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I :'I> CONCLUSIVE publish a Bu11etin during the As will be gathered fro m the European Championship at account that foll ows, the trial Vienna. A statement by H. W. between Preston and Reese was Filarski, who was willing to act as abandoned with the fi fth match editor, appears on page 9. unplayed. One of my team had to go abroad on business and the CONTINUITY idea of a substitute was not At Amsterdam and Stockholm approved. the Bulletin gave life and unity to the whole tournament, NO PLA \' TO-DA \' greatly facilitated the work of As captain, I must take the journalists, and gave pleasure blame for not formally communi­ to many hundreds who could not cating in time the non-availability attend the event. of one of my team. The selectors The authorities have a plain and were of course entitled not to allow simple duty: to ensure that the a match played with a substitute tradition is maintained. to count in the rubber, but on TAKING THE WATERS ~ounds of public policy l thought British visitors to the tourna­ It a wrong decision to abandon the fi fth match a ltoge ther, ment at Vichy last month enjoyed especially after it had been an­ first-class hospitality, excellent nounced in the press that the golf, and numerous gifts. The match would be played even if story that after sampling five the rubber had been decided. different liqueurs that were Heaven knows, it is diffi cult brought to our table during play I drank a bottle of men's perfume e~ough to promote th is game Without inviting the customers to as well is only half true. It was at_tend and then confronting them only half a bottle. With " No Play" notices. This is an occasion well worth bearing in mind for next year ~ O BULLETIN TOMORROW either as an end in itself or on the o·fli 1 erent in content, though way to the south. The cuisine at ~?t unrelated in kind, is the very the Hotel des Princes, where our tsappointing decision not to party stayed, was remarkable. 5 "Blast! He's made it." • Roilfll P!aoto frnm tht! by Cl ., Would You have do11e Better? .:

This is a new type of quiz that 3. North holds:­ readers may like. All the prob­ + 2 lems are prese nted as they occur­ \/ AKI08 ·. red during the four matches of the 0 8 7 5 final trial betwee n Reese and + A K 10 8 6 Preston. What actually happen­ ed is revealed in the report begin­ He opens One Club and over ning on page I 0. his partner's response of One Spade rebids Two Cluhs. South No " solution " is given to the now bids Three Spades. Whether problems although. using a micro­ or not you agree with North's scope, the reader may on occasions previous calling, what should he be able to discern the editor's bid now? opinion. See page I I I. West holds:- 4. North holds :- + A9842 ~AK5 O K4 + 742 + 92 \fAJ984 OAJ76 + A3 He opens One Spade and At game to North-South the partner responds Three Dia­ bidding goes:- monds. What should West bid now ? SouTH W EST NORTH · EAST See page 10 1\1 1+ 2+ No 20 No 2. These are the cards of West 3+ No ? and East:- What should North bid now? +Q • 10 4 2 See page 12 ~ A J 10 8 7 4 \1 6 5 2 5. North holds:- O K742 O AQJ53 + Q73 \fK96 O KJ1097 + 106 + Q2 + A 7 At game to North-South, West West is in Four Hearts after bids One Club, East Five Clubs, South has made a second-round and South doubles. West passes; call of Two Spades. North leads what should North bid 7 a small spade · South wins with th I Seepage 14 He Ace and returns a diamond. ow should West play? 6. These are the cards of West ' ! See page II and East:- 7 + AK + 109 3 + A2 (!JK863 0 t09i + AIOS2 (!j 876 (!j Kl095 The bidding goes:- 0 10 8 6 0 KJ 5 Sourn NORTH + AK632 + QJ5 No West plays in Three No Trumps ­ t+ 2NT after North has made an 3+ 3<;? of One Spade. North leads 0 3. · 4+ ? How should West play? What should North bid now? Seepage 14 Seepage 16 7. North holds:- 11. North holds:- + AKQJ76 · - O AJ63 + I065 + Q75 {!j10984 010 + KQ1097 The bidding goes :- At love all the bidding goes:- SoUTH · NoRTH SOUTH WFST NoRTH EAST I+ 2+ 1(!j No 2\11 Dbl. 3+ 40 4{!j 4+ ? 4{!j ·? What should North bid now? What should North bid now? See page 17 See page 15 12. North holds:- 8. South holds:- 42 + A6 (!JQJ8 O AKQ102 + Q82 + Jl08 (!JAQ98 0109 t QI At game to East-West East North bids One Heart, South opens third in hand with One Three Diamonds, and _North Heart South bids One Spade~: Three Hearts. What should South West Two Hearts. What shou bid now? North bid? See page 15 See page 18 9. South holds:- J3. West holds:- A9 + 52 (!J K94 O Q98763 + 87 JIO MKQJ4 OAK763 + At game all the bidding goes:- • v . d west The bidding by East an dr SoUTH WFST NORTH EAST oes· One Club-Two Diarnonrts: g . Hea ' No Three Clubs-Three h uid No 0 No No Three No Trumps. What 5 No Dbl. Db!. ? West bid now? See page 18 What should South bid now? See page 16 14. North holds:- · +2 065 10. North holds:- + K642 (!JK~ OKQJI · 8 . ~ .. . .--: -:-,.. .,.,, : 1 ...... •,, ' .. South opens Two No Trumps, No Trumps suggesting, in , orth bids Four Clubs asking for 25 to 26 points. What should Ace;, and South bids Five Clubs, North bid now? showin g . What should See page 19 , orth bid now? 16. West holds:- See page 19 + AKQJ103 V'AQ62 0 109 + 5 IS. North holds:- At game all South opens third + JM2 \/K6 0 6543 + Q93 in hand with Three No Trumps. South opens Two Clubs, North What should West bid? Two Diamonds. and South Three See page 20

No Btiiietill at Vienna? This is a statement hy H. W. Fi/at·ski, of Holland, who ·edited the first Bulletin at Amsterdam and had undertaken to do so again at Vienna.

The Austrian Bridge League Concerning the E.B.L, decision, recently announced that it had I will ask three questions and give abandoned its original intention the answers myself:- to publish a Bulletin during the 1. What would be the E.B.L. forthcomin g European Cham­ without tlie support and co-opera­ pionships in Vienna. tion of the international press? This announcement followed a meeting of the Executive Com­ Answer-Nothing. mittee of the European Bridge 2. How important is it, that the league in Paris last April. E.B.L. should co-operate with the I do not know the precise Press, particularly in matters reasons which influenced the which interest the whole bridge­ Em.B.L. .., but I am certain the great .a Jonty of the players in Vienna world? Wtll be disappointed. And not Answer- It is a matter of life only the players, but also the and death. many others to whom the Bulletin 3. Is .the decision of the E.B.L. brought the fullest and quickest news of the biggest event of the to be tak~n as definite ? r' Year in Europe an bndge. . Answer-I hope not. 9 The Final Trial

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Tf-L final trial bettc"em RLce an:! Prc::cn .dJa::E b.."7'!' mcisznl offire m::rtchn of 40 boards, but as ar~ Fl:r;"rr life- r:r;t cr:::::L...:U for tk hut day only four matches """e pla]-ed. #-41 tl-.a p:;i;::J P~ ldb:r 5 Yirtory poUtlltO 3# Jkfore n ud;ing this accowtt it is ~ U:c:t 112 ~ tum to tf.e feature .. Would You Hare DorL enur: a; p::r-7_rd:it:b CDnuzins a preritw ofman y probfmu that aTML in ta ~ Fast 1\ht.ch zr.d G:t..-6::::a _j=p:d to Six Preston WOD 43-37 ~c~~ 2. t:Iif: forv.oud. This was a dose match througl:.­ Hu,..e\'!:i~ li'irll + K f:illing. the ou~ ~i tb many shared boa~. Preston was 7 up at half time and won by 6, the narrowest margin ~~ to count as a win. My team had Nonu the better of the game bidding but + K lost on two slams. ~ JS~3 Schapiro and I be2an auinst 0 10652 Preston and Swime; In-con­ + K953 trast to the subsequent histo11· of WEST E-\Sr the match, on board 2 it was our + A9S~.2 • Q6 team that stayed out of the ~ AK5 ~ Q96 borderline slam:- 0 K-t 0 AQJ973 See nex t column. + 7~2 + AIO Sourn Mter One Spade- Three Dia­ J 10753 monds West has an awkward + ~ 107.2 rebid. Not liking to repeat such a poor suit of spades, especially os QJ86 on a hand not unsuitable for u + slam, I chose Three Hearts and then passed Three No Trumps. slam was nude and PttSton At the other table Rose rebid gained 5 points. Three Spades and was then in On board~ we could fl3\"C rn3de slight difficulty over Three No n game in both rooms. Inste3d, Trumps. He bid Four No Trumps we lost points. 10 .·. East dealer page 39. Game all Between boards 15 and 19 NoRTH Preston and Swimer had a bad + K J 3 (/ 9 patch in which they missed three \.'\ 10 8 6 easy games. On the first Preston held :- + KJ9653 \VEST EAST + 2 + Q • 104 2 ~ A K 108 0 8 7 5 Cf) Al 10 8 74 ~ 6 52 AK 1086 0 K 741 O AQJ53 + + Q2 + A7 He opened One Club and over NOR Til partner's One Spade rebid Two + A98765 Clubs. Partner bid Three Spades ~ KQJ and now Preston passed. It does 0 9 not seem a very satisfactory way + 1084 to bid a hand with four quick In room I I played as West in tricks. He could have bid Four Four Hearts. South had made Hearts now. Both Three No a second-round call of Two Trumps and Four Spades were Spades and diamonds had been lay-down. At the other table bid and supported on our side. Dodds also opened One Club but ~orth led a small spade. reversed with Two Hearts over SwJmer took with the Ace and One Spade. -. ~eturned a diamond, won in On the next board · Schapiro, ummy. Now I played Ace and following up ·a good result in another heart, so the opponents characteristic fashion, opened with were able to set up a club trick. a vulnerable semi-psychic as That was poor play: I should dealer. This time it was Swimer have finessed ~ 10 for if it lost who was at fault: he doubled to North he would' probably and then, affected by the bidding ~eturn a diamond for his partner of both opponents, passed a jump 0 ; then I could draw trumps response by his partner. and be secure against the loss of These two games, naturally, a club trick. were reached at the other table, At the other table South was but neither pair shone on board one do . wn m Four Spades. For 19. an account f I o the bidding and The bidding was the same at Pay, see Han ds of the Month, both tnbles:- 11 North dealer · North-South vulneroble 'Rixi Markus, NORTH Director of Fryer Trartl • 92 offers tire sen·lces of htr firm for alltral'el and /rote/ bookings for- ~ AJ984 0 AJ 76 HOLIDAYS AND BRIDGE + A3 TOURNAMENTS ABROAD WF.Sr EAST + Q 8 + AJ1064 '"eluding ~ K 76 5 2 ~ 10 3 EUROPEAN BRIDGE 0 8 4 32 0 K 1095 CHAMPIONSHIP, VIENNA + 97 + J8 SOUTH 20th to 31st August + K 7 53 FRYER TRAVEL BUR9U ~ 10 . LTD. O Q 47, Albemarle Street, + ~Q 106542 Piccadilly, W.t

SOUTH WFST NORTH EAST H y D~ Park 9.~45/7 GROsmror61d1 1 ~ 2+ No 20 No•• 3+ No No No West dealer North-South vulnerable Twelve tricks were made in one NoRTH room, eleven in the other. + K 109 8 6 Should South have bid Four ~ AQ83 Clubs, or can North bid again ? O K Opinion was divided. As I see + 982 it, North should bid Four Clubs Wr:sT EAST · or, if directional asking bids are • J752 played, Three Spades. ~ K106542 ~ - ·0 -A108762 0 Q954 In the second half my team + AK1053 brought home one smart game in + 7 each room but the match may be SOUTH said to have been decided by + AQ43 almost the last card played, for ~ J97 board 30 was the last to come to 0 J3 •. + QJ64 - our table and the score at that . . dd bid and point, all other hands having been Konstnm and Do 5 R se and entered, was dead level. made Five Diamonds. 0 12 Gardener reached Six in sporting to . arrive at the match in time .I fashion :- mtgh~ have been caught napping SouTH W EST NOR Til EAST in this position which is not quite Rrr't RtHf' Schnpiro Gordmcr so easy at the table as it may look 1\/ J+ 2+ on paper. Actually, however, I No 2+ 30 so was not. I pulled out the Jack All pass • No 60 thought it over, and put it back. North led a spade and after that _Surely, I thought, West, who had 1\\elve tricks can be made by a a losing club and whose hearts cross-ruff if the cards are played were headed by the King-nothing, in the right order. However, Rose must have O AK for his bidding ? trumped the fourth round of If so, to ruff with OJ would hearts before the fourth spade present him with the overtrick. from table, so that I was able to The match was close: one point discard my last spade. This was might mean the difference between the position at trick eleven:- a draw and a loss (or win): why throw the point away? NORTH + K9 $o I discarded the club, de­ \/­ liberately, and we lost 6 points O K instead of gaining 5. Misjudg­ + - ments of that sort deserve to lose WFSr EAST matches, it may be said. Still, I + J wouldn't blame myself were it not ~ K

NORTII SOUTH been played already in a close Konstam VN/tll atm~sphere. Everything went No I+ our way from the start and we 2 T 3+ built up a lead of 24 at half time. 3\/ 4+ Board I was a catastrophic No sacrifice (if such it was meant to At the other table Rose bid be) by Preston:- Four Clubs over Three Clubs and South dealer Gardener jumped to Six Clubs ; Love all with the suits breaking reason­ NORTH ably, Seven was on. + Q7 5 Dodds should perhaps have " 10984 gone on over Four Spades, but he 0 10 had formed a different picture of + KQ 1097 his partner's hand. Three Clubs WEST EAST was not necessarily strong: South + JI063 + AK9 might have been looking for the " 6 5 " Q7 I best spot. Perhaps Three Hearts 0 9 64 0 AQ73 was what he wanted to hear and + A543 + 18 62 now he was ready to play for SOUTH game. + 842 Four Clubs by South over Two " AKJ32 No Trumps would no doubt have 0 KJ852 been a better call psychologically. + - Also, over Three Hearts, Four This was the bidding in room ~-" Clubs (or Four Diamonds) would 2:- have rung the bell more surely SouTH WEST NORTH EAST Scl!apira than Four Spades. Swimrr Rrrs~ • Prnton No Obi. .' Coming to the last hand 5 1" 2" Obi. points down, we levelled the score 4+ 4No" No 5No" by playing a better defence against Three No Trumps (see Hands of This we defeated by three tricks. the Month, page 40). Let me say at once that I don't consider Four Spades was a good TI1ird Match call. Rose made the same bid at Reese won 55-47 the other table but North-South Everyone was a little tired when did not bid further. Four Spades f th'IS match began late on the was actually six down! A ter second day, 40 boards having winnipg the first trick. with + A 17 ·. . declarer finessed OQ and then free bid of Two Hearts on w:u: . the roof carne down. hand; North bid One No Trum; ·' Konstam and Dodds brought and South Two Spades, which home two good games that were after the lead of ~J could not not bid at our table and it was be defeated. The nand cost us not until board 18 that we suffered 6 !.M.P. a of any consequence. Starting the second half 24 up West dealer the following afternoon we almost East-West vulnerable allowed our opponents to draw. NORTH . It all happened on slam hands. + J 10 8 The first was a miss by Dodds and ~ AQ9 8 Konstam on board 27. 0 109 WEST: EAST QJ42 + J 10 AQ9 WEST EAST + + ~ KQJ4 ~A9 + Q5 + K9 0 AK763 0 J9 ~ 154 ~ K7632 + A9 + QJ10754 0 Q62 0 AK74 Mter One Club-Two Dia· + K 10 8 7 6 + A9 SOUTH monds, Three Clubs-Three Hearts, Three No Trumps, Kon· + A7643 2 stam passed. I have a theory ~ 10 that with .AJC. of partner's rebid 0 J 8 53 suit one should not fail to show + 53 the support on such hands. Four This was the bidding in room Clubs need not lead to more than 1:- Four No Trumps; but that is not SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST true of Konstam and Dodds, for Konsram Rosr Dodds Gardt'ntr with them Four No Trumps is No No I ~ t+ 2~ 2+ 4 ~ always Blackwood. 4+ No No Db!. At the other table East bid No No No Three Spades over Three Hearts: ~orth'~ bid of Two Spades Rose showed Four Clubs and ratses an mteresting tactical point. Gardener went to Six. · · Jysis Th e va1 ues are there, but it led (For Alan Truscott's 110 11 South to conclude that there was of this deal, see Hands of the no defence to Four Hearts and to Month, page 41). her make a phantom sacrifice. At The next board was anot the other table 1 did not make the calamity for our team:- 18 :•

East dealer squeeze out the thirteenth trick East-West vulnerable except by taking an unlikely view NoRTH in hearts. + K 6 42 At the other table Swimer bid IV K 8 spades at one point on the South O KQJ1065 cards and finished in Six Spades; + 2 not an elegant contract, but it \V EST EAST was made . • Q 10 7 • 9 53 My partner and I were too . ~ Q7 54 cv> 10 6 optimistic again on board 38. . \ 0 72 0 9 4 3 West dealer + K 10 7 5 + J9643 East-West vulnerable SOUTH NORTH + A J 8 • J 642 IV AJ 9 32 cy> K 6 0 A 8 0 6 54 3 + A Q 8 + Q93 I opened the South hand with WEST EAST Two No Trumps and Schapiro + KQ 107 • 8 53 responded with Four Clubs, which cv> Q10874 cv> 932 1 took to be Gerber, asking for 0 109 0 Q872 Aces. I bid Five Clubs, showing + 54 + 107 2 four Aces, and he jumped to SOUTH Seven No Trumps. Against a '+ A9 diamond lead my first play was cy> AJ5 Ace and King of hearts. When 0 AKJ this brought no honey I finessed + AKJ86 +Jand so went two down. I opened as South with Two North could count eleven sure Clubs and over Two Diamonds tricks and could judge that thir­ rebid Three No Trumps, suggest­ ~~en tricks were more than likely ing, in Acol, 25- 26 points. 1 1 held the Queen of one of the Schapiro bid Four Diamonds, m· biiors. He sh~uld.' however, have contending afterwards that since the slam m d~amonds which we . were likely to be short of ~ould be better than no 'trumps · points for Six No Trumps we had ?r several reasons. As the cards to seek out a 4-4 fit. It strikes he, Seven Diamonds would prob­ me as imprudent to advance a · ably fail, for although North can " suit " of which partner must set up a long heart he cannot hold AKQx before it is even 19 .· ..... "' • I ap(>roximately secure against loss. any of the others. We Jed by 14 1 am happy' to leave such delicate at half time and held on to win exploration to the professional by 12. l - Staymanites. But I must be fair : As though to prove that his it might have a " straight" to the afternoon policy of pressing for 5 instead of to the 6. slams could not always be wrong, Anyway, the call was a false Schapiro again leant forward on move with a simple and old­ board 2. This time a finesse Wis fashioned player like myself who, right but the tru!llps were 5-{), holding AKJ of a suit mentioned so again we were down; the con­ by partner at the level of Four, tract was the same at the other was disposed to conclude that our table, however. troubles were over. I jumped to After the change of ends Six Diamonds, thinking that at Schapiro and I at last reached a worst this would be on a club good slam, but the demons were finesse. It turned out to be still abroad. Playing in Six Dia· impossible, though Six Clubs was monds we were defeated by an on with the aid of a finesse and unexpected ruff; Rose and Gar· an end-play against West in the dener were in a poor contract of major suits. At the other table Five Spades and were lucky not to Preston passed Three No Trumps Jose on the board. They were -very sensibly, I should say. punished soon afterwards when We went down in one more they bid a slam missing two Aces. slam before the finish- this time We should have gone further a better prospect-so were re­ ahead during this spell had Kon· lieved when Rose and Gardener stam and Dodds not pressed for played the final hand in the wrong some unlikely games in No spot and we found that we had Trumps. We had a swing on just managed to land the 2 vic­ board 39 when after two passes tory points. Swimer opened Three No Trumps in front of me at game all and 1 Fourth Match held:- Reese won 43-31 + A K Q J 10 3 With only one international " A Q 6 2 point dividing the teams after 0 JO 9 . 120 boards one would have ex- + 5 pected the fourth match to be full I saw little point in doubling of drama, but for some reason it and Four Spades might not be on, seemed to go more quietly than so I passed. This tumed out to 20 "Nikki says ... "-Mrs. Pat Gardener. Phoro from rhe London Congress by Cla11de Rodrig11e.

be best, for we collected 300 and their traditional tendency to reach at the other table, after a different games in No Trumps with in­ auction, Four Spades was two sufficient material but, again as down. The last board was thrown usual, they brought in several in, and so the match ended. games that were hardly on. For the opponents, Rose made This record was written in con- some ill-considered bids but he junction with the feature " Would and Gardener were always on the You Have Done Better? " and ball and hard to play against. will have given an unbalanced Preston and Swimer are always impression by concentrating on sound and in constructive bidding the bad bids and plays. There had fewer muddles than any was much good play also. pair. On our side the slam bidding of ]twas an enjoyable contest and both pairs was poor. Schapiro the easy hands at least were : nd. 1 were the worse culprits, but played quickly- a pleasure that gamst that our game and part one has to do without for most score b'dd'1 mg was pretty good. of the time in t h e E uropean Dodds and Konstam exhibited Championship. 21 ,,. r ..... '·; ~ - ! ... "!. ·~~ "'• . '• . Latest ADlet·iean:· Bt•idge Books

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No. 2 Why Turn on the Light ?

This deal from the defender who has not 0 A, raised a point of technique that there is an even chance that he occurs quite often in less dramatic will return the wrong red suit. form:- A small club, instead of the Queen NOR Til or Ace, would gain only if the + 3 King were singleton and would " K Q 5 lose more frequently by allowing 0 QJ 94 defenders to win in either hand, + 108653 according to choice. Jt would be wrong to draw S OUTII trumps before tackling clubs, + AKQJ964 since this might permit a revealing discard. Similar considerations "0 7A apply to many ordinary hands AQ72 + and, whenever it seems that the South opened Two Clubs and defenders may benefit from an the CAB Two No Trump re­ opportunity to discard, declarer sponse denied Aces but promised should make his critical plays some values. A part score made before running the already estab­ slam exploration difficult and lished suits. Sout h jumped straight to Six The same sort of thing occurs Spades, which at least had the in No Trump contracts when the merit of concealing his hand. declarer wants to steal a trick Havi ng an honour in each of before playing on the long suits. the side suits, West nervously This is such a familiar 'situation, 0.pened a trump. Do you see the however, that it may be necessary nght play for declarer? to resort to a little embellishment: Queen of clubs (or Ace and See next page. another) immediately is the South opened One Diamond answer. This suit must break and after some optimistic ex­ ~venty, for otherwise the hand is changes became declarer in Three Opeless. If the trick is won by No Trumps. West led a small 23 ,.. .. . ,. . . - .... ' .. ~ .. • t I I ·'.: . - • I NORTil NORTH + K9 + K9 " 10 3 " 10 3 0 J 10 4 0 J 104 + AQ8542 + AQ8542 WEST EAST SOUTH + A1063 • J 54 • Q872

Par contests have been held a point for leading either Ace or regularly each month at the King of diamonds. East peters Mayfair Bridge Studio since and ruffs with + 9. To gain his September, and the last of the full pointS East must now lead present series took place on + K, since two club tricks are May 16. necessary before a further dia­ mond lead from West enables The following hand from an East to with + 10. lfa earlier contest defeated most com­ low club is returned at the fourth petitors:- trick, South can discard his losing South dealer club on the diamond. East-West vulnerable The principle is really that of NORTH cashing side winners prior to a • 54 cross-ruff, more usually illustrated

ONE HUNDRED UP: On the opposite page: we reprodu~ ~ May problems so that readers who did not enter for the compctJIIOn can study the questions again before turning to the answers on page 42. The June problems are on page 35.

26 .: •' \ :• ·.·~.., .:,,"i ;;,t, f'l J• , .. ,, 'I 7 .1 ;-.1 .. , Problem No. 1 (10 points). Problem No. 5 {10 points). Match·pointed pairs, East-West vul­ Match-pointed pairs, North-South nerable, the bidding has gone:- vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- Sourn WEST NoRTH EAsT SotJTH WEST NORTH EAST r+ obi. 30 4+ 10 No 1<:/ t + 20 2+ South holds:- ? + 6 ~ A852 OK93 + KQI076 South holds:- What should South bid? + AJ75 C, IU864 0 63 + J7 What should South bid? Problem No. 2 (10 points). !.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding Problem No. 6 {10 ppints). has gone :- I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST has gone:- l C, No SourH WEST NORTH EAST 20 No 3+ No 10 No 30 No 4+ No No 4C, No ? South holds:- South holds:- +176 ~ 85 OKQJ1096 + K4 + 953 C,K842 0 105 + AQJ4 What should South bid 1 What should South bid 1

Problem No. 3 (10 points). Problem No. 7 {10 points). LM.P. scoring, love all, the bidding I.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- has gone :- able, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST Sourn WEST NoRm EAST No I + No 10 No 2NT No 3NT 4C, No No South holds:- 1 +K64 ~1987543 OQ5 + 4 South holds:- What should South bid 1 + 04 C,A5 OAJ963 + K1072 What should South bid 1 Problem No. 4 (20 points). ~ubber bridge, game all, the bidding Problem No. 8 (20 points). cone:- Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding Soun, WEST NORTH EAsT has gone:- No No SoUTH WEST NoRTII EAST No 10 No l C, Db!. No ? South holds:- South holds:- :Qss ~AJ7 OA + A108642 + 74 C,IU965 0 8432 + 65 hat should South bid:- If you were marldng a competition (a) As th b' dd' (b) If e 1 mg has gone 1 of this sort with a maximum of ten Spad West had overcalled with One points, wha; poin~ would you give to Dia ... : dand North had bid Two the following calls: No Bid, One No '""n s? Trump, Two Diamonds? 27 ' I . . ,, American News-Letter··

By ALFRED SHEINWOLD

As this is written, the largest with more than 300 tables in play regional tournament of the year each afternoon and evening. There is being held in Los Angeles. For are even morning sessions for the masochists and insomniacs. Tournaments in the United States and Canada have grown in size during the last ten ye~rs largely because of the Master Points scheme. Everybody wants to be a Life Master. The trouble is that nearly everbody eventually has his wish. There are now more than 1,300 Life Masters, and there is now serious talk of creating a new super-Life-Master rank.' Most of the talk clearly shows that we won't learn a thing from ex· perience. We began with only II Life Masters and added only a few a year for quite a while: Then inflation set in, and there was no controlling it. It will be the same way with the Grandmasters, or whatever the new title turns out Miss April 0/riclt, stage and tele­ vision star, presented tlte prizes at to be. the Londo11 Congress. Ideally, perhaps, the rank of Grandmaster would be temporal)' • f 1vet rather than permanent. A P a • 1 would enJOY. the ttl. Ie on ly whJC" ofh•e nearly a week, several thousand he was currently at th e top uld players will take part in the heap. Strict requirements co f various events of the tournament 0 • be set up to limit the number 28 ;

" I shall only say a f ew words .. . " - A contract not altogether fulfilled.

Grandmasters to some seemly While we wait here for the number.:...... perhaps only ten or national championships in August fifteen at any one time. there is no d~arth of diverting In practice, it won't be decided hands to keep us entertained. that way. Everybody wi th in­ For example, this defensive play . i fluence will want to have the new by George Rapee was a fine piece rank, and people with influence of work at the table, with nobody ~u?lly ~ave their way. We will to ring a pell and announce th'at grn Wllh twice as many Grand­ a problem was coming along:- masters as we should ever have See next page and th e number will grow ' W'th' . Rapee opened the fourth best 1 10 three or four years the heart, and his partner won with ~~w rank will be meaningless. en we shall have to create a new of the n.n.w. for January 1957? Lay rank· G It down that If a player fall to win over, _: reat-Grandmasters!* say, two years, an agreed proportion or •could yo the points rcqulrcd to attain to a certain ouUined I u, perhaps, adopt the suggestion rank, then he should temporarily Jose 0 correspondence on pages 47-48 that rank.- T.R. 29 West dealer South dealer North-South vulnerable North-South vulnerable NORTH NORTH + AK8 + K 109 cy>2 cy> AQ93 0 AQ982 0 AK84 + 9864 + 42 WF.Sr WEST EAsT + 75 + 7652 + 3 cy> Q 10643 cy>J1087 cy> K652 0 10 6 54 0 Q 1053 0 J 97 + AQ + 5 + KJI096 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH No 10 l ey> + AQJ84 3cy> 3+ 4cy> cy>4 No No No 0 62 + AQ873 the King. Back came the deuce of clubs. From this .low club, and the fact that South had not put on the King, Rapee judged that his partner held that card. So he won with the Ace and returned' the Queen. East, who had started with + KI052 overtook and ~eturned a club for Rapee to ruff. Squeezes are a dime a dozen to old-timers, but transfer squeezes are rare enough to be prized even by so blase a veteran as Harry Fishbein:- See next column. Soum WEST NORTH EAST I+ No' 10 No I+ No 3NT No 4+ No 6+ No No No ' . '. " ...... ' I r l',hhein \\on l he trump return How should South plan the tn ht'- O\\ 11 hand. ruffed a club in play? dumm~. and n:t urncd Q! ~as t Most people say: Cash OA, had to co,er \\llh K (as FJsh­ enter dummy with K, and dis­ h~•n later c\pl;llncd." West hadn't card the spade on 0 K. Then led fro m 110 1-... tng of hearts"), draw trumps and give up one or and declarer rutfcd. two club tricks. F 1 ~hbein rutkJ another club, You point out that ' west returned to h tnd by ruffing the obviously has both +Aand .J. lo'' heart. and Jrcw trumps. By He will be able to make you ruff transferring the heart control to each time he gains the lead. You West, he had produced classic will be unable to surviye the double-squeeze position: dum­ punches if trumps are 4-2. my's threat stoppcd only by West, (It doesn't help to leave 3 in his own threat <;lo pped only by dummy. West can punch you East, and a jomtly-stopped suit with one diamond and one spade.) (diamonds) '' 1t h an in the The winning line of play is to dummy. draw trumps at once, four rounds Less gaudy but just as savoury if necessary. Cash OA and then is our next hand, played by Mrs. lead + I0. If West takes +Qand Ethel Keohane, a leading playe_r leads spades or diamonds, dummy of the New England region :- furnishes three high cards on NoRTH which you can discard clubs; and • J 9 52 if West shifts, instead, to clubs, ~ K3 you Jose only two clubs and one 0 K62 spade. • 10763 What if W~st refuses to take SouTH + Q1 You can now lead c_lubs + A 10 and give up two more club tncks. ~ AQ J 85 Dummy's spades and 0 K mean­ O A while prevent West from punching • Q9 85 4 you into submission . Mrs. Keohane somehow got to LADIES' TRIAL Four Hearts without ever men­ The next ladies' trial will . be played tioning the clubs. West opened between five teams at the Eccleston + K, and East followed with +2. Hotel, Victoria. on Friday, June 14th. West shifted to + 3, and East put at 7.30 p.m., and on Saturday and up + K. South won with + A. Sunday at 2 p.m. and 7.30 p.m. 31 Autour de L' Etoile by JEAN BESSE

The French Teams this hand occurred, where Jais had The selection in France for the to battle in a dubious situation:­ teams, open and ladies class, South dealer whicti shall represent the country Game all in Vienna, is now completed. NORTH In .the ladies class, two teams + 9 I • came out best in the trials: first, <\/ 109652 Mme. Pouldjan, Mme. Bedin, OA I043 Mme. Bourchtoff and Mme. + A54 Bigard; second, Mme. Morand, WEST EAST Mme. Alexandre, Mme. Baldon • J8743 + A 10652 and Mme. Devort. The deciding <\/ K8 <\/ A 4 match was won by means of the 0 J 8 5 0 96 smallest margin by Mme. Pould­ + J8 2 + K973 jan's team, and it was decided to SOUTH choose the third pair from the + KQ runners up. Thus a special match <\/ QJ73 opposed Mme. Morand-Alexan­ 0 KQ72 dre to her former partners, at the + Ql06 end of which Mme. Morand­ Jais was South and Trezel was Alexandre won with 15 !.M.P. the North when the bidding went:- right to accompany Mme. Pould­ jan's team to Vienna. SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST 1<\/ No 4<\1 All pass ln the open class the team of Jais - Trezel - Guiton - Delmouly Incidentally, and for those showed outstanding form in de­ readers who don't yet believe feating their two rival teams Terence Reese's comment thai Le Dentu-Pariente-Theron~ matches between France and Desrousseaux and Tintner-Grout­ Great Britain were usually de­ chevs.~y-Malabat-Stetten, by re­ cided by the human factor- not spectively, 70 I.M.P. and 50 by the systems-! give this ~x· l.M.P. ample of the mysterious intricaetes of the "canape" French system: ln the final selection match " One Reart-Four Hearts."Who 32 . . . . ~ : . . .. " would dream of such thi~gs, ~igh_.t ha've ducked the first heart, playin g CAB or Acol ?* thereby preserving the necessary Of course. South would prefer exit cards). , 10 hold + K instead of his almost. But, with the cards lying as • • useless + K. No system, un- they do, West,' after taking ~ K, · fortu nately, can help duplication had only to lead a club to East's . of val ues. ](jng to defeat the Four Hearts. West Jed +4. East cashed his West, however, misjudging the +Aa nd ret urned a small spade situation, actually played his third for South's K mg and a club diamond-to give his partner a discard in dummy. ruff. East of course was not M. Jais now rn.·ated this hand that keen to ruff the diamond with as though it we- c a problem in his Ace of trumps ; he discarded " Test Your Pia;. ' How should a spade. But Jais was now South play to ha\ t: the best chance where he wanted to be and played - - for his contract '! a second round of- hearts, to The answer is (with unseen throw East definitely in. East-West cards of course) that East perforce returned a small South should hope that a defender club and Jais took the right view ' holding

1 What should South bid? Problem No. 8 (20 points). ProbJan No. 4 (20 points). I.M.P .. scoring, love all, the bidding ~-M.P. SCOring, game all, the bidding has gone:- &One:- Sourn Wrsr NoRm No Soum WEST NoRm EAST t+ No 1<:7 tNT No 2NT No 7 ~~ ? South holds:- South holds:- +K.S IV1Q6 OKQ94 + KJ983 + AK ~876 ¢1086 + AK6Jl What should South bid:- (a) Do you asrce with South's ~nc <:> On the hand as shown 7 No Trump 7 State ony alternative - rt:) If his diamonds and clubs which you consider better. ·~ned? (b) What should South bid now? JS • • : r • "' • • •• • -" • I •' • ~ f The· Safe'ty Play·That ·· wasn't Dy DR. J . A. GOBBETTI

Dr. Gobbetti describes himself as all al•erage player who has done a little better tha11 average by winni11g, this year, the L.C.C.B.A. competition, the " Cadet Pairs," ill which his expert partner for the final was E. Leader- Williams.

In a team-of-four match re­ the King and gave his partner a cently the South player in both spade ruff, for the full deal was:- rooms found himself in Six Hearts NoRTH on the following cards:- + AI074 NoRTH y> Q63 + AI074 0 KQJ5 y> Q 63 + 95 0 KQJ 5 WEST EAST + 95 + 9 • 18532 + 9led y> 9 7 4 y> K2 SOUTH 0 10632 0 9 84 + KQ6 + KJ873 + 1062 y> A J 10 8 5 SOUTH 0 A7 + KQ6 + AQ4 y> A 1 lO 8 5 West led the 9 of spades-;t 0 A7 suit which had been mentioned + AQ4 in the bidding by North. Was South unlucky, or was his One declarer played a confident safety play misconceived? Non~ game. He went up with +A and of us was quite sure. led Kx, but against that, supported. If East has only one spade he is more On balance, therefore, I make the b\tiY to bafe at )CDst three hearts. safety ploy just wrong- the more so The other relevant consideration is because very often there will be no danger, . lUI 11 hlle West would probably lead o and refusing the finesse will cost a match siDglttoo spade If he hnd It, he might not point half the tlme.-T.R.

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From the middle stratum of I have not much experience of Bridge may I appeal for an article these conventions myself, but per­ or direction on the new lead­ haps one of their . supporters will directing conventions which are come forward. Meanwhile, I will creeping in. Instead of the usual try to answer your questions:- high and low signals, occasional pairs are using special systems I . Obviously, there is nothing _in · . . j such as the discard of a red card the Laws to prevent them. ·' meaning a call for a black suit 2. They are ethical ifannounced. lead. etc. As to that, the E.B. U. has in pre­ The questions arising are:- paration a special score card on which all unusual conventions, both 1. Arc the conventions lega l? in bidding and play, must be entered. 2. Arc they ethical? (In my ex­ 3. I seem to have heard of the P~ncnce. the arrangement is never phrase "Odd-Even," also of the announ ced to the opponents). " Revolving Discard." There is J. What are the names of the also t M " Schneider convention." l'Oil\ cnt i o n ~'! 4. The idea of the Odd-El•en, 4 llncny. '' hat are their rules ? 1 assume, is that if the first discard 5· Du the expert s recommend in a long suit is odd it betokens an th~l r li\C '! odd number of cards. The general ·· lioN. SEc." idea of the " Schneider convention" ( '\,lmc and address supplied) is that, as opposed to normal 37 practice, low cards should be (a) Resuming of the f~rmer encouraging, high cards discourag­ three-monthly competition, which ing. should be more just and which 1 found more exciting; there could 5. Se1•eral good players 011 the still be a panel of experts to continent use the "Schneider" answer the questions, of course. method. In this country such experime11ts ha1•e been made more (b) Expert Judgment, by Paul by provincial than by London Masters, was a very good feature, players. I think, could it be resumed?

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Hands of the Month by Alan Truscott + KJ3 B.B.L. Trial 9 East dealer 0 10 8 6 Game all + KJ9653 + Q • 1042 t;;;) AJ IOR7 4 652 0 K 7 42 ~- 0 AQJ53 + Q 2 + A7 + A98765 KQ3 0 9 + 1084 Room I: Room 2: SotTTH WEST NoRTH EAST SOUTH W6T NORTH EAST Sorimn Rttu Pusto11 Schoplro !Cons tam Ros~ Dodds Gardm~r No No No I" No 20 t+ No 2+ No 2+ 30 No 3tyl No 2NT 3+ 30 No 4" No No 3+ No 4+ Dbl. No No No No t 31ed. 9 tricks. I 00 to N-S. 02 led. 9 tricks. 200 to E-W. ... Room I. This hand is a great rarity: a mistake by the editor of this magazine in dummy play. South won the spade lead and returned his singleton diamond. Declarer won in hand and played

Room I : Room 2: SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Gardmtr Rus~ Rou Srhaplra Konstum Pr~ston Dodds s.-.- No No 10 3+ 3NT No 10 2+ 2NT No No No 3NT No No No + 91ed. 8 tricks. 50 to E-W. + 9 led. 9 tricks. 400 to N-S.

Room I. Reese found an excellent defence. He overtook the lead with his t tO. which North was obliged to duck, and switched to ~Q. East played a f~ heart when he came in with his OQ, and declarer had to lose 5 tricks, never nukllll a spade. The overtake cannot lose, and when he holds the first trick it is clc3r to West that he cannot now bring in his spades. The switch to hearts is thertfore indicated, and declarer's original probable 9 tricks suddenly become 8. Room 2. Here West allowed + 9 to hold, and after a second spade was pll)td North could set up diamonds and make 9 tricks in comfort. From the East ' position the heart switch can hardly be found. Exactly how many spades West should bid over One Diamond is a poser. Tw~ Spades suggests more defence than West can produce while Three Spades. no vulnerable, strikes me as conservative. • 1 would prefe; a direct " bash" to Four Spades. As it happens, East is useful in defence and useless for spade pu~ and Four Spades costs 300 to save a game that can be beaten. But Four Spl tb will often produce a good result if allowed to stand, and may push North-Sou to the wrong spot. 111 • On playing tricks, I agree ,· but I thought it relerant that I did not hal't sAri out Four Hearts.-T.R. 40 . . 'I Reese v Preston ..

B.B.L Trial + K86543 North dealer

Room I. The first four bids are obvious enough, but East then has a critical bid ~ make. Opposite West's strong bidding East's strong suit and two Aces make his hand worth more than its nominal 14-count. Three Spades is a very well­ conceived waiting bid which can hardly be just a suit, as this would have been lhown on the second round. West's clubs are good enough to give preference 10 a ~bid suit, and East ha:; no hesitation in going to Six. Even the 5-0 club - break gtves· the declarer no trouble. It will be seen that Six No Trumps •ts a Iso unbeatable, but from East's angle the suit slam may be safer.

Room 2• After the same four initial bids East could only find Three No Trumps. Now. Wes t• I hough tempted, could only pass, placing his partner wtt· h a mmtmum· · nusfit hand which would offer no play for slam. This gain of 6 I.M.P. was one of 5e\crat sl am swmgs· to Preston tn. a sesston· tn· whtch· h'ts team JUS· t .atr: 'led to 11\ake up a heavy half-time deficit. 41 Conducted by the E D ITOR

May Solutions: If you did not enter for the May Competition, try your hand at the problems on page 27 before reading how the experts voted.

Answers to the May problems were The question arose, would it have betn received from the following thirteen u good bid for South to call Five Hearts experts: K. W. Konstam, R . Swimer, and leave it to his partner to jud~J: J. Sharples, B. Schapiro, C. Rodrigue, whether or not to sacrifice om S"IX Miss D . Shanahan, J . Flint, Mrs. R. Spades? Markus, all of London or the home Only one panelist seemed to think of counties; C. E. Phillips, Cheshire; this bid: H. Franklin, Yorkshire; B. P. Topley, Fum: " Five Hearts. The lund Manchester; Jean Besse, Paris; and will probably tum on whether Nonb H. Filarski, Amsterdam. has a singleton heart. Thus, provided we are prepared to go to Diamonds, P roblem No. 1 (10 points). Six it is best to allow partner to judge Match-pointed pairs, East-West vul- whether to sacrifice or not against Six nerable, the bidding has gone:- Spades." SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST There were two votes for the antid· I+ Dbl. 30 4+ patory sacrifice:- · ? Mtss SHANAHAN: " Six Diamonds. South holds:- After North's pre-emptive bid it Joou +6 ~A852 O K93 + KQI076 as if North-South have little defena: What should South bid? against a spade contract below the.Six Answer: Five Diamonds, 10; Six level. It is therefore best to s:u:rifitx Diamonds or Five Hearts or Four No to the limit at once." . 1 Trumps or No Did, 4. MRS MARKUS makes the same polO· . ~~ The panel's I'Ote: 8 for Five Diamonds BESSE suggests Four No Trumps 3001 2 for Six Diamonds (Miss Shanahan, impress the people," and yet ~ Mrs. Markus), l for Five Hearts (Flint), angle is presented by the other minoniY I for Four No Trumps (Besse), J for vote:- No Did (Schapiro). SCHAPIRO: "No Bid. ~Jearly~'C= This was an instructive problem which out-gunned, and if there IS to sblD brought forth many shrewd observations question of sacrificing against .3tcninl on tactics. The hand actually occurred I would rather judge that after hs u. during a " Coffee House " session. to free bidding by the oppon~ South bid Five Diamonds and his side Also, by showing diamond support u later sacrificed in Seven Diamonds I would make it easier for the op"'!~ against Six Spades, which could have to judge one another's shorta~~~ wcU been defeated by the lead of Ace and Those are both shrewd P010. :rniW 51 another heart, North having a singleton. worth bearing in mind for 42 snu. ations. On the .prese nt hand. . they Answer: Four Hearts or Four Dia­ v.ould be decisive, m my. ~prmon, at monds or No Bid, 10. rqual or adverse vulncrabrhty, but at 111~ panel's l'ote: 51 for Four Hearts, r310urable vulnerability and at match 3l for Four Diamonds, 3 for No Bid, roints the danger of passing is that 1 for Five Diamonds (Topley), ctding a vulnerable game will be bad For · the purpose of separating com­ as compared with a sacrifice costing 300 petitors this problem was not a success. or 500, which will surely be the result Several of the panel who voted for Four at many tables. Diamonds added" just," so a pass must Doubtless this constdcration inclined be reckoned as equally commended. most of the panel 10 a middle-of-the­ The sequence is a little uncommon. road Five Diamond• Thus:- What is one to infer from partner's FRANKUN: · " Fi\l Diamonds. of Four Clubs: that he is strong enough to course opponents ha\c the hand, but it guarantee a tO-trick contract, or that is not impossible th,tt we can sacrifice his hearts are less good than his cluM profitably even agatnst an opposition and that he cannot support ~;amonds? slam and not unlikely that we may be These were the supporters of the first permitted to sacrifice even at Five or view-that partner is in control and Six." must be strong:- FtLARSKI: " Five Diamonds. And BESsE: " Four Hearts. North has Six Diamonds over Five Spades. Per­ J I or 12 cards in his suits. With a haps Six Spades can be made, but as I moderate hand he ·could have passed think I may make one trick in clubs and Three Diamonds." one in hearts l prefer to push opponents. PHILLIPS: "Four Hearts. Orthodox Ifyou don't bid Five Diamonds because simple preference. Four Hearts looks of " being afraid they may make Six the only possible game contract." Spades" you play the role of clairvoy­ SWJMER: " Four Hearts. If Five ant. ~our times out of five, oppon­ Diamonds should be better, then part­ cntl wtll not be able to make Six Spades." ner should have bid Four Diamonds, not PutLUPS points out that Five Dia­ Four Clubs." ~o~ds has some pre-emptive value: it SHARPLES ~ "Four Hearts. l'fo other cmes West any slam try except Five contract offers better game prospects." Heans, which, lacking the Ace he will be unable to bid. ' MISS SHANAIIAN: " Four Hearts. It seems likely that North is 6-5, in Problem No. 2 (10 points). which case Four Hearts should be the ~.M . P . SCOring, love all, the bidding gone :- safest game contract. This one is difficult, as Five Diamonds may be SolTTu WEST EAST better if North has the right cards." No These comments, it will be noticed, .. No No take it for granted that there must be a No No play for game somewhere. RoDRI GUE makes it equal between Four Hearts and South holds:- Four Diamonds, and here are those who +176 ~8S ¢ KQJJ096 + K4 prefer the lower bid:- What should South bid 1 KoNSTAM: "Fo)Jr Diamonds. North's 43 ·' bidding presupposes n heart suit which Problem No. 3 (10 points). will not stand up opposite two small, I.M.P. scoring, love all, the biddinc otherwise he would have bid Three has gone:- Hearts over Three Diamonds. Therefore Soum • wr.si NoRm Em Four Hearts is out. A pass is possible, No I+ No but I'm prepared to 'try once more." 1 FILARSKI: " Four Diamonds. If, South holds:- II with this kind of holding, Four Hearts is + K64 ~J 987543 . OQS + 4 on, North should have been able to bid What should South bid? it himself. The club King is the only Answer: Two Hearts, 10; Two Spades, valuable card for partner and certainly 4. not valuable enough to guarantee Four Hearts or Five Clubs." The panel's l'ote: 11 for Two Hcans, ScHAPIRO: "Four Diamonds, just." 2 for Two Spades (Swimer, Mn. Markus). And here are three who certainly - don't think that the situation is forcing: There are two grounds on which Two FuNT: " No Bid. Having watched Spades might be preferred to Two a struggling player pass at this point and Hearts: one is that the high-card been fairly impressed with his reasoning strength is less than is normally expected I make the same call." from a response at the level of T11o, The struggling player was myself. the other that in the event of a rebid to My reasons, as set out in the next two Two Spades it is close whether South answers:- should bid again. Most of the panel, FRANKUN: "No Bid. With not however, were unwilling to abandon tht more than a singleton diamond, and natural response in the long suit. possibly a , North will hardly make RODRIGUE : " Two Hearts. 1 am not Four Hearts unless he had a Two in the habit of suppressing 7-suitcrs." Heart opening. U he has a singleton FILARSKI : " Two Hearts. It would diamond the club will be an entry to be the limit of point-count consen'1- permit discards of losing hea rts. I am tism to bid Two Spades here. Sou~ satisfied to escape on the hand with can stand a weak or strong rebid b~ minimum loss." spades and has an easy Four He:lfl 1 MRS. MARKus : " No Bid. I am over a possible Two No Trumps from passing, l cannot believe that my hand No rth." . u)d would be useful on n trump lead and my PHILLIPS: " Two Hearts. One\IO • a sp3dc partner could easily have a void look rather ridiculous play1ng 5 diamond." contract with only seven tru~P b~~ Finally, ToPLEY's Five Diamonds 1 there were perhaps ten nvatla 'd ·r must regard as an aberration. He hearts. The only worry is th~ ~~~in~ envisages for North a hand on which North now says Two Spades. . 10 that player could easily raise Four to I am just good enough to · r:u~ Five. The hand is really most unre­ Three." liable in diamonds: opponents may This was the minority view:- rcfcr IO well draw dummy's trump with OA and SWIMER: " Two Spades. 1 P run ofT three spade tricks. limit my hand at this stage." 44 .. MRS. MARK US: "Two Spades. I FRANKLIN: "One Heart. Far too am not looking for a heart fit unless good for Two Clubs. Three Clubs may partner bids Two No Trumps over Two find partner unable to bid Three No Spades. My hearts can be equally use­ Trumps." ful in a spade contract.'' BESSE: "One Heart. ' And see what Problem l'o. 4 (20 points). happens ... ," Rubber bridge, g.unc all, the bidding FLINT: " One Heart. All right, I h:u gone:- am prepared to be scientific here." Souru W EST "-.ORTH EAST MRS. MARKUS proposes One Spade "'O No as a strategic preparation for No I+ No ) No Trumps. I would have expected more support South holds:- for the following cali:- +Q85 f:;JAJ7 I \ +AI08642 Miss SHANAHAN: "One No Trump• . What should SoL •! hid:- , Slightly more encouraging than Two (a) As the bidding h.ts gone? Clubs, which is an underbid. The hand (b) If West had o u c:1lled with One is not good enough, however, for Three Spade and No rth h ad bid Two Clubs." Diamo~ds ? The only panelist who thought it was. Atmm to (a): Two Clubs, 10; One good enough was the following:- Heart, 8; One No Trump or One Spade, SHARPLES: " Three Clubs. Although. 4; Three Clubs, 2. the suit lacks solidity the hand has. 1ht panel's t·ote: 6 for Two Clubs adequate compensating values for this 4 for One Heart (Rodrigue, Flint, Besse: bid." Franklin), I for One No Trump (Miss I am not sure what they are: not a Shanahan), I for One Spade (Mrs. singleton Ace of partner's suit, surely'!' Markus), I for Three Clubs (Sharples). Answer to (b): Two No Trumps or ~e South hand, with three Aces and Two Hearts, 10; Two Spades or Three a stx~rd suit, might be thought strong Clubs, 8; No Bid, 5. for a stmple rebid, but that was not the &eneral opinion. The pnnel's rote: 4 each for Two No Trumps and Two Hearts, 2 for Two KONSTAM: " Two Clubs. A slight Spades (Sharples, Mrs. Markus), 2 for underbid, but always advisable on this Three Clubs (Konstam, Filarski), I for • type or hand at rubber bridge ... No Bid (Flint). , "Two ' Clubs. Shows a "'41fd~oruv: . sutt and another effort from .. The most difficult problem of the ~ttncr. is needed before a game contract series " observed PHILliPS, giving his 15 COnstdered." vote ;o Two Hearts. So it seemed, for T ex s",~'ER •. .. wo Clubs. There is no no one was very happy about his bid. a:~~r ~a.king ~ny fancy bid when Two No Trumps is orthodox, though One N btd IS ava1lable. Alternative, not attractive with the spade holding. o Trump" Two Hearts has . the advantage of There was j thcles P enty of support never- facilitating heart support from P?rtner. liean~~or the more modern bid of One Two Spades may elicit somethmg _of value. Three Clubs is consistent With 45 a rebid of Two Clubs over One Dia: going to risk 11 double, which is likdy mond. Finally, this could be right as to cost a trick anyway, and any bid 1 weli:- make may have the result of exchan&inc Fwrr: " No Bid. Maybe a little a plus for a minus score." pusillanimous, but it may well be the last Those who recommend a double do chance for a plus score." not seem to me to face the problem that I it may not bring in enough points. Problem No. 5 (10 points). Match-pointed pairs, North-South PHILLIPS : "Double. Nearly all the vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- ingredients of a good match-point Soi.TTH WFST NoRTH EAST double-the preponderance of honour 10 No strength, an awkward trump holding, and no fit with partner." I ~ t + 20 2+ 7 FRANKLIN: "Double. This should South holds:- be no more difficult than playing the + AJ75 ~ IU864 063 +J7 hand." I What should South bid'! MRS. MARKus: "Double.· It does not look possible that East-West 11ill Answer: Three Diamonds, 10; make eight tricks. I could not explain Double, 6; Two No Trumps or No my holding by any other bid to my Bid, 5. partner." The panel's I'Ote: 6 for Three Dia­ As to that, Two No Trumps, recom­ monds, 3 for Double (Mrs. Markus, mended by RODRIGUE ("double is Franklin, Phillips), 2 for Two No premature and game may be on") and Trumps (Rodrigue, Topley), 2 for No TOPLEY, gives a fair picture. Thrtt Bid (Konstam, Schapiro). Diamonds, however, is just as likely to be made and has the strategical ad~-an­ This is a delicate problem, to which tage that it may provoke furtbU the form of scoring and the vulner­ ability are highly relevant. competition. Most players would agree, I think, FILARSKI: " Three Diamonds. Mud! that on the bidding to date Two Spades, too risky to double-too risky to pass. if passed out, is likely to go one or two Of course, the bid requires an c;tpc;rt down. If it is doubled it won't be more partner who will not go to Four OJa· than one down. That is worth only 100 monds over Three Spades." and will not produce a good score if SwiMER: " Three Diamonds. PI~ 15 North-South can make Three Diamonds 50 for one down in Two Spades or Two No Trumps. However, partner unlikely to give us ll good scott. is still there, so there is this argument Double would give too much infoJ111.2" for a pass:- lion to the enemy." ds. KoNSTAM: "No Did. The hand is M1ss SHANAHAN: "Three Diam~ not strong enough to double, and the Some action must be taken and Jus best chance of a plus score seems to be Diamonds is most likely to brinl! a~-~ 'f 1\'tP• a penalty in Two Spades undoubled. score, as North's hand, even ~3J110od unless North can bid Three Diamonds should at least have a good himself. suit." ...J . ds 1 r"" ScHAPIRO: " No Did. I am no ~ FLINT: " Three Dtamon . 46 .. ~~~ might well get a chance to double SHARPLES: ~·No Bid . . A slam here TbltC Spades, and even then it might is a very dubious proposition. Partner liD only one down." must not only hold certain key cards • SHARPLES: "Three Diamonds. If but both red suits must break favour: partner is short in both majors he should ably. Failing either of which, even a halt a good six-card diamond suit." contract of Five may be one too high." A further point, which no panelist KoNSTAM: " No Bid. To all intents ll!lldc:, is that South's doubleton Jx in and purposes the hand is worth the King clubs is surt to be a useful value in of hearts, and only a four-card suit at support of diamonds, for North's that, plus the Ace of dubs. Certainly sccnnd suit is likely to be clubs. not the sort of hand to make a slam try on.'' Probltm No. 6 (10 pomts). FLINT: " No Bid. Unlikely to be !.M.P. scoring, love all. the bidding better than a fi nesse fo r a slam and I has gone:- hate my trump holding." SOliTH W EST N ORTH E AST Exactly; just because he has been 10 No raised to Four, South must not Jose I ~ . No 4V' No sight of the fact that his trumps are extremely poor. South holds :- These are the votes on the other side: +953 I\}K 842 0 105 + AQJ4 Answer: No Bid, 10; Five Clubs or SCHAPIRO: " Five Clubs. Just worth a slam try." Four Spades, 3. .• ,I The panel's l'ote: 10 for No Bid 2 MRS. MARKUS: " Five Clubs. I .· for Five Clubs (Schapiro, Mrs. M ark~s), know the hand- from the Gold Cup I for Four Spades (Phillips). semi-final. My other pair fai led to reach a slam and we discussed the hand This hand occurred in the semi-final of the Melville Smith and my partner and agreed that South's holding justified Schapiro, made a slam try of Five Clubs: a slam try." My hand, as North, was:- Mrs. Markus's hand must have been +A.KIO ~QI063 0 AQJ84 + K slightly different. l brd only Five Hearts but as can PHILLIPS : " Four Spades. The values be see • • 0• Cleo that was insecure. for a slam try are there, and it may t e Ahhough a wor·' f . . . . advisable to inhibit a spade lead." da . u o cntrcrsm ts as a .~ gger 10 my own 1 ita Is I was con- stratned to ·h . • Problem No. 7 ( 10 points). '·· .. c aractcnsc the slam try as I.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- d Preposterous . ., Thus arose ~ h e able, the bidding has gone:- ecrsron 10 suhmrt the problem to the Pa nel. For th. SOUT JJ W EST NORTII E AST •' ~ most part, my 'iew was 10 rroncd. I 0 No 2NT No 3NT 4V' No No l u ~1\~ t.: t .. N . • 111~ , h ld 0 Urd . Though Nort h ., S · .0 4- 6 or 5- 6 in the red suits outh \ tru , South holds:- th 1 , . rn ps arc mu~.:h too wea k to + 04 V'A5 OAJ963 + KI 072 n' about a 1 Wha t should South bid ? to 11trn ~a m . If I must continue I • on th'1 h0 I . Answer: Double, 10; Five Diamonds ''hii.'h 1 ~ dmg, tell me one on ' ~ 1lould not." or Five Clubs or Four No Trumps, 5. 47 111e panel's •·ote: 10 for Double, l BESSE=. '' Five Clubs. We should for Five Diamonds (Miss Shanahan), make F1ve Clubs (or Five Diamonds) 1 for Five Clubs (Besse}, l for Four No as easily as Four No Trumps and it Trumps (Swimer). should be much safer." What infere'"nces are to be drawn from· SwtMER: "Four No Trumps. West's West's late entry into the bidding and pass to One Diamond is • fishy.' He is from North's pass of Four Hearts 7 prepared to play in Four Hearts rather As to West, he may have a freakish than double Three No Trumps, \\hich hand on which he was hoping to bring indicates that he is unlikely to ha\'e many off a coup. When North does not quick entries. I expect + JO or 0 9 to double, surely he is saying to partner: produce the tenth trick." " So far as I can tell, a double of Four Hearts is not the best we can do at this Problem No. 8 (20 points}. vulnerability: can we go any higher? " Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding Most of the panel seem to think not. has gone:- FJLARSKJ: " Double. A sound prin­ SoUTH WFST NoRm E.ur ciple in this situation is based on the l c:::} Obi. No German expression: " Safe is safe." ? North passed Four Hearts; from that I South holds:- deduce that he has a heart trick and + 74 c:::} KJ965 08432 + 65 is suggesting Four No Trumps. So it If you were marking a competition is sure that we will make two heart tricks of this sort, with a maximum of ltD and will pick up 500 or more." points, what points would you gil-e to That doesn't seem a very safe deduc­ the following calls: No Bid, One No tion to me: if North had no trick in Trump, Two Diamonds? hearts, might he not equally think that Answer: Maximum points for 1!13kin& a good reason for passing? it close between the three bids, with Two KoNSTMI: " Double. It may look Diamonds just best. • . 6 a cheap get-out for East-West, but the The panel's rote: As first cholct, hand is not strong enough to bid any for Two Diamonds, 5 for No Bid, 2 for more, and it is possible that no game One No Trump. call is on for North-South, so a small The panel .m most cases went to penalty may turn out well." extremes· those who favoured Til~ ' No !!J., At the same time, there are fair Diamonds gave low marks to one grounds for placing partner with length and vice versa; almost all pbced in the minors: he did not overcall in No Trump in the middle. the setter spades and he has not doubled Four " I hate my partner! A nd • " RooRIGL'I. Hearts. That is the basis of these of the queshon, says this answers:- 'making Two Diamonds ~~t. 5ou MY Miss SHANAHAN : " Five Diamonds. in an unhappy position, 1t1S true. :ouiJ North's failure to double Four Hearts own reaction, rightly or wrongly," arc is interpreted as indicating shortage in be as follows: "Pe~haps . ;~ r;rt 1 hearts and probable length in diamonds, going to lose points; 1f 5_0• Lt ~ suggesting a possible game rather than going to be my fault; l wtllm:t a small penalty." dutiful bid." 48 . By thai test, the order or preference .ToPLEY: "Two Diamonds, JO ; One is Two Diamonds, One No Trump, No No Trump, 3; No Bid, 0. Perhaps I Bid. If we go two down in Two Dia­ am unlucky, but I have never yet seen monds or some other contract, it will . a declarer go down when partner has oot be my responsibility; bul if I pass passed a double with a hand like this. : ' - v.ith no real defence against One There is a little to be said for One No Heart-and they make an overtrick, the Trump, but diamonds seems to me the blame will be all mine only strain in which this hand may be .. . Some of the panel, however, think worth a couple or tricks... . that to pass will be the cheapest ~ay out. Only three panelists see the problem fA ANKLJ N: " No Did, 10; One No in other than black-and-white terms:- Trump, 6; Two Diamonds, 2. If ·.: p3f1nCr has a diamond weakness (not un­ SWJMER: " One No Trump, JO; known) Two Diamonds may cost more Two Diamonds, 8; No Bid, 6. The than I am prepared to lose, as may any bid would depend on the type of partner • 1 • &uitto which partner retreats. One No and opposition. My markings are on Trump doubled may be an equally the assumption that I know nothing .. about either.'' ·: costly affair. I am prepared to Jet ·: ' them make One Heart doubled and KoNSTAM: " One No Trump with an hope I may be pleasantly surprised." expert partner, but in the general run of That answer (Ft LARSK J and SHARPLES rubber bridge, No Bid." similar) seems to me to misjudge the mathematics of the situation. Jf oppon­ l cannot help thinking that many panelists who recommended a pass rnts make just One Heart doubled that . •. will be 60 below, 50 above, plus l50,or so took " rubber bridge" to mean bridge for the tactical va lue of a part score at with a strange partner. That is not the game alt. Moreo\cr, they may well intention : a good partner should be ..' . make overtricks at 200 a time. That is assumed fo r all problems, whatever the ~ r ~orse than going 200 down in Two system of scoring. ·. tamonds or some other contract. BESSE: "Two Diamonds, 10 ; One Fu,,: .. o Bid, 10 ; Two Dia­ No Trump, 9; No Bid, 7. I am in bad monds. J: One No Tru mp 0. I don't co • case anyhow. Partner may not be with unt on a plus score but this will me in diamonds ; 1 have no tricks in No achtclc the smallest min us." Trumps. Still more, I have no defence • r • : 1 A\ 'ce 11 • South 1s 1n no position to against One Heart, si tting under the • I• arrtlc ;u that ~u rt of judgment. Partner bidder." ' rna) h

Yorkshire C.B.A. Congress The final of the-inter-towns event for Scarborough the Moortown Trophy was decided 011 Yet another record congress in this, virtually the last board, the first year of the Master Point scheme. Axx KQJxxx This three day congress which, only a + + ~ Qxx ~ Kx few years ago, anticipated with pleasure O A 0 KJxx the prospect of a fifty-table session + Axxxxx recorded a total of more than six + x hundred tables with no sign of discom­ In the match between a str:ln~· fort and no hitch in the organisational looking Sunderland team (Dr. Dol'e, machinery. Dr. Rushton, J. Hochwald and D. The three main events provided Smerdon) and Leeds (S. Fielding, G. exciting finishes. Mrs. Fleming and Harris, A. Finlay and I. Manning) West Mrs. Broke with B.B.L. trialists Mrs. at both tables opened One Club and Corwen and Mrs. Oldroyd of Yorkshire raised partner's response of One Sp3ik led the way in the qualifying stage of to Three Spades. Hochwald and Smu· the Ladies teams event. In the final don, with the use of the" Old Bbd" however, they were never in their strid~ by the East hand, were quickly in ~ and the holders, Mrs. Cartwright, Mrs. For th: other team Finlay, E:ut, ~ Di;:k, Mrs. Hedley and Mrs. Field of Three Spades to Five Spades and biS Dewsbury lost on a split tie to Mrs. partner made an ill-judged pass. Hadfield, Miss Kleuser, Mrs. Hopewell Although West may not have too nunY and Mrs. Addison, from Sheffield values for his raise to Three Spadd b: 11 Nottingham and Devon, and all pas~ clearly ha.s the right type of hand b:ll winners. his partner shows slam interest. 1be swing on this board enabled the ~under· In the Open teams event for the land team to gain a two-polO· t wtn oltr Fell-Vincent trophy J. H. Taylor, Mrs. Leeds who were second. Oldroyd, A. Finlay and I. Manning of . 'dd' g f,!atdl Leeds scored 42 out of a possible 50 The Sunday mommg Dl 10 Q.5 Cltft points in a second half rally which lifted proved as popular a feature. sts r"" them from the foot almost to the top almost three hundred cnthUSIIl .• ~;t~t. · ' SUll>l- of the field. The holders, Mrs. Fleming, ferring it to the spnng ld CUI' N. S. L. Smart, P. Swinnerton-Dyer and Three hands from this year's God tbis M. M. Wilcock were too steady for the provided an interesting test, 30peaitd 0 rest of the field and won with something one n most difficult choice of in hand. bid:- 50 .. , .. - :· ~ ·• · •·. ' ~ r~ t ' l - . . ' WEST EAST M~. Fleming decided n;t unreaso~~· +J + K Q4 ably that it wns important to show her r:[) K963 r;;JA diamond support at an early stage and 0 Q8 0 K 105432 from that point there was no recovery. + 10 9 7 54 3 + A K Q The contest was narrowly won by You may remember from last month's Mr. and Mrs. Porteous. And ·a special Gold Cup report that R. Sharples and word . for four Grimsby ladies, Mrs. L. Tarlo chose such differing bids as Snowdon, Mrs. Thickett, Mrs. Walmsley Two Clubs and One Diamond on the and Mrs. Barker, who reached all three East hand. The Scarborough sequences team finals. were :- _ The Nationai Pairs qtamplonshlp Wrsr EAST Ft/1 SM•innuton·D)'C'r The last minute withdrawal of the 2+ holders, Miss Shanahan and M. Harri­ 20 30 son Gray, left A. Rose and J. Nunes in 4+ 5+ the position of undisputed favourites. 6+ No Bid A( the end of the first session there seem­ Bid for bid the sequence produced ed to be nothing to change that view by the Sharples brothers in match when they were lying cosily tucked in conditions. amongst the leaders as follows :- WEST EAsT ' R. & D. Myers (Manchester) 346 Mrs. Portrous T. G. Porttnus Dr. Bown and F. Boot 2NT (Gloucester) ... 337 3+ 30 G. Fell and F. Farrington 330 3NT No Bid J. C. Jewson and A. E. Shaw An unusual choice of opening bid (Norfolk) 312 11hich led to a final contract judged A. Rose and J. Nunes ... 311 second only to Five Clubs, which was H. Ingram and D. Smerdon ... 309 reached with the help of a third choice The two leading pairs had both done of opening bid, as follows:- very well, it wns generally conceded,. W EST EAST but there was doubt as to whether Mrs. Oldroyd Mrs. Cnrwtn they had the experience to keep it up 20 over a testing three session event. · 2NT 3+ 4+ 40 Whereas they both " rubbed it in" 5+ No Bid by having a no less convincing second session. Although the Spurway brothers Using the change of suit as forcing the Three Club bid was a bright idea won the session with a score of 344 to rise from 19th to 7th and Mrs. Richard leaving West the opportunity to make and Wolfeld scored 335 to climb up to a welcome heart bid and producing 1 unexpected treasure. third place, the top Of the table nOW· read:- W EST Mrs. Flttni11g Smart R . & D . Myers ... 680 2+ . Dr. Down and F. Boot 655 20 30 Mrs. Richard and A. Wolfeld 607 40 50 A. Finlay and I. Manning 598 No Bid H. Ingram and D. Smerdon 598 51 . . ... "1

]. C. Jewson and A. E. Shaw 589 When North was decmre.: ~ • ' E. J. and P. F. Spurway 587 common opening lead was : A. Rose and J. Nunes ... 587 s~g.gesting that the Spades might be With a top of 20 and twenty-eight d.tvtd~d 4-4. In view of the spade boards remaining for play it seemed sttuatton ·there was something to be that the two top pairs were out of said now for declining the heart finesse· everybody's range. Meanwhile, the when the Ace dropped the Jack North travelling score slip for board 13 seemed could return a heart and make nine to warrant investigation. Three No tricks. Trumps was the final contract at all Nunes and Rose~ who had betu eleven tables-five times seven tricks having anything but the best of Juct, were made, five times eight tricks and were one of only two pairs to suffer an once eleven tricks. adverse Seven No Trump contract oo this hand:- I • NORTH + AJ8 WEST EASf ~ 107 5 + K4 + A 72 0 K632 ~ A ~ 853 + 962 0 KQJ863 0 A 14 WEST EAST + AK82 + QJ lOS + Q 1095 + K632 When Mrs. Helm and Mrs. Richard- ~ KJ ~ 9 8 4 2 son held the East-West cards against 0 JI087 <> 5 them West opened Two Diamonds and + QJ8 + 7 543 East responded Three Clubs. Since the SOlJTH club suit could hardly be weaker lh:ul • 74 it was, West had only to Joc:~tc two ~ AQ63 Aces before bidding, Seven No Trumps. 0 AQ94 The other East-West pair to start ~ith + AKIO the same two bids, Fell and Farrington. South generally opened with a bid of achieved the same result. Most other · One Heart and the normal pattern was East players preferred a response .or a response of One No Trump by North Three Diamonds and from this pomt followed by a raise to Three No Trumps. it was very difficult to find the grand R. Dorsey made a variation when he slam in No Trumps. In fact, only two responded One Spade and South other pairs reached Seven in a suit. (S. Leviten) bid Three No Trumps. In the final session the word was~ West led the Jack of Diamonds and the around that both leaders were sho~lnJ declarer made the good shot of the Ace signs of strain while every other ~ of hearts followed by a small heart • lenging pair was having a sto~ which West won with the King. The session. Although the Glouces ter ntJl·fdl ten of spades was covered by the Jack ed pair, Dr. Bown and F. BoO~1 and King and East returned a club. away to tenth place they shoul~ '· , Tite declarer won with the King and this, their first major venture, With ': played a heart to the ten on which siderable satisfaction. The leaders~ ., ~ West threw a spade. A club back to Myers brothers, a pair with ratherr ~d the Ace was followed by ~Q and West experience, suffered a number~ squeezed in three suits, surrendered. ' results but kept on fighting and ·' , 52 ,,• 1. fust a top below average, and just two ' .. points in front of the other brothers, the Spurways, who won two sessions out of three to climb from nineteenth to second. In the closest of finishes only three-quarters of a top covered the THE AMEKI CAN first fi\oe places, which were as follows:-

(I) R. & D. Myers 942 BRIDGE WORLD (2) E. J. & P. F. Spurway 940 (3) H. Ingram and D. Smerdon 931 Subscriptions (4) A. Finlay and J. Manning 929 (or One Year . £1 0 0 (S) A. Rose and J. Nunes 926 Two Years •• £3 J 0 ·•

Swedish Visit Sole Agent in Great Britain : -. The visit by a party of more than rony Swedish bridge players was in lUra. nw 1\larku a 5 Buil lllllnsiont, Baail Stree~ S.W.3 ~try respect a thoroughly happy occa­ Sion. Home players carried off the first prizes at each of the three main events. The oairs contest at St. Ermin's Hotel was won by Mrs. Van Rees and Mrs. Forbes ; the match on board the Suecia by the Middlesex team of Rose and E.B.U. Master Points Nunes, Wolach and Swimer ; and the match at Tunbridge Wells by a local team After the Gold Cup and National captained by A. E. Podmore. Pairs results had been taken into account there were 16 names on the list of County Masters.

Juan-Les-Pins C. Rodrigue and Mrs. F. Gordon were B .~rom the warm South comes news of first to top the century, with 103 and T~llsh successes in the teams-of-four. 101 respectively, and their next target is H e Yorkshire combination of National Master (150 M.P.). They are ochhwald, Bloomberg, Dr. Dove and followed by J. and R. Sharples, 87 and . , R Mrsus tonF ' was filrst, and Mrs. Markus, 86; Miss Shanahan, 83; Dr. S. Lee, 73; and . M. G.ordon, Doris, Lady Rhodes, A. Rose, 72; Mrs. Markus, 71; E. J. - . ath•eson, were seco d Th b' Spurway, 63; S. Booker, 61; P. F. pa rs w n . e 1g .. 1 as won by Stayman and Mrs Spurway, 55; B. Franks, R. Preston, and Kem were P' of Amenca · . Rushton and Dove· R. Swimer, 54; J. Lazarus, 53; Mrs. ninthseventh, Hochwald and Bloomberg A. L. Fleming. 52. days ' ~fter leading the field for three Pri~ . ~· F. Gordon won the ladies L. Tarlo heads the list of "elected wn Mme. Eliopoulo. Life Masters" with 96 M.P.

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