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The British Bridge World The British Bridge World Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM TERENCE REESE I EDITED BY EWART KEMPSON I VOL. 15, NO. 12 CONTENTS DECEMBER, 1964 Page Editorial ... · 5-6 Beautiful Thoughts, by Terence Reese 7-10 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin 11-17 Hand from New Zealand, by Rex Evans 18-19 A Nasty Mishap! ... 20 One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron 22-30 Bridge Academy, conducted by G. C. H. Fox ... 32-33 While There's Life, by M. Wakenell 34-37 Beginners' Pitfalls (2), by Norman de V. Hart ... 38-41 Paragraphs from the Past, by Ewart Kempson ... 42-45 Slam Bidding Tools, by Arturo F. Jaques 46-tS The Irish Can Play Too, by Paddy Murphy 49-52 Methinks Again 53 New Books ... 54-55 Tournament Direction, by W. B. Tallow 56-59 Letters to the Editor 60 Published by Andrews & \Varburg, Ltd., 35 Don-r Street, London. W.I, Tel. MAYfair 8997. Printed by G. F. Tomkin Ltd., 501-9 Gro\·e Green Road, London, E.ll, on behalf of the proprietors. Thomas De La Rue & Co. I.ttl. 4 Editorial .. E 'GLAND, holders of the This time the Welsh team, drawn Camrose Trophy, were from North as well as South, beaten by Wales-an historic defeated England by ten victory d feat since it brings to an end points to eight. Wales won the England's hitherto unbroken run third, and final, 32-board match f successes. The nearest they by 57 international match points h d previously come to disaster or six victory points to nil. A \\3 in 1937 when Northern full report of the match appears lr land ran them to within 200 in this issue. points. Heartiest congratulations to '"Whilst sympathising with the Wales! Engli h players, everyone will While the England-Wales \\ant to congratulate Wales on so match was being played in \Vind­ m rnorablc a victory. We all sor, Scotland, the current holders now what dangerous opponents of the trophy, were playing th Cardiff and Swansea players Northern Ireland in Edinburgh. c.sn •• Scotland won by thirteen victory Before readers in Scotland and points to five, a gallant effort by lrd and ei1c pens to write strong the Ulstermen who had to call on 1 tt(r~ of protc~t. both having a reserve pair at the last moment. d f(:llcd England in Camrose Described as a "Unique Bridge rr, phy matches, they should Match To Determine The Value 1 1 ' • that the two paragraphs Of Unlimited Bidding Com·cn­ · . 'c.: arc "in quote:-.''. The quo­ tions" the Bridge World is spon­ t Ill~ Cllntinue,: ''The Welsh team soring a three-day marathon in 11 1 • . t~J of C:tptain W. 11. New York next month between a R1 .. rdo S R' ,. · · · l\ m, A. Stone, t~am of "Sci~ntists", who will b~ I) . 1c \IIi t r J ~ F .. · ~r, .:. · '- artcr an I r~rmitt~d to U!>e as many artificial · ~Ill\: l·n •l·tl1 t · • .. • l: was n:pr~- conventions and bidding treat­ 1\hl' hy R. J. Tarlo [) L~.:dc.:rw. m~nts as th~y wish, and a t~am of r. \\ hith'-' J G • I I J• • rcw, . 1ajLlr G. "Traditionalists" who will be . nd R. \'in '"'nt." . I m . strictly contin~d to the u:c of p ·. 1.\Uutm• th· hue llu~rt rdatin~ly r~w conventions :t'\ •II• I • Rriri,h Rri 1.• •,· 'I. II Iii, I ~9. , or c. ~tipulat~d by a committ~c. The Scienti~ts ar~ Alvin Roth . II. ·,,, h· dnn • it Ul!ain! and Tobias Ston~. Arthur Robin- son and Robert Jordan, Samuel outstanding pair m the recent M. Stayman and Victor Mitchell. World Olympiad. The Traditionalists are Lewis The match will go the whole way Mathe and Meyer Schleifer, Eric to prove exactly nothing. It will Murray and Sam Kehela, B. follow the path of the Lenz­ Jay Becker and Mrs. Dorothy Culbertson match and the sub­ Hayden. sequent Culbertson-Sims match. The Scientists are a formidable team and, in my opinion, will With this issue the British win in comparative comfort. If Bridge World concludes a long the Scientists and the Tradition­ innings. As a reader who has alists changed roles, I would back enjoyed it, I give thanks on be­ the Traditionalists to win by a half of many readers to the world larger margin. As it stands, famous De La Rue Company who the Scientists, team is composed of founded it, to Andrews and three established pairs, the Robin­ Warburg Ltd., who published, son-Jordan combination being­ and to G. F. Tomkin Ltd who according to many reports-the printed it in recent years. BRIDGE WRITERS' CHOICE 69 HANDS l by 69 EXPERTS ONLY ONE GIDNEA Nicholas Kaye Ltd., 194 Bishopsgntc, London, E.C.2. I i I BRIDGE WRITERS' l __ CHOICE, 1964 ------- ::.:;;; 6 BEAUTIFUL THOUGHTS By TERENCE REESE . .. In view of your association (I) with the British Bridge World WEST EAST since 1935, readers will certainly 1\? 30 expect an article from you in the 3\? 4+ final issue", wrote the eternal 5+ 5NT flatterer. I know, he's short of (2) copy. WEST EAST At such a moment I feel that 1\? 30 more is required than an uplifting 3\? 4\? article on play, demonstrating 5NT some neat point that may ·never arise. I would like to leave he had two of · the three top readers with beautiful thoughts, honours. All right, so far as it and what could be more beauti­ went, but it didn't go particu!Jrly ful, even if you're playing for far. There have been other con­ money, than a grand slam, bid ventions-the Dutch h:1d one­ and made? wherein partner responded Six In the Little Major we have an Clubs, Six Diamonds, etc., accord­ array of exciting trump asking ing to the precise honour held in bids, known as TAB, and we have the trump suit. Again, all right hcen working on a schedule for on occasions. the 5NT level. It has to be a But one can do much better. jump to 5NT, because when there You know the sort of problem has been no room for 4NT a bid that ariscs. You have a suit like of 5NT may be wanted as some . AQxxxx, ~111d partncr has gi,cn form of Ace enquiry. Compare you pn:fcrcnce to it, N ha' these two auctions: raiscd a rcbid. lias he got the (St'e llt'XI co/1111111) King or just hx "? Th.: probkm In (1) 5NT is Roman Blackwood can be cqually acute from the -or \\hatc\w you play, hut (:!) othcr side-the short trump hand. Your partner h:1s orx-n,·J and is ~~ trump asking hid, since .tNT is by-passed. rebid a suit of "hich you ho!J h or :\XX. If he h:1s AKQ\\ Of course, )'lHI krww tb: old you want to pby in Sc,cn. C111 Cul~rtson Grand Sbm force: 5NT asked partner to l,i,l Sewn you find out"? 7 Before describing the proposed Responses to 5NT new schedule, I must say a word 6+ No Ace, King or Queen about the odds relating to grand 6 0 A ~' K x or Q x slams when using the present 6\7 A x x, K x x, Q x x or scale of IMP. Not vulnerable, AJ, K J, QJ it will cost you 14 if you bid Two of the three top · Seven and go one down, when 6+ honours opponents are making Six; but 6NT A K Q or A K x x if you make the grand slam you There is a logical . basis for all will gain 11. Vulnerable, the stages. To take them in figures are 17 to 13. In short, ~hese order: the odds that you require in your favour are mid-way between 5 to 4 6+ No high honour. This on and 11 to 8 on; quite different, solves the problem for a of course, from the 2 to 1 on that player who holds, for is demanded at rubber bridge. example, A K x x and has One must take into account, been raised; or he can however, that if there is a poss­ have a better suit like ibility that opponents may not A Q x x x x and have be~n even be in Six, it gains little raised after rebidding lt. to bid the grand slam rather 60 A x or K x or Q x. Critical than the small slam. information, negative or 't' ror a plavcr who In general, at IMP you want to pOSI tVe, ~· : J , • X has sUit ltke be in a grand slam when a 3-2 a A KxxJ or K J x x x x or A Q, . break will practically sec you x x. In the first two cas~:, home. (This is also a fair propo­ . lOt sohd sition at rubber bridge). AKJxxx the SUit IS I enough, in the third cas~ opposite xxx is slightly under the odds, and so is AKQJOx opposite .. it is. · x orQ x ~. xx. To require one out of two Ax x or K x · ·- K J Q J It J:o> 3-3 breaks is enough-not that or A J , • · t 1ll. 1 important to 11 otc J one can often asses a hand in of cran those terms. for purposes ~ _ . ' · x and K J ar~ sl.tm, K x holdin!!S • ·s·'Jltiallv equal -.
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