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Tl1e British Bridge '.~Tforld Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM TERENCE REESE ALBERT DORMER (EDITOR) Tl1e British Bridge '.~tforld Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM TERENCE REESE ALBERT DORMER (EDITOR) VOL. 14, 1"0. II CONTENTS NOVEMBER, 1963 Page Editorial 5-6 Follow the Sun, by Harold Franklin 7-13 Annals of Ruff's Club, by Terence Reese 14-15 Reminiscences of a Bridge Player, by Harry Ingram 16-23 Polish News Letter, by Stanislaw Bitner 25-27 Against the Little Major, by Alan Hiron 29-33 Synopsis of the Little Major 34-35 Foster's Fork, by A. Hutchinson 36-39 You Say: Readers' Letters 4~2 New Books 43 One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron 44-52 Bridge Academy, conducted by G. C. H. Fox ... 54-61 AD\' E R TIS IN G: All l'nquiries •hould be addressed to the: AI>\'EitTISI:'\G :\tANAGER, TJJ0:\1AS DE LA RUE & CO. LTD. Jlunloill Ro,.., E.C.I. ,\1.1 . OTIIER <:'OR~I ·: ~I'O:'\,UE:'\CE,l!'\Cl.UI>J:'\(; SUIISCRII'TIO!'\S, TO TilE l'UJII.ISIIEHS. A!'IOilHI·.\\ S & \\ AIUIUitG: I.TI> .• 3S I)O\'EH STREET, 1.0:'\D0:-.1, W.l. f~l: :\1.-\ Ylair R'I'J7 Annual Suh•cription JS/. f'u!lliJiorJ b)' .~n.lrrM · s ,{ II' 4tl> • L 1 I 35 n · J 10 I 9 ' "'J:, ' ·• <>o·a St,.•rf,l.t.•IIJon, II'./ 1111J printC'.I b•· G. F. J'om/..in / .1 ·• · ' Gro•·r Grrrn Rn,,.J, l.nnJ,,, [,',//, on hrlwlf., of tlor rrorrirtors, Thomas Dr i_a Rur ,( Co. l .t.l. c~y:d· Ito ria. I For the second time B~irut has shed some of his responsibiliti::s :~een a superb bridge tournament. as Chairman of the Company and In 1962 the Lebanese Bridge has thus been able to accept the Federation surpassed all previous E.B.U.'s invitation to become ~tandards of efficiency, hospitality their President. and elegance in the way that they staged the European chatopion­ A recent article by John Pearson ships. Now they have introduced in the magazine Aspect credited an Open Bridge Festival which, Bernard Westall, one of the firm's by all accounts, puts the richest top pre-war salesmen, with the Continental festivals in the shade. revival of De La Rue's fortunes The money prizes alone totalled in the Twenties, as well as twelve thousand dollars and there responsibility for the successful were other goodies. Small wonder diversification of the Group since the last war. Bridge can certainly that many of the famous names use such talent. were there. Harold Franklin reports on page 7. BARGAIN COU.i"TER Will our own ruling bodies Christmas again draws nigh make a belated attempt to move and we hope that all readers will with the times and actually try take out one or more gift sub­ to promote' the game. Well, we scnptiOns. We are trying to live in a world of colour television, improve our service to subscrib~rs one-day cricket, and so on and and to tournament bridge: now nothing is impossible. But my you can help by introducing n~w own view is that the Russians will readers. Perhaps there is som~on~ be on the moon well before the who borrows your copy month membership of the English Bridge in and month out, but in any cas~ Union tops the 10,000 mark. we modestly sugg~:st that for bridge players there is no b~tta I BROOM AT TilE TOP? nor more thoughtful pn:s~nt. A lllo~t welcome event, and one The first instalment of your tl~:tt. may upset my gloomy pre­ gift will he the Dccemhcr issue, <hctton, is that Bernard Westall, sent in good time for Christm:t!'l aft~:r a lifetime's servic~: to th~: with a !!reetings c.trJ. An orda I>~: La Ru~ industrial group, has form is enclosed and you \\ill SI.'C that if the rcc1p1ent is not at held in the spring. The farcical present a reader of the British qualifying round of recent years Bridge World we shall be very has been abandoned and there is pleased to send you, or anyone direct entry to the final on March else you name, a presentation 7 and 8. This will be played at copy of the newly-revised Cul­ Droitwich in addition to the usual hC'ftson's Complete Bridge Svm­ venues at Ilkley and Eastbourne. mary as reviewed on page 43. As always, the event will be match-pointed over the whole NEW YORK, 1964 field and the result announced The British Bridge League selec­ at all three venues on Sunday tion committee announces that the evening. While waiting for the team which won the Open Cham­ results on Sunday evening, there pionship at Baden-Baden (Flint, will be special one-session events. Harrison-Gray, Konstam, Reese, Sixteen free places at Continental Schapiro and J. Tarlo) will be congresses· are offered as prizes invited to represent Britain in and the master-point awards are the New York Olympiad if it liberal. wins a challenge match against· This is the shape of the bridge a team which will be formed after tournament of the future-except a trial. The form of the trial that in future, I believe, glamorous and who is to take part have not and smoothly-staged tournaments been decided. of this kind will be held in such As for the ladies, Mrs. Gordon places as London, Birmingham, and Mrs. Markus have already Bristol and Manchester, not at been invited to play in New genteel caravanserais. For many York. The remaining players will of us, time and money arc be selected in a similar way to limited, so why should we troClp the Open team, the ladies "in away to stay at expensive hotels? the box" being Mrs. Fleming, For more leisured people-and Mrs. Juan, Mrs. Moss and Miss good luck to them-there arc Shanahan. congresses at watering places throughout the year. FORWARD-LOOKING Bridge players who would like . The B.B.I.. also announce an to contact a \Vest London couple unproved scheme for the Port­ (thirtyish) with a view to friendly lm~d Pairs, the popular mixed rubber bridge are invited to r•urs championship traditionally telephone FULham 0603. 6 u OLLOW THE SUN llarold Franklin reports on last month's hig-money bridge festiral in Beirut. "Follow the Sun" was the story down the rest of the field. The of the great American golfer, Ben British pair finally won in the Hogan. It. is rapidly · becoming tightest of finishes. In a close possible for the.tournament bridge battle for third place the Lebanese player to pursue the same trail. internationals, J. Tucmi and A. A new landmark was established Tosbath (9th in the World Pairs with the · staging of the first ·Championship of 1962) just h:J.d Lebanese Festival of Bridge. De­ the better of Konstam and J. layed publicity limited the number Tarlo. of those who were able to retreat The winners, playing Acol be it from the first warnings of winter: noted, were in luck on this hand: the fortunate few found that the South dealer warmth of a beneficent sun was East-West vulnerable matched by that of the welcome, NORTil and the happy combination of the +K95~3 two will, and rightly so, rapidly ~ A9 3 2 elevate this new Festival to the top 0 K 76 flight of international tourna­ +to ments. WEST EAST The Pairs Championship carried +AQJ72 • to~ what I believe to be the largest ~s ~Jto5 prize money ever offered· for 0 A J 10 ~ ~ 0 QJ such an event. Four sessions of +A 7 +QJS532 39 boards, with a top scored over SoUl II the whole field, reduced the +6 possibility of a surprise result ~KQ764 and eventually Reese and Schapiro 0 9 5:! and D'Alelio and Chiaradia wore + K 9 64 7 WEST EAST Most of t.!J\! expert support Reese Schapiro lined up with Schapiro in treating t+ JNT the 3NT bid. as natural. Ove; 30 3+ 4NT many felt that Schapiro 4+ No might have taken a second thought. The· hands on which North passed without a tremor partner would contract for a led the +I 0, covered by the and speculative ten tricks in no­ Queen, King(!) and Ace. A low trumps (and remember North spade to the 10 was fo11owcd by had passed origina11y) at the OQ. North won with the King expense of a safe plus score in and played the Ace and another Four Spades doubled are scarce. heart. Reese ruffed, led +A. and from this point was due to go In fact Reese held: three down, but North obligingly +to <y)AQJ9 OAJ65 +7542 ruffed the third diamond and and had intended both bids to be subsequently discarded a diamond read as take-out. The outstanding on a club to give him two tricks spades were divided and the back. For the winners, a highly defence took the first six tricks. profitable revoke-a 500-do11ar revoke, in fact, the difference In one of the closing boards between the first and second Mrs. Markus and Mrs. Gordon prizes. were too high: East dealer Reese and Schapiro had mixed East-West vulnerable fortunes against the other British NORTH pairs: Mrs. P. Forbes and S. • Q 3 2 Merkin profited when South <y)A953 Schapiro held at game all: ' o­ +AQJto9s +9 ~K6 OK9743 +AK1096 WEST EAST East opened One Spade in • J 8 7 +A 10654 third hand and Schapiro doubled. ~ KQ42 <V 8 6 West bid Three Spades and Reese 0 J 10 7 6 4 0 AS 3 3NT.
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