and always helpful, in limiting reports to congresses and • their comments. On many mat major events. ·drawing entries : ter~ there was a ·welcome co~c~rd from Jl!Ofe than one - C,ounty, - · ·. of opinion. · Association. -, . One Hundred Up had a par With , regard to· the general ticularly good press; but in no . standard of-conten'ts, a few com way at the expense of Jack Marx's· petitors asked rather imprecisely competitions . . Many readers ask for" more articles for the average . for both; and. for Any Questions player." · The opposite view was as well.· That would produce ·put by, among others, Mr. V. J. G. rather a su~feit . of -bidding prob Eayres, · who commends "the ·· · lems. T.he regular, competitions abs_ence of long boring·articles on .. · and Any Questions will be re' ; intricate squeeze plays-when one . sumed in the new year, and One has seen most of it before in on~ · H~ndred Up will return in tl~e of the many text-~ooks. ' objection to an occasional _ spring. .1 All our regular features are or two on a. really new ~t-IQO••· • well liked. Mr. C. R. B. Murray As Mr, C. E. Phillips commends the " refreshingly cos- " sundry bridge 37 in judging the· competition, the Editorial Board·looked for entries ·There is an almost ~xact ·division which, covering the inost ground, .. - of opinion about · the printing will be of the most help in framing · type used in most of the B.B.yv. future policy. · The first prize ·of " A bold, clear type face, restful · Three Guineas is awarded to a~d ~asy ,. to read," says Mr. Mr.~ J. D. L. Harmer, of 2 ratbor . Charles Turner, and in forty House, 98 St. Martin's Lane; ·years as a bri~ge · ·player Mr. London,- W.cj, who writes- as Edgar Foster " cannot remember follows:- having had better yah.i~ than the " In General. . Excellent! Attrac.: . B.B.W; for Novemb~r." On the tively set out in-agreeably large print. _- other side are readers who would . AJI articles easy to read and the majority like all the magazine to be in the instructive-particularly match hands smaller type that we use for with analyses of bidding and play in .both rooms. Editorials pungent but One_ Hundred Up, and who ask without' malice. for 56 .pages of reading matter Regional Ne\vs. Dull-except f~r ' · ·."apart from advertisements and those who find their names in print. regular announcements: Bidding Competitions. Easily the best As to tllis, the entrants for tllis in bridge journalism. . competitio-n are likely to be the October Competition · (on problems of selection)-Awful! , hard cor~ of readers; there are . · ·- also the " skimmers " who don't Personality Features. Not very in teresting unless one happens to know the set out to read a magazine from person concerned. - cover to cover; for this outer One Hundred Up. Original and ·ring, especially, good lay-out most stimulating- at least one of the ·and presentation are of first · experts usually approves my answers importance. in each case. A careful analysis of this feature is still more encouraging; - A second point is that the for instance, on H-G's marking for writing in the British Bridge October the editor could only succeed World is concise. Our contri in finishing seventh' out of ten, but butors do not "waffle." judged by the majority vote of the panel he came out top! So who shall : In the way of new features and judge? Why not a second competition, 38 .· • . ·:: ••· ; :·~ :-~':-~·\' ;:~~;~~ ·! ;::/:·t:L}iJ~~~tfi : :-~:>; :~~:!/tJ~:~~/ ~ .~-~ ! tF·!~ ! ~ - ;~~~:~~~ \'~~z.~~;~·:{,;:~ based on thts ·fea lure, giving one mark ~-' ·~ ~-- ,. .' ' ''· -., ... : '· ·,:; - c·· :. ·.- :- ' . ... " :.-' .. .,.: ·. , ,; . ,. . . . .congres~s. ~tc., should be .retam- . ··~ •:··: for each paneltst s vote . . . . · •.... , . .• ed , but.. the. r es 1 o r t.hespaces hould · .·.·.·'. ~- You Say·· .' i say, ·not unless you .. be used .for outstanding ' hands ... ,.~~·~' can persuade most of.your contributors , from the events . t ' · .• · · :. · : . .;·.: to write more interesting letters: : ·. . Cater for your av~rage _ read~r. t~e : ···.~ Su~gcstions. Devote more space to k~en duplicate player; give instructive' · '·' pl ay (i ncluding defensive play) and bring hands illustrating points o.f b.idding or · :~· 44 back Test Your Play. · · play, details of hOW innovations Jike I , ·,: .~ An occasional humorous article~ the Texas Convention are working out pro\ ided it is humorous. in top class . tourmiments, . and · hands More examples of • crashes • by showing experts at their 'best or, better ': · experts which astonish : but enchant .. still, at th~ir . worst. ·· ·. _-: · ave rage players! · · One small parochial ~omphiin.t. We. . Don't reduce your standard- you in Northe.rn · Ireland, · ~otland, . and · : '.. · don 't buy ceokery books to learn how· . Wales, should be encou~ged to regard -·,:'.: 10 boi l eggs." the B.~.W. as _our _offictal o~gan a~o. - :' · Why not pubhsh our area secretanes · .. The second prize of Two ' in your list, and sho~ the dates and . ·;. Guineas goes to Mr. Aidan· Len venues of our Camrose Trophy,matches·- non, of 53 Galwally Pa:rk, - ~elfast. ; in _your Diacy of Events 1 " ·· . · . . ' .. " The British Bridge World, in general,·· The ' third and fourth pnzes- . ; is good. I especially c<;>mmend:- Gift.' Vou~hers -for a Year'~ _Sub-_-- (a) The coverage of the European scription on · behalf o~ ·a new Championships. reader- are' awarded ti:)Mr. C. E. - (h) One Hundr~d Up, an excellent .Phillips, of 18 · Be~ch .-: Road ; ·.. :' idea giving .us an insi~ht into Northwich, Cheshire~_-ro-r hi~ .:· experts' methods of . handling . . . tricky situations. But must we analysis of what a· go!>d player . · thereby lose our tradition!ll prob- likes to' read, and to Mr. H. C. S. · . Iem competitions? . Jones, of.. Trent College, Long · (c) Famous Hands from · · Fam~us . Eaton, Nottingham, . w~o .. J>e_r- :·;-_ Matches, good h~~-ds in . . Mr.. . forms a ·similar task for.. " an·._- " Harrison Gray's brtll1ant se~ungs. . d'fii1 rent perforiner like myself." 1 confess myself disappointed With:- . }n e · · · . '· , (a) The ~ mount of coverage given to-• Camrose Trophy matches. Please MASTER POINI:S • _ give us more abo-ut the personali- The W~lsh . Bridge Union has applied : ties and the crucial h!lnds. · . to join ihe scheme in the new year. · · (b) The waste of_ space .. Your smaller · On December)st there wc,:re ~ Clu~ print is perfectly legible a~d could, .. M The leading county was , :. d give asters. .· ~ by being more o f !en . u_se • Kent with 9 representatives. . · room for. additional arttcles. . M' E "R.a;ne winner of two' Eur~. (c) Tournament World. Interes~t~g r.Ch·a. mpion~hips has been adde(! d 11 1>'hen m pean , . - ' when in my area, . u ' f to the Jist of Life Masters. · · yours. Important results rom 39 ·. Edited by M. • HARRISONI • GRAY. How the Experts Voted: Before reading these answers, try your hand ;~t the problems set out on page 13. December Problem: 1 2 3 4 5 . 6 7 8 9 10 Leslie Dodds (London) 30 No 5'\1 . 4+ s+ 3NT tNT 5+ . No 6+ Herman Filarski ' ,' (Holland) 3 0 30 . No· 4 + No 3NT tNT 3'\/ ? + No Edmund Phillips (Northwich) 2+ 3NT 5'\1 No -No 3NT tNT 3'\/ No 6+ Terence ~eese (London) .. ... 3 0 3NT 5+ 4 + No 3NT INT 5+ 6+ No Claude Rodrigue. • 1 · (London) ...... ~ 2+ · 3'\/ No 4 + . ~o 3NT tNT 5+ 50 6'\/ Miss D. Shanahan " (Hendon) 2 + No No N o No 3NT INT 5+ S+ 6+ - j . Jim Sharples (Caterham) 2+ 3NT 5+ 4+ No 3NT 2+ 5+ 50 _No Alfred Sheinwold (U.S.A.) 3 0 N o No No 50 3NT INT S+ No No Philip Topley . (Manchester) 2+ 3NT s+ 4 + No 3NT INT 5+ 50 No Jan Wohlin · (Sweden) ... 2+ 3'\/ No 3NT No 3'\/ !NT 4+ No No I . • 1. North-South vulnerable. South + Q97 '\/7 OAKI0832 . K76 - holds:- North said that he had not asked his partner, by doubling One Spade, to show + 1043 ' '\/A1093 OQ9 + A532 his best suit, so he took him to have SoUTH WFSr NoRm EAsT something like KQ10943 in hearts and No t + 20 No ? • possible shortage in diamonds. This was more plausible than South's con What should South say? tention that his call should be read as The panel's vote: 6 for Two Spades, constructive. North is more likely to 4 for Three Diamonds. be interested by a raise of his suit (Qx As inexperienced players are only too is ample trump support after a vul well aware, the meaning of certain calls nerable overcall at the Two level)~ by the defending side is often obscure. Dooos: " Three Diamonds. Should In actual play South's choice was Two encourage North to bid Three No· Hearts, passed out for two down, Trumps with a good diamond suit and North's hand being this:- a spade guard." 40 . . ~, ' T. ~ • ., ' • SHEINWOLD: ."Three Dt'am' ds:· ,.,_ ~-~·. · - · ' on - · So · · . ' . >~.. B cs t ·_chanc~ . to : sl_lgg~t gam~, either:a; U1lf Wm• j\{ORTH .' EAsT no trumps or at diamonds." . . No 1+ .. No No.-.' ·No REESE : "Three ·- Diamonds. ;h; . :zT ~! 2NT No value of. directional asking bids is a ? .,. mystery to me. - If, now, partner wishes Wh~t should South say? to show Three Spades, you can finish 1'1 Three No Trumps." . . , The panel's \'ole:. 4 for .Three No . Wit~ North holdil)g the above hand, !~.mps ; . 3 for Three Hearts, 3 for No the diamond raise would have 'the desired effect, but there must be cases Several ~f this month's problems call " here it puts too great a strain on for a special effort in reconstructing partner; for all he knows, 'south's hand . partner's hand after a rather unusual could be t~is:- , auction. The following see"ms at first sight to be a reasonable conclusion :-- +9 \?K943 . 0Q764 _+ QJ82 MISS SHANAHAN: . "No bid. It is The situation seems to caJI for more hard to visualise a North hand with the precise treatment, and the one-round values for a · game after he haS ·failed fo rce of Two Spades would find greater (a) to open a strong No Trump, (b) to favour if we dropped the meaningless rebid over One Spade with either One te rm " directional asking bid." Where No Trump, Two Hearts or Two Clubs: is the mystery? From North's angle It sounds as t~ough he is protecting the bid can mean a fine fit in diamonds partner with. a sporting raise ·in case . · support' for a major or interest in n~ South has been reduced to saying One trumps, but that is no concern of his- . No Trump on a maximum reopening he is merely required to make the most hand." helpful available rebid, bearitig in mind · DoDDS and SHEINWOLD take partner . that South's strength. is· limited by his to have about 14 points and no heart initial pass and that he can scarcely fit or rebiddable club suit, but ·others have a Spade guard after failing to -bid are more optimistic:- Two No Trumps over Two Diamonds. · PHILLIPS: "Three No Trumps. Part- Some sample comments:- ner' should have a balanced 15-count with a subsidiary stop in spades. (Qx or WoHUN : "Two Spades. The cue Jxx). ·Even so, game is probably .no ?id shows game . ambitions an~ may better than an even money chance, as mduce No~th to. btd no trumps or _show there ·is no• apparent suit fit . . At total a n~th~r ~ ~tt ; _I tnt~~:~:~::~:t~>·:~:t3~?~-~-::_:~·.·:;-::-, 7 ::~:;---:~~::t:~~;,,~~-~t~~ ;;; · - ment for Three-Hearts, but looking at - ·. Thi·panel's vote: S fo·r No bid: 3 for .~- ; ~ · · · it agaL~ I do~'t want to •be :. in Four · Five Spades, 2 for Five Hearts. · . · · -· ~ c ~ . 'Hearts after partn'er's pass on the'second " There is no clear-cut answer to :this I jJ round. Three No · Truinps, with' pre- · problem, although· it serves to tiring out · . t. · sumably 25 points, ·a five-suit, and 'some some instructive points, and a good case . · ~ knowledge of the opponents' holdings, ,was put up for each o( the panel's ~ we 'might accomplish." choices:- . , SHARPLEs : " Three No Trumps. ,REESE: " -Five Spades. SJtowing that ·• _. J• Although North passed One Spade, the spade support was · positive and- · his hand ·appeared · to improve after . implicitly denying second-round control partner's No Trump call- he may of diamonds or clubs." · ;l therefore hold Qx .in ·spades. South is SHARPLES : " Five Spades. As my ~ maximum for his bid and should go on . hand was worth a direct raise to Five to game." Spades, I bid it now to stress the quality r Now this too seems to raise a point of the trump support." t which we tend to overlook. South may PHILLIPS : .. Five Hearts. South's .. -j fancy a further effort; but his hand previous bid indicated a near-minimum contains only three high cards; how force, so he nc:ed have no qualms about ofteri does a hand of this type, after making a further effort. Five Hearts, such bidding, ·play well in No Trumps ? suggesting length and-strength for club '·The next batch of panelists gave rather discards, is apt to be the most helpfui' - more. thought to possible North hold- bid." ings; this was his actual hand:- · DoDDs : .. Five Hearts. Partner ·.-_ i • + Qto ~J95 OKJ76 + AK106 niust be encouraged to bid the slam if RoDRIGUE: "Three Hearts. Costs he controls diamonds." nothing-I'm going on to game, and .. MISS SHANAHAN: " No bid. South Four Hearts may be the better spot." · would like to show his heart tops and WoHLIN ; "Three Hearts. North's excellent spade support, but cannot do bidding is a little puzzling, but I have a both. If North can now cue bid in·· maximu!D, so I rebid the heart suit and diamonds, South will bid the slam leave it to North." himself." FILARSKI got pretty near the actual North hand and pointed out that, even F ILARSKI : " No bid. Thanking East for his co-operation.' North now has with a weaker three-card h~rt holding in dummy, South might well make Four a cheap opportunity to show diamond Hearts-but not Three No Trumps. control." No~h , I 'imagine, would be happy to RODRI GUE: " No bid. Hoping to raise a heart rebid to game. hear about diamond control, and denying second-round control of clubs. 3. Both vulnerable. South holds: I have not much to spare, anyway." + AQ95 ~AKJ 93 OQ3 + 102 SHEINWOLD : "No bid. A heaven Soum WESr NoRTH EAST sent chance to deny further values or I+ No controls." 3~ No 3+ · No The various cases boil down to this. t. ·. 4+ No 5+ Dbl. South can argue that he has forced on a ? minimum and that a bid of Five Spades What should South say ? serves a dual purpose ; apart from con- · 42 ·.·... at shows no particular'enthusa· ... P~ ~ :-"";-e.ver, oyeh·· the_;;. general .'de'g·'·ree···": ·" ;-.;,. :>.;-.: .·; I . . . asm .or-a strength h'0- . . • " . . o~"- , ..• -· s am and sp_ecifically 'denies first-round . ·: s 'Y~ ;hY!North's biddiiig_:for · · :·. -::?j~ control of.diamonds and second-r d examp1.e:- :_ :·" · ·-. . . --._. ... · ·.:.··.:.~ . r I . . . . oun FlLARSKJ' .. F s . . ~ .. con ro o c ubs· (in a: case like .I this clea I . . - . pades. North' ... t I ou~ .-< ··;~ where a cue bid is doubled, South sho ld r Y showed a sax-four pattern- in --= ·. :: \{. rc ~oubl~ if he held the King of clubsuor s~ades an~ heart_s; h«? did not repeat .<1:~ a smgleton). Five Hearts sho d . has spades ammedaately because his hand . ·. ::~ ;·~ suit and is only mildly encour:gsi~ggo~ wass t~o good for a simple rebid." . :-:t.;. · · d . . • •Of HARPLES' "Fou S d · II agam enaes. controls in the min h · r pa es. · ~artner . ·"~:_; and leaves room for a sign-off b. y N.oortrhs . aps a good spade suit." . : . . ' . . HJLUPS' .. N b'd . . tn Fave Spades. The third course is S th' h . . o .• . . It as true Jhat si mply to pass in case North-can mak oud s onours are well placed for a a further try,-and this strikes me as th: ~~ . e - ~ontract, . but this is coun~er- best- although I rimy be prejudiced b ha by.tdhe trump. North k · Y as~ced. m acate asm~Ie~on nummum wh' h · h - ~ a nd~ow 1edge _ of the -actual North, the :advertised six-four distribu:~~. :~Y :-.--.>· e<~saly be as low as 9 points." . : · · · SHEINWOl,D : " No bid. North should + KJI0'762 ~Q65 0 - + AJ86 bid game over Two No Trumps if he In pr~ctice South bid Five ·Spades h~s a" good .suit. I must . not punish which North, perhaps wrongly, elected ham for opening· a· mediocre hand with to pass~he was worr!ed, of course, by nine cards in the m~jor suits." the pro.b!em of how to dispose of his Mass _SHANAHAN :. · ~ No bfd. _ No cl ub losers. Over a pass by South he reason to _find another bid." · · ..- would bid Five Diamonds, which ~ow here is_ an odd thing-when vi rtually compels partner to convert to MISS . SHANAHAN held this · very same . Six Spades . • hand in a Gold Cup match, she bid · · .. ;:: Four Spades like a man 'and· with a , ~ 1 4. Both vul~erab l e . So~h holds: happy · outcome~ .. her partner's hand ·· '"' + K ~ K106 OJ982 . + A9854 being this:- · .. . SoUTH .· WEST NoRTH EAsT I + No + AQ8763 \I'AJ83 05 + JIO 2+ N:o 2\1' No With hands of six-four distribution, 2NT No 3+ No · · you _ar~ . told· in . most text-oooks to · ? rebid . the six~rd . suit b-efore sh~wing ~- ', What should South say? 'the four-card suit, and this seemS to ·. The panel's vote: 6 for ·Fou·r·Spades, work well on the weaker hands . . Take 3 for No bid, one for Three No Trumps. a sequence such as One ' Spade- Two The panelists, with one possible.. Clubs; Two Spades-Two'No Trumps; exception, read North with 'six-four in . ThreeHearts. Openershowssixspadcs,· · the majors- hence the popular raise to four hearts and general weakn~s; his . Four Spades on a single_ton honour, delayed heart call is merely an attempt.. . which may have surprised some of our · to ~nd a tolerable 'resting place. ln- the : less experienced readers; North is better ' present sequence, Two Hearts cannot equipped to cope v. ith possible dininond be . constrped as 11. strong rebid on the forces · if the trump sui~ is divided grounds that it "changes . the s~~ ~· six" nnd one. Opinions differed, how- but it covers a pretty wide range and 43 ~: :~;_: ' :·~· 4: ~ -r.:·.. '.4_:~.. ~~~~:./~~~-~-\!:( ~: ·:.'~~< :· .: ~ .. ~t::~·, .'·)/ :i~·~r;: .. ·: ·: :~_ · ::. ~ :~\··:'·i~_.··~r#-~.' ·__ ·:~·~:t ... :~// ~.:r~. Jess liJCeiy. io bC p855ed tha~ 'a simple- ----Now you must aUow hiin to judge 'that ~· · } · rebid in spades, which'·definitely sug-. ·· four 'tricks are · easie'r to whi than . >- gests a minimum opening. eleven." This hits the nail very inuch _on the 5. North-South game: South holds : head. South's bid of Four Diamonds + - cv>n OQJ9862 + Q8754 merely expressed a hope of making this SoUTH WF.Sr NoRTH EAST contract opposite a strong No )'rump, No No lNT 3+ and the sagacity of the second corrimen~ ' 4 0 4+ Dbl. No is borne out time and time again in . ~ ? actual play. So much is acknowledged -· ' . What should South say ? by a certain panelist· whose memory has improved since the previous The panel's vote: 8 for No bid, ·one. problem:- for Five Diamonds, one for Five Clubs. Miss SHANAHAN: " No · bid. I am Apart from -two intrepid members not going to be caught fo r 800 twic:e on 1 who had no qualms about going to the this hand." " ) Five level, the panel recognised a stand - ~ ard situation where one tends to bid in . 6. Both vulnerable. South holds: haste and repent at leisure. At fi rst + AQ1084 CV' QJ963 O K + KJ- · sight the prospect of defe~ding against SoUTH W EST N oRTH EAST Four Spades doubled-may strike South l + No 20 No as singularly repulsive, and he falls a 2CV' No 2NT No ready prey to various fears-will the ? enemy contract be made whe!l Five in What should South say? . a minor happens to be on or only one down (the vulnerability ' conditions, of The panel's vote: 9 fo! Three No course, are a decisive factor), and will Trumps, one for Three Hearts. North count on him for a trick or so in The solitary vote for Three Hearts defence after his free· bid of Four brings up a question of style:- · .. Diamonds ? Let the panelists state WOHUN: " Three Hearts. As in their case :- some of the other problems, any rebid SH EJNWOLD: "Five D iamonds. over North's Two No Trumps - is Clubs may well be better, but how do I forcing. The only sign-off is a pass." stay out of Six if I bid a new suit at this Many Continental experts, and a few level?" of our own, subscribe to the theory that PHILLIPS: " No bid. Partner has one is virt~ally committed to game after - expressed his doubts about a game for a response at the Two level; for the our side, and certainly South has no rest of us, nurtured on limit theory, .reason for greater optimism. Four Three Hearts is out of the question on '' · . Spades is by no means bound to be a hand or such quality. This is a limit defeated, but South should take his bid which suggests a strong aversion chance on this rather than indulge in to No Trumps, and we are little the what could be a costly phantom wiser if partner, respecting our wishes, sacrifice." puts us back to Three Spades. REESE: " No bid. Partner had no If we feel that this hand must be right to regard your Four Diamonds played in a suit call, then our only ..•' as other than part-score-contesting. sane action is a jump to Four Hearts. 44 · ~~t' why' ta~e 'ih~·\lsk: of : firidin~ North·.:, ·'. T . · ·. "' i,.'·:} '·. · · : ~- · -- 1 with a doubleton in ·each' in~jor wh~ ···- ·r s · dh~,lone P~~e~ist'~~o _ voted for Tw~ · · · · · • n pa es could easily "" · h' · · .· · we can see t h at the comparative solid!'ty' th' k f . ,.,~ ng t-;one -can f 't d . tn •o cases •where d , N . I , o our sw san the valuable holding in · 1.11 b . , . ne o·.Trump ·: ·. ·: 1 the mi nors will more than compensate ; ~ . Passe~ !?~I for two oown when .''' . for possible communication probiems . C::::e d~ades IS ~old-=.but t~e maj~rity . . in Three No Trumps? The best 'con- theo a': h~vll~ on the s1de ·of.hmit )ract was by-passed at both tables in a . A o·ry N T appraisal_ of card values. wome n's international · trial - North' . ne · 0 rump reb1d appeals for two · . th' . • 5 mam reasons: one, it gets the hand off · ham I bemg ts :- h · · · ' . your c est, and you can cope in comfort +K7 . I\7K2 ·. OAI0983 .+ 10952 with · any further ·action · by' partn~r· '·· {'·;·. The chotec of t~e other· panelists was two· a hand cont · · · · h · ·. · • · ' ' qu it ~.: emphatic.__: • '. . . rumng .mne ~nour • : ;, • I. •. cards, only one of whic)l is an Ace or a R O DRIGU~ · . , .Three . ~o · Trumps. King ~ .is far better suite(l'(or No Trump .. No a lternat~ye. .. · .·· . . , .. . · . pl~y .(compare · with · South's hand in DODDS: Tl:tree Ne Trumps. (and Problem'No. 2)~ . . redouble)." ': . I • REESE: ' "One No Trump. ·With·: , . ~·· :· PHILLIP~: "Three No Trumps . .· No only' one card· higher , than· the Queen, qual m,s wtth such good interined!ates this is certainly going to be my first bid , , ., •• and a combined 27,-count. Four in. a True, you have a doubleton club, bu· · · ~ major could easily go do~n ag.ainst what an important doubleton for being · . . ; · even a moderately bad. br~k." · declarer at No Trumps!" _.. ,, SHARPLES: "Three No .Trumps. This 'tasrpoint. is wor.th noting. ~ ·A. The minor suit holdi~gs sugges-t that ho19ing of QJO (only) is more -of an · nine tricks should prove easier to make inducement to bid No Tru~ps than a ' than ten; partner,. may. well be short ip deterrent. · If. North becomes declarer, . both majors." · ·• . · · · · with. 'Aix or ~. " he will _have no TaPLEY: .. Three No Trump$. Four, assurance of ' a ' d~uble guard. _· Other', in a major is unlikely to be safer, ~nd panelists had - the . ·s~e thought:. i~ we cannot give partner enough informa- · mind. ..· ,, tion to enable him to take the decision." · 'PHtLUPS: '"One No. Trurrip. The . Finally, a note of timely w'ar!Jing '_to rebid of _Two _Diamonds is a question: .. " . ' . 1 slam fiendS;_;_ -- '.. . · · · : . ... begging one, · only too likely to .lead to· REEsE: .. Three 'No 'T'fJ.Jmps. ,There a Three . ~0 . Trump . contract "pla _y,ed are too' 'iiuiny . points missi~g f6f ariy.. fr!Jll} . th~ w.rong ha~d-:: . :, ,.. ;..... slam to . b'e · it · iay-dowri:.· Foolish, ··RoDRIGUE: - . " ·O~e ,. No Trump."· I therefore; ·to star~ · experimenting.:· · :· . ~ay ·get anoih~-r chan~ io s~o~ spad~ .. 1 · · •• .. .. • • . support..· Two Spadc;s no~ is likely,_to 7. L~ve all ..' So~th . ho}d~ : ~ . , ·:::_ get ·us tcio b,igh~~! . · . : .. · \ · ·:·· :. +oJi' (\?AQ73 ·. <)QJJ06 : • QIO .. Dooos: ~- ~·:.One No Trump. Wath.. so·~ : WESr __,. · NoRTH " EAST ,. ~ such a dearth of controls partner ~ust ,. t'~ · •No ;' ::'!· ·· ·· · No '' - not be encouraged to. bid for game_an . a . t·.· ,• ·: 1 ,1 ? suit:" -: What ~ho~Jd S, 9~- ~~ . sa~? . WoJiuN:.' " One No Trump.· ing a -balanced, hand with 13-1 Tlte pant!l's· ·vote: · 9 for One:_ No T~o · weak for a :raise in Trump;. one· for two-Spades: : .< ; u- · ·45' · -·.. ·· ... , •~~, ':,~ <·r~t::.,~ ·~~- t:·:'l .,;_~·::;l;;~~~·.: · . '/::.::·:~";;-~':\>:· ~-'.'-.:;_"-'J.' · ·~·:·~l-·.", ~ ·? ·-...... F~.l~i.:' . "-, O~ · No·· ,.:ru~p) 3 Bet.~r.' .' trl~~- .'lr ·Norti1 makes. - ~~:·"' o~··: ' il to stay at.the .. One 'level on a ·balarieed·- :rebid, South reverts to clubs:" I . • .. ,-· ~ hand with only one 'Ace and no-J{ing. ' The s~me . bid ,.with a· different Spade.support may perhaps, be shown motive:- . · . later (e.g.: if North bids Two No FttARSKI: " Three Hearts. Equival,. · Trumps, S I ' scarcely .be ablf? to run off five heart No Trumps by South stands_t<,> g~~n . o~c 46. I;\ • 1·,·: ~.;, .. ~·-:. -=/·:.;.,;\ ...... ,·~·~,J~r:·'·/. :,- .-·;:: ~ .. - - ,·~ ,.. tl beggarly· I.M.P:, but it lo5e~ : 10 I.M!P · 1 pre"er-F' .' s :' d.... ··F. · ·.. · · ,: · ·. !· ::: -'.' · 'bl h · ·• '. . - ·-, '' lvc pa es to 1vc D1amonds" ~ -,, .. ' (an d pOSSI y t e match) If It goes down . - RODRJ'ou' E' .. F·. ' D' . . ' ... -... l . Cl b · · · · 1vc samonds. Part~ ' - wh en SIX · u s IS on. ,·:· ncr should d th' h . . . ' ... ; , rea 1s as s O)Vmg a first- · ' · and a · second-round control in the . 9. Both vulnerable. ·South holds:- minors. I intend to bid Five Spades +JIO y>J985 'OKJ2 · +AQ72 over Five Hearts and to ' pass Five SouTH WEST '-NoRTH ' EAST Spades; ifl held two Aces, I would bid 2+ No Six_Spades o.ver Five Hearts." 3+ No 4+ ·No TOPLEY: .'i Five Diamonds. Five ? Spades should be safe enough; if a slam What ·should South say? is 1on, partner should now be · able to The panel's vote: 3 for. Five Dia- bid it." monds, 4 for No bid, 2 for Five Spades, SHARPLES: "Five Diamonds: Best one for Six'"Spades. · available bid in the abs'ence of any It may be as well to. clarify North's special partnership agreement. If the rebid (SHEINWOLD: "No bid. Haven't . bid is assumed to show first-round any idea of the meaning · of Four diamond control, I fall back on Five Spades.")' A jump in a forcing ·situa- Spades, indicating slam values but no tion is not necessarily a siam try; . primary control in a red suit." true, it consumes a round of bidding, We inight 'well get bogged down in a but time and headaches are often dissertation on cue bids, a very large - saved by giving an early picture of. the subject indeed, so I . shall ir.erely say hand. Here North's object is to show this: since the only true cue bid that the length and solidity of his spades; South can make ·is an ambiguous Five since the Jack .and ten are missing, he Clubs, it must . be wrong to bar him · must have seven or eight of them from suggesting a diamond holding, headed by , Ace-King-Queen. The: that may .possibly fill a gap_i~ p~rtne~'s . . trump suit is thus " agreed' " and the. · hand. Again, ·1 may be . preJUdiced m stage is set for an exchange of cue bids,. · favour. ·of Five · Diamonds through _ but South must bear in·mi'n'd·that Four · having a preview 'of the actual North Spades is a limit bid- North has a bit hand:~ · · more than a minimum .Two-bid, but . +AKQ9875 · ~-. OQI093 ·~ he has not enough in ·band to initiate ·Our' Editor-is· in' pungent ~ood thss a lllam investigation:· Is, Squth good !J1o'nth, · and here. he m~~es . a more enough· to do so? T.his time .the panel ~otthrigh~ su~gestson :-. . , , split·up into.several::;amps.•· ... -·· R~E: "Six Spades . .· The slam PHILLIPS: "No. bid. Plenty of points, sho~,J, lc( be on ~ · ·~ m1:r.':deP,en_d on !he but few ·qu-ick tricks., ·. A ·slam is most lead. As to ' Five D1amon?s, showsn~ 'kely " · · · ·: · :: , ; · ·. · weakness in hearts, you mtght as Unll . . . '...... td dsm: 10 · ·FJi:.ARsKt: · " •Five : Spad~ . . But ~ 8~ · ~n. t?e :art:;~a~~e./~~r .· ~ · .~ . don~t like South's Th~ee ·ctuo response, th;t•dCI:~ be' churlisid·o criticiSe this . Three : Spades ,might lead t~ ~ ' ~t.ter bid :· :~~ ·it earned· in~ a · shared toitJ. sequence.!'. (He . could I wet_! be . nght). - 11'' ··t Wa:s 'inaC!e- by my part~r or ...,..,, _,, ...... , "' Msss' -SHANAHAN : !'!.Fsve · Spades. w en• .. · • ' M ki:ss ·• in . . II d ~ . Since . moment . Mrs. ar ' a"·--·· Soine'etfort is ·clearty·ca e . or. . dividu~l · the·.slam was false•· cue bids. are apt :to .be-dangerous; 1n ' . 47 oontraCt- to Six Clubs, _-: and it bajJlpc~Jis which was · music to .his partner's ·ears to suit me very .. well.'' - ' : .", '·-·; - ' arter asimilar start (an •,ope~ing bid of . TaPLEY: "No bid. I think ·PartQer _:) Two Spades on the North cards was has . a fine heart suit which. he was · - - not the popular choice). .No · n~d to unable to bid over Four Spades. He I embark on another 'Controversial silb may well be bidding it ~ow to. try ,- to ~ave - • I ject..:...is ·it better to ~ve informati~n to me a headache, so it would be a double- . • partne~ or conceal it from the en.e!JlY-7 cross if· I were to bid Six." - __:,but· I have an uneasy· feeling that ·a SHEJNWOLD: "No bid. North shouid leap to Six Spades runs a risk of finding have five hearts and - probaply only. North with this sort of hand:- three· clubs. We may _well be safe at 1 + AKQ9875 \V'KQ 'OQ + K43 Five-odd! b_ut dow~ at Si~.' ! · .1 • \ In other words, you are rather more REESE: ." No bid. ' You have no good likely to go 'ciciwn in a·direct bid of Six- reason . for disturbing this. .If ·-West' · Spades than to attract the killing 'lead· now ~ids .Five Spades arid-· partner - by temporising with Five Diamonds. doubles, tJtat may. well be the optimum' contract .. ·· 1f: he pa5ses, you· have to · to. North-South vulnerable. South · holds:- · think, again." . · ' WOHLIN: .. No bid. In these com- - ' ·+to 1V'KJ3 'OQ62 + AKJ973 petitive situations one can never tell_ I So.lml WEST NoRTH EAsT · who will make what. I intend to bid-' I Six Clubs if West bids Five Spades and -- i Not··_ North passes." - · ·. -.' - No . since-there is no mention of playing ? ' . possum through fear of an· enemy··- 'I What should South-say? . -, ' . sacrifice bid (this, as we ~hall see-iri a . The panel's vote: 6 for No bid, -3 for !JlOment, would not have · been cheap)', Six Clubs, one for Six Hearts.. .. ·we must assume that these panelists · Frankly,. i feel that six -members of passed over Five Hearts because· slam, the pa_nel gave insufficient thought to prospects .struck them as uncertail_t; . this problem. Admittedly it's an un Let us ·see if we can get nearer -the . - wual one, but the stat~ of vulnerability mark:- is. sig'nificant and the .. possibility · of. a - Dooos: " Six Clubs. Better to· con psychic ~penlng_ by -. East (the deal ceal the heart fit as West is sure to ·bid·· occurred .in a Go)d Cup seini-final) Five Spades if the Five Heart bid:'is iriight · have · struck these hardened passed." _,_ cltinpaigrier's. :· However, let them· state M1ss SHANAHAN: .. Six Clubs. When - t~eir case.:-- · North bid Five Hearts he hoped ·to ·: FJLARSKI: " No bid. Six Clubs is make this contract even though South's very doubtful, and.North is sure to have hand were much Jess suitable." ', _.- -at-least five Hearts. The pass suggests RODRIGUE: "Six Hearts. _The vul~· . a heart fit and should· aJlow North to nerability is all-important. Partner,c:x-· judge_ the sit4ation after the expectep pects to Jose not more than 200, since bid -of Five Spades from WesL" the opponents are not vulnerable, ·- if ~ ~ .. . -SHARPLFS : " No bid. Fi\ e Hearts have a minimum and have to go :Six- ·' 48 No. l; , Two Spades-tO. Diamonds- 5. ., . .. ·, No. 2. Three Hearts- to. - 7. · Three No Trumps- 6. . . . , ·. No. 3. No bid- to. Five -Spades · .,; ·: : ·- 9. Fi~~ .Hearts-B. · · -· No •. 4. · Four Spades- tO. · No bid, Three N 9 (/ am reluctant to take adl'antage of. · - • ,49 ,.·. /: . ' by, HAROLD FRANKLIN . . . .. ,,· .Organisers of congresses aJld .l?P..en 'evelits are asked to .send their principal . results direct' to Harold Franklin, 4 Romai1 A v_enue, Leeds, 8, to arrive-not · .later than th~ 2~nd of.the month. . ·' ·' North-Western Co~~r~ . NORTH .• +'KJO xx·x If the N.W.C.B ~ A : .Con!P-ess at · c:J AKx Blackpooi cal} be taken as an indication, .0 Qx the· Master Points. Scheme has' give'n a · , + Qxx tremendous "lift" to organised bridge. WEST '.. EAST The attendance, certainly a record for .+ J9xx + Qx this country, reached the peak figure of c.:? 109xx c.:? QJx 548 on the Sunday afternoon. For ,0 A9 0 10 8 X X tunately . the venue was sufficiently + Jxx + A _~8x spa~ious for ' eve~)arger numbers and Soy-rn the organisation, under Philip Martin, +A x· was in the main equal to the task. c.:? X X X. 1,'.: Northing impressed me more than the 0 KJxxx handling of the issue bf Master Points . + K lOx by Mr. and Mrs . .F. Farrington-they West led a heart against Three. No : · l dealt with this new aspec:t of Congress •Trumps and the declarer held up to' the · I · organisation in much the most effective second round before leading OQ. o I manner I have see~ to date. West won and cleared · the heart· suit. · I : Three further rounds of diamonds now ' Although the 248 section prize win put Ea~t (Morris) on play with this ners and 1;000 earners of Master Points position:- .were representative of every area, all NORTH the. major trophies stayed' in the North + KIOx West. The ·.Blackp_9ol pair 'F. Aspden c.:J- and J .. Dagger must have 'felt that they 0- "I,· .. fulfilied • the height of their ambition + Qxx when· they survived two qualifying WEST EAST rounds of the Pairs Championship to • J 9 X + Qx reach the· twelve-pair final. .. They ex c.:J- c.:J- ceeded their own · expectations when 0- 0- they _..yo)l the t~enty-two board final • J X X + A98x sprint to record a success as meritorious SOUTH as it was ·popular. The " old firm " + Ax of Franks, Blaser, Lazarus and Morris c.:J- \v~n the Team ·event in which this hand 0 X tested the alertness of Morris:- + K lOx 50 ·_ ' ·, -· .. _.,, .... , "'. ·o;:,, ~~·( .. ,:.f\);1-~.\_' -: .... ::;. -::, c·:. ';.~ ·~ : - i·/::·· ":. . · If he knows the:position· n,othing can \ Yo~;~ wjll do~btf~ have seeri'tiiat ihc· · , now st ~ p the declarer. -. A Club lead by. distribution is --such •that, save . for an ~- ·: · '_. ', East is fatal- the Queen of Spades openi~g trump 1ead, nothing 'can upset .. _. \' .· .., leaves a vital fi nessing position. Morris this unlikely· contract: '· After winning · made the good .s hot of a low. spade the first . trick in . dilmmy the declarer which South took with the' Ace. ' The played thre_e ·top clubs, discarding two l thirteenth diamond forced aclub discard spades; and ·followed with .the Ace or from both defenders and South con- spades and a: spade ruff, a heart ruff ~~ tinucd with a low club to -dummy's and. a further spade, By this iime -'':, Queen. which Morris ducked, un_hesita- East ha·d made the surprising discovery ' .; '-: '! . tingly. The declarer now cashed +K that the declarer had begun with only ' I ~ .r: and played a club back, finessing the five trumps,·arid decided to trump with , 1 :;.; 10. Unlucky ! the nine- a ··· winning play if partne'r Not dissimil ar was this hand from a held lOx and possi61y in o~her circum- . ··.l subsidi ary competition:- - stances. The declarer·: over-ruffed, A. Wolfeld (London), a not un- trumpc;d a· further heart, a -club into imaginative bidder, held:- his own han(l and a final heart, leaving this p-osition:- 2 • 9 7 86 . <::;:1 9 7 3 • 0 A5 0 K 107.542 .0 86 , . 0 · K7 + 8 · On a 'spa(le from the table East trump At equal vulnerability_ his Left . Hand ed with the five and the d~larer had ,to Opponent opened One Club, which his . guess the loCation . or the trump A~. partner doubled. Wolfeld made a Not surprisingly, he placed the. opener pre-emptive bid of Three Diamonds with the Ace and finesse R; Corwen; Mrs. B. Gordon and Mrs. 3 1:;7 ' 10 . M. Lester. Swansea also clainied the 1:7 K Q J <> 10 8. 6 . ,, - Men's Pairs, through Messrs. Bevan . - -~ ti J 4 2 . +AKI073 ., and Reilly; and five of their six c~m- Peting pairs reached the .fourteen-pair . Sot.rili . final of the Pairs Championship, an A K J 5 + 6 which produced photo-finish . . . ~ event -a~ 1:7 9 4 'between three · pair5 . .. The winners·, <> K Q J -: i 9 8 6 M~. Wi,lliaffis and Mrs. .Lester, were ·· · +. . - ·: · : l tw.o points in front of the young Bristol When West made a light double of: 1 · C~rose trialists, G. Griffiths and A. - South's ·opening bid of One Diam~nd •, ·' Richardson, who, having misunder- No~h had an awkward decision. Ju~n - . 1 stood the startinij time, had been fined decided that the danger was a _spade .. · two points for late arrival. One point game by opponents and made a pre-:. . behind them were the ·London pair, emptive bid of Four 'Hearts. This Was ' . G. C. H . . fox and Mrs. ·snammon. undisturbed and one down. Alter- . .Those of us who remembered how Mrs. native action that North might have · · , V. . M. Trollope ha~ imp~essed her. per- considered was a' one round force ' of · sonality on a host of earlier English Two Hearts or even, and perhaps .. Cmigresses were particularly happy to strategically soundest, a simple bid of .. w~lcome her back to the scene and there One Heart. Although this suggests no · . was no inore popular success than that strength, it seems certain in view of : ' which she and Mrs. Down 'qf Surrey North's distribution, that 'there will ..be . . · r~gistered in the Ladies Pairs. further bidding and his later ·support for diamonds at a high level may well The favourites, T: Reese, Mrs. Lester, excite a premature double. · . . . :Mrs. Go~don, and P. Juan, came through At the other table the Blackpool in the Teams of Four but only after a ~ . L; ladies played in Five Diamonds after ,. very hard struggle with Mr. and Mrs. South had opened One Spade. After .H . Ford, Mrs. Cowgill and Mrs. a heart lead twelve tricks were made on Knowles, of Blackpool, who scored a cross-ruff. 52 1 ' •• l ·,.· --. ; .~··.:.~.~~., .. ·~t: . "' ~ \ ' '\ ·...... ' ' ' . • :. ~ · ~ .., • t.t The Suri!.lay morning Bidding Match. South dealer ·~· · . · :·, · took a . novel turn when Terence Reese Love all' · ' · · · and myself set 'a number of hands'which the general public were invited 'to bid NORTH . after which we gave our own versio~ + K2 and discussed the various points ~ ·KJ 104 involved. ]fa word of criticism is per 0 A 103 missible of a Congress where so much _+ A743 went so well it is that the · organisers, WF.Sr EAST having secured the free services of • Q8754 + 9 Reese and myself, · should find it ~- 652 ~ Q9873 necessary . to make a special charge to 0 QJ5 0 K9876 their Congress members for attending + 82 + 19' and should not find it necessary ·to SoUTH make it clear that it · was in fact. the +·AJ 10 6 3 Congress which was profiting. '· ~A .0 42 + KQ1065 Dawes Trophy- Midland Counties Championship Brostoff decided that the South hand had sufficient strength to justify -an . Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Notts·, opening bid of One Spade-and it Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwick certainly worked well. Corwen made shire and Yorkshire are the contestants a well-judged response .of Three Clubs in this tournament, conducted on a and South refused to be contained league basis. The teams meet . once further. He launched into an immediate only with three points at stake in each Four No Trumps and having discovered match, allocated as follows : for an his partner with two Aces arid two aggregate difference of 0-240, I l-It; Kings decided that one of the Kings for a difference of 250-990, 2- 1; ', for must be in spades to justify the. force. a difference of 1,000-2,990, 2!....::.'!; The purists may lift an eye-brow and and for a win of 3,000 or more, 3-0. suggest the possibility of three spades Yorkshire, the· holders, suffered a sur to the King or, horror pf horrors, no prising upset at the hands of Notts spade picture at all. But cricket had . earlier in the season and- were Jeft room enough for the arts . of both requiring almost maximum points from Jessop arid Duleepsinghi . . . 1 their two final fixtures, against Leice~ter This helped Yorkshire into a lead of and Warwickshire. They defeated ' some I,800 in the first quarter. and .pro Leicester by more than 7,000 and when . vided the impetus to advance tt q~tckly · they met Warwickshire in their fi~al into the 4,000 region and the ulumate match they were in second ,place, wtth margin of 4,620. I 2& points against their opponents' 13! ' Devonshire Cup . and required therefore a win by at least 1st round : Constitutional beat.Oxford . 1,000. a~d Cambridge by 1,970; S~vtle beat On the very first board R. F. Corwen Garrick· by 1,04tr, East Indta Sports . and H . Brostoff put them well on the. beat National Liberal by 110; 0 ~ way by bidding an. excellent grand · bear Bath by 1,000. slam:- 53 ~ Duplicate.. THE Stationery I AMERICAN .• ~ J ·.. 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