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Par Contest- Hands 9 to 16 19-35 You Say . .. 36-38 One Hundred Up : November Competition ... 38- 39 European Ladies Championship-Second Half, by Alan Truscott ... 40-44 One HundredUp: Answers to October Problems ... 45- 51 Result of October Competition 51 To'urnament World, by Ha'rold Franklin 52- 55 Diary of Events 56 4 ALL QUIET paid a notable tribute to Harold Major tournaments, in these Franklin as a tournament direc days, are l i~:e football matches in tor, and other overseas players South America: it is a matter for who went to the Congress before remark if they pass off without the Selfridges event have gone incident and stone-throwing, home, to judge from their many metaphorical or literal. As an compliments, with considerable article in the Sunday Times fore respect for English organisation. shadowed, the promoters of the We have come to take rather for British Bridge World Cup were granted the outstanding quality determined that there should be of our leading tournament direc "none of that there 'ere". Nor tors and match managers. 11as there, and that, more than any other factor. made for the success , HEARD AT SELFRIDGES of the tournament. Customer, addressing the Chair man of the E. B. U., wearing badge RESTORATIVE and rosette: " Which way is the It was a great performance by Gentlemen's Hairdressing? " the t\\o American pairs to carry Spectator: "Which is Goer oiT the first two places in the main ing?" e\ent. Had there been any signs of diminishing confidence in that " The Ladies is past the Fire country, this success would have works."-Mrs. A. L. Fleming,. rcmO\ed them . 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Christmas comes Twelve Times each year to the f riend who has the British Bridge World as Your Gift! 6 . - .• ft' ~ ·In Glorious By MAJOR CHARLES GIBSON .. It needed no more than coloured Tres gai; and no less gay were the limes and fanfares of trumpets to terpsichorean evolutions of the transform the British Bridge attendant nymphs as they fluttered World Challenge Cup into a to and fro changing the flags Palladi um super-spectatular pro- when the players moved. Having duction with a n all-star inter- no illusions about the general national cast a nd, after my first erudition of bridge fans, the glimpse of it, I conned the pro: sponsors had thoughtfully pro gramme fo r the credit line " Pro- vided written placards to identify duced by Val Parnell." Put it the flags. down to the fl ags and cards. Through this circulated the Twenty-four countries were stocky Mr. Franklin, whose re prese nted , from Austria to admonitory voice grew ever Yugosl avia a nd from New Zea- hoarser as th~ sessions wore on. land to Iceland. There was an " We must keep the middle of the intern ationa l cadence in the names , floor clear," he implored, as 11 hich called for a score by Cole ,players, pursuivants and press Porter. Listen to Jng. Karl changed places. Above it all Schneider, Kai Blicher, Egmont hovered your Editor, pale, aloof, ~o n Dewitz, M. D' Alelio, Sonny and intellectually domed. H. Dia mond , Carl Stang Wolff, The cards, too, were an integral \V. K. Szaflarski (by now I'm part of the show. They were of a typing ~ ith one finger), Antun new design, very, very artistic, but ~ l a rl-. ov inovic a nd my own a little baffling at first sight. So etymological favourite, Oli Orn much so, that several dummies O l af,~o n . named their court cards when Clearly, the insular onlooker putting them down, and 1 saw two could not be expected to recognise players who thought it safer to all these, so the producers bid from the hand record slips. r· org.a ni ers " is too pedestrian a The biggest crowd gathered to Engla nd. she likes it very much, basic system; points for a One and hopes to come back again No Trump opening (non-vulner some time. able and vulnerable); jf an open ing Three bid was weak, fairly , \\hen Cohen (of Northern strong, or a solid suit; his bid •reland) offered Goren a cigarette, over a pre-emptive Three- Three "No, Charlie!" ~he ~aid No Trumps, double, next higher .. Nut only a partner, but a suit, or lower minor; whether he nur<,,·c . ·· ~a1·d Cohen, whereupon used Blackwood, Culbertson, 1)1. ' 1111 onu. I wt· stfully remarked " I Norman or Gerber slam conven 111 \h I ha d a partner who looked tion, and so on. Very neatly set after me Ii ke that." out, easy to fill in• (mostly by . You l\ould have liked the scor ticks), and taking care of 98 per Ing cards, wi th ample spaces for cent. of possible eventualities. entru:, and, on the front page, a As for the other two per cent., I rea ll y ad mi rable attempt to clarify quote Goren " We'll ask about it the player's system for the benefit when it comes up." 1 · There were no protracted post· of 11'> opponents. Inter alia the mortems (at least, not in public) Pla~cr \\as asked to indicate his 0 b~ rf/tl~~ ~~~ ~€P' ~t!~' \~ For tournaments away-fly BEA Did you know that by flying BEA in a party to sporting evems xou can get reduced rates? Whether your event is in Britain or on the Continent, flying BEA can be quicker, simpler, more comfortable by far, and much cheaper than you'd think. BEA have a special man to help Y.ou and your travel agent armnge party or individual travel to sporting events- Mr. Bob, Dagg. So if you are planning to go places this season why not ring Mr. Dagg ai Whitehall 8821, or write to him at Dorland House, Lower Regent Street, London, S.W.1. BRIT IS H E UROP EAN AI RW AY S or recriminations. Bidding and an international galazy of this play were rather quicker than in size and all those who saw it owe other top flight tournaments I've a big debt to the organisers. So seen. Play started on time and, do those who played-every apart from a mathematical error competitor received a prize. in the final computations,* the whole programme ran with that *I am happy to have this opportunity smoothness which is the only out: to say that It was in no way a mistake by ward sign of experience, skill and the scorers that led to tempornry con· fusion in the announccmcht of the nln· damned hard work behind the · ners: It was a mistake in entering the scenes befon; and during the play. result of a hand when the two leading It is not a light matter to assemble pairs were In opposition.-T.R. ONE HUNDRED UP: On' the opposite page we reproduce the October problems so that readers who did not enter for the corn· petition can study the questions again before turning to, the answers on page 45. The November problems are on page 39. 10 ..... 'l ..• ... ' ~1 I ' 1 • ' • ' I rroiJiem No. 1 (10 points) Problem No. 5 (IO points). I.M.P. scoring, love all! the bi~ding I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding bas gone:- ]lls gone:- .. , Sotml W E5T NORTH EAST Sourn WEST NoRTH EAsT I+ 1 ~ J+ No 2+ 3\? 3+ ? ... South holds :- 1 -... +01053 \?KJ87 OKI06 + J9 South holds:- What should South bit\ 1 + AJJ06 \?2 OAQ1097 + KI09 What should South bid 1 .'\.. ' Problem No. 2 (10 points) Problem No. 6 (10 points). I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding I' has gone: . ,.... has gone: ( . Soum WEST NORTH EAST . . ~\ Sourn WEST NoRTH EAST I + 2\? 10 I ,I Db!. No No 30 No JNT No 1 South holds:- South holds:- +06 \?KOI07 096 + KJ653 + A \?0105 OK0532 + K764 What should South bid? What should South bid 1 Problem No. 3 (10 points) Problem No. 7 (IO points). Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding Match-pointed pairs, Jove all, the has gone: - bidding has gooe:- '- SoliTH WEST NORTH EAsT Sourn WEST NoRm EAsT - ,. No No I+ Dbl. No 10 li'IT ,I Redbl. 20 2+ No ? So~th holds:- I ; South holds:- + 08 \?AKI0854 OJ53 + 76 + AS \?0962 0 JI063 + A94 What should South bid 1 What ~hou l d South bid? Problem No. 8 (10 points). Prnhlem i"o. 4 (20 points) I.M.P. scoring, Jove all, the .biddins 1.~1 . 1' . ~coring, North-South vulner has gone: WeST NoRm EAST the bidding has gone:- SouTH a bt ~. 3\? 3+ No s,Jl Tit WLST NORTII EAsT I + 1 South holds:- INT No No + 04 \j)JS <) K7642 + A863 (a) Would a raise to Four Spades be ~nu t h holds:- imprudent, close, or clear-cut 1 . + ·\95:! \?H 0 01065 + AK76 (b) If North had overcalled wtth Four \\ h<~t ~ hould South bid:- Spades, would a sbm try be more, lo t A ~ the bidding has gone? equally, or Jess attractive than a game lh l If West's response had been Two bid in the other sequence? ~ Pa dc s '! 11 .' ' r~e·· British Bridge World Challenge Cup-Part .1 By ALBERT DORMER International tournament Westall (England) were specially bridge is an exotic flower that invited by the sponsors. The blooms all too seldom in this Tournament proper comprised island. The generosity of Messrs. five sessions of fifteen boards de Ia Rue gave many their first each, so that each pair played glimpse of a host of Continental, three boards against each other Transatlantic and Dominion pair. Top score on each board celebrities. Terence Reese's bold was 24 match points, average idea caught the imagination of score for a session was 180. sponsors, players and public alike. In an all-American finish, The " Fish Bowl " was employ Goren and Mrs. Sobel {1,026) won ed to enable a large audience to from Martin Cohn and H. San follow the play at a table situated born Brown (1,007), who carried in a transparent, sound-proof off the Master Pairs at the Ameri room, assisted by a visual indica can Summer Nationals. Finckel tor and an expert commentary. stein and Savostin (999) took Reese and his expert band of third place for Belgium. Following helpers have acquired great pro the example of the prize-giving, I ficiency in this technique. will set out in detail the scores of The remaining twelve tables the first twelve of the twenty-six were placed in an adjoining hall, . pairs:- where ·audience circulation was l. Goren and Mrs. Sobel allowed. Messrs. Selfridges again (America) 1,026 earned the gratitude of the bridge 2. Cohn and Brown public in providing facilities that (America) 1,007 could not be bettered. 3. Finckelstein and Twenty-four countries nomina Savostin (Belgium) ... 999 ted a representative pair and in 4. Svarc and BourchtoiT addition Charles Goren with (France) 989 Helen Sobel (United States) and 5. Larsen and Wolff Kenneth Konstam with Bernard (Norway) 974 .. 12 6. Schneider and ' • Q94 •, ReithoiTcr (Austria) 959 CV1 13 7. Harrison Gray and •0 KQ54 Schapiro (England) ... 955 • QJ42 8. von Dewitz and Rachwalsky (Germany) 948 With well-protected holdings in 9. Ko nstam and Westall the opponents' side suits it is (England) 935 usually right to adopt a passive 10. D'Aidio and Garozzo role, rather than risk an attacking (Italy) 928 l~ad that may, cost a trick. On II. Blichcr and Voigt this hand, a trump seems called (Denmark) ... 923 for. Three of the five West 12. Forbes and Maclaren players Jed an attacking spade, the only lead to give the contract (Scotland) 917 on" normal declarer play. The full hands were:- Every pair in the field won a prize and there were also prizes NORTH for the winners of each separate -· 1101 session . <:/ AQI05 Th e;: win ners of the first session 0 AJ 8 7 were O'Connell and Houlihan • 95 (Ei re). They led with 224 match WEST EAsT points, followed closely by von • Q94 • 8532 Dewitz and Rachwalsky (Ger NORTH Claude Rodrigue und Leon 10 Yallouse (Egypt) were expected 4<:/ to be suited by the conditions but 5<:/ their bidding, was not always as accurate as their card play. How ever, they fulfilled more doubled contracts than any other pair:- West dealer Goren and Mrs. Sobel had a Love all fine second session and took up NORTH the running with a total score of + KJ964 436. Finckelstein and Savostin ~ J 8 7 (Belgium) were second with 419 0 A 10 . and were to contest the lead until + K 105 the very end. Of the other fan SOUTH cied pairs, Svarc-Bourchtoff were I - • Q7 now fourth with 398 while Gray ~ 1065432 Schapiro (England "A") and 0 - Cohn-Brown (United States "A") + Q7642 were equal eighth with 374. Garozzo (West) for Italy open ed One Diamond, Yallouse doub The eventual winners found a led and D'Alelio redoubled, Rod good contract on these hands and rigue (South) made the good bid were lucky enough to be doubled: of Three Hearts, passed round to NOR Til East who doubled. West led the • Q43 King of Diamonds, dummy won ~ 7 and Jed the Jack of Hearts in the 0 52 hope of crashing the opponents' + AKJ9654 honours. WEST EAST When East discarded a dia • J 9 5 + A 108 2 mond on ~J I thought that ~ 18643 ~ KQ 102 Rodrigue's chagrin was mixed 0 106 0 Q973 with respect for an opponent + 8 72 + 10 whose shrewd double had in SOUlH duced such a disastrous play of + K 76 the trump suit. However, it came ~ A95 out that D' Alelio had pulled the 0 A KJ 8 4 wrong card- the trumps broke + Q3 evenly and the contract was made. SOUTH NORTH The East-West hands were :- Go"n Mrs. Sobrl + 52 + A 10 8 3 INT 3+ ~ KQ y A9 3 0 3+ 0 KQ 8 532 0 19764 3NT 6+ + J9 8 + A3 and three pairs bid. and made Werner, · the Swedish East, Three No Trumps. doubled and led ~ K but declarer 14 .- , I had no \l ifficulty in establishing Hearts and South throws his small the fift h diamond for a spade diamond. Now dummy can lead discard. lt was not even neces either a spade or a diamond. sary to t:!ke the diamond finesse. ·East is no better off if he throws Top !:core on the board was his heart earlier and keeps two claimed by Yallouse .for Egypt spades. In practice, Yalfouse after t;·.1 :> dubious sequence:- made thirteen tricks. Sr1UTH NoRTH Most pairs climbed too high on Yat.'.: usr ROifrigur the next deal, after a Two Spade INT 3+ opening by East:- 3\? 30 . NORTH 40 6+ 6\? 6NT +? ~ J 8 7 5 No 0 8 762 Svarc (East) doubled and • 1964 Bourchtoff found the heart lead. WEST EAST As it happens, the contract cannot • 6 + A KQ 1074 be defeated if declarer reads the ~ KQI093 ~ 42 hand correctly. He wins the 0 K95 0 AQJ4 heart lead, runs dummy's long + KQ87 + 2 suit and when the last club is led SOUTII this is the position:- • J9852 c:;> A6 NoRTH 0 103 • Q43 + A1053 \?- Gray (West) .and Schapiro 0 52 (East) chose the right seats for + 4 there can be few but tht: latter EAST who would open only One Spade. + A They called: t + -2~; 30-3NT ; Immaterial \? K 4+ and were allowed to mak~ . 0 Q97 3 The Poles, Moskal ·and SzaOarskt, made a slam try ut a safe level SOUTII and played in Four No Trumps + K 7 ·- for eleven tricks and a top score. V> -- Seven pairs bid a slam despite 0 A K J 8 the two missing Aces. East parts with the King of Gray und Schapiro improved in ·- 15 the third session to take fourth · Blackwood on Bidding · place with 589, one point ahead · (Eyre & Spottisll'oode_, 9s. 6d.) of Forbes )and MacLaren (Scot This book sets forth what the land). Goren and Mrs. Sobel author calls his Dynamic ·Point (634) were now followed by Count. It is very good- as point Cobn and Sanborn Brown with count systems go; alas that, with 611 and Belgium with 610. me, they go a very short distance. (To be continued.) - T.R. The Bri~ish Bridg~ World Par Co11test Report by Terence Reese and Harold Franklin The forecast in last month's 6. Besse and Ortiz-Patino Editorial that the winning score (Switzerland, East-West) 70 in the Par Contest would be from about 72 to 77 out of 100 proved 7. Stang Wolff and Larsen to be almost sup.iciously correct, (Norway, East-West) 68 for these were the leading 12 scores 8. Schneider and Reithoffer among the 26 pairs:- (Austria, North-South) 66 Max. 100 . I. Rose an~ Squire Mrs. Sobel and Goren (England, North-South) 77 (U.S.A., North-South) 63 Bourchtoff and Svarc 9. Dr. E. C. Goudsmit (France,, East-West) 73 and Dr. F. W. Goudsmit (Holland, East-West) 63 2. { MacLaren and Forbes (Scotland, East-West) 73 r Cohn and Brown Rodrigue and Yallouze I (U.S.A., East-West) 62 (Egypt, North-South) 72 II . ~ Black and Dormer 4. ~ Finckelstein and Savostin (Portugal-England, L(Belgium, North-South) n l East-West) 61 16 .. The winners, Rose and Squire, mances in play were by Rose, replaced t he pair originally Mrs. Sobel, and Rodrigue, who nominated by the E.B.U., Mere played aiJ the North hands cor dith and Dodds, who were in rectly, and by Bourchtoff- and disposed. Besse who made no mistakes as For th:: purpose of prize-giving East unless it be accounted a the tie between the second and fault that on hand II they did not third pairs was broken in favour overt~ke to play a trump. of the French, who scored more In the field of bidding, the big points in respect of play. gest problem . was hand 8, only Also justified by events was our remark that no hand was in At Christmas \~e hope that - dividually too difficult for a first EVERY reader will take out at class player. There was no play least ONE Gift Subscription. that defeated every competitor. . Please do not overlook the Three plays were made once only: announcement on page six. the lead of +Q from dummy on hand 4, by Svarc; the loser-on Cohn and Brown stopping short loser elimination on hand 6, by of game in hearts. The best per Yall ouse; and the duck of the formance in bidding was by heart lead on hand 15, by Forbes. Forbes and Machren, who scored Of these hands the mystery was 42 points out of 49 in this depart No 6, for the play called only for ment. Next came the winners, good technique; but most de with 41. clarers mi stimed the play by tak The official analysis of hands ing a round of trumps too early. 1 to 8 was given last month, and The duck to the Queen of spades hands 9 to 16 appear on the on hand 5 was found by three following pages. Eas t players, Besse, Bourchtoff, an d · Blicher (Denmark). The MASTERS INDIVIDUAL · "~ 1t ch to a trump by the defen Tiae London and Home Counties der., on hand II was made only by Masters' JndivldUlll ChomplonshJp l\lll Norway and the second English he played for at THE FORTY NINE CLUD 49 Hallam Street, London, W.l, ra1r. Konstam and Westall. Four on Sa;urday e\·enlng, 23rd November pla\cr!> made the brilliant discard (7.45 p.m.) Sunday afternoon, Uth of . (> K on hand 7, including _N ovem ber at 2.30 and evening at 7.45 Helen Sobel in front of an excited 1 aud ie nce in the " Fish Bowl." P·~~ctators \\ill be admitted at a charge The best individual perfor- of 2/6 a session. 17 with CONTRACT BRIDGE BIDDING TABLES {Worlcl copyright reserncl} - Compiled by Capt. V. R. ULLMAN, M.C., The Surrey County Player, and edited by NICO GARDENER, ESQ-: The International World Mcuter Player and Director of the London School o/ Bridge. THE liDDING TAlliS - FOUit CONVENTIONS AT A GlANCE - l iDDING GUIDE ACCORDING TO COUNT AND 'DISTitiiUTION INClUDING ltUPONSES • WIN/LOSf CASH IUCOit D • IOUHD IN SOfT MO itOCCO GRAINED LEATHER • ASSORTED COlOUitS. 83 Wilhoul pencil. W hilo Paper BAJ Wilhoul poncil. A1uro Bluo hpor IJP Wilh pencil. Whito Popot BAJP Wilh poncU. A1wo Bluo Popot (From 6J- co 6/9) 1 AT All STATION f itS AND STORES T. J. I J. SMITH LTD., 12 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W. l Tolophono: LEGation tt•• U llnod 18 ·~- ... I -! t • -• .." : .' l· ' . s.s.w: ·_·Par _· Co11;test; , ' . .. October 10th,_.1957 Hands composed by Terence Reese and Harold Franklin Table of Accumulated Pars North-South East-West Hand No. Bid Lead Play Bid Lead Play - I 4 - 4 I I - - 2 4 - 2 2 I 4 3 6 - 5 2 I - 4 2 I - 4 - 5· 5 - - I - 5 - - 5 . 6 4 - 5 2 I - 4 7 3 2 5 3 - 8 I I - 5 - 4 9 2 I 4 3 - - 10 - I - 4 - 4 I 3 II 4 - "4 2 4 12 6 I - 6 - . 4 4 I \ 13 4 • - 3 I• - 2 1 14 4 - 5 - '. 2 5 15 . 3 - - - 16 2 I 5 4 - - - 9 42 Total 49 1- 9 42 I 49 I 100 100 19 North + A4 East-West dealer Suggested Bidding Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NoRTH EAST Two Spades by East ty> No No JNT 2y> 2+ Directed Lead All pass y>3 Bidding Par North-South For final bid 2y> or 1 Lead Par North-South For leading y>3 Playing Par North-South For making SIX tricks 4 East-West None 20 'I Bidding Analysis Some West players will re-open with a double instead of One No Trump. The result .should be the same, both sides contes.ting up to the level of Two but not beyond. North is not penalised if he decides to pass One No Trump, having good defence against the vulnerable opponents. ·,. Lead Analysis South has an obvious lead in the singleton of his partner's suit. Play Analysis North wins the opening lead with North should realise that there is a chance of a club ruff in his own hand. He must play this suit at once, while there is still an entry to South. After Ace and another club North goes up with + A on the first round, gives his partner a ruff in hearts and is rewarded \\ith a club ruff in return. 21 .. ,.·-;-~.-~·;-:; 1 ' • I No. 10 Keeping Contact East • Q863 Gameall . dealer "KI096 0 194 + J 10 + A4 + KI052 "AQJ74 " 8 2 0 762 0 AK5 + 652 t3· + AK84 • J 97 " 53 O Q1083 + Q973 Suggested Bidding ·Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NoRTH EAST Three l'{o Trumps by East I + No IIV No ,. Directed Lead No 21V No 2NT 0 3 No 3NT All pass Bidding Par North-South None East-West For final bid 3NT 4 For final bid 4" 2 u Lead Par . Nor.th-South For leading 0 3 Playing Par North-South None East-West For making NINE tricks, but ONLY if a low heart is played from dummy on the first round 4 22 No. 10 Bidding Analysis West has an awkward bid over One Spade and some players will ds have recourse to a bid in the fourth suit, Two o1·am on . H owever the bidding goes, Three No Trumps should be easy to reach. There is consolation for Four Hearts, which is also a fair contract. on the combined hands. Lead Analysis South has no reason to look beyond the unbid suit, diamonds. P lay Analysis Since the lead appears to be from a four-card suit, East should ta.ke the first trick rather than give the opponents a chance to switch with one trick in the bag. As he can afford to Jose two diamond tricks and two heart tricks, East must not risk being cut off from du,mmy. Jf he finesses the Queen of hearts, North may-certainly should-hold off. Then declarer wi ll make only two tricks in hearts and will be left a trick short . The proper communication play is to duck on the first round of hearts. North plays a diamond and now East can hold off. He wins the next round of diamonds and finesses tyQ. North wins, but the last three hearts in dummy are good and declarer has his nine tricks. 23 ... With Seven Trumps South + KJ 10 Love all' dealer ~ J8 6 0 Q J + 19165 • 9 • 76532 ~ KQJ054 ~ A972 0 10862 0 54 + Q43 t3 + KIO + AQ84 ~ 3 . 0 AK973 + A82 Suggested Bidding Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Four Spades by South 10 No INT No 2+ No 3+ No Directed Lead 4+ AH pass ~ K Bidding Par North-South For final bid Four Spades 4 East-West For passing throughout 2 Lead Par East-West For leading· Playing Par North-South If the defenders play a spade at trick 2, for making NINE tricks or If the defenders play any other suit at trick 2, for making TEN tricks . . . 4 East-West For making FOUR tricks, but ONLY if they play a spa~e at trick 2 3 24 No. 11 .,. Bidding Analysi~ ,·. This is ~ simple enough hand except for players who will not exP.Iore the possilJilities of a game contract with only seven trumps. Wi~h a maxim um No Trump response, and honours in both suits. bid by partner, North should be happy to raise to Three Spades. , Lead Analysis The directed lead is 1\/K, but since his partner may well have five trumps West is also given credit for a trump lead. Play Analysis lf he does not trust his partner to. play a trump at trick 2, East can overtake and lead a trump himself. ~gainst this defence South must play accurately to go only one down. One way is to cash dummy's dia mond s, overtake a spade, and lead OA when he discovers the trump division. East ruffs and should return a trump to hold South to nine tricks. If he judges that the trumps are 5- l, Soutl; may attempt to cash a · third diamond early on in preparation for a cross-ruff. Once again, East should ruff and play trumps. If the defenders continue hearts at trick 2, South should accept the force and make ten tricks by ruffing three diamonds on table. The trap is that South may mistake the type of hand, thinking that the right play is to throw .two clubs in order to avoid being forced. This fails against five trumps in one hand. 25 '} No. 12 A Show of Reluctance West • Q10832 North-South dealer ~ - vulnerable . 0 962 • Q 10764 + KJ + A 9765 4 ~- ~- 0 AQJ854 0 KJO 7 3 + A953 2 ~ + K JS ~ AKQJ 109 8 7654 32 ·0-- Suggested Bidding ·- Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Seven No Trumps by. West 10 No 2+ 3~ 4+ N o 40 Directed Lead N o 4NT(Cul.) No · 70 02 7 ~ ? ? ? Bidding P ar North-South For not bidding 7 ~ except when it is necessary to bid at that level in order to overcall East-West . . . 6 For not bidding 7~ at the first opportunity but making a voluntary bid of 7 ~ later on 2 East-West (a) If North-South at any time bid 7 ~ volun- tarily, for bidding 7NT 6 for bidding 7 + 2 (b) If North-South at no time bid 7 ~ except to overcall East-West, for bidding 7 0 6 for bidding 60 or 6+ 3 Lead Par North-South For leading any diamond. ... Playing Par North-South None East-West For making THIRTEEN tricks 4 26 No. 12 Bidding Analysis While he waits for the first three players to bid, South has a chance to compos:! himself and form a plan of campaign. It would be poor tactics to invite a sacrifice by making a vol untary bid of Seven Hearts. To score maximum points, South must refrain from bidding Seven until that looks like a sacrifice-or at any rate, a gamble. If South bids the grand slam voluntarily, it should not be beyond the wit of West to realise that South has all thirteen hearts;- that being so, Seven No Trumps is a more promising contract than Seven Spades, in which there is likely to ~e a trump loser. It is impossible to say how the bidding should go, and how it should fin ish, if South bids cleverly. In the suggested bidding West's Four No Trumps is Culbertson: ~hawing two Aces and the King of a bid suit. East- West score their par for reaching Seven Diamonds. · Lead .Analysis North should not risk giving a trick away by leading a spade or club : he should open a small diamond. . Play Analysis The play will not tax a declarer who knows anything about squeeze play. Taking the deep finesse of + 8, West has twelve top tricks and can make the thirteenth by squeezing North in spades and clubs. 27 ' · Crocodile North Game all dealer Lead Par East-West For leading + 3 Playing Par North-South For drawing two trumps, eliminating spades and clubs, and then leading a low heart from hand 3 East-West For making THREE tricks 4 28 No. 13 I I Both sides will have a close decision on this deal. In general, East-West should be able to reach Four Spades and should take thei~ I chance on defeating Five Diamonds. North-South should judge that they will not be more than one down in Five Diamonds and should not allow East-West to play in Four Spades. For West to play in Three Spades is also a fair result that wins consolation points. Lead Analysis East's natural opening is the fourth best spade, hoping to put partner in the lead for a heart return . . Play Analysis North's only chance for the contract is to eliminate and hope that the hearts are blocked. Ruffing the spade lead, he should draw two trumps, ruff another spade, eliminate the clubs, and ruff the last spade. Then he leads \?2 from hand. It must be clear to East at this point that he can take three tricks only if his partner has \? K. Moreover, he must not take the risk of 1 • • • • 'bl · leton King. East must eav 1n g h1s partner on play wtth a posst e smg oren his jaws like a crocodile and go up with c::JA, to make three heart tricks. · h' t er from the possibility If West is very far-seeing he may save ts par n . · . . mK th second round of trumps. of gomg wrong by discardtng hts v on e 29 No. 14 Trick for the Knave East + KJ 9 Love all dealer ~AS 3 0 Q6 • 87632 • 10752 + AQ864 ~ 92 ~ QJ74 0 10983 0 J• • Q105 + KJ4 • 3 ~ KI065 O AK7542 + A9 Suggested Bidding Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Three No Trumps by North I + DbI. 2+ 2NT No Directed Lead 30 No 3NT All pass + 6 Bidding Par North-South For final bid 3NT ... 4 East-West For not bidding beyond 2+ 2 Lead Par East-West For leading + 6 · ... Playing Par North-South For making NINE tricks, but ONLY if declarer played a low diamond at trick 2, allowing the Jack to win 5 East-West None 30 No. 14 Bidding A~alys is Nc;:-th-South should be able to reach Three No Trumps despite the ~d vcr~e opening. North has enough to bid eve.n if South overcalls • with Two Diamonds instead of doubling. Over a double West can raise pre-emptively, but his side should not bid again. Lead Analysis East knows that a spade lead will give up a trick, but in view of his singleton in diamonds he is entitled to ho pe that his partner will come in to ret urn a spade. Play Analysis North takes the first trick with + J and sees that the contract is safe barring a 4- 1 break in diamonds. He can afford to give up a diamond to East, but not, of course, to West. He would like to lead a low diamond from the table, but is short of entries to dummy for that manoeuvre. There is only one \Yay in which North can give himself an extra chance: he can lead a low diamond at trick 2 on the off chance that Eas t has a s in g l et~n Jack. When that card comes up, he: simply ducks in dummy and is safe for nine tricks. The play costs nothing because if East does not play the Jack delcarer can go up wi th the King and return to the Queen, playing for a 3- 2 break. 31 15 Wait for It! South + AQlO North-South dealer ~ 52 vulnerable 0 104 + QJ10864 • 8 6 • 195432 ~ KQ 1064 I:NJ ~ 8 3 0 Q762 0 J85 + A3 Li_] + K5 + K7 ~ AJ97 0 AK93 + 972 Suggested Bidding Directed Contract SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Three No Trumps doubled lev' No 2+ No by South 20 No 2NT No Directed Lead 3NT Db!. All pass CV' 8 Bidding Par North-South For final bid 3NT 3 East-West None Lead Par East-West For leading <;:? 8 2 P laying Par North-South None East-West For making FIVE tricks 5 32 .. No. 15 Bidding Analysis Witl. every suit well held, North-South should have an easy ride to Three No Trumps. On the sequence suggested, West has a reasonable double, not so much because he can be sure of defeating the contract as because he wants partner to lead a heart, not aspade. As the bidding may go differently at the table, there is no par award for East-West. Lead Analysis 'I ' West's double is a clear injunction to East to open one of dummy's suits rather than a spade. Hearts are the more attractive prospect. Play Analysis If West had any cause to reproach his partner for not ducking on the first round of hearts when ~eclarer on hand No. 10, now is the chance to display his own virtuosity. When the lead of \V)S is covered h) dummy's 9, West must play the 6, withholding his honours. West's only hope is that his partner can win a club trick. and lead a second heart while West still has an entry·with + A. The mechanics of the play are the same as on hand 10, but the situa ti on is more difficult to recognise in defence and it will be a player in a th ou)and whose 10 is not on the table before he realises that the limelight is upon him. 33 No. 16 Underground West + 4 East-West dealer cy> Jl09732 vulnerable 0 76 + J 8 6 3 + KQ10953 • J72 cy> K4 cy> Q865 0 Kl04 0 AQJ + 109 + K52 + AS 6 cy> A 0 98532 + AQ74 Suggested Bidding Directed Contract Four Spades by West SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST t+ No 2NT Directed Lead No 3+ No 4+ cy>J All pass Bidding Par North-South For making no bid above the level of One 2 East-West - For final bid 4+ 4 For final bid 3+ 2 Lead Par North-South For leading cy>J Playing Par North-South For making FOUR tricks 5 East-West None 34 No. 16 Bidding Analysis . " .. - In s. nc systems East's hand will be considered too weak for a respon - ~ f Two No Trumps, and in others too strong. However the bidd in ~ goes, it is clear that Four Spades is preferable to Three No Trump:;. There is consolation for Three Spades, since the game will normally depend on the position of + A. Lead Analysis A club lead makes the defence easy as the cards lie, but North has no reason to abandon the safe lead in hearts. Play Analysis South wins the first trick with ~A and can see promise of three defensive tricks- but will he live to enjoy +Qas well? West is sure to ha ve five tricks in spades, two in hearts, and three in diamonds, if gi , en time to make them. There is only one chance- that Nor~h has +J. At trick 2 South re turns +Q. tunnelling a way into his partner's hand. Winning the li r~ t or second round of spades, South plays a low club to his partner's Jack and the contest ends happily for him when he ruffs a heart to (.h: feat the contract. 35 Readers are invited to send letters on aU subjects to the Editor, B.B.W., 35 Dover Street, London, W.l. Our British representatives are to victory, they can at least ensure obtaining for us ·a bad name that none · is picked who fails in abroad. courtesy and graciousness towards Last week at Selfridges I observ his opponents. ed one player who never rose 'to EDWARD MAYER, his feet when a lady carne to his London, W.l. table, nor even bowed to her; he usually ignored the visitor and These are strong words, but if continued his conversation with suclz an opinion is held, better that his partner. it should be published and ansll'ered Another point: there may have than suppressed. been an explanation, but. to out 1 don't believe that anyone co11~ siders it surely creates a very bad cemed with the despatch of British impression when a home player teams abroad would accept that a turns up .neither for the welcomi~g charge of chuilish behaviour could lunch nor for the prize-giving at lie against any member of recent the Dorchester. teams. M embers of opposi11g This is not an isolated instance. teams may find o11e another far An English pair who won a sub from sympathiques, and that may stantial prize in Monte Carlo three result in uncharitable comme11t; years ago had not the courtesy to but it is not f air to read into that attend the prize-giving the follow a justified charge of bad manners. ing day. Two Englishmen in a As to courtesies at the table, European Championship team different coulllries have dijfere11t (not this year) made such a bad sta11dards in the way of punctilious impression that their churlish behaviour. You may say, quite behaviour was mentioned to' me rightly, that British players should last summer in the distant island be all the more careful 110t to f all of Rhodes. short of the best in politeness. Selectors and non-playing cap It is easy, though inexcusable, to tains have a duty in this matter. become so immersed in the game If they cannot lead their players as not to bow to newcomers at the 36 • J ,. I I table. I entirely' agree 'with you , If the bidding goes in a certain that non-playing captains should direction-pariner responding in ensure that their players observe a no trumps, for example-South's routine that would include we/- two Aces and a King, ll'ith no good romilfg orponents at the beginning suit, will assume a poverty-stricken· of a mat ch and, at the end, thank- loo~. Most players would risk an ing them f or the game and, most opening because the biddable suits . import an.. thanking the scores for are on either side of the void and their sernces. the hand is not without potential The player who was absent from strength; but there is not/zing odd the lunch and prize-giving states in cha;acterizing the ope_ning as that he had good reasons which dangerous, or even qnll'ise. he ll'i/1 set forth laier. i, * * J'•.' * .;; * • * * In the September issue there ! was an account of a mishap in the "One Hundred Up " rem~ins following situation:- a fascinating feature and produces 84 .. ... :- some 'cry interesting remarks by K 105 3 A_Q 9 6 2 . - 1 the panel. J 7 J •• ·,. ... Schapiro says (October, page Defending against no trumps, ., 46) that he would not open as East won the first trick with the . . dealer on Ace and returned the 9. When .. declarer played the 9, West duck }-· + AK65 \7- O AI0753 + 7642 . : Three defe nsive tricks; five play ed, placing South with QJ76. ing tricks. Is he serious or is he The return of the 6 can lead to just B. Schapiro? much the same dilemma. It would appear that East does not E. G. LAWFORD, read or remember articles by his Kingsclere, Berks. colleagues. In October 1948 the bridge correspondent of t~e /J(}th questions might be ansll'ered Obsen •er pointed out that to avotd this type of " incident " East "' the affirmative. should return fifth best, the _2; 7ilree defensive tricks, as a then West, placing partner wtth ·lflllll/ard for opening the bidding? four cards, will have no reason not That is the jargon of the 1930's. The Jargon of the I 950's-only I I to put up the King. A. P. DRIVER, floint!l- tends to tire opposite con Anderton, Cheshire .. rlu~ion . 37 r The fearsome thing about this some of the. old material with one communication is that a reader or t wo suits changed. should be able to name the month and year of Oil article written in 1948. We bridge writers who are DUPU CATE BRJDGE BOARDS ill what might be called the " hand Stron&ly made. Quic:k delivery. Slze 7" aq. with Metal Edaa £.6/11/0 per set o02 a day racket " like to thillk that plus 4/6 postaae and reaistralion. six or sevell years completes 'the Actual Mak~r : F. Lawes, 10 Farquhar Roed Ed&baston, Binnin&ham. U cycle and that we call turn out One Hundred Up Conduc ted by the EDITOR November Competition Part 3 of a new three months' contest. The British Bridge World . offers the following prizes for th ~ six best scores in the September, October and November competitions combined:-· FIRST PRIZE Five Guineas. SECOND PRIZE Three Guineas. THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH PRIZES A Gift Voucher for a Year's Subscription which may be taken out at any time on behalf of a new reader. In addition, there will be a FIRST PRIZE of Two Guineas and a SECOND PRJZE of One Guinea for each separate month, Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in more than one entry. Only annual subscribers 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 on , Decembu 2. Some latitude will be granted to overseas competitors. 38 Problem N :1. 1 (10 points) Problem No. S ( 10 points) !.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding bas gone:-- has gone:- SOlJTII W EST NORTH EAST Sourn WEST NORTH EAST 10 No 4 + so Dblc. >Jo 20 No ? South holds:- South h 'ds:- + 4 ~AKJ63 '()2 + AQJ865 + K864:' ~- 0 975 + 101062 What should South bid ? What ~lw ul d South bid? ' Problem No. 6 (10 points} Problem r~ o. 2 (10. points) Match-pointed pairs, Jove all, the I.M .P. ~coring, game all, the bidding bidding has gone:- bas gone:- Sourn WFSr NOR Til EAST So!JTH W EST NORTH EAST INT No 20 ,. No No No Obi. No 20 2+ No ? ? The One No Trump opening is under- South holds:- stood to show 13 to 15 points. + A9764 ~ Q1096 0 73 + K6 South holds:- What should South bid ? + 92 ~J83 OA765. + QJ084 What should South bid? Problem No. 3 (10 points) I.M .P. scoring, game all, the bidding Problem No. 7 (10 points) has gone:- Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding So!JTH WEST NORTH has gone:- 10 No SoUTH W£ST NORTH Obi. 20 No I ~ ,. ? South holds:- South holds:- + Al07532 ~ K3 O KJ2 + 52 + - ~A874 OAKJ9754 + 83 What should South bid ? What should South bid ? Problem No. 4 (20 points) Problem No. 8 (20 points} f. M .J>. scoring, Jove all, the bidding Do you consider (Yes or No) that the has gonc :- following are necessarily trnp sequences SouTH W EST NoRTII EAST in which one or other of South's bids No No L+ 2 ~ must be wrong? ' 2+ No 3+ No (a} SoUTH W£ST NoRTII EAST ., I+ No 2 ~ No South holds:- 2+ No 4+ No + OJ ~ QJO OJ1093 + KJ0865 .5+ W£ST NoRm EAST lu) Do you agree with South's bid of (b) SOUTH No No h o Spades? State any alternative you I ~ 20 Cons1dcr beucr. 3 ~ No 4~ No I h) \\ hat should South bid now? 5+ 39 lirOPea1i 13diE!s - ch~lnpio-ilshiP.~Second - Half - by ALAN TRUSCOTT Round VI The heart play is necessary if the clubs Britain lost to Denmark, 30-45 are on the left and the heart on the right, Although at this stage the Irish and the club is essential if the heart is ladies were also doing very well, this on the left and the clubs on the rightt seemed likely to be the decisive encoun These cases balance out, but the club. ter between the two strongest teams. play has the extra chance of dropping The Danes, as always, played with great the doubleton VIQ, and the finesse steadiness, and the British ladies, a little might lose the contract even with the below their best fonn, had slightly the clubs breaking, for North could ruff a worse of each half. This hand from the heart return with + J. Another slight second half was lucky for Great Britain, factor favouring the club play i3 the as a good perfonnance by the Danish possibility that South might have declarer failed ·to earn any points:- doubled holding 0 KQ and + KJx. + AK8652 + - On this sort of perfonnance the VI A43 VI KJ98 Danish ladies will be worthy holders or 075 0A 2 the ladies title for which they are now 4o 109 + AQ87652 'itrong favourites. Mrs. Damm, East, played in Five Round VU Clubs and the lead was 0 K . Declarer Britain beat'Switzerlallc/69-29 won, cashed her + A in the hope of Better handling of a misfit gained the , dropping an honour, crossed to dummy British team 5 I.M.P. on this hand: and discarded two red losers on the top West dealer spades. The position was now this:- love all + 8652 · - NoRTH V143 VIK J • Q52 0 7 0- \?9 + 10 + Q87652 0 AQJ 10542 What would you do now? After a + A4 brief but piercing analytical inspection W EST EAST Mrs. Damm led tlummy's last trump, + K108 743 + AJ6 but South had both the trumps, and a VI K 72 VI J 3 heart trick had to be lost to North. 0 63 0 K87 At first sight many good players thought + 65 + QJ732 the heart finesse was a superiq,r play, f:atrrH but Mrs. Damm's technique was abso • 9 lutely right. The play made is un VI AQ108654 important if the clubs break, or if all 0 9 the key cards are with either opponent. + KJ098 . . 40 .. .: ' .. ~~ ·.~ ~ · •.;. .:~~,\·r~ ,P~t; \\ • ... ' ·, ·· •, ·ttl:,; .. r ,,~ ••.,c.::·;,.:~~·~··::~~::,.'. ~ • • •. • I ' I i ' , ' I , I ... , - I ' i.. ' . • Ill • I I ~ ~·· L.. • \ ~ ' . " . : .,, ~ ..t· i"'•·~ The two a uctions followed an 1denhcal passive: this would h~rt if South had _ ·, ) track for a long way:- + Ax, and could hurt if South had .:.·:. SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST + Kx,. but these are most improbable ' No I 0 No on West's bid. To reduce the chance of • • 1..... 1\7 I+ 20 2+ the lead giving dummy a vital entry, the '• ~ 3\7 No 40 No + 9 should be led rather than the +4. At this !Juint the Swiss South pushed The choice of lead is of course any- determinr·:tly on to Four Hearts and thing but clear-cut, and at the table Mrs. ·· >~/ was douhled. Only 8 tricks were made Gordon led a spade. . As it turned out, \ for a pen ;hy o f 300. In the other room a trump would have been right for an . ,. .:r· Mrs. van Rees discreetly passed, and unexpected rea.son:- 'I··. .., East led + A followed by 07. Miss South dealer Shanahan cashed 0 10 and OA, led to ... East-West game '· r:::) A and hopefully ruffed a heart. When t.,; \ r:::) K did not appear, she pushed East in NORTH ' . with a trump, still hoping, and East • 9876 .. obliged with a second spade. V' 7 6 2 For East to play a small club instead 0 642 is not as double-dummy as at first sight + J94 appears: North obviously has + A and WEST EAST \ . probably +O for her bidding. West's +AK + 4 ... failure to open with a .weak Three V' AQ V' J 109H Spades bid sho uld suggest six cards only O A 0 QJ9873 in the suit, leaving three with North, and +A Q 10 8 7 6 53 +2 the game has become double-duinmy SotrrH \ ~ ~ftcr all! • Q J 10 53 2 . V' K 8 3 .,l. Round Vlll 0 KI05 llrilllin beat Finland by 72-30 + K The Llritish ladies registered another After the spade lead West was able to comfortable win against less experienced .. ruff her second spade winner, take a •'.1, orponents. On one hand Mrs. F. .\~. heart finesse and lose only one trump. Gordon CNorth) had to find a critical ... Even on a trump lead the defence re lead from a hand that was less exciting quires a little care. North is put in with . !han 1he auction:- the third round of trumps, and le~ds + 9 ..~· + 9!! 7 6 in response to South's signal wllh her r < V' 7 6 2 +Q. South will already suspect that 0 64 2 West's unknown card is the '~' C?• and + J 9 4 North makes it easy for her by dtscard Sou1h bid One Spade, West bid Six ing only red cards starting with the two '· ( luh,, and three dazed passes follo\\ed. deuces. .... h dummy will be pretty worthless, - • I Six of either red suit is also a reason· \ionh\ main concern is to avoid o1Tcr- able contract, and in the other ro.om 111g a finesse wi th the lead which declarer Miss Shanahan and Mrs. van Re:s, Wit~- ·. ~.ln not lake herself. West's trumps out an opposing opening bid, rea~hed Ssx ' . ' 11lu,t he enormous, so there is u fuir Hearts by Wtst, with this aucuon:- '·"<.' for a trump lead as the most 41 WEST EAsT So lead a diamond to dummy's Ace, 2+ 20 noting with approval that North pro 3+ 30 duces the O K. and exit with quiet con 3 Answets to the October problems BESSE: "Two No Trumps. In terms were recetved from the following eleven of points, a slight overbid, but the alter experts : J. Flint, B. Schapiro,- J. natives (Double much too co-operative; Sharples, Miss D. Shanahan, C. Rod One Spade interesting cinly if partner has rigue, and R. Swimer, all of London and four spades and shape, otherwise next the home counties; C. E. Phillips, word-looks-like-invisible-is-certainly Cheshire; H. Franklin, Yorkshire; unreadable; One No Trump, so fre B. P. Tapley, Manchester; Jean Besse, quently passed out for three overtricks) Paris ; and H. Filarski, Amsterdam. are not very attractive.'' FLINT and SCHAPIRO are the other Problem No. 1 (10 points) supporters of Two No Trumps. None !.M .P. scoring, love all, the bidding of them makes the point that I would has gone:- have stressed in answering this question: SOlJTII WEST NoRTH EAST showing the wretched spade suit will be the only way of reaching a good con t+ I ~ ') tract in spades very, very seldom; con Soulh holds:- cealing the spade holding, on the other hand, will often just tum the scale in no + 01053 ~ KJ 87 O KI06 + J9 trumps, for if West does not lead hearts, What should South bid? which suits you very well, his likely Answer: One Spade or Two No alternative is spades. Trumps, 10; Double, 3. Those who vote for One Spade all say Thr panel's l'o te: 6 for One Spade, much the same, as summarised in these 4 for Two No Trumps, I for Double answers:- f Miss Shanahan). PBILUP5: "One Spade. No reason There arc two ways of approaching for not looking for the four-four fit; No lh1s problem- the direct and the explor Trumps can be bid on the nexfround." alory. Spokesmen for the former:- SHARPLES: "One Spade. -r:he FttANK UN : " Two No Trumps. One cheapest and best bid. If partne~ rat~ Spade will obviously escape criticism spades or rebids Two Clubs, rebid wtth bu1 11 ~ccms to me that the heart inter Two No Trumps. Apart from the \cnuon makes this hand ideal for a Two possible advantnge to be g~ned from No ·1 rumr bid. If 1 bid One Spade and bidding One Spade the hand IS too good lr:r T\\o No Trumps after a raise to Two for an immediate One No Tru":~ nnd ur Three Spades by partner it may be unsuitable for a penalty double. lhflil:uh for Dartner to appreciate how MISS SIIANAIIAN does not comment su11ed !he hand is for no trump play "ell on her vote for .. Double." As was and how ill-suited for suit play." 45 remarked above, that call fits in only if SHARPLES: "Three Spades. No other you agree to play co-operative doubles. bid readily suggests itself. The double of Two Hearts already indicates that the spade support is probably limited." Problem No. 2 (10 points) TorLEY: "Three Spades. Partner I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding is not expecting me to pass and this is hns gone:- the best bid available.'4 NORTH EAST Sourn WEST I don't see how this can be represented I + 2 ~ ns in any way a forcing or semi-forcing No No DbI. 30 position. On the contrary, partner may ? be apprehensive, especially if he has South holds:- three cards · in hearts, always a bad +06 ~ KQ107 0 96 + KJ653 holding in such a sequence. What should South bid? Answer: Three Spades, 10; No Bid, · ScnAPIRO: " Three Spades. Partner 6; Double, 2. hasn't doubled Three Diamonds and The panel's vote: 8 for Three Spades Three Spades is probably unexpected 2 for No Bid (Flint, Filnrski), 1 for manna from heaven for him." Double (Franklin). His jubilation may fade when South's Here we have a situation in which a hand goes down on the table. player's better judgment may tell him SwtMER: " Three Spades. Partner's that he has no sound call, but at the inability to double Three Diamonds same time he will be disinclined to suggests that this contract will be made. pass. Playing against opponents who are 1f that is an accurate analysis, only quick on the trigger, I would pass." two of the panel r~pond to their better F RAN KLI N suggests a double while judgment:- admitting that the contract will some FuNT: "No Bid. I might well be times be made, even after the trump missing something but there is no lead which he expects. This seems to satisfuctory alternative. If l were to bid approximate to a " double in rage." Three Spades and partner were to con vert to Three No Trumps, well and Problem No. 3 (10 points) good, but unfortunately he would be R ubber bridge, game all, the bidding just as likely to go to Four Spades and has gone: fail on account of heart ruiTs." Not SoUTH WEST NORTII EAsT to mention inadequate trumps. No No J + Obi. FtLARSKI: " No Bid. There's bad Redbl. 20 2+ No distribution against me. l want to be in Four Spades only if North has a South holds:- strong six-card suit in spades; the + AS ~ 0962 OJ J063 + A94 bidding indicates- that he has not." What should South bid? The opposite view is that partner may have good spades but have been hesi Ans~t·er : Three Spades, 10; No Bid tant to bid them at the level of Three or Two No Trumps, 8; Four Spades, 5. because the double of Two Hearts might The panel's I'Ote: -4 for Three Spades, well be accompanied by shortage in 4 for No Did (Franklin, Besse, Sharples, spades. Thus:- Miss Shanahan), 2 for Two No Trumps 46 (Swimer, Phillips), 1 for Four Spades Pro~lcm No. 4 (20 points) (Schapiro). l .M.P. scoring, North-South vulner Although there is an equal number of able, the bidding has gone:- ., \'Otes for Three Spades and No Bid - • SoUTH WEST NORTH EAsT the m ZJ r~ tn•• is logical in that seven bid on, in one " JY or another, against four No INT No No•• who pass. ? The r r,•nlem depends on the inter South holds:- pretation t·f partner's Two Spades. Is + A952 ; ' The panel'; rote: 6 for Double, 3 for question: is Three Hearts forcing over Two Hearts (Phillips, Flint, FrankJin), One No Trump 7 I would say that it 2 for Three Hearts (Filarski, Rodrigue). was, for experience has shown that it This was another hard decision which doesn't pay to double on " whales." split th~ panel in three directions. If Three Hearts is forcing, it is hardly These answers set forth the dilemma: sound. FuNT: "Two Hearts. I don't like Problem No. 8 (20 points) this- but I don't like doubling on one l.M.P. scoring, Jove all, the bidding non-solid suit." has gone: FRANKLIN: " Two Hearts. The first SotrrH WEST ,NoRrn EAsT bid that suggests itself is double, but I 3~ 3+ No have so many cards that it looks '! suspiciously as though East can take a South holds:- number of club tricks. The No + 04 ~JS 0K7642 + A863 Trump call must be reasonably strong, (a) Would a raise to Four Spades be making our chance of game doubtful. I imprudent, close, or clear-cut? select therefore the underbid of Two (b) If North had overcalled with Four Hearts; if East-West compete further, Spades, would a slam try be more, as in a pairs they well may, a further bid equally, or less attractive than a game of Three Hearts by me will complete bid in the other sequence? the picture well." Answer to (a): Clear-cut or close, SHARPLES: " Double. There is no 10. satisfactory bid here. The hand is too The panel's rote: 6 for clear-cut, 5 strong for Two Hearts. This however for close. would be my bid without +Q. A Everyone saw this problem of valua double in this position should be made tion in much the same light. on hands with upwards of 8 points which BESsE: "Clear-cut. This in no way are suitable for No Trump play. The means that I am certain of making ten present hand is not entirely unsuitable tricks." but we run the risk of having the club FuNT: "Clear-cut. By which l suit run against us." don't mean it will always succeed, but In favour of direct and enterprising that Three Spades has too wide a range action:- not to give Four on this hand." FtLARSKt: " Three Hearts. Very The least optimistic appraisal: difficult. East probably holds a dia Mtss SHANAHAN: "Close but doubt mond stopper and good clubs. A ful . North's hand may range from a double is dangerous and Two Hearts an minimum opening bid to a near Two underbid. Wheq I bid Three Hearts, bid." partner will read my hand for what it is: lacking clubs for a double, good Answer to (b): All anwers, 10. '! values and strong hearts." The panel's 1·ote: 6 for more attrac RODRIGUE: "Three Hearts. I'd like tive, 5· for less attractive. to double if I kriew East would run, but From this vote it might be held that he may have solid clubs and a diamond " equally attractive " should win most stop." points, but such a conclusion might be These last two answers don't face the judged sophistical. so ·. .. ~ L •• • l These answers represent the opposite slam is likely to depend on whether sides :- partner has two heart losers. A cue SwtMEit · " Less attractive. I would bid of Five Clubs should be safe, for not consiJ,·r slam possibilities with this Five Spades is surely a make. The hand if partner had opened with a bid difference is that in (a) partner may have of Four ~pade s. I can see no reason his bid and still not make Four Spades; ll'hy a pr.:-cmpt by West should alter but in (b), if he has his bid, he can hardly the situatt\lll," fail in Five Spades." But partner's maximum is surely well That seems right but, looking at the above th~ maximum for an opening hand again, I know that I would always Four btd. Mtss SHANAHAN, tending raise Three Spades to Four, and I am towards the other extreme, credits not so sure that I would always make a partner \\llh "something like an Acol slam try over Four Spades. Two bi d.'' In short, full marks for everyone SCHAt•uw: " More attractive. The seems the only solution. Result of October Competition With the panel in two fairly equal minds on several problems, the marking was generous and scores ran high. Most points were dropped on 4 (b), where the maJonty of competitors voted for a pass. Against vulnerable opponents who might go two down that would be reasonable, but the present score calls for competition. The winners of the two prizes were:- Max. 100 First 100 G. E. HIGGINSON, 67 St. Anne's Road East, St. Anne's-on-Sea, Lanes. Sccond 98 J. Ht UUERT, 9 Coronation Road, Cleveleys, Olackpool. 97• J E GORDON 95 ; c. DoHEJI.TY, Otht·r fine scores were: A. HllfCIIINSON, ' • • . J' 0 CoLUNGS 92; 92• G APPS 92 • • • ' lJ:\: 1·. V. K tM MENADE, 92; n. S ERAfl Nl ' ' • ! 91 ' E E WRIGIIT, ' FL.-LT. ISAACSON, 92; W. MoRTEt-SEN, ' • • M1\~ W . JLwSON, 9- : '.I I. . A HlTfCIIINSON, 192; A. P. DRIVER, Leaders in the three-monthly competition. · 6. •t PouuN 176; w 177· B S ERAnNt, 17 , IT· ' 17K: J. E. GORDON, 177; L. G. OOD, E ' W. O UT J7Q · N. F. CIIOULARTUN, J. HIDUE kT 176· C. O OHEJI.TY, 172; E. . Rl ' ' • • 167 170: C. V tcKERM AN, 169; G. G. Fo WLIE, · 51 by HAROLD FRANKLIN The E.D.U. Autumri Congress, In the Two Stars most of the seeds East bourne survived to produce a final field in which international players from France, Swit In of the difficulties attendant s pit ~ zerland, Holland and New Zealand on this year's date the crowds were competed with many of our own leading bigger than ever and the proceedings tournament players. The Two Stars enlivened by the presence of several specialists, the brothers Sharples, were distinguished visitors from abroad, early soon out on their own, but in the second arrivals for the British Bridge World Challenge Cup at Selfridge's. Such of them as participated in the Congress American News-Letter and Autour Teams of Four Championship met'the de l'Etoile will be resumed next month. same fate as befell our own leading representatives when all failed to come session the challenge was taken up by through to the final. The stage see.med the Surrey pair, J. Collings and J. C. set for an " official " victory when Street, who narrowed the gap until, with Mrs. R. F. Corwen and Mrs. M. Old only four boards to go, less than half a royd, G. L. Butler and J. H. Taylor, top separated the two pairs with the rest required only two points out of a possible of the field completely outstripped. At ten in their final match- they, however, that point the two pairs met and the failed and were beaten into second place brothers had the better of things to by a Civil Service te1m consisting of emerge comfortable winners without in Miss V. Bass, Miss M. Byrne, J. R. any sense dimming the merit of the per Gibson and J. Connell. formance of the lesser known pair. . C. Reichenbach and G. Bourchtoff The Punch Bowl proved as popular took third place followed by J. Besse as ever and attracted an entry of fifty and J . Ortiz-Patino. two teams of whom the best proved to be H. St. J. Ingrain and D. Smerdon Mrs. Della Porta and Mrs. Cooper, whil~ There will be a special report next Ingram and Smerdon registered another month on the Sunday morning bidding success in the Burlington Cup in com match won by the New Zealand pair, pany with R. Franses and J. Albuquer Bruce Bell and Rex Evans. que. One hundred and twenty pairs The Camrosc Trial, competed in the Mixed Pairs in which Leicester Charles H. Goren and Mrs. Helen To the eye of this reporter the field Sobel contrived to give pleasure to many for the first of this year's Camrose Trials by finishing below them in the final appeared to be the strongest ever, placings while Mrs. Brinda Gordon and including as it did such proven players Pedro Juan registered a second success as P. Juan and N. Squire, partnered in three years. respectively by A. Hiron and A. Lederer, 52 and mJny of the younger school who 2. Miss Shanahan and Mrs. are alr.:.:cly judged to have "arrived" Van Rees 717 in the t ·1p company. 3. N. Squire and A. Lederer 715 The fi rst session ended with the 4. P. Juan and A. 'Hiron 697 Sussex ~a ir, J. Albuquerque and R. 5. R. Franses and Franse.,, in the lead with 268, followed J. Albuquerque 695 closely .;y Squire and Lederer, Juan and 6. R. E. Clark and E. Leader- Hiron -vith 260 and 256 respectively Williams 682 with~ · s. Cooper and Mrs. Della Porta A little better match-point technique in fou Ln place with 241 . would have improved th'e Yorkshire In tt•e second session Squire and pair, A. Finlay and C. Manning, to Lederer took up the running with the sixth place on the following deal. leading scores as follows:- East dealer N. Squire and A. Lederer 494 Game all R. Franses and . NORTH J. Albuquerque 481 + Q643 R. and D. Myers 476 r:::; K-Q4 3 P. Juan and A . Hiron 473 0 A3 R. E. Clark and E. Leader- + 1043 Williams 461 WEST EAST An old si tuation and the experienced + 107 + K8 r:::; J 9 8 5 in these matters knew that this was where r:::; 7 6 0 J 8 5 the " old heads " would come through. 0 K962 + K9762 + AQJ8 How wrong can one be! The brothers SoUTH Myers, little known outside their own AJ952 Manchester circles and to date unable + r:::J A 102 to claim a place in a Lancashire team of 0 Q 1074 ctght. showed that their success in the National Pairs which earned them a + 5 West was the declarer in the unli~cly place in the trial was no accident. contract of One No Trump and the Unwo rried by the occasion they pro defence began with five spade tricks. duced 57 p: r cent. in the final session The declarer, in the wild hope of e5Clp to come through, clear winners by one inr. with six tricks if a diamond wc.re match point from Mrs. Van Rces and continued and the Ace well placed, dts· Mts~ Shanahan who won the final carded down to the bare Jack _of \ l"S~ t on to climb above all the fancied diamonds in the dummy and the Kmg ~:; md rdates with Squire and Lederer only and one in his own hand. The Queen '"o points behind them. All three of diamonds, Jed and covered, pve !he Jl This little book, written by today's leading players, · contains articles on Bridge, Canasta, Poker, etc. The contents of this valuable diary are continually being brought up to date. Beauti fully bound in red, blue or brown morocco leather, they are available at 8/3 including P.T. and post age, from the Editor and Publisher. MR. V ICTOR BERGER, Diary Dept. 18, BURY STREET, LONDON, E.C.J wi n the: board with the extra no trump Leeds teams tied at the head of the field. score. The spade lead duly came but The tic went in favour of S. Fielding, East unkindly switched to clubs to take E. Newman, A.' Finlay and C. Manning, the fi rst six tricks. with D . Sellman, I. Manning, H. Pel ham and M . Leviten the unlucky losers. llkley Congress The Pairs Championship, played with The twelfth annual Jlkley St. Dun multiplicated boards, went to J. H. stan's Congress exceeded last year's Taylor and Mrs. M. Oldroyd, followed rl'COrd when more than £400 was raised by A. Finlay and C. Manning all of as a result of the week-end's tourna Leeds. The biggest cheer was reserved ment. T his year's figure is not yet for the winners of the Sunday morning a1alfablc but is likely to be nearer the bidding match, C. Gover and P. Noyens £500 mark, a wonderful tribute to the of St. Dunstan's. energy of the local committee. The Towns Cup was won for the third Crawford Cup ~uccc~sil'c year by Manchester, rcpre The Mayfair Bridge Studio Pairs >cntcd by F. Farrington, B. P. Topley, Championship attracted an original f- . L. Sil verstone and the ubiquitous entry of 44 pairs. The 7 table final, C•cnlirey Fell, who were clear of the played on . Sunday, 27th October, licld with a bout two rounds to go and resulted as follows:- ''On by a record margin. Blackpool, 180 I. t\\pcden, N. Hothersall and Mr. and lst. R. E. Clark, Mrs. Alder \1r,. H. Ba rnes, Jed the rest of the field. 2nd M. Harrison-Gray, A. 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