... ,, 0 . ,,\ ' ' ~ ' . ' .. '· ·~-,~~ Bri(lgemanship, by Terence :Reese ~ "~ ...... · ,. Second Showing Light Opening Bids in the World ·championship, by " Analyst " ..
Somerset Skims South-Western, by .John Oxland -. , -· ~ .... [ . ~ (jl ~ c. ~; . ~ • j • .,,t·rd• ·~ Jff • • t 4 fS ~J • UBLISHED ON ISTH OF EACH M 0 N·T.. H/;: - .. ~ .. 8t.APJIO•"I'"fl'tll0 f-f"MOjtll11htQIIUI't s.. pplrtrlo(rto,.,., ,,,.,,
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· · fage · I _r Edit~ria1 ' .. : . . 5-6 , .Bridge on Network Three ... 6 - - .Bridgemanship, by Terence Reese .. . 7-11 I . London and the South, by Alan Truscott • - f I ... 12- 17 Hands .ofthe Month, by Alan Trusc~tt ...... _ 1~ -:- 19 - Amencan News-Letter, by Alfred Sheinwold .. . ·20-23 1 ;•o. Light Opening Bids in the World Cha'mpionship, by "Analyst"., 23.:.25 J . '' ;,(.;. Book Review: The Nottingham System, by -Margery· Burns ~ . 26 ,L One H~ndred Up : Repeat of December problems · 27 I 'l~ , The Waddingto~ Cup for Masters Pairs ...... ·... 28~29 1
~~: ~etter from Paris, by Jean Besse ... .. ,., 30-32 1 i' .·: Across the Green Baize, by G~orge Baxter ... 33-34 .. One Hundred Up: Janu·ary Competition ... 34-35 Second Showing ' ., ... ·. .. ~ 36-37 You Say ...... ' 38~39 'British Bridge World Agents '40 Somerset Ski~s South~Western, by John . ~xla~~-· ..... 41-43 ' Tournament World, by Harold Franklin . . ... 43;::45 E.B.U. List of Secretaries ... ' 46 ' One Hundred Up . An . .. .. · ·.. .. · · swers to December Problems ... 47-52 Result o~ December Competition ... 53 Subscription form · 53 I • •• E._B.U. Master Poin;~·Regi~~~r ...... s4-55 Diary of Events -. .. , - 1 56
4 ,~:~3~~~~g;-_;:'~:1~S~\~\ ~;:·~\ ~i:i;''!&~-~:-'?~ if., ,_ ./:;~': .. ~ +~·r;=-: ... · ·, .-~· ·: r ·.· Editorial> ·-=~::'{:;':~_:_-.. ·<-- .... :. -' . ·- ' '.·. . ' .1, ' . . :. • ..:-" • THE NEITLE, DANGER . quickiy become one · of the . most . '\ : f' • • • '"' \ ' • '4 .,• '• .• I . ~..... ::;' 1958 was a good year for bridge pqpu1ar items in the magazine. . . - all over the world; .with more and Of . our old ' stand-bys, One : . > tno~e playing ihe game, a World ,Hundred ·up is evidently as well · ·, Fede~ation established, and ·all liked as ever, ;md thanks are due .· f.;nins of promotion ·doing well. · to · the p~nel · wh~ ~ with· "varying · ·. : it is .. r~asonable:' to expect· that degrees 0~ constancy, submit -theif. · -Bridger~91a~th~ · display of all copy (
.· four _' hands . on an electricaUy 1 . Gii:NTiE EDWARDIAN ' ·._:'operated board-will· before long · · · ' be' a c- -regular· fe~ture · of , in_ter- '.· . " Walshie " (Col. G. G. J. " 1 . ~~national encounters. Nevehheless, W a 1 she, for many Y. e a _r,s ': :first"tlli'l{gs first';. my . )~rew Year's ....Yarbo fo~g~" of the Sunday :--· · · wiSh :' is . that the· E.B.L. should -T1mes) has dted, aged 85. . , · ~· ~asp· 'the nettle :--of artificial con- ~ourtly, side-whiskered, soft of ' 1 · · .ventions: ·. . .' · . · · . · voice, he was perfect in-his part of ·. . . ' · · ·. · · · dignified old gentleman: With his· ; .;·> ~ i ·, ·. ~ ~s . ·. · , ·' · . dislike· of draughts ~ his liking for ·: '. r~It has ·rus.o been a good year for a_snooze and a reverse bid, he was .. the B~itish Bridge· Wo~ld. We are . the hero of many a laug_h .and -
:. .'=spe~ially ' grateful to many readers . 1 good story. He .'enjoyed ·them , ·. · : ~lio sent kind messages and took· _all. ·· · ' .- ··.. out subscriptions for their friends · · · · ·· · SELECT · a("Christmas. W. tJ. Smith &• .. >·. Sons~ also, have paid us the com- The · Ma~ters 'Pairs (see pages · .:': p~ment ·of. substanti~lly increasing · 28 and 29) reverts.to 16 pairs this · · their ~ order. · year, and it is perhaps a sad·
~I .. • • .. • OLD AND NEW com~entary on the state of affair~
• ·::- .• , .• I · that the Committee found it ea~ie~ . · ~ ·- yYe begin this month a_ new to' limit the entry to 16 than to · · feature, "Second Showing," in ext~nd it to 2~. The line:.up, 41 · · · which outstanding contributions con.sequence, appears to be very ·_-:· ~e , ~ecalled from the· correspond- . stro'ng and the contest is unu&ually . ing issue three years ago·:. We be- .· opeh. ·. ·Iieve.' tliat these extracts, seen .in The Prince of Waies. Hotel has
.. their , historical ·perspective, will. excellent. . rooms for. this.. . event. .... ' 5 . T~ere will be. four tables in ea~h : ·· ¥~rk~s; .· one / ~f the . H~~i-lfon .. ;l ' of two good-sized rooms, sJ·that team, ~a~~hed t~e first s~t ~lay_ed _ 1:' •. watc h'mg should be more ...corn- . . by Leslie· Dodds and Fntzt· ·., Gor- · fortable than in some prevtous don . . T~en _ s~e took_the _b~arq$ to the next room, wliere Booker years. . :.· and Lee-sat ready and keyed ·up;·.. · · BEYOND RECOV~RY . ' ;'Here. _are' four b~ards - for ~ In a League match between the you," she told them .... " It doesn'J Hamilton and Lederers, Mrs. matter what _you 'do." - ' ' \ ' : .' .... ,.,. : .-. : ~-~··. :~ '·.-·:·.:· .: -.
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A new series of programmes began on· Japuary JOth-.a . Bidding Competition for married part~erships . T~e ,pro grammes are introduced. by Terence · Reese and' Ha'rold ' . '· Franklin and ·are on ~he " Thinking Aloud " principle :in· ' '' , which th~ partnt:rs, speaking from different studios; eJ:Cpiess. · : their thoughts aloud. All the program~-es are on Saturdays · · _:. :•. a~ 5.45 p.m. Network Three has· the ''sa· m~ wavele.ngth as -: · · the Third · · .,· .. · · · · ' On Jan.uary lOt,h Mr. ~~d M';s, J.· Tarlo (L~~d~ri) . bea~ : • Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Moss (London), b:( 10 points to .6. . · ·, ~ . .
SATURDA.Y . - JANUARY 17th Ma. and Mas, G. GRIFFITHS (Somerset), v. Ma. and Mas. E. L. FIGGIS (Liverpool) SATURDAY • JANUARY 24th -·· M.a. and. Mas. H. E. HEALEY (Worcs.) v. ·. Ma. and Mas. L. ALLWOOD (Norwich) SATURDA" - JANUARY '31st Ma. and Mas. A. BENJAMIN (Glasgow) v• . MR. and Mas, F.' NO~TH (Brighton) February 7111• 14th and-21st, lwo : Semi-fi~als and Final.
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· _ · lfe writings of Stephen ;potter, , · ploys and gambits that are the ·:: ·· · the· founder 'of Gamesmanship ·_life-work of· a professional player · .• - j • and One-l_.Jpmanship, are well are wittily reflected 'in the conver::.. known in several countries, I be- sations that .attend the prelimin.:; . lieye·, s'o . only a brief account of aries to a " friendly , rubber. these .ftrts is needed for the benefit · · · • of overseas readers. · 1 (There, iri ·case.you have missed.. :· . . \ _the point, is an· inartistic essay' in' ~- .. Gamesmanship Is th'e art of . One-Upmanship. The .impression _. gaining a~ · advantage , without ·is left that Potter's ·treatment of ·. actually cheating. Golf is a fer- Bridgemanship is on the. tea-party . . tile field. You. don't talk when level, unspecialised, derivative ~ I:. your opponent is about to drive, lacking in~~ght .i~td the a~cana of · but by,,the time you have apolo- the t6~rnament world.) ; • . gised four times for flicking your lighter before he made that fatal At ' the_ higher levels ~f bridge · I· s~ce l 0 I • ~ ... f '. fidence and relaxation. This is· "No, I'm sure to forget.", the Casual Approach. " Well, that's about it. Ask us The preliminaries attending the if there's anything you don't choice of seats in a team-of-four understand." match provide the first oppor- '· By this time the opponents will tunity. Let us say that your · be nettled by the thought' that they opponents have to seat first. are being taken lightly, and they - ., Choosing their strongest forma:- will also be feeling a little self tion, they grimly tak~ their places. conscious about the earnestness of Now you hold a parley among .their own approach to ·.the the five members of,your team. encounter. T~-e waiting opponents overhear To preserve this atmosphere you 'snatches of conversation such as: display an unobtrusive, but con- , r · ·~ • "Who feels like starting? tinuous, interest in some 'outside "I've only just finished lunch, affair. To look at a newspaper · , I'd rather not play the first half." in between hands· is rude, but you "Yes, I'd like to have go with can ' legitimately ask a bystander . ;._: Bill, it would be a change."' to let you know when the result of ' some sporting event '9omes ~ - · Finally, you take your seats in ,. the formation that you 'had through. Thereafter, an occa- ! always intended. Then comes sional glance will estab~ish that the the exchange of system infor- whole of your attention is not mation. The opponents , ·make required for ,the battle of cards. their prepared speech, or perhaps An additional gambit, a. most . _ draw your attention to the little effective cine, . is not to· score. 1 ' card that sets out their methods. Mter five or six hands you say: You examine this with unseeing " Are you . keeping a ·score, ~yes, nod sagely; and make some partner?" mappropriate remark which shows "No, I thought you were." . that you haven't taken l't . "One of us had better. Give ("Rot It-Stone eh? " Or .f. 'tm. . R th s ' ' J 1 IS me a. score-card, I'll copy 'them • o • tone, " Sort of Goren? ") down" ' . ' " What about you? " they ask. "You can do it at half-time." . " Well, we play a sort of T~o " 'y es, I suppo~e . I can. " Nothing special Cl~lbs. v~ry By · now the opponents • rea y. 'Yhat about Texas, part~ ner?" feel that it is silly even to try. YoU . are One Up. · ' 8 '. - ' How to Equalise it .was .a usual· thing, when one. . . ' team was outclassed, 'for the· . · The tactics set out in the last ·players to attempt. early on in' the , . section would be inappr9piiate, 1 ·match ~uch · surprise manoeuvres· of course, if your opponents were as opening vulnerable psychics;· players of much greater reputa- giving a double raise on a single . tion than ' yourselves. . In that ton in a competitive position,. or · 'situation you have to work out I - . . passing partner's' opening bid moves that come under the .head- with upwards of ten points. ing of How to Equalise when One 1 1 Down. ' . • On the surface' these two ga~- . . In recent years, if I can say so ~its were cont~adictpry in' :- pur; , ·_: without imniodesty, I have 'not pose, but th~y worked well, for it. ' had. to practise ' that . a_rt to any was not until the last eight boards · ... ' of a siXty-four board match that /·: _ ~ great extent, but it was not alw_ays we -gave ground to :.. the prof~s- · so. I recall a particular occasion sionals. . ·. . when an Oxford University team • . . · of which I was a member had the · The ~onditions ·in ~ hich .mo ~ t .. honour of receiving a visit from a matches are played do not allow ·. team ~f' then internationals: the development of such elaborate. ·. ~ · '· gambits as this. · I can, however, ·. The· term " Gamesmanship " had not been heard of at that time, give this general advice to players' . , · but \ve ne'vertheless gave a great who begin One Down: The less ..., you say, the better. . · Don't' seek . deal of thought to the problem of h · lit d . h to impress ·by including in your ow . we pug un ermme t e. game all the latest ' scientific : . . moral ascendancy. that' our dis- tinguished opponents (two of · gadgets, evell: . if you think them . good. Your" superior. " ,oppon- them fresh from a match against ents will be smiling to themselves ' · the great Ely) would poss~ss. as you reel off your list; they ~ill We finally decided on two dismiss you as scientific palookas. separate ploys. At the luncheon During the play of th ~ first few that preceded the match the con- hands try to look capable, but say versation was brought round to a nothing, whether your resu,lts are complicated dearin whose analysis good or bad. the two least skilful members of The Silent Trap our team had been briefed. They , we~e most impressive. Meanwhile, That brings us to' another my partner and I inquired whether aspect o~ Bridgemanship : how to 9 ~ ~ ~.... t :.. I~ •J} 1 \ ~~ ~· ·: ·.\;>·-\I _:f :;-0 I + • ~ l \ • I ' exploit a good result, how to answer . their. own . question an~ minimise a bad one. thank them grayely for pointi~g . it' out. When your opponents have Half:time Tactics gone down 1,100 on a hand that contains no special trap, to say At half-time in a match, before " It'll be the same in the other the scores have been compared, - ·~ · room" or, in a pairs, " That'll assure the opponents at your be an average," can be tolera~ly tab1e that they ·have done ·well. amusing when spoken with the in ' Make a lot of some hand on whi~h . flexion that Boris Sphapiro gives the result obtained by your side , . to it, but it is not good Games was only .superficially bad.' If : · manship. The opponentS .will be possible, . repeat ·this judgmen! in · , under a strain after their disaster, o; .\ ' the hearing of the other pair when . and_ a remark of this sort will ease the teams . unite (" Your. ·boys ·the tension; _either they will join. have been too good for us "). " ~the fun or; instead of being on This· is ·an excellent gambit be-• edge with one --another, they will 'cause, if your side is no~ in f~ct . · unite in disappro,vat· of the · un behind, the pair that has played . .,- sporting interjec~ion. against you will feel that it bas been·let down, and the other pair, · - No, this is an occasion when per:_haps uncon~cious of . error, · goo,d ~anners coincide with good · will be forced on the-defensive .. ' . taches. Say nothing; . let the I . enemy find their own solution " ' Ars est celare arte~ '~ an~d if they start a discussion and It should hardly be necessarY, ~ to bring you in.to it, be de to remark that Bridgemanship, hberately vague and non- _ . . 't com like all forms of Gamesmanship, • • mt ta 1; let them wonder ·what you really think. loses most ·of its effect if it h observed or suspected. For · the most part, bridge players, with In t~e opposite situation-when their vanity, their mistrust arid your stde has made a calamitous som~times jealousy of their own ' ~~ror-....the best course is to act as team-mates, are an easy !lnd un· ough you were completely un aware of it If h suspecting target fa~ the inventive resist d . . t e enemy cannot gamesman. mistake r~wmg attention to the Many good ploys can be 'left to . . ( What happens if ? ") VICtory ' '• the inspiration of the moment, . . Js yours. leave them ·t~ but little pieces of dialogue should I 10 . ' 1¥,'5~>'. {: ...<.~: ,;.:;,,• ;f:K;. :c·?:~:Y. :~. ·, ·~, ;: ."'! :~·. ; , . .-~ , : . : •. . :·: " ..
· ·. be rehearsed, and long-term plan:.. · . Finally, most players have some. -; ning · is .. sometimes·· called 'for.· ·idiosyncrasies or foibles that are r :_ " Once in . a . Gold' Cup final ·I - worth noting. One quite well · .' ..tirganised the services of a fifth • known ·piayer is put completely , . • I •• 4 1 • • t ·:. eolu~riist to play·. a p_art in the out of temper if someone borrows ·'
: · ~u~sels of th~ oppositi~n; .he · his penCil a.n~ 1will. not continue .'. · ... plied them with " confidential the game until it is restored. ' . i¢ormation ". aoo~t the . state of· ·. How ·do I know? ' • our morale:. · .Try borrowing. r .mine! .
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"Hold your cards higher, I can see e\'erytlting you'l'e got."
TilE BEN ROTH AGENCY 11 ( . ' . ~·~~ d -:\~11~ ~.-· s6 tith'.;.·:': :: Lond.on r • • .. • ~, .. ' .J · .. ,' · by . ALAN rrRUSCOTT , :·.~ . , .-'.~ ·.;. · <. .,.: (• - ~ i. I • ;, . : . ' ToDemache Cup ; se~ond pl~ce on~ a split _tie to Kent. The Keqt player~ put up .their ~est 'A few ye!lrs .ago .the result~ in perfor~a.nce, ever, . ~~d _c·a~~ ' the South-Eastern · zyne of the within - one . opening . Ie~d - ofv~~tory . Tollemache tended to · be . mon?t- .- Surrey beat tW·o of the t_op thre~ . onous: Middlesex or London teams, but droppeq a d_raw ~~ , were sure to · win, and all t!Ie ·Sussex and lost to 13ucks and matches went according to the Berks, who also gave L~ndo .n a ·form book. With improving_· scare by r~covering m9~t . of a ~arg_e standards in the other home coun- deficit in the last session. ' · ·.·. ·.. ties these days are past, and thi~ · As far as-! know, iwbody _ ~ri : t~e year's event was a thriller. With , contest found the right deferic·e on .one session left to play four coun:- - this ·hand ' which occurred 'in.'tlie ties were in the running. · . S~rrey, last sessi~n between 'surrey -· an~ . losing only to Bucks and Berks, : London:~ 1 ,. • . • were nominally leading, but several · s~uth ' dealer - · ' ..· 1• ·, - of their winning margins were too North-South vulnerable · · · small for comfort. Kent ·were. NoRm··· · .-: :'· '·; -· losing one and drawing one, and · 1 + QJ 9 4 '.• ·• .7: :_ . had by far the best match-pain(· ·
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Mrs. A. L.' Fleming, secretary of the E.B.U., was one of the team that did so well for Kent. She actually lives there, though so much cannot be said of !~er. partner.
by Ctamlt! Roclrigue. ,. • "" - • .._ •rl" • "• '.; ~· t • . - • ·' •r: ,-.;! ~., I , • :· .. '.:: ... ·.·-:\·;-=\:~;•'/ .;.·?·.~~.-.; -:~;\_\- :· .~. 0 '"' '- I • '- -...,, • ·.I· . . h'is ··Q· · held, The ~· deferice - in. Three_ No . trump. When · ·· '· · · · d b E · Sil ·. Sout h cou ld h ave cross-ruffed for Trumps,· ·playe h Y· nc ver- mne· tnc· k s, b u t the danger was · stone,· . s1ttmg. Sout ·, was a comedy, not ob vwu · ' s, and the prospect' of . of mstructlve· errors. · On Wests an over tnc · k or two. looked good. · 03 lead dummy. played low, and·. I' misguidedly' played 06. Th1s r: f, Knock-out Events i~ the right · play if the ,West has r. Few results are yet to hand i~ exactly . 0 K853 . or K843, b~t . ·, . · the national knock-outs, but · a wrong if lie has QJ53 or QJ43. I ,, · noteworthy performance was a should . have· taken into account convincing victory by ·a Surrey the fact that the QJ combination team over a useful London for is a ~ore attractive lead, and - mation in Crockfords Cup. The therefore more likely to have been . Surrey players were Mr. and Mrs. made. · South was gratified to . ~- • Ainger, and Mr. and Mrs: Steven make his 0 8, and made the right - son, who are obviously exceptions play of the heart suit by l~ading . to the usual bridge rules about to dummy's I manoeuvre, the . Savages were spade, -on·which North parts with _·._~ much too wild for their correct a third diamond. After a little : Constitutional oppon~nts and sur thought, I saw the point: North vived to·, the next round. is marked with two black double- ~ tons and OA, and would certafuly Jeremy Flint, appearing,for the have led' a 5-card diamond suit Hurlingham Club in this com headed by the Ace. He must ~tition, offered me what he therefore have all the missing - .. called " a little probl~m in card hearts and can be end-played. · · reading":- Simples~ is to lead \79 and let it ' .'.' ~ WEST I EAST run. If. North covers, he can . • QJ'8 3 + K4 then be _thrown in with O A. _ ~ \7 9 6 2 \7 AK Q 10 7 Pleased with my analysis, I offeted 0 105 0 KJ7 Flint my solution. - • 10 7 53 • KQ6 I " You go" five down," he said You are West, playing in Three complacently. " So did I." The articles, " How Could I Tell? " by Harold Franklin, and "The Second Stage of Stayman," by Alan Truscott, are hel4 over to next month; Also in"the February issue : "The Radio Bidding Match, by Terence Reese, " Thinking over the Expert Game," by Jean Besse, and reports of the Camrose match, the Tollemache Cup Final, and the Whitelaw Cup. 17 r. Hands of the Month ... .: . .-England v Wales _- . Camrose Trophy, • 'J 9 6'5 W~st dealer Weybridge. \) Q I0642 East-West vulnerable .:. o- ' . ' - • ·J 8 6 5 • 1 .. + A 102 \) J 7 5 · - 84 l~ l , ~ K93 0 AQJ83 0 .10 9 7 2 - + KIO ~ - • Q974 . + K Q 73 \)AS 0 K6S4 . ··· · . • A 3 2 . . .. - Room I: Room 2: SOUTH WEST NORTH · EAST P. SpurK'tJJ' - J. Spurway . SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Mrs Splrkell Mrs FWrlter Need/tam M cAllister d · Rose Gar encr · 10 · No · 20 ·' ,No' No · Dbl. No . 2\) No 10 INT No -- 2~ No - 2+ No 3+ . No No 4+ No No No No · \)71ed. 10 tricks. 420 to England. · 010 led. 7 tricks ~ 50 to Engl~nd . - : Roon~ I, South handled 'an a~k~~rd hand well up ~o· .a .point; but his final bid is · · too pushing when hc_has bid strongly already. ' As the -bidding shows that North· South - ~rc short of points and-must therefore be relying on ruffs, West woul~ ha~~ been Wiser to lead a trump. The heart lead gave Paul Spurway a chance whJch took with both hands. Dummy's Room 2. The North S th h . . T\_11.0 Hearts is ·unlucky to fail. • ou ~ds are awkward to bid and to play. 18• 1.' . ' - England v Wale,. .s Camrose Trophy, -• 1054 North dealer Weybridge \0 Q j 10 North-South vulnerable 0 AJ75 ' •. , . ' -' • + AQ5 . l. .• Q J K9 7 6 3 \0 A K 8 5·2 N ••\0 97643 ,_ 0 9 63 ' 0 Q4 , ... -· 8j I + J 10 6 '· + 8 I ' + A82 \0 .- ~ I 0 K 10 8 2 . '. + K97432 Room 1: Room 2: SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NoRTH EAST ' .. Needham. Presto11 McAllister Swim ~ r R:Jsc MrsSpic~ 'c u Gardl!llcr Jilrs Fletc/: cr . . . 10 No 1+ No · .. 2+ No 3+ 30 10 1'0 '· 1NT 2f\/ - 3+ No 3NT No - 3\0 No 40 No ·• '. 6+. No No No .5+ ·No 50 No 6+ No No No \OK led. 10 tricks. 200 to England. \09 led. 1 I tricks. 100 to. Wales ... .' ·. Room 1. The orthodox prepared bid on the North hand is One Club; but I rather · favour Needham's more natural One Diamond. If, as here, you get the awkward and unlikely response of Two Clubs, you can raise to Three Clubs knowing that if , partner passes he ·will have .at least a 6-card suit. It is not clear why South pre ferred Six Clubs to Six Diamonds, which' d~pends only on the trump position. Six Clubs could have been made after the lead· of · in December, • in Detroit.. ' Atten- three:- dance was huge, and the play was West dealer · · 'very fine, proving perhaps that Love all · bridge players haven't even sense NORTH _enough to grouse about the + K83 . weather. We had our_ summer r .• i!nd taking second place in· the' 0 10 6 4 . ' · Wom~n's learns and fourth in · + J -? . ,. the MIXed Pairs. , Dr. John Fisher SOUTH ~ORTH EAST .... an~ .Mrs. D. B. Hawes, two of the , .WESt lNT No l~admg players from OlJr second- -2 J ' ' ...... ' . . • with .A63 and the King of hearts. _ ..South ,, ruffed and led another : · . - Naturally, I continued with the club~ Now nothing could · stop :, ~ fourth variation on our well-worn him 'from. getting the King and a theme by refusing to over-ruff. long clu~ in dummy to make his . Now declarer had K-8-4, with contract. The defenders could the A-9-6 behind - him. I had have · defeated the contract by ,, , saved a diamond for exit, so there knocking out the Ace o~ diamonds was no chance of a trump end early. and holding up ~e Ace of play. Down two earned ~s . a very . clubs, but they were beguiled by handsome score. . the spades. ~ One other defensive trap: Deceptive manipulation of the South dealer dummy is always interesting:- Love all NoRrn NORTH • 1643 . + K .. .<:? . 3 . . \? Q9653 0 A 109 7 0 A193 · + K 10 52 : .• Q76' EAST . I WEST .. EAST + A975 + 176 • Q543 _ and for the hundreds of spectators ·, ..1 · South therefore finessed the and the thousands of bridge fans _: 1 Jack of_diamonds, _and East pro- all over the world. · . . - - .,_ ·. Light Openi11g Bids iii.· the - . : World Cham-pionship I . • • j b'y "ANALYSJ''' · _ . - . Most players knbw that the emptive bids, there _were . numer- , Italians use . their own specialised ous hands which_were opened in . :. systems; with many artjficial bids. one roo·rri. but not. in the other. ' They are apt to assume that they In all there were twenty such ·. use their systems in the bidding hands, and in, fifteen . of them it' . of each· and every hand. They was the Italians who opened, and . also assume that the Italiaf!S' con- .the Americans who refrained. tinued success is d·ue chiefly, if For ~xample, on board 61 the · no~ solely, to these systems. Italian East ·· opened·- One Spade : This is by no means the case. -on Take last year's World Cham- + KQ98 - pionship match between U.S.A. \? 'Q765 and Italy. . .o 9 8 Apart from : psychic and pre- - +~QlO 23 • ·~ , ~ ... • • ! • • , ' - ~:~ · WEST NoRrn EAsT · ~-·=·. a~d · reached a close ga~e that ; ~~~~ Stone . Belladonna , Roth was not bid_by the Amencans. No ~ 1 ~ No . There were five more ~xampl.es · i+ No - · 2<::7 No .. of weak hands with 4-4-3-2 dts- No :Obi. ' All pass- tribution being opened, two only . This contract went one down. ~- by the Americans. . ' \vest's hand contained 12 points 'i There was in addition one hand with distribution 5-4-3-1. · with · distribution 4-3-3-3 that There' were 'eight other' hands- .. . was open~d, non vulnerable,_with . with· five-card suits that were .... ' ·12 points (two tens). · opened by_the Italians only;· three · · ' The net gain to the Italians 'on- by th~ Americans ·onl¥· these seven hands was 5 I.M.~. The Americans gained 5 I.M.P. - Now obs~rve deal 128. West -- on a hand ill whi~h they opened dealt East-West vulnerable. with 1~ points, vulnerable, but. the · NoRTH . -- . net gain to the - Italian~ on an ·+ A 3 . hands · with these distributions · ../ {~~r-~ . . : . .· ~,;-~_- .. . · · · - In Room'1 1 the bidding went:....:..... Fir~tly, ~!though the Italimis may- _: Sourn WEST NORTH EAST_'. seeJJz .to use no special conventions_ ,., ' Roth Slnlscalco Stone Forquer on, til~ hands under ·review! it is 'the : No No 10 powllfful armoury of conventions. · 2+ All pass , that they have for strong· ha~zds . . This_ contract was made. with that enabl~s them to open; fo ~ · . an overtrick. . example, One Spade . on ,a ·. 12 : In Ro~m 2 the bidding went:- ·, point 4-4-3- 2 hand. Unlike the -. SouTH WEST NoRTH E,AST approach forcers, they do '!ot have D'Aielio . ~~er Chlaradia1 CDbl:d to think about rebids: their Jzan~S- - 1+ _. No· 2 '\1 No . are already limited when they open 4'\1 with one of a major. · · ·' 3'\1T _his contractNo . was'\1 made and Secondly, tl1e Americans in ~hi.i:', match had one pair, Roth and Stone, __ gained Italy 4 I.M.P. . who have unusually high standards·, On all the twenty hands the for opening bids. · _They hold ·that_ . Americans bad a net gain of 10 sound opening bids are .a_necessary .:-: · I.M.P.- on the hands which they condition of their exact methods of ·: opened -whilst the Italians had a net .' constructive. bidding; . thus, . the gain of27·I.M.P.on the hands they hands that .they pass, sometil~zes ·· o)iened. _On balance the Itali~ns with a poor result, sJzould: not be · gained 17 I.M.P. . , considered in isolation. · Now there was nothing artificial , . To ·a · lesser extent, pairs (ike · about the ~idding of any of these Dodds and Konstam, and Schapiro hands, and as the w?ole match and myself, foilou r the' principle of was won by the Italians by 37 sound opening bids. Light open-. I.M.P; only, it is clear t~at o~e ings have their tactical value, of of the major factors m their course, .but they extend the range ·success, in this particular match, in which constructive bidding must '1 was not in any way connected take place. ·You cannot have · it · with their sys~ems, but was merely both ways unless, like the Italian_s, that, in general, the. Italians used you permit to yourself the use of a slightly lower yardsticks for ~en- host of convent~onal bids for good ing bids than did the Amencans. lzands.- T.R. The;e figures about light opening Worthing Bridge Oub · bids are interesting, but in the con This popular club at 12 Byron Road, clusions that lze draws from them Worthing, has been bought from Mr. the writer misses. certain points. and Mrs. Ricardo by Miss I. Curry. 25 The Nottini.hani :system --.. by MARGERY BURNS_ (The Marwell Press, l~s.) .., Re1•iewed by_Terence Reese · One Club systems have rather gone out of fashion. At one time the Vanderbilt Club in America, and the Ingram One Club in Britail), ·· were highly regarded and were played by the best people. The success · of the Italians with a ·one Club system is proof that the method is entirely sound. _ , · · Players of the Nottingham One .¢lub have kept the 1Iame alive · ~nd have had, as Mrs. Bums· points· out, a 1 high degree of succes ~, c~n~ sidering that they don't regard themselves. individually as _masters. The system is . ~ell integrated and not at all difficult to play. The author is the first English woman to have published a full length book on contract, and she expresses modest surprise that the first Edition should have ·sold out and a new one be needed. It is not difficult to s~y why the book has done we!l :· the display is excellent, _ ~~e style clear and unpretentious. Opening at random, I find . Responses to the One Diamond Bid ":-. ' · · . There has always' been a· certain amount of co11troversy and f; ie! 1d/;~ a~gwnent as to how one shou{d respond to the One Diamond bid. The ' first ?ue~~ion is: Is the Diamond "Loose"?, As one frienl( of mine 11 ~uts - I hate the loose Diamond because half·the time it's positively IIIIIIIO~af/" . ' Actuai/Ji the bid 1s· not l'k1 e1 y to' be strong. We have so many b1' ds fiQr the stronger hm 1d d fi · · d b · • s a11 so ew prepared bids that normally it shoul e assumed that the b1 'd · · fi ·· · f' I ,1 IS Ill act a11 enqmry bid: "I have a modest ttl e ' and. What do you hold? , · · That is good w ·r I. . . · he t b n mg. would say that Margery Burns had.1t Jn r 0 e one of those I d · .... . · · .... · . a Y novehsts who flower late in hfe. I ~ ONE HUNDRED uP· December probl . • On the opposite page. we reproduce .the pctiiion can ~~ so that readers who did not enter for the com· answers on pa: u questions .again before turning to the 4j t~e e · he Ja_nu~ry pro.bl~ms are on page 35. 26 .. \ -:, ~·. ' . ' { · . Problem No. 1 (10 'points). · · Problem No. '·s-·(10 ·points) ·: · , · Match-point p~rs, game ~ll, the bid- · Match-point _pairs, love all, the bid~-:, . · ding.has gone:-· ' _- . · · . ~ . ding has gone:~ .- · · sourn w~f..r · NoRTH EAST sourn WEST - NoRm EAST .I.. No No I+ No INT No 20 No 2~ No 30 No· ? ? South holds::- ' - South holds:- + fo8 ~QJ865 oos2- +QJ4 + JIO ~AQ853 OQ94 + 762 What should South bid? What should South bid? ·. Problem No. 6 .(10 points) . . i Problem No. 2. (IO points) ' I.~.P. scoring, ga~e · all, the bldding Rubber bridge,- love all, tl]e . bidding has gone:....,.. · -'~ · has gone:-: ·sou-m ·wES-T · · NoRTH EAST · • . · No SourH: WEST NoRm - EAST •· · -. I+ No 2~ ? 30 No . ; . South holds:- . ? +A109752 ~KQ8 OA8 ·+ 73 South _holds:-' , -What should So~th 'bid? · +K83 ~KQJlO . ·oA -+AQJ65 What should South bid? Problem No. 7 (20 points) : Love all, South· deals and holds:-· · ·. Problem-No. 3 (IO points) +Q1o4 ~102 04 + AKQJ765 .. · What should South bid: I.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable, (a) At match-point pairs? ~he bidding has gone:- (b) ~t rub~~r bridge? . SOUTH WEST . NORTH EAST . No 2+ Dbl. I+ Problem No. 8 (10 points) ? I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding ' South holds:.:..... ·has gone:- . +8 764~ ~7 OKQJ +Q865 SotrrH WEST NoRm What should South bid? No 10 No No 2NT. . No No 4+ No Probl~m No. 4 (20 points) No 5+ No Match-point pa-irs, North-South vul- No No No nerable, the bidding has gone:- East-West are playing the Culbertson Soum WEST · NoR'rii EAsT Four-five No Trump. It can be · I~ I+ 2~ · 2+ assumed that East's Four No Trumps - ? ·shows two Aces and the King of a bid South holds:- suit; West's response shows the Ace of +9 ~Al096 OAJ975 + AQ8 clubs. (a) Do you agree with South's One South holds:- Heart call? + 1043 ~AQJO 01083 +1763 (b) What·sbeuld South bid ' now? · Which card should South lead? 27 ' . I ' , ,..-' t,·- -I - .· . . , . ' By arrqngement with the' F;,;jj!ish Bridge Unfon a_nd ihe 1 London Contra~! Bridge Associatio_n THE TouRNAME~T BRIOGE AssociATION- presents. the· ·WADDINGTON CUP· for _ MASTERS PAIRS (Holders: R. PRESTON and R.-. SWIMER) . · . . / .. at the "PRINCE. OF WALES~'. HOTEL. '-. .. : .. DEVERE GARDENS, W.8. (adjoining Kensington Palace Hotel) SATURDAY, FE~. 14th, 2.30 to 6.15 p.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 14th, 8.30 to.1:i.3o p.m. ~UNDAY, FEB. 15th, 2.30 t~ .6.30 p.m. Tournam~nt Direction: P. R. G. Chart~rs and, A. R. Lederer Chief Steward: Mrs. J. Gatti ; . Spectators: Admission. to each S essaon. _... 4/- 28 J1!~ ...· . ~·:·~~::·~~ ·,t ·~~:~ ~ -\: :~~~:.:~ . ·~' _:· ·~-., : .. ~ :-' : : ·.. :·<.--.·:,:- · ·.~~ -.· >~. ·.: :· :. __., - ·:J~ta -yers : ·and -.Bid.dfng Syste_ms :- :. - - - .: 0 . ~ 1 l. Pair No; Bidding System · . · 1. R. Shal'l?les and J: Sharpie's (~urrey) .:: Acol . 2. Dr. M: Rockfelrand Mi.Wolach (Lond~n) Baron 3. D. C. Rimington ·and A. G. Dorm~r (London) A col 4: C. Rodrigue and J. Flint (London) . A col --· 5. J. LaZarus and B. M. Franks (Manchester) A col lo • • • • ' I ' A. F. Truscott and R. A. Priday (Surrey, London) ' 6. - . ' . Acol · . . _ 7. : L. Tarlo and H. Franklin (L~ndon , Leeds) A col ' . I • (Baro·n variations) _, <. ' · 8. F. North. and J. Pugh _ (~righton ; Lqndon) Acol 9. L. W. Dodds· and K. w:Konstam (London) CAB 10. J. Nunes and_A. Rose (London) · ...... Baron . . . . 11. J. T. Reese and-B. Schapiro (London) ... ' A col '. 12. ·'Mrs. F. Gordon and Mrs. R. Markus (Acol) CAB 13. R. Preston· ~nd R.. Swimer (London) ...... Two Clubs 14. M~ Harri~ori Gray and Miss D. Shanahan · (Middlesex) Acol 15. J. Beale and P. Swinnerton-Dyer · (S~rrey, 'cambridge) Acol 16. R. Myers and D. Myers (Manchester) Acol 1 ~ • First Reserves: E. Leader-Williams and R. E. Clark (Surrey) Acol . 29 •'. Letter ·, From· Paris - by JEAN BESSE ;. -·· ' A New C9up West led ' a sma11 heart and · . It does not happen often; now dur.nmy's \?8 forced the King a~d .·. a days, that a. new theme is ·dis Ace. I led a dia_morid to dummy's - covered in the play of the cards, OK, an~ cashed \?Q and. '!7J even at ~ouble dummy. · before _exiting with a trump. · The problem': "Try to build a West cashed OJ and OA, then ·_ situation wheJ:e a defender leads a led a small club. Dummy went _ · suit and declarer may ruff or dis up -with · +K and again exited ' card from both hands, and where with the sma.ll club. ·. West won \ · . the only winning play is to RUFF. with the + 10, and tried to thrO\~ FRcoup occur ordinary situation:- ·' · \ · r~d .to _me at rubber bridge at the begmmng of December 1958:- NORTH + KJ 102 · NORTH ·\? - , • KJ 102 <> ·4 \?QJ8 , -;- 0 KI043' W:EST .. EAST + K6 WEST + AQ8 ..• 7 6 5 EAST .\? - . \? . • 7 65 '.' "' .~ AQ8107 3 <> ~ <> .... \!7 K654 0 AJ7 0 5. + A8 + QJ + AHl84 SOUTH + QJ732 SOUTH • 943 • 943 \? \?A92 <> Q2 0 Q9 8 6'2 + - .+ 95 When West leads his Ace of 1was South 1 · · · clubs, it- is clear that South bas to .DIAMOND , P aymg in THREE ruff in hand in order to lead · S, after w· t opened One Cl b . es had spades. u . But, while .South is ruffing, 30 NoBeposit! No IBterest! You can order from us ANY BRANDED ARTICLE, from. a . . . , ,.· motorcar to a tape recorder. We ' . . de1iver at once. You pay in· twelve · ... monthly instalments .by Banker's .. : : ·:·: Order.' NOTIDNG EXTRA to ~ ·; the normal retail price. I Claude Rodl'igue,. Paramouril Suppliers (lliccadilly) · ·._ 'Princes House, 190 Piccaclilly, Lon do~, W.1 . . REG 3361 • 28~1 . dummy has no available discard! . WITH · OQ. South then leads If dummy" discard's ·+ 2, West will + 9 arid West can make only 'one duck South's spade . lead, and trick. declarer will not be able to re-enter. · One of the ingredients of this his hand without expending his amazing lay-out is the " one- . , . · last trump (West discarding + Q) suit squeeze", once described by and . W~st will eventually make Paul Lukacs in the late .. Euro-· + A and a club. pean Bridge Review." If dummy discards + I 0, . and Championnat de Paris So~th leads + 9, West has just_to This was the main event, for cover the nine of spades with the teams of four in December, of th_e Queen to put dummy in and get a bridge ~eason in Paris. similar situation (with + AS Curiously enough, the final of against dummy's + 12). the " Championna~ de Paris " Hence dummy can't discard_any opposed almost the same teams spade and DECLARER HAS TO as the match "Paris versus RUFF IN DUMMY WITH 04 foreigners", reported in the AND OVERRUFF IN HAND December issue of the B.B.W. 31 Qurteam: Boss~ans, Yallouze, ' - .AgainsLMr. Pariente's contract Trad Reichenbach, Besse, won of TWO-SPADES, Reichenbach by 3 '1.M.P. over 40 deals against '_(West) defided to lead pa~sively a t'be· team -of Bourchtoff, Del- . small trump. · Dummy held the mouly, Svarc, Pariente, Romanet, first:triciC with + 9, .as I thought _ Guiton. fitting to conceal my +K _at this We were 2 I.M.P. ahead at half point. A small heart ·was, led time. Then Svarc and Pariente from dumll!Y at trick 2, to the played splendidly while we had Queen and Ace. many disasters. So we were 23 > Reichenbach seized now the • I.M.P. down with 7 boards to go. opportunity of leading the We, most fortunately, recovered QUEEN OF DIAMONDS (con- 26 I.M.P . .in the final boards, cealing ·my Knave!) _ Jacques beginning with Four Spades re- Pariente . knew quite weil the , doubled and made, Yallouze and classic deceptive play of the Queen ·. _ B?ss~an~ at thei~ best, and ending , with AQx, but decided against With the followmg hand where this, taking West for QJ9x(x) Cl~~de Reichenbach displayed a and playing low from dummy. bnlhant defence. Reichenbach continued with a South dealer ll . · · · . Love all . , . sma . dtamond and South, con- - NORTH - ' sistent with his view, ducked again • A · from dummy. I thus made _my . 1 9 ~ K 8 7 4 OJ-and quickly returned a third 0 K 52 diamond to -my partner's · Ace . • Q 8 3 - ·. When my - + K eventually 'I WEST . EAST · -appeared, ' and Claude took his • K ' + K, the .contract was defeated • 104 3 8 5 Al03 ~ one trick, a vital move in ,so close ~ 9 6 5 2 O a match. • 0 AQ93 1 7 4 + KJ4 • 976 Just published SOUTH Number 3 of Roger Trezel's • Q762 collection (Les Cahiers du Bridge), ~ Qi bearing the title:- 0 10 8 6 .+ Al052 - Les Jeux d'Elimination SouTH WEST -A very fine little book, con· Par/ente NORTH EAST Relchrnbach S••arc · 'No 10 Btue taining · almost all the classical Dbl. No plays of stripping and throwing-in, 2+ No No No and several original ones. 32 . t by GEORGE BAXTER' George Baxter replies to que_stions sent in by readers · . . . Question (froll?- Mr. R. S. A more accurate auction might , Clem,ent Brown, _Parkstone, go something like· this:- · · ,· ... -:: Dorset). W~T ,EAST .' .· .. Love all, at rubber bridge, these ly> \ . . 2+ . ·were the ca~ds of West and East: 2NT -. ~NT . WEST EAST . 40 . 4+ -- - + Kx + AQJ9xx 5. .60 - 7NT ~ AJxx y> . x Despite the singleton in part-_. ' ! 0 A Q 10 X ·O ~ J X .+ K: Jx - + A lO'x ner's suit, East has . a perfectly· good force, playing ~col. West's The bidding; playing Acol with · Two No Trumps is the . best Culberts_on 4-5 No Trump, 'was: · mark-time bid, to discover-part- WEST EAST ' ner's intentions. . Of course, West· -1y> . I+ is going to bid a slam eventually. .· · 3 0 ~ 4+ When he learns that partner. has . 4NT - 5NT lo~g spades and King of dia- 6NT 7NT nionds, Seven No Trumps ~ looks . 1. How should the hand be reasonable. called? As to the second point- ,·. ' whether, ·in the actual a.uction, _' . 2. Should · West's Four No Trumps be. treated by East as a West's Four No Trumps was con- .. - ventional- that is a -matter _of · conventional call? partnership style. In ."Modern - Answer: The partnership did Bidding and the Acol System," Well to reach the grand slam, but Reese recommends that Four No _ the bidding was rather unbalanced. Trumps should be natural except West was hardly worth a force of when Clearly conventional. On Three Diamonds after a response that principle, it is natural here. at. the level of One, and was cer- · ; tainly not worth a further en- Question (from Mrs. A. L. couraging bid of Four No Trumps. Anderson; Guildforq ~ Surrey). _· I . 33 ,. l • : ' • .... ·:=.~::~·.\; ...... -... '(': ·· · ·r I'., ~ · . ~ . •. · . - · · · · ~ Three' ·. ~ 0 - ~jtlting but pas~ . · It may be \ At love all North. o~e::d South that Tfuoee H~a.rts. would be easier' .. Diamonds, East passe ' . to make_than Three Diamonds ~ held:- :, but. such ·a response is usually J 10 4 · regarded as forcing and might + 2 \J K Q 9 8 1 5 4 · provoke an inconvenient call such · 0 - 5 as Five Diamonds. For Nor~h to .-::_.. + Q bid Four Hearts would be ·dan- There was much · ~iscussion at gerous, for opponents might begin . ·my club as to .what South should doubling. respond. We should be grateful - A further .reason for passing is to know . ~hat you would advise. that fourth hand may re-open, Answer: It would be ~unwise to probably to his disadvantage. · . ' . . Conducted by ALBERT n ·ORMER . .:. · · -. JanUary cOmpetition ·· ' · Thi~ is the s~~~~th of~ ~~w series of On~ Hundred UR. A panel of . . :~ experts will answer the q~estions and the marking of !he coin petition \~ .. will be determined by,; though not necessarily in ·strict' proportion to, ;: ;the votes of the panel. ·c. . _ · · · . · I . . - .The following prizes are offered for the best sets of. answers:- FIRST PRIZE . Two Guinea· ~. SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES One Guinea. . Please read tl;ese rules carefully. No·competitor may send in more fort~an pnzes. ~ne entry. Only annua-l subscribers to the B.B.W. are eligible Answers should be sent to One Hundred Up. World, ~D S ' British ·.B~idge F b over 2 treet, London, W.t, to arrive not later than the first post on e ruary · ~ome _latitude will be gra~ted . to ,overseas competitors. .34 ,., ·' . ' ' · Prooiem No. ~~ (10 points) ' ProbJem,No. 5 (IO .points) . Matcli-poin~ ~airs, :. East-West vul- . !.M.P. scoring, love . all, the bidding nerabl_e, the b1ddmg has gol!_e:- has gone:- · SoUTH WFSr NoRm EAsT SoUTH WFSr NoRm EAST J + .. No ·. 1NT · Dbl. · . 2~ . 10 No 2+ · 1 No ? . . . ·" ? East-West are playing a , 13:15 No ' South holds:- Trump . . North-South are not playing;: +873 \;/AJ .OKQ1075 +A43 the Responsive Double. · · What should South bid? South holds :-.!...- . _ ·- · +K83 \;/J52 OA875 '+1093 . ' ' Problem No. 2 .(10 points) What should South bid? Rubber brldge, East-West 'vulnerable ·,· the bidding·has gone:- Problem No. 6 (10 points) Sotfm WFSr NoRm EAsT IM.P. scoring, game all, the bidding No 1\;/ Db!. . 3 0 has gone: ? SoUTH ' WEST NoRm EAs:r South 'holds:- No No 1\;/ No · +J854 \;/93 .06 +QJ8753 .. lNT No • 2+ No-'. What should South bid? _ ?' . South holds:- Problem No. 3 (10 points) +J93 \;/1076 OQJ87 ' + KJ6 I . -!.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding What should South bid? bas gone:- ' - SoUTH WEST · NoRm EAST Problem No. 7 (20 points) ·' No 10 No Lo~e' all, the bidding has gone:-. ~o _)0 No Soum WEST NoRm EAST ? . . 3'0 3+ ? South holds:- \,' . ' +AK1042 \;/A64 053 +A76 South holds:- , What should South bid? . +AQJ \;/AQ O Q863 + AK72 East's Three Spades is not conven- · Problem ·No. 4 (20 points) · ventional. · What should South bid: . - !.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding (a) At match-point pairs? has gone:- · (b) At rubber bridge? _ SoUTH WEST ' NoRm EAST Pr~blem No. 8 (10 points) 1+ No Rubber bridge, love all, the 1~ No f+ No ~idding 20 No 3\;/ · No has gone:- ? SoUTH WEST NoRm EAST South }.lolds :-. 1 ~ No No +K52 ~ AQ742 . OJ87 + K9 · Dbl. ' 4\;/ No No -. (a) Do you agree with South's Two 'Db!. No South holds:- Diamond ·call? State ·any alternative 3 that you consider preferable. · · + A85 \;/742 O KQ6 + AK9 Which card should South lead ?. · (~) What should South bid now.? 35 . .. , -~ . The British Bridge World enters itsfourtft year with ihis iss}te, and this month we introduce a new feature recalling outstanding contributi01is from the past. · · The extracts may be .short or, long, a quote from an editorial or a complete article. The extracts_below are from tlie first number, January 1956. ' .. . , EDITORIAL , offour, and the Editor summed,up . . . . We do · ask all our present This was one of th'e problems:. readers, therefore, to mention the' At game all West ~olds:- · ~.B.W. to their friends ·and, still + A \/86432 OAJ53 .AKJ better, to take .out a subscription The bidding. proceeds:- . on· a friend's behalf. As for-those SOUTH , WEST NORTH EAST · unhelptul characters ~ho will go 1\1 . No No · . + to great lengths to see a copy but · No · ~ ? 1 ~in not themselves subscribe let · · them bear in mind· the fate of' the Jean Besse, of Paris, writes:-' - " One may not agree with man who stepped off the pavement West's pass on the·first round, but to avoid a flag-seller and was . ' . . knocked over. by a bus please take the quest~on as 1t ·. stanps. It was debated over many (On the subj~ct ofregionalne1v;') · pages some ~ime , ago in the ~.hat happens in a Surrey com- American Bridge World, and most pehtton is not, let's face it of experts said that it was insoluble. · notable. interest to a reade; in Can the ~.B.W. panel give~ better . Lancashire. On the other' hand .answer?" an. actor, as Marlon Brando said This is a summary of the panel's r~c~ntly, is a guy who, if you answers:-:- · am t talking about hinl h . , . rtstenmg, · and bridge players• e am are t 'Konstam: "·The problem. is- one also a bit that way. of the trickiest I have ever met ... East has. re-opened with a mini ANY QUESTIONS? mull). bid of One Spade .. Game h1 ,thisfieatt tre,Jorerunner· r. · or 0 is doubtful for East-West and the Hundred U . k 'J ne bid most likely to get a goop result 'P, Inc Y questions were 0/~swered independem/y by a panel is' a pass . •. . my alternative choice is Two Diamonds." 36 Franldin:- "My choice is. :Three . ·TOURNAMENT WORLD · -· Diamonds. :rhis should. be read · -.- · · as invitation ·to game in spades.; . Harold Franklin related v!ctories ·. - it canriot be ]?ased on strong dia- for Northern Ireland over Wales:_ monds, . because the ·player has .and for_ England over Scotland. ·..., passed over One Heart on the The first -_thre~ pairs in the second previous round., Cam rose Trial were .1!eale and - - Triefus, Topley a!ld Silverstone, Schapiro: · " Four Spades; . the Clark and Leader-Williams. Under .'· - only_ conceivabl~ 'alternative, the head[ng, North~ W~stern ~ Three Spades, much too chicken- Association:-;- - \ . hearted and putting undue ' pres B. P. Tapley sends this interest- sure on partner.'' ' . , ing -hand from a· Manchester ·• · Marx: "West must extract heat:- information by means of a one NORTH round force. .Since Two Hearts • . xxxx . is ambiguous, Three Diamonds is ~ AQJ - the only call. .To a thoughtful '. 0 Kxx · East it will convey neither. magni + AKJ .. ficent diamonds, which could have WEST EAST _bee!l bid before, nor concealed + QJx • - c support for spades, which could - ~ Kxx . ~ 109x~xx ' be_raised now." · 0 XXX ·o ' Qxxx + xxxx +X XX Terence Reese, summing up: .SOUTH "The answers in favour of Three + AKlOxxx Diamonds are finely · reasoned; ' ~X but could one 'be sure that partner 0 . AJ 10 would -draw the right inferences + QlOx and bid Four Spades on the right · hands? . · West led a club against Six Spades. Although sever·al - " The point is that partner does declarers made the contract, only .not have to hold long spades for two found the safe play of cashing . Four Spades to be a possible con ~A ,and elimi.Iiating ,clubs before tract:- he can make his trumps by throwing W.est in with the third hearts. Although it has ruffi~g spade. ·, · some drawbacks, I consider that the most balanced call is Three Spades." ,· ·,-: -~ <-! -::-,:·':r:'Y\J !;;?:·· ~ ·;:·.'.}' ·-~;:".:·/<:~-. ·<> . .~ . .' . .' - ~ • • .1'1 •• ';.r. You Say. ' ~ : : · ' · :, _.. ·- ., . ' ~~', . Readers are invited · to send letters ·on all subjects ': .. ,,,.. .to the Editor, B.B.W., _35 ,Dover Street, London, W.~. 1 • The ·hand discussed by. Harold I was rather ·astonished to read Franklin ori pages 44 and '45 of your " Facts - of Life " in the ' your November •issue -is as December Editorial. Do you follows:- _ need this " oratio pro domo " WEST EAST (speech on behalf of the hpuse)? _. AJ4 I hardly believe; Better leave + K9 ~ K5 ~ AJ 109 8 that to others, they certainly will take can!. . - · 0 AKJ6J 0 Q7542 • 108 6 . HERMAN FIL~RsKI ; '. - -·· · 7 ~ , . · Amsterdam. The suggested line of- pl~y · ~assuming that the hand is played · . Perhaps,· but I was no-t thinking only of defending· our own per- m the bad Four Heart cont~act), . I . .· ~fter a club lead and continuation . formance. · - · _ :._ .._ is for declarer to play ·King. an'ct The Editor of Bridge Magazine _ .- A_ce of hearts and then play on has kindly written acknowledg-ing ~Jamonds. This line makes Six that the hands referred to were not If the heart Queen is doubleton· accurately described . in Gray's otherwise, declarer. is held to ~ safe four. ' artiCle, and ·apo/ogising on that .· account . How do you feel about this alternate "line: at trick three lead * * * · ~J and ~et it ride, planning' (if it ohses) to duck the next club so Your editorial of December is t at dummy' Ki . not quite accurate about Camrose h 5 ng Will- control t e fourth r,ound of that suit? Trials or about the women's team· for Great Britain. EDMOND S. SAGER . ·' Chicago, _3 A panel of about twenty more It · ' gtl'e~ a better chance ofmaking e~perienced players are not asked fi l'e or St.\', I agree. to take part in Camrose trials, but one pair for each match is 38 . ' - . '· chosen 'from tht; trial already held . " ... for the younger school. ..This has C.B.A.I. produced five ·~ playe~s new to · I·· international .bridge. South of .Irellirid Sixte~ntli. Annual Bridge , The Whitelaw event h~s only . , · Congress ·, · an in dire«~ .effect on the selection .. · at the of the _.,· Bfitish ..women's teai;n. Lake Hotel, Killiuiiey · Fourteen p·airs ~ill ·play in. t~e Saturday, June ~6th to . fitst Tiiar (Fe~m.iary. 6th to .8th) 1 Sunday, June 14th; 1959 · Main championship trophY. co·m· and *fter·a second Trial a probaple petitions centred during both week-ends. teani":wm. oe ~nn. ounc~d. ·'' . All comf.etitions will be held ' in the Lake Hole , where an inclusive · charge for the nine days covering accommoda GEOFFREY L. BUTLER, tion and Bridge fees has been arranged for £17 1Os. Od. per person. - Ple 40 •:, by J~HN - OXLAND _The South-Western heat of the South dealer J"ollemache Cup resulted in a win Love all for Somerset, who had 9 Victory NORTH · · Points from their 5 matches. + A83 \ ~ 3 The full result was:- - 0 AKJ 10 8 · · Victory pts. + Q 109 3 ' 1. Somerset .' , .. : . . . 9 ~ WEST •. EA51- 2. Gloucest~rshire 6 + 'K 5 2 + 10 3. Devon . . . 5 ~ K J 6 ~ AQ942 · - 4. Oxfordshire 4· 0 Q 9 5 3 2 0 74'-·. ,. - . 5. Worcestershire 4 _+ A J + K8 7 52_·, . . 6. Souther:n Counties 2 Soui-H: -Somerset fielded the following + Q J 9 7 6 4 · ten players: P. Richardson and ~ 10 8 7 5 - G. Griffiths, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. · 1 0 6 - Thomas, Mr. and M~s. · R. E. · ,. + 6 4 Philipps, Mr. and· Mrs. Morley One set of bidding, with Jones Burry, and A. Withers and A. T. · and Wit~ers North-South against, M. ·Jo_nes, ~i~erent pairs _being Dr. Bown, East, and F. Boot, rested. m ..turn. Somerset . obviOusly W es t, . 'was··-. bel1eves 1p. rnarned couples play- · . ' ing together. SouTH WEST NORTH EAST No No 10 ' 1\? A 5-board match was piayed . Dbl. Redbl. No No ' against every county in each of 1+ 2~ 2+ 3~ the three sessions, and t~e result 3+ No 4+ No was quite open until the end. On No No .- the last lap Somerset started 4 I.M.P's. up on Gloucester, and After a long pause for inspira the last five boards of their match tion, Trevor Jones led the Ace of left the position the same. Board 1 clubs followed by the Jack, taken really finished Gloucestershire's by the King. Archie Withers chances:- cashed the Ace -of hearts, then led 41 ·~ ,;,:·:·, .. ;,;:·.~!,,•: ~-'' !.;':.'~~ v•l ··,~.•-/;,;~ !~"" . ' . .. .,.. 1 ~: ·~nothe~ club, so West's Kmg ,of After.the l~ad of a he.art to the· ?' trumps was bound to score: . 50 Ace, . followed by' a ~lub .return, points to Somerset. The contract declarer \\:as .in a certain amount · · was the same at the other . table · of entry trouble, · assuming clubs ._ . : · , where Somerset sat East-West, would not break. .. . . only. it was do~ bled, 100 points " If trumps are 3-2 and the hand .,. to Somerset. with two trumps has ~ singleton Where the winners were North- club, then two rounds of trumps South they ·stopped in Three before the ·dub 'suit is tackled: will 1 ~ Spades at one table, and at the be successful. . P: Richardson either, after they .had reached . tried thi; ~~y. On . the other Four Spades; Gloucester made hand, if the player with one club , the phantom sacrifice of Five has three tr~mps and the Ace of Hearts, which was doubled ·arid diamonds, and East is given a club went down 500 points. A total · ruff straight . away, · dummy's score of 790 and 7 I.M.P's. to trumps provide the entries to set Somerset. . up the clubs. East's entry into This hand caused several . de- the bidding makes it more likely darers aspot of bother :- that he will hold the Ace of North dealer diamonds. The result varied from Game all 9 to, in one case, II tricks. NORTH A slam that-many pa_irs missed ·. • AK9 was:- . . · ·. Toui"JlalileJlt·:·: world ·. ' . . . ·- By HAROLD FRANKLIN . . ' .. Northern Tollcmachc The week-end was distinguished by · ·~ Yorkshire .,..;ere successful in the the large nu_mber of slam and freak · Northern area for the third- successive hands. The Culbertson convention Y.ear . . It was expected that this four showed to rather better advantage than Sided tournament would once again be. the Blackwood in several of these. resol_ved by the match ·between Yorlc-. + AKQJ shire and Lancashire and these two ~ AQJ5 rivals met in the first round- match. 0 84 L:tnfashire unfortunately lacked their + AQ6 btg guns and in spite of valiant efforts by I was astonished to hear partner open F. Farrington and J. Meizis they were One Diamond but recovered in time to overwhelmed. ·Yorkshire went on to bid ·Two Hearts. Over Three Dia win all three matches and although rno'nds I . bid a Culbertson Four No Lancashire took second place the North Trumps-if partner could show both East could . count themselves unfor red Kings with a bid of Five No Trumps tunate, for they lost by the minimum there would be sufficient top tricks to margin of nine · points against both offer a play for the grand slam. Partner leading teams. . . responded Six Diamonds. While, tech- 43 . ; . ' • --;~: nicaliy, iliat proinises no mo~ than the - :. With Fmlliy ~est and Manning East ; . .__ ·Ace of diamonds, in practice ·partner_ the auction .was:-::- · . · · would not commit himself to the slam ·wEEr NoRm- ~ST Soum · level with a minimum holding but would 2 '\) No 3 '\) 3 + respond Five Clubs, suggesting one 4+ No· 4N~ 4+ Ace, though not actually the club Ace: 60 No 7+ · No 'The inference therefore was that his No No, diamond suit was good and on that basis Manning judged well to appreciate SevenI No Trumps. was a fair gamble. that his partner's Six Diamond bid must Partner held:- promise three first round controls. + 7 4 North- Jed a _spade and a round of '\) 8 3 trumps at the second· trick gave the de- 0 A K Q 9 6 3 clarer an uneasy moment, but after ·+ K 7 4 making seven winners in the side suits · Although the diamonds ·failed to he was able to cross-ruff for thirteen. break the heart finesse succeeded and The next grand sla~. from the match ail . was well. For the North-West, between Yorkshire and the North-East, Mellis opened One Diamond, rebid was fatal to the Blackwood bidders: ' Three Diamonds over Two Spades,' and ' over partner's next bid of Three Hearts West dealer jumped to Si~ Diamonds. On this Game all biddina his . partner would have been + K Q 7 4 + A J 9 5 3 prepired to bid Eight No Trumps had '\J A 7 4. '\) K 2 ;· . ~laws made provision for sue~ a call; 0 ·J 2 0 A K 9 7 6 4 .. , · With the other two tables not venturing + K Q ~ 3 + - beyond Six No Trumps the board broke WEEr EAST · , even. On the next grand slam how- 1 + 2 0 . ever, A. Finlay and 1. Manning ~arned ·2NT 4NT . _· valuable points for Yorkshire.- , 5'\) 5NT : West d~ler 7+ No : East-West wlnerable West had a close decision between NORTH Two No Trumps and Two Spades for + 10 his rebid, but either choice would have '\) 10 7 4 2 worked as well and, from East's(my) 0 9 7 6 point of view, West probably held a + 9 8 7 4 2 doubleton diamond. If he did not, the Wm · EAST diamonds might well break or he might + A72 + J even hold the Queen, so that the grand ~ AKQ86 r::; 9 5 3 was . a good bet if partner could show OA 0 K Q 8 4 2 two top trump honours in response to + Kl053 + A Q J 6 the Culbertson gr.ind slam force. ' So1JTH + KQ986543 Midland ToUemache '\JJ In the Midlands heat Norfolk, with 7 0 J lOS 3 victory points, won on a split tie from Warwickshire. Next came Leicester 5, Staffs 5, Derby 4; Notts 2. This was ·- 44 ·-~~ 3-~~T:~~~: -~ \~:~.::,} ~ :~~?:{~:~~~:-~·!·~~~:· -:;~i-~~~~;:<~;·"1~~?,.~ ~ ?,:?t: 1;]:·\~~v~~:~ ..-~~~ ·· ... }:·~· 'S~:··~.;~? ~~ 1~f: ~-.great : perfo!mance.:;: b!~ .- ~hif~I~, · .~.;~e · ··~ ,fo~rth_~p~d~,:West t~e~, a di~i:non~ an~·:. :n!.e youngest c~unt~es .m· a bndge_ " East a heart; lea~ing- this .J?()Sition:- ··:. ,·. '·· NoRm', ·, Lo~don's victocy mthe So~th-Eastem ·. + - ' I •: I :•.' zone and . Soinerset's· ·in · the South- _, . \7 7 5 · - · • 4# # •• ' . ... t "' · .·· Wt;Stem are described elsewhere in this 0 J 9 64 issue. · · · · + ·- Melville 'S~ltl~ · · ·... · WEsT · ' ~T,.. ·:··~·.: . - For no reas~n otner.than the intrinsic "+ - .. · · , .• ..: .,; __ ...· merit of the hand I ·introduce this deal . '7 · K 10 9 8 · • : '.. \7 ) 6 I '' ~:' fr~m an . early r~und ·of: the Melville . 0 · K 2 "· O Q85 ·:·;· Smith, the London knockout teams of + - ): + q ,~ . ·.'. four championship in' WhiCh rising stars · ' SoUTH ' \ from Crockford's, ·D: Davenport and ' .· .. + 6 .\jl A Q 3 N. Hughes, defended like champions (o .·. the_ discomfiture . of ·my partner, L. . ·o A10 Tarlo:- , . . . : . ·.+ - ·- . South dealer '·, On the fifth spade'· West .· thte~ 'the ·,·: Game· all ' ' ' · ;:· 'Kipg of dia1~10nds a~id ·East ·also· threw .... .: ~ •· . ~ ' NORTH ' ' .. a: diamond (if,he throws asmall " h~arf '.: ~ . ' + 8'3 . the declarer makes his contract by lead.: ;..~ ' \7 7 52 . ing a small heart). Smith now· laid .. .· oi~643 ' down the Ace of hearts and ·again, if :: + '1<72 East ·plays· s'mall the. declarer comes' to . · · wEST EAST 'nine tricks with a heart 'continuation- ~ . ' A 54 I • 1 .+ .10 7 2 . but the defence.was alive to this situation "IV> J 6 4 too'and East unblocked·with' the Jack of ~ ;K 109 8 ,.. :. 0 K72. ·.. 0 Q 8 5 . hearts a~d removed· the declarer's last • 1084 + ·Q J 9 3 hope. An excellent all round . effort . ., · ,with ·the declarer . and both defenders SOUTH. . . +KQJ 9_6 ·. ;' .· · . playing eyery right ca~d . ' · \7 'A Q 3 -:· It was no ~urprise when· a team co~- 0 A 10 -:: • ' • • • • 1 taining this pair gave my team a great + . A .65·· fight in .the Gold Cup; South's opening bid of ·Two No. Trumps was sketchily raised to Three London Business H~uscs LCIIguc . ' No Trumps. West, Hughes, got· off In the Leslie Dodds Cup, third round W~ll With a club lead 'and East owas per- results were: N.C. B. (Latchem) beat mttted to hold the trick. with the Jack. · Carreras; ' Iraq Petroleum beat L.C.C. The three of clubs- was returned and · (Andrews); . L.C.C. (Clyde) beat Civ~l the King of 'spades was taken .by the 'service (Grimwood); P.L.A. (Reid)' Ace, West going off play with the third beat London Electricity; Civil Service ~lub. Tarlo show~d good judgement .(Varley) beat Standard Telephones 10 declining the heart finesse (the pass-ive (New Southgate). · lead .showed. that it was likely to fail) Estate Duty-Office and P.L.A. (Reid) and tnstead ra~ his spade suit. On the still lea~ the top divisions of the League. 45 • . • ., I ., • _Chairman ,R. F. CoRWEN; 535 Otley Road,.Leeds, 6. Vice-Chairman ... - ... A. ELLJOIT, 60a Po~land · Place, 'London,- W.l. Secretary · ... ,·MRS. A. L.' FLEMING, ·12 Frant .Road, Tunbridge· .. Wells, Kent. . · . · 1 • • Hon. Treasurer . H. CoLLINS, ~~2a Fulham Palac~ Road, London, ' W.6. · Hon. Tourn~ment Secretary ..• MAJOR GEOFFREY FELL, Craven Lead Works, , , ' • Skipton, Yorkshire. (Phone: Sl}ipton 32). · i~:· · · Master Points Secretary . F. Bu-ioHAM, 48 Lordship· Park, London, · N.l6• .: .Hon: Registrars .. Messrs. LEAVER- COLE & Co. · ( ,. , The Council of the English Bridge Union i; made up of Delegates from County. ~ · and Area Associations, whose Secretaries are as. follows=~ . · . · ·.1· • BERKS. & BUCKS.... , ... Mrs. Matthew&, '10 Sutton Avenue, Slough. : :_ DERBYSHIRE ·• ... E. White, Flat 2, 193 Station St.; Burton-on-Trent DEVO~ ... J. Hammond, 6 St. Michael's Road, T~miuay. · ESSEX ' Miss M. Eve, 4o Forest Way, · Woodford. Wells . · GLOUCESTERSHIRE W. N. Morgan:Brown, ·5 Douro Road, Cpelten· ~am : -' ;. . .- · .. HERTFORDSHIRE ... .-.. C. G. Grenside,. t3 Kirkwick Avenue, Harpenden KENT ... Mrs. 'R. H. Corbett, West Ken_t.Club,.Boyne Park,- ·. Tunbridge Wells . : _,. · · LEicEsTERSHIRE ,.:. L. G. Cayless, Farm . Edge, Leicester · Road, ·Thurcaston ·-- · LINCOLNSHIRE S. Vincent, 46 The Park, Grimsby ' . . LONDON ...... · ' •·· F. Pitt Reynolds, 32 Highbury Place, London, N.5 . . · . . r,fiDDLESEX · ' '· _Mrs. J. Johnston, ·Flat 2, Redington ' Grange, · NORFOLK 42 Redington ~oad, London,. N.W.3 H. Hudson, Stanfield Hall, Wymondham, Norfolk NOR~ EASTERN ::: Cl , .. ; • H. V. Lightfoot, 194 Holywood Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle-on-Tyne,- 3 . _ :· "· NORTH WEsTERN NOmNGHAMSHIRE Mrs. H. T. Halewood, 7 Mendip Rd:, Liverpool,15 I J. H. 'C. Godfrey, Leighton House, Lincoln' - OXFORDSHIRE _ Street, Nottingham - · SOMERSET ... Mrs. R. G. Beck,.1 Blenheim Drive, Oxfora Mrs. R. E. Philipps, 30 Henleaze Park Drive, SOUTHERN COUNTIEs Henleaze, Bristol . , Mrs, W. J. Dayy, Linds~y Manor, Lindsay Road, STAFFORDSHIRE Bournemouth .SURREy ..... C. E. Robins~n, .6 Lichfield Ro~d, St~tford R. F. R. · Phillips, 110 Banstead Road South, ·SUSSEx Sutton '· Miss J. Fidler, Whitehall Hotel Howard Squnre~- WARWICKSHiRE Eastbourne. ' ' WORCESTERSHum'' H. K. Cooke, 46 Vauxhall Street, Birminghnm,.4 YORKSHIRE R. D. Allen, 28 Britannia Square, Worces~er Mrs. A. Cartwright, 116 Soot hill Lane, Batley, Yks. 46 ... Conducted by· ALBERT DORMER December Solutions: If you did not enter for the November Competition, try yo~/ · · hand at the problems on page 27 before reading how the experts voted. , · : f - ,.-- ' ' Answers to the December problems. FILARSKI: ·" Two Hearts. In br_idge, · .. , were received from . the following ten ond passes Two Di~monds: in match- ~' experts: Mrs. Markus, J. Flint, K. point pairs, one must try for a , major.-, Konstam, T. Reese, C. Rodrigue and "suit. If T-wo Heltrts does n~t · please · _J. Sharples, all ofL_ondon and'the Home North he can transfer to Two Spades." -.. Counties; C. E. Phillips, Cheshire; SwiNNERToN-DYER: " ,Two Hearts. P. Swinnerton-Dyer, Cambridge; We shall usualiy' make as many tricks . :·', J., Besse, Paris; and H. Filarski, in spades as in diamonds on this h~nd : ...· Amsterdam. On the way, we may as well introduce:.-· ' I the ,hearts-partner .will know that we · Problem No.· -1 (10 points) , have tolerance for spades as otherwise ·. Match-point p~irs, game all, the b\d · we would have' passed Two Diamonds>• r ' I ~ ding .has gone: In the other camp, Mrs. Markus . · . SoUm WEST NoRm EAST claims she cannot think of any bid but · · 1+ . N~ Pass while Flint and Konstam are sa tis- · lNT No 20 No fled with the diamond suit. Rodrigue 1 I m:tkes it close:- South holds:- RooRIGUE : · "No Bid. But if·trying +108 ~QJ865 OQ52' +OJ4 for tops I would consider Two Hearts Answer: Two Hearts, 10; No Bid, 6. infinitely better than Two Spades, clearly ' Tlle'pane/'s vote: 6 for Two Hearts, showing five hearts and two spades. 4 for No ~ Bid (Mrs. Markus, Flint, (With a singleton spade, even a pairs Konstam, Rodrigue). maniac would pass '!\vo Diamonds.)" A player who responds One No Problem No. 2 (10 points) Trump, then hears his partner name a , Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding new suit, has a solemn duty to choose the suit he likes better. That principle · has gone:- is well settled and there should, there-· SoUTH WEST NoRm EAST ' fore, be no ambiguity in the majority's 30 No choice here; Two Hearts says, in effect, 1 " Partner, I prefer spades but am taking South holds:- the opportunity to mention that I have +K83 ~KQJlO OA +AQJ65 a ~scful heart suit." . What should South bid 1 Answer: Four Clubs, 10; No Bid, 8; Soutlfs \Spades are not robust, of Three Spades, 7; Five Diamonds, 5; course, but North surely has a five-timer Three No Trumps, 4. and this is a pairs tournament. The The panel's l'Ote: 3 for Four Clubs minor suits are, as the Americans say, (Mrs. Markus, Sharples, Swinnerton- for the birds. 47 . ' ~ •' . J;· i:t ~. :I, I Dyer), 2 for No Bid (Filarski,- Phillips), ... _ REESe: "Three Spades. This is 2 for Three Spades (Reese, Rodrigue), hard. to assess. Five Diammids seems 2 for Three No Trumps (Besse, Kon to me to offer a slightly. better chan,ce stam), 1 for Fire Diamonds (Flint). than Th~ee No Trumps. If, over Three A strong case can be made for passing Spades, partner bids Four Diamonds, I Three Diamonds; game is unlikely if pass, If h~ ~an do something more con Nof1h has nothing but a good diamond structive we will try for Five Diamonds, suit. having cleverly averted the worst lead." - · PHIWPs: "No Bid. Game is likely RoDRIGUE: "Three Spades. I con to depend upon a black-suit finesse at sider opponents r~quire some goading • best. Moreover, it is not inconceivable · on this hand. West may not have that West will refuse to be shut out and. enough for a bid, but he maybe tempted any competition from him· would be to double Three Spades' if he has a good welcome." holding in that suit. When the psyche However, there is room for man is exposed by my retreat to Four oeuvre. Those 'who favour a try for Diamonds; they may wc11 react by trying game rightly point out that the bidding Four Spades with insufficient values: can still die in Four Diamonds:- Then we shall know what to do." SHARPLES: "Four Oubs. If there is With 20 points, this' seems. very far· a game, the club suit offers the best 1 fetched. Indeed, I can think of. only prospects. ! If partner can only rebid one leading player (yes, .a member of Four Diamonds, South should pass. the panel) against whom such expecta~ "Mind you, I dori't think a pass--to tion might be supported. Three Diamonds can be criticized ;, Three 'No Tr!Jmps does not1 appeal to , Four Clubs certainly see~s the .best . me, but its adherents express themselves cx~loratory call. Here' is another well with a certain old-world charm: reasoned vote:- BESsE: "Three No Truinps. With ' SwrNNERTON·DYER: "Four Cluts. compliments to North for facilitating Just better than a pass in my view· no my bidding." other bid ought to be ~onsidered. 'You KQNSTAM: "Three _No Trumps. do .not expect Five Diamonds to be a Not ideal, with a singleton ace, but it's g~od .contract . (Cbough you will ' not only money you're playing for, not mind If partner jumps there ' over Four master points.?' Clubs~, but Five Clubs may well be ' on, With the King· or spades protected Problem No. 3 (10 points) .. :?d no need to worry about a possible 1 ' hlamo~d loser. It is worth accepting I.M.P. scoring, East;West vulnerable, t c nsk or going down . F t~e bidjing has gone:- Din mon ds occasionally."' m our SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST , ~hen this deal came up at rubber No t+ 2+ Dbl. ? bbndge, Four Clubs struck an unexpcct·d onnnza · N th - South holds:- u · or mysteriously called F our ~·carts on r t thi •our o the nine and +87643 ~7 . 0 KQJ +Q865 ' s proved the only makable game. What should South bid? ~!~~and Rodrigue are in cunning Answer: Two Diamonds, 10; Three Clubs: 8; No Bid, Two Hearts or Four :.. Clubs, 6. 48 Tile panel's l'ate: 3 for . Two Hearts _ stuff here.: Partner may have to lead . . . ,(Konstam, Reese; SharpJes), 2 for Two_ . at a high level and this will help him.'; I ' • ' . 'Diamcn 's (Flint, Rodrigue), 2 for Three No exception can be takeri to an · .·Clubs (Mrs. Markus, Phillips), 2 for No' . honest club ,raise. · South is well worth , Bid (Bes~e, Filarski), 1 for .Four Clubs · the bid and such tactics often mak~ - it .(Swinnerton-Dyer). · difficult :for opponents· to judge their ' ~ . · · This Two Heart bid, put forward by correct level:- : Konstam, Reese and Sharples, is be- MRs. MARKus : 'lThree Clubs: Doubt- · lieved to have been found inscribed on less 'West will take out the double intO. .. ·. · a tablet excavated from Ancient Baby: ~ Two Hearts arid I may 'not get.another· · Jon. Its purpose is to 'talk the oppon- chance to tell partner what i suitable. . ents out of a heart game and perhaps to , hand I have for , a club contract." get them into a doubling rhythm. · AI!' the best players are .receptive to- . That sort of ,bid may have. worked "atmosphere," as Besses' pre-Christmas well when Adam was a lad, but it is answer shows:- · ., '· rather old hat these days. The best you BESsE : "No Bid. · It's ·christmas. : will get out of it, in my opinion, is a Perhaps ·West will leave it ill." . pitying look. However:- Filarski makes the same call for more SHARPLES: "Two Hearts. If oppon: worldly reasons :- ents have a game in hearts, this cannot· FILARSKI: · "No Bid. In· my yo~g but confuse the issue for them. We days I ·bid Two Hearts and, after being · may yet. be allowed to play in clubs." doubled, removel:i to Three Clubs hop- .-,. ~E: "~wo Hearts. Still with my · ing to be doubled inio game; . . , psychic boois on. ·The double of Two "Sad expe'rience has taught m.e. those. · · Clubs is too good to be true and we ideas only work in imagination. When· must iry to get them into the doubling · playing with . a partner other things rhythm " happen- the best bein¥ one down Ther~ is a~other objection to Two. doubled in Three Clubs." . Hearts: one often finds, on this sort of · Problem No. 4 (20 points) ha':Jd, that the natural contract is Four ,... Hearts, o11e dow11. North clearly has Match-point pairs, North-South vul- . ·. · · some values outside the club suit; if he .. nerable, the 'bidding has gone:- has ·four hearts too, it is unlikely that SoUTH WEST · NoRTH EAsT East-West can make a game. The 1~ t+ 2 ~ 2+ · following suggestion seems better ? thought out:- · South holds:- . RODRIGUE: "Two Diamonds.· More +9 ~AJ096 . OAJ975 +AQ8 tactical bidding. Two Clubs will' surely (a) Do you agree with Soutry's One ~ot be left' and, while throwing a spanner Heart call ? · b) What should South bid now ? 10 the works, why not give partner a ( Answer to (a) : ' No, prefer One ' . Jead 1 The chances are partner has four he_arts and that opponentS are in for a Diamond, 10. The panel's l'o/e: 10 prefer One miSfit, as I already have five spades. Furthermore, they may be misled in Diamond. This band from the London Masters counting the hand if they buy the contract." Individual tournament poses an old lem thought there would be one FLINT: "Two Diamonds. No clever pro b · 1 · 49 1." · or two votes for the theorist's call, One _ SOUTH WEST NoRm EAST Heart, but• even the panelists with a · No No No· scientific background reject that:- . 2,r:::J . 30 No RoDRIGUE: "No, .J prefer One Dia ? ~ond and have no inhibitions about South holds:- reversing with a fifteen count which + J10 · r:::JAQ853 OQ94 +762 includes three Aces." What should South bid? • . SWJNNERTON-DYER: ,"No, I prefer Answer: Three Spades, 10; Th~ee ;.;: · · One Diamond. I take the unscientific Hearts, 4. :~·,·. view that my hand is g~d enough for a · The panel's vote: 9 for Three Spades, ' : · reverse over a Two Club response, and 1 for Three Hearts (Mrs. Markus). : that over One Spade things will p~obably ' · Filarski calls Three Spades with " . -tum out all right." '· foreboding of an impending doom :...:.__ ·· _REESE: "No, I. prefer One Diamond FtLARSKI: " Three , Spades. South for two reasons, either of which is will ' regret not having responded One· ;·,; ~. ,sufficient on its own: the major 'suit is No Trump. As Three Diamonds is . too weak and the hand is well ~orth a forcing, South must choose from several .;: -.. reverse.'~ evils.'' ; . • Actually, the hand might have suited ;_!~ - scientific methods quite well, for North The other pimeli~ts positively . revel :r, ;_' · ha~ a weak hand with four hearts to in the Three Spade call: For example: RODRIGUE: "Three Spades', by simple .<'. the Jack. A~ least one scientific player o'' . opened One Heart and found 'the fit elimination. We cannot. [nor ·do - we :· · immediately. but, unluckily, West held ~vish to) pass Three Diamonds, nor can . we introduce no trumps without a good •• : y five to ,the King, Queen and the final ·: outcome was an eleven hundred penalty. club stopper. We have already . Answer to (b): Three Diamonds, 10; announced five hearts and . have no No Bid, 6. · · , reason to rebid that suit. ' Four Spades The panel's l'ote: 9 for Three Dia would be exaggerated 'so that leave5· .:. monds, Jofor No Bid (Phillips). · . Three Spades; a bld which we make, ~ ~ : · The panel didn't really want to open not reluctantly and faute de inieu.Y:, but ' ' One Heart and they are prepared to drop because we like our doubleton baby }hat suit like a hot potato:-·. honours." R.~E: "Three Diamonds, Seems Swinrierton-Dyer bids Three Sp~des obvrous, on all grounds-to make pro on a tight rein and is prepared to make gress an? to create the possibility ·of a slam try if . North now calls Four ~bandonmg the heart suit.'' Hearts. SWINNERTON-DYER: "Three Dia- When the South hand was held by monds. This may enable us to find a Harrison Gray in the 1957 master pairs . .. bett~r suit to play in.'' , his part,ner, B. Schapiro, called . Fil·e .. . Phillips' pass may seem conservative Hearts · over Three Spades. South ' but, as he ·points out, North has another could judge that his slender values were chance to bid. well placed and bid' Six Hearts which ''' , Proble!ft No. s (10 points) proved a fine contract, reached by only one other pair. · . d' Mahtch-p9int pairs, love all, the bid mg as gone:- It is easy to see that, had South called 'ntree Hearts over Three Diamonds, he SO . ' . ~ould have · ~n le~; w~ll pia~d~ N~~th_ .be. a. pl~y ..for game even opposi~e a · might" reasonably e_x~e~t a better h~art ' m!ni~um North han_d. . suit. · · - · 1 •• • FLINT: "Four ·Hearts. No· doubt ·.. The only dissident vote ~omes from .. I shall be in a minority, but surely the . ~· Mr5. Marku~ who, as it happens, won _ values are -there. · In England we · do , : :. that very tournament in partnership not ·ph}y i +-2\7_:3\7 as forci~g. and. · /, · ~ith M. Wolach. · · ·,. ···, ' ~ I. sho~ld be unhappy if North passed." ·;. M!Ui. MARKUS: ·: Three Hearts. I' Ko~sTAM: "Four Hearts. With very, .." '.: would like to pass Three Diamonds but few right cards in the North hand, a · _'. some partners expec! "the bi~ding to be · slam could be cold. Unless I overbid , · kept open for one mor~ round. The . slightly, we shall probably ·never reach- . ','· oiily bid I can see is Three Hea!-"ts, as I" , it." . 1 do not care to. support spades . on a · MRs. MARKus: ~ ' - Four . Hea~ts. ;sld ~' doqbleton." · - · cing . only Three puts an unnecessary 6 strairi en partm:r, who maY. easily hold Protlcm ~o. ·(IO points) -.. . nothing but Ace, Jack to six hea~ and c. J.M.P." scoring,' game all, the ~idding · a' singleton sp.ade an_d still_ achieve ten:_ · :·~·. has gone:- · · 1 • • ..•• tricks i_!l hearts:" · .. · _~5 •. Sourit WEST NORTH EAST . . '· .·. - .. :-. . I+ ··: No • 2\7 ·. No · ··_ Probte.ri .No. '7 (20 ~oints) .:. ··· · . ·1 · ·-· "· Love all South 'deals and holds:- .. - So~th h~lds:- . ,···. +0104 .' \710i 04 +AKQJ763 ,:'. ·::· +AI09752 : \7KQ8 _. 0A8 ' ~7.3 • .' .. What should South bid:- - . ·. ,. What should South bid? : . (a) ~t match-point p~irs? " Answer: Three Hearts, 10; · ·Ffur (b) At· rubber. bridge? . Hearts, 8. . . . Answer to (a): One Club, 10 .. The p~,,"ers wire: , 6 for 'Three Hearts; The panel's vote: 10 fo~ One Club. - ·. ,: 4 for Four Hearts (Mrs. ,Markus, Flint, Not a' very good problem, for J, ought ·:. · Konstam, Rodrigue). to have known that the panel would nof - · · With at least eight hearts in the com- countenance such absurdities ·as Three . · ~ bined . hands there is little point in . No Trumps: the choice of one leading .. rebidding spa-des and the panel rule that' · player in the Masters Individual. T~eir ' •, ··: · right out. Some make it close between attitude is summarised-in the followmg . ·... Three and Four Hearts:.:._ · 1 answers:-,. . . ' . . .SHARPLES : "Three Hearts. With the · PHILLIPS: "One CI1,1b. , 'A pre-emp,t Queen of spades · adaltionally, Four · ~mild turn out well, but I feel that game ·Hearts would be in order." . prospects in no trumps or~ ~ajor suit · Others, including Besse; Phillips and are too good to be summanly_aban- Reese, consider Three Hearts the only doned." _ ! : ' .··reasonable bid and if it were solely a RODRIGUE: . .. One Club. Anything matter of valuation their view would may or may not be o!' .or.. et'th :r st"d e, command respect. But I have a faint and we are likely to gat!,l by opemng our suspicion that they put Three Hearts in earS... · the time-honoured _category of Ninety- Answer to (b): One Club, 10; Four · . nine "J>er ce.nt. Forcing. · . Thr .· · As a limit bid, Three Hearts appears Clubs, 8;. Th~ No Trumps or ee to me slightly inadequate. There should ci_u~s. 6· - 51 .-~ .-., ~t_:·.!~ ·,;: -~ r~~y,. --~-~;~';-'_:·._:~·- t· ; '-~~!~~ ~:·?<~::~; ;~: ;· .:·_:.:· c :' ·:·<;:- - ;~·~· ~-:r . ilre~a~ers,•otc: . 6for - 9~ect~o;ifor .- :' -~ La : Revue· Beige· . Four Clubs (Phillips; Reese), 1 for Three . ' - :. . . :- .d. . No Trumps· (Swinnerton-Dyer), 1 for ,_ . • . . 1 U Three Clubs (Konstam). ·•. : . ~ .. -. · • d. · · I -At ~atch-point pa~ ?ne · ~an seldom ,, . ·B·r I ge- -- ' afford to pre-empt m a _mmor. when . . -~ . there is a possibility of-playing, in a . ; • .. higher-valued denomination. At rubb~r .,-. "bridge, there is much more to be sa1d Un progra~me complet .pour for a pre-emptive call. Phillips and . , :'a_mateurs et. experts . Reese consider that the honours oontis '. just tu~s the scale. · . ·, Direction technique: _-· 1 Three No Trumps is · also more A. Finklesteln plausible, if you like ~ flutter:- .• • · SWINNERTON-DYER: "Three No ' Abonnement annuel _ · :r~umps. - Rei:kless, but JllUCh _ better · .(12 ~umeros) : · here than· in (a) because now you do not ·' · mind the hands where' you go thr~e . or . 220 frs. -belges 1 ._ four 'down (undoubted; of course)." ·. . ... :-- . '·/ , Konstam seems 'to have forgotten his· earlier . philanthropy' (see Problem 2). · 64, A,venue. Louise, Druxel!es. -)n.'cnoosing Three Clubs: he stresses the value of a part-score plus 100 hours. · Problem No. 8· (10 points) .. The· panel ~ectuee that since w~~ i bas '!.M.P. scoring, game alJ, the bidding only 'one Ace and has rebid in No has· gone:-.:. ' , Trumps, the King of hearis'is likely to Soum · WEST NoRTH ·. be· in dummy. ·on that . basis, _ the · ·N.o ' 1() No ~- Queen lead has .obvious . prospects:- .·, , No , 2NT No _ •.. - . ' No 4+• No ._ REESE: " Queen of heads. It sounds No S+ · No · · · as though the king is on the left. The · No No · No lead of the Queen may work as a bluff, East-West are'playing the Culberts-on declarer playing North for Ax. _ It may . Four-five No · Trump,l It can be also ,be.the · only way to set up two tric~ assumed that East's Four No ·Trumps ··in the suit, West having Kxx and East · shows two Aces and the King of a bid ixx." · · · · · . . suit; West's response shows the Ace of . • Those .,vho cnoose the Ace put for clubs. 1 ' ·. South holds:- ward no argument to. show that this would be better than the Quee'n. · +1043 ~AQlO ()1083 +J763 .. , Which card should South lead? Answer: Queen of hearts, 10; Ace of hearts, 8. · · DUPUCATE ' BRIDGE BOARDS Stronaly made, Quick delivery. The panel's \'ote: 5 for Queen of Size 7"aq. with Metal Edaes £6/11/0 pcuct o(ll 'JIIua 4/6 postaac and rc&istration. 7' h~ (Flint, Phillips, Reese, Rodrigue, ActUDI Malur: F. Lawes, 10 Farquhar Road Swmnerton-Dyer), 5 for Ace of hearts. ~dabut?n• Binninaham, IS .• , 52 . '. 0 •, • a.. • " • • / ,. • '~ '- • .. ·:-: '. · - ·RESULT. OF DECEMBER COMPETITION · .: · Competitors showed sound judgement on Problems l; 5 and 6. Most marks ·· · were lost on-the problems that were'·Jess clear-cut; for example, 2 and 3. · Problem 2 found a number of readers voting for Four Diamonds. That shows · · good app~iation of values bu~ is ambiguous; it )Vill sound to No,rth like a further . pre-emptive effort.' · · . · . . . , · . It would not be unreasonable to award consolation marks · for a · club lead on Problem 8, bearing in mind.that J. Sharples led that suit in real life and scored a good result. ·· My· own view, however, is that a heart is clearly marked·an·d th~ · . actua) consequences couJd not be foreseen. The deal is _reported on page 9 of the Octobe·r, 1956, • B.B.W. 1 Winners MaX. 100 ·. J.' W. FIELD, Moor Hall; Cookham, Berkshire 94 ' ' J. E. TAYLOR, 15 George's Wood Road; Brookman's Park, Hatfield 94 J' Third / . I :• . K. T. 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