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The QBA Bulletin January - March 2015 2 HE ULLETIN TPublished by the QueenslandQBA Bridge Association BJanuary-March 2015 Volume 41 No www.qldbridge.com Email: [email protected] 1 teams from China, Indonesia and From the many other nations. The Queensland GCC President winners of the Bobby Richman Open Pairs, Magnus Moren and Neville Francis, played exceptional bridge. The Open Teams was won by Taufik Asbi, Robert Parasian, Franky Karwur, Julius George and Beni Ibradi from Indonesia. Special David Keith thanks to our co-patrons the Hon. Stern McDonald John-Paul Langbroek, and the Hon. Steven Ciobo. OW does one judge the success CONGRATULATE Therese Tully Our attention now turns to the 20th Hof a bridge tournament? As an I and her team on another very Barrier Reef Congress hosted by organiser maybe the benchmark is successful Gold Coast Congress. I the Cairns Bridge Club Friday June the number of tables. Well, on that acknowledge and thank our sponsors 5-8 at the Hilton Cairns. There basis the 2015 GCC was extremely Cosmetic Plus (Larry Norden), Tony are Restricted and Novice events. successful as evidenced by the Bemrose Insurance Brokers, Oasis, Entries can be sent to William van following statistics. Hello Gold Coast, Paul Lavings Bakel (please see web site). This 'Table Sessions Played' was 7,759 Bridge Books and Supplies, Superior will be a wonderful event and a most in 2014 with an increase to 7,955 in Scapes (Magnus Moren), Powers enjoyable time for participants. 2015 while entries in the two major Financial Group, Two Men and a It is not to late to enter the fund raising events also showed an improvement Truck, Penline, Annette Maluish, for Neuroscience Research Australia with 22 more pairs and 10 more Greer Tucker, and Schweppes. The and Bridge for Brains. Clubs can teams. support of Restricted, Novice, and contact Kim Ellaway for details. The But I think the best way to judge Rookie players was appreciated. funds raised for the Make-A-Wish a successful tournament is the The overseas contingent included Foundation at the Gold Coast were satisfaction level of the participants 212 New Zealanders and important appreciated. ■and the compliments received after the tournament, and on that basis 2015 would figure highly in the 2016 Gold Coast Congress success stakes. February 19 - 27 Open Pairs Winners Contents From the President .......................................................................................................... 1 GCC by David Stern ....................................................................................................... 1 Modern Expert Bidding by Peter Gill........................................................................... 3 Novices by Mick Fawcett ................................................................................................ 6 Cuppaidge's Column by George Cuppaidge .............................................................. 8 Manager's Travels ............................................................................................................. 8 2014 Qld Senior Pairs by Richard McLauchlan .........................................................10 Warwick by Jim Evans ....................................................................................................11 Don't Scratch by Kamal Sangumarasa.........................................................................11 Teachers' Corner by Joan Butts...................................................................................12 Toowong Graded Teams by Richard Ward .............................................................13 Gold Coast Swiss Teams by Richard Wallis .............................................................14 25 Years Ago by Paul Lavings .......................................................................................16 Canberra by Richard Wallis ..........................................................................................17 Klinger's Column by Ron Klinger ................................................................................18 Directors' Corner by Jan Peach ...................................................................................20 Magnus Moren and Neville Francis The QBA Bulletin January - March 2015 2 Here are some featured hands the second spade ruff and surrenders Board 6 in the teams qualifying from the tournament some of which two diamond tricks but no more; looked like a major swing to Fordham we would rate “Parental Guidance making 10 tricks either way. when they started slamming, until Recommended”. PS: We don’t know of any table they fell at the final hurdle, creating It took till the very last round of the where the play went precisely this the largest swing of the match in pairs, but finally a hand came up way, with South refusing to ruff, but favour of their opponents. that embodied the art of the ‘Play or if that was what happened to you, While all the nuances and inferences Defend?’ conundrum. please let us know. of the auction aren’t clear as a kibitzer PPS: Justin Howard told us the full story it’s hard to imagine what hand partner Dlr N ♠ QJ1082 on this deal. Playing with Ross Harper can have where he elects to play, Vul EW ♥ 72 he too opened 2S, and Ross defended indeed jump to 6NT and that you can ♦ 1065 4H by leading a top club and shifting convert this to a loss of 13 IMPs by ♣ 972 to a spade (a small heart would do as bidding 7NT. Haughie unsportingly ♠ 97 ♠ AK64 well). Try and make the game now! (no doubt checking if he was on lead) ♥ 965 N ♥ AKQ1083 W E doubled and collected 300 by cashing ♦ 8742 S ♦ K9 Dlr E ♠ AKQJ6 the ♥A and switching to a club. A ♣ J653 ♣ 10 Vul EW ♥ K754 heart continuation would have been ♠ 53 ♦ 4 more interesting for the bloodthirsty ♥ J4 ♣ 1095 amongst us when declarer would ♦ AQJ3 ♠ 72 ♠ 853 have been forced to guess diamonds ♣ AKQ84 ♥ AJ632 N ♥ Q98 or possibly go down 1100 for some W E ♦ Q6 S ♦ 953 larger number of IMPs (16). At the table I was watching the ♣ J763 ♣ Q842 On this board however, blood was shed! eventual third-place pair in the main ♠ 1094 event defended 4HX by East on an ♥ 10 Dlr W ♠ A63 auction where North had opened a ♦ AKJ10872 Vul Both ♥ KQ3 weak-2 bid that was described as ♣ AK ♦ K97 potentially a 5-card suit. ♣ AJ74 The defender in South led two top ♠ J9875 ♠ 4 N clubs. Declarer ruffed, drew trumps W N E S ♥ 76 ♥ 9 Dennison Cormack Stuart Kozakos W E in two rounds, then ruffed a spade ♦ AJ65 S ♦ Q10832 P 1D 83 K109652 in dummy and tried a diamond to the P 1S P 3D ♣ ♣ king, being more hurt than surprised P 3H P 3NT ♠ KQ102 when it lost. All pass ♥ AJ108542 ♦ 4 Imagine that you don’t get the ♣ Q distraction of a weak-2 opener, but W N E S that, like Sue Ingham, you declare Haughie Sundstrom Hinge Fordham 4H on two rounds of clubs. You ruff, P 1C P 1S* P 2D W N E S draw just one round of trumps, and P 2H P 3D Hinge Thomson Haughie McGann then play the ♠AK and a third spade. P 3S P 4C P 1NT P 4C What happened at most tables was P 4D P 4NT P 4S P 4NT that South took the opportunity P 5C P 5H P 5D P 5H P 6NT P 7NT P 6H P 7H to ruff in - and found themselves X All pass All pass endplayed! They could exit with the ♣Q - when Intermediate Teams Winners declarer would ruff, ruff a spade to dummy, and cash the ♣J to pitch a diamond. Or he could lead the ♦A, when declarer would claim the rest. 'Aha!' you say, being a fine double- dummy analyst, 'What if I don’t ruff in?' Not so fast, my fine friend. I ruff a club to hand, lead my last spade, and when you ruff in with the ♥J I discard my last club from dummy. And you are trussed and endplayed like the Thanksgiving turkey I knew you always were… If South doesn’t ruff in declarer scores Michael Stoneman, Val Roland, Herold Rienstra and Bert Luchjenbroers The QBA Bulletin January - March 2015 3 Cormack/Kozakos had dealt Modern Expert Bidding last 4 or 5 boards of any 14 Board competently with intervention to T’S extremely rare for top bridge match, when opponents often tire reach 6H. McGann/Thompson had Iexperts to find consensus about and give you chances to gain IMPs. no such excuse other than perhaps anything. Sadly for upcoming This meandering talk is (sort of) a lack of partnership - or maybe players, the idea that asking an about what the very top experts no agreement as to what Keycard expert will find the answer to a mostly like to think about, and what Blackwood was in use? bridge question is a fallacy, because matters to them, when it comes The learned editors think maybe different experts give different to choosing which conventions or South was using keycard and answers. With so many unknowns, system to play. thought he had received a 1/4 there’s no right answer. Gadgetitis response. I’m not sure if North Bridge is a game of unknowns. You A few years ago Kathy Buchen was was doing anything other than cue don’t know what partner’s cards asked to fill in for two matches at bidding then answering aces. With are, and you don’t know what the the Nationals in Canberra. She told the ♦A on lead, nothing could go opponents’ cards are, but you try me that it was amazing - her partner wrong with the defence. to increase your limited knowledge before the first match said in total: 'Is On board 9, Ware and Jacob had a of the hand, in order to make better it OK if we play Standard American, chance for a double-digit gain but decisions. With so much info not three Weak Twos, Stayman and turned it into a 5 IMP loss. known, it’s very easy to think about Transfers over 1 NT and 2NT, and do the wrong thing. Then, at the end of you prefer high or low to encourage?' Dlr N ♠ 4 the hand, when all these unknowns Then they sat down, and he seemed Vul EW ♥ QJ876 are now known, partner might to be close to the best player she’d ♦ K6 dare to butt in by telling you what ever partnered. Her partner for the ♣ A10854 you should have done. If this 'post second match insisted they play ♠ AK632 ♠ Q10987 mortem' at bridge is acrimonious, it almost every gadget or convention ♥ 4 N ♥ K10532 W E could instead be called a pre-mortem under the sun - Lebensohl, Namyats, ♦ A8 S ♦ 95 when it leads to death-like results on Hamilton, Two Way Checkback et al KQJ32 6 ♣ ♣ the next hand(s).
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