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Page ' . Editorial 5-6 , Rehearsal for Palermo, by J. Vanden Borre 7-9 Gold Cup Programme · ... ·- 10 Devonshire Cream, by Jeremy Flint ... 11-14
·___ . Signalling Up,_Down-and Acros ~! by R. J. Parry ... 14-15 World Championship Diary-Part 3, by Eric Jannersten .. : 16-21
' ' . London and the South; by Alan Truscott ... 22-26 One Hundred Up: Repeat of April Problems 21· More Hands from the World Champi~nship (1), by B. J. Beckerl30-33 ~ . E.B.U. List of Secretaries ... 34 Asleep at the Switch_, by Jerome Scheuer ...... ' .... 35-37 · Second Showing ... 38-39 ... 40-42 You Say ... - ... 42-43 One Hundred Up: May Competition, ... 44-51 One Hundred Up: A~swers to April CoJ!lpetition 51 London Busincs~ Houses. League · .... 52 Result of April Competition , ...... 53-5-1. Directory of E.B.U. Affiliated· Clubs (Part 2) . .... ' 5-I · Suh11cription ·Form .. . 1 ... 5S.:56 n.n.u. Moster Points Register ... :... •.. •••• 56
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I '.; 4 , .. Editorial
. SHORT LIST . boards were begun; our oppo- The full list of teams who will nents then began to slip. make up the last eight in the Gold Cup (see the announcement DARK VENGEANCE on page 10) is not known at the " The world championship was moment of writing, but the leading a topic of conversation . through three in popular estimatiqn. are out America", reports the Italian · - · likely to.be the holders (Gardener), .captain, Perroux, in the Belgian magazine. " Preside~t Eisen hower discussed it with General We have to report with much Gruenther and at the airport a· regret the death of Mr. J. W. coloured porter refused to carry Pearson, former Chairman of the the baggage of an American E.B.U. He was a person of great player because he had played a charm, kindliness, and distinction . . hand badly." · A gay thought,_ anyway. Cer , the . redoubtable Lancastrians tainly the event passed off very (Franks) and my own te'am. Also happily, erasing ·memories of . I well in the reckoning (if it wins Como. Much of this was due in the fourth round) will be Dr. to the per~onality of the two lee's team, which knocked out . captains, Solomon and Perroux Konstam. · himself. The Italian team also express(!d formal thanks• to Baron TWO TINY ERRORS My team almost went out in de Nexon and Geoffrey Butler, the fourth round to G. W. Sut representatives of the European cli~e, of Bolton. · Jeremy Flint Bridge League, for their presence had the misfortune in a grand and support. slam. contract to spurn two .FIRST CHOICE finesses, both right, in- favour Apologising that owing to of a delusory squeeze, and in a pressure of work he has not sent small slam to mistime the play us his usual American News so that he had to take ·a finesse Letter, Alfred Sheinwold reports ~hich was. wrong before testing that ~he Vanderbilt Cup has been a .break which was right. Other- won by Crawford, Silodor, Rapee, Wise h · w e played a great game. We Stone, and Kay. This team will ere l4 down when the last 12 be the· powerful spearhead of the 5 ".. ' . . ... ;: ~- ~· '. . ~ ... :. . . . ' I ' I' •
Dubious moment in the fourth round of the Gold Cup between Reese and Sutcliffe, · played at the Heathercroft Club, Birmingham. (Photo by Birmingham Po!ll and Mail) ' .. Americarl' challenge for the EAGLE EYES Olympics. Those attentive readers who BRAINWORK were able' to point out one or Our other regular overseas two (or three) misprints in last correspondent, Jean Besse, is also 'month's issue will be gratified to a busy man now. He is being know that Kenneth Konstaro, · Ed't 0 rial trained to take charge of an already a member of the t • electronic brain that will com Board, has been appotn· te d Assts· mence its cerebrations. in Rome tant Editor as from next month. during the autumn. Meanwhile, Jea~ rends the heart with stories · . BELIEVE IT O.R . NOT of an 8 a.m. beginning to · his · . 'ddell' working day. In addition, he· is . BBC producer, Henry ~ ' engaged on a translation' of "Could we have more VOICe "The Expert Game " for Fayard. Major Fell? " 6 Rehearsal for -Palermo
by J. VANDEN BORRE
(Edited by- Terence Reese)
Every year, in the . week after the ladies. France won by 8 Easter, there is a match between points to 2. Their A team w on the national Federations of France both.matches by about 20 I.M.P., and Belgium. Each country fields the Belgian A team won an ·easy two men's teams, A and B, and . match against the French B team, one ladies' team. The men's teams the two B teams drew, and the play 40 board matches against French ladies won .easily by 3.4 each of their opponents, and the I.M.P. ladies have a match over 80 ' boards • . In the match between· the A teams the sa~e two mistakes were ThiS year the event was played made in both rooms on the most happily anq sportingly in following hand: Brussels and both countries were North dealer . strongly represented. The French North-South vulnerable included five out of their ·six NORTH Palermo players: Jais...:.Trezel; + A64 Delmouly-Bourchtoff; Pariente \7 J "7 6 4 3 2 Boulanger; and very well they 0 KJ9 ,. all played, with Jais and Trezel + 6 as usual outstanding. In Palermo WEST EASt Svarc will replace Boulanger and + 10 9 8 7 3 + J the team will be ·very difficult \7 A 8· \7 K5 ~0 beat. . . . -- ·0 A 8 3 0 Q 7 6 "4 2 io 7 5-4 3 The two Belgian teams also + J92, + SOUTH played well. If Comte de Henri K Q 52 court, Baron Forgeur, Savostin ·+ \7"Q109 Fmckelstein and Polak- Abend . show the same form at Palermo 0 10 5 they will finish high in the table. + AKQ~ Ten · VIctory· points were ·at At both tables North played stake, 8 for the ·men and 2 for in Four Hearts, . with no opposi- 7 Repeat,ed for com•enience with the Ace in order to give · NoRTH partner ·a ruff; but that would + A64 produce, .at best, only three tricks, . ~ J76432 0 KJ9 so th~ only hope was to find + 6 . part~er with Kx. WF.Sr EAsT The hand that caused most • 10 9 8 7 3 + J discussion in the course of the ~AS ~ K5 0 A83 "0Q7642 week-end was this freakish deal + J92 + 10754"3 from the ladies' match: SoUTH · North dealer + KQ52 Norih-South vulnerable . ~ Q 10 9 NORTH 0 10 5 • 10 + AKQB Vl6 0 AQJ96432 tion bidding, and the lead was + KJ6 the same-Jack of spades. How . WEST EAST· would.you plan the play, with the + KJ9643 + AQ752 b~st cha~ce of success? VI A K J 10 7 3 \? Q 8 · Neither declarer seemed to 0- 0 K 108 suspect a ru~- in spades, for this + Q + A98 is how he played: SouTH 8 First trick won by South, then + 4 2 three rounds of clubs, discarding 6~ ; two diamonds; now the 9 of +. io 7 5 4.3 ~ . the hearts, ·and at this point both . This was the btddmg 10 West players hopped up with the · 1 · was open room, where Be gtum Ace, losing all chance of defeating · North-South: the contract. NoRTH EAST SOUTH WEST The best play for declarer Mme. Mme. . Miss .Mmt. seems to be a fourth round of Myrans Pouldjian Moulia A/eJ· clubs, discarding the last dia- andrt mond and so cutting communica- 40 Db)e. tions between the enemy lines. N 50 No s• It will not help West to ruff, · N~ 6 No No either low or with the Ace. No + the As to the defence, no doubt "In the closed room, too, the two West players went up grand slam was not reached: 8 ,· SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAsT North dealer Mme. Mme. Miss de Mme. Love all NORTH Sussel Kover Temmer- Des- man warte • KQJ96 10 Dble. \/ J 6 ' No 20 40 4. 0- No 6. All pass + KQ5432 WEST EAST Several pa:irs were later asked • 1043 to bid the East-West cards against .A \/ KQ832 \/A 9 4 the same bidding by North-South 0 98753' 0 KQ642 as took place in the closed room. + AJ76 • Jais and Tre~el quickly found this + - SOUTH solution: .• 8•7 52 SoUTH WEST NoR.ni: EAST \/ 10-7 5 Jais Trezel 0 ~J 10 . 10 ' Dble. 1()98 No + 20 40 4. SOUTH WEST.. NORTH EAST No No 50 6+ Savostin Bac!z-· Duclza- Ghestem No 7. erich. teau The West hand ·suggested to · Dble. me a new convention: after One No 2\/ .. Dble. Diamond-double, why not 3• No ' Dble. Three Diamonds, to · show a No 40 No No " rock-crusher " and first round No control in diamond's? My last hand was also a qu.es-· strong bidding by his partner. tion of how to reach the best When dummy was exp~sed he had contract against an opening bid. a very sorry look, but he bright It might be 'entitled " Crime and ened up when he found the dis non-Punishment". astrous distribution of the trump In the open room the famous suit. He was right, too, for at the pair, .Ghestem-Bacherich ' were other table the Belgian East-We.st seen 10 the unusual colours of pair, after an opening One Club reserves for France. by North, finished in the poo_r With our poor knowledge of contract' of Six Hearts doubled. th~ system played by the French This was two down, and. so the Pair, We suspect that Bacherich · French gained 150 at one table Underbid his hand after the very and 300 at the other. 9 ·,' .... · . '·
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10 •. ·., Devonshire Cream
by JEREMY FLINT
It all started about two months of · course I didn't in fact wm ago. Albert Rose asked ~e if I anything. had thought of going to the Before getting down to the Torquay Congress. As a general bridge I must record that K. rule I am anything but .a fervid Konstam had two extra-curricular supporter of c_ongresses, so I successes. Firstly, he won the just replied " Why? ". He then golf competition with a score of extolled the virtues of Torquay four tops. and one slice under and said it was by far the most average·. Secondly, at the cocktail delightful congress in the bridge party given to all those attending ·calendar and he couldn't under- the Congress, he so impressed stand why so . few Londoners the Mayor of 'Torquay with his seemed to go-" Why," he con- immediate grasp of the problem · . tinued, " even you might .. win of installing a new reservoir for · something." I asked whom he the town that he was offere~ some intended to enrol for ·the teams most important municipal post of four. "Preston and Swimer," on the spot! - . he replied. "·All .right," I said, As far as the bridge is cqn- weakening. "One· more thing," . cerned, I will deal mainly with he continued. " Don't say any the th.ree most important events, thing about this to anyone." the Championship Teams of Four, " Why the secrecy? " I asked, but · the congress Pairs Champion before I could get a reply he had rung off. ships and the Open Teams of Four, Section B! Well, nearly everything he- s~id . The Teams of Four was won by about Torquay is true. It is . a a team from Southampton: P. E. :most delightful congress, in Graham, D. H. _Ray, M. Pen formal but beautifully run, and niston-Bird, E. Crowhurst. the Palace Hotel with its spacious Second, a young Surrey team : grounds and pint-size golf course c. Lannen, W. Buckingham, J. :ade an ideal. headquarters. On Taylor, P. Kornfeld. ~ other hand, nearly all the We were a close third- 22 ndon experts were there and I.M.Ps. behind! 11 . ;. .' '•. ' ' This was a.notable"success for a as East is likely to have four young and comparatively un clups (unless his slfape is pre known team. The Pairs . Cham cisely 4-3- 3- 3). · pionship was a triumph for ex perience and London in the form The .next exhibit was responsible of. Konstam and Dodds. . The for a lot of excitement. South dealer · runners up were Mr. and Mrs. Love all Della Porta, with Franses and NORTH Silverstone third. + .AQxxx Now for some hands. This ~ K 9 X·XX one from . the teams of four -0- . proved to ·be too difficult for • XXX most pairs: WEST EAST WEST EAST • 8 X ·+ K J 109x •' . • Q + AKxx ~ Jxxx ·
. Unfortunately for him, he was Always an exciting contract. . .. shortly to be enlightened. He West led +9; East won with led the King of clubs, which was . .the Ace and returned his trump. ducked, and switchect to the Rimington took this with the Queen of diamonds taken by d I ' Ace, finessed a club, and offered ec arer. East led a small spade West. her club ruff. A .small .dia from hand, North won and re mond was allowed to run to turned a · club. Bob Sharples East's Queen, and the return of ducked this and the defence was 0 K was taken by dummy's Ace. POWerless-Three made. Poor · Tony · · Rimington now played a small IS shU wondering where h t e t ncks· came from. · heart (note the excellent timing); East ducked and South played It is difti 1 . h cu t to say who 1s the the Queen. This was followed ero of my final hand. by the Ace of hearts and a dia . 13 I • mond ruff and declarer got off , I finally cornered Albert Rose play with a heart-the defence and asked him why he had wanted was powerless and Sou~h had to me to keep our arrangements come to a trump trick in 'the end, about Torquay a secret. He making seven tricks in all. . looked a bit sheepish and said, After this Mr. Thomas mildly "Well, I promised Preston and suggested to his spouse, as hus Swimer I would get a good bands will, that her ,final pass was partner, and so long as they a b.it risky. "Yes, darling, I , thought I had to find someone know it was, but it was tremen af the last minute they . . ." dous fun and I enjoyed every " Thank you," I said. . minute " was her irresistible I will be back next year- with reply. another partner.
Signalling Up, .Dow11-and Across!
by R. J. PARRY
We have high-low signals, en played in succession from · couraging and discouraging sig-. DIFFERENT suits? d nals, suit-preference signals, and As a beginning, I put forwar other, less common, manoeuvres. asimple . scheme to cover the first But all these signals are made two discards a defender has . to within the· scope of a single suit. make when declarer is runntng To discard the 3 of hearts a"lld a long suit. These two discards then the 4 of diamonds means will show: . . df" nothing different from discarding 1) A suit m whtch the ( · t or the 4 of diamonds followed by fender has no interes the 3 of hearts. Why so? Why' strength. der should not the language of signals (2) A suit which the d~f~ he be greatly extended so that a -can guard and whtc d . ' to )ea . meamng be attached to cards wants his partner 14 The principle is=----:- · · of the holding. For example, the defenper holds:- Make the first discard from a suit that is not wanted. + 9 4 3 ~ AQ4 Indicate by the' second discard . 0 Q 10:3 whether in the same suit or not, • Q 10 7 3 in wbic~ of t~e two remaining When spades. are being run by - suits the lead is desired. · the declarer it may not be advis The system works ·as follows: If able to signal for a heart lead by a lead is preferred in the higher throwing the 7 of clubs followed· ranking suit the second · discard by the, 3 of clubs, nor can a dia should be lower numerically than mond well be spared. The best the first, and if the lower ranking way of indicating the heart lead ' suit is desired the second discard is to throw the 7 of clubs followed should be higher numerically by the 4 of hearts. than· the first-i.e., high-low for The advantages of the method the higher ranking suit, low-high are that it is quite flexible yet ' for the lower ranking suit.. perfectly clear in operation, and For example, a defender holds: considerable choice is afforded . • Q832 ' in deciding how to indicate .the ~ '10 9 8 6 lead without discarding valuable 0 KJ 54 cards. Furthermore, even when .3 it. is not possible to complete the When clubs are - run, by the signlll, the·first discard will show declarer, strength in diamonds is that that particular suit is nof the indicated by thro~ing first the preferred one and partner has 2 of' spades (" not interested in only to decide between two suits spades ") and then the 6 of instead of three. Moreover, the hearts ("higher ·card, so· want single discard from this unwanted lower suit as between hearts and · suit may carry an · additional diamonds "). The same message message: if a high card, such as coul? also be conveyed by dis an 8, it will suggest that high-low cardmg first the 6 of hearts and was planned; · and if a low card, then the 8 of spades or the 2 of low-high. So, in the example spa des followed by the' 6 of hearts. above, the 7 of clubs discarded . By careful selection of the cards on spades would by itself point d!scarded it is usually possible to to hearts, the 3 of clubs .to dia 51 ~nal without weakening the rest monds. 15 .. -.' .· WOrld ChampionShip Diary Part 3 · 'by ERIC JANNERSTEN Last month's report carried the story to the end of the sixth day, with - Italy leading the U.S.A. by 147-143 in tlze inain encounter.
Seventh Day At the other table· Harmon Argentina strives fairly well. played the same contract as Her team kept the lea·d ' in the Ea_st, South having made an afternoon session against Italy overcall of Two Diamonds. A until the 'final boards, the session diamond was led and continued, ending in a draw, 21-21. Italy declarer ruffing. He led a. club leads by 171-139, not so very much but it ought to be sufficient. East dealer Game all The big match is played in the 9 7 evening. Once again the big room ·+ ~ Q 10 9 7 5 turns out to be too small for the 0 A43 · · interest. J7 6 In the · open room Siniscalco + AK86 + Q J 10 5 Forquet are facing Fry-Lazard. + ~8 .(f) K 4 3 Italy has a flying start. On ·the 0 10 8 7 2 0 9 first board U.S.A. stopped per AQ43 + Kl0982 fectly in Three Spades, just made, + 43 2 but in the closed room Avarelli + ~ AJ62 Belladonna have doubled their 0 KQJ65 opponents in Four Diamonds for three down vulnerable. Si~ points ' . + 5 to Italy. to the Queen, both oppon~n~ The second board is this o·ne: following At least ten tnc • . draW· See next column. were certain now, stmply by de At both tables the co~tract'was ing trumps but declarer ma d , . d·arnon Four. Spades. Forquet played the mistake of leadmg a 1 ted from the West position against and ruffing again. · Then be des. a diamond lead and a heart Queen followed by !ack ofsr: still swi_tch. Playing safely, he made If he had overtaken h.e woubut he ten tricks. have made eleven tncks, 16 .. ·was afraid of a 4-1 break. When · In the closed room the Argen he tried to enter dummy with a tine South opened One No second round of clubs, South Trump and eventually ·finished ruffed and the defence had still in Six No-Trumps. In the course to make a heart and a diamond. of a long auction Hazen, West,. That was one down and another had doubled a· cue-bid of Five 6 I.M.P. t 964 Eighth Day ~ 7 3 2 . o KJ7 3 0 9 52 Italy- U.S.A. is the first match 0 K 10 8 7 • 9 54 3 on the last day but one. Though • Q 106 the match is played early in the ~A 10 5 afternoon the big room is more 0 AQ84 than crowded. Will U.S.A. suc • AJ2 ceed in taking back those ten 17 . . points the Italians are ahead.? · made twelve tricks by way of a Captain Perroux does n?t chang: cross~ ruff. his now usual disposition, A varelh At the other table North-South - Belladonna and Forquet did some bidding in spades, but Siniscalco. The American· cap Siniscalco-Forquet reached Six tain, Solomon, .puts in Harmon- Hearts. South doubled, thinking Stakgold and Fry-Lazard. . . that his void in trumps and the The tendency of the sesston IS general distribution would cause soon shown: U.S.A . . obtains a Siniscalco much trouble. It did small swing here and there by not turn out like that, for again nice play, but the big swings go declarer made three Aces and nine to Italy. With this board Italy ruffs. Twelve tricks can also be takes the lead in the period with made by "establishing a long club. ' 17-2: Since the slam was not bid at North dealer Love all the other table the double was NORTH almost gnitis. + K 73 .On the following boards the ~ 9 8 7 U.S.A. picked up a few points, but 0 K 743 then the time was ripe for a new + Q 43 swing: W EST EAST East dealer • Q 8 + A6A East-West vulperable ~ A J 1Q 6 2 ~ K Q 543 NoRTH 0 Al065i 0- ' • 9 7 53 + 5 + A9762 ~ J 9 6 3 SOUTH 0 6 53 • J 10 9 52 + 7 3 . ~- WESt EAST 0 Q J 9 8 + AJ 1064 ' ) + KQ + K J 10 8 ~ Q7 ~ 84 Harmon-Stakgold show a poor 0 A 10 8 7 0 KQ bidding in the closed room: + 10 9 8 6 5 + AKJ2 WEST EAST SouTH Stakgo/d Harmon • 8 2 . 1~ ~A K 10 52 20 2~ 0 J 9 42 4~ No .. Q4 . bid undis A spade was led and declarer Harmon-:-Stakgold 18 . -. t~rbed to Four Spades and ma~e ·. then the match between Italy and Five. In . the open room the America, since those teams have Americans fell into their own the best net I.M.P. .score , will be trap, forgetting the accurate extended by another 32 boards. Italian bidding: Ninth Day SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST . U.S.A. duly wins against Argen Fry Forquet Lazard Siniscalco tina, by 252- 209. In the next I+ match the sensation does not 3 we must play in Four Hearts, and . In pure technical play the three that was his bid. Fry now made ,ofd-boys in the team, Fry, Hazen, what turned out to be an unwise and Fishbein, showed the highest double. Belladonna was not too class, but the American bidding proud· to change his mind to Four in general seemed to be too much Spades. This was doubled too, mere gues ~ ing , in p~rticular on· but it wa~ easily made. At the the bigger hands. I had the im other table straightforward bid- pression that there were fewer ding carried Fishbein-Hazen to slam hands than usual and my Four Spades, but there the con- opinion is that if the frequency tract was not doubled. had been larger the Italian win After more swings the final would probably have been larger result of this match, so ·close for also. most of the time, was that Italy The Argentines were a most won by 233-183. Thus, in figures, pleasant surprise. They were not Italy's win against. U.S.A. was at all such stand-ins as in Como the biggest of the three matches! a year ago. Once they settled Summing Up down they showed an excellent A short resume will be that the standard. Their occasional follies 1 li do not remove . the impression ta ·an~ did not play so steadily that the South Americans defend as In previous years. They were · their place in a ~orld Champion- ?Iore t han ever afraid of stepping · Into the bidqing. Even so, they ship. In any event, the veterans and mainstays, Castro and Cal- . were definitely the outstanding tea r vente, proved t~eniselves to be of m o the tournament. Avarelli- Belladonna played first fiddle, with highest international standard. Forquet - Siniscalco as good Another pleasant thing was sec?nd strings. D' Alelio - that the atmosphere was so ex Chiaradia this time' had to be tremely friendly all the .time. In cdontentu. to .act as third pair' and that field the tournament certainly nng the later half of the tour- broke a record. Another record ~ment they played only in the broken was the arrangements for rgentine match. D'Alelio had the audience. Never have so trouble · Wit· h a poisoned. finger many people been abl~ to wa t c h andheath so was not always ·m best an.sJ- ·really enjoy a b n' dge rna t c h · t · Tb-1} ,· championship marked a vrl~e American team surprised great step forward in making a Wonderful fighting spirit. bridge a sport for spectators. 21 ...... : ... l: I I . , ' .. Lot1d011 and the ·South I .. . by ALAN TRUSCOTT TORQUAY Surrey team (Taylor, Kornfeld, Buckingham . and Lannen), and My first imp~ession of Torquay consisted of two sad faces. two strongly fancied London Jeremy Flint and Albert Rose combinations were left strugg\ffig were gloomily contemplating a well in the rear. cold bottom: those who have Tne hand of· the week-end ever tried to recover a golf ball occurred in the Men's Teams of from the murky depths of a pond Four: filled with ferocious .goldfish will North dealer ·· . sympathise with them. The next Game all face I saw was contrastingly NORTH happy-Geoffrey · Connell ·is a · + AS 5 welcome addition to the E.B.U.'s \?A K 10 highly effici.ent team of .Tourna- 0 5 . ment Directors. · + AKQJ86 EAST As evidence of Torquay's WEST + J7 • 10 9 6 4 2 growing popularity, a very large y> 98652 number .of London experts \? Q J 3 0 9 7 2 arrived, grimly determined to 0 4 3 remove the major trophies. + 10 7 54 3 2 + - Nearly ·all of them returned to SOUTH . • KQ3 London grimly determined to come back and do better next \? 7-4 0 ,A K Q J 10 8 6 year. It is true that the old firm of Leslie Dodds and Kenneth +_9 1.d one Konstam removed the Cham At one table North b • ed pionship Pairs Trophy, but the club and Dormer (East) JUdg b'd of rwo Championship Teams of Four his hand worth a 1 ther provided yet another . provincial Clubs- i am not sure whe this triumph: the Southern Co~ies all his panel would endorse d r· 'ld un e team of P. E. Graham J- ~A effort. South made a WI . ~ ' ., 1ll ' . . d hoP•"= Ray, M. Peniston-Bird and E. bid of Five Dmmon ~· · . dis· Crowhurst won clearly from a to provoke . an opposing 10 22 cretion, but West and· North passed and Dormer rOU~d not FOL;KESTONE. quite scrape up another btd. · ~e CONGRESS was, after all~ vulnerable .. 19th to 21st June, 1959 This was nothing to the pro ceedings at another table, where Brochures may b e , obta !n ~dfrom : the bidding went like this: Mrs. CORBETT, ' SoUTH WFST NORTH EAST 12 Boyne Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent · 2+ Dble. 4NT Dble. No Torquay will be the setting for 7NT No No the 1961 European Champion East's double of Two Clubs ships. The excellent facilities could b~ : misunderstood-and which the. Torquay authorities ·was. West's Six Clubs was a are able and willing to provide brave bar~age attempt based on . give promise 'or a· most successful the ·reasonable assumption of event. some clubs in the East hand. · · ·LONDON CONGRESS This was a pleasant. surprise for The most mysterious -event of North, but South was· unwilling the London Congress was the to abandon an obvious vulnerable absence of the Sha'rples brothers grand slam in favour of a mod from the pairs championship erate penalty. The moderate · final Let no one suppose im penalty could have been the plausibly that they could haye rare score of 3,500 and· a gain failed to gualify- the poor of 9 I.M.P., for on best defence fellows missed their train through West · cannot make even one being caught in .a cloudburst. trick. A diamond is led and The sun continues to shine, South returns his trump ~hich however, on Mrs. Fritzi Gordon, West should cover. No;th now who won the event in partnership ~shes two or three of his t~ump with P. Swinnerton-Dyer. The wmners, preserving a tenace over Sharples, who are believed to be ~est's seven, and South throws ordering sou'-westers for next hts OA, which must be a suit year, collected the teams of _four preferel)ce bellow for a spade. trophy with Flint and Harnson South therefore ·gets in with a Gray. spade .and continues diamonds An amusing swing occurred until West surrenders. in this hand from the Teams of. · It is now virtualiy ce~tain that Four: 23 , ' ;, ,·, . it -- •., ·.' .• • . ' i ~:, • J • I ', • jt ., ' East dealer SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Game all """""""\ INT NORTH No· 20 30 No • AJ9 3 4+ No · 4~ Dble. ~ AK852 5+ Dble. No No 0 A9 6 5 No +·- ' Like his team-mate before him, WEST EAST South went four down, but the • 8 7 5 . • KQ42 cost was- 1100. It is easy for ~ 9 6 ~ Q·J 4 3 North-South to get into trouble, 0 KJ 8'7 3 0 Q2 but they need· not get so far in. + AJ4 + K 109 SOUTH South's final bid, though tempt- . ing is bad-Four Hearts would • 10 6 cost 500 or · 800. North:s ~ 10 7 onl~ Three Diamonds is too optl· 0 10 4 mistic; if he simply doubles and + Q876532 then bids Three Hearts over Some players will persist in Three -Clubs he may escape with ' bidding · a prepared club even· a small uridoubled penalty. when a normal bid is . available, and in one room this led to the . Care was taken to ensure ~at · · · · h uld be bnsk following auction: the pnzeglVlng s o . · . and orderly. Minor pnzewmne~ SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST received ·gift vouchers (a ~00 i+ idea) instead of the usual_stlv~r No 2~ 2. pencils and received them .m No No No No advan~e so that only the_ m~b~~~ troplues. remame· d for dtstrt rs This contract was gratifyi_ng tion at the end. Even the 0 ~ 1~e to South, and was defeated by forbore to take advantage 0 four tricks. The normal opening time left over. bid of One Spade should result · PORTLAND CLUB cuP in North playing Two Hearts b telephone or East playing Two Spades, Chess matches Y b ·dee " b t in the n ~ probably failing by a· trick in are " old hat ' u ~ tele- each case. world the cheap rate or than . ti more phone calls 1as ng ~>eeD In the other room East opened five hours has so far on 1rys who with a weak No Trump, and the· used by a few I a dy playe. artJlers bidding went like this: enjoy dissecting thetr p 24 . . and team-mates. This year's mistake in entering the result, ~r, Portland Club Cup Final em worse still, a mistake in duplicat- · ployed the telephone for a brand-· . ing the board. With trembling new scheme; 39 tables at East fingers I inspected the hand, but bourne and 48 tables at Harro there was no misboard: gate played 75 pre-duplicated South dealer boards, and were scored as one ·Love all field . with a : top of 172. The Noinfl scoring of well over half a + K J 10 6 million match points was super ' is one of my favourite private . North dealer Game all rules of thumb-but the West NORTH who opened One Heart was + A Q 10 4 carrying the rule a bit far. I ~ Q J 3 sympathise with the sufferings 0 A Q 7 of the East playe~s who got a + J 7 5 . spade lead, thought they were WEST EAsT home, and theri · found them- + 7 2 ·+ 6 3. . selves three down. ' · ~ 8 4 <\7 10 6 5 ' The North-South top was 0 J 9 8 6 2 0 K 10 54 . recorded_ by a pair playing the + K 9 8 3 + A 10 .6 4 Losing Trick Count: South + K J 9 8 5 counted seven ·losers and bid ~ A K 9 7 2 One Club . . North bid Two Dia- 0 3 monds, East Two Hearts and + Q 2 South Two Spades. The final ~everal pairs climbed into Six - contract was Six Spades doubled Spades; which proved almost -comfortably made in the " ~nbeatable ". One West did absence of a diamond lead! Mr. well to hit on the club lead, but Harrison-Gray is proving strange- when South . dropped his +Q ly shy about claiming this as a East switched! Presumably he triumph for his _systein. · · was hoping, without any real Crockford's Cup Final cause, for a two-trick set. Some times the hand was played by For the second year in succes No~th and East could not al- sion the English Teams of Four ways find' aclub lead. But on one Championship has eluded the occasion .the lead · was found. London experts. J. L~arus' Dr. Rockfelt, visJJalising +K x Manchester· team ~as unable to 1 . in dummy, led +4. Unf~rtunnte Yh defend; and the winners were the J. Nunes (West) visuahsed Nor! Spurway brothers, with Griffiths with +AJx and played his s- and Richardson of Somerset. . teen so this North made th tr This was a curious hand: tricks! 0 _NE HUNDRED UP: On the opposite page we reproduce the Aprd problems so that readers who did not enter for the com· petition can study the questions again before turning to the answers on page 44. The May problems are on page 43. 26 Problem No. 1 (IO points) Problem No. 5 '(10 points) Match-point pairs, game all, the Rubber bridge, love all, the bidding bidding has gone:- . has gone:- · Soum WEST NoRTH . EAST Sourn WEST NoRTH EAST 1+ ; 2cy> 1+ 1+ 211!) No ? ? South holds:- South holds:- +AQI073 cy>86 0AK4 + A93 +AQJ3 '7- OQ107 +AKJ942 What should South bid? What should.South bid? Problem No.1 (IO points) Problem No. 6 (IO points) ! .M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding · !.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable, has gone:- · the bidding has gone:- · Sourn WEST NoRTH · Soum WEST - NoRTH EAST EAST INT No 1\7 No ? 1+ No 2NT · No ? South holds:- South holds:- +I053 11!)1 OQJ8764 +852 The One No Trump opening is under . + 176432 II!)KI02 08 + A75 stood to show 12 to I4 points. What should South bid? What should S~uth bid? Problem No. 7 (20 points) Match-point . pairs, North-South Problem No. 3 (IO points) vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST hasgone:- INT 30 4+ No Soi.TI"H WEST NORTH EAST ? I+ 1.+ South holds:- 2+ No. · 3+ · No + KJ97 ,II!)JI096 OA7 + AI05 ? . North-South are playing the weak South holds:- no trump, I2 to I4 points. + - I\!)AK84 0K862 +QJ1097 What should South bid? What should South bid? (a) As the bidding.has gone? (b) If East had called Four Diamonds over Four Clubs? Problem No. 4 (20 points) . M~tch-point pairs, game all, the Problem No. 8 (10 points) . btddmg has gone:- Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding SoUTH WEST NORTH EAsT has gone:- I+ No . No 2 SoUTH WEST NoRTH + 20 211!) No South holds:-._ No 20 No +?S4 .1\!)A 0I0863 +AKQI04 No 311!) No or(~ Do YOU agree with South's bid No No No th tWo Clubs? State any alternative South holds:- ab You consider better. +A1072 II!)Q863 0752 +J6 ( ) What should South bid now? Which card should South lea~? 27 If it's no use holding you head (P. Swinn,erton-Dyer) ·. • · · or scratching your ear (B. Schapiro) •• ••• try pinching your nose (J. R. A. Beale) ••• · ~ .. · • • • or sucking your thumb (A. Donner). ' · C~ Radrir11e , I .· . ·.:· ·' "'I h ·<-More .-. Hands from· the ..World Championship Jl) •.. by B. J. BECKER Below are reports of some more hands from the World· Championship - matcl~ that were not included in Eric .J.annersten's account. The Italians defeated an Ameri-. opening Three Club bid. The pre- . can team for the third year in a emptive Three bid in the Neapoli· row in the recent world cham- tan Club system is similar to the pionship match,. but contributed thdr share of mistakes in the. North dealer course of the 312 deals they played Both sides vulnerable against Argentina and the United NORTH States. · .A · The de<;isive factor in the three (\)J95 country match was that the 0 10.2 Eur~pean champions made less + A J 10 9 8 6 3 . errors than their opponents and, WEST EAST as a result, maintained their pre • 10 6 • Q J 8 7 53 eminence in bridge. (\) A K Q 10 4 2 ~ 8 7 3 In this deal, No. 42, Forquet, 0 AJ () Q753 regarded by many as the top + 754 +- player on the powerful Italian SOUTH tea~ of six, attempted a coup • K942 wh1ch turned out disastrously. 0 (\) 6 See next column. o k9864 The bidding: . + KQ2 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST 'd pos· Forquet Lazard Siniscalco Fry American type of Three b1 ' 3+ . No sibly a little stronger: · ether 3NT No No No It is an open questiOn wh . onse as Opening lead-Ace of hearts. Forquet selected h1s resp r ake o Despite the singleton heart a calculated effort to m hether Forquet decided to risk a thre~ steal three notrump, or w ake notrump bid opposite Siniscalco's he feared East-West could rn 30 ~ l ~ ~ - : t-' .~1 ; . a game which he wa~ted to try NORTH 1 • to talk them out of. • Q6 In any case, the strategy back <:v> ·K Q fired. Lazard ran off six hearts · 0 A63 and cashed the Ace of diamonds +K97532 for good measure to defeat -the WEST EAST contract three tricks-300 ·points. ·+ AK8 • 19 At the other table, Harmon and \?98753 Chairman R. F. CoR WEN, 535 Otley Road, A del, Leeds, .16. Vice~Chairman. ,. A. ELLIOTT, 60a Portland Place, London, W.l. Secretary MRS. A. L. FLEMING, 12 Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. Efon. Treasurer ...: · H. CoLLINS, 54, Cannon Street, London, E.C.4 Bon. Tourname/11 Secretary .. . MAJOR GEOFFREY FELL, Craven Lead Works, · · Skipton, Yorkshire. (Phone: Skipton 3032). . . Master Points Secretary F. BINGHAM, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.16. Hon. Registrars Messrs. LEAVER COLE & Co. The Council of the English Bridge Union is made up of Delegates from County and Area Associations, whose ·secretaries are as follows:- BERKS. & BUCKS. ... Mrs. Matthews, 10 Sutton Avenue, Slough. DERBYSHIRE E. White, Flat 2, 193 Station St., Burton-on-Trent DEVON ' J. Hammond, 6 St. Michael's Road, Torquay. ESSEX Miss M. Eve, 40 Forest Way, Woodford Wells GLOUCESTERSHIRE W. N. Morga~-Brown, 5 Douro Road, Chelten- ham HERTFORDSHIRE ... ·c. G. Grenside, 13 Kirkwick Avenue, Harpenden KENT .• , Mrs. R. H. Corbett, West Kent 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~ . MIDDLESEX Mrs. J. Johnston, Flat 2, Redington Grange, 42 Redington Road, London, N.W.3 NORFOLK The Hon. Pamela Walpole, Tunstead Old House, Tunstcad NORTH EASTERN ... H. V. Lightfoot, 194 Holywood Avenue, Gosrorth, Newcastle-on"Tyne, 3 · 15 NORTH WESTERN .Mrs. H. T. Halewood, 7 Mendip Rd., Liverp~o'1 In NOTI'INGHAMSIDRE J. H. · C. Godfrey, Leighton House, LIDCO Street, Nottingham . OXFORDSHIRE Mrs. R. G. Beck, 1 Blenheim Dri~e, Oxford ·ve SOMERSET ... Mrs. R. E. Philipps, 30 Henleaze Park 0 n ' Hcnleaze, Bristol • . · Road, SOUTHERN COUNTIES Mrs. W. J. Davy, Lindsay Manor, Lmdsay Boumemouth STAFFORDSHIRE C. E. Robinson, 6 Lichfield Road, Stafford uth 50 SURREY R. F. R. Phillips, llO Banstead Road ' Sutton - SUSSEX Mrs. F. North, 18 Westboume Villa.s, ~ovcarn. WARWICKSHIRE 4 H. K. Cooke, 46 Vauxhall Street, Blll11 1 ~rcester WORCESTERSiiiRB.. 0 R. D. Allen, 28 Britannia Square, \ YkS· YORKSHIRE Mrs. A. Cartwright, 146 Soothill Lane, Batley, 34 Asleep at the Switch .· by JEROME SCHEUER · Even an experienced declarer show out. Knowing, as everyone . is sometimes unable to count knows, that side-suit tops should -· up· to .ten-which was exactly be cashed before launching a what happened to me in ·a team · cross-ruff, I at once led . a dia match. In self-defence · I'll say mond to my Ace and returned :a that ·we were well ahead at the diamond toward the King. West time. This was the situation:- r'udely ruffed, however, -and led another trump, · and my goose South dealer North-South vulnerable was cooked. NoRTH Thus, I succeeded in going down on an ironclad contract ~ KJ 8 4 simply because I didn't pause t~ ·0 -K 10 7 5 consider that I wasn't playing for .A974 2 five-odd. Cashing one diamond WEST EAST trick was amply sufficient for my • 85 4 + KQJ762 purpose. The three side Aces, the ~ 10 7 6 3 2 ~- one top trump, plus six ruffing 0 6 0 QJ9 2 tricks that were obviously there • J 10 6 3 . • _KQ8 for the taking, added up to to; SOUTH if I had only stopped to count. ~ + A 10 9 3 The result of this deal did 'not ~ AQ95 affect the match- we won by a 0 A84 3 landslide- but it was neverthe .5 less an .object lesson to me as to ' The bidding: the possible repercussion from SoUTH WEST EAST one careless move. 1t:l No 2+ Dble. No Some solace, howev~r . was de No rived from the fact that every 3NT No · No No No other local expert to whom .I later submitted ·the hand made W~st opened a low trump. I the same error, proving that the Won In dummy with the King and trap was one which would be· Was not surprised to see East overlooked by many. 35 If this .hand came up i~ a by North, and: a club is then match~point game, declarer could ruffed with South's last trump. retain . the opportunity for ,an The spade Ace is cashed, on which extra trick without" endangering North discards a club, and a the contract, though .few players . ·third· diamond is led toward the would have the wit to thlnk of King. West must again ruff, · it. The proper procedure, which and dummy plays low. West can must be followed precisely, was cash a club, but his spade lead is discovered long afterward by ruffed low and dummy still has a Cecil Heaq, my partner when, the · high · trump left to pull West's hand was played. last trump and cash the diamond King for the game-going trick. It involves a slight departure from the normal technique - of Thoughtlessness in touma· c;tshing the top cards in the side ment play is not as common as in suits before commencing a cross- ' rubber bridge, but it does occur nitr. The opening tru-mp lead can -as 10 the following case. A be won: in either hand, but both certain South's refusal to put of dummy's trump honours must on his thinking cap brought him be retained for important use a ·well deserved zero, ·, when, later. )'he club Ace is then cashed . thanks to a silly double by Eas~ and a low club ruffed. This step South should have scored a top. is vital. It will not do to first ruff · North dealer - ·. a low spade in dummy; the ruff. North-South vulnerable · must be taken in the Closed hand. · NoRTH This is the moment when + A K 10 4 there must be initiated a partial ~ K Q 9 3 dummy reversal, which is the 0 J 6 only means of countering a + 9 5 2 trump continuation by West WEAT EAST should he obtain the lead by a + .Q973 • J 8 62 '::} 10 7 54 2 premature ruff. Next must come - ~- the diamond Ace followed by the 0 K9 53 0 10 8 2 lead of a low diamond toward the + K Q J 10 6 .7 King. If West follows suit the SoUTH King wins, and it is plain' sail- + 5 . in~ for an overtrick. If West · ~ AJ8 6 ruffs, North plays low. ·West's 0 AQ74 second trump lead must be won • A843 36 .. ,, · ·The bidding: to dummy with a spade, dis NORTH EAST carded a club on the second_spade I+ No .honour , and then . let the diamond ~ ~; :T 3~ No Jack ride.- The roof fell in. West 4cy> No No Dble. cashed two club tricks and East I No No No discarded two diamonds. Then West led a diamond, and . East ·Strange goings-on-but the~e ruffed for the setting trick. you are. West's Three Club btd ' was a neck-stretcher, even at Once again, East's double was duplicate; North's free heart raise certainly bad enough as it was, · so it couldn't have · been based was pretty thin; South's failure to investigate a slam was on less than all five missing astoundi,ng; East's double of trumps. Bearing that fact in I Four Hearts was ridiculous; and mind, South's play to the first South's failure to redouble, even four tricks should have been _the at duplicate, was a case of turn- · four Aces. Then, with the trump ing self-restraint into a vice. situation confirmed, au· South (South might retort, however, has to' count on is that East can't that his ultra-conservatism was ruff the secoqd spade-a rather perfectly in order-that only he good chance in South's favour. knew how badly' he could mangle South ·pitches a club o~ that a hand in the play!) second spade. honour, ruffs a spade, leads his remaining low trump to the King and ruffs the West opened the club King, · last spade with the heart Jack. and to South's surprise East Now South leads toward the followed suit. Now, despite his . diamond Jack, and if West doesn't bidding, South was really a tour- hop up, he'll be sorry: West can · nament player of long experience, then cash a club but hts next lea_d and so he should have had some must be ruffed by East, who ts idea, at least, of how to plan the down to trumps. And East must P!ay. Apparently, however, he · lead up to the heart • tenace in dtd not. He took the opening dummy the Q-9. · lead with the club Ace and, despite· ' the implication of West's over call (particularly in view of his (Ace and another diamond at mere five-card ~lub suit) that trick 2 will also be good enough, _the diamond King would turn up as dummy can ruff high later. _ over the A-Q, declarer crossed T.R.) 37 .. The fifth of o;1r new .series recalling outstanding contributions from tlze past. The ·excerpts below are fro'm our fifth number, May, 1956. EDITORIAL · most unnoticed by the individual (From a paragraph headed ·: Mild player,' a steady income from a · and Bitter ") · wide field, . which will. be put back into the game for the benefit · In his article for our· series, of all who have contributed to it. " What they say about Bridge,' ~ Gilbert Harding, never predict able, is in one of his mild moods. The· quoted remark from _Sir YOU SAY ..• Patrick Hastings is good: . I like the British Bridge World . ~·You told me you couldn't It bas more variety than the play bridge," he thundered, " but others. Experts may not like it so yo·u didn't tell me you were a much but then who ever heard damned fool." of an' expert supporting a bridge magazine? · MASTER POINTS ALFRED SHEINWOLD, An outline of 'the forthcoming New York. Master Points Scheme, ·due to start in September, · was publisheci Oh · I don't know. If Y011 put for the first time. The Editor them '01i the free lisi and mention concluded his summary with a piece their _names, they' II tell Y011 ll'hat of tolerable prophecy: you are doing wrong. Objects of the Scheme It, is believed that the Master LONDON CONGRESS Point system, by providing a lin~ between manifold tourna Alan Truscott reported l'ic~orY r. Hamson ments at present unrelated, and in the Piccadilly Cup J 0r tht 1 by setting up standards to which Grav Miss Shanahan, ant , • 11 5 J' • 'te StiO all players can aspire, will greatly Sharples. The hand opposl tablt stimulate interest in competitive . . · · b1·,J at one all unagmallve ' l .. 1/Jal· . bridge. In addition, the revenue . and at the other a safety-p a) from the scheme will yield, al- ~night-not-hm•e-been. 38 The Piccadilly Cup North • QJ8 N.-S. vulnerable dealer · Room 1: ROOIJ1 2: SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Mn.Hammond R. Sharples Hammond J. Sharpl~s Harriso11-Gray Gib~o11 :Miis Sha11aha11 Miss Nye 1NT .No . INT No 2. No 20 No 2+ 2+ No No 3. 3y> No 4<\f 3+ No No No No No No .A led. 11 tricks. 450 to E.-W. +A led. 9 tricks. 110 to· N.-S. Room 1: When South's hand was seen to consist only of a long club suit, Bob Sharples decided that some protection was· called ·for. The astonishing, and ~tonishingly successful, Three Heart bid was made for safety reasons, in the expecta- . ll_on of being doubled and retiring into Spades. -The second round of clubs was ruffed, and .the Among the more colourful With Martin as North the~ partnerships found playing from . bid: time to "time on Merseyside, there SOUTH NORTH .exists one between C. M. " Tino " 10 (a) Ralli and E. G. P. Martin. l ~ GRA'I!AN ENDICOIT, SouTH NORTH Liverpoo112. 20' '2+ Alas, I cannot with sincerity 4NT echo your admiration for this 70 auction. One Diamond-One' . Heart - One Spade game Once North can place his partner. forcing!!? All very fine on game with positive diamond support and hands, but somewhat obstructive Ace of spades, it doe~n·t · matter . on the others. much wl;ai is the distribution of his. Jour cards in the black suits. And after South had shown second round control of clubs and * * * first round colltrol of spades, it was Could you advise on the bid ll'hat a well-known correspondent ding and play of the following calls a " work of supererogation " hand, dealt by West at love all to mstllute· · further enquiries. in a pairs duplicate? 41 . ' . . ' .. I ~ EAST The hand could be b·d . WFST 1 Ill a • A K J 10 9 5 • 6' number of ways; for . my part 1 \[) J 10 5 . \[) -A Q 6 4 would not criticise any of the .bfds 0 9 . 0 . K 10 8 3 that .were actually made. + J9 8 + AKQ6 As to the play, it is generally In practice, the bidding went : an illusion on this sort of hand to WFST • EAST go up with \[)A on the heart lead. 1. 3+ That pays only when the opening 3. 3NT lead is a singleton. Best is to take 4• No the finesse and see what happens. The opening lead was the 8 of • DUPUCATE BRIDGE BOARDS hearts by North. What play gives Strongly made. Quick delivery. Size 7• sq. with Metal Edges £6/11/0 per set ofll the best" chance for the contract? plus 4/6 postage and registration. DR. G. C. LASZLO, Actual Maker: S. Lawes, 10 Farquhar Road Edgbaston, Birmingham, IS Bangor, Caerns. One Htindred ·-up- Conducted by ALBERT DORMER May Competition This is the eleventh ofa new series of One Hundred Up. 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. The following p!izes are offered for the best se~ of answers: FIRST PRIZE Two Guineas. SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES One Guinea. . · Please read these rules c~refully: · No competitor may send in ri~~ than one entry. Only annual subscribers to the B.B.W. are el g 1 for prizes. \ . . . . world, An t swers should be sent to One Hundred Up; Br1hsh Br•dge 00 35 Dover Street, London, W.l, to arrive not later than the first pos June 1. Some latitude will be granted to overseas competitors. 42 I • I • -, lr • ) ·.·PrOblem No. 1 (10 pomts . . Problem No.5 (10 points) ; I.M.P. scoring, game all, the b1ddmg Match-point pairs, East-West vul- bas gone:!- . nerable, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SotrrH WEST NoRTH EAST No No I+ 31:V No 4 1:V I 1<:7 · No 30 No ? ? South holds:- South bolds:- +AKQJ3 IV5 OA104 +KJ82 +92 Problem No. 3 (10 points) · Problem No. 7 (10 points) · !.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding has gone·:- has gone:- Soum WEST EAST , SotrrH WEST NORTH No 10 No 30 . No No ? li:V No 2+ No ? South holds:- South holds:- +972 <:7763 OAK954 +KS • +8 <:VAJ9543 OQ86 +QJ9 What should South bid? What should South bid? Problem No. 4 (20 points) . · Match-point pairs, North-South vul- Problem No. 8 (20 points) nerable, the bidding has gone:- Match-point pairs, love all, the bid- SoUTH WEST · NORTH · EAsT ding has gone:- No 1 0 1 Conducted by J\LBERT DORMER April Solutions: If.you did not enter for the April Competition, try your hand at the problems on· page 27 before reading how the experts voted, Answers to the April problems were REEsE: "Five Spades seems cleares~ received from the following eleven and leaves time for a grand slam ex experts: Mrs. Markus, F. North, T. ploration by way, perhaps, of six ctubs Reese, C. Rodrigue, B. Schapiro, and from North." R. Sharples, all of London and the Schapiro's return strengthens the Home Counties; C. E. Phillips, Cheshire; heavy gang: He proposes 4NT but P. Swinnerton-Dyer, Cambridge; P. preserves a dignified silence as to his Topley, Manchester; J. Besse, Paris; further intentions. However; the follow and H. Filarski, Amsterdam. . ing e}{position is clear enough:- Mas. MARKus:" Four No Trumps. If Problem No. 1 (10 points) partner shows no ace, I propose to tJy Match-point pairs, game all, the Five Hearts; then we can still reach Six . bidding has gone:- if he has second-round control of their Soum WF.Sr NoRTH EAST suit." I+ 2~ The only fault I can find wifu ·tha~ ? as compared with Five Spades, is that South holds:-· South will be less well placed if partner + AQ1073 ~86 OAK4 + A93 happens to be strong. Five ~pades, on What should South bid? the other hand, limits South's strength and allows a grand slam effort, if one is Answer: Five Spades, 10; Three to be made, to come from the proper Hearts or Four No Trumps, 8; Three Diamonds, 6. quaher. · · I cannot see much virtue in the next The panel's vote: 3 for Five Spades, suggestion, Three HeartS. I suppose 3 for Three Hearts {North, Sharples, South can still bid Five Spades on the Swinnerton-Dyer), 2 for Four No next round but the message may be Trumps (Mrs. Markus, Schapiro), 3 for obscured b~ then.· The following also Three Diamonds (Filarski, Phillips, seems a doubtful move:- Tapley). TOPLEY: "Three Diamonds, •;; I go'for the king-size bid, Five Spades; followed by Five Spades. A th~t shows, by inference, control of Five Spades has some merit, but p~c~ every suit but hearts, and it also reflects . needs rpore than just heart contra 0 the general strength of the hand. , asI am. thiS RoDRIGUE: " Five Spades. The mes FILA~KI' " Three Diamonds; . d h d is atwa>-s sage must surely read: If you've got type of strong, balance an. S des Y?Ur ~id and heart control, please go dangerous. An immediate Ft~e ::Crth Stx; I control the other three suits" might be right, but for one thtng I ' 44 may J:iold +K J x x x x .'\?A Ox RoDRIGUE : "Three No Trumps +K Q x x x, and Se·.. en Spades may be against good players who .will · not missed ... . . double just because ' I had fifteen With that hand, North should cer- points partner, I had to try it'; Two tainly bid Six Clubs over Five Spades Spades . again.st weaker players who and Seven should be reached in jig ·may double for that reason. I consider ' time. In, fact, those who like to move Two Spades preferable to Two Hearts, fast would bid Seven direct. as the likelihood is that they will run into a bad break in this suit, whereas Problem-No. 2 (10 points) I know that the spades will break as fa'vourably as possible for -them." I.M.P: scoring, East-West vulnerable, the bidding has 'gone:...:.... · TOPLEY ("Two No Trumps ") and SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST . NORTH (" Pass ") make 3NT a clo~e 1NT No . ''second choice. Phillips' selection might ? be the best of all:- South holds:- PHILLIPS: " Two Spades, the only +1053 c::)7 OQJ8764 +852 reasonably safe bid that stands ·a chance The One No Trump opening is under of silencing opponents completely." ~tood to show 12 to 14 points. I rate that better than· the next What should South bid ? offering:- Answer: Three No Trumps, 10; Two SwiNNERTON-DYER: "Two Hearts. Spades, 6; No Bid, Two Diamonds, Some years ago Meredith bid 3NT on Two . Hearts, or Two No T~mps, 5; a hand very like this and went down Four Diamonds, 4. · · six, undoubted, chuckling happily at The panel's vote: 5 for Three No every 50. Since then the 3NT call has Trumps, 1 for T\yo Spades (Phillips), been part of every expert's equipment. 1 for No Bid (North), 1 for Two Dia - The opportunity does not· come up monds (Reese), 1 for Two Hearts -very often, of course; indeed, it has not (Swinnerton-Dyer), 1 for T~o No come up again yet, and when it does I Trumps (Topley), 1 for Four Diamonds expect the result will cause this coup (Mrs. Markus). to be forgotten hurriedly. . It is. generally reckqned that ·a player. " All the same, we _must do some- 15 entttled to considerable licence in _thing: they must have a vulnerable this kind of position. It is odds-on . game on. The best hope is to persuade opponents having a vulnerable game West, who probably holds hearts, that and South has to consider the best the hand is a misfit and that he should meah• ns of depriving them . of their sit back and watch me sweat. Very - entage, few pairs have agreed that a double, SHARPLEs· "Th . big · ree•No Trumps . .The in West's position, would be for h ger the swindle, the smaller the penalties." ct ~nee of detection. West will think Swinnerton-Dyer refers to a hand Wtce befo d • to .. pi re oubhng, not wishing from the Eastbourne team final a few Worst :ce " the missing cards. If the years back. Meredith held a slightly not be appens, Four Diamonds should weaker hand- six hearts to the jack disastrous., and out. His partner, Rodrigue, had 45 opened INT on .an evil-looking eleven missing, so he passed and a good sl count. was missed. North had a 4-2-: That was by no means the first appear shape. ance of this coup in British tournament It was suggested that if South had bridge; Schapiro brought it off some shown his good hearts during the bid. time earlier in a National Pairs final. ding, North would have been able to If it is of any interest, his call was based bid the slam on the strength of his on seven spades to the IO . . singleton diamond. There is support Personally, I think it is all,rather cute for that idea:- and Swinnerton-Dyer's remarks strike NoRm: "Three Hearts. ·My first me as sour. Reese, too, is in austere bid has already indicated a club fit, and mood:- there is plenty of time to show really REESE: "Two Diamonds. Extra strong support. On the other hand, ordinary, I know. Of the two proposi this may be the last chance to mention tions, • By bidding Two Diamonds am my high hearts." I putting Four Hearts in their l~p? ' RODRIGUE: "Three Hearts. As I and 'By bidding Two or Three No did not force in this suit on the lint Trumps am I likely to end up with a round, partner should realise that I penalty?', I find the second more am showing a good heart holding, not potent." trying to play in hearts. I will be able Some people will bid anything to be to clear up ~my doubts on the next different. ' round." The Four Club bidders say they Problem No. 3 (IO points) prefer to await developments. Swinner· I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding ton-Dyer claims that South should has gone:- have bid Three ·Spades on the first· SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST round showing, ·according to him. a I+ I+ spade void ·and · strong club support. No 3+ No Certainly that seems a good move: few players use that bid to expose an oppo South holds:- nent's psychic. \?AK84 ¢K862 + QJ1097 +- In favour of his Six Club call, Phillips What should South bid? says that· any other bid may dtrect• East'sd. Answer: Three Hearts; 10; Four attention to a killing diamond lea Clubs or Three Spades, 6; Six Clubs, 4. But I think that so far as South ~ The panel's vote: 5 for Three Hearts, 'udge a diamodd lead may be qutte J • . k JQSCI1 _ 4 for Four Clubs (Besse~ Pilarski, welcome: if there are two qutc Schapiro, Tapley), I for Three Spades in that suit it is possible that theydClD (Swinnerton-Dyer), I for Six Clubs never be avotded' · · on t h e o therhan ,a (Phillips). diamond lead cohld well give declarer When this deal came up in match a trick. play, South called Four Cl~bs and North went Five. South judged, from Problem No. 4 (20 points) all, the I his partner's failure to cue-bid over Match-point pairs, game Four Clubs, that the diamond qce was bidding has gone:- 46 · SOUTH WESr NORTH EAST North should resist the temptation to 1+ No No . take out into hearts, for there is usually 2+ 20 2<:::7 No an advantage . in compelling the strong South bolds: defender to make the opening lead. ·+754 <;?A 010863 +AKQ104 Answer to (b): No Bid, 10; Two No (a) Do you agree with South's bid Trumps, 6. of Two ·aubs? State any alternative· The panel's vote: 9 for No Bid,· 2 for that you consider better. Two No Trumps (Reese, Rodrigue). • (b) What should South bid now? I regard the majority vote, No Bid, Answer to (a): Agree with Two Clubs, as a prime example of the Casabianca 10; prefer One No Trump~ 8; prefer complex to which Swinnerton-Dyer Three Clubs, 3. referred in last month's 100 Up. Two · The panel's vote: 9 agree with Two Hearts may . be North's only way of _aubs, 1 prefers One No Trump showing modest values and a . desire (Sharples), 1 preferS Three Clubs (Mrs. to contest; and !.don't see why it should . Marlrus). .be assumed to guarantee a rock-ribbed · six-card suit. In the matter of protective b_idding " balancing", as the Americans call it Furthermore, the hearts may br~ak there is some difference of opinion. badly: West is rather likely to be short, The more scientific players tend' to for otherwise he might have doubled protect on sketchy values, and I thought Two Clubs for a take-out. that such players would consider this I think it is wrong to drop the bidding hand too good for a simple ~ Two Club like a hot potato, and prefer the call, but I was wrong. following:- · 'SWINNERTON-DYER: "Yes, agree with RoDRIGUE : "Two · No Trumps. Two Clubs. You have not the values Partner should not fake our spade !or. Three Clubs and anything else will stopper too seriously, as we failed to ~te partner to foist his silly heart bid lNT on the first round; anyway, sutt upon you." there is already a likelihood that he holds something in spades. Another TOPLEY: "Yes, agree with Two Clubs. Stronger than it should be but it is safety valve is that we are limited by our first bid." · fartood. angerous to invite· ' a heart btd by other action." · REESE: " Two No Trumps. Likely · to be be.ttcr than Two Hearts, and even Naturally, tne middle-road group are content:- game may be on. Partner is almost sure PHILLIPs. " y . .. to.have a guard in·· spades." a bs . es, agree Wtth Two The other view:- a~v · The honour streng~h is a little NoRTH: " No bid. We have not P :.:.~verage for a simple bid in the asked partner to · bid hearts, so pre na~ •ve position but the only alter- sumably he has a good suit. There is no -sve, One No Tr,ump, is a distortion." · point in advancin& further, for partner bestharples, however, thinks 1NT ·is is limited by his ~pass over One Spade." llleanat match pomt· · patrs,· and he is' a BESSE: " No Bid, seeing no future in or bi/perator at this game. That sort this hand. Possibly West will still bid Wha•-· seems to work well in practice Two Spades, whereby we may show ... veron · h • . e mtg t think or the theory: a profit." · 47 ' :. ·· ·. .::. .• NO DEPOSIT! .NO INTEREST! Motor Cars Washing Machines Typewriters Spin Dryers . Tape Recorders Vacuum Cleaners Gramophones Polishers Radios Heaters · Television Boilers Refrigerators and other domestic appliances WE CAN supply leading makes of any of the above mentioned articles. We deliver at once: you pay in twelve mont~ly instalments by Banker's Order. , · NOTHING EXTRA to tpe normal retail price! . . . . CLAUDE RODRIGUE, Paramount Suppliers (Piccadilly), Princes House, 190 PiccadiUy, London, W.l. Regent 3361-2821 Problem No. 5 (10 points) It is a virile school and under-bidding Rubber bridge, Jove all, the bidding is rare, but on this occasion an easy has gone:- game was missed. South, Rodrigue's SoUTH WEST . NoRTH EAST partner, chose to bid Three Clubs, a 1+ 1+ 2(\/ No bid that was defended ·by teamed on· ? lookers but has only one supporter South holds:- amongst the panelists:- +A~J3 OQ107 +AKJ942 1\/- FJLARSKI: ·. " Three Clubs. , Anything What should South bid? eise is dangerous; my second .choice: 3NT." Answer: Three No Trumps, 10; Two Spades, 8; .Three Diamonds, 5; Three . My own opinion is that Three Oubs Clubs, 4; Two No Trumps, 3. is not such a bad bid at the Hamilton Club, but is . untenable under tOO Up The -panel's vote: 4 for Three No conditions. When North has made,: Trumps, 3 for "I:wo Spades (Besse, free bid at the Two level, South shoud . e~ Rodrigue, Swinnerton-Dyer), 2 for be prepared to contract for gam th3l Three Diamonds (North, Sharples), 1 the following bid should ensure for Thr~e Clubs (Filarski), 1 for Two the safest game be reached:- No Trumps (Topley). . "T SpadCS· SwJNNERTON-DY£R: . w_o JN'f in A hand 'submitted by Rodrigue from What we want to do ts btd ke ~ the high game at the Hamilton Club. such a way that partner will not ta 48 \ . . ut into · Four Hearts. If he now bids SOUTH. WEST NORTH EAST ~..:CC Hearts, we can try 3N~ .~ith every 11\7 No hope of it being left: No 2NT No "Two Spades seems. the only avail able . strong bid that is not likely ~o South holds:- produce an immediate Four Hearts . +176432 I\7K102 0 8 +A75 .from North." What should South bid? RooRJoUE: "Two Spades. ·Partner Answer: Three Hearts, 10. I has made a '~ree bid ' (which ·does . The panel's vote: 11 for Three Hearts. not mean a great deal, except that it I had a vag!Je idea that some players was made in a _higher-ranking suit and treated Three Hearts as non-forcing in is thus forcing us to the Three level), this situati~n, but it seems they don't. so that game should be on in spite of a So ther.e_is little to be said. possible misfit. Over Three Hearts we NoRm: "Three Hearts. We have will bid 3NT, which should discourage the values for game .and it is orlly a partner from persevering 'with hearts question of finding the best spot. Three unless the suit is self-supporting. · Hearts is 100 per cent. forcing and "An immediate 3NT is safe only if partner should be. able to guide us to partner is within· kicking distance, the right contract." · while Three Diamonds is feasible only 9f course, if Three Spades . were ~ith great scientist." . forcing, as in the American style, that - I see no pOssible objection....:....technical, would be the bette~ bid. · In Britain the financial, or resthetic-to Two Spades, minimum rebid is di~couraging and can· buf the Syndicate seem to prefer to not be contemplated here. keep that as an idle bid (not that, but in our simple way we have not /~st the Problem No. 7 (20 points) habit of making a cue bid in the enemy Match-point pairs, North-South . suit an indication of support for partner's . vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- suit.-T.R.):- ,, SoUTH WEST • NoRTH EAST REEsE: "Three No Trumps. I am 1NT 30 4+ No ready enough to look for a· cautious ? alternative that will not exclude this South holds:- ~ontract, but really there is none. +KJ97 ·I\7J1096 OAi +AI05 artners who -go back to Four Hearts ·North-South are playing the weak can go home." · no trump, 12 to 14 points. In similar vein:- What should South bid? 8cuAPJko: "Three No Trumps, If (a) As the bidding has gone? frrtner bids Four Hearts, I bid 4NT. (b) If East had called Four Diamonds he ~e.~~ Five Hearts, I go 5NT. If over Four Clubs? . A11swer to' (a)): No Bid, 10; Four Yes,_we get the idea, Diamonds, 8; Five Clubs, 6. The pa11el's vote: 6 for No Bid, 3 for Problem No, 6 (10 points) · Four Diamonds (Besse, Rodrigue, I.M p sc . . has · · onng, game all, the bidding Sharples), 2 for Five Clubs (Reese, gone:- Topley). 49 This probiem was sent by rin American come into the bidding with the int . f . en- r~a-der, who thought Four Diamonds tJOn o _gomg one down. There ar clearly the best answer to (a). I shared millions of good hands that he couJ~ his opinion and am surprised to find have, and be unable to find a better only three supporters. bid than Fpur Clubs. SHARPLES: "Four Diamonds. · At Answer to (b); No Bid, 10; five this vulnerability, Four Clubs must be Clubs, 8; Four Spades, 6. considered forcing in practice. If that _The panel's 1•ote: 7 for No Bid, 3 for is so, Four Diamonds can only mean Five Clubs (Besse, Tapley, Reese), 1 for that I am offering partner an alternative Four Spades (Swinnerton-Dyer). contract in either major, and my hand " Reasoning· unchanged," says Top is extremely well suited to that message." ley. Adds Reese: "If anything, more RoDRIGUE·: " Four Diamonds. I so, for now they arc likely to go Five think I've go~ a good hand for partner, Diamo11ds." They are joined by but may as well give him the chance of Besse. trying a secondary major suit. (Even ·Swinnerton-Dyer's contribution, Four in the Masters Individual I don't think Spades; will ·scor~ over them occa he would read me for 5-5 in the majors). sionally. " If partner is · prepared to play in The others are in the same camp for Four Clubs opposite an unsuitable · different reasons;- hand, he will have to play this one· in SHARPLES: " No Bid. If my reasoning game." under (a) is sound, then Four Diamonds Similarly,. except that he is uncon ·can hardly be passed and. H will still cerned with the possibility of 'a major cost North nothing to show a major." suit game:- . MRs. MARKUS: ~ · No Bid. I hope to ToPLEY: "Five Clubs. At this defeat them and I cannot see eleven vulnerability, partner must think he is tricks for our side. Anyway, partner · very likely to make Four Clubs. :Having · still has a chance to bi_d." few wasted cards, I think he is very likely to make Five." Problem No.8 (10 points) Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding In favour of passing:- has gone:- FILARSKI; "No Bid. If this hand SoUTH WEST . NoRTH ·EAST is good enough for Five ·clubs,. North 1+ should have bid it himself. It is tempt No 20 No 2+ ing to bid Four Diamonds, hoping No 3~ No 3NT North holds a four-card side suit, but No No No on this bidding we will probably fin4 South holds:- . unfavourable breaks. I refuse to believe + A1072 ~Q863 0752 +16 Four Clubs will give a bad score; per Which card should South lead? f haps not the best, but certainly not Answer: 3 of hearts, 10; queen ~ below average." hearts 7 · 2 of spades, 6; Jack of clubs, • 3 PHILLIPs: "No Bid. The two aces The ' panel's ' vote: 6 for 3 ofh earts ~irs. merely mean that I expect to make the for Queen of hearts (Reeser of 2 contract, rather than go one down." Markus, Swinnerton-Dyer), 1 fo; JubS I find that argument highly resistible. spades (Schapiro), 1 for Jack 0 c North knO\ys the score and he did not (Phillips). 50 This is the basis for the heart lead: Schapiro's lead, which Fihirski makes second choice:- BESSE.: " Three of hearts. West's SCHAPIRo: "Two of spades. West's heart bid need not show a suit, so So.uth hearts may not be a long suit, but there just makes his natural lead. _ Poss1bly still may not be enough tricks to take hearts will be. West's only entry for the there. long diamonds, _so that is ~nother " If partner's spades are as good as reason. Something might be said for J 8 x, we will get three tricks here. leading the Queen." The chances of a spade lead giving a SWINNERTON-DYER: " Queen of trick away are very small." hearts. This must be the suit to attack, Phillips plays North for a good club and we may gain by pinning a singleton suit plus a diamond entry. Jack or 10 in declarer's hand, or by misleading him as to the heart position. DUPLICATE STATIONERY PERSONAL SCORE CARDS, with space .. or course, this lead wm sometimes for CONVENTIONS on front, CURTAIN CARDS, TRAYELLING SCORE SLIPS, give dummy an · extra trick, but it will RESULT CHARTS, TABLE MOVEMENT seldom be the ninth trick." CARDS. Samples and price list on request. I . Mrs. Corbett, 12 Boyne Park, Tunbridge There is a good deal to be said for Wells, Kent. LONDON BUSINESS HOUSES East, Miss Crooks, the dealer, opened LEAGUE . One Diamond .. Her partner responded by R. C. R. HAWKES One Spade and North doubled. After The League Champions and winners Two Diamonds from East, South bid of the Carreras Shield were Patent Two Hearts which his partner raised Office " A " who defeated Civil Service to Three. South, D. J. Quinn, then (Crooks) 38-22 I.M.P. in the play-off had the temerity* to bid Three No between the champions of the two top Trumps, and all passed. On a diamond divisions. lead he made ten tricks. At the other The winners gained ori this deal, table the contract was Three ·Hearts, North-South vulnerable:~ made with an overtrick. NORTH Gaslight " A" won the Div. II + AK championship. ~ KQJ6 The knock-out pairs competition for 0 J 3 +Q9832 the A. S. Todd Goblets was won by WEST . EAST Messrs.. Sallis and. Westbrook, G.P.O. +QJ9 762 • 8 53 • Not especially temerarious. He might ~- 10 7 4 . ~ 8 2 0 s . well have· bid 2NT instead of Two Hearts 0 A Q 10 8 6·4 in the previous_round.-T.R. +·J?s +A 10 So urn Lady Milne Cup • 104 The English team (Mrs. Fleming, ~~~ A 9 S 3 Mrs. Gordon, Mrs. Gardner, Mrs. Rye) ·. OK972 won all three matches, scoring 6 victory .. .. K64 ·points. Wales was second with 3 points. 51 •. I • . '' RESULT OF APRIL COMPETITION Solvers generally had the measure of the April problems and scores ran high 'than of )ate. 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Apply Box No. W.T., British Bridae World, 3S Dover Street, London, W.l, TUITION · cbiJII NICO GARD,ENER auarantces to Improve PERFECT YOUR BRIDGE uodcrTuilioD- J~ur ':r"0 • Tuition, practjco clauca and lectures, plouhlp auldance. Private or Group MaJid Th ~rrno;alsupcrvisaon;alsopostalcounca. Practice classes. Duplicate coachinlfret rro• Lo:donn So~ cb~NfBinridac, 38 Kin1's Road, Poinu contcsu. Lectures. FoldSlcr uoMQIIIl ' • •3 • a aton 7201. • tbe Mayfair Bridge Studio (DepL l844 Stn:ct, London, w.t or 'pbODC GR 0• ' 52 ' . . ::" ... ..;: .- :· ~ rf.~ ·: : ~ ~· ~-:..._. ~~,;, :.._ D.Irf -croi~y ·::_ of ·· E.B.U ..Affiliated ···· Clubs · I ' Below we pu~Ii~h the second half of a Directory of E.B.U. Affiliated Clubs. The first half appeared Iast•month. Only those clubs· are included that replied to the qu~tionnaire sent out by the E.B.U. Se<:retary. - N01TINGHAM , . . REIGAni BRIDGE CLUB, 95 Blackborough ca.umx:K BRIDGE CLUB, 480 Mansfield Road,- Road, Reigate. Reigate 5411 . Hon. Sec., Mrs. Nottinlham . . Nottirigham 65921. . · Hon. ·Sec., ' E. D!'dson. Stakes 3d. Partnership, Tues. aft. N. R •. C. Frith. Duplicate Tues. - · - Dupbcate by orr. · MANsFIELD DUPLICATB BRIDGE CLUB, Mason's WALTON·ON-THAMES-Pindar Bridge . Club Anns, Leeming .Street, Mansfield; Notts. (and School), 28 Eshcr Avenue, Walton-on- , Mansfield 1203. Hon. Sec. H. D. Deeley. Thames. Walton 1916. Hon. Sec., Mrs. G. Stakes Nil. Duplicate 1st and 3rd Mon., 2nd .Balmer. Stakes 3d. Partnership, Tues. evening and 4th Thur. · · · ' · Wed. aft. · Duplicate Thur. evening. • . · NomNOHAM BRIDGE (DUPLtCA.fs) GROUP: . WELLESLEY CLUD-107 Park Lane Croydon.' .' Meade House, Hnmllton Road. Nottingham Croydon· 0923. Hon. Sec., Mrs. 'D. Lloyd. 1 63883. Hon. Sec., Mrs. Margery Burns, Stakes Stnk~ 6d. and 2/-. Partnership, Wed. aft. (3d.). None. DupUcate Mon., Wed., Sat., 7 p.m. Duplicate Fri. evening. : · .j SOUTHERN COUNTIES • SUSSEX SHANnrN CRAtGMORE BRIDGE CLuB; Howard CooDEN BEACH GOLP Cr.uu-Bexhill-oo-Sea. . . Road, Shanklin, I.W• . Shanklin · 2940. Hon. Cooden 40. Sec., Major C. A. Weeks: Stakes Sec., J. S. Danby. Stakes 2d. Partnership, 3d. . Partnership, Thurs. Duplicate days One Mon. Duplicate Tues. . everung per month. Usually the second Tues. BoUIIN!!Mounr, , GROVE RoAD BRIDdE 'CLUB, DEVONSHIRE BRIDGE CLUB-Burlington Place, East C1ilf Cottage, 57 Grove Road. Bourne Eastbourne. Eastbourne SS21 Members; 1341 mouth 4311. Hon. Sec., Mrs. Gnsson. Stakes Office. Hon. Sec., Mrs. Douglas Stewart. ·Jd. Partnenhip Thur. and Sot. aft., Sun. evening. Stakes 6d •. Partnership, Mon. and Thurs. aft., ,0 upllcnte 1st Wed., 3rd Fri. Tues. and Fri. evening. Duplicate 2nd and last Fri. evening. ~~ BRIDGE CLUB, 32 Pnlmers'ton Road, Sou.. ...,.., Ho!l· Sec., Mr. F. W. Cary. Stokes WHITEHALL R£siDENTIAL BRIDGE CLUB- . 3dd. Partncrsh1p Tues. and 2nd Fri. Duplicate 11/12 Howard Square, Enstbourne. Eastbourne · 3r 8at.aft. 4544. Hon. Sec., Miss J. Fidler. Stakes 2d. and 3d. Partnership, Tues, and Fri. aft., Wed. STAFFS. .•. a_nd Sat. ~vening . ...Duplicate Sunday. TEJnNHALL BRtoOE CLUB-187.· Tettenhnll HORSHAM BRIDGE Cr.uo-22A East Street, Road, Wolverbainpt~n 51732. Hon. Sec., Mrs. Hors)lom, Sussex. Horsham 4291 . Hon. Sec., ~ t..h Evans. Duphcate Mon. evening Wed, Mrs. M. E. Binney, 7n Bishopric, Horsham. • ur., Sat. evening. ' Stakes 6d., 3d., ld. Partnership, Mon. evening WOLVERHAMPTON BRtDGE cl.uB-86 Tettenhatf 6d., Sun. evening, Wed. and. Fri. aft. 3d. Mon. 1 HoRoa d,.,~olvcrbamptoo. Wolverhampton 20927, and Thurs. evening I d. Duplicate, Tues. evening. · ahln.T"'""' Mn. D. Hallett. Stakes 3d. Partner- Cut-in days Mon. aft. Thurs. evening, Sat. aft: P ues. and Thur., Duplicate ·Mon., Wed., Sat. . · and evening. Beginners' tuition Mon. and Fri. _.. . evening. · - SURREY . HovE.:.....Thc Avenue Bridge Club, IS Third lf.ututER L , , · Avenue, Hove. Hove 35020. Hon. Sec., Capt. Counties QE b AHDIES BRIDGE 'CLUB-Three , J. Gelston. Stakes 3d. and 6d. Partnership, Mn u · nslemerc 312. Hon. Sec., Mon. and Thurs. aft. 3d. Wed. and Sun. evening and lndwThen.0 Stakes 3d. Partnership, 1st Tues. 6d.. Duplicate Tues. · Hum Bur~ . J \VORTJIINO BRIDGE CLUB-1 2 .Byron Road, bridae RHIDOE CLuo-Weybridge. · Wey- Worthing. Worthing 234. Hon. Sec., Miss Jd. Pan3620 • on. Sec., C. G. Ainger. Stakes Iris Curry. Stakes 3d. and 6d. Partnership, _cvenlna, c~~rlpR Fbrbcl. aft. Duplicate Mon. Tues. and Fri. aft., Wed. evening. Duplicate, cventna. n u r. Every aft. and Wed. Mon. oft., Thurs. evening. · · l!f!oM M fi . , MIRABELLE BRIDG E CLUD- lc Heene Terrace, Avenue, E ay eld Bridge Club, 2 St. Martin's Worthing• . Proprietor, Group Capt, G. Badcock. J. A. NathPsom. Epsom 4938. Hon. Sec., ·stnkes.Jd.' Partnership, Tues. and Thurs., Sun. , Fri. 111\. SJ_a)kesp 3d, (~xcept Wed. and Duplicate Nil. 1ft., Wedw::• F I.6 artnersh1p, Mon., Wed., SussEX CLuo-28 Brunswick Terrace, Hove. lrd Tues .• ~venfoa' . evening, Duplicate 1st and Hove 32948. Hon. Sec., E. Alfnndary. Stakes If·, 2/-. Duplicate 1st and 3rd . Fri. evening. '53 -,. WARWICKSHIRE . I • L. Johnson: Partncrsliip, Tuest and F: Du Bll!DQB CIRCLE-101 Harbomc. Road, Dir calc Weds._, 1st n ~ d 3rd Thur, 2nd and 4th M minghnm 16. Edl!bnston , 18?~· Open several ,. ·. CorriNGIIAM BRIDGE · CLU . days a week. Avatlnblc to ·vlSttors by arrange- ,Lnwn Tennis Club Pavilion, Hull ~t~~ mcnt. . · _ ham. C~ tt i ngham 45447 or 47251, lion. Uln&· 1 BIRMINGHAM BRIDGE CIRCLE-46 Vauxhall ' .J, W. Stmpson. Stakes 2/6. Duplkate fJ Street Binninghnm 4. AST. 2312. Open severn! Mitchell M/P nit. Fri. n.: days week, nvnilable to visits-by arrangement. D Ewsuuiw BRIDGE CLUB-49 Foundry ~ 5 HEATHERCROFT BRIDGE CLUD-2 Pebble Mill Dewsbury. Dews bury 3027. Han. Sec., ~ Rand, Birmingham 5. SEL. 0448. Open severn! Payne. · Stakes 3d. Partnership Sat. e~'tllinz_ days n week, nvnilnblc to visitors by arrangement- Duplicate, T~ es ., Fri.· evenings. ' ManNiNGTON DRID~E CLbn..:_17 Strensham · HARROOATE-Cnmpbell's Bridge Cab ll Hill, Birmingham 13. SOU. 0031. Open severn! Victoria Avenue, Harrogate. Harrogate 6J619 days n week. Aynilnblc to visitors by arrangement. ~n . ~c., CT D. C~jpbi,U . ~takes 2d. Panna. MosELEY BRIDGE CLUD- Mosley and Dnlsnll .. 5 p, on., ' '!_es., r ' uphcatc,- Jrd Wed. aft. Heath Institute, Moseley Rand, Birmingham 13, - LEEDS BRIDGE CLUB LTD-Moonown Coma • '·Han. Sec., Mrs. · D. --E; Grnhnm, ·41 Grove House, Leeds 17. Leeds 681571. Hon. _Set, Avenue, Moseley, BirminghniJl 13. Open severn! Mrs. M. Mayne. Stakes .6~ . nod 1/· Dupliatt, days n week, available to visito,rs b.):' arrangement. !_ues. nnd Thur, ScARBOROUGH AND · DISTiller Omtucr CoVENTRY·· BRIDGE · CLU·o-320 ' Broadgate · BRIDGE CLUo-!3A Queen·Strcct, Searborouch. House, Coventry. Coventry 40184. Open Scarborough 4318. Han. Sec:, Miss R. Whilnll. ' severn! dnys 'per week, nvailnble to visitors by Stakes td. Partnership, Wed. evening. Dupliato arrangement: · · Mon. evening. . · " ' Si!rroN BRIDGE CLUo-IS8A Lichfield Rand, . SHEFFIELD -BRIDGE CL~ lbomsett Road, Four Onlq;, Wnrks. Four Oaks 431.· Open Sheffield ·1. Sheffield ·50844. Hon. Sec., Mn. severn! days a week. Available to visitors by J. · C. Bowler. Stakes 2d. and' Jd.: l'artnCnhip, arrangement. ' Mon. nnd Wed. Duplicate, Thur: · YORKs ' WAKEFIELD BRIDGE. CLUn-:..Hagcobath's Caf~ Bull Ring, Wakefield. Wakefield 5905. Hen. BARNSLEY BRIDGE CLUII-'-Mechanics Insti · Sec., M . MacLeod. Stakes 1d- Duplicate, Mon. tute, Hanson Street, ·Dnmsley. , Bnrnsley 30ll. Rubber 'Bridge nit. Thurs. " Han. Sec;., Mrs. H • . Edso·n. DupHcnte Wed., Sat. cvemng, 6.55 p.m. , · YORK BRIDGE CLUo-Brentwood House, 120 Holgate Rand; York. York 22178. - Hen.~ BRADFORD BRIDGE CLUD- 9 · Eldon Place G. -D . ·am. Stakes 1d. nnd 3d. PartnenhiP. Bradford. Drndford 206581. Hon. Sec., M rs: lnst Fri. In month .. Duplicate Tues. and W~ ..,... ; . . .. If you are n~t already an annual sub~c;iber, please make sure that you receive fut~re issues by' completing tl!e form below. _ ~. . . - Order form To the Publishe~s, The British Btidge . Wo~ld, Hugh Quekett Ltd., 35 Dover Street, Lo~doil, W.l: · - ~- ' Please enrol me, as a subscrib-er. to The British Brldg~ World, I as from ...... : ...... · .... ' .~: ...... :.... .~ ...... :.... (state month). I enclose annual subscription .of 30/-._ . 1 NAME (in block capitals) ...... _ ...... :.-...:.- · AD~RESS _(i~ block. capitals)...... ~: ...... _...... -.:._.. ____.. ~ ...... -...... :...... :. ... ,...... -...... --- 54 .. ,' .. . . ' , Master Points Secretary: ' F. o. Bingham, 48 Lordship Park, Lond~m, _N.16 \ • .·· · . PR,OMOTIQN~ R. ~nd ']. 'Sharples.; · ~re .-th.e · fiist piayers to o qtain the 300 points necessary to become Life ~ast~rs. Both have a total of 307, of 1 hich 168 are National Points. · . . ·' · J. Hochwald . (Y~rks.), Dr. .s. Lee (London) ~nd A. F. Tru~cott ~urrey) haye· reached t~e . required score of 150 Master, Points (at least 75 won in National- · events) and become National Masters, bringing the total in this :rank to nineteen. I The~e are six -new names on th~ rol~ of Masters (SO M.P.):- 1 ; N. Alton (Leicestershire); Mrs. M ~ Edwards (Surrey); Mrs. M. fletcher {Wales); Mrs. ¥· Frith (Yorks.); R. T. Higson (North- )Vest); P. · ~urray (Wales)/ · .· · ·. i This month's' County list refers -to the . . •. ' I SURREY CONTRACT BRIDGE ASSOCIATION , Nati~nal M~sterj: D:C. - ~gt~n (205);.A. ·F. Truscott (159). , I; Masters: J. M : Flint .(.133); R. A. Priday (127); J. D. R. Collings (107); E. Le;tder-Williams (99); J. R: M. Beale (83); J. C. Street (76); Mrs. J . .Evins · (74);· L: Helin· (GS); Mrs. 0 . Goodall (59); M. Triefus . (SS); G. Mathieson (56);· Mrs. M. Ed~ards (54); J. B. Parker (54); Mrs. J. M. ~arper (52); D: C~ Luxton (52). . . . J ~o~ty Master~: J: H. JSortright (42); Mrs. T. Symons (40); Mrs. .nug (37); Mtss S.Evans (36); Dr. R. Y. Forbes (35); J. Taylor 33 ~ ), D. _Carter (27); 'Mrs. D. R.· Freshwater (25); P. Kornfeld (25). ( ~ Masters: D. R. Fres~water (2,3); E. G. Broadbe~t, F. J: Hobden .,22 te' d. E. Clark (20); Mrs .. H. Stevenson (19); E. J. Gilling, Mrs. c. a er w·u· Gilli M 1 Iams .(17); Mrs; C.' G. Ainger, R. J. Blyton, Mrs. B. ~g·M.rs. H. Ford, J. E. Sindell, J. C. J. Tatham (15); Dr. R. ·R. (13); P. ~~s :· Binds~hadler, R. McNair-Janes, R. W .. Stevenson (II); C. G. ~!11, Mrs. B. Luxton (12); A- ·F. C!ru~d!, J. Wasserberg . .. . mger, Mrs. F. J. Hobden, Mrs. E. 'Phillips (10). 55 ·. ~:. :.!.. ·_::·<::.:r~., .. -~ .. ::;c:-:,::t~-·.D~~:;:·.r~,·?·;·;·.·.~ ::~:\\"r· -~>·'·?:~~ .. ~-~··.:rr~·; ::i~f:~l Cluo• Masters: R. K , R .. ·Phillips. (9); ''Mrs • : A.. Alder ' n• K.. elt' !Dg (8); Mrs.B ..Uniacke (7); Mrs~J. C~10' rley, H. G. Edleston, F. Edwards, _W. H. A. Groo~, , Mrs ..1'1· Groom, A. 'A. Pesc~tt-Day (6); A, H. Dalton, J. R. Gibson, Miss P. Nye, E. Poole, Miss E. M. Simpson . H.' G. Slater {5);. E. ¥· Beale, Mrs. K . .L. Coward, Mrs ..o. Hedley: F. C. H9lloway; Mrs. D. A. Myddletori, Mrs. E. D. Poole (4); A.C. Eastgate, R. B. Pullan, Mrs . •R. B: P1,1llan · (3); P. D. Adams, Mrs. Barnley, E. Benn, J. Boyd-Barrett; Mr~. M . .Butl~r. S. R. H. Butler . . . ·. - : • . t · J. H. Callow, F. V. C~rter, 'Mrs. Chesterton, A. A· ~award, J. R. Davidson, H . .S: ' Edwar~s, Mrs:' A. E. Fisher, H. Francis, G. s:Green, G. W. Gulson, Mrs. B. James, E. Lazenby, Mrs. · E. A. ·Martin, Miss P. J. Martin; Dr. B. Mitcheil, F: J. Nash; Mrs·. P. 'M. Norman, P. A. G. · Norman, A. E. Phair, J. Rogers, Mrs. M. Sandfor~, Mrs. H.~. Slaughter, Mrs. D. M. Stone, J. Trapnell, J. W. White. · ·· . ' . .. :.· .~ .. ( I' • I .. ·, !·I I SJSS» . I May 16-17 PACHAno Cup ·.;.- Grand; Leicester 16-17 . PAC~ADO Cui> Grand, Leicester ·· ~ 22-24 YORKSHIRE-CONGRESS ... 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