Cruise from Malaysia to Mauritius on Board Mv Discovery Selected by Mr Bridge As His Personal Cruise of the Year
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BRIDGE Number Ninety-five June 2009 Cruise from Malaysia to Mauritius on board mv Discovery Selected by Mr Bridge as his personal cruise of the year Page 2 FEATURES BRIDGE 3 Bidding Quiz 45 Declarer Play Answers BIDDING QUIZ by Bernard Magee by David Huggett by Bernard Magee Publisher and 4 46 Little Voice Appeal Stamp Donations ou are West in the auc - Managing Editor 4 Double Dummy Quiz Y by Richard Wheen 46 Which is Harder? tions below, playing Mr Bridge 'Standard Acol' with a weak 8 Bidding Quiz Answers Bidding or Ryden Grange no-trump (12-14 points) and by Bernard Magee Declarer Play Knaphill, Surrey by Freddie North four-card majors. GU21 2TH 10 Julian Pottage says (Answers on page 8 ) Count Shape, 47 Defence Quiz Answers ( 01483 489961 Points and Tricks by Julian Pottage 1. Dealer West. Game All. e-mail : 11 Bernard Magee says ADVERTISEMENTS ♠ Q 7 6 5 4 3 Lead Low as Declarer ™ K 8 7 4 3 [email protected] 2 Eric Hill 12 A Walk in the Summer © K J website : by Countryman 5 Tutorial Software ® Void www.mrbridge.co.uk 6 Mail Order Form 14 David Stevenson West North East South Answers Your Questions 7 Malaysia to Mauritius ? Associate Editor 19 Justin Corfield says on Board Discovery Julian Pottage Length Attracts 7 Better Hand Evaluation 2. Dealer East. N/S Vul. Shortage 9 Eric Hill ♠ 8 7 6 Technical Consultant 20 Gerber – A Convention ™ 3 13 Charity Bridge Events Tony Gordon from Another Time © Q 9 8 7 4 by Ned Paul 15 Wychwood Park ® A J 3 2 Bridge Consultant Bridge Events 22 Declarer Play Quiz West North East South Bernard Magee 16 2009/2010 Winter by Dave Huggett 1♠ Pass Cruises on Board 23 Heather Dhondy says ? Discovery Proof Readers Choose Trumps for Danny Roth Ruffs in the Short Hand 18 Beach Hotel 3. Dealer West. N/S Vul. Bridge Weekends Hugh Williams 26 Dave Huggett says ♠ Q J 8 7 Freddie North Nine Tricks is Easier 21 Marsham Court ™ A K 4 3 2 Richard Wheen than Eleven Bridge Weekends © 4 27 Defence Quiz 22 The Olde Barn Hotel ® K 5 3 by Julian Pottage Bridge Events Software Support West North East South ( 01483 485345 29 Albert Who? 24 Holiday Diary 1™ Pass 1NT Pass by Dick Atkinson 27 Blunsdon House Hotel ? Events & Cruises 30 Julian Pottage Bridge Events ( 01483 489961 Answers Your Questions 28 Staverton Park 4. Dealer West. N/S Vul. Jessica Galt 34 Two-Handed Bridge II Bridge Weekends ♠ A J 7 6 5 Holly Cobbett by George Hutter 28 Tunisia 2009 ™ A J 4 3 © 7 6 Rachel Everett 35 Readers’ Letters 33 Rubber/Chicago ® K 4 36 Pay-to-Play Bridge Events Club Directory Decision Time Looms 34 Denham Grove West North East South [email protected] by Ned Paul Bridge Weekends 1♠ 2® 2© Pass ? 39 Double Dummy Answer 39 Stamps Address Changes by Richard Wheen 39 Duplicate Bridge 5. Dealer West. Love All. ( 01483 485342 43 Books Quiz Answers Rules Simplified ♠ A 7 6 by Bernard Magee 40 Global Travel Insurance ™ A 8 4 All correspondence should 44 Harold Schogger says © A 8 5 3 be addressed to Mr Bridge. 42 Christmas 2009 Lead the Top of a ® J 4 2 Please make sure that all Sequence 48 QPlus 9.1 letters, e-mails and faxes West North East South carry full postal addresses 1NT Pass 4NT Pass and telephone numbers. The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the publisher or its Managing Editor. ? Page 3 SPACE SAVING GLOBAL TRAVEL BOOKINGS USED STAMPS While carrying an advert for If you have already directly I know lots of you and your Global Travel please booked a cruise on friends are saving all your Ï understand I do not endorse Discovery for 2009 or 2010, used stamps. Do continue Global Travel’s products but do advise us a.s.a.p. collecting them, widening stand only as an agent the circle of collectors to introducing you to their include your local business products and if you are houses. I will tell you what confused by what I am to do with them in a later trying to say, so am I. issue. Little Voice raised over £400 in 2008 and I see I usually write a short piece, FUNDRAISING no reason why this should nagging readers to re-register not be doubled and as well as sending in the Thank you to all those who This will ensure that you can re-doubled in 2009. names and addresses of their supported the joint appeal be included with the exclusive onboard Mr Bridge friends and family whom for Christians in Iraq and INNOCENT Little Voice in Ethiopia. The party. I look forward to they would like to receive MISTAKE BRIDGE. If I don’t put a total raised was £5968. The hearing from you. proceeds have been split page in for that purpose, I BUILDING In my last holiday brochure can provide another page equally between the two. I put the wrong price against devoted entirely to bridge. Congratulations and well Eric Hill has doubled his Bernard Magee’s two weeks I am relying on you putting done to Margaret Cochrane advertisements in this issue at the Royal Kenz hotel in your pen to your own piece and her loyal team. of BRIDGE (see pages 2 and Tunisia next year. It should of paper and I look forward 9). Do be sure to mention have read £749, of course. to hearing from you. Mr Bridge when responding. Profuse apologies for misleading you. QUIZ BOOK Ï His merchandise is sent out POST FREE with FREE DOUBLE DUMMY In Bernard Magee’s Bridge alterations and FREE PROBLEM Quiz Book, there are 80 full- returns, ensuring that you page bridge problems and can place your orders with by Richard Wheen 160 trivia questions. £14 complete confidence. (Answer on page 39) including postage and packing. Here is a sample MORE BUILDING question from the book. See They hope to repeat this ♠ Q 4 3 page 43 for the solution. success in 2010 (see charity I am developing the De Vere ™ — events on page 13). Book Denham Grove conference © A now to hear bridge star, centre as a regular venue for ® A 2 Bernard Magee, pictured my tutorial weekends. To ♠ A J 10 ♠ 9 Dealer South. Love All. above, talking about all sorts spread the news and enable Teams of Four. ™ A K Q N ™ J 10 of doubles. the management to get used W E S ♠ A 6 3 to large bridge groups, I © — © — ™ K J 7 STAMPS have heavily discounted all ® — ® K Q J © J 10 5 the weekend dates at this ♠ K 2 ® K J 5 2 venue up to and including ™ — ♠ K J the end of August this year. © K Q N ™ Q 10 4 W E S ® 4 3 © A 7 6 4 2 per ® Q 10 3 £129 person Diamonds are trumps and No single supplement. Full board. South is to lead. How can Clive Goff has been North/South make five South West North East overwhelmed with calls You can come for tricks against any defence? 1NT 1 Pass 3NT All Pass following the recent rise in Gentle/Just Duplicate or for 1weak no-trump (12–14) postage charges. His unusual the lectures and supervised SATURDAY service helps support this play and/or a bit of both. MORNING West leads the ©4 to publication. dummy’s ©10 and partner’s Those booking must pay in OPENING K; he returns the 9, and He supplies readers with a full by cheque or debit card. © © For the convenience of we let declarer’s Q hold the discount of at least 10% off © Those already booked at the readers and customers, trick; after a little thought British postage stamps. full price may use the £70 my office telephone is now declarer leads the ♠4. Ring him ( 0208 422 4906 difference as part payment manned every Saturday What is there to think about? and please say you heard it towards another Denham morning from 9am until Things do not look hopeful. from Mr Bridge. 2009 booking. the early afternoon. Page 4 CLUB INSURANCE Better Hand Moore Stephens offer public liability insurance cover for TUTORIAL Evaluation bridge clubs. Their scheme runs for 12 months from 1st Bernard Magee November each year. Those SOFTWARE Bridge Clubs who would Introduction like to join the scheme in with Bernard Magee Better Hand Evaluation is April will pay just £39.30 aimed at helping readers to add until 31st October provided greater accuracy to their they have less than 100 ACOL BIDDING DECLARER PLAY bidding. It deals with auctions members and meet no more l Opening Bids and l Suit Establishment in which you and your partner, than twice per week. The against silent opponents, can Responses in No-trumps fully describe your hands to charge is based on an annual each other and, by evaluating premium of £63.50. l Slams and Strong l Suit Establishment them accurately, find the best Openings in Suits final contract. The emphasis of Provided the membership all good, accurate bidding is on and meeting numbers and l Support for Partner l Hold-ups hand evaluation. the standard cover is £70 l Pre-empting l Ruffing for There are two general types of sufficient for your bridge Extra Tricks auction: a) A fit is found and b) club, please complete the l Overcalls No fit is found. l Entries in No-trumps form on my web site and l No-trump When you do not have a fit, you £60 send it to them with a Openings l Delaying are aiming to describe the cheque for £39.30.