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The British Bridge ·World Editorial Board BERNARD WEST ALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTA~F TERENCE REESE The British Bridge ·world Editorial Board BERNARD WEST ALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTA~f TERENCE REESE I EDLTED BY EWART KEMPSON I VOL. 15, NO. 10 CONTENTS OCTOBER, J 9t~ Peg: Editorial 5-t Landslide, by Terence Reese 7-1( The World Olympiad Book 11 -1} Sunshine and Lolly, by George Lengyel 1~1 £ What About Your Bridge Character? by Herman Filarski... 18-1; Annals of Ruff's Club, by Terence Reese 20-21 Hand from New Zealand, by Rex Evans 22-2: One Hundred Up: New Problems 2~~ Baltic Congress, by Stanislaw Bitner 26-3-] One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron ,. Bridge Academy, conducted by G. C. H. Fox ... .. : What The Public Want, by N. de V. Hart .g._.;5 The Chrysalis Stage, by M. Wakenell 4S-51 Ruffing Problems, by Dan Burgess 52-53 Remember McCampbell, by Dr. Frederick Frost )+55 Porthcawl Congress, by Paul Spurway 56-5 1 Letters To The Editor ADVERTISING : All roquiriu •hould br addrrutd to tiM: -'DVERTISING MANAGEH, TIIO~IAS DE L\ HUE & CO. LTD. Bunhill ltow, E.C.J. ·su ' H£~~ AU. OTIIf.R CORRESJ>OND El''\CE. I~CLUDI~G SU8SCRIJ>TIO:'\S, TO TilE .rL - ANDREWS&: WARBURG, LTD., JS DO\'F.Il STHEI-:T, LO:'\DO:'oi, \\.I. T~l: MAYfair 8997 Annual Subicriptioo JS/- ·' l'wh/' Ia Jb G F f ~r l. ~·~ · ~ Otl-9' Gr:,. :G~~ ..· s if. ll'arburg, LJJ., 3.5 Dour Strut, LL>nJ,,n, II'. I anJ printD~J to{., 8~; &. c~- t:- . I'CII UolJ, LL>ndon I:.'. II, 011 b,lzalf of th~ rrorri<tvrl, Th omas j Editorial T is a pleasure to edit the Westall, Hubert Phillips, Jack I British Bridge World, even Dalton, A. F. Stapleton Harris for so short a time as three and Phyllis Bosworth. Those months. It is a full turn of the were the days of a beautiful .... heel, for I was invited-with Batard Montrachet at 81/- per Colonel Walter Buller as No. I­ dozen and a lovely .Miza Sherry to edit this magazine when it first at 4/6 a bottle. I sec from came out in 1932. another British Bridge World In a tear-jerking article in the advertisement that a charming Sunday Telegraph, Mr. R. A. knitted sports outfit in fine quality Priday referred to the impending yarn and new honeycomb design end of the British Bridge World could be purchased for six and a and erroneously stated that there half guineas. In two-tone and have been seven editors. In fact self-pleated skirt to boot. there have been only three­ * * * Hubert Phillips, Terence Reese The British Bridge World and and Albert Dormer-each bril­ Bridge Maga=ine arc published liant in his own particular way. as a service to bridge players The other four were, in turn, and neither De La Rue nor editors of the Contract Bridge Waddington's expected to make Journal which was bought in 1956 any money out of their enterprise. by the British Bridge World. In this respect they have not been It is also erroneous to say that disappointed! It takes a lot of one of the reasons for the dis­ cash these days to produce a contin uance of this magazine was magazine c\'en if-as is my policy the em i g r ~ tion of Mr. Dormer -fees for the Editor and Con­ to America; in truth the merger tributors arc kept to little more .,.,a discussed quite a time ago than token level and free copies and pl ans have been going for­ arc not thrown around in hand­ ~a rd to put it into operation fuls. Alll'OIIC cnn give thin~ s •nc January. away. Ti1c main ditliculty is that . The Briti .~· h /Jric~~e World made the roundabout of circubtil'll II how in November, 1932, and and advertisements is hoth 'icil'lls · mon the talented contributors and unn.:warding. r Colonel H. l\1. lkasley, Tickets for the S un !.Jy Tin:,·.i Cnlond G. G. J. Walshe, B. C. Pair Championship, ll' h.: pi.\)CJ 5 at De La Rue House, 84 Regent A ticket for all five sessions Street, may be obtained from costs 30/-. Mrs. A. Hiron, 25 Baron's Keep, The sessions arc at 7.30 on Gliddon Road, London, W.l4. Friday, October 30, and at 2 p.m. Tickets cost 7/6 per session or and 8 p.m. on the two followintt 12/6 for two sessions in one day. days. ~ 2nd WORLD OLYMPIAD HANDBOOK 18/• post paid FULL COVERAGE U.S. v BRITAIN and U.S. v ITALY round . robin FULL COVERAGE U.s.· vITAL Y final AMPLE SELECTION of hands from BRITAIN v ITALY and U.S. v CANADA semi-finals SWING HANDS FROM WOMEN'S EVENT Order direcr (rom: BRIDGE MAGAZINE, WAKEFIELD ROAD, LEEDS, 10 6 LANDSLIDE Trrcncl' RerJ~ cleJCribes the dramatic second day of tlzr Golcl Cup final. Rcadas con M'ark out tlzetr own an.ni·ers to .wme of the critical prohlenu bcfor~ discorcrir.~ 111 ·hat happrnrd at the table. · At the end of the first day of NORTH SOUTH the Gold Cup final Harrison-Gray Jy> 2+ led by 65 points-surely a winning 3+ ? margin between good teams, with What do you bid nO\v? only 36 boards to go. However, 2. At love all your partner Bob Sharples had had to return deals and bids One Spade. The to business after the first session, next player doubles, and you Gray himself was not in his best hold: vein, • and we seized our chances AQ9542 4 A 742 QJ to make an extraordinary re­ What do you bid over the covery. On the first 9 boards double? we picked up 19, and the next 3. At game all . you hold: nine were worth 28. Now we 8643 AJ5 A2 KJ9-t were right back in the match, Your partner speaks first and only 18 down. This was reduced the bidding goes: to 2 down, with nine boards to NORTII SOUTII go, and the last' set we won by 10 I+ 53 to 4. The score on this second 2+ 2\/ day was 133 to I 9. 3NT ? Our success was founded on (a) Do you agree with the three slam swings in the first response of One Spade? thirteen boards. All arc included (b) If one accepts the fourth among the problems below, which suit bid of Two Hearts. wh:H arc presented as they arose at should South call over 3NT? the table. The diagrams have 4. After East has overcalled in been turned so that in each case hearts, you become declarer in the critical decision falls to South. Five Diamonds. I. Third in hand, not vulncr­ ahlc, you hold: •Jt is right awl prc>p,·r to .wy KJ962 QJX42 A 76 - that Mr. 1/arri.wli·Gray ll'llJ rf,Jy­ Trar\\l:lling from the Littk i11g against doctor's ofllas ':nd ~tujor to Acol, the bidding has ll't'llt 10 hoJpital til rh,· cmrclwwn 'Oilc: c~( r/r,• matclz.-E.K. 7 NORTH South's best ca11 is Five Hearts. • J 3 The two hands were: \;]10632 NORTH 0 K J 8 2 • Q 83 + K 63 <y>AK75 \;}7 Jed 03 SOUTH +QJ 1095 +A K98 SOUTH \;}5 +KJ962 OAQI06 ~QJ842 +AJ 4 2 0 A 76 The defence begins with two +- rounds of hearts. How do you We were lucky in that the plan the play? hearts have to be shown first in A second question: Suppose the Little Major. The actual that you are playing the same sequence was: contract from the North position, NORTH SOUTH do you play differently? I+ IO 5. With no adverse bidding, I <y> 2+ you finish in Four Hearts. 3+ 5\;} NORTH 6<y> No +5 \;} 9 8 4 The opening One Club signified a heart suit, and One Diamond 0 K 9 8 3 was a waiting move on a big hand. +AK742 +31ed After a normal One Club open­ SOUTH ing, striking a void opposite, the +A Q63 slam is hatd to reach. Our op­ \OAQJ6 ponents played in Four Spades. 0 A J 52 2. If you do anything but re­ +6 double you risk missing a slam. West leads +3 and the King The opposite hand was: wins. How do you plan the +KJ103 play? <y>A9872 llow it happened 03 I. This hand resembles one of +A 65 last month's problems. \Vith Swinnerton- D yer bid Four. controls in both minors, and the Spades over the double, '' l~IC 11 hc:art support not yet shown. might have been a good tJCth:JI 8 mo e but cost II points on this rect) Three Clubs. So we finished ion. At the other table in Six Diamonds. The trumps th r was no intervention and the broke 4-2, but the heart finc s·c la m was easy to bid after One was right. Heart (actually One Club in the 4. The question was, how to Little Major) - One Spade - play Five Diamonds after a heart Three spades. lead and continuation. 3. (a) Not my style, I must say! West dealer Dr. Rockfelt, schooled in the North-South vulnerable Baron system, made this choice. NORTH (b) Obviously, South must give • J 3 his partner a chance with Four y> 10632 Clubs. In a way, the bidding has 0 K J 8 2 developed favourably. Partner + K63 has shown values in diamonds, WEST EAST clubs and hearts (3NT promised • 10542 • Q76 a heart stop), so the hunds should y> K J 7 y>AQ984 fit well.
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