The British Bridge World Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM TERENCE REESE
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VOL. NO. 15, II CONTENTS !':0\'BIBER. 1 %~ h;. Editorial Penalties at Portrush, by Terence Reese 6---8 A Kind of Mirage, by Charles Goren ... 9-11 The Sunday Times Pairs Championship 13-15 Another Landslide 16-l i llkley Congress Results li Hand From New Zealand, by Rex Evans Gleneagles, by H. W. Kelsey 21-13 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin 2+2i One Hundred Up: New Problems 1S-29 One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron 3(}-39 Annals of Ruff's Club, by Terence Reese ~I Bridge Academy, conducted by G. C. H. Fox ... ~2~3 Judging by Results, by M. Wakenell .f.f--45 Revelation, by Max Sapire ~~ 7 An Irish Bridge Congress, by Paddy Murphy ~8-51 Tournament Direction, by W. B. Tatlow 53-~ Beginner's Pitfalls (I), by Norman de V. Hart 55-5 ~ Letters to The Editor 59-fJ Spencer-Wilson Counter to Stayman Overcall ... 6!
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HE Sunday Times contest _re HIS is the penultimate number T sulted in an ovcrwhclmmg T of the British BrhZ~c World, ,,j n for Mr. Terence Reese and and there is little doubt that its ~1 r . Boris Schapiro who sprcad demise will be mourned by various caakd the field. The contest players, · including myself. The ,, ~ played on the method devised fact that there has been a rival by Mr. Geoffrey Butler, each pair has acted as a spur to my own playing a match against every endeavours on behalf of Bridge othe r pair. Very roughly the M aga=inc; those endeavours ,viii idea is that if the average score not slacken, rival or no rival. for North-South on, say, Board There has been a certain amount 2 is, 860 and Messrs. A-B have of talk with regard to increasing scored I ,430, they have gained the subscription to the English a 570 point advantage over Bridge Union in order that that a'erage. This is converted into body can publish a monthly international match points and the Bulletin and distribute it to its fina l margin in ·each match is members free of charge. The converted into victory points. In Americans do it successfully and the case of the Sunday Times so, among others, do the Swedish con test, where eight victory points and German Bridge Associations. were at stake in each match, most matches were closely fought; often HERE was an extremely ugly points were divided four-four T incident in a London club or fi ve-three, but Mr. Schapiro recently when one international and Mr. Reese won seven of their expert called another distinguished fourteen matches by the maximum expert a cheat. People speak, and of eight-nil. sometimes act, with incredible Pl aying with Mrs. Markus, foolishness in the heat of the the only woman player in this moment, but l am glad to say an ill\ itation event, Mr. Louis Tarlo apology was tendered and even - thc veteran expert - fini shed tually accepted. It is ll) be horc:J 'tCond on a split tic with Dr. that the equally di ,tressing ~IC Jai, and M. Trczcl of France, an cusation made in Parliament thi s C\ Cc ll cnt performance. month --anJ without the hL·at of A full report hy Mr. llarold the moment cxcusL·-will he Ct)ll Franklin i-; given in this iss ue. dudeJ in simibr fa~hion. PENALTIES AT PORTRUSH TERENCE REESE was at the N.J. B. U. Congress
"You must come to Portrush," South dealer golfing friends have been saying Game all for years, and this time I followed • Q97 their advice. The weather was \/KQJ643 excellent, and it was a splendid 04 week. I found, too, that Portrush .Q72 has its own very cheerful atmo WEST EAST sphere, with ·the bridge occupying +A J 53 +4 a secondary role to other Irish \? 7 5 \/AI0982 pursuits. 06 010873 Through the enterprise of Des .AJI0864 • K 53 mond Decry, there was a daily SOUTH bulletin, which, in . addition to +KI0862 results and hands, had long inter \/ views with leading personalities. OAKQJ952 At my turn I observed, with my .9 usual lack of tact, that the . was South and the bidding Congress hotel could brighten went: up its ideas in several respects, SouTH Wen NoRTH EAST some of which I enumerated. I 10 2. 2\/ 3+ must add that George Sloane, 3+ No 4\/ Dble whose "baby" this Congress is, 50 No 5+ Dble hotly contested my remarks in a No No No later issue. Oh well, the night Robbie was wrong, I think, to porter did breathe on my shoes remove Five Diamonds. I would the last night I was there. not have bid this over Four In the Congress Pairs Cham Hearts unless my diamonds had pionship I played with L. P. . been a lot better than my spades. Robinson. After qualifying with West opened .A and continued out great distinction we didn't with .J, which I had to rutT. seem to do particularly well in the \Vith a view to protecting 111Y final, but in a close field it turned hand from further forces, I playcJ out to be well enough to win. The off OA and followed with OJ. hand I remember best was from on which \Vest thn:w ~~ heart and one of the earlier rounds: dummy a club. d I gratefully overtook the ontract I had to spa e. 'th the King and went make t he C d 't Queen w1 h To f s ades, an J fin d the Jack o ihough West one down. It looks as thoug med now as . adcs for West can do much better by ld have the longer sp ' leading a club after the ':ce ~f \\OU h d doubled hearts, sup- so he can especially tf Eastcd :tubs, and turned up with spa d es- ' K' f East has thrown his mg o diamonds. I led the eJght of ra; clubs that trick. rom hand, therefore, and 0 ~ spa dcs f . . . As expected, a loss of 200 was . The posJtJon was now. let 1t run. much better than average for NoR Til North-South. There were three • Q9 500's on the travelling score, all EAST club, the declarers had led a WEST spade to· the Queen and returned +A J 5 ·- a spade. There was also a 1,600 r:)7 cyAl0982 0- ·0 10 8 for Four Spades redoubled, and .10864 +K only one plus score. . SouTH A simple hand from the pa1rs + K 106 final that I gave in the Observer \?- is worth repeating for those who 0 KQ952 missed it. (Continued next page) It is fascinating to observe that You head +Q with the Ace if declarer· goes- back to diamonds and decide to draw trumps, as now, he cannot be defeated. West a cross-ruff is obviously threat could have made sure of beating ened. You reckon that \Vest will the hand on the previous trick have two five-card suits and a by going up with the Ace of doubleton spade, so, playing the spades-a most unusual defence odds, you cross to +K and finesse "ith his holding. on the way back. Very likely I ought to have That's what I did-but don't gauged that the spades were 4-1, complain when you lose to a hut one doesn't have time to doubleton Queen. \Vith Qxxx in \\ork these things out in a pairs spades East would surety have contest, and in practice I led rebid One Spade instead of an th.c ten of !.padcs. West went up 11 uncomfortable Two Clubs on " h the Ace now and returned a KQxxx. The spades must be 7 East dealer they played, but in the fi I d t . I na 1 we Love all lad' bo ytc d first place to an NORTH E m urgh-Glasgow comb'mat10n . + K 104 headed by P. Levine. \? Q 6 3 The results of the main events . OJ952 were: 9 53 + McCallum Cup (Men's teams): Jed. +4 1st Dr. W. Bamber, G. McComb SOUTH E. Lamont and 0. ·R. Aile~ + AJ 9 3 (Ballymena). \? J 10 7 2 Keenan Cup (Women's teams): OQ 1st Miss J. Macnair, Mrs. s. +AJI02 Bruce, Mrs. Yzer and Mrs. Craie SOUTH W~T NORTH EAST (Edinburgh). ~ I+ Barnett Cup (Con-gress pairs): No No 1\? 2+ J. T. Reese and L. P. Robinson Dble No No 20 with Miss 0. Ramus and Miss 0. No No No 2+ Cryer of Manchester as runners up. Qx on the left and xxxx on the right. Sloane-Robb Trophy (Mixed The Scottish contingent had a Pairs): Mr. and Mrs. J. Robertson most successful Congress. Mr. of Edinburgh with Miss J. Mac nair and B. Vard as runners-up. and Mrs. J. Robertson, of Edin burgh, scored a popular win in the Newsletter Cup (Congress Mixed Pairs, played in one session teams): P. Levine, H. Appleton, over about 50 tables. In the M. Millar and A. Evsovitch teams of four L. P. Robinson and (Glasgow). I teamed with Lou Shenkin and Patterson Cup: Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Shrage, and very well R. G. Murphy (Dundalk). E.U.U. CHAMPIONSIIIP FOR WOMEN'S TEAMS 22nd to 24th JANUARY WIIITELA W CUP WEEKEND to be helcl ai the GRAf':D HOTEL, EASTUOURf':E llold,·rs: Mrs. P. M. Williams, Mrs. A. Alder, Mrs. A. L. Della PlHIJ, Mrs. B. Harris 8 A KIND OF MIRAGE CHARLES GOREN discusses a rare coup. Declarer overcame a very bad East thought he was the victim trump break by capitalising on of a mirage when after getting favourable distribution in the away to a two trick start on the side suits to land his game defence he was able to make his contract. powerful trump holding yield only East-West vulnerable one trick. However, it took a bit North deals of handling on the part of South. NORTH After North opened with INT + KJ South had a choice of responses. \:)Kl03 He had the proper distribution 0 A J 10 9 and count for a raise to 3NT, but +AJ72 . he chose to test the possibilities WEST EAST for a suit contract first by jumping +97654 +AQ3 to Three Hearts. Holding three \/- \:)Q9872 trumps and a potential ruffing 0 7 52 0 8 6 4 3 value in spades, North of course + K 10 8 6 4 _+Q raised to Four Hearts. SOUTH \Vest opened the five of spades, • 10 8 2 and East cashed two tricks in \!)AJ654 that suit and continued with a OKQ third spade, which South won + 9 53 with the ten. On a low heart lead NORTH SOUTH to dummy's King, West showed INT 3\:) out. Trumps had to be dis 4" No continued now, and declarer was Opening lead: Five of spades. lucky to be able to cash all fo•u 9 diamond tricks, on which he Neither vulnerable discarded two clubs. Declarer South deals then cashed dummy's Ace of NORTH clubs, and both East and South • Q J 7 2 were down to nothing but trumps. \?52 On a club lead from dummy 0 7 54 East, of course, ruffed with the + K9 8 3 seven of hearts. If South at this WEST EAST point overruffs with the Jack, • 84 • 10 9 6 East will win two trump tricks. \?1986 \? 10 7 But declarer did not fall into that 0 A K J 10 9 0 Q 86 error. Instead he resorted to one +AIO +17652 of the rarest coups in bridge, the SOUTH underruff. Declarer played the +AK53 five of hearts under East's seven. \?AKQ43 This manoeuvre rendered East 0 3 2 helpless. He returned the eight +Q4 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST of hearts, which r~n to dummy's ten, and on the return South picked 1\? 20 No No up the rest of the hearts. . 2+ No 3+ No When declarer is faced with 4+ No No No several chores, it is usually im portant to select the proper a very comfortable raise to Three sequence in which the operations Spades, and South carried on to are to be conducted. The driving game. . out of an Ace frequently takes West opened the King of precedence over the drawing of diamonds, and South ruffed the trumps, a thought which un third round of the suit. Since fortunately escaped South in the the likelihood was that the hearts following hand: would break 4--2, declarer properly (See next column) decided to ruff one heart in Opening lead: King of dummy. He, therefore, cashed the diamonds. Ace and King, and ruffed a low South opened with One Heart heart with the Jack of spades to West overcalled with Two Dia: make sure that East did not monds and North, of course, overruff. did not have the values for a free At this point, South realised bid. When his partner trotted that he had only nine c~tshable out the spade suit next, North had tricks so he was compdkd to 10 blish a club trick to bring the monds, declarer should set up a club trick at once. There is no 1 31up to ten. West captured the Qu en of clubs with the Ace, danger in this step, and hearts nd returned a heart which can be developed later. If \Vest ttled the issue against declarer. ducks when a club is led, declarer Jf he ruffed low, East would wins with the King, and im 0,crruff. If he ruffed with the mediately starts on hearts. After Queen, a trump trick would be cashing two high ones, he ruffs c tablishcd for the defenders. in dummy with an honour and South had concerned himself draws trumps. He will have left with the wrong suit first. After in his hand two good hearts, and ruffing the third round of dia- will give up a club trick at the end. CARD READING AT CONTRACT HOW TO RECONSTRUCT THE CONCEALED HANDS AT THE BRIDGE TABLE by Marshall Miles Preface by Ewart Kempson Tht· lrchniqut·~ · of lh<.> top pbycrs who pbcc the oppn,ing c1nl< b~· infat·nt't'' ffllm lht· bi 'hem·, lht• ·H'l'r.l)!t' !Jritlgc pJ.tyt•r prcd't•Jy how to :ift hi~ )!.lllll' to .l higha ll"\..J. KAYE WARD It ''I've made dozens of friends by taking their · money- for the work of Oxfam" -says a collector for the Oxfam Pledged Gift Scheme. She collects 2/6d. a month from each of them-it provides food, tools and training for those in desperate need. Could you help by collecting at your Bridge Club? For full details of tlze Sclzenze write to: 274 BANBURY ROAD OXFAM OXFORD 12 The Sunday Times Pairs Championship The distinguished visitors woman in the tournament) and amongst the fifteen pairs who took L. Tarlo. who had been amongst the field for this, the second the leaders throughout, held on to· · Sunday Times tournament, in take second place on a split tic cluded one from Italy, two from · from the holders, Jais and Trezel. France, one from Poland and, as Final placings were: recognition of their success in 1. Reese and Schapiro 84 last year's Camrose Trophy, one 2. Mrs. Markus and L. Tarlo 69 from Scotland. The high quality ' Jais and Trezel 69 field was expected to produce a 4. Konstam and Meredith 68 close contest, but by the half-way 5. Theron and Desrousseaux 67 stage the only question to be 6. Kacprzak and Jaworski 66 resolved was "whose going to be 7. Cansino and Collings 65 second" as Walter Hagen used 8. Priday and Rodrigue 64 to say before any Open golf 9. Rockfelt and Preston 54 championship. Reese and Scha J. Tarlo and Goldstein 54 piro already had a firm grip on the d'Alelio and Pabis Ticci 54 Trophy, and turned a practical 12. Lee and Wolach 52 certainty into a mathematical 13. Swimer and Rose 51 certainty some time before the 14. Harrison-Gray and Hiron 49 end. L~ckie and Goldberg 49 The closest challenge had been There was a suspicion of ner expected to come from the Italian pair, d'Alelio and Pabis Ticci, but vousness about the play of Theron they never found their form and and Desrousseaux when· they met for more than half the distance Reese and Schapiro in the critical were in bottom place. Theron tenth round. Early on Theron and G. Desrousseaux challenged had to negotiate an awkward ~trongly for nine of the fifteen Three No Trump contract: rounds. On the tenth round they Wr:ST EAST m~:t Reese and Schapiro, were +A Q 9 + 10 6 4 2 Jcf~:atcd comprehensively (8- 0) y>Q94 y>A2 and never recovered. Konstam 01076 OAQ32 :lnd Meredith took up the +AKIOS +J72 challenge, but they, too, faded North led the three of hearts: after losing H-0 to the winners South won with the King and and Mrs. Markus (the one returned the five. At this stage 13 a club is clearly the best card to Game all North dealer play. If the finesse fails a further entry will have been created, and NORTH if it wins declarer can afford to • 106 play diamonds from hand. \/KQJ54 Theron preferred to play a 0 8 4 spade and finessed the Queen, +AKI02 which lost to the King. A third WEST EAST heart had to be won in hand +Q985432 and a diamond was discarded \? 9 8 6 \/AIO from· dummy; declarer could now ·-OAQI096 0 53 2 do no better than try the diamond +Q9864 +7 finesse: this failed and South SOUTH led a fourth heart, won by North. +A K J7 The declarer had to find discards \? 7 3 2 from both hands. Declarer's best 0 KJ7 chance, albeit a remote one, is. to + J 53 drop either the Jack of spades or Queen of clubs and .finesse against A penalty double is certainly not the other of these two vital cards. everybody's choice, but d' Alelio Unaccountably, Theron discarded was one of those who favoured it. the nine of spades from hand and a J. Tarlo made an S.O.S. re small club from dummy, and left double with the West hand and himself no real chance. Goldstein decided there could be South held: nowhere better to go, and passed. +J873 y>KI075 OKJ9 +Q6 A wise decision, for although and there were, of course, many d'Aielio made his four trump ways of making nine tricks. tricks, the defence could only !he Italian World champion take two other tricks. patr suffered from all manner of Desrousseaux also doubled One accidents, and eventually unex Spade and Konstam removed to pected errors crept into their Two Diamonds with the West game. Of their many hard luck hand. After two passes South bid stories this was probably the Three No Trumps. Having bid hardest: diamonds, Konstam Jed a club (See next column) and declarer was untroubled. North opens with One Heart The majority of players bid Two and East bids One Spade. What or Three No Trumps O\'Cr One do you do with the South hand? Spade-West led the Queen of 14 diamonds and the defence was One No Trump after the negative safe for four diamond tricks and response of One Heart, shows a the Ace of hearts. balanced hand of 17-20 points. Aga inst Rose and Swimer, East's second round bid of Two Collings bid Two Spades over Clubs is a bid of investigation One Heart and South was still which enables the responder to untempted and settled for Three test the opener·s general strength No Trumps. The argument and his holding in the majors. al!ainst doubling One Spade is There arc seven possible responses that 800 is unlikely, 500 by no each with a different meaning, and means certain and a North-South the possibility of partner going l!ame highly probable. The same wrong with so much to remember ;rguments arc not valid when should not be disregarded as an East has bid Two Spades. inherent weakness of the method. E\'en in so distinguished a In fact the response of Two No company it is a rarity to find a Trumps shows five hearts and an grand slam bid at ·six out of average hand (17-18 points). The seven tables: response which Schapiro should South dealer have made was Three Clubs, Lo'e all which would show a strong hand WEST EAST (19-20 points) and fewer than +AQH • 54 four hearts or five spades. \? K Q 5 ~A J 4 Against Mrs. Markus and L. OJ95 OAKQJ06 Tarlo, Meredith opened with One +A Q J 5 + K9 6 Spade as South. Tarlo doubled. Commonsense and quantitative Konstam bid Two Spades and bidding was good enough for Mrs. Markus bid Three Spades most pairs on this one. The only with the East hand. When her fai lure was Reese and Schapiro partner bid Three No Trunips and the Little Major, or possibly she pressed on with Four Dia the mis-application of it. As monds. This encouraged Tarlo follows: to Six No Trumps and ~1r~. WI:ST EAST Markus, quite properly, added Schapiro Reese "one for the road:' 10 1\? INT 2+ Tribute to Mr. Franklin 2NT 6NT The above report is by Huold No Franklin, regarded :u "the best reporter In the businen." One Diamond, followed by IS ANOTHER LANDSLIDE EDMUND PHILLIPS takes MR. REESE to task "Readers who draw attention to discarded on the fourth spade el'efJ' minor error are tiresome, and a thirteenth club is eventually but when Terence Reese gives set up. two hands and mis-analyses both It is safer and simpler to play of them, it seems an el'enl worth for a pure cross-ruff. Cash Ace of noticing." diamonds at Trick 3, followed Thus docs Edmund Phillips by the four black tops. Now ruff preface his criticism of Mr. Reese a spade with the 08. lf all has in two hands Reese discussed gone well so far, the contract last month in his article entitled is lay down: there are three "Landslide." further cross-ruffs (high) and the North-South vulnerable King of diamonds to add to the NORTH seven tricks· already made. • J 3 Here is the other hand: \?10632 NORTH 0 KJ 8 2 +5 +K63 \? 9 8 4 WEST EAST 0 K9 8 3 +10542 • Q76 +A K 7 4.2 \? K J 7 \? A Q 9 8 4 WEST EAST 0 7 4 3 095 +J84 +K10972 +Q95 +1087 . \?Kl05 \? 7 3 2 SOUTH 0 Q 7 6 0 104 +AK9~ +10853 + QJ9 \? 5 SOUTH 0AQ106 +AQ63 +AJ42 \?AQJ6 In a contract of Five Diamonds 0 A J 52 (writes Edmund Phillips), declarer + 6 ruffs the second heart and ac- The three of clubs is led against cording to Reese, should 'con- South's contract of Four Hearts. ti~uc with two top spades and a and Reese recommends an int· tlmd spade, ruffed with the 02 mediate finesse of the Queen (lf (not OS); thereafter a club is spades•. (Konstam, in practice. 16 twd beg un with a finesse of the Once again a simple cross rr. Q). ruff brings home the bacon with • for the record it is on~r right out any fuss, granted reasonable ro say that Jfr. Reese did not-in breaks in the side suits. There is .w many 1rords-recommend an no need to detail the play: declarer inunediate spade finesse. lie said: makes the five top tricks (one "the general opinion was that in spades, two in diamonds and South should begin hy finessing the two in clubs). Two spade ruffs .~pade Queen.'' But he also said: and one club ruff brings the "This type of hand does not lend total to eight and South has itself to exact ana~rsis," a view \? AQJ from which he cannot 1rith which few will agree.-E. K. help making two tricks. ILKLEY CONGRESS RESULTS Bridge players from all parts E. Pudsey, A. V. Myerhoff, J. D. of the home counties were · in Colley. Runners-up: ~Irs. ~f. llkley for the Nineteenth Annual Oldroyd, S. Fielding, A. Finlay St. Dunstan's Bridge Congress and E. Newman from Leeds. held at Craiglands Hotel. Another The Bell Cup for women's teams record donation is expected. was won by Mrs. E. Hastings.~frs. The main pair event for the E. Bland, Mrs. P. D. Flack and Championship Trophy attracted Mrs. E. Ramsden of Blackpool; a a record entry of 224 players. In Sheffield team was in second place. an extremely close finish the There was also a close finish winners with 1,788 points were in the team contest for the J. R. 1. Saunders and Mrs. K. Gar Phillips Cup in which the winning field of London; the runners-up Sheffield team of ~trs. R. B. were Mrs. I. Atkinson and Mrs. Campfield, ~trs. J. C. Bowler, E. McNamara of St. Annes Mrs. M. Frith and ~Irs. E. D. R. (1,7X5 points) and the Halifax Whittaker scored 48 points and players, Mrs. K. Feather and the Northants team of :\Irs. D. S. llaymer, with 1,783 points, P. A. Broke, E. C. Fox, G. \\ere in third place. \Valshaw and G. Laing 47~. York shire teams were promin Team e\'Cnts were \H'n by ~nt in the Inter-Towns Cup event. teams captained hy Dr. ~1. \\'. 1 he \\inners were the I lull team Dewell, G. Fell, L. ~torrell and l' o mpri,in~ Mrs. E. Crawford, L. P. Robinson. 17 The London School of Bridge · British International Tuition Classes · Lectures Practice Classes Postal Courses Beginner's Club 38 KING'S ROAD · LONDON S.W.3 Telephone: KENsington 7201-2 !iilll!l'i!llllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!lllll!lllll!lllllll!lll~~~~ 18 A ROSE BETWEEN - -·-·· - -- . -·-·------···---:----"1 I Lovely Mrs. Mary Edwards, first winner of the Sunday Telegraph Trophy, examining the beautiful Silver Salver ~vhich was · presented to her at the Eastbourne Congress. On the left is Mr. R. A. Priday, bridge correspondent to the Sunday Telegraph. On the right is Mr. R. F. Corwen, chairman of the English Bridge Union. Mrs. Edwards won 6,107 master points in the 12 months which ended June 30th. All the points were gained in Congress. County and Club events. The runner-up was F. Della Porta with 5,633 master points. Third and fourth were W. \V. L. Fearn of Chester, and ~liss S. ~ gi l v ic of Hove with, respectively, 5.029 and 4.330 points. :-.trs. h:arn was fifth with 4,280. ------The closing date for the ~1ew Star Pairs and for the Restricted Pairs j, November 30th. The former is open to holders of not less than 100 rn :htcr points who have not yet attained national master status. ~ Ma,tcr Points Secretary: F. 0. Bin!!ham • ..tS Lordship Park. London • . . 1(1, 19 HAND FROM N .EW ZEALAND REX EVANS leading player in his country, discusses another hanci from the New Zealand championship. My .second hand from the N.Z. have been limited to two diamonds Team Championship is concerned and two clubs . . with a declarer who was alert However South unkindly in his counting and, as a con trumped the Ace of hearts, thus sequence, reaped a just reward. increasing declarer's difficulties Board No. 6 in the final considerably. session found West the dealer West over-ruffed and proceeded with East-\Vest vulnerable. to take stock of the situation. He was now down to two trumps WEST EAST +AKQJ86 • 10 7 and three clubs. There was absolutely no future in any squeeze \/KQ \/A7652 attempt. Instead he began to do 0 53 0 J 7 4 • J 7 5 • Q8 2 his counting. South was known to have started with three spades, NORTH EAST SOUTH two hearts, six diamonds and No tNT 20 therefore precisely two clubs. No No 30 Having regard to the bidding it No 3+ All pass was not difficult to deduce that North led the ten of diamonds. one of these clubs would be either South won the first trick with the Ace or the King. the Queen of diamonds, cashed Wherein then lay salvation the King and then followed up and what card to lead to the with the Ace of diamonds. Not 9th trick? having any helpful discard avail In fact there was only one able for this trick, West trumped successful card to lead and de high and North discarded a club. clarer found it-the Jack of Declarer now cashed a top clubs! spade followed by King and Queen North won with the King o~ hearts. He then entered dummy and led a further heart to force With the ten of spades with the West to ruff. West now kd a low ohvious intention of endeavouring club and in full confidence playt.-J lo run the Ace of hearts for a low from dunH1ly also. South club discard. Had this man won with the Ace and th' l, oeuvre succeeded his losers would as they say, was that. H. . KELSEY reports on the Scollish Congress. otch mi t hanging around Herald Trophy (Congrc- Teams f: mou hotel did nothing to of Four): I. Louis Shenkin. Len n the enthusia m of the Shenkin. A. L. Benjamin. I. Ro_c c mpetitor. at the S.B.U.'s (Glasgow). 2. S. Leckie. V. 2nd Congre s. The superb Goldberg, H. Barnett, S. Barn tt ni tion of Charlie Bowman (Glasgow). 3. J. A. F. :\1c hi staff kept everything Gregor, D. J. A. Paton. :\1iss G. lling !l moothly, and there were Jones, Miss G. Manson (Edin a many as six sections of burgh). games for those not taking Record Cup: I. R. G. Manson. rt in the main events. Miss J. S. C. Macnair. F. E. Th re was a good contingent of Short, D. H. Todd (Edinburgh). Engli h players, but not as many 2. Dr. J. G. Shearer, Dr. J. R. would like to see. Asked Allan, T. Lamb, A. Winetrobc hy more London players did not (Edinburgh and Glasgow). 3. :\1. tttnd, Graham Mathieson said McVeigh, G. Hunter, J. E~ ter that four hundred miles was a long brook, G. Wellington (Dunft:rm y to come for a short weekend. Jine). lf th Congress were extended by a Kard Salvar (Congress Pairs): day, he suggested, the journey I . Dr. J. G. Shearer and Dr. J. R. ould be more worthwhile. That Allan (Edinburgh). 2. S. B. a ood point and one which the Kissen and S. T. Fishcr(Gl ~L guw) . .B.U. will no doubt consider. 3. G. S. Moffat and H. \\. Kel · ·y me English players may avoid (Birmingham and Crieff). aft ~ r Glen agle!; for another reason a tic with 4, W. Ewing and t f. It ther. National master points Clink (Perth). on t Gleneaglcs, I mn told, arc r o ni !>ed by the E.B.U. Edmond l\1emori I Tro y: I. A. t m like a gratuitous Robertson and J. ArH.kr~l'll (Dun to the Camro!)C Trophy fi:rmlinc). 2. J. W. Gcrha ami D. · nd cannot fail to came Landa (Glasgow). uft~r a tic: '' ith nt 3. Dr T. L. t l:11~1tl'n an,l J. hau· :t look at !,OilH.' Adam l'n (ll'H'Il). · n: the rc,ult~ of thl· Reid nd I'N ~ Cu ( \t ·n·, I . hurr ~ ): I. (\,J. .1. :\. \t. (I ·mn ~·II. ~I Dr. R. P. R. Allan, G. C. Carpen East-West game North dealer ter, G. Yarnell (Edinburgh, Glas NORTII gow, Durham, Hove). A. S. ~· + KJ643 McLeish I. M. Mornson, J. \:)J72 :\ndcrso~, J. McRoberts (Edin 0 A 10 5 burgh and Dunfermline), after a J 2 tic with 3. J. A. F. McGregor, + \VEST EAST D. J. A. Paton, A. H. Yzer, +A 7 5 Professor McMillan (Edinburgh). \:)AK93 \:) 8 4 Ingram Cup (Women's Fours): 0 Q94 ·0 KJ873 1. Mrs. A. ·N. Johnston, Mrs. + 107 4 +A98653 J. M. Wilkie, Mrs. F. Hayes, Miss SOUTH J. McDonald (Aberdeen and +QI0982 Glasgow). 2. Mrs. T. G. \:)QI065 Porteous, Mrs. I. Davidson, Mrs. 0 6 2 H. G. Nicholson, Mrs. \Vood +KQ ward (Edinburgh, Sunderland and SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Manchester). C. Mrs. H. Jackson, No No Mrs. C. Schellenberg, Mrs. G. C. I+ No 3+ 3NT Carpenter, Mrs. T. Harrison No 50 Dble End (Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Dur ham and Hove). SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST It is . the fi.rst time that a team No No captained by the reigning S.B.U. No 1\:) I+ 20 President has won the Congress 2+ 30 No 4+ Team Championship. The No 40 No 5+ brothers Shenkin (East and West) No No No flourished the unusual no-trump The final of the Congress Pairs with good effect on this hand. Championship produced some (See next column) interesting hands. For example: At the other table East played (See next page.) in Three Diamonds, so the swing Four Hearts was the popular to Shenk in was I 2 i.m.p. Many contract on this one but l\\:o East-West players stopped short intrepid South players finished 111 of game, but, for the runners-up, six. It is hardly a sound sla.lll Sam Leckie and Victor Goldberg but always there as the c;trds he. (East and West) produced a good Defending against the slam. hl''';. ~cqucncc. West players cashed the Ace '' ...,., by two or three tricks, but Victor NoRTII +AJ964 Goldberg found himself playing a hopeless Three No trump contract \? ~ 3 0 8 2 from the East scat. +07 54 On South's lead of the Queen of diamonds Goldberg had to be \\'151 EAST t Q H7 2 • 10 5 satisfied with four tricks and a (/ Q 4 A long campaign waged by I. Mrs. D. Burnley and C. D. certain of the bridge press achieve_d Thomas (Surrey). 2. Mrs. E. its objective when this year's Harrison and G. Yarnell (Sussex). Autumn Congress was opened 3. Mr. and Mrs. P. Trencham beyond the previous limits of (Middlesex). 440 players. To make this pos- . ible certain events had to be There were seventy nine starters played outside the Congress hotel: in the Teams and all the fancied a coach service was laid on to combinations survived the first transport the designated players to stage. The second qualifying and from their hotels, and the round took a heavier toll, which playing conditions in the second included Priday-Rodrigue, Lee- venue, the Town Hall, were quite . Rockfelt and the Sharples and admirable. This did not entirely left amongst the eight finalists prevent a certain prejudice against Gray-Swimer, Gardener-Rose and the venue, often from competi Mrs. Markus-Griffiths with Mme. tors who had not even visited it, Ansay (France)- Schoucair (Leba but that is something that time non) and last year's winning team: will doubtless cure. The change Serjeant-Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. made it possible for one hundred Williams. additional players to attend the The danger came from another Congress-still a long way from · direction. J. D. R. Collings, one the 700 tables of the American of the most successful players of ~ummer Nationals, but a move last season, had a flying start Ill the right direction. to the new bridge year when he ?ne hundred and forty four steered home against a strong field ':a~rs competed in the Mixed three less experienced players than I atrs on the first afternoon himself, D. Penn, E. Scnk and and for the first time that I an~ G. N. Brcskal. At least two oth.:r a~).le, to recall, the "name" players teams might have won had th ~ \~en: shut out from the honours made a b!.!ttcr job of this ha nd It st. dealt by South at gam!! all: 24 NoR Til It feels rather foolish to play a +A J 9 5 slam contract without the two \:) 1065 top trumps, but this seems to be a o hand on which it might easily +AKJ853 happen to anybody. Before the SoUTH hand had circulated widely your + KQ6 reporter took the opportunity to \:)QJ874 test Terence Reese's bidding judg OAK864 ment on the North hand. Over +- an opening bid of One Heart he A normal opening sequence regarded the response as close was: between Two Clubs and Three SouTH NoRTH Clubs, but preferred Two Clubs 1\1 3+ since this would give him more 30 3cy> room both to show his spade and thereafter Six Hearts became suit and support hearts. a \'cry popular contract. Griffiths Forced into the common line (South) and Mrs. Markus found of bidding Three Clubs, he none another haven: the less· elected to bid Three SoUTH NORTH Spades over his partner's rebid 1\1 3+ of Three Diamonds. Over Three 30 3. Spades South bid Four Spades 3NT 4cy> (there is surely no sound alter 5+ 6. native) and Reese, after delibera Four Spades seemed a more tion, said no bid. His partner's obvious bid than Three No probable club void and his own Trumps, but in fact the Three No diamond void meant that neither Trump bid should have worked suit could be developed and the out not too badly, for North prospects of finding twelve tricks might well have passed Five on a cross-ruff were not en Spades. South could not have couraging. rnorc than three spades and had Given the chance to respond room for no more than one club. Two Clubs, he would bid Two After a diamond lead declarer Spades over Two Diamonds. rc:tchcd a position. where the South, again, could do no better contract depended upon no more than raise to Three Spades and than a 3-3 trump division but th· . h ' North would now bid Four c !IUtt roke 4-2 and justice Hearts. This would leave South was !.cr\'cd. with a difl1cult decision. but 25 North's original failure to force, declarer would have twelve tricks plus the fact that the diamond and would need a squeeze to suit could not be developed develop the thirteenth. However might persuade him to pass. with the suits unlikely to break And so to the Two Stars, the there seems to be an advantage in major Pairs event in which there playing on diamonds where five were two hundred starters. Two tricks might be made with the qualifying rounds reduced the help of a finesse. Had declarer field to twenty-four pairs for the elected to pursue this line he two session final, of which the would have made five diamond final session was played in Swed tricks and would have discovered ish Barometer style, with the that South had begun with J x x scores announced after each and that North, therefore, had round. The contest was the nine cards in two suits and that most exciting in recent years. For the squeeze was automatic pro almost the whole of the distance vided North had any number of Gardener and Rose and Mrs. hearts. P. M. Williams and J. Langiert That would. have produced a were neck and neck at the head top score at a vital moment: of the list, with the lead alter declarer followed a less likely nating almost every round. With line, lost his contract and took a only eight boards Mrs. Williams little time to recover from the and Langiert seemed to have shock. In that ti.me Gardener opened up a decisive gap, and and Rose strode clear and J. L. then came this hand: Parkinson and K. G. F. Pye WEST EAST (Middlesex) also passed them to +xx +AQIOxx take second place. \/Qx \?AKxxx OAKQIOx Oxx Parkinson and Pye had been in +KQxx .A the first four throughout as were Langiert played in Seven No Mrs. J. Albuquerque and Miss S. Trumps from the West hand Ogilvie, who finished fourth to against a spade lead. With many complete an excellent week-end other chances open there was no in which they also took third point in putting the contract place in the final of the Champion in jeopardy at trick I by finessing, ship Teams. so he played the Ace of spades • • South discarded a club. · * \Vl~ton-Suprr-l\lare If only one red suit broke An enthusiastic local committ 26 and a most co-operative hotel Booker, Mrs. J. Durran, M. have established this relatively Weissberger. 2. Mr. and Mrs. new Congress as one of the most S. W. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. popular; this year it was ~gain R. E. Philipps (Somerset). considerably over - subscnbed. Looking fonvard to South Main prize-winners: America in April, one might West of England Mixed Pairs have hoped for better things from Chlmpionship. I. Mrs. J. Durran Rose and Swimer and Gray and and M. Weissberger (London). Hiron. Cansino and Collings 2. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Lamport continue to improve, though Col (Kent). lings has not yet entirely lived West of England Pairs Cham down his early reputation for the pionship. I. Mrs. R. Markus and bizarre. And above all, the margin S. Booker (London). 2. Mrs. H. of Reese and Schapiro's victory, Townsend and Mrs. A. Hiscocks and the manner of it, makes all (Warwicks. and Kent). the more regrettable their decision West of England Teams Cham not to play together in the forth pionship. 1. Mrs. R. Markus, S. coming Selection Trials. St. DUNSTAN'S RAFFLE The ~arne in aid of St. Dunstan's, organised annually with enthusiasm and efficiency by. MaJor Geoffrey Fell, produced an all-time record. It always docs. Here are the Pnzcs and their winners. Prize No. Winner I. Wedgwood Tea Set 12641 H. W. Haycocks, Kent 2. Parker Penn 8574 E. Newman, Leeds 3. Suitcase 2555 H. Rostron, Blackburn 4. Dress Length 265-t Mrs. A. Mallinson, Seascak S. 2 Pairs Nylons . . . . 18764 1\fcCallum, Kent ''· Ea~tcr for 2 at Craiglands 1728-t Wclcn, N.E.B.A. 7 · I lb. Knitting Wool .. 17937 J. Smart, lXrcham X. Swimsuit 3980 Mrs. Kass;apian, Burky IJ. lklhprcad 4226 A. Carnall, Newcastle IO. Set of Towels 17-t31 C. 1\f. Shaw, Grays, Esse:( II. Suit length .. 23137 M. V. Johnson, Coh\)·n Bay I~ . lkttcr Bridge Set 6288 Mrs. L. Thompson, lblifa:( 13. Muhair Stole 9357 Mrs. B. E. Roberts, Doncaster 14 'w· bl ... · · · · · ~ am cdon Tackcts, Fin;al Day I-t I 52 Mrs. White, Scunthorfl'! 15· A\h Tr;ay .. 5075 Mrs. M. D. Gill, Ilkky '17 One Hundred Up Conducted by ALAN HIRON The No\'cmber Competition is on the facing page A panel of experts will answer the questions, and the marking of the competition will be determined by, though not necessarily in strict proportion to, the votes of the panel. FIRST PRIZE: SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES: Two Guineas. One Guinea. Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in more than one entry. Only annual subscribers are eligible. Answers should be sent to One Hundred Up, British Bridge World, 35 Dol·cr Street, London, \V.l, to arrive not later than first post on December 1. Some latitude will be given to overseas competitors. BRIDGE WRITERS' CHOICE 69 HANDS by 69 EXPERTS ONLY ONE GUINEA Nicholas Kaye Ltd., 194 Bishopsgate, London, E.C.2. J BRIDGE WRITERS' i i CHOICE, 1964 j 28 proiJinn ~o. I (10 points) Problem ;o.;o. 5 (10 points) Match-point pairs, North-South Match-point pairs, love all, the bid ,ulncrable, the bidding has gone: ding has gone: S TI1e panel for the October competition describes the hand well, it is equally consisted of the following sevent~n true that partner could hold a guard in experts: Mrs. R. Markus, M. Buckley, hearts and yet three losers in his bid J. Collings, G. C. H. Fox, F. North, suits. The devotees of the exotic looking J. Nunes, T. Reese, D. Rimington, C. Two Heart bid claim that they have Rodrigue, J. Sharples and N. Smart, all nothing to lose, and that they will have a of London and the Home Counties; later chance to decide between 3NT and C. E. Phillips of Cheshire; P. Five or Six Clubs. As I would not like Swinnerton-Dyer of Cambridge; J. the dying days of the British Bridge Dcsse of Geneva; J. Le Dentu of Paris; World to be disfigured with an unseemly J. Vanden Borre of Ghent; and K. brawl, I have awarded equal credit to Barbour of Washington. both Two Hearts and Four Clubs. Problrm No.1 {10 points) However, honesty compels me to admit I.m.p. scoring, game all, the bidding that I bid Two Hearts at th~ table with has gone: hideous results; partner's void in clubs SOUTif WEST NORTH EAST not greatly facilitating the play in 3NT. t+ No VANDEN BORRE: "Four Clubs. This 2+ No 20 No is the kind of problem that needs no discussion. If anybody finds anything South holds: else, send him here, I will teach him +1098 <:/- 0842 +AKQJJ085 bridge principles. Tell him that the What should South bid? food is excellent ar.d Ghent stages the An.nrcr: Two Hearts, 10; Four Clubs, famous floralities in April. They will 10; Five Clubs, 4; Six Clubs, 3. be welcome." 711l· panr/'s l'otc: 7 for Two Hearts· I have made up a coach-party of icn 7 for Four Clubs (Collings, Reese: for you, Joseph. Ikssc, Rodrigue, Smart, Le Dentu and Vanden Borre); 2 for Five Clubs CoLLINGs: "Four Clubs. Not in· (Nunes and Phillips); I for Six Clubs !crested in 3NT. P;~rtncr will not pass (Mrs. Markus). this unless he is absolutely minimum. "The fourth suit on a void is too silly It would certainly be a mistake to rl:l.Y this hand in Four Spad..:s, ewn 1 ~ ~ontcmplate." Or so one of our ,r ~ISII~guished panelists informs us. nut partner has a goou fiw-<:ard suit." IS . tlus really so? While it is true that Yes, that is very likely to ~ trul.'. Wl~h ~ 1 11 of South's losing cards in the Played in spad..:s, the entire str..:n~th ~~~ suits that his partner has bid a club the South h~1nd, namdy the cluh su1t, "' game looks quite likely and that the not feature gr..:atly. natural looking hid of Four Clubs And now for the lklgian trip (\'.tn· 30 ( . nderestimate our scientists, A. H.). orres'? \'andcn Bour's you u ·f have two n rrc's T but I will never find out J .~'· c ' losers before I sec dummy. T ·· r ?). · · · , . "Two Hearts. Sv.1 llllO'·D\IR. d . Si' Cl~bs). After the absur Problem r-:o. 2 (20 points) :. i n not to force on the first round- East-West vulnerable, the bidding h. I I hope others will comment at has gone: NORTH EAST rn ~ ~~~ th-South is in some. diffi· SouTII WEST No . ·'!. If I mtLi f guess, then I wtll try t+ No s~~ 'ciubs. The alternative is to keep 20 No 30 . . k' ·er Some of the tl aucuon uc ·ang O\ • . ? J fuddy-duddies will complam th~t South holds: T o Hearts is misleading, but that '.s +4 Problem No.6 (10 points) SWINNERTON-DYER: "I NT. Opposite Match-point pairs, East-West vul my own overcalls, a singleton spade is nerable, the bidding has gone: not viable. At teams I would pass Souru WEST NoRTH EAsT if only because I NT is then encouraging. 1\? I+ No But at pairs most auctions, after ? opponents have opened the bidding, South holds: should be regarded as attempts to play +2 y>JI086 OAJ9 +010974 in the right suit: you just have to put What should South bid? up with missing the odd marginal game." An.nrcr: I NT, 10; No Bid, 6. Tht! panel's rotf!: ll for l NT; 6 for MRS. MARKUS: "INT. This seems No Bid (Collings, North, Phillips, quite sufficient; there is no reason to Besse, Rimington and Fox). suppose that we can make a game." With one level overcalls being made No comment. on collection of old bus-tickets, it is However, it must be fair . to concede nominally true to say that a correction that a pass could work out better. to I NT by South in this position is a PHILLIPS: "No Bid. There seems no constructive move, perhaps showing reason to suspect that a take-out will 10-12 points. Perhaps this is true at improve the present contract. Our i.m.p. scoring, but at pairs a lot of best chance of a plus score seems to preconceived ideas have to go by the lie in unsuccessful competition by board, and the consensus of opinion \Vest." was that South should convert to I NT COLLINGS: "No Bid. And hope that ju.1·1 bccausf! it looks to him 1hat 1hi; West protects. I NT would be an ll'ifl fJrUI'C' a br11cr COIIfracl lhan Ont! encouraging move and the last thing Spadt!. Another pointer is that North that I w:mt to happen is for partner to might conceivably have a two-suited bid spades again in competition." hand when I NT will give North-South BEsse ''No Uid. With hopes of a another chance to reach their optimum defensive success." spot. As against this idea some RtMil"GTON : " No Bid. Not e'en pandi~ts put their money ~n the ll:chnically correct pass, hoping that at pairs!" West will reopen proceedings and get Prohkm !':o. 7 (:!0 points) out of his depth. After all, if he goes l.m.p. scoring, game all, the hiddin~ one down vulnerable this will be worth has gone: more than making 1 NT. SOUTII Wtsr 1\:0illll [AST B,\ltnouR: "I NT. An over-bid, ex :!+ cusable only at match-point pairs, as No 3\? partna's suit, being spades, need not No 40 he rohu~t." 36 ducing spades at this point you suggest Sou th ho!Js: ..J M-3 \?i3 OAI~6 +KO?S longer clubs than you hold." 0 Ia) Do )OU agree with Souths b1d of PIIILL!PS: ""No, prefer 3NT. Spades Three Spades? Jf not, what alternative arc unlikely to be the best denomina· do \ OU prefer? tion unless North can bid them himself. 3NT is something of an under~id, of ti1) Wh :tt should South bid now? course, but North surely cannot pa~s it:• Anlll't'f to (a): Prefer 3NT, 10; Yes, Some felt that North might: ~g r.:c "ith Three Spades, 7. Thr panr/"s rate: 10 prefer 3NT; 7 RoDRIGUE: "Yes, agree with Three aaree with Three Spades (Swinnerton Spades. Too good for 3NT." D,·cr, Nunes, Buckley, Rodrigue, · BARBOUR: "Yes, agree with Three S h :~rples, Rimington and Barbour). Spades. Not pleasant to show such a The panel held conflicting views feebl::: suit, but 3NT, the only alternative, here: some insist that Three Spades is too much of an underbid. Nowadays must be bid at this point in case a 4-4 fit positive responses arc made on much in spades never comes to light, while weaker hands than these." others mark time with Three Spades Again this seems to be a question of not because they arc afraid of this but partnership understanding. ~ u sc they arc afraid of 3NT being Swlt-;t-;ERTO:-.o·DYER: "Yes, agree with pJsscdo The backers of 3NT, on the Three Spades. If South docs not bid it other hand, say that it is inconceivable now, there will be no hope of e\er that this bid could be passed, while to finding a 4-4 fit in spades. There is an introduce the spade suit might well admirab(.! general rule about POt induce partner to believe that the bidding shaky suits after a Two Club responder has a better spade suit. opening, but this cannot apply to CertJinly partnership understanding responder's second suit-he is unlikely comes into a question of this type to have tsro decent suits in the circum· and neither of the two schools of thought stances." arc going to be in any trouble, prorided And this in a way answers Phillip's that partner will not misinterpret their point: North will never bother to show a rcs pon ~ o four card spade suit if your last ~id S•o!A RT: "No, prefer 3NT. Unless it is 0 has denied holding one (on ~our mtc ndcd to be a waiting bid, devoid methods). of _any significance, Three Spades is An.mw to (b): Five Diamonds, 10: l u~a~ r ou s o (I don't much care for the Six Diamonds, 7; Four llcarts, 5: 4:-\T, oni!tn:ll Three Club response either). 4. line nn he ,. 1 ° o 0 • 111 c pomt m showmg Thr pand'or rott•: 9 fnr Fi'e Dianll'nJ.;: ~~h ~ mouoldy sp:!doc suiot and I regard 4 for Six Diamonds (lh·c,c, l'hillil's. T .Is quatc suflac1cnt 1n the Ji~;ht of Riminglon and ~trs. ~brkus): :! fM ou r (' RESULT OF OCfOBER COMPETITION o. I caused the most trouble this month, but if the fourth suit bid of rt too bizarre there is no need to bid more than Four Clubs in order the character of the hand. As regards the lead problem, it is worth noting af one ides to lead a trump from an original holding of two or three small then the mal t i nerally best; although on this occasion any trump was credited with ten point . Max. 100 J. K. Kac , 30 Panlinastraat, The Hague, Holland. 93 P. J. Ca BBl. 23 Albert Square, London, S.W.8. 93 . D. Tmo, Trinity College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. 91 :MISS W. JF.WSON, 88; R. w. TARRANT, 86; MRS. T. SI:>-IOSS, ;J. K. PAn.", 84; C. J. PASKINS, 82; J. FOGG, 81; P. C. B. MITCHELL, C. LLIGHT0:-.1, : J. E. GoRoo. , R. WAOHAM, J. HIBBERT, 79; M1ss J. KERBY, M. Kk."'':o.t£R Uierla.nd), E. W. KIRK, 78; J. T. CHAPMAN, 76; C. R. B. MURRAY, 75 . good scores in the September competition "ere: P. lf.OUICK )N, 90; G. D. SHARPE, 81; and J. K. KRoF.s (Holland), SO. he World Wildlife Fund S.nd a donation to h BRITISH BRIDGE WORLD For one of The World's Most Deserving Causes P Iron: H.R.H. The Prince of The Ncth rlnnds ld m out to Th World Wdd ll f, Fun.l. An episode in Terence R ccsc ' s scncs. . No one at Ruff's Club was NORTil better liked or respected than Mrs. Rougenoir Mrs. Niceways, but the qualities • 10 7 53 that endeared her to the rest of '\}A 6 the members merely exasperated 0 A 7 54 Lady Glum (and also her nephew, +AQ9 Humphrey Hoosego). Mrs ~ Nice WFST EAST ways smiled with apparent plea Mrs. Nice- Lady Glum sure when she and Lady Glum ways cut against Pamela Deuceace and +8 +KQJ642 Christina Rougenoir. '\}K983 '\}5 "I heard Mr. Hoosego-such OKJ1063 082 a wonderful player-praising the .+K52 +JI087 Neopole system," she said to SOUTH Lady Glum. "If you could just Pamela tell me about that, I would do +A9 my best." '\}QJ10742 "The Neapolitan Club, you 0 Q9 mean?" replied Lady Glum. "+643 "You can't learn that in five hearts and Mrs. Rougenoir went minutes. We had better stick to on to Four Hearts. Two passes our usual strong no trump and followed. "Your lead," said Lady Blackwood." Glum to her partner. "Well, I'm going to open One "Actually," said Mrs. Nice ordinary Diamond, made in Bir ways, "I was thinking of doub- mingham," said Mrs. Rougenoir, ling." . who had dealt the first hand. "\Veil, do you double or don t "What do you say to that, Lady you?" demanded Lady Glum. Glum?" (See next column) "I do," said Mrs. Niccways, Lady Glum overcalled with prompting Pamela to hum th~ One Spade and Pamela bid Two wedding march. . Hearts. When Mrs. Rougenoir That ended the bidding, whtch hid 2NT, Pamela repeated her had gone as follows: 40 EAST Lady Glum returned a diamond Sou rII Wt.sl NoRTH 10 I+ to the Queen, King and Ace. 2\7 No 2NT No Pamela led the 10 of spades from 3\) No 4\? No dummy, forcing Lady Glum to No Dble No No cover, and after taking the club No finesse discarded her losing club Mrs. Niceways opened her on the established 7 of spades, singleton 8 of spades and the Jack making her doubled contract. was headed by Pam~la's Ace. In "Well done!" said Mrs. Nice view of the double of · Four ways as cheerfully as though her Hearts, Pamela did not attempt own side had triumphed. "How the fin esse: she crossed to the Ace clever of you to gues!> that that of hearts and ·returned a heart little 7 was good!" to the Queen and King, Lady Pamela raised a pencilled eye Glum discarding a spade. Not brow at this remark, but it was liking to lead away from either impossible to suspect Mrs. Nice of her minor-suit Kings, Mrs. ways of being disingenuous. ..1 Nic.eways exited . with a trump. just remembered in time that you Pamela drew the outstanding had led the 8," she murmured. trump and led the 9 of spades When the second round of losing to Lady Glum's Queen: trumps was led, Lady Glum The defenders had taken two should have thrown a high club, tricks and the position was: inviting a club switch, but this ~spect of the matter did not occur NORTH • 10 7 to her. "I wish I had gone back \/- to my spades," she said. ..It 0 A 7 would have been a good save." +AQ9 Four Spades doubled would Wt.H have cost at least 500. If the EAST defence switches to diamonds + K6 after winning the first heart, the ~ ~- \?- penalty can be 700. ·() K J 10 3 0 8 2 4 K 52 + J 10 X SOUHI CHARITY CHALLENGE CUP To be pl3yed throughout the World on Much 18th. \/ 7 4 Full particulars (rom : ·0 -Q9 Mrs. Jill Gatti + 64 3 33 P:11isser Ro:ld, london, W. H. 41 BRID.GE ACADEMY Conducted by G. C. H. Fox The problem whether or not to South dealer make safety plays occurs most North-South vulnerable frequently in match pointed pair NORTII events. This is, of course, on +A 5 account of the vital importance \7 K 4 3 of every trick. Many safety OQ9862 plays involve the loss of one . · · ~ 8 6 trick to ensure the success of WEST EAST the contract against a most un • J 6 3 .• KQ9742 likely contingency. \/11095 \7 7 6 2 In rubber bridge or teams 0 A 5 011073 competitions it is a sound in + Q 13 2 vestment to give up a trick in a +- good cause. But at match points SOUTH the concession may result in a • 10 8 bottom just as surely as if the \7 A Q 8 contract had gone down. 0 K4 Therefore in pairs, safety plays +A 10 9 7 54 cannot always be afforded. Oc casions where safety tactics . arc justified arc those in which you This play ensured the contract consider you have reached a good even if one opponent held all the contract, the fulfillment of which missing clubs. will ensure a good result. This precaution was justified Consider this example from because the opening lead was play: favourable and gave declarer a ( Cominued in next column) valuable tempo. There .were also these further Playing a weak no trump considerations: throughout South opened I NT (I) The opponents held between and North raised to 3NT. them nine spades and it wa s West led \?J, won in hand with prob~tble that most other declan:rs \? Q. South next led +4 and might get a spade kad. when West followed with +2, (2) The length in spades "as +6 was played from the table. probably with East and he would c~rtainly have led that suit had Sorth been the declarer. At other tables the bidding The Bridge miuht well have proceeded either: Player's ~ Soum NoRTII I+ 2NT Bedside Book 3NT No GEORGE F. HERVEY or A delightful and unusual Sour11 NoRTH bridge book for it sets out to t+ 10 entertain, and makes no 2NT attempt to instruct the 2+ reader in either the bidding 3NT or the play of cards. In either case East would have However, these essays the opening lead and the contract contain such a fund of \\Ould be doomed unless the clubs information about bridge that it will be surprising if the fell together. There was, there book docs not help your fore, e\'ery reason for hoping they game. 16/- would not. Suit Preference Signals in Contract Bridge THE AMERICAN HY LA VINTHAL The Suit Preference Signal BltllJGE WORLD devised by Hy Lavinthal in the early 30's is probably the Subscriptions most advantageous card for One Yeu • £2 15 0 playing convention ever invented. Throughout the Two Years •• £4 7 6 years he has worked to perfect it, and has now produced a book which is an Sole Age11t in Great Britain: exceedingly instructive ~md ~lr• . Hil.i Marl.ua useful contribution to hridgc 2 ~ L""ll•lr. I,~,.J~:r, l.untlun, S.\\'.3. litcrJtur~. 21/- ·- FABER & FABER JUDGING BY RESULTS M. WAKENELL takes a look at a resultn1erchant. It was game all and South was \:11, cashed the Ace and King of the dealer. clubs and ruffed a third club. NORTH West over-ruffed and that con +8 cluded the preliminary entertain h \ ulncrabk opponents. . 'oRlll In a famous London club. • :\ 7 3 West dealt the following hand '1 J 10 9 recently: O AKQJ7 WEST EAST • 7 3 +A 9 64 + K 52 ~KJ052 WI I EAST ~ 7 3 J 5 • Q 10 6 4 2 0 A Q 84 0 7 6 3 !632 ~ 8 7 54 +K +A J 10 9 3 ' 2 0 54 WEST EAST K 10 9 6 ~ 2 +A J ,. 2+ SOUTII 2NT 3NT + K 9 S Some players would prefer to \}AKQ open with One Diamond on the 0 10 9 6 3 West hand, but spades is the •Qs 5 suit below the singleton. Wh n North opened with One West lost the first trick to the Diamond South appeared to have Ace of hearts, took South's only one rc ponse: he bid Three heart return with the King and . 'o Trump. led the King of clubs, oYertaking We t led the four of clubs in dummy. The +J was led, South E· t played the Ace and returned played the Queen and it sub th Jack. South covered and a sequently transpired that South 1 0 trick defeat was the result. held only two cluhs. South kd "You CO\'cred the Jack" asked a third heart and North collected · nh rhetorically. He 'made it two more heart tricks. a total of l r h a\ uddrc. sing a lunatic. four to North-South. A spade : •uth \l.a~o, of course, right to was taken with the King and th~.· 11 ' r. hom the lead of th~ four +tO exposed the: fact that ~~~nh It ...,a, prohahle that Wc~t had had started with liw clubs. rted \l.ith li\c cluhs. There is "Why," asked the: ch:trmin~ 1 n lot a •airl\l fal,e-canlim! hut East, "owrtake th~.· +K '! llltht I r . - · a, nn r~.·a,on \\ hy \Vc~t you always play lih· a flH•I '!" h, uld I .td hi, tifth hii!he~t. If Thac arc: re:-.ttlt m...rch:111h 111 • . t h ld . . . ~ a thtrd duh the contract ht)th :-.~.."~ ..·, - unfnrtunatdy. ·l'i REVELATION MAX SAPIRE of SO!llh Aji·ica has a good partner . It has long been known that WEST . EAST truth is stranger than fiction. So, • K 10 X X + AQxx kind readers, turn your attention ~AQIO ~ Kx to this. 0 A KQx 0 J 10 X X X WI:ST EAST +Ax +x x +KQJIOxxxxx +A WEST EAST cy>x . ~AK9 2NT 30 Oxx OAKIOx 40 4NT +x +Axxxx 5+ 5NT WI:ST EAST 6~ 70 2+ 2+ 30 This hand appeared in Bridge 7+ 6. Magazine and was given to various 1 suppose you imagine that is expert pairs to test their bidding. how every pair would bid this I hope Bridge Magazine's editor hand. Don't you believe it. It will not mind my using it here*. occurred at our club last week Most of the experts . reached and at the table the final contract Six Diamonds or Six Spades, was Six Spades. Thereafter the and my partner and I could do hand was presented for bidding no better than Six Diamonds, to two pairs of experts and we which was also the final contract won't draw a veil over their of two other good pairs on test efforts. Both reached 7NT vul down here. Our novice pair nerable, for a slight loss of 2,810 however sauntered into Seven points compared with Seven Diamonds via the above sequence Spades. The above sequence came which is a little optimistic, but from a pair of novices and West what pair would not wish to be in in particular deserves commenda Seven Diamonds on that com· tion for that Six Spade bid as bincd holding'! One wonders he has not played the game whether our experience and c~n- very long. . t' , , WCI1!h \'CntiOnS do not al llllCS ~ Now let us turn our attention elsewhere: *Of course he wont: he's ;I (ContillliC'c/ IIC'Xt co/1111'11) splendid fcllow. - E.K . us down like the armour plated would realise that he was looking .,.ales of the early dinosaurs. . for a better contract at the fi\'c And so to the final denouement: level and that if I did not ha\'e WI ST EAST four cards in spades, I would +KQx +A !Ox remove to SNT. He also pointed "j Q 10 X X c::) K J X out that he could not bid 5NT, () KJx OAQx as that would be Blackwood for +KJx +Qxxx Kings, and suggested that maybe The system is · Goren with we could use this type of bid as Bla ckwood, or as ncar as one can conventional to steer the contract cct to it. I was sitting East and I to SNT when we ·have to stop at ;ook the contract one too far. the five level as two Aces are My partner explained that the missing. (This is standard Acol.) rm on for the Five Spade bid I will regret that shortsighted \las that with two Aces missing, blunder as long as I play bridge. he found that we had to play In my inind's eye, I am still at the fi ve level, but his hearts looking at my partner in awe "ere a bit flimsy and I may have and wonderment. The West ha d only a doubleton. He there player in all of the above three fore bid Five Spades, hoping I sequences is my ten year old son. THE BRIDGE PLAYERS' DIARY S lhc Bridge Players Diary, which is published by T. J. & J. Smith of 12 Hanover i ~ua ~c, k~ondo1_1. W.l, contains information which cannot fail to interest all but the np rar. ·mg bndge player. A l:~ rc ! f: frr _example, .a b~ief resume of sixt~cn co.nvcntions. They are Albarr..tn, R nm~ ~ 1 uf-\ "?0 dJ Benjamm, Drury, F1shbcm, Fhnt, Gerber, Gladiator, Jacoby, lrump. a( v.oo • Sharples, Stayman, Take-out Double and the Unusual No- lhc ln\stcry (to so I· . f I ...... ~1 times In . d me. P a}ers) o w 1y two outstandmg cards m a su1t arc d1vided Tl 100 '1n arc m the same hand 48 times in 100 is explained. t-,11 ~~~~~~~ ~ common of the 3'J hand patterns is not-as you might think-4-3-3-3, P~ rha ps the rnm t . ·t . . . r nr ~\ ; ullplc : · '" ~ ructiOn sect1on IS the one devoted to the Play Of The C.mk +A K 6 54 +A 10 9 'VKJ 'VAQ2 0AM3 OKQJ4 +KQH . In \:,1\c )nu di,tn't 1.. , • • • +~ J 10 . t<~nt r ; ,·t l ~i n g ~ 110 ·\ •1 llrM round lme~ s c tn sr:tdcs 1s the cmrect rhv th~.· l'ri .. . . :. 'Cil:-.(la l 1cs. · · • tt ll (lll l> t , . l1 ' .~ ~h a lamg , 'd f . . . ' • 11 ~ ' " l l'.a ( kath ·r ·it l-JII rom the BntJsh. Bndge \\'orld fnr this mo'\ t altractiq: l " 1 1 gn ll edges and rcnc1l. 47 AN IRISH BRIDGE CONGRESS PADDY MURPHY of Dublin reports on the famous DUN LAOGHAIRE Congress. The annual bridge Congress at was shared by Mr. and Mrs. Dun Laoghaire is sure to be one E. P. Greasley of Shrewsbury. of the most successful in Ireland So much for the prizewinners, and this year's, the eighteenth in now for some hands. succession, was no exception. This deal from the Congress Bridge at Dun Laoghaire is teams led to all sorts of results: played only in the evenings, the South dealt day is left clear for ~ightsceing, Game all shopping, sailing, fishing or any NORTH other occupation which attracts • 42 all are readily available. \?Ql073 The Congress began with the 0 KQJ 5 Men's and Women's teams, won +742 this year by G. F. Read, J. A. WEST EAST Kelly, J. P. MacHale, P. Pigot +KQJ106 • 8 7 53 and Mrs. McConkey, Mrs. J. M. \?A \? 6 4 2 O'Sullivan, Mrs. R .. H. Watchorn 0 9 6 2 0 10 8 4 and Mrs. W. F. O'Carroll. Next +A 1086 + QJ9 principal event was the Mixed SOUTH Pairs which went to .Mrs. F. S. +A9 McMenamin and Dr. R. Belton· . \?KJ985 the Pairs Championship was wo~ 0 A 7 3 by W. Burrowes and D. Seligman. + K 53 All these were Dublin players but SOUTII WEST NORTII EAST a Belfast team slipped in to win 1\/ Dble 3\/ No the principal team event; they No 3+ No No \Vcre D. Decry, A. Lennon, E. ? Goldblatt and M. Coppcl. A This was the sequence at several s~:condary team event was won by tables and South was gi\'en a the locals M. J. Cullen, B. Barry, very diflicult decision. His part· B. F. Smyth and Dr. H. Barni ncr's raise to three o\'cr the vi~lc. A prize presented by the double was pre-cmpti\'c, about lnsh Tourist Board for the best equivalent to a normal raise to mwscas player in the Congress two. On this reasoning it seemed tto pass Jest opponents double the Ace of heart~ on his bidding Four Hearts; down 200 might be and in view of his bidding to the three level by himself, and vul 3 lost board. But West might make three spades, in fact as the nerable too, there is quite a cards lie he cannot lose it, and to possibility that the Ace is single go down one in four hearts may ton. The · play costs nothing be best. Perhaps opponents will unless \Vest can trump a diamond be unable to double. This is, with a low trump and in that in fact, a very difficult decision case nine tricks may· well be for South and most players elected made by this play as any other. to defend. This one from the same com Four Hearts seems to be one petition saw some brave sacri down, there are five losers but East ficing. South dealt with North cannot get in to lead a club South vulnerable. through so one loser goes away NORTH on the fourth diamond. And +AKJ753 another loser can be spinted (\/ away, too. OAK2 One South had rather a sur +QJ95 prising success. When West won WEST EAST the second trick with the Ace of + .104 + Q 9 82 hearts after an opening spade (\/Ql09862 (\/KJ43 lead. he led the six of. spades, 0 9 54 OQJI08 hopmg to put partner in for the + 32 +6 club through; this was not a SOUTH success and South's nine became +6 a \'ery high card indeed. The (()A15 \\ay to make the hand once the 0 7 6 3 A~e of trumps is not led is to +AKIOS74 \\Jn the opening lead, ~ake the SOUTH NORTII three diamond winners at once I+ 2+ a~d then play a trump. This end 3+ 5NT Pays West who can cash his ~padc · 7+ No wmner but then has to Icad · 1 ' , ctt ler a club or another • If the Ace of hearts js led padc conceding the tenth trick to declarer. • originally and then a spade, the And it · declarer can draw trumps and r~· tchcd !~ n~t all that far diamonds before throwing \Vest · \\c t •s marked with in with the nine of spades. 49 This was a neat accurate se South dealer quence produced at many tables, Game all NORTH and North's grand slam force got South to bid seven, · willingly +A4 LANCS BE:r'!.~~~GREBJUOO! Ctvll, 35 Jesse .Terrace, LIVERPOOL-Liverpool Bridge Club, 22 Upper Readin~t . Tel. Reading .52136. Hon. Sec. Duke Street, Liverpool. Tel.: . Royal 8180. c. T. Hollo'll·ay. Hours of play:. 2 p.m. to Hon. Sec., Mrs. H. T. Halewood. Pannerships 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. to II p.m. Duplicate alter· Tue., Fri. afternoon. Duplicate Mon. evenin&. nate Mondays. 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Stakes 3d. l'artnerships Mon l'artnershifl, Tues. and Fri. aft., We · an • Wed., l'ri. Duplicate Mon., Wed, ., evening. Duplicate Sunday. If you would like particulars of your club to ap.pear in · Brit~~,· Maga:ine for twelve months, beginning in January, write for details to the Advertisement Manager, Bridge Magazine, Wakefield Road, Leeds, 10. - 52 TOURNAMENT DIRECTI~N w. B. TATLOW gives hints. on how to dealwltlz latecomers at pmr contests. be told to keep . their own pair Clubs cannot afford to turn number even when they have way customers and if another 3 moved to the next table. N-S r3ir arrive unexpectedly just after vou hare !ltartcd or even at any pairs 2-8 all sit out one set of ~im e during the first round, you boards, but the movement ends cJn cenerally accommodate them before the "shunt" reaches Table if yo~ know how-you can always One so N-S 1 play all seven sets (if necessary) make them play and must have their final score boards they should have played reduced by one-seventh. This in the first round at the end or will work for any odd numbered in the interval (if you have one). Mitchell. If you already have a half (b). Even Numbered Mitchell. table, in almost any movement Here you can do exactly the same there is no problem-put the as with an odd number except - hte comers in in place of the you must start your "shunt" rhantom pair and make them play · at the table next below the relay the first round boards later. or bye stand, i.e. if you have eight If you have no half table to table with tables one to eight comple:e you can accommcdate sharing boards and a relay stand, ~our late corners in different ways therefore, between four and five ~ccording to your movement: the late comers sit out Round On; (a) Odd Numbered Table Mit and then "shunt" out N-S 4 ch 11 - sup pose you have seven who in turn shunt out N-S 3 ~om plcte tables playing 28 boards etc. Now it is the N-S pair abov~ 1:1 a r( gular Mitchell progression the relay who -play all the boards. - tell you I· , r ate comers they arc (c). Howell Movements. These .\.s 8. They sit out Round One arc simplicity itself! If you arc ~~cry con v ~:nient), for Round Two using the so-called three-qt;arter ley '\hunt" out N-S 7 d . tl,tr. f an srt movements for 7-12 tables with . c or the rest of session N-S 7 only one relay (at the end), ' tt out Ro un d Two then "si1Ur1t"• out N-s 6 . you can if you like start another · and ~lay there N-S 6 ' tl out R . table but now you must chance ound Three then "shunt" lUI N-S s . I • the table cards for those applicable ' etc. N-S p:ms must to the new number of tables; 53 however, this means everyone gets way, by using what is known as a new number and all Travclltng "Appendix" tables. For example, Slips which have already been suppose you have a seven table entered up will have to be altered Howell with the normal pivot · and maybe some pair or pairs (pair 14) at N-S 4 (normal who by chance or by prior movement) and two pairs of arrangement have been given late comers arrive. Put a spare "sitting" sc The bc~inner I have in mind as For the earliest troubles of nearly t)pica l is not the person who has all the many beginners I ha\'c ricked the game up from the partnered or watched in my long kindly but haphazard instruction lifetime of bridge seem to me to of a few far from expert fnends, be temperamental and to come and .... ho will certainly never read mostly from overeagerness; and this article. I am thinking of, that is particularly true of the and hoping to be writing for, the most promising of them. A few )Oung people who have had beginners, of course, are timorous, proper bridge lessons from expert and have to be urged to "bid up teachers, have read a text-book and don't be nervous." But or two on bidding and the play most of them have been quite of the cards, and have played rightly taught that the forward some practice rubbers under the game is best and pays off in the eye of their teacher and perhaps long run. So at first they quite e'en a little duplicate. Just as few naturally overdo it. C\er think of taking up cricket or Far be it from me to advise t nnis or golf without first going beginners to be cautious. What to professionals for lessons, so they need is to learn from ex my young man or woman will perience, and to be temperamen ha\e gone to one of the many tally cautious is to shun ex •ood bridge schools or individual perience. But there arc situations t ach rs we have in this country. where it is wise-where it is good And now he or she is ready to bridge-to pass because any tilke the plunge into the rough other call would convey false hurly-burly of club bridge, and encouragement to your partner. h·.' naturally decided to start The well-taught beginner has "•~h a low-stake club in the learned of such situations, but in n 1 hhourhood. What pitfalls the tumultuous atmosphere of mu~t such a beginner be on his or club play it is not easy for him to I. ·r guard against'? recognise them and greet them Well • I •'lilt gomg· to ass ume Ius· with the call many beginners so ~no led •c 0 f b'dd' to 1 111" technique often find the hardest to mak.e rc:a'nJt:thly ;tdcquatc, and "No Bid." Ill n H poin' to di~u~s c;ud-play. lien:, then :m: three sample 55 instances J can recall of tempta bit more-say, the Jack of hearts tion. to bid when they should -on the basis of South's promise have passed that beginners I of good additional values he have known failed to resist. In might have chanced game in each case the beginner sits South. spades. Then West would have In the first North is dealer. doubled. A disaster narrowly NORTil escaped! +XQ54 The next example is similar in c;;; 7 6 3 principle. ·This time South deals. 0 A 8 52 NORTH +AIO • Q82 WEST EAST \:)J107 • 8 3 • 9 7 2 0 K6 c;;) A 10 2 c;;; Q J 9 5 +AJ1074 0 K QJ 6 04 WFST EAST + K J 7 4 +Q8653 +9 +KJ10764 SOUTH c;;)843 c;;) A 5 +AJ106 OA10954 0 8 2. c;;) K 8 4 +Q962 + K 53 0 10 9 7 3 SOUTH +92 +A 53 SOUTJI \:)KQ962 I+ 0 QJ7 3 30 +8 No SOUTH -WFST' NORTH EAST South's hand is worth only one lc;;) No 2+ 2+ bid-either Two Diamonds or 30 Dble 4c;;) Dble One Spade. Having rightly No No No chosen spades, our beginner falls Here our beginner is led away to the temptation of showing his by the excitement of competitive four-card support for the opener's bidding. Having intended to re l-lllit, forgetting he has already bid with diamonds, he still docs chosen between alternatives and it although East's Two Spades has no right to speak voluntarily makes it a free bid at the three again on his poorish hand. The level announcing good additional King of diamonds is led, and with values. But his opener is a the heart Ace in West's hand even virtual minimum without C\'Cil Two Spades cannot be made. the saving grace of a tit in Nort' 1·t '·!\ But if North had had just a little clubs. That worthy, trusting him. NoRTH or \\ t" double, and havi_ng ~ . both of South's smts, + A6 ' lu 10 If East is \') Q 52 r'd• game in hearts. 0 KQJ843 I ft in Two Spades, he canno~ to make it against proper defence' .A for he should lose Two Spades, Wr:sT EAST On Heart , One Diamond, O~c +Q9742 + K 10 8 Cl ub, and when North gets m \') 8 3 \')A 9 6 '>'ith the Queen of spades he can 0 7 5 0 A 9 2 ci' c South a ruff in clubs. • QJ 9 5 • K 8 7 3 · And now took at what actually SOUTH hlppcned. West's double of dia • J 53 monds, intended to discourage \')KJ1074 Ea t from going on in spades, 0 10 6 encouraged him to double Four • 642 Hea rts. West led his only spade, and South's Ace took East's NORTH SOUTH ten. South then led hearts to 10 1\? East's Ace, and East cashed the 30 3\? King of spades and gave West a 4\? padc ruff. In the end North- South were two tricks down tempted our ardent beginner was: doubled. A typical piece of "South is imploring me to bid he inner overeagerness. again if I possibly ca~. He most In the two cases I have given probably has a bit of a fit . in the begi nner could not plead hearts and wants to know if ~ha t his partner tempted him, but mine arc rebiddable. I should In my third case he could and jolly well think they arc-five did o plead, but quite unjusti with three honours, and I've fiah ly. North dealt these cards actually got a diamond honour it h hi ~ ide vulnerable. for him as well. So here goes. (Continued next column) Three Hearts!" True, he should Ea t now woke up, doubled, have been firm with himself and · nd took a three-trick penalty. Of said: "I have only fi\'e high-card c,lu r • S tl t • · ou \ ~'~ tould have passed 1 points and technically could have hr c D i~t m o nd • which can he I . d • f passed one diamond. 1 really com ort ably- a good step 1 only hid one-o\'er-onc to conceal ~ ard., ruhhc r in tcad of lo s in~ my weakness. Therefore, nothing ' · But one can imagine hm~ · can justify anotha bid fn"'m me 57 but an honest-to-goodness force, yet to meet the beginner who and a jump rebid in opener's own would say it to himself when on suit is not a force. So here goes his own in a club with a fat No bid." A weJI-taught beginner rubber seemingly in sight. Such would say just that to his teacher restraint comes only with ex who was testing him; but I have perience-some of it bitter. ~-2nd WORLD Ol VMPIAD HANDBOOK 18 I• post paid FULL COVERAGE U.S. v BRITAIN and U.S. v ITALY round robin FULL COVERAGE U.S. v ITALY final AMPLE SELECTION of hands from BRITAIN v ITALY and U.S. v CANADA semi-finals SWING HANDS FROM WOMEN'S EVENT Order direct from: BRIDGE MAGAZINE, WAKEFIELD ROAD, LEEDS, 10 . . -· .. J 58 Letters to the Editor Your remarks on Ethics in the about it on principle, so at the August issue, followed by the end of the hand, I called the reprinted interview with Kaplan Tournament Director, and asked in the September issue, prompts for a ruling. This against a · me to describe what happened background of such remarks from to me on Board 15 of this year's West as: "You're making your Charity Cup Contest. self look silly." The setting is a North London As I had expected, the Tourna Bridge Club-and let us imagine ment Director ruled that West's you are sitting behind West-a Five Clubs bid was quite in order, 11ell-known player of the younger and the actual result-Five school, with something of a Spades, two down doubled would reputation for "unusual bids." have to stand. North-South only are vulner As you rightly remark, Tourna able, and North (that's me) is ment Directors are something of the dealer. a broken reed in matters such as West holds this hand: this, yet nevertheless I think WL~T Kaplan is also right when he says +A2 that simply raising the accep '/ 9 3 tability of such bids is a duty, and 0 Q 105 will act as a deterrent against • K Q J 10 g 4 their repetition. No~nu EAST SO UTI! WEST I have noted from the Kaplan 1+ No 2\/ 3+ ~0 No interview that the best time to 3+ No take action over such bids is 4. No No ~0 No 5+ immediately after they arc made- No 5+ No 1 should have called the Tourna X No ~0 No ment Director after the Five Clubs bid. 0\~:r Fours .1 d, for . P· cs, East tranced But it !)as occurred to me that PJ ,,:~~~~ !.orne time, and finally there is another and possibly ~ ~ hi~ 111·1 an ohvious quandry. • \\ 1.11 do '"'O 1· k hetter way of dealing with such hi d r .. J u t lin · of West's 0 hw Cl h· infringements of the proprieties. tting? u s in such a In such a case as the above for I felt so ~ I . · 111 ~ 1 ling should l). d ~xample, I would suggest that c one Immediately West had made the 5lJ Five Clubs bid, he should have Fire Spades was defeated by tiro been asked: "What strength do tricks, therefore it is fair to you understand your partner's assume that Four Spades would slow pass indicated?" have been defeated by one trick. R. BOWMAN, A double of Four Spades would South Woodford, E.l8. hal'e shown a 200 point profit, I cannot agree that there was whereas the "save" showed a anything unethical in West's bid 300 point loss. of Fire Clubs. For all he knew A knowledge of · the players to the contrary East's hesitation might change my view, but, on m·er North's Four Spades was the evidence, I can only think simply concerned with whether that West is a brave, if dangerous to double or not. You say that player. GOREN'S BRIDGE COMPLETE CHARLES H. GOREN A revised, up-to-date version of New Contract Bridge Complete 35s. Also available: BETTER BRIDGE FOR BETTER PLAYERS 2/s. BARRIE & ROCKLIFF (.() Spencer-Wilson Counter to Stayman Overcall Whereas the Stayman over no major suit, opener rebids calls of Two Clubs or Two 2NT or e\'en 3NT with a ne:1r Diamonds by the opposition over maximum. partner's (usually weak) I NT If opener is minimum, he should ha e been considerably used in pass the double, since it must be America and adopted by a large odds on the opponents coin!! two percentage of Acolites, there has down. - - been no satisfactory counter to Jf fourth hand bids O\'er the these psychological obstructions. double, opener should double or The following convention is make a progressive bid. suggested, especially in match point pairs: Where the opener's partner is When vulnerable and the open unable to usc the con\'entional ing bid of One (weak) No Trump double because of his distribution is overcalled by next player with or point count, fourth in hand's two of a minor, usually for a response to the bid of Two Clubs take-out, the opener's partner or Two Diamonds must be passed 'hould make a two-way double. by the opener to gi\'e his partner In effect this says that his hand the opportunity (with 9- 10 points) is worth a raise to 2NT and may to double. be passed by the opener on a The con\'ention, de\'ised by rock bottom minimum. 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