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Contents

Page Editorial 5-6 "Champio11ship News" 7 The Open Trials, Part 1, by Harold Franklin 8-12 World Championship Diary, Part 3 12- 19 Subscription Forn1 .. 19 Magic Moments, by A. Hutchinson .. 20-22 London and the South, by Alan Hiron .. 24-27

Book Review: Bridge, by .. .. 27

Distributional Probabilities, by A. L. Oliver . . 28-30

One Hundred Up: Repeat of June Problems 31 You Say ... .. 32-34

One Hundred Up: July Problems . . 34-35

Directory of E.B.U. Clubs .. 36-37

Result of June Competition 37

One Hundred Up: Answers to June Problems 38-46 E.B.U. M:aster Points Register 41 Diary of "Gvents 48

4 Editorial \.. EQUAL CHANCES pations, I make no bones of the first three in the trials for f~ct th~t I find. t~~se long cha~­ Torquay were Truscott and Pri­ pwnshtps an mqreasing strairi\ day, Rose and Gardener, Kon­ Before I have to 'retire from old stam and Rodrigue. In a year age I hope that the E.B.L. will where, on the face of it, neither accept the idea of two divisions Italy nor France will be quite so for the championship, with 64- strong as usual, this team must board matches played in quarters. have as good a chance as any in the field. GRAND NATIONAL There can be little doubt that After enormous ups and downs, the best three pairs emerged from due to the new scoring system, the trial. Gardener and Rose Mrs. Hiron and Mrs. Durran were not extended in this field, won the ladies trials, followed by Truscott and Priday played most the studious combination of Miss capably throughout, and Konstam Shanahan and Mrs. Juan. These and Rodrigue fought back nobly two- pairs join Mrs. Markus and after an 8-0 at the hands Mrs. Gordon to form an excellent of Collings and Crown, who defence of the ladies' title. finished fifth. Nunes and Rock­ felt seemed likely to be third until COMPRESSED the last day, but at the finish their My reference in the January partnership had a somewhat editorial to the new scale of IMP frayed appearance. misled some county secretaries . into assuming that the s9ile would LESS EXACTING be adopted for Britain as soon as Schapiro and I informed the present competitions were over. selectors early during the trial That is not the case. The E.B.U. that we would not be playing. I has rejected the scale, but the had said from the first that if E.B.L., despite opposition from opportunities for broadcasts and Britain, has adopted it for Tor­ other publicity arose I would quay. According to the bulletin ~vant to follow them up and that of the European Press Association IS h ' w at has happened. I hope to there is also to be a new scale of contribut. e a1 so to the Bndgerama . victory points. A difference of sesstons A · part from those occu- 0-3 will be scored as 3-3, of 4-10 5 as 4-2, of 11-20 as 5-1, of 21 as of hotels etc. which come under 6-0. these Ia ws, and . therefore it has Those differences are extra- never been posstble for them to ordinarily narrow. A difference take part in our national events.'' of 21 in the new scale equals SWISS TOURNAMENT about 12 in the old. That was a The new calendar is published narrow enough victory over 40 in this month's Diary of Events. boards and one would expect it Readers will note that in place of to be 4-2, not 6-0. The effect of the usual Northern Cqngress there the change seems to b~ to dfs­ will be a "Spring Foursomes tinguish between small and very Weekend" at Eastbourne from small wins or losses. March 9- 12. This will be an - SEPARATE TABLES event on the repechage principle for which 64 teams can be There are probably many bridge accepted. journalists unaware that they can join the European Bridge Press BOMBE SURPRISE Association for an annual sub­ Of the two big international scription (hollow laugh from the tournaments in France, Juan-Les­ treasurer) of £2. This should be Pins had the better of the weather sent to Eric Jannersten, Enskede, this year, but it was a tribute to Sweden. The monthly bulletin Mons. Ullman's energetic pub­ contains may interesting items. licity that 240 pairs turned up at In May the South African Vichy for a two-session event correspondent wrote: · despite cold, rain, and plastic "It may be of interest to bombs here and there in France. readers abroad to know that the French pairs carried off the top S.A. Federation is composed of prizes at both tournaments. equal representation from the SIDNEY KASTELL European and non-European Mr. S. C. Kastell, who died sections. The non-Europeans recently, was one of the most (mostly Indians) have a very popular and least self-seeking large number of players and have figures in the game. He was for entered 22 teams for their annual leag-ue event. Unfortunately the many years Chairman of the Middlesex C.B.A. and a delegate Liquor Licensing Laws in this country do not permit non­ to the E.B.U. Europeans to attend functions HEARD AT THE LADIES TRIAL. ,, which are held on the premises "Rene beat Pat by an inmngs. 6 The European Championship Torquay, September 24 to October 5

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by HAROLD FRANKLIN

After the first week-end of the international match points (on the trials the scores were: new scale) by comparing their V.P. score with the mean. 1. Rose and Gardener 23 The first round brought a 1. Dr. Rockfelt and Nunes 23 meeting of the favourites, Rose 3. Truscott and Priday 21 · and Gardener and Konstam and 4. Konstam and Rodrigue 18 Rodrigue. Konstam and Rod­ 5. Dr. Lee and )3ooker 16 rigue seemed to have a slight edge, 6. Swinnerton-Dyer and but the points were in fact Dormer 15 divided 4-4. Rose took the 7. Fox and Smerdon 14 fullest advantage of a slip in 8. Collings and Crown 12 defence to score heavily on this 9. North and Pugh 10 board: 10. Silverstone and Hiron 8 North dealer Inasmuch as the four best Love all fancied pairs are occupying the NoRTH four leadmg. places, one can say' • 8 53 that the results have followed \? J 5 form. There have, however, been 0 Q5 considerable surprises in the indi­ + AI

WEST EAST \)10 X X Konstam Rodrigue ·0 ­Qxxxx 1+ .Kxxxx 2+ 3. West generally opened One 4. 40 Club, and though this permitted 4NT 5\? North to overcall easily the ad­ 5NT 60 verse diamond bidding helped 7+ No rather than hindered the cause. 11 Thus Six Spades was reached at diamond- Rockfelt won and re. most tables. Silverstone and turned a spade for his partner to Hiron sacrificed profitably in . Seven Diamonds-1,100 against Konstam and Rodrigue, behind 1,430. to North and Pugh at half-time Crown and Collings achieved recovered well to win by 6-2. ' a different result on the East­ It is perhaps foolish to forecast West hands. Collings opened the since the results will be known by West hand One Spade (and kept the time this article appears, but I North out) and his partner re­ expect the present four leaders to sponded Three Hearts. The rebid take the first four places and find was a little awkward, but Collings it hard to imagine Rose and pressed on with Three Spades, · Gardener being outside the first which his partner raised to Four two. And now something is sure Spades. Collings at this point to happen to confound that view. decided that he wanted to be in ' a slam, but lacking confidence in his spade suit (not surprisingly) Harold Franklin was not far he went to Six Hearts! Crown, wrong, the final order being somewhat more surprisingly, Truscott and Priday, Gardener and showed an equal lack of con­ Rose, Konstam and Rodrigue, fidence in his partner's spades Nunes and Rockfe/t, Crown and and passed. South, Nunes, led a Collings. World ChampiOnship Diary PART 3 Prepared by Terence Reese from day-to-day reports by a French journalist writing for a newspaper in Brazil.

Seventh Day 46 points. Alas, this lead dis­ The seventh day put the nerves appeared rapidly, without one of French supporters to their most being able to say that the Ameri­ severe and painful test. It was cans did anything remarkable: the final day of the match, they just took sensible advantage France-U.S.A., which our team of the presents that fell from the began with the useful lead of skies at regular intervals. 12 To give readers an idea of the closed room. Silodor had opened in which our hopes rose and way . . One Heart again, Kay had re­ fell, 1 will descnbe my emotions sponded Two Hearts, doubled by as 1 watched hand 119. ' Trezel, and Silodor had then south dealer introduced Three Clubs. This North-South vulnerable was doubled by Le Dentu and NoRTH the final contract was Three + K 10 7 Hearts doubled. Assuming that CJ Q 4· 2 the same number of tricks would . 098732 be made at both tables, France +J6 would recover 300 points-7 IMP. WEST EAST • Q J 54 + A9 62 Third stage: Doubt. On bridge­ \/8 KJ96 rama the Americans found the 0 J' 10 5 ·oAK Q 6 best defence and Ghestem was t K9742 + 8 · not inspired. The Queen of clubs SOUTH · was led and covered by dummy's • 8 3 King and East's Ace. Declarer (J A 10 7 53 passed the club return, the King 04 won, and a club was ruffed. + A Q 10 53 Now it ·was seen that playing +K First stage: Anxiety. This was on the first trick was a mistake, the bidding as shown on bridg­ for West was able to regain the erama: Ghestem opened One . lead and give partner a second Heart as South, Deruy responded ruff. That was two down, and · One Spade, and Schenken, sitting at this point it seemed unlikely East, bid INT. Ghestem bid that there would be any swing. Two Clubs, which Leventritt doubled. Deruy transferred to Fourth stage: Disillusion. Now Two Hearts, and Schenken's the result in the closed room was double closed the auction. While announced: one down only. Silo­ it was true that Four Spades dar had made two more tricks might be on for East-West, it than Ghestem, so France, instead hardly seemed biddable and the of gaining 7, as at one point had ' score was such that even one down seemed likely, lost 7. Would be worse than a part score It was evident from the first for the opposition. that nothing would go right for the Second stage: Hope. Now we French. On hand 99 Trezel held learned of the bidding in the as East: 13 • 8 5 North dealer North-South vulnerable <\)AJ942 NORTH 0 K4 +1( 65 2 . • Q 10 6 2 . \/ A K J 10 8 3 - North opened One Spade third in hand and South responded 0- INT. When this came round to + Q 8 5 WEST Trezel he reopened with Two EAST • Q 7 3 Hearts-a little dangerously, per­ • J 10 \/ 7 4 2 haps, but not unreasonably. '? 9 6 5 A Q 10 6 Gerber, whose first response of 0 0 KJ542 1NT had been made rather + KJ 3 + A42 SOUTH strangely on 11 points, doubled and Le Den.tu, with a singleton + A 9 8 4 heart, rescued into 2NT. This \/ Q was naturally doubled as well, 0 9 8 7 6 and the final result was Three • 10 9 7 6 Hearts doubled and 500 down. (Well deserved, in my opinion, the introduced Two Spades at this whole affair entirely contrary to point), Schenken bid Three Dia­ the advice of Jais in "How to Win monds, and Ghestem won the at "-T.R.). At the contract with Three Hearts, just other table the French North- made. At the other table Gerber South pair were one down in responded One Spad~ on the first Two Spades, so the result was a round and game in spades was loss of 11 IMP. reached. Two boards later Leventritt Between boards 109 and 113 made a similar decision to that of the U.S. had a run in which they Tre:Zel, bu,t the Lille pair failed to scored 33 points to 0. They took profit from the second oppor­ the lead in this spell and never tunity to reach a good vulnerable lost it. game: On board 109 Trezel made a See next column lead-directing double of 3NT. It Ghestem, North, opened One was quite a natural move, for he Heart, Bacherich responded lNT, had KJ1093 of dummy's suit and and Ghestem rebid Two Hearts. a in the unbid suit, but the Leventritt, West, re-opened with contract was lay-down and an a double. Ghestem passed (though overtrick could have been made. it seems to me that he might have Then came a swing hand on 14 . 't was impossible to know wJuc 11 1 •• This was also two down, for hoW far to sacnfice: . Bacherich played logically on the East dealer assumption that the hearts would Love all be 3-1. {I wouldn't say that: NoRTH West's double of Five Spades, after + A106432 the jump to Five Clubs, by no \?K9432 means suggested twq singletons.­ 0 J 9 T.R.) Thus France lost 600 points EAST WEST ·- (12 IMP), although none of the .8 bids made by the French players \7 Q 8 ~ 10 6 could really be criticised, except 0 AK6 3 ·OQ7542- perhaps that Trezel might have + AQJ653 + K108742 allowed his partner to express an SOUTH opinion over Six Spades. + KQJ975 \?A175 Board 111 gave the Americans O· IO 8 3 points on a part score hand. + 7 Board 112 seemed to go in In the closed room: France's favour on bridgerama: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST West dealer Gerber Le Den tu Hodge Trezel East-West vulnerable NORTH No I+ 2NT No + 18752 ~ QJ 8 4~ 5+ 6+ A 8 3 Dbl. No 7+ 0 Dbl. No No • 8 5 This was two down after a WEST EAST heart lead. • 9 6 + K43 In the open room: - ~ K 10 9 4 3 ~ 6 5 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 0 7 6 4 2 0 KJ 9 5 Bach- Leven- Ghestem Schell- + AQ • 10 7 6 4 erich tritt ken SouTH + A Q 10 No ~A 72 I+ 2+ 20 5+ No 0 Q 10 No No No 5. + KJ932 Dbl. No No 6+ No No Ghestem played in. 3NT-a No 6. Dbl. all pass better prospect than Four Spades, 15 as the cards lie. Leventritt led West dealer 4 and dummy's Queen won. Neither side vulnerable At trick 2 Ghestem ran the 8 of NORTH clubs to West's Queen. +KQ875 Leventritt pondered for a long 1043 while now. If declarer had only 0- Ax of hearts, then a heart con­ + J 10 8 54 tinuation would be best. If WEST EAST declarer had three hearts, then • J 10 6 4 + A9 West had to find his ~artner's KQ765 \j)- entry for a lead up ·to <:V>K. It is 0 K62 0 A Q 10 8 7 43 apparent that a diamond switch + Q + K9 62 now would beat the hand, but SOUTH Leventritt concluded from South's • 3 2 neglect of the long spades in <:V>AJ982 dummy that his partner had 0 J 9 5 tricks in that department. The +A 73 switch to + 9 was fatal for the After a trifle of 14 bids Bach­ defence: Ghestem covered .with erich played in Five Diamonds the Jack and after making three redoubled. North led + K (for Spades led +K to establish his the contract was played by the ninth trick. short diamond hand) and the Alas for France, there was no Ace was played from dummy. swing, for in the closed room The de~larer's plan was to draw Gerber also made 3NT. 0 AQ and follow this with +9. For board 113 there was a With the trumps 3-0 and the change of team but not of fortune. spades 5- 2, this play fails, South Deruy and Ghestem bid a grand making ·a trick with OJ. The slam missing an Ace. Even only way to make the hand is to allowing for the fact that he on. the : then misunderstood a cue-bid, there declarer can negotiate two club seemed no accounting for Deruy's ruffs. At the ·other table Five final bid of Seven. This cost Diamonds was made after a France 15 IMP. different lead. France lost 12 There was one other big swing where she might have gained 8. that might have gone the other The Americans finally won this way had Bacherich been inspired match by 26. Meanwhile the in the play. Argentine players ceded a further 16 . ts to Italy, losing eventu-- ~donna returned a diamond. De- 17 p~tn13 9. · clarer continued with a cross-ruff ally Y of spades and diamonds. After Eighth Day drawing a round of trumps he was Italy resumed 34 in front against on the table in this position: France and increased the lead to NORTH 109. As the match slip?ed aw~y, + 10 8 5 French reserved their energtes th e . h \? _ [i the final encounter agamst t e 0 _ :;gentine, b\Jt they still achieved + K J 4 some pretty coups-among them WEST EAST the following: + - + - North dealer \? K 9 \? J 10 Both sides vulnerable 0- OQ NoRTH + A Q 7 2 + 10 9 5 + A K 10 8 53 SOUTH \?5 0 J 4 3 ' \? - + KJ4 ·0 ­AK 10 WEST EAST + 8 6 3 • Q J 6 +7 As North had done most of the \)AK9764 \? J 10 8 3 2 bidding, Ghestem exited from 0 Q 6 52 o- dummy with the Queen of clubs, + AQ7 2 -• 10 9 5 SOUTH putting North on play. Since • 942 North held both King and Jack, \/ Q a small club would also have won the contract. (The elimination 0 A K 10 9 8 7 fails if North exits with a heart at + 8 6 3 At both tables East-West went trick 2 instead of a diamond. to Five Hearts, doubled, over Declarer can play another round Four Spades. The Italian West, of trumps in order to eliminate~ the against the lead of + K, had no third diamond, but then he IS a difficulty, establishing a spade short in the end-game.­ trick for a club discard. T.R.) At the other table the contract Ninth Day Was played by East, Ghestem. Starting 2 points down to . the The 9 of spades was covered by Argentine, France soon went mto the Jack and King, and Belia- the lead and won by 52· Italy, 17 meanwhile, increased her lead strong, but at times Forquet against the U.S.A. to win by 119. seemed to upset his partner and . f a This made the final table: senes o poor results followed. They made a very harmoniou Italy beat Argentine by 139. beat France by 109. team, without internal problem: beat U.S.A. by 119. or rivalries. This was a very strong trump card in a world U.S.A. beat France by 26. championship, and the credit beat Argentine by 127. must go to Perroux for his France beat Argentine by 52. splendid captaincy. As to the Americans, they Conclusions improved towards the end of the There can be no question at all week but I never had occasion to but that the best team won. I revise altogether my earlier doubt very much if any of Italy's opinion: they are· far behind the former victories was more easily Italians and I don't think they gained. would normally beat the best I was especially impressed by French or English_team. Chiaradia and D' Alelio, who Schenken and Leventritt were maintained an extremely high the best pair. Improving on the I level throughout and were in methods of difficulties only for a short period · the rest of the team, they had tow~rd the end of the first day modernised their calling to deal against France. Chiaradia is a with the artificial systems of the model of concentration · and European players. I thought that D'Alelio played his cards exceed- Leventritt played best of all the ingly well. Americans at Buenos Aires: he Immediately after them I rate constantly made things difficult Belladonna and A varelli, who for his opponents and showed play with an air of great com- excellent judgment. petence. Belladonna's slight Silodor-Kay were rather lacking weakness is that he takes ex- in enterprise, their bidding style aggerated risks, and it is on that better suited to pairs than to account alone that I put this pair teams-of-four. : just second to Chiaradia and Gerber and Hodge played well D'Alelio. at the finish, especially ag~inst Forquet-Garozzo were slightly France, but I cannot help thtnk· less convincing. When things ing that their selection was a were going well they looked very mistake: there must be young 18 pairs in the U.S. of equal strength most part used a modern style of t whom it would have been bidding but hardly seem strong

1·~teresting to give their chance. enough for a world championship. It is difficult to make any single It was only against France, who judgment on France~s petforrn­ played their worst in that match ance in the charnpiOnshtp, so that they ever looked as though uneven was it. Ghestem-Bach­ they had a chance of winning. erich (stronger 1han Ghestern­ Where the Argentine players are Deruy) often played extremely under a disadvantage is that they well and always made life difficult lack first-class opposition, their for their opponents. only rivals being in effect the Trezel-Le Dentu, so long as they Brazilians whom they meet once. were not playing under strain, a year, if that, in the South were very good. More than any American ·championships. other pair they suffered froin physical tiredness, for they had ' For the lively account of this no relief at all throughout the match we are much indebted to nine days. . the special correspondent of Le The Argentine team for the Bridgeur, J. Gesztesi.

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19 Magic Moments

by A. HUTCHINSON

If you are settling comfortably missing three trumps, so it looked in your chair, prepared to take as though I must go down unless part vicariously in my discom­ the diamond were right fiture, you are to be disappointed. which seemed probable, and i For this is my happy day, my could drop the Queen of clubs finest hour! · which was not so likely. As ~ In a recent pairs competition second string an end-play was at the Sutton Coldfield Bridge Club, I received this collection, sitting South:- NORTH • J 8 3 + A976542 \7- 0 73 + AK54. \7 7 4 East-West only were vulnerable, OAQ984 with the dealer East, and the ' + J 6 2 bidding went as follows:- \?K led

SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH 4\7 .• A976542 4NT No 5\7 \7 - Dbl. No No 0 7 3 + AK54 West, Mr. Donald Hoole, started with the heart King and possible if not promising but, to my wife and partner put down:- have any chance at all, the dia­ See next column monds must be right. So. I led the 3 of diamonds. I was sorry we hadn't doubled Dummy's Queen h'eld and I re- them in Five Hearts. turned to hand by ruffing the 7 of East, Mrs. Britt White, played · hearts, East playing the deuce and the Jack on the first lead. I West the Queen. He hesitated ruffed and settled down to think. somewhat over this Queen, so 1 From the auction it seemed placed him with another. I now almost certain that West held the re-entered dummy with the Ace of 20 NOW PUBLISHED How to Win at Rubber Bridge the master-work by & Dr. PIERRE JAis

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BARRIE & ROCKLIFF 2 Clement's Inn London WC2 diamonds, both opponents follow­ a bit of a stretch and, if she did ing, and returned the 4, on which hold a singleton trump, she ~ight East discarded the 3 of hearts. I well have played it on the third ruffed and hopefully continued round of diamonds in the hope of with the Ace and King of clubs. promoting her partner's trump Though both opponents followed holding. Glo~mily I decided that suit, the Queen did not fall, and I was pound to go down. Then I paused to take stock. I suddenly thought of the group West was marked with four of end-plays in "Reese on Play" diamonds originally and I thought in which trump tricks disappear three spades, three hearts and as if by magic. Could it happen consequently three clubs. Could for me? I didn't suppose so, not he, I wondered, have only two for one moment, but I might as trumps and four clubs? In that well try. case I should win by playing the So I led the 4 of clubs. Both ~ce of spades, but I didn't think opponents followed, East taking ~t could be so. Even with a void the trick with the Queen, and she 10 spades, East's Four Heart pre­ got off lead with the 10 of hearts empt, vulnerable, must have been hearts. This is what I had left:- 21 NoRTH followed suit and I nervously • J 8 3 called for the 8 of spades . \;)- A diamond from dummy was 0 9 8 ruffed in the closed hand, followed +- by the last club. West ruffed with the King and dummy's dia­ \;) 10 led mond was discarded. West then SouTH had to lead away from his QIO + A9 7 6 and the contract was made. \;)- This was the complete deai:­ 0- NORTH + 5 • J 8 3 Now suppose I ruffed in hand \;) 7 4 and led the club: no good-West OAQ984 would make both his trump + J 6 2 tricks. What about throwing the WEST EAST club, taking the ruff in dummy, + K Q 10 then ruffing a diamond and exit­ \;JKQ8 \;) A J 10 9 6 5 3 2 ing with a low spade? Brilliant! 0 K 10 6 2 ·0 -J 5 No, dash it, dummy would have + 9 8 3 + Q 10 7 Jack of spades single at trick 12. SOUTH and West would make the 10. + A976542 \;)- So that dog wouldn't bark either. No magic for me· obvi­ 0 7 3 ously. Why, I wondered, did I + AK54 get no luck these days? Nothing Post Mortem seemed to go right for me. Yet, if a black cat crosses ·my path I "Mugs for luck!" said my wife always remember to bow to it for beaming happily. luck-unless, of course, it gets "No I think the old so-and-so's amongst my seedlings, and if . . . done rather' well with this," re- "If you don't get a move on, marked West and, ruefully, East Hutch,'' said West, "you'll have agreed. to penalise yourself for slow play." As for me, whoever would have known I was under the Thus galvanised, I hastily we~th~r or.ly two or three tricks trumped with the + 6. West ago? 22 The Proper Atmosphere for Bridge

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23 London and the South

by ALAN HIRON

Scarborough Congress West, having ascertained experi­ Interpreting London and the mentally that it was a bad week­ South as meaning London and end for leading unsupported Aces South of the Border, I attended opened with + 9 and we scored the Yorkshire 420. Association annual congress at In the other. room Peter Swin­ Scarborough. The attendance was nerton-Dyer, holding the South even larger than last year but the tournament directors coped ad­ East dealer mirably with over I 00 tables Love all during some sessions. NORTH The championship pairs was • Q J94 won by a Northern pair, Mr. and \? K J 5 Mrs. H. Brooke, but the "Lon­ 0 AK42 don" foursome of Mrs. A. L. + J4 Fleming, E. Crowhurst, K. Bar­ WEST EAST · bour and P. Swinnerton-Dyer had • 8 2 + K3 a field day in the teams events, \?A6432 \/- winning the championship teams­ 0 Q J 8 7 0 IO 6 53 of-four by a handsome margin • 9 3 + AKQ8762 (after a worrying time in the SOUTH qualifying round) and the one­ + A 10 7 6 5 session mixed teams-of-four with \? Q 10 9 8 7 the enormous score of + 69 IMPs 0 9 1. over only 24 boards. + 10 5 An interesting hand from the final of the teams occurred when hand, preferred an overcall of our team played the winners:­ One Heart. After a pass by West, At our table the bidding went North raised to Four Hearts and as follows:- this ·was -passed- to .-West who SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST doubled. Again the + 9 was led, I+ taken by East's Queen. In prac­ I+ 2\/ 4+ No tice a second high club was No No continued after which the defence ' 24 werless but at trick two wasPO ' . East's double showed a touch­ had the opportumty to Eas t . ing confidence in her partner's make a far-sighted pay-a1 swttc1 1 overcall, but was more than small diamond. If declarer justified by the result-declarer to as an immedtate· d'tscar d o f 111s · ta ke , d took the se~ond heart and ducked ·ng club on dummy s secon two spades into East's hand, then IOSI I . high diamond, then West, h~ dmg tried to set up a third club trick his Ace of trumps until the without letting West get the lead. up ~ . third round, can play a 1orcmg The defence now came to four game with hi~ t~o good diamon.ds hearts, two spades and a club. and his remammg club to restnct "And we had 28 points!" they declarer to nine tricks, while if cried, as we wrote down 1,000 of the losing club is not discarded the st~rner sort. West has another club to lead Folkestone Congress when he wins the third trump. The John Lukey Cup (teams An undeserved piece of good championship) was won con­ fortune came our way on this vincingly by Mrs. R. Markus, hand from another event:- B. Schapiro, R. A. Priday and South dealer M. Wolach, with Mr and Mrs. Love all H. W. Haycocks, R. Go,uld and NORTH E. Potter in second place. The + AQ 7 3 winners went on to add the one­ \19 4.2 session mixed teams-of-four to K 7 5 0 their bag with a clear lead over + K9 8 Mrs. · R. Corwen, Mrs. P. Wil­ WEST EAST liams, W. J. Langiert and A. G . • 5 K J 10 6 4 + Jeffery. ~KQJ86 '\} 7 3 The Invicta Cup (pairs cham­ 010632 . 0 9 8 4 pionship) went to A. Wardman + Q104 • 6 52 and C. Bowcher, with R. A. SOUTH Priday and M. Wolach second • 9 8 2 and Mrs. V. Cooper and C. A. \1 A 10 5 James third. 0 AQJ A much discussed deal from the + AJ7 3 mixed teams-of-four:- SourH WEST NORTH EAST See next page 1. 1\/ I+ No INT No 3NT Dbl. South opened One Heart and Redbl. No No No ended in Four Hearts after a 25 East dealer East-West game The n ~ w, true classic of bridge-­ (Guy Ramsey in the Doily Telerraph) NoRTH • 54 983 THE EXPERT GAME 0 A 7 2 by Terence Reese + A K 10 7 4 WEST EAST Edward Arnold Ltd. lls. 6d. + KQ8 6 • 9 7 2 - A 10 7 6 4 dummy and relying on East OKQ8653 0 10 9 4 holding at least three clubs, but • 53 • 9 8 2 this line of play was not always SOUTH found. + A J 10 3 An oddity from one of the KQJ52 minor events was shown to me :­ OJ East dealer + QJ6 Love all NORTH take-out double on the first round • 9 7 3 2 by West. The King of diamonds 10 7 4 KQ83 surely with West because of his 0 Q3 0 5 vulnerable double). When the • J 10 9 6 3 + AQ872 hand was played most Souths felt SOVTH unequal to the task of explaining + KQ4 to uncomprehending team-mates '\/ 9 6 how they only made ten tricks OAKJ98762 and led a small heart to the King at the second trick. This lost to After a rather mysterious auc- the bare Ace, a second diamond tion South· -became declarer in was led and ruffed, and

You are the declarer and hold is g.iven by th.e number of ways of in one suit AKx in your hand and talcing 2 reds from 6, multiplied xxxx in dummy. You know that by the number of ways of taking the a priori probability of a 3-3 11 blacks from 20, divided by the · break in that suit is 0.36. Suppose number of ways of taking 13 from that you play off the Ace and King 26. The probability of a 4-2 and both opponents follow to both division of the cards is given by the rounds. Have the probabilities sum of the probability of getting altered and, if so, by how much? 2 and the probability of getting ·4 reds. Truscott, in his article in the January, 1961, issue of the Britislz Turning to the case in point, Bridge World, assumed that they there is but one way of taking did not, while Laver and Telfer, 6 (or none), there are 6 ways of in their comments on the article, taking 5 (or 1), there are 15 ways maintained that they did. Who of taking 4 (or 2) and there are is right? 20 ways of taking 3 from 6. Let To answer this question one us call the 6 cards a, b, c, d, e and f must go back to the fundamental and let us assume that two method for calculating distribu­ rounds have been played and tional probabilities. Assuming both opponents followed, so that that the opponents' cards are we can ignore the 6-0 and 5-l divided in a random manner­ distributions. If we write down that is, the shuffle was perfect and the different initial possibilities the deal fair-the probabilities we have the following:- for the distributi~n of six missing 4-2 3-3 cards are given by the answers to abed · ef abc def the problem: Given six red and abce df abd cef twenty black discs in a bag, what abcf de abe cdf are the chances of getting from abde cf abf cdc 0 to 6 reds when drawing 13? abdf ce acd bef Thus, the probability of getting abef cd ace bdf 2 reds (which is equal to the acde bf acf bde probability of getting 4, evidently) acdf be a de bcf 28 adf bee acef bd only. ~4. ~er cent of the original adef be aef bed possJb1ht1es remain (the 48 per bcdC af cent chance of a 4-2 break and bcdf ae the 36 per cent chance of 3-3) beef ad and that therefore, so far as these bdcf ac 84 per cent are concerned, 57 per cdcf ab cent of the chances favour 4-2 After two rounds the 15 4-2 and 43 per cent are for 3-3. This possibilities have become 15 differ- is arithmetically sound but othcr­ ent 2-0 possibi1ities and the 10 wise meaningless, since it is but 3-3 possibilities have become 10 another way of stating that we 1-1; the relative odds for 4-2 expect to get a 3-3 break 36 against 3-3 remain 3:2. How, times in every 100. It is true that then, did Laver and Telfer obtain we have discovered that the hand their answers? in question is not one of those First of all, a distinction must which we expect to occur with a be drawn between the absolute frequency of 16 times in every probability of an event occurring, 100, wherein the six ca'rds are the absolute odds against the split either 6-0 or 5-1, but the event and the relative odds in basic probability of a 3-3 split favour of one or two mutually is unchanged. Furthermore, the exclusive events. For example, ~elative odds in favour of 4-2 the absolute a priori probability against 3-3 arc still 4:3. of a 4-2 break of 6 cards is 0.48 Laver obtains the result that and the absolute odds against 4-2 "if you play off the AK and a11 arc 52:48; the relative odds for follow the chance of finding a 3-3 4-2 against 3-3 however, are break is over 50 per cent" by 48:36. ' applying the method for calcu- S lating the a priori probabilities to th econdly, it is assumed that t 11e new case, m• wh' JC h on 1y two e defenders had free choice and cards remain of the suit in which

4 that~ no inference can be drawn we are mtereste· d . In so d omg, h c rom the exact cards played. must specify these cards-say, of hTelfer said that, in this instance the six cards a, b, c, d, e and f~ ~ e chance of a 3-3 break change~ the two which remain are a and b. rom 0.36 to 0.43 after two (After all, he cannot say-"aftcr arrounds . · Hc gets th1s . result by four cards have been played to gumg that, the 6-0 and 5- l the first two rounds, the two rc­ b reaks· 1tavmg · been eliminated, mammg arc a, b and c!") AlJ 29 other possibilities are, by this ~~i.ch .= is depep?ent upon the hypothesis, declared impossible. Jmttal (qmdom) distribution-and Referring to the tables above, the the need to conform. to the Laws only arrangements of the cards of Contract Bndge, of course! which fall within the framework From these arguments I dra\ imposed by this hypothesis are two deductions. Firstly, Truscot: the first six of the fifteen listed was right to assume that the under 4-2 and the last six of the probabilities do not vary with the ten listed under 3-3, and hence play of the cards. Secondly, so the result quoted by Laver is far as the distribution of missing obtained. The result is wrong cards is concerned only the a because the underlying assump­ priori probabilities matter. The tion is invalid. · phiy of the cards may reveal a change in the probability of a An analogy is sometimes sought specific event occurring in a between the situation I have been particular hand, but only to the analysing and the results of a extent that the distribution of that coin-spinning test; it is argued hand restricts the freedom of that the chance of getting exactly choice of the defenders to play 3 heads in 6 spins of a coin is their cards in a random manner. 20:64, but if after 4 spins you have already 2 heads then the · chaQce of getting your "3 from 6" becomes 2 :4. The analogy is Practical Odds at Bridge false, however, because in coin­ by Roy Telfer spinning we are dealing with a Reviewed by Terence Reese succession of independent events, Readers who are at home with a each of which is unaffected by . theoretical article such as that above what has gone before and has no will be especially interested in this effect on what is still to come. monograph, obtainable for 20/- from the author at Moor View House, The pattern of a bridge hand, Moor View Terrace, Plymouth. on the contrary, is uniquely deter- The book is not all theory by any means: it contains numerous problem mined by the deal of that hand. hands of the sort that requires under· Neither the probability of getting standing of odds. a specific break in a particular Mathematics is always with us, suit nor the relative odds ·within even in such matters as counting a suit of that suit splitting in one change and avoiding bigamy, as Alec Traub drolly remarks in the Foreword. way rather than another are t altered b th f h Here we see its special application ° Y e P1 ay o t e cards, bridge. 30 e reproduce the June problems )JeiOW W p;.;jem No. 1 (10_ points) Problem No. 5 (10 points) Match-point patrs, game all, the Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ bidding has gone:- able, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1+ No No 1+ 10 Db!. No 1" 2+ 1 <;? No 3NT No ? ? south holds:- South holds:- +Al072 A86 OQ9754 +AK. + - "AK5432 OQ32 +9754. What should South_bid? What should South bid ?

Problem No. 2 (JOpoints) Problem No. 6 (10 points) I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding Match-point pairs, game all, the has gone:- bidding has gone:- Sourn WEST NORTH SouTH WEST NORTH .EAST No No 10 20 No No 2+ No No 3+ No ? South holds:- South holds:- t86 \?K9875 096 +K1063. +AQ1063 "K74 0 65 .+Q84. What should South bid? What should South bid?

Problem No. 3 (20 points) Problem No. 7 (20 poin.ts) I.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable, Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding has gone:- the bidding has gone:- SOUTH WEST SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST EAST 1+ Dbl. Redbl. No No No 2+ No No No ? No No .south holds:- ? South holds:- +Q73 \?9752 OA643 +87. (a) Do you agree with South's first­ +K65 "KJ1062 OQJ65 +Q. (a) Do you agree with Two Dia­ round pass? If not, what alternative do you prefer? monds? If not, what alternative do you prefer? (b) What should South bid now? (b) What should South bid now? Problem No. 4 (10 points) Problem No. 8 (10 points) Rubber bridge, North-South vulner­ J.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding able, the bidding has gone:- has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST . SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1+ No No 10 1\? 2NT 10 No No No 3NT Db!. No ? No No South holds:- Sou~h holds:- +Qs 0Al05 OAJ874 +152. +6S4 AI032 0 1064 +973. What should South bid? What should South lead ? 31 You Say. • • Readers are invited to send letters on all subjects to the Editor, B.B.W., 35 Dover Street, London, W.I

The hand discussed recently 1nonds. This play. succeeds almost by Reese and Franklin on the 74 per cent of the time. radio and the Listener deserves It is easy to compare the play some additional comment. of the spade finesse first as WEST - EAST against' the diamond finesse. If • 94 + AQ5 the diamonds are divided 3-2 '::}A Q 10 8 6 3 '::} K 9 7 3 both plays achieve exactly the same result. 0 KJ 7 4 0 A9 62 + 8 + AS If the diamonds are 4-1 and the spade finesse succeeds, my Contract, ·six Hearts by West. suggested play loses when North Club lead by North. has the bare Queen of diamonds. The suggested play of stripping On the other hand, when the trumps and clubs, followed by a diamonds are 4-1 and the spade spade finesse and playing dia­ finesse is wrong, my suggested monds according to the result, play gains when North has the succeeds 68!- per cent. singleton 3, 5, 8 or 10 of dia­ The play of two contestants nlonds. who stripped trumps and clubs, , cashed King of diamonds and Glasgow, S.l. played a low diamond to the 9, succeeds Z1 per cent. This plan Perhaps I have got a bit con­ was accepted by . the problem editors. fused over this hand, but ! cannot see how your play of finessing OJ The play of Louis Shenkin, is better than the play to which namely, stripping and cashing you accord 71 per cent-that of Ace and King of diamonds suc­ eliminating, then playing OK and ceeds 70 per cent of the time and low to the 9 when North plays low. therefore merited equal mention. Consider first when the sp~de Oddly enough there is a play finesse is right. Your play fails, superior to all of these. Strip as as you say, when North has smg· le­ before and finesse Jack of dia- ton 0 Q. The other play ne,·er 32 Jails, for the diamonds are played not appear on new playing cards to lose one trick at most. in South Africa. They will be So we can concentrate on occa- replaced by Kommandants, vrous sions when the spade finesse is (women) and Boers (farmers). wrong. And the face of President Kruger Your play loses (as compared will replace the Ace." with the other) when North has With Dr. Verwoerd deputising singleton Queen, as before, or for the Joker, perhaps? Q853, or Q10, or Qx or Qxx. DAVID W. POYNER, The other play loses only whe11 Newbury Park, Ilford. South has precisely Q 1Ox or QIOxx or Qxxx. . Interesting to know what they I wonder whether you over- will be given to use in Shanty looked some of the advantages of Town. Nat King Coie and Coal playing the King and then towards Black Mammies ? the 9, which succeeds when South has Qxx or Qx or 1Oxx or 1Ox. * * * In his article, Mathematical * * * Odds Deceive, Kenneth Konstam Congratulations to you on your discusses the best way to handle choice of editor of London and the combination: South, and to Alan Hi~on for Q 7 6 5 his lively article, of both technical A 10 9 8 and general interest. Could you persuade him to write special He mentions that to lead the articles every now and then? Queen and take two is the Chortles over his article with accepted . Actu­ Pedro Juan some time ago have ally it is slightly better to lead still not died down. low on the first round-this gaining when East shows void. P • G . D RAZIN, Bristol, 3_ The play suggested by Mr. Konstam is to lead the 8 and run There are many good writers in it, taking a second finesse if East the tournament world. Trouble is wins first time with the Jack. that most of them are exceedingly Psychological considerations lazy. apart, this play is ·t.12 per cent * * * inferior to leading the 5 towards Extract from the Daily Express the A1098. Mr. Konstam makes of May 29: · the point that West, with Kx, "Kings, Queens and Jacks will may give away his holding, thus 33 adding to the chances of his own take two finesses; against weak line of play. opponents, lead the 8 as Mr. Konstam suggests. That is true, but (a) If East holds KJxx he may 0LLE HOLMGREN play a deceptive King on the 8, Halsingborg, Sweden: causing South to go wrong on the Thank you for a skilful analysis. next round. Konstam will tell you: most players (b) If West has the singleton are weak. King or KJxx he may play the King in either event and South \\'addington Cup will not be sure whether to play London University beat Sheffield the Queen or Ace next. University in the final by 6 I.M.P. So, leading the 8 may be a Teams: slight trap for declarer himself. LONDON : R . Arney, A. Walkdcn B. Marks, R . Harris, D. Mobbs,' My conclusion is that against L. Bergman. strong opponents the best chance SHEFFIELD : M. N. O'Brien, C. Davis, is to lead low from dummy and P. Brown, M. de Belin. One Hundred Up Conducted by ALAN TRUSCOTT July Competition A panel of experts will answer the questions and the marking of the competition will be determined by, though not necessarily in strict proportion to, the vo~es of the panel. The following prizes are offered for the best sets of answers:- FIRST PRIZE . Two Guineas. SECOND AND TIDRD PRIZES One Guinea. Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in more than one entry. Only annual subscribers to the B.B.W. are eligible for prizes. Answers should be sent to One Hundred Up, British Bridge World, 35 Dover Street, London, · W.l, to arrive not later than first . post 00 August 1. Some latitude will be given to overseas competitors. 34 No 1 (10 points) Problem No. 5 (10 points) pro bl cm • . . Match-point paJrs, game all, the Match-point pairs game all, the bidding has gone:- bidding has gone:- ' SoUTH WEST NORTH SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST t+ No I+ No 1\? Db I. No No Dbl. No No ? ? south holds:- South holds:- +Al072 ~A86 OQ974 + AK. + 9 \?Q73 018752 +10643. What should South bid? What should South bid?

1,roblcm No. 2 (10 points) Problem No. 6 (I 0 points) Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding has gonc:- has gone:- SourH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST t+ No 20 No t+ No 2\? No ? 2+ No 3\? No South holds:.:...... 3+ No 40 No +AJ1098 ~Q86 03 + AK82. '! What should South bid'! South holds:- + QJ764 \?- OJ 105 + AK1042 Problem No. 3 (20 points) What should South bid'! I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding Problem No. 7 (20 points) has gone:- L.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding SourH WEST NORTH EAST .has gone:- 10 No SoUTH WEsT NORTH EAST INT No 2\? No I+ No 10 No , . 2+ South holds:- 2+ No ? • J863 "KQ6 0 73 + K932. South holds:- (a) Do you agree with South's \?4 O K2 + 109843 response of One Spade? If not, what ·~ AKJ64 alternative do you prefer? (a) Do you agree with South's opening bid? 1f not, what alternative (b) What should South bid now? do you prefer? (b) Wh"t should South bid now'! Problem No. 4 (10 points) I.M.P. scoring, North-South vul­ Problem No. 8 (1 0 points) nc~ble, the bidding has gone:- l.M.P. scoring, the bidding has gone: uru WEST NORTH EAST SouTH WEsT NoRTH EAST No No lNT ~~ Dbl. (12-14) No 2+ No 3+ No t No No 6\? No 7\? No No No South holds:- South holds:- . K6 \!/AKQJ9 0AK2 + Q85. + 864 \?6 0102 + JI097653 What should South bid? What should South lead? 35 Directory of E.B.U. Affiliated Clubs

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RESULT OF JUNE COMPETITION This was a rugh-scoring month, partly as a result of the accident on problem t. More than three-quarters of the solvers happily offered a solution to this one, which suggests an insufficient awareness of distributional patterns. A player with fourteen cards should know it without having to count-the look of the hand should be enough. The contest resulted in yet another win for a great veteran.

Max. 100 Winner J. E. GORDON, Beech bank, Bromborough, Wirral, Cheshire. 98

Second J. HIBBERT, 15 Camellia Place, Twickenham, Middx. 94

Third J. E. TAYLOR, 15 Georges Wood Road, Brookmans Park, Hatfield, Herts. 92

Other leading scores: Mrs. T. SIMONS, 90; G. K. RussELL and D. A. PERCIVAL, 89: R. SWINGLER and E. D. PooLE, 88; V. J. G. EAYRES, J. K. PATES and R. P. PRioR, ~7.

GOLD CUP FINAL (su\· Carlo v. Mrs Markus. Provisionally fixed for July 29th & 30th ~ect to press confirmation). · · Venue: Polish Hearth, 55 Princes Gate, S.W.7. Admission 2/6d. 37 One Hundred Up by ALAN TRUSCOTT

June solutions : If you did not enter for the June competition, try your hand at the problems on page 31 before reading how the experts voted.

The panel for the June problems Problem No.2 (10 points) consisted of the following twelve I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding experts: G. C. H. Fox, Mrs. R. Markus, has gone:- F. North, J. Nunes, J. T. Reese, C. SouTH WEsT NoRTH EAsr Rodrigue, J. Sharples and N. S. L. No No 10 I+ Smart, all of London and the Home No 2+ No No Counties; C. E. Phillips, Cheshire; ? J. Hochwald, Yorkshire; P. Swinnerton­ South holds:- Dyer, Cambridge; H. Filarski, Amster­ dam. + 86 ~K9875 096 + K1063. What should South bid? Problem No. 1 (10 points) Answer: No Bid, 10; 2NT, 8. Match-point pairs, game all, the bidding has gone:- The panel's vote: 7 for No Bid; 5 for Sourn WEsT NORTH EAST 2NT (Mrs. Markus, North, Phillips, 1+ No No Reese and Sharples). Db!. No 1~ 2+ South has a strong feeling that he will ? ·get the worst of it if he passes. His SO:~th holds:-· side may be able to make nine tricks in some suit, and he may get a plus score . "'"1072 ~A86 OQ9754 + AK. What should South bid? if he can push the opposition to Three Spades. The trouble is . that the right A gremlin inserted an additional spot for North-South could be clubs, diamond into South's hand, so the diamonds or hearts, so if South is to take problem is void. All solvers will action at all he must find a bid which will receive an automatic ten points, and the leave North a choice. On this basis problem will be repeated in the July the only sensible action is: competition. I shall not reveal the SHARPLES: "Two No Trumps. names of the five distinguished panelists Unless we make some competitive who happily provided answers to this gesture now we may find ourselves question, especially as nearly all the losing a part-score in both rooms. My solvers fell into the trap. One panelist failure to raise diamonds or bid no was sub-consciously on the right lines trumps previously marks me with a when he wrote: "Looking superficially hand of this sort with emphasis on the at this hand there seem to be a lot of unbid suits." . good cards but there are a lot of losers This pinpoints one of the c.htef as well." Quite so. The Losing Trick differences between the rubber bndge Cou~t appe.ars to break down when therej.~._ player and the duplicate player.. There arc .ctght wmners and six losers. -.are many bids which at first stght are ~ 38 . gless The rubber bridge player rneamn · . FILARSKl ·suggested that South might loys them at all, but the duph- never emp h have bid Two Hearts on the first round er can usually harness t em to cate Play . but this sounds simply like ex pos~ deal with certain hands whtch are other- facto melancholy. There was one good wise unbiddable. forecast: It took me a little time to decide SMART: "No Bid. An unfair question which call had been selected by : to which only P. Swinnerton-Dyer MRS. MARKUS: "I do not believe that could be expected to give a coherent in practice 1 would bid on this hand, answer." but you may easily have a ba~ s~ore by SWJNNERTON-DYER: "No Bid. South passing and the only correct btd 1s 2NT. has an ideal bid in the sense of showing Partner may leave in a double ·Two what he has-at this stage 2NT will Spades, which, of course, does not seem paint an admirable picture. (This a happy solution. 2NT could hardly be cannot be natural after his second­ misunderstood. If partner has not got round pass.) Unhappily bidding is rour clubs or four hearts he should have not just a matter of giving information: at least five diamonds." one has to finish in a reasonable As 100 UP is a theoretical rather than contract. Here the risk of running into a practical test, this has been registered disaster on a misfit outweighs the chance as a vote for 2NT. of gain from competing, since they are If the club and heart suits were known· to have a fit in the highest­ exchanged in the South hand, there ranking suit." would probably have bee.n a number of votes for Three Clubs, which still leaves Problem No. 3 (20 points) an open door to Three Diamonds. I.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable . 2NT therefore strongly suggests that .the bidding has gone:- South has length in hearts. A few SouTH WEsT NoRTH EAsT years ago I wrote an article setting out t+ Dbl. Redbl. some positions in which a no trump bid No 2+ No No may imply possession of the higher­ ? ranking suit, and one panelist actually South holds:- remembered this: + Q73 ~9752 OA643 + 87. (a) Do you agree with South's first­ REESE: "Two No Trumps. Must round pass? If not, what alternative do show the Eminent Conductor that we read his emment articles." you prefer? (b) What should South bid now? Thank you for Eminent Conductor. (Better not abbreviated to E.C. which Answer to (a): Agree with South's ass I 0 · prefer Two Hearts, 9; prefer might lead to confusion with an Ameri­ P , ' I can writer.) Two Diamonds, 6; prefer lNT, 3. Most of the majority group simply The panel's vote: 5 agree with South's th~ught that the possible gain out­ pass; 4 prefer Two Hearts (Filarski, Wetghed the possible Joss. Fox was Hochwald, North and Swinnerton­ one of the few who considered the Dyer);' 2 prefer Two Diamonds (Fox I>Ossibilities of 2NT, but he was dis­ and Smart); 1 prefers 1NT (Nunes). couraged by North's failure to double I suspect that the last problem and on the second round. this one might have had some different 39 answers if the conditions had specified show any honours it will encourage match-point pairs. As it is the largest partner, and my hand justifies this group is prepared to go quietly. much. The . n~rmal doctrine With balanced strength m such cases is to p REESE: "Agree with No Bid. Your . ' ~s suits are not such that you wish to an d raase partner s suit-but there w propose them voluntarily, and you do do know what suit to play in and ma; not know that West is going to bid in as well initiate action at once. To P~s front of partner." is defensible: a bid of lNT would be Quite likely, surely. Point addition beneath contempt." suggests West is sub-minimum. NuNES: "No, prefer One No Trump. SHARPLES: "Agree with No Bid. I like to get the hand off my chest. There is really no convenient bid at the Partner knows that I have about 6 or two-level on such shabby 4-card suits. 7 points with a spade picture." But if the opening bid had been One Answer to (b): No Bid, 10; 2NT, 5; Club, for example, a bid would now be Three Diamonds, 3. mandatory." One minority view was: The panel's vote: 9 for No Bid; 2 for _ Fox: "No, prefer Two Diamonds. 2NT (Phillips and Swinnerton-Dyer); There seems little risk in making this 1 for Three Diamonds (Hochwald). bid. If you pass and partner removes to One or two panelists were able to Two Clubs and is doubled, you will not gloat over their decision to bid in (a): know whether to take out to Two 'NoRm: "No Bid. We are now well Diamonds." a~d truly fixed, which serves us right for In that slightly unlikely event a being so cowardly on the first round." redouble would surely be appropriate Several of the passers pointed out to find a red suit fit. To bid Two that th~ vulnerability makes North's Diamonds seems to exclude the heart double more suspect ihan East's re­ suit, and its only slight advantage would double. MRS. MARKUS stated she seem to be in assisting the opening lead. 1 would be very happy for the opponents There were rather stronger arguments to play the hand ·in Two Spades, but for bidding the other red suit: others were rather less satisfied: NoRTH: "No, prefer Two . Hearts. SMART: "No Bid. Too late. They Partners who double opening bids of may be taking us for a ride, but to One Spade should have respectable guess the wrong red suit now is likely hearts, and while the big card holders to cost too much." will doubtless pass without a second's I fail to see that you would have been thought I find the South hand quite any better after your response of Two attractive. Without the ace of diamonds Diamonds to (a). But the two heart (more my type of hand!) I would pass." bidders would now have been in a SwtNNERTON-DYER: "No, prefer Two position to bid Three Diamonds if they Hearts. In these positions a bid so wished. normally shows a strong preference as If South does take action he is not between suits, and partner may be obliged to take a blind stab at a red disappointed on seeing my heart holding. suit: (With lu_ck he may never see it. A.T.). PHILLIPS: "Two No Trumps. We But even though Two Hearts does not must compete now that opponents have 40 . . d themselves. Partner may take HocHWALD: "Two Spades, 1 have lunneas asking for a choice between the got a game-going hand, and if partner 2~ but if he says Three Clubs we has got half a spade stopper I want to be mmors, t Three Diamonds. It should in 3NT or any other game. It could be nvert o . ~ c0 be clear that we are seekmg pre1er- that 3NT played from the other hand now between the re d su1't s. , might be better, but with Ax in spades "T · N ence """ERTON-DYER: WO 0 he could bid Three Spades and leave the S\VIf'l•• • It would be wrong to g1vc up 3NT bid to me." TrumP·S J . po'nt · we may well have the SHARPLES made the same point. One at th IS 1 ' b nee of strength. But though hearts 1 Two Spade bidder was really a pessi­ . a a obably our best suit, Three Hearts mistic in disguise: IS pr , b'd t' t wou ld not now be a w1se 1 10r. wo PHILLIPS: "Two Spades. Game looks reasons: it puts all ou~ eggs m one unlikely after partner's refusal to rebid, basket and it tends to mduce a heart and I would propose to pass his next lead fr~m partner against Three Spades." bid, whatever that may be." This should not be taken too literally Problem No. 4 (to points) in view of the possible Three Spades Rubber bridge, North-South vulner- from North mentioned earlier. But able, the bidding has gone:- certainly Two Spades is a more attractive SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST effort if South intends to pass a rebid 1+ No of Three Clubs, for example. The other 10 No No Two Spade bidders did not clarify this ? point. South holds:- A sound alternative which would not +QS ~Al05 OAJ874 + J52. occur to everyone is: "Swinnerton­ What should South bid? Dyer: Three Clubs. Since partner Answer: Two Spades, 10; Three could not double One Spade he should Clubs, 9; 2NT, 6; Two Hearts, Two ha.ve a club suit. If not, a correction Clubs or INT, 4. to Three Diamonds should do no harm." The symbol for hearts was accidentally The pa11el's vote: 4 for Two Spades;· displaced by 'the diamond symbol in 3 for Three Clubs (Nunes, Smart and the question, and this provoked one or Swinnerton-Dyer); 2 for 2NT (Filarski two mild titters from panelists: and Reese); 1 for Two Hearts (Rodrigue and Reese); 1 for Two Hearts SMART: "Three Clubs. Hoping to (Rodrigue); 1 for Two Clubs (North); hear partner bid Three Spades and so to I forINT (Mrs. Markus). 3NT. If partner 'does not understand The majority group was angling for directional asking bids', or has signed a no trumps, but had an obvious difficulty manifesto against artificiality, I am to face: compelled to bid 2NT. . One of my Fox: "Two Spades. The trouble is aces of diamonds should score." · That 2NT bid is not as silly as it ~at a no trump contract is going to . Played from the wrong hand, but it is looks, and got support from two ~fficult to find a bid. which will coax distinguished panelists: orth into bidding spades for the lead REESE: "Two No Trumps. The~e is to come up to Qx." nothing else, and this wil~ probably be There is a way round this: all right if West has ace-kmg of spades. 41 If East doubles 3NT, suggesting a high Problem No. 5 (10 points) honour, you can reconsider." . . Match-point pairs, East-West vulnc _ This is similar in principle to btddmg able, the bidding has gone:- r no trumps with a singleton king of the SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST suit bid on the left-a described in 1+ 10 a recent issue reporting the London 1\7 No 3NT No ?. Congress. FJLARSKI: "Two No Trumps. The South holds:- bad bid we all make in rubber bridge. +- \7AK5432 OQ32 +9754. (That puts Dutch rubber bridge 011 a What should South bid? pretty high imagillative plane. A.T.). Answer: Four Clubs, 10; No Bid 6· Probably- some panelists will vote for Four Hearts, 4. ' ' Two Hearts-but I do not believe they The panel's vote: 7 for Four Clubs· will make that bid in practice." 4 for No Bid (Filarski, Hochwald RoDRIGUE: "Two Hearts. Reversing Mrs. Markus and Phillips); l for Four into my second diamond suit, and hoping Hearts (Smart). for Two Spades-Two No Trumps." One panelist described this as a silly This could well be one of the hands question, and advised full marks for any on which no game can be made although bid tending towards a slam. In self­ the point-count seems adequate. This defence against the charge of bad line of thought accounts for the gloomy question-setting, I must explain that this but not unreasonable position taken by was put in by request of two of the usual two panelists: panelists to settle a private fight. NoRTH: "Two Clubs. Clearly we SMART: "Four Hearts. As none have reserves but I never mind holding has mentioned spades, I shall expect back in this position since a ' part-score, partner to have 3, probably 4. Even added to the game advantage, can be a so they have to be pretty solid, inter­ great asset at rubber bridge. Besides mediate-wise, for 3NT; and if the hearts partner may still be able to say do not break 3NT is going a few off something of interest." with Four Hearts probably on. Pro­ He might, it is true, but I would lay · vided partner has at least one minor you substantial odds against. suit ace, we should make at least one MRs. MARKUS: "One No Trump· more trick in hearts." The only prospect on this hand is a As far as slam interest goes, this vote contract in 3NT. Partner could not must be registered with the passers: bid Two Clubs or Two Diamonds over FILARSKI: "No bid. After consider­ One Spade, therefore my 1NT bid able consideration, because: (a) 3NT suggests to partner to reach a game in making 11 or 12 tricks will be a fine no trumps. Any top honour would be score, and prospects of a suit slam are useful as long as South plays the hand. doubtful; (b) North probably holds a lf partner cannot find a further bid over double spade stopper, which wiii be of 1NT it will certainly be as good a little value in a slam contract; .(c) . Itke contract as any other." North's clubs may be somet hmg True up to a point, but partner will Q IOxx or QJxx in which case every ' . than surely read 1NT as contesting the part­ high trump contract Will be worse score rather than suggesting a game. 3NT." 42 These are all good poinths .ankd FP~1 illipk~ S.OUTH WEST NORTH EAST similarly but 1 t m 11 ars 1 20 No argue d 'bT f I . overlooks the poss~ 1 tty 0 p aymg nor No 3+ No after makmg a slam try. I trumps h bids Four Clubs then Nort can South holds:- sout h 1 · ff h ld" try 4NT as a natura stgn-o o mg +AQJ063 \?K74 065 +Q84. good spades and poor clubs. What should South bid? HocHWALD: "No Bid.. With a freak Answer: 3NT, 10; Four Clubs, 9; hand any bid can be nght wrong. ~r Three Hearts, 5; Three Diamonds 4 · With a diamond ruff threatemng, there Three Spades, 3. ' ' · reason to think Four Hearts will be IS • h k better, and that bid mtg t provo e The panel's vote: 4 for 3NT; 4 for a Four Spades save. Where are all the Four Clubs (Pilarski, Hochwald, Mrs. Markus and Reese); 2 for Three Hearts spades anyway?" (Rodrigue and Sharples); 1 for Three MRS. MARKUS: "No Bid. This is a Diamonds (Fox); and 1 for Three choice between a Five Clubs bid and a Spades (Phillips). pass, but as I know the hand I will This hand caused trouble in the certainly pass." southern area semi-final of the National This seems to me to be taking a mean Pairs, and in giving a casting vote to and unethical advantage of a fortuitous 3NT I have allowed myself to be circumstance. "Director!" influenced by the fact that this was the Keeping a flattering foot in each camp winning bid. Many pairs arrived at was: hopeless slam contracts, and even a RoDRIGUE: "Four Clubs. Except minor-suit game was precarious. with Mrs. Markus. Hoping for Four SMART: "Three No Trumps. This Diamonds en route to a slam." . was a good hand until the Three Club Most of the panelists admitted that the bid. Now all our stuff is likely to be right final level was still wildly uncertain, wasted, and I, for one, want out. If but hoped to be able to judge the partner is 6-4 in the minors he will position. leave it alone." The opposite view: · NORTH: "Four Clubs. Much will depen~ on the quality of North's clubs. MRs. MARKUS: "Four Clubs. If A grand slam is easily possible. On partner had wished to play it in no the other hand, Five Clubs or Five trumps he should have bid 2NT over Hearts may be enough. With luck Two Spades. If partner has a genuine we shall be able to find out in time." two-suiter my hand should be useful for a club slam or game." · REESE: "Four Clubs. There could be RODRIGUE and SHARPLES both regar­ a grand slam; but I certainly subside if ded Three Hearts as a suitable method Partner makes a minimum call <.'n the next round." of marking time. I would prefer to leave time unmarked and look for the Problem No. 6 (10 points) right contract. Of the other minority efforts Three Diamonds is reasonable . Match-point pairs II the enough, but Three Spades gives me the bidding has gone:- ' game a , shudders. 43 Problem No. 7 (20 points) 8 ; Three Hearts, 6; No Bid, 5. Rubber bridge, Jove all , the bidding The panel's vote: . 5 for 2NT· 3 ~ has gone:- No Bid (Nunes, Smart, and Swin~erto~~ SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST Dyer); 2 for Two Spades (Rodrigue 1+ No and Sharples); 1 for Three Hearts 1 ~ No 2+ No (Mrs. Markus). Hochwald did not 20 No 2~ No record a vote. ? The marking may appear odd in South holds:- view of the panel's vote, but the basic + K65 ~KJ1062 OQJ65 + Q. division is between the eight panelists (a) Do you agree . with Two Dia­ who judged the hand worth a try and monds? If not, what alternative do you the three who were content to give up, prefer? The most obvious try . was well (b) What should South bid now? supported: Answer to (a): Prefer 2NT, 10; FILARSKI: "Two No Trumps. The Agree with Two Diamonds, 9. Queen of Clubs, although singleton, The panel's vote: 6 for prefer 2NT; might be the keycard to make 3NT." 5 for agree with Two Diamonds (Nunes, MRs. MARKUS' suggestion of Three Reese, Rodrigue, Sharples and Hearts was rejected by some other Swinnerton-Dyer). panelists on the grounds that Two Dia­ My thanks to SMART, whose accidental monds has already shown a 5-card omission to vote prevented a' possible tie. heart suit by inference. There seems One group of panelists were anxious more to be said for this choice: not to give away too much information. RoDRIGUE: "Two Spades. Three HocHWALD: "No, prefer 2NT. I Hearts is possible but should show a expect to reach game, probably in no 6-card suit as North is likely to have trumps, and I do not want to inhibit . only a doubleton. 2NT, on the other the diamond lead." hand, would imply a weak 5-card PHILLIPs: "No, prefer 2NT. Two heart suit, and in any case no trumps Diamonds is unconstructive, and serves may well be better from the ·North only to give information to the enemy." position." NoRm: "No, prefer 2NT. This SHARPLES: "Two Spades. I am not seems a rational bid with an honour in easily discouraged at rubber bridge. clubs and a number of scattered points. At pairs scoring a pass would have a South's effort of Two Diam~nds lot to recommend it." seems an extraordinary choice and I Of those who opted for the pass, one can only assume he was thinking of vote was apparently influenced by something else when he made his bid." distrust of partner's optimism: . REESE: "Agree with Two Diamonds. SWINNERTON-DYER: "No Bid. ThJS You are a bit weak for 2NT at this sounds like the last chance to stop in a point." makeable contract. At this point 2NT NUNES and SWINNERTON-DYER both is bound to be raised (his partners all made the point that it may be advan­ have a touching faith ill his dum~IIY· tageous for the lead to come up to play. A.T.); and it will have h~le North's spades in a no trump contract. chance unless · we can run the clu s. Answer to (b): 2NT, 10; Two Spade~, This I do not wish to rely on." 44 Another vote was i~~uendce~ by h' faith in the opposthon e,ence: La Revue Beige touc mgr· "No Bid. This answer is a SMAR · . . OO% lie because m real hfe I would 2 du .d on c'ounting on a less-than-Elysian 0 ' d defence.~ But with an aceless han I Bridge would not fancy my chances over the Styx." . One short for the Grand Nattonal. Un programme complet pour amateurs et experts Problem No. 8 (10 points) J.M.P. scoring, game _all, the bidding Direction technique: has gone:- Sourn WEsT · NoRTH EAsT A. Finklestein No 10 1'V> 2NT No - 3NT Dbl. No Abonnement annuel No No ( 12 numeros) South holds:- 220 frs. belges +654 (I>A1032 01064 +973. What should South lead? A11swer:' Ten of Diamonds, 10; a 64, Avenue Louise, Bruxelles. small diamond, 7; any other card, 2. The panel's vote: 8 for Ten of Diamonds; 1 for the Ace of Hearts them would be that I was void. The (Filarski); 1 for the Two of Hearts disadvantage of leading a heart is that (Smart); 1 for Six of Spades (Hochwald); East will win and run ofT a long club I for the Nine of Clubs (Nunes). suit. Even if he has not enough top This interesting problem was con­ spades for the game, the best result will tributed by Mr. C. E. Holmes of not have been obtained." Newcastle. It is a fairly clear example The next answer explains why the of circumstances altering cases. Te~ of Diamonds is better than a low Fox: "Ten of Diamonds. Partner . one: ~as 'officially' asked for a heart which is REESE: "The double conventionally Impossible since his suit is at best suggests partner's own suit, but it is Queen-Jack high. He may have impossible here that partner should psyched and have a hidden club suit have sufficient hearts to direct that but · · ' .. It seems more likely that he is lead. It is more likely that he has Slltmg. over West •s d'tamonds East 0 A Q J 9 and there is 1400 round the With n d • ' 0 goo diamond fit may hold corner." K~d clubs and a heart stop~" The minority answers do not impress. WINNERTON-DYER' "Ten of Dia­ Here is one which seems to be applying mond~. Partner sho.uld have at least .the principles of the Lightner double one diamond . on w· . trtck for his double, and to this very different situation: loJ'udmnmg the first trick should be able NUNES: "A club. The only hand I ge that m h can give my partner to justify his double the 1 Y carts are very good- on Y· other reason for not leading is something like Five Hearts to the 45 Spades, so a club lead stands ·out." HocHWALD: "S.ix of Spades. A heart lead must glVe declarer a t . k an d a d1amon' d lead will give himnc a THE AMERI£AN . A spade seems the best chan . h ~ to g1ve partner t e lead, after which heart switch will bury the contract , a BRIDGE WORLD I feel that might be the right ans'we if . partner had not doubled. Th~ Subscriptions double must mean something, and as it for One Year • £2 6 0 cannot mean hearts it should mean Two Years • • £3 IS 0 diamonds. One panelist thought the double could mean hearts: SMART: "Two of Hearts. Partner Sole Agent in Great Britain : reckoned to beat this contract on a heart lead without knowing of my 1\ln. RiD Markus 5 Basil &laosioos, Basil Street, S. W .3 ace-ten to four. What tortuous piece of master-minding am I expected to produce, merely because my hearts are too. good? Maybe declarer is one of Queen-Jack and five solid clubs. those bidders on four to the nine one Declarer must surely have the King of reads about., Hearts, and my partner could not be ,, If a heart is to be led at all, there is doubling on the strength of diamond ll\UCh more to be said fo FILARSKI's stoppers. He has asked me not to aqe, which may give South the chance lead a heart, and he cannot have Five to judge a favourable switch. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS 5/- per line. Special terms for a series BRIDGE CLUBS AND HOTELS HARROW LONDON . HARROW BRIDGE CLUn-16 Northwick Park GRAND SLAM BRIDGE CLUB, 21 Craven Hill, Road, Harrow, Middx. Tel. Harrow 3908. W.2. Tel.: Pad 6842. Stakes 1/- and 2/-. Good standard Bridge in enjoyable atmosphere. Partnership evenings Mondays & Thursdays. Sessions twice daily. Partnership and Duplicate. Visitors welcome. 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PROMOTIONS To Life Master: Michael Wolach had a very successful weekend at the Folkestone Congress, enabling him to pass the three hundred mark, bringing the number in the top rank to twenty-one. To National Master: E. Leader-Williams (Surrey). To Master: F. H. Addison (Devon); R. F. Bland (Notts.); A. W. Eascy (London); Mrs. L. Hadfield (Yorkshire); G. P. Hirst (Yorkshire); L. F. Jones (Essex); Mrs. E. Leader-Williams (Surrey); Mrs. F. North (Sussex); J. W. Webb (Staffordshire).

LEADING SCORES Life Masters: J. Sharples (517); R. Sharples (517); M. Harrison-Gray (500); Mrs. P. Gordon (439); J. Nunes (437); B. Schapiro (416); A. Rose (410); P. F. Spurway (359); E. J. Spurway (358); S. Booker (348); Dr. S. Lee (325); M. J. Flint (323); D. C. Rimington (323); C. Rodrigue (321); Mrs. A. L. Fleming (319); Miss D. Shanahan (314); B. H. Franks (314); Dr. M. Rockfelt {311); M. Wolach (309); J. Lazarus (307); L. Tarlo (300). Hon. Life Masters: J. T. Reese (273); K ..W. Konstam (257); N. Gardener (161); L. W.Dodds (138); A. Meredith (30); J. Pavlides (17); J. C. H. Marx, E. W. Rayne. National Masters: *J. Hochwald (308); *I. Manning (303); A. Finlay (292); R.Swimer(292); Mrs. R. Markus (291); F. Farrington (288); A. F. Truscott (285); R. A. Priday (280); J. D. R. Collings (273); R. S. Brock (260); C. Vickerman 060); Mrs. M. Oldroyd (253); P. F. Swinnerton-Dyer (244); G. C. Griffiths (244); R. T. Higson (243); E. Leader-Williams (243); E. C. Milnes (239); I. M. Morris (235); G. Fell (229); R. Preston (229); F. North (222); H. Franklin (214); S. Blaser (208); N. S. L. Smart (204); R. Crown (200); A. Dormer (194); Mrs. G. Durran (188); Mrs. A. M. Hiron (187); E. Newman (182); P. Richardson (179); J. Bloomberg 078); P. Juan (178); Mrs. G. E. Higginson (172); Mrs. M. Whitaker (167); J. Miezis (166); J. Pugh (153). · • Needing four and seven "national" points, respectively, to qualify for Life Master rank.

~dies Individual Championship of Sheffield. Mrs. S. W. Thomas, The Cup was won Bristol, and Mrs. R. Oldroyd, at Harrogate by Mrs. J. Hadfield, Yorkshire, were equal second. 47 Diary of Events 1961 Sept. 22-24 N.E.B.A. CoNGRESS .. Saltbum 24-0ct. 5 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Torre Abbey, Torquay Oct. 6-8 MANCHESTER AREA OF N.W.C.B.A. CoN­ Belle Vue, GRESS · Manchester 13-16 E.B.U. AUTUMN CONGRESS .. Grand, Eastbourne 20-22 WEST OF ENGLAND CONGRESS Grant Atlantic, Weston-super-Mare DERBYSHIRE CONGRESS New Bath Hotel, Matlock 27-29 ST. DUNSTAN's CONGRESS Craiglands, llkley Nov. 4-5 FIRST CAMROSE TRIAL Nat. Lib. Club, London 10-12 N.W.C.B.A. CONGRESS Norbreck, Blackpool 18-19 CAMROSE MATCH V. WALES Away Young Players heats 10 and 17 WORLD BRDIGE FEDERATION PAR OLYMPIAD Clubs all over world 25-26 MASTERS' INDIVIDUAL London Dec. 2-3 Tollemache Cup S.E. London NORTH Craiglands, llkley s.w. Bristol MIDLANDS Welcombe, Stratford-on-A von 9-10 SECOND CAMROSE TRIAL Welcombe, Stratford-on-Avon 16-17 LEDERER CUP FOR CLUBS Staged by London Association 1962 Jan. 5-7 MIDLANDS COUNTIES CONGRESS Droitwich 13-14 TOLLEMACHE CUP FINAL Midlands 19-21 WHITELAw CuP Grand, Eastbourne 26-28 CROYDON CONGRESS (provisional) .. Croydon Feb. 3-4 MASTERS PAIRS ...... Victoria Halls, (Ample provision for spectators at 2s. 6d. Bloomsbury Sq. per session) RESTRICTED PAIRS Raven, Droitwich 17-18 CAMROSE MATCH .. YOUNG PLAYERS FINAL London 24-25 THE FIELD Nat. Lib. Club, London March 9-12 E.B.U. "SPRING FOURSOMES WEEKEND" Grand, East bourne 24-25 PORTLAND CLun Cup (B.B.L. EVENT) Eastbourne and, Yorkshtrc

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