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J I : I ~ T ACT e!D(i~ {l ~n-~~·~~ "2~-''-=·'-~"~/71 . ~ I' J THE- OFFICl_t.l' MEDIUM FOR- ENGLISH BRIDG~UNION NEWS ., .... ' r ANY QUESTIONS At rubber bridge, East was dealer at Game-aU. South held +Ax, <y1Kl0xx, O Kxn..-xx , +x and possibly incorrectly passed and the bidding proceeded:- .. East South West North -\. \ No No No l <V> t+ 2+ No 2NT J No 40 No ? ' ~ 1ltc panel is asked whether, in the circum­ I, stances South has oyerbid the hand by the double I \ I'- force ~nd what should North say o\·er four diamonds on +K.xx, <y1AQJx, O xxx, +Axx. r.~ See '\\hat the experts answer on page 23. \ EDITED BY H. ST. JOHN INGRAM .. .,......... ,.. OCTOBER, 1955 /' - • • • • . ·EVERY MONDAY IN · THE i';:~~ • • • l: • , l,.s-"'' ~· • ,,. • • • ;/~; • l~~~ ......._..............,~ Baily a!tltgrapb .. 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Page CONTENTS 6 STOP PRESS IN DEFENCE OF TilE MoDt:RN by Harnltl Franklin .. , 7- 10 11 - 12 EUROPEAN CIIAMPIONSHIPS 13- 14 lONDON AND Tllll SOlTTll 15-17 TRUMP PROMOTION by G. C. H. Fox 18 You ASKED FOR IT! ,. .· 19-27 ANY QUESTIONS 28-30 EXPERT JuOOMENT by Paul Masters ••. 31- 34 WoRLD CIIAMPIONSIIIP FoRECAST by Alan Truscrllt ... 35-38 ANALYTICAL ERROR by C. E. Phi/lips 39--40 c.nJ. v. n.n.c. 42-46 CoMPETITlON PAGES s ·sTOP.. "PRESS ' • I ' TO ALL COMPE.TITION ·PLA YE.RS ' t ' from the E.B. U. Tournament Secretary (I) By the time this Journal is published all E.B.U. Competition Entries will be closing. If you wish to enter send at once your "Gold Cup,"" Crockfords Cup,"" Whitelaw Cup" and" Hubert Phillips Bowl " entries to me. Closing date for entries is extended to October 23. (2) Send also " The Field Cup " entry form (for " Old Boys" and " Old Girls " from the same school) at once so that suitable arrangements can be made for running heats to save your travel as far as possible. Persuade your local Association to run a heat of the Portland Club Cup run on the lines of the National Pairs to qualify, but for" Mixed Pairs." (3) llkley, "St. Dunstan's" Congress, October 28-30. This is the Tentlt Annual Congress and for this Special Birthday .· we want to create a new record. Last year we handed to St. Dunstan's £310. Come and support the Congress with your entries if you can, and for the many who cannot, will you send to me a donation, however small, for the Bridge Players lOth Birthday Gift to St. Dunstan's, to help this great organization to carry on its voluntary work. Address: Major G. Fell, Craven Lead Works, Skipton, Yorkshire. CAMROSE TRIAL At Nottingham B.C. on Saturday and Sunday, October 8/9. lst Mrs. B. Gordon and P. Juan, 570; 2nd Mrs. M. Lester and Mrs. Van Rces, 552; 3rd Messrs. Spurway and Spurway, 546. Amazingly close scoring. Average was 525. 16 pairs competing. 4th position, 536; bottom position, 505. LEDERERS CLUB , Peggy Lederer informs us that there will be Pairs Duplicate nt the club every Tuesday at 8 o'clock. Don't be late. Phone for fur~her details: Mayfair 7859. We are sorry to announce the very sudden death of S. Kosky, one <?f the finest bridge players in the country. Unfortunately he comp~etely dropped out of competitive bridge before the war. He Will be greatly missed at Lederers. ' IN DEFENCE. OF THE MODERN. by HAROLD FRANKLIN In his August editorial th.e if partner hasn't ~n opening bid editor attributed what he sees as himself?" the decline in modern bidding to Of the two examples cited there three main causes-the super are none who would justify the light opener first or second in hand, second which was clearly the the continual use of the " clever" whim of the individual and in no or " scientific " bid and the con­ sense characteristic of the modem tinual search of the phantom trend. There are many who would slam. Since he goes on to say that justify the opening on the six-card :· in m~ny respects modern bridge diamond suit, which brings us to ts far m advance of the bridge the principle underlying the Acol played in the nineteen thirties " it type of light opening. is reasonable to assume that in It is true to say that on almost the editor's view there are other every hand there is a best contract respects in which it is not and for both sides. If North-South that these are the ones to which hold 10 spades between them, he has drawn attention. however few points they may hold I would like to take this there must be some number of opportunity of challenging his spades at which it would be good observations in every respect, for them to play if they could be both the general statements and permitted to do so. The sooner the implied comparison. Because that a hand with distributional of limitations of space I will values is able to reach its own ~ontent myself by dealing in this optimum contract, the more diffi­ Issue with the first of his state­ cult it will be for the opponents ments. to reach theirs.
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