MANCHESTER EDITORIAL COUNTY This is the first edition of the newsletter since I was elected at the AGM – I hope you like BRIDGE the format. If not, contribute and I will revise/include appropriately. What I am trying to ASSOCIATION avoid is a repeat of information that has already been seen in e.g. League results or the EBU County News. Space is at a premium so let us make it worthwhile. NEWSLETTER My thoughts are to have the following articles in the Newsletter: AUGUST 2002 MCBA Title Declarer Play Defence Play Quiz Boris Ewart Editorial Member’s Member’s Member’s 66, Rockingham Close Birchwood Web-Site Article Article Article Warrington Selections Cheshire WA3 6UY Future Events Tel:01925 838916 Results Email: [email protected] Anecdotes Advert(s) MANCHESTER CBA WEBSITE PRESIDENTSCUP Sat-Sun Aug 3/4th ANECDOTES www.lighton.btinternet.co.uk Eden BC,Carlisle Rodney Lighton Two new sections have recently been D.Adelman J.Smith (Capt) Many years ago my wife and I were having added to the web site: I.Blakey J.Blakey trouble when responding to Blackwood with a . We looked up a suitable method in a Honours - a historical list of T.Capal E.Levy winners of Manchester events going back, textbook and learned it. At our next for some events to 1938! A.Nelson K.Nelson duplicate I soon bid 4Nt, Lorraine looked History - a brief history of bridge in Reserves: puzzled, thought for a while and made her Manchester and a list of national P.Lang M.Robinson bid. I awaited dummy with anticipation, what successes and international honours M.Byrne A.Morris was she thinking about? Surely she couldn’t achieved by Manchester players. have forgotten the system so soon. When I Inevitably there are omissions and errors in HUGGILL Sat Oct 12th Mersey. BC saw dummy I understood – she held TWO this list. If you know of any missing D.Barton A.Jones (Capt) VOIDS and one Ace. information or can correct any errors please I.Blakey J.Blakey Tracy Capal e-mail Rodney Lighton at M.Brunner J.Holland Overheard Alan Nelson talking to Jonny [email protected] Middleton.. M.Byrne M.Newman SELECTIONS Alan-“I wish you would start making a few YORKSHIRE Sat Jul 6th Man BC T.Capal E.Levy contracts Jonny”. R.Alexander J.Smith B.Goldenfield R.Goldenfield Jonny-“I wish you would put me in the right D.Whyte(A.Jones) D.Barton E.Lighthill R.Semp ones”.

F.Bell J.Roberts A.Super M.Super Reserves M.Byrne A.Morris M.Ardron M.Halliwell B.Cooke H.Kay G.Balon L.Gorodkin E.Lighthill(Capt) D.Debbage D.Gray (P.Hodgson) M.Costagliola M.Goldsmith A.Kenworthy J.Hassett B.Hirst D.Daji H.Stubbings P.Hishmurgh J.Hishmurgh G.Hull B.Meakin R.Jordan P.Jordan A.Nelson K.Nelson L.Klein J.Morris J.Liebeschuetz J.Rudolf

P.Lang M.Robinson RESULTS DERBYSHIRE Sun Sep 1st Derby BC Manchester represented by Tracy Capal, R.Bayley J.Bayley Gary Hyett, Mike Goldsmith and Adrian P.Burrows P.Worswick Kenworthy finished a creditable 4th in the D.Daji H.Stubbings Pachabo Cup. J.Farmer B.Laughton R.Franks (Capt) D.Pennington The English Women’s Team represented P.Hodgson M.Parr by: CUMBRIA Sun Sep 15th Man BC & Heather Dhondy

D.Audley F.Brown & Rhona Goldenfield Nevena Senior & Sandra Penfold M.Bass C.Fisher

G.Bickley A.Farquhar came 3rd in the European Championships ADVERT J.Hand P.Hand and so qualify for the . If anybody would like to help the county cut B.Kaye D.Tobias costs by placing an advert in the newsletter Jim Morris (Capt) Jenny Morris I could not include any details about the then please contact the editor. We produce E.Rosenbaum M.Rosenbaum Commonwealth Games Bridge event, as 900-1000 of these for each edition. B.White J.White my deadline was before it finished. Reserves R.Ashleigh N.Thomas FUTURE EVENTS This issue also includes the Calendar – on P.Barlow G.Griffiths card for 2002-3 as well as forms for J.Beddington A.McKillop the Ben Franks (Pairs) and the Pachabo R.Bowdler R.Steedman Cup Qualifier (Teams of 4). J.Browning L.Johnson E.Ford A.Jordan S.Massey H.Potts

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DECLARER PLAY Brd 27 ªQ10 Brd ªKJ8 Boris Ewart Dlr S ©AQ106 Dlr ©- I provided plenty of interesting hands for Vul NIL ¨A842 Vul ¨Q th Jeff Smith’s 50 Birthday Party Individual. §A86 §5 44 players took part. Try to play this hand in ªJ82 ª9754 ªQ106 ª4 7§ after E opens a Weak-2¨ on the ¨2 N N ©K74 W E ©J93 ©- W E ©- lead without looking at the full hand. ¨J103 ¨9765 ¨K8 ¨J92 Brd 2 ª42 §J532 S §94 §- S §9 Dlr E ©KQ985 ªAK63 ª2 Vul N-S ¨8 ©852 ©A §Q9752 ¨KQ ¨A106 ------§KQ107 § ªAK10963 It must be right to take the double- in When Irving played the ©A, W had to bare A © the © suit. When they turn out to be 3-3 you his ¨K to keep the ª guarded. Dummy AQ4 ¨ have an easy 12 tricks. Suppose W has 4. threw ª8 and E the ª4. Declarer now AK3 § E will discard from a suit that he cannot finessed ªJ and cashed the ªK to squeeze Nobody got to 7 or 7Nt. There were plenty § guard. E in § & ¨. of 4ª and 3Nt with mixed results from 11 to You cash the free winners in the suit he Magnificently played. I advise anybody who 13 tricks. One pair got to 4©. gives up and ultimately he will be squeezed found this Non-Sequential Brd 2 ª42 in one of the other 2 suits or § would be 3-3 interesting to buy Raymond’s book. Dlr E ©KQ985 or the §J drops in 2 rounds. As a bonus, the chapter on Defence to Vul N-S ¨8 If E has 4© we have to hope to drop §J or Squeezes would show you that if E had §Q9752 squeeze W in § + ¨. So cash ¨K, ªQKA played a low ¨ or a ª when he won the §A ªQ N ªJ875 and §KA then ¨A and the § should now be (or did not win the §A at all) then the ©J107632 W E ©4 good if W discards a §. There are other squeeze would not work. ¨1072 ¨KJ9653 variations but you cannot make it if W has §J106 S §84 the § + ª guards while E has the ¨ + © This is an example of a Sequential Double ªAK10963 guards unless you drop §Jx or finesse W Squeeze played by Bill Hirst in Killarney: ©A for ªJ. Brd ªAQJxxx ¨AQ4 Dlr ©xx §AK3 THE NON-SEQUENTIAL DOUBLE Vul ¨x The play becomes trivial on a ¨ lead. Win SQUEEZE §Jxxx ¨AQ discard ©5, Cash §AK, ªA and ©A. By Bernard Goldenfield. ªxxx N ªxx

Play §3 to §Q and cash ©KQ – note E ©xx W E ©QJ10xx shows out – discard ª63. Cash §97 and A Non-Sequential Double squeeze is very ¨Kxxx ¨xxx difficult to play because: take the marked finesse of the ªJ. Why is it §KQ109 S §xxx a.it requires very good marked?. W has turned up with 6 ©, 3 § ªKx b.there has been very little bridge literature ©AKxx and it looks like 3¨ giving E 6 ¨. Hence he on the subject. ¨AQJ10x only has 1ª- the ªQ that you have seen. However, this has now been remedied by All those who tried to the ª out have Raymond Semp who has written a book §Ax forgotten how to count up to 13. If W had called ‘ Bridge Squeezes Interpreted’ that control of the majors he would have been includes an in depth analysis of all types of W N E S caught in a simple squeeze. Have you squeeze. 2NT 2NT blown the contract when ª are 2-3? A lot An example of a Non-Sequential Double No 3© X XX depends on how many § E turns up with. If squeeze is shown below and was played by No 4§ No 4¨ 3, then W is odds on for the squeeze. If 2, Irving Blakey in the Bury Swiss Teams at No 5ª No 6NT then he could have 3ª so you can ruff them the Atheneum Club. W led §K taken by §A and §x returned to out or try for a where W Brd ªKJ87 W - §Q. W now exited ©x to ©10 and ©K. cannot keep ªH, ©J10 and ¨10. Dlr ©KQ2 Bill now cashed ©A, ªK and crossed to ªJ. Vul ¨Q The §J was cashed before running the ª. A fair number of people got to 6NT but not §Q5432 Bill was already announcing the squeeze everybody made 12 tricks on this board. W ªQ1065 ª943 as he knew the position would come down leads the ¨J. N to: ©9765 W E ©3 Brd 27 ªQ10 ¨K8753 ¨J92 Brd ªx Dlr S Dlr ©AQ106 §- S §A109876 ©- Vul NIL Vul ¨A842 ªA2 ¨x §A86 ©AJ1084 §x ------¨A1064 ª- N ª-

ªAK63 §KJ ©- W E ©Q ©852 ¨Kx ? ¨Kx ? Playing in NT, ª5 was led and the ª7 was S ¨KQ covered ª9 and taken by ªA. Declarer §10 §- §KQ107 played §K, won by E who played back §10 ª- What is the best line? won by §J. Declarer crossed to ©K, cashed ©x

the §Q and then ran the © winners. When ¨AQ the last © was played the situation was: §- E has to discard a ¨ to keep the ©Q so the ©x is discarded and W has to discard a ¨ to keep the §10. The ¨K is now bound to drop no matter who has it.

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KILLARNEY CONGRESS DEFENCE PLAY COMPETITIVE BIDDING. By Raymond Semp Brd 23 ª9875 The following hand has many instructive Dlr S ©AJ63 points: th The 59 annual Bridge Congress that was Vul All ¨942 Brd 1 ªAQ10 held as usual at the Lake Hotel, Killarney §74 Dlr N ©72 contained the strongest field I’ve witnessed ª1043 N Vul Nil ¨K4 since I started attending the congress five ©10872 §QJ10874 years ago. It was headed by our Ladies W E ¨A6 ª632 ªJ5 European Champions, Rhona Goldenfield N §A852 S ©QJ10865 ©AK43 and Michelle Brunner with partners Bernard W E ¨95 ¨A1073 Goldenfield and John Holland, , W N E S §65 S §K32 Andrew Thompson, Bill Hirst, Boris Ewart,

Pat Davies and Keith Loveys from the 1¨ ªK9874 England International scene, Jim Luck from No 1© No 1ª ©9 Wales. From the USA came Richard No 2ª X 3§ ¨QJ862 Fleischman and his wife Sandy, and a host X 4ª End §A9 of Irish Internationals. This deal occurred towards the end of a With N as the dealer the bidding starts 1§ match where N-S were behind. The bidding then 1Nt. The traditional action by S is to X. John Holland dominated the winners suggests that S is 4.1.5.3 so W should lead I don’t think this is right as W then bids 3© podium by winning the Congress Pairs the ©2 not the §A. S wins the ©A and plays and E raises to 4©. S is now left guessing. (Magnier Trophy), with Richard Fleischman, ¨9 to E ¨3 and S ¨K. You must win and X is penalty – based on values, pass is the Mixed Pairs (Dr E.N.M. O’Sullivan continue with the ©10 to force S to ruff. The forcing, so he should be 4ª but has not Trophy) with Michelle Brunner and the full deal is: shown the 2-suiter. A better action is for S Mixed Teams Teams (The Goldenfield Brd ª9875 to bid 2Nt. I think this should be a 2-suiter – Trophy) with Michelle Brunner, Bill Hirst, Dlr ©AJ63 forcing to suit agreement. W still bids 3©. N Boris Ewart. The Mens Teams (The Lake Vul ¨942 might come in with 3ª now assuming S has Hotel Trophy) was won by Andrew §74 ¨+ª but what if W has just psyched a 3© Thompson, Raymond Semp, Brian Senior, ª1043 ªJ2 bid –holding 6ª? To allow for this N can Nigel Bird. The Ladies Teams (The Lake N ©10872 W E ©KQ94 pass. E should still barrage with 4© and S Hotel Trophy) was won by a team from ¨A6 ¨J83 now passes with ¨+ª. With the good cover- Jersey comprising of, Jacquie Rumball, §A852 S §KQJ9 cards N can now bid 4ª - problem solved. Susan Rankin, Gillian Hall, Maureen AKQ6 If 1Nt-X is passed out then S has to lead a Nelson. The Congress Teams (Loch Lein ª Trophy) was won by Paul Casselle, Keith ©5 ª but which one? I think the ª4 shows a § Loveys, Angela Forsythe, Peter Hardyment. ¨KQ1075 honour, ª7 a ¨ honour and ª9 a © Needless to say the bridge was of the §1063 honour. I await your comments. highest standard but the hand I personally S can ruff and exit in § to later pick up the After taking the ªQ, N needs to know which felt took first prize was one played by our ¨J but is then forced again in © to promote suit to switch to otherwise E will take ¨A Lady International, Rhona Goldenfield in the the ª10 for W for 1 down. S should have and run 6 © tricks. Congress Teams. realised that he has to run the ¨9 and then If we make W the dealer then it begins 3©- Brd ª74 he is in control. 4§ - 4©. Once again I think S has to bid Dlr ©Q87632 Suppose W starts with the §A and then 4ª. X is values – probably only with 4ª. N Vul ¨AJ10 switches to the ©. This time when the ¨ is would have to bid 4ª instead of 5§ to get §KJ played it is better for W to . S would the best result. ªK105 N ªQ962 have to draw trumps and exit with a small ¨ Brilliancy Prizes. to make the contract. Instead he may try to Here is a hand that few of us would get ©9 W E ©A105 ¨Q86 ¨K9732 the ¨J. If he tries to exit with a § first right: §Q97643 S §5 then the © force will once again promote Brd 2 ª98764 Dlr E ªAJ83 the ª10. ©752 Vul N-S ©KJ4 ¨AQ864 ¨54 The following hand illustrates that it does §- §A1082 pay to suppress a 4 card major. ªAQJ5 N ªK3 Brd ªA54 ©J1094 W E ©KQ863 W N E S Dlr ©Q943 ¨KJ10 ¨92 1NT Vul ¨J10 §A2 S §Q853 No 2¨* No 2© §K965 ª102 No 4© End ªQJ86 N ª32 ©A ©52 W E ©AJ87 ¨753 W led §6 won by §J, E played §5. ©2 was ¨A8542 ¨73 §KJ109764 played, E won ©A and switched to ª2, W §73 S §QJ1084 followed ©9. How do you continue? ªK1097 W N E S Rhona reasoned that E was trying to get a ©K106 No 3§ § ruff so played ©KJ then finessed ¨10 to ¨KQ96 X No ? E ¨K. The 3rd round of ª was ruffed and §A2 the §K overtaken with §A to finesse ¨J for Where S opened 1¨ and W lead ª6 to 3Nt How many of you would find a 4§ bid as E a well earned 12 IMP. In the other room then it made in comfort. If S opens 1ª and to get 4© played by W? they attempted to cash the §K before W leads ¨4 then 3Nt also makes but W How many of you would find a ¨ lead if E drawing the remaining trumps. may rise to the occasion and lead the §7. S bids 3Nt? will now have to play correctly to make 3Nt.

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QUIZ QUIZ SYSTEM BRIDGE SQUEEZES INTERPRETED 1.Love All W N E S is with Weak 2¨©ª By Raymond Semp. ªQJ2 1ª No 1NT 2§ is GF except for 2NT rebid. 1NT=12-14. At last, we see the much talked about and ©Q84 X 2© 2NT* No To 1-Bids: 2NT=Jacoby Raise to 4+, long-awaited book on now on ¨J43 3§ X No ? 3NT=Fit Bal 12-15 . Splinters are 8-11. the market. Published by Brian Senior and §10852 To 1NT: 2§=Stayman,2¨->2©,2©->2ª dedicated to our own local hero and my 2ª=Range Enquiry-Raise to 2Nt/Strong Bal close friend, Roy Higson. My book is 2.N-S Vul. W N E S 2NT->3§-For Pass/3¨ or GF with Minors. reputed to be the best book on the subject ª- 1ª No 3§-ª=6 suit Nat-Inv yet to hit the market. It is aimed at the improver to middle standard bridge player, ©106 2ª X 3ª ? 4§=Gerber & 4¨=5-5+ in ©+ ª - Bid game yet it will make a very acceptable reference ¨875432 To 2NT: 3§=Stayman,3¨->3©,3©->3ª book for even the most experienced expert. §AQ987 3 =Minors, 4 / =Nat-GF, 4 / =Mild-Try ª § ¨ © ª : Constructive with New Suit=F1, It starts off by outlining in detail the simplest 3.E-W Vul. W N E S UCB, Mixed raises ,Fit-Jumps and Splinters of all squeezes, ‘The Simple Squeeze’, then X nd th ªK1092 1¨ 1NT=15-18 2 and 10-15 4 with normal explains, still in layman terms, ‘The Double XX ©AQ65 2ª 3¨ 3ª 1NT responses. Squeeze’ and then, still in a detailed ¨984 ? Jump Overcalls Weak except at Red or in th language that all will understand, the more §K10 4 position when Intermediate difficult ‘Triple and Compound Squeezes’. 2-Suiters – Via Michaels Cue-Bid or UNT Lastly and still on the play of squeezes I 4.Game All W N E S are constructive or very strong skirt over in brief the more exotic types ª1073 1¨ 2ª No No Defence to 1NT: 2§ for Majors such as ‘The Guard Squeeze’, ‘The ©Q ? Defence to Weak-2: X=T/O with Squeeze’, ‘The ’ and lastly ¨AKQJ103 -2NT (3NT follow-up=no stop) ‘The Criss-Cross Squeeze’. The final §A83 2NT=16-18,Jump=SJO & chapter is dedicated to the most difficult Defence to Multi: X=T/O 11-15/19+ with facet of bridge for all ranks of players, that 5.N-S Vul. W N E S Lebensohl responses, 2NT=16-18, of ‘Defence to Squeezes’. At the end of Jump=SJO ªAJ10975 No 1© No each of the six chapters there is a short Defence to Pre-empts: X=T/O 3NT=To ©6543 ? quiz of five to ten exercises, to test students play with 4§=Range Enquiry & 4¨=Flint ¨A5 on what they should have learnt in the To Interference: X tends to be T/O. §10 previous chapter. Bids are F1 below game. Cue-Bid becomes sound raise and normal raise – barrage. 6.E-W Vul. W N E S The book is priced at a very modest £12.95 Interference over 1NT: X=Raise to 2NT, considering the complexity of the subject, ªQ762 1§ 1© 2NT=Lebensohl, ©AK10842 No 2NT No No the fifteen months it took to write and the in- Cue-Bid of major=Stopper+unbid major depth detail of analysis gone into creating ¨J9 ? Doubles: Competitive-X, Game-Try-X, the hundred and fifteen or so hands. Most §Q Responsive-X to 4¨, Lightner-X for lead of them are taken from my vast collection Conventions: FSF, RKCB-Blackwood, acquired over many years of playing. Some 7.Game-All. W N E S (5§=1/4 5¨=3/0 5©=2 5ª=2+Q 5NT=5 you might well recognise. The book is ªK8 1ª Long suit Trial Bids available from Manchester Bridge Club. ©KJ10876 2© No 3© 3ª Checkback-2§ to 1NT rebid = 15-17. ¨8 4§ 4ª No No 2NT Rebid after 2-level response = GF ªKQJ8 S is to make 6NT on §J §AKQ9 ? 3NT Rebid after 2-level response = 17-19 ©AQ9 lead. All suits break Bal with Hxx(x) support. ¨K32 evenly. Minors 4-3 8.Love All W N E S 2NT Jump Rebid GF except Neopolitan-3§ §Q87 Majors 3-3 ªA9 1© 2¨ X* 3¨ backout to 3¨ to stop in part-score. N No E-W bidding ©AKJ7 ? 3NT Rebid after 1-level response is based S 1st correct answer ¨753 on a running suit. ªA109 opened on 1st §A876 ©KJ108 September 2002 will Keep this system definition, as it won’t be ¨A54 receive a copy of printed again. 9.EW-Vul W N E S §A65 Raymond’s book. ªA9763 3§ X 4§ Answers to the Editor. ©A94 ? Scores will be shown in the next edition or ¨K4 on the website. §A52 All problems are assumed to be IMP. 10.Game All W N E S Entries to my email address or by post. ª87 No 1¨ ©AJ5 3© 3NT No 4¨ ¨Q6 No ? §AQ10742

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