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Contents Page Editorial 5-6

The , by Harold Franklin 8- 18

International Trials--First Half, by ... 19- 23

Hands of the Month,, by Ronald Crown ... 24-25

Knights of the Square Table, by 26-28

One Hundred Up: July problems ... 28- 29

London and the Sowth, by Alan Hiron 31 - 33

Repeat of June problems ... 34

We'll Remember Spa, by Harold Franklin 35- 39

One Hundred Up: Answers to June Competition 40-46

D irectory of E.B.U. Clubs ... 47

Diary of Events 48

Master Points Register 48

4 Editorial

GOOD LUCK TO THEM To have a woman captain is a Overleaf arc the names of the major break with tr~dition but first three pairs in the open trial there could have been no better and the first two in the ladies'. choice for a post which has, most They will play for Britain in the ungallantly, been likened to that European Championships in of Prefect of the Auxilia. Beirut. A DREAM COMES TRUE It looks as though there will be For the Lebanese it will be a about fourteen starters in the dream come true. For a long Open championship. Italy's team time they have wanted the cham­ will include only two of the current pionships but there have been World champion~, Belladonna and many difficulties. Now they will D'Alclio: the others will be make us wish it had happened Bianch i and Brogi, who will be sooner. remembered from Torquay, with Messina and Pabis-Tieci. Eric Jannersten is the organisa­ tion man, a guarantee of success France is supposed to be enter­ in that field. There will be ing a team but tht're is no definite Bridgerama in the hotel theatre news. Most of the smaller coun­ and a daily bulletin. But the tries will be there but the cham­ biggest certainty is of a gracious pionship may be less difficult to social aspect. win than it has sometimes been. On September 5 the most hard­ NONE BUT THE BRAVE bitten "regulars" will pack their In the ladies' section Britain bags with a song in their hearts. expects to rely on two pairs, but Mrs. Fleming has pluckily agreed COME AND JOIN US to be captain and she will play if Wives, sweethearts, camp fol­ necessary. lt seems a sound lowers and plain kibitzers have arrangement, for the ladies' pro­ been thought of. They will be gramme is not arduous. It will invited to all entertainments just at least do away with the awkward­ as if they were players. The ness which can arise when a third Lebanese have obtained big re­ pair feel that their prowess is ductions in hotel tariffs, air fares, being overlooked. etc., and all visitors will benefit. 5 In particular a special trip has chance of it being held in Britain. been arranged for spectators at 1t was decided at Cannes that a price of 135 guineas, which Italy should be the host country, includes return air fare and ac­ regardless of the outcome in commodation at a good second­ Beirut. class hotel with . private bath, That decision ought not to breakfast and one main meal. lt have been made before Beirut. is well below anything previously Britain has never staged the attempted and is little more than World championship and if she the normal cost of air travel. happened to retain the European Write to Frank O'Shanohun title she would have strong claims. Associates (attention of Mr. Mann - Thomson), 47 Reeves With the entry of South Mews, Grosvenor Square, W.J. America and the priority accorded to the World champions we have PRE-EMPTION strayed from the original con­ Following Beirut it will be ception of the championship. Europe's turn to stag'e the World The European title-holders now championship, but 1there is no seem to be the poor relations.

European Championship Trials

The trials for Beirut resulted as follows:-

OPEN SERIES LADIES SERIES V.P.s V.P.s lst K. Barbour. 52 lst Mrs. Juan 51 P. Swinnerton-Dyer Miss Shanahan

2nd J. Flint 44 2nd Mrs. Durran 45 R. Swimer Mrs. Whittaker

3rd K. Konstam 39 J. Tarlo 6 Beirut from the hills

The Phoenicia Intercontinental hotel, scene of the championships 7 T'he Gold Cup by HAROLD FRANKLIN

The closing stages of Britain's North dealer premier team event were again North-South vulnerable held at the Polish Hearth, Lon­ NORTH don, but on this occasion the • 8 52 venue proved less !1ucky for Mrs. \?Ql087642 Markus. The holders bit the dust 07 on the first day and it was left to + KQ the other London team, captained WEST EAST by M. Harrison-Gray, to ward + AJ4 +KQ 963 off the provincial challenge. \?- \?9 The Quarte1r-finals O AQJ108642 0K53 Harrison-Gray v. Figgis + 86 + 10742 The London tearn took an early SOUTH lead and at the half-way stage of • 10 7 the 64-board match were ahead by \? AKJ 53 80-14. Figgis made a spirited 09 recovery in the ev•ening session, + AJ953 scoring forty points. against three in the first sixteen lboards. Most SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST of this unexpected harvest was No No gathered in the fleld of slam 1\? 50 5\? 5+ bidding. No No 6\? No See next column No 6+ Dble. No SouTH WEST NORTH EAST No No 3(Vl No Pugh's judgment in going on 4NT 60 No No over Five Spades was question­ 6\? No No No able. After his initial pass he For the losers the opening could hardly imagine that partner Three bid was justified by the was offering him the alternative state of the match, but the final of a slam or a penalty double and contract went two down. The he h.ad no reason to insist on considerations were not the same either. His subsequent double of for the North playe:r at the other Six Spades also gave the sugges­ table, where the aiUction was:- tion of greater defensive values 8 than he in fact held. Perhaps it NORTH was this which induced his partner + K 10 8 7 4 2 to make the disastrous opening \;) 10 6 5 lead of \;)A, which gave declarer 0 Q 4 all thirteen tricks. + 83 The problems presented by a WEST EAST "bouncing" auction should not • J 5 have proved insurmountable to \;)K8742 \;)AQJ3 the Sharples brothers on the ·0 ­8 6 0 J 9 53 following hands:- + A K 1 10 9 4 + Q7 5 WEST EAST SOUTH • K Q X X X • A 10 X + AQ9 63 \;) Q J 10 X X \;) A X X X \;) 9 0 A 0 J 10 X X X X OAKI072 + Ax + - + 62 West opened One Spade and When the brothers Shenkin sat North bid 1NT, announced as a North-South, this was the auc- two-suiter in the minors. East tion:- doubled, South bid Four Clubs SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST and West Four Hearts. East I+ 2+ 2. 3+ judged that the danger of bad 4. 5+ 5. No breaks was too great and passed. No No T he most obvious alternative was West opened the Ace and King a bid of Five Clubs, an invitation of clubs and was then faced with which would have been sufficient a problem which might have been for West. avoided by a low club at trick 2. T he favourites rallied in the However, a heart switch could be closing stages to an eventual ''in wrong only if the declarer were of 113- 58. 6-2- 3-2 or 5-3-3-2 and held both Shenkin v. Smjeant \;) AQ and winning diamonds. Here, too, fortunes changed in Such holdings would leave East the early boards after dinner. At with far too little to justify his bid the interval Sarjcant led by 16 of Three Clubs, but West switched points and half-way through the to a diamond and now dummy's evening session his team was heart losers went away. headed for defeat. If one single At the other table the auction hand provided the turning point, began in the same way, but over this was it:- Three Clubs South bid Three 9 Diamonds. It was a mistake to West dealer say so much about the character North-South vulnerable of his hand when he himself had NOR Til the values to go di1rectly to Four + A Q 10 4 Spades. West was enabled to AK94 introduce his heart suit over Three 0- Diamonds and East-West finally • A 10 8 7 5 held the contract in1 Five Hearts WEST EAST to give a double game swing to + 2 + K 7 the Scottish team. And that was Q 110 6 2 enough to decide the match, 74-72 0 K63 O A9_12 to Shenkin. + KQJ963 + 42 Spurway v. Saunders SOUTH Once again dinner proved to be + J98653" the turning point. At the interval

The Spurway t•eam gained So after I 6 boards Spurway was heavily when they dis.played better back in the lead but for the judgment on successive boards:- remainder of the session Gray drew away, aided largely by + 9854. <::75 O Q.J643 + A76. timidity from Griffiths and Rich­ Both John Spurwa1y and Rock­ ardson on successive boards. felt responded Three D iamonds, a + AK3 Q 4 3 NORTH ·0 -K Q 10 9 6 + KQ853 • 10 9 8 7 2 y>AJ63 WEST EAST OQ1075 • 10 8 53 + QJ976 y> 9 8 5 y>AKJ7 WEST EAST ()87532 ()A + -AJ 7 ·- .3 . QJ4 y> 8' 7 y>K9542 SOUTH 0 K9 3 2 ·() ­AJ6 + AK42 . KQ32 . AJ965 y> 10 6 2 SouTH 0 J4 • 10 9 6 4 2 . AK65 y> Q 10 0 8 4 Topley, South, opened One . 10874 Club and Spurway raised to Five Clubs. East doubled and when When North opened One Spade West found the heart lead a heavy and J. Sharples doubled, South penalty was assured. At the other raised to Two Spades. West bid table Rockfelt took a more de­ 3NT and North, John Spurway, liberate view of the North hand defended with Four Spades. He and responded One Diamond. seemed to have had the best of East, Griffiths, doubled and South the board when he was doubled bid INT. North completed the and one down. picture of his hand by bidding At the other table Gray raised Three ClQbs and East's pass was to Three Spades after East had excessively cautious. The tale of doubled One Spade. Richardson, misfortune was completed when West, now chose to say Four Dia­ West led a small spade, allowing monds, a bid to which there are the declarer to make ten tricks. many objections. 3NT was the Gray ended the first day's play most obvious bid, Four Spades 21 points ahead. might have invited his partner to Spurway began the second day play in a minor-suit game, and in great spirit and had reduced Four Clubs would at least have the deficit to two points after only been based on a more substantial seven boards. His team could suit. Over Four Diamonds, North have gone to the front at board 43. bid Four Spades and East sup- 17 ported to Five Diamonds. North doubled and the declarer did well to take ten tricks. The Once more Gray assumed an advantage of over twenty points System Today and once more they were pulled by TERfNCf RWE and back. Board 73 found Spurway ALIEJIT DORMER with yet another opportunity to 'At long last there is a genuine classic on the Acol System ..• take the lead. A really outstanding book.' South dealer • Sunday Telegraph East-West vulnerable 'Whether you want it or not, NORTH sooner or later this brilliant exposition of Britain's winning + AQ8 2 system will influence your game \? A976 2 • • • 1hat is, if you want to remain on the winning side.' 0 A 10 7 4 Competitor's Journal + - ISs. net WEST EAST Edward Arnold • 64 3 • 9 7 5 <:? J 54 \7 ·- 41 , Haddox Street, London, W. l 0 K 8 62 0 Q J 9 3 + J 52 + AK10873 SouTH from the North hand. The auction + KJ 10 had been identical until the last \? K Q 10 8 3 bid, when Richardson had jumped 05 from Four Spades to Six Spades, + Q 9 64 never having supported hearts. After a club lead he had no play SOUTH NORTH and failed by two tricks. Gray Rockfe/t 1<:? 2 ~~ From this point the Spurway 3+ 4<) team lost heart and the final mar- 4+ 6~? gin in no way reflected the nature No of the struggle. E. J. Spurway and Twelve tricks were made and it Topley were as good as any pair, seemed that the only question was and Topley as good as any player, whether the other room would hid in the match. Gray and Rockfelt the makeable grand slam. There were the main strength of the win­ was a long wait until news came ning team and Rockfelt's first win from the closed room that Rich- after nine Gold Cup final appear­ ardson was playing in Six Spades ances was well deserved. 18 -International Trials-First Half by TERENCE REESE At the end of the first week-end recorded only once. I trunk one of the final trials P. Swinnerton­ must conclude from this that the Dyer and K. Barbour had the system of scoring produces much nearest view of the Cedars of smaller swings than in a straight Lebanon. The ten pairs taking match between two teams. In­ part are playing nine matches of deed, that must be so. · 32 boards on the same scoring Perhaps the two most fancied principle as 'ast year: results are combinations were at the head compared with tbe average ob­ of the draw for the first round :­ tained at the five tables after the Round 1 top and bottom scores have been Flint and Swimer beat Gray eliminated, and the J.M.P. differ­ and Schapiro, 5-3. ence over 32 boards is translated Collings and ('rown beat Preston into victory points, with a maxi­ and Rockfelt, 5-3. mum of8-0. Swinnerton-Dyer and Barbour The victory point table after beat I.. Tarlo and Gardener, 6-2. four of the nine rounds read as Truscott and Priday drew with follows:- Franses and Hiron, 4-4. V.P. Konstam and J. Tarlo beat Swinnerton-Dyer and Franklin and Rodrigu~, 5-3. Barbour 26 At love all, partner One Club, · Rodrigue and Franklin 20 butt-in Three Clubs, you hold:­ Schapiro and Harrison-Gray 19 + K6 Truscott and Priday 19 9. missed a 6-2 win by one J.M.P., Too quickly, he played low from were lamenting some bidding mis­ dummy, and after that there was calculations. A difficult decision no play for the contract. arose in this hand . Returning for a moment to the • AQJ table where Gray had bid Six ~AKQ73 Hearts for a poorish result: On (> 10 7 5 3 the next hand Schapiro opened .A Four Hearts. This was doubled At love all the player in front by Flint in fourth position, and of you opens Three Spades. You Swimer considered a moment or are playing 3NT for a take-out, two before passing the double. double for business. You have Gray, who had a strong hand but an awkward choice between a in hearts, judged the double, 3NT, and Four Hearts. moment propitious for a psycho­ Say you choose Four Hearts. logical stroke. His redouble, cost­ The bidding continues:- ing 1,400, further cemented the SouTH WEST NORTH EAST partnership. 3. 4~ Round 2 4• 5~ No ? Gray and Schapiro beat Preston In a sense you have plenty in and Rockfelt, 5-3. reserve. On that basis Rodrigue Flint and Swimer beat L. Tarlo bid Six Hearts. Diamonds were and Gardener, 6-2. led and dummy went down with Franklin and Rodrigue beat a singleton spade, five hearts, Collings ;tnd Crown, 5-3. King of clubs, and four small Swinnerton-Dyer and Barbour diamonds. beat Franses and Hiron, 7- 1. The bid of Six Hearts looks Truscott and Priday beat Kon­ tempting at first, but I think one stam and J. Tarlo, 5-3. should reflect that South must 21 have some tricks to bid Four As a glance at the diagram will Spades. With a weak hand and indicate, it is not at all easy for a few spades, he would pass and North-South to stop at a makable not risk provoking opponents to contract. Truscott and Priday slam level. Also, one must not followed this route:- expect spades to ~ led. SOUTH NORTH Round 3 2+ 2\? Flint and Swimer beat Crown 3+ 3\? and Collings, 8- 0. 3NT 6NT Gray and Scbapir;o beat No J. \ Tarlo and K. Konstam, 6-2. West led a spade to declarer's Franklin and Rodrigue beat Ace, and a string of clubs fol­ Truscott and Priday, 5- 3. lowed. Both defenders were slow Swinnerton-Dyer arnd Barbour to appreciate that if declarer bad beat Preston and Rock.felt, 6-2. a heart in his hand there would be Franses and Hiron beat Gard­ no defence. East, anyway, should ener and L. Tarlo, 6-2. discard his two hearts immedi­ ately. After East had signalled Since Vienna, AlaJQ Truscott with the 9 of diamonds and' West has been at the wrong end of a had discarded the King, the number of bizarre happenings at following position was reached:- · the slam level, but he was the hero of the deal that was the sensation NORTH of this round:- .Q NORTH <::? AKQ8 • Q5 0- \?AK Q 8'i'6 +- 0 8 3 2 WEST + 43 .J WEST EAST <::?J953 • J 10 7 6 3 • 9 8 4 2 0 - <::? J95 32 <::? 1!0 4 +- OK OQ J96 5 ~OUTH I +Q 2 + 76 .K SOUTH <::? - 0 A 10 7 4 l . AK <::? - +- 0 A 10 7 4 Diagnosing the situation ex­ + AK J 10985 actly, Truscott cas_hed the King of 22 spades and then exited with the against the opening bid on the 10 of diamonds, to East's con­ following hand:- fusion. No other North-South pair East dealer Love all succeeded in registering a plus NORTH score. Collings and Crown had .5 the best chance when their bidding

East dealer North-South vulnerable + A 76 I y>2 I OKQ J 95 . KJ 53 • J 5 • Q 10 8 4 3 2 j y> A K J 10 8 6 Q 9 <> 10 6 08 . 972 • Q 10 8 6 + K9 y>7543 0A7432 . A4

Room 1: Room1: SOUTH WESr NORTH EAST SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST H orrl..n- &.. Roelcj'JI Stcrirrur Gray Tranldln L.Tarlo J, Shttrplfl R. Shttrple~ No No No !NT D ble. 2+ No 3~ No No 3NT No No 4+ No Dble. No No No + A led. 6 tricks. 700 toN-S. OK led. 7 tricks. 100 toN-S.

Room 1. Franklin seemed to have achieved a brilliant stroke when his opponents settled in 3NT with no heart guard and him on lead; but his partner could not forgo the at the prevailing vulnerability. I would have thought that, with obvious grounds for dout1ting the bona fides of partner's no trump, one should go quietly. Note that Six Diamonds is a spread for North-South. Apart from their top tricks the defenders obtained a ruff in both clubs and hearts. Room 1. Ironically a most obvious bid by Jim Sharples secured a ..hrilliant result in quick time. Probably both North aud South (who could have re-opened with a double) were swayed towards caution by the thought that partner would respond to a take-out request by bidding spades. 24 by Ronald Crown

Preston v. Harrison-Gray

West dealer North-South vulnerable + K5

Room 1: Room 2: SOUTH WFST NORTH EAST SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST R.Shuplu J. Slulrplu Rodif•b P.U~<>n Flim s...... Nortlo Pu1h No t + No No I+ No 2+ No J<> No 2+ No J <> No . 4+ No 4~ No 4+ No 4NT No S<> No S+ No 5NT No 6+ No 7+ No No No No No + 3 Jed. 13 tricks. 2,140 to N-S. <>J led. 13 tricks. 1,390 to N-S.

Room J. A well conducted auction in which North showed every key feature of his hand and enabled South to bid the grand slam with confidence. Room 2. The first four bids were the same as in Room I. Preston then introduced a Culbertson 4NT, which may not be the best move. After partner's welcome support in clubs North is already entertaining notions of a grand slam and it is important to locate not only the Aces but the King of diamonds. 4NT, followed by the obligatory response of SNT, left no room for this. In a match that was remarkable for the number of slam hands, the lead changed with almost every eight boards. Preston's team were the eventual winners by 20 new I.M.Ps. 25 Knights of the Square Table by BORIS SCHAPIRO

Comparisons need not be odious and they are anyway inevitable. The following article caused lively discussion when it appeared in the "Contract Bridge Journal" in 1951. It's about time I raised another No.4. 91 per cent. K. Konstam. controversy. So here goes .... Superb dummy player and de­ A ranking list of leading British fender, erratic and undisciplined players with a theoretical par of bidder; is liable to and does in 100 per cent. fact "bring in" a lot of points. _No. l. 98 per cent. Terence Concentration good; very difficult Reese. Brilliant, tenacious and to play against. imaginative; any amount of cour­ No. 5. 90 per cent. L. Dodds. age, very good bidder, immaculate Brilliant dummy player and de­ dummy player and dlefender, never fender. The writer . personally puts pressure on partner. Con­ does not agree with his bidding centration first class; difficult to methods. Very difficult to play play against. against but concentration is bad. The writer finds it extremely No.·2. 95 per cent. A. Mere­ difficult to differentiate between dith. At times rightly described the respective merits of players as a genius, definitely the best like H . Franklin, N. Gardener, L. player of difficult hands in the Baron, L. Tarlo, J. Tarlo, and the country, very good bidder (when Sharples brothers, but is inclined not indulging in some particular to Jean towards N. Gardener, H. idiocy), superb dummy player Franklin~ L. Baron and L. Tarlo and defender. Concentration as the next best players. medium; easy to play against, Brilliant players such as J. C. H. mainly owing to slowness. Marx, I. McLeod and S. Kosky No. 3. 93 per et:nt. Harrison­ are not taken into consideration Gray. Brilliant dummy player, as they do not now compete in very good defende:r, inclined to major tournaments. overbid in competiitive situations Well, that's my opinion. You but always liable to "slip a con­ will probably disagree, but que tract through". Concentration voulez vous? That's what makes poor; difficult to play against. it interesting. 26 That was eleven years ago. Four years later a British teum bruught the World Championship to Europe for the first time. Four members of that team were included in Schapiro's first jive (the other members of the team were Jordanis Pavlides and Schapiro himself). So he wasn't a bad judge. Time has flowed gently since and the face of British tournament bridge has not greatly altered. But there are some newer names to measure against the dignified old gentlemen and we asked Schapiro to bring us up to date. As he admits, his ranking list cannot be regarded as compre­ hensive and there are some obvious omissions. Some players have not spoken and defender. If I had to find a to me since my last ranking list fault in his game it would be was published eleven years ago, slowness and the fact that he is and I suppose I will now alienate easy to play against. Otherwise a few more. But here goes. he approaches world class. Where were we? Reese is still Fourth comes the old war-horse, the best, and in my opinion by a . He is still a greater margin than before. His most formidable opponent, a very dummy play and defence are as good dummy player and superb immaculate as ever, and the old defender. He makes mistakes gentleman has actually polished nowadays but is fast and hard to up his bidding. Believe it or not, get the better of. I still prefer him he has condescended to play on my side rather than against "" and Stay­ me. man, and I strongly suspect that Fifth to . eighth? Take your by 1973 he will be giving the Baron choice between Gardener, Harri­ system a close look. son-Gray, Rodrigue and Rose. Consistency is still his forte and Gray must be the best player over his game is machine-like with sixty and he is still a tremendous hardly an error. (He can't afford force at the bridge table. Rose them, as his partner makes plenty.) is a wonderful card player and Ralph Swimer I now rank No. Gardener has not made a mistake 2, mainly on the strength of his since my last ranking list was consistently fine card play, which published. Rodrigue would be a is of world class. He has also a greater force if he were swifter; very good temperament. he is sometimes laboured and Jeremy Flint is very talented, easy to play against, but in other and a beautiful dummy player respects he is very polished. 27 Who else? Franklin is probably very talented indeed but needs the best analyst in the game. experience. Truscott is also a very good Without doubt I have over­ analytical player and looked some players who ought is a rising young star; he cannot to be included, but I am afraid be much over *. (*: censored; they will just have to accept my editor). These two• have played apologies. well in both the European and How does the future look? In the world championships. Peter my opinion we have, regrettably, Swinnerton-Dyer has a wonderful no youthful players capable of brain and is often a scorching card replacing the old guard at present. player but I am n•ot sure about Certainly they do not compare his tactics and he Heems to have with the younger Americans and difficulty in forming a partnership. French, particularly the latter. Oh yes, and young Carol Gold­ But one never knows, and perhaps stein, who surprised everybody in some will suddenly improve and Cannes, including himself. He is surprise us all. Orte Hundred Up Ccmducted by ALAN TRUSCOTT July Competition

A panel of ex~: rts 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 prizes are offered for tlie best sets of answers:­ FIRST PRIZE Two Guineas. SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES One Guin•ea. Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in more than one entry. Only annual subscribers to the B.B.W. are eligible for prizes. Answers should! be sent to One Hundred Up, British Bridge World, 35 Dover Street, I.ondon, W.l, to arrive not later than first post on August 1. Some latitude will be given to overseas competitors. 28 Problem No. 1 (10 points} Problem No. 5 (10 point:>) Match-point pairs, North - South !.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- has gone:- SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SoUTH WEST EAST No I+ l\7 2+ I + J+ No ? 2NT No No South holds:- ? + K8764 \782 OK953 + QJ. South holds:- What should South bid? + KJ96 \7K43 0182 + AJ3 What should South bid? Problem No. 2 (10 points) Problem No. 6 (20 points) J.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- able, the bidding has gone:- , North-South vulner­ SouTH WEST NORTH EAST able, the bidding has gone:- 1\7 No 2+ 20 SouTH WEST NORTH EAST ? !NT 2+ No South holds:- (12-14) + KQ6 \7AQ9642 OAQ53 No 20 2+ No What should South bid? ? South holds:- Problem No. 3 (20 points) + 10843 \7AQ5 OQ3 + 9862. (a) Do you agree with South's first­ I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding round pass? has gone:- (b) what should South do now? SoUTH WEST NORTH !NT No Problem No. 7 (10 points) (12-14) I.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding No No has gone:- SouTH WEST NORTH EAST South holds:- 10 I+ + AJ5 \71 OAK63 + A9654. 40 No (a) Do you agree with South's bid of ? Three Clubs? If not, what alternative do South holds:- you prefer? + A104 \7AK532 0- + Ato965 (b) What shoul_d South bid now? What should South bid?

Problem No. 4 (10 points) Problem No. 8 (JO points) Match - point pairs, North - South I.M.P. scoring, game aU, the bidding vulnerable, the bidding has gone:- has gone:- SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SouTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 No I + No No INT 20 No 2\7 No 3+ 4+ No 4NT ? No No No South holds:- South holds:- + 10 \7AK4 OQJ9752 + Q103. + AQ1098743 \74 0 - +10964 What should South bid? What should he lead 7 29 .. Switch out ~0 (j)~~ stuffy air and unpleasant smells with the elegant new W@LPJllQdJJJO~ AABj FOR BETTER AIR CONDITIONS VENT-AXIA LIMITED · 60 ROCHESTER ROW • LONDON • S.W.1. TELEPHONE: VICtoria 2244

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The Ladies' Individual, held at NORTH the Grand Hotel, Eastbourne, was + AKS won by Mrs. Markus for the fifth <:? J 10 3 time since the event was inaugu­ 0 7 4 rated in 1952. The leading scores • Q J 10 53 were: WEST EAST 1st Mrs. R. Markus 978 • J 9 7 2 • Q 10 8 6 4 3 2nd Mrs. E. Davis 970 <:? 6 54 <:? 9 8 7 3rd Mrs. F. Gordon 969 0 9 3 0 AS = 4th {Mrs. E. Kaplan 946 + K 8 6 2 + A7 Mrs. D. Shammon 946 SOUTH After four sessions of twenty­ one boards, and with one session \? AKQ2 to play, Mrs. Davis had built up a ·O -KQJ10862 lead of over three tops. But many + 94 horrible things can happen in and in the furore which followed individual tournaments and these the Ace of trumps blushed unseen. had saved themselves up for her South's suit is tailor-made for last round, with the result that an Acol Two, but bids of One Mrs. Markus sped by with one of Diamond and Five Diamonds are her famous late runs. reported to have been made. The biddings in ladies' bridge North usually endeavoured to tend to be less predictable than play in no trumps· but was over­ in the men's game. On the deal ridden, though one pair showed below the auction followed a their appreciation of the need to different route at each table. play in a high-valued contract by See next column alighting in a dangerous Four The travelling score-sheet held Hearts. At another table East an array of implausible scores, issued a . but none was more surprising SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST than Five Diamonds plus two, 20 No 3+ No 440. My theory is that West 30 No 3+ No found a lead which enabled the 60 No No Dble. declarer to jettison the club losers No No No 31 Warned off the hca1rt lead, West declarer can manoeuvre so as to selected the correct black suit, no squeeze either player out of the doubt taking note of partner's fourth heart and make four tricks failure to double Three Spades. in that suit. So that meant 500. The other grand slam illus­ There were two possible grand trated the old maxim that vital slam hands that were interesting plays should be made early in the in the play. game, before the defenders are South dealer able to gauge matters. Game all East dealer NORTH Loveall + 9 NORTH \?AK J72 + AKQ4 OAKJ65 \?KI053 . Q8 0 K4 WfiT EAST . A95 • 4 3 2 ..~ 7 6 5 WEST EAST \?Q643 <:::;.:> 10 9 8 • 93 • 6 52 010 (> Q 8 4

Problem No. 4 (10 points) Problem No. 8 (10 points) Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding R ubber bridge, North-South vu.lner­ has gone:- able, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST No No IO No 3\7 No No 1+ 2+ No No No ? No South holds:- South holds:- + KJ? \7A1053 OQJ104 + K6. + K2 \7K93 OQJ762 + I082. What should South bid? What should he lead? 34 Weill Remember Spa by HAROLD FRANKLIN

The fourth International Bridge Needing spade tricks, R odrigue Festival of Spa, the Belgian resort led the 8 from the closed hand in the Ardennes, opened with an at an early stage; the 8, rather international team event, styled than the 9 or 10, is the correct the Common Market Champion­ card, because it conceals from the ship. The bridge authorities were defender the fact that declarer more immediately successful than may be contemplating a finesse the politicians in securing the against the Jack. So if North has entry of a British team, who were the King he is more likely to con­ to join Belgium, France, Germany, sider putting it up. Holland and Italy. When the When North played low with­ French. team withdrew at the last out reflection Rodrigue allowed moment the organisers were able the 8 to run and was rewarded to call on a local team from Liege when it fetched the King from to complete the n~mbcrs, and the South. At the other table East new arrivals distinguished them- played in 6NT against the opening selves by heading the official lead of + 7. With + Q apparently Belgian team. wrong the declarer needed three Truscott and Rodrigue, playing spade tricks, and at trick two he together for the first time, made led +t0 from dummy and played a most effective partnership and the Queen from hand. When both they and L. Tarlo, with your South won and played a second reporter, gained heavily in the club East was compelled by the slam zone. Rodrigue guessed well exigencies of the entry position to in this hand from the second take his diamond winners before match against Belgium:- playing the spade finesse. Tbis WEST EAST committed him to throwing dum- + A JO 9 8 + Q 6 5 my's + J5 on the diamonds, and \? A K J 7 \? Q 8 5 North eventually made the Jack 0 K 0 A Q 7 3 2 of spades and two clubs to defeat + A K J 5 + 8 3 the contract by three tricks. There was room for manoeuvre In the third round Italy and in the final contract of Six H earts Britain, both of whom had scored played from the West · hand. a maximum of six points in each 35 of their earlier matchers, met. The West dealer ItaUans (not the ) had Love all much the worst of matters until NORTH the final boards, when two slam + KQ9 swings went in their fa1vour. ~- 0 A 5 WFST EAST + AQJ87642 + A10874 + K5 WFST EAST ~ - ~ AKQ5 • 10 8 6 4 OJ874 OAQ9 + J ~ J8752 ~AKQ963 + A 10 7 4 + K 8 6 3 OQ8742 0 10 3 Perhaps I was a little too enter­ + KS + 3 prising in the auction .. SOUTH WEST EAST + A7532 Franklin L. Tarlo ~ 104 2NT 0 KJ 9 6 3+ 3NT + 10 9 4+ 4'~ 4+ 5·+ always attendant dangers in a 6+ No Two Club opening with so few The Four Heart bid, followed high cards and Rodrigue took hjs by the return to cliubs, showed chance with One Club. The that a good fit had been found, auction went:­ but perhaps my haod needed the SouTH Wr:sT NORTH EAST help of another high dub, particu- Truscott Rodrigue larly as there seemed danger of a No t+ Dble. diamond loser. The- East hand I+ 2~ 3~ 4~ turned out as strong as could be 4+ No 4NT No expected and the slam prospects 50 Dble. Redble. No were q01te good- unltil the trumps 5+ No 6+ No divided 5-0. One down was the No No best that could be managed, while After a heart lead the spade the Italians were content with a break made the slam unplayable. prudent 3NT. The final board Whilst it is true that North made was somewhat more spectacular. surprisingly little mention of hjs See next column substantial clubs, South's bid of The Italian North opened Two Four Spades was also, in my view, Clubs and, given a free run, misleading. In high cards his arrived at Six Clubs. There are hand was better than might have 36 been expected from the bid of Truscott opened One Club with One Spade- but in the quality of the West hand and after two the suit there was nothing to passes Boender bid 3NT, the spare. The free bid of Four final contract. West led the 3 of Spades suggested a better holding. hearts and the declarer played the Queen from dummy. East, wish­ The double of Five Diamonds ing to convey lack of enthusiasm persuaded North that be might for a switch, and unafraid of have a loser in that suit and that driving from the back seat, drop­ Six Clubs therefore would depend ped the 7. on losing no trump trick. Noting this manoeuvre, Boender In spite of these last two promptly led the 4 of spades boards the British team won 5- l, towards the Queen. Truscott won but since the Italians scored with the Ace and in the circum­ maximum points in the succeed­ stances he would have had to do ing matches, Britain still needed very well to find the continuation a draw from the final round, of Jack and another spade. In against Holland. Once again the fact he exited with the King of last board proved costly, largely hearts and that meant nine tricks because of the opportunism of the (declarer's hearts being blocked). Dutch player, Boender. At the other table West opened West dealer !NT and East removed to Two Both sides vulnerable Spades before South settled in NORTH Three Diamonds, one down. The . 1094 British players had enough in band 8 2 J 4 <> Q 9 8 The Spa . tournament is an + AK87 + IO 6 2 annual event which next year is to SOUTH be extendt:d to a fourth day. I .7 can recall no tournament where J 10 6 3 the visitor is made more welcome. OAI0753 The greeting extended by the • J 9 5 Burgomaster was far removed East-West were unable to stop from the formal gesture that such below Three Spades, and North matters tend to be. Both he and opened the 9 of hearts. There the town of Spa seemed to make was no object in taking an early it their personal business to ensure discard, since if the opponents that everyone took away happy cashed two diamonds the de- memories. I express the views of clarer would be able to discard four British visitors when I say two clubs. So a spade was led that they could not have succeeded at trick two and North took the better in that aim. 39 OnE~ Hundred Up Conducted by ALAN T RUSCOTT

June solutions: 1f you did not enter for the June competition, try your hand at the problems on page :34 before reading how the experts voted.

The panel for the June competition t., REESE: "Three Spades. A slight consisted of the following twelve underbid if one regards it as a sign-off, experts: A. Dormer, G. C. H. Fox, Mrs. but a bid that raises the level of the Markus, J. Nunes, J. Pugh, J. T. Reese, contract should not be too weak. Note C. Rodrigue, J. Sharples,. and N. S. L. that it is better to bid Three Spades with Smart, all of London and the Home the option of Four Hearts over 3NT, Counties; C. E. Phillips of Cheshire; than Three Hearts and not know what P. Swinnerton-Dyer of Oambridge; and to do over 3NT or Four Hearts." H . Pilarski of Amsterdam. The chance that partner will continue to 3NT seems negligible to me. Three Problem No. 1 (10 points) Spades must insist on a spade contract Match-point pairs, love all , the bid- even if partner has the option of con­ ding has gone:- tinuing to Four Spades. SouTH WEsT NORTH EAST SWINNERTON-DYER: "Three Spades. No No 1~~ No In my view this is invitational but not I + No 2NT No forcing- though 1 know that some tliink ? otherwise. There can be no point in South holds:- looking for a 5-3 heart fit: the hand will + KJ10865 ~J82 0 53 + Q6. never make ten tricks in that strain. If What should South bid'! Three Spades is passed that will be high Answer: Four Spade:s, 10; Three enough- the graver risk is being in a Spades or Three Hea:rts, 7; Three thin game." Clubs, 5. · A six-two fit is usually preferable to a The panel's rote: 4 for Four Spades; five-three fit, especially when, as here, 3 for Three Spades (Pugh, Reese and the six card suit is unlikely to be usable Swinnerton-Dyer); 3 fot· Three Hearts unless it is trumps. This point was not (Fox, Nunes and Rodrigue); I for Three really faced by the Three Heart bidders Clubs (Phillips) ; and 1 for Three or who were looking for a five-three fit. Four Spades (Mrs. Mark us). Mrs. Markus was in «lffcct voting to Fox offered the argument for Three play the hand in Four Spades, but was Hearts that the lead will come up to the concerned by the fact that some of her strong hand in a heart game. This seems partners might regard a direct Four to me a minor consideration, and I Spades as a slam try. prefer: As nine panelists cle:arly wanted to PILARSKI: "Four Spades. In match­ be in game, and eight ct. ~arly wanted to point pairs the 2NT will certainly not be in spades, the minority answers have be shaded. A bid of Three Hearts may been slightly down-gradl~d. lead to Four Hearts, in which the spades 40 may be wilhout much value. ln my rhe popular view: opinion, perhaps very old-fashioned, a DORMER: ··Agree with One Spade. bid of Three Spades must be reserved My withers are unwrung by the fact that for a sign-off here." the bid appears to turn out badly in SMART: "Four Spades. It is extremely this instance. The alternative of Two improbable that 3NT can te the right Diamonds is more likely to cost at contract and unlikely that Four Hearts match-point pairs, where you canno~ will be superior to Four Spades. If we afford to bid sketchy minor suits oppo­ fiddle at:out and bid T hree Hearts, we site a partner who, nine times out of are only too li kely to help the opponents' ten, wi ll hold the other major." defence to Four Spades." But it looks as if this may be the And the new editorial broom, sweep­ tenth time. When East fails to raise ing confidently on: hearts, North is likely to have a few and DORMER: "Four Spades. If, over the is somewhat less likely to have four exploratory bid of Three Hearts, partner spades. bid either 3NT or F our Hearts I would Answer to (b): Three Diamonds, 10; not be persuaded of the superiority of Two Spades, 7; No Bid, 6. that contract. So let's save time" The panel's vote: 6 for Three Dia­ monds; 3 for Two Spades (Filarski, Problem No. 2 (20 points) Pugh and Rodrigue); and 3 for No Bid Match-point pairs, game all, the bid- (Fox, Mrs. Markus and Phillips). ding has gonc:- SouTu WEST NORTH EAST T he match-point factor plays a big No I\? Obi. No part here. At any other scoring there I+ 2\? No No would probably have been more support ? for: South holds:- Fox: "No Bid. Had the bidding + K942 \?4 OJ7642 + 853. gone One Heart-Double- Two Hearts (a) Do you agree with South's bid of I might have ventured Two Spades. One Spade? If not, what alternative do But East's silence may suggest a short­ you prefer? age in hearts, in which case North can (b) What should South bid now? have fair defence against Two Hearts." Answer to (a): Agree with One Spade, Mrs. Markus also deduced that JO; Prefer Two Diamonds, 7. North is likely to have some strength in The panel's vote: 8 for agree with hearts, but I doubt whether this would One Spade; 4 for prefer Two D iamonds be sufficient to beat an eight-trick (Pugh, Reese, Rodrigue and Swinnerton­ contract. Dyer). One panelist had no doubt: Most of the panel were happy to bid PHILLIPS: "No Bid. 1 wonder what One Spade, with the idea that this bid the 'young alert minds' will dream would be a better match-point spot than up on this one?'' Two Diamonds if the bidding then died. Two of my young alert minds arc There was a strong dissentient minority. missing this month, but we have some PuGH: "No, prefer Two Diamonds. dreamers among the older alert minds. Opposite a vulnerable double 1 am pre­ SHARPLES: "Three Diamonds. A fair pared to compete twice on this holding, gamble. Partner is marked with quite bidding Spades on the next round." a good hand, as the bidding in dicates 41 that he has doubled on a : Problem No. 3 (10 points) he is likely to hold three hearts, and I .M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding probably Jacks 4-card SJPade support. has gone:- My failure to rebid Two Spa~es marks SouTH WEST NORTH EAST Jy> me with a hand of this sort." No No 10 REESE: "Three Diamonds. At Cannes ? South holds:- I passed, but that was too inert. When + K83 y>J105 0875 + KQ43. partner does not raise the spades it What should South bid? becomes likely that there will be an Answer: Two Diamonds, 10; Two extra playing trick in diamonds. Partner Clubs, 9; !NT or No Bid, 4. should realise that if spades and dia­ The panel's ~·ote: 5 for Two D iamonds; monds were of equal length you would 5 for Two Clubs (Dormer, Filarski, be bidding Two Spades now." Fox, Pugh and Smart); J for 1NT (Mrs. DoRMER: "Three Diamonds. The Markus); and 1 for No Bid (Sharples). curfew shall not ring tonight. The Just for once the minority voters can enemy's cautious biddin:g and South's open the batting: own meagre holdings indicate that SHARPLES: "No Bid. Two Clubs or partner is far from a minimum, and his I NT are not only rather pointless but silence must be due to !lack of 4-<:ard dangerous. One's action, if any, will spade support. Since h<: neither over­ be easier to gauge in the light of de­ called 1NT nor doublecl Two Hearts, velopments (If any, A.T.) Partner may he must have reasonable minors." be able to speak again, or if One Heart And inevitably: is raised to Two Hearts and passed SWINNERTON - DYER: "Three Dia­ round, 1 can then compete in greater monds. A fine piece of ctwape a Ia Rixi, safety with 2NT." but what can one do. It looks as if partner has some hearts and so quite This final intriguing suggestion is · a good hand. This does not look a presumably an unusual unusual no good hand for a 4-3 fit, s'o we had better trump, asking for Three Diamonds or introduce our real suit. Of course one Three Clubs. can pass, but this is n1:>t likely to be MRS. MARKUS: "One No Trump. 1 good policy and in any case is not my cannot see any other bid, and 1 cannot style." pass holding nine good points. How­ The alternative: ever, my partner knows that if my FILARSKI: "Two Spades. South's holding in hearts is very strong in this rebid here does not s.how a 5-<:ard position I shall either double or bid suit, but only 'some values'. It's sure 2NT. I have full values for roy bid. The that North holds at lea1st some strong only disadvantage may be that the 3-card spade support." contract is played io the wrong hand, But probably at most also. The but if we have a chance of a no-trump wrong hand is going to be forced, and contract this is the time to bid it." I would rather play in a 5-4 diamond RODRIGUE: "Two Diamonds. Ad­ fit a level higher. mittedly unsatisfactory. But I have no Pugh was prepared to run to Three desire to be left in Two Clubs, or for D iamonds if doubled, but this seems partner to raise my JNT to 3NT with unlikely. 7/8 tricks but no heart stop." 42 REESE: "Two Diamonds. As he has Among the pessimists, Reese and opened in third position, North's dia­ Rodrigue thought they needed another monds should be a playable suit. Two bid from partner before playing in Clubs does not appeal, and there are game. As Two Spades could be a two objections to 1NT: you have not competitive effort on considerably fewer got a heart stop, and if partner holds Ax values, it seems to me inconceivable that (possibly Kx also) you wi ll play no North will be able to find a further bid. trumps from the wrong side." A different argument: The Two Club bidders, by and large, DORMER: " Two Spades. Game is appear to have overlooked the pos­ unlikely unless partner has a singleton sibility of Two Diamonds, and some of diamond, and l feel he hasn't. Jf you them may have overlooked the original ask partner a question with Three pass, which makes Two Clubs less Spades he won't know the right answer, attractive. Excused from this suspicion so it is permissible to master-mind the by his Two Heart mention: position." SMART: "Two Clubs. Not strong At the other end of the scale: enough for Two Hearts. and crumbling SMART: "Three Clubs. Partner will ancients like myself prefer to have a appreciate that our only reason for heart stop to bid no trumps in these having passed on the first round was positions. One Spade is probably a our massive diamond holding. Some clever bid if one can see any purpose in game is surely on if we can find out it." ~hich." FlLARSKJ: "Two Clubs. In my experience unnatural bids like 1NT or Problem No. S (10 points) One Spade never help much and may Match-point pairs, game all, the bid· only lead to confusion." ding has gone:- Raising a minor on a flat hand with SouTH WEST NORTH a small trebleton may be unusual, but I <::I you cannot say it is unnatural. Db!. lNT No ? Problem No. 4 (10 points) South holds:- Rubber bridge, game all, the bidding + KQ754 <::/A4 OJ5 + QJ86. bas gone:- What should South bid? SouTH WEST NoRTH EAST Answer: No Bid, JO; Double, 7; No No 1 <> Three Diamonds, 6; Two Hearts, ~- No No 1+ 2+ The panel's vote: 5 for No Bid; 3 for ? Double (Dormer, Mrs. Markus and South holds:- Smart); 3 for Three Diamonds (Phj()ips, + KJ? <::/AI053 OQJ104 + K6. Reese and Rodrigue); and 2 for Two What should South bid? Hearts (Swinnerton-Dyer and Buckley). Answer: Three Spades, 10; Two For the remaining questions a belated Spades, 8; Three Clubs, 6; Two No Buckley makes the panel up to thirteen. Trumps, 5. One of the maio considerations here The panel's vote: 5 for Three Spades; is whether a pass at this point would be 4 for Two Spades (Dormer, Fox, Reese forcing. The panel varied from positive: and Rodrigue); 2 for Three Clubs (Mrs. SHARPLES: "No Bid. An awkward Markus and Smart); lfor2NT(Phillips). hand as bidding style enters into one's 43 calculations. Having doubled One Problem 'o. 6 (20 points) Spade J guarantee to bid again if a bid l.M.P. scoring, love all, the bidding by fourth hand is passed round to me. has gone:- For that reason I treat ac pass now as SouTH WE'Sf NORTH EAST forcing." l CV No Through various shades of doubt: 2+ No 2<;? No PuGH: "No Bid. Virtually forcing." ? Fox: "No Bid. l expect partner to South holds:- take some action.'· + 965 <;? K7 O AKJ9 + Q752. NuNES: "No Bid. I wouldn' t like to (a) Do you agree with South's bid of say that this is a forcin;g situation on Two Clubs? If not, what alternative do partner, but it is most umlikcly that he you prefer? will pass." (b) What should South bid now? FILARSKc: "No Bid. South would Answer to (a): Prefer Two D iamonds, have done better not tc:> double One 10; agree with Two Clubs, 6. Spade, for the situation is now con­ The panel's vote: 8 for prefer Two fusing. Will North co1nsider South's Diamonds; 5 for agree with Two Clubs pass as forcing? Maybe, maybe not.'' (Fox, Pugh, Rodrigue, Mrs. Markus To negative: · and Smart). RoDRIGuE: ''Three Diamonds. Tak­ Most of the panel were insistent on ing no chance on partner stopping short showing where their strength lay, but:- of game. 1 do 110 1 consider a pass by PUGH: " Agree with Two Clubs. me would be forcing much as 1 would Principally because Two Diamonds like it to be." gives partner so little room to man­ There is a weight of evidence oeuvre. lt is not unknown for partner suggesting bad breaks for game pur­ to have something like: + x CVAQJxxx poses. Oxx + AJlOx. After a Two Club BucKLEY: "Two Hearts. Since I have response, raised to Four, we can hardly inside knowledge of the hand it would miss our slam." be foolish not to use it. However, one That strikes me as an argument for may rationalise the decision by pointing bidding Two Diamonds. 1 am ready to out that North's failure to double I NT, miss a slam which probably needs a to rebid hearts. or to bid a new suit finesse and a three-two break. Also the makes his most likely holding a sub­ + tO might turn out to be the 9. minimum hand with a broken heart suit; now game is remote~ because every­ Nunes, Sharples and Swinnerton­ thing will lie badly. I O•nly wish a pass Dyer all made the point that South were forcing." would like to bear a 2NT rebid, and is more likely to get it if he bids partner's DORMER: ''Double. I peg North with a minimum strength and no very weak suit. marked distribution- probably 2- 5- 3- 3. Answer to (b): Four Hearts, 10; The hearts arc clearly breaking terribly, Three Hear ts, 7; Three Diamonds, 3. and as other Souths will clearly be Tire panel's vote: 9 for Four Hearts; going down like flies in 3NT, we might 3 for Three Hearts (Fox, Rodrigue and do well by passing. But I want to live Swinnerton-Dyer); 1 for Three Dia­ it up a little before J get too old ." monds (Mrs. Markus). 44 BuCKLEY: ''Four Heart:>. The values Problem No. 8 (10 points) are there, l suppose, and partner will Rubber bridge, North-South vulner­ go to game or pass for entirely the able, the bidding has gone:- wrong reasons if I bid only Three." SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Dormer and Sharples bid the game, but were resigned to going one down. No 3

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RESULT OF JUNE COMPETITION

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Stakes 2d. Partnership Wed. afternoon, Friday Sec., Mrs. Cahalan. Stakes 2d. Partnership: ond Saturday evenings. Tues. eve. and Wed. an. Cut-in: Mon. and Fri. NOTTINGHAM aft., Thurs. and Sat. eve. Duplicate: 3rd Mon. NOTI1NOHAM BRIDOB CLUo-401 Mansfield eve. (Sept. to May). Road, Nottinaham 6.S995. (Mr. and Mrs. Jack WESSEX Cl.uo-Lind.say Manor, Lindsay Hammond.) Half way house for Sunday matches. Road, Bournemoutb. Westboume 640341. Duplicate Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur- Hon. Sec., Tbe Secretary. Stakes 6d. and 2d. Partnership, 6d. Mon. an. and Wed. evening ~tf~~- 2d. Partnership Tues. an. and Friday aft. Hun< BRtOOE CLua.-Thc Heath, Wey­ Duplicate 1st, 2nd and 4tb Friday evening in each bridge. Weybridge 3620. Hon. sec. C. 0. Ainger­ month. Aiways open. Visitors welcome. Stakes 3d. Sat. HERTS eve. 3d. and 1/-. Partnership Tues. aft. and eve., HOOOI!SOON BRIOOB CLtiD-High Street, Fri. oft. Duplicate Mon. and Thurs. eve. Tuition Hoddesdon. Hoddesdon 3813. Hon. Sec. by Alan Truscott available. W. Lamport. Stakes 3d. Partnership, alternate SUSSEX Wed. afternoons. Duplicate, Tues. evening. BOONOR CLUB-2 Sudley Road, Bognor ISLE OF WIGHT Regis. Bognor Regis 200. Hon. Sec., G. A. SHANKUN, C!v.JoMORB BRIDOE CLvo-Howard Harries. Bridge every afternoon except Sun. Road, Shanklin, I.W. Shanklin 2940. Hon. Partnership Wed. Duplicate 1st Tues. in tbe Sec., J. S. Danby. Stakes 2d. Duplicate Mon. month. Bridge Fri. eve. (Oct. to May). Partnership, Tues. and Fri. HORSHAM BRIDOE CLVB-22A East Street, KENT Horsham, Sussex. Horsham 4921 or 2078. WFST KENT CLUo-12 Boyne Park, Tunbridge Hon. Sec., Mrs. M. E. Binney, 7A Bishopric. WeUs Kent. Tunbridge Wells 21513. Hon. Horsham. Stakes 3d. Partnership, Sun., Thurs. Sec., R. H. Corbett. Stakes 3d. and 6d. Partner­ eve., Wed., Fri. aft. Duplicate Tues. eve. ship, Mon. and Wed. 6d., Wed. and Fri. 3d. Cut-in Mon., Thurs., Sat. aft. Duplicate, 1st and 3rd Sat. (2.15). WHITEHALL RESIDENTIAL BRIDOE CLUB- SIDCUP-Sidcup Bridge Club, Sidcup Golf 11/12 Howard Square, Eastbourne, Eastboume Club, Hurst Road, Sidcup. Hon. Sec., Mrs. 4544. Sec. Miss J. Fidler. Stukes 2d. and 3d. W. Davis, 24 Carlton Road, Sidcup. Telephone: Partnership, Tues. and Fri. an., Wed. and Sat. FOO 1868. Stakes 3d. Part.nerships Mon., evenina. Duplicate Sunday. ~C~ri. Duplicate Mon., Wed. WARWICKSHIRE HB.4THEJtCROFT BRIOOE CLu-2 Pebble Mill LaVEIU'OOir-Liverpool Bridae Club, 22 Upper Road, Binni.naham S. SELiy Oak 0448. Stakes Duke Street, Liverpool. Tel.: Royal 8180. 3d. to lf·. Cut-in or Partnership every aft. and Hon. Sec., Mrs. H. T. Halewood. Partnerships eve. Duplicate Sun. eve., Mon. aft., and as f:ONJ'o~ afternoon. Duplicate Mon. evening. desired by Members. Visitors welcome. YORKS ORAND SLAM BRIDOB CLUD- 21 Craven Hill, LWlDS BRIDGE CLuB LTD.-Moortown Corner W.2. Tel.: Pad 6842. Stakes 1/· and 2/·. House, Leeds 17. Leeds 681571. Hon. Sec., Partnership Evenings Mondays and Thursdays. Mr. R. Dorsey. Duplicate Tues. and Thurs. Visitors welcome. Bounty pairs (£25) Weekly Visitors Welcome. Open each day unt.il midnight Tuesdays. Bounty Individual (£20) 2nd Sunday except Friday. Rubber Bridge every night. Would you like particulars of your club (address, telephone, hon. sec., stakes, partnershjp days, duplicate days) to be listed in this Directory every month? If so, please write to our Advertisement Manager (see address on page 3) for very reasonable terms.

47 Diiary of Events 1962 Sept. 6-18 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP Beirut 22- 23 FIRST CAMROSE TRIAL ... Nat. Lib. Club 22- 23 N.E.B.A. CONGRESS Zetland H otel, Saltburn Oct. 12- 15 E.B.U. AUTUMN CONGRESS Grand, Eastbourne 19- 21 WEST Of ENGLAND CoNGR~ ... Grand Atlantic, Weston 19- 21 DLRBYSHIHE CO!' GRESS ... New Bath, Matlock 26-28 ST. DuNSTAN's CONGRESS Craiglands, Ilkley Nov. 2-4 N.W.C.B.A. COJo;GRESS ... Norbreck, Blackpool 17- 18 CAMROSE·--ENGLA 0 v. . lRELAI'D ... N.lreland 17- 18 SECO"'O CAMROSE TRIAl Midland Hotel, Manchester 24-25 MASTeR's INDIVIDUAl London Dec. 1- 2 TOLLI'MACHll CuP- SOUTHLRN London NORTHERN Craiglands, llkley SOUTH-WEST Bristol MII)LANI)S Grand, Leicester 8 YOUNG P!.AYI RS PAIRS Regional 15- 16 R ICJIARO LCDfRFR CUI' London 1963 Jan. 4-6 MIDLAND COUNTIH\ CONGRI·SS Droitwich 18- 20 WHITI!LA w CuP Grand, Eastbournc Feb. 15 17 CROYDON CONOR~!;s Croydon 22- 25 SPRINO FOURSOM~S Grand, Eastbournc

E.B.U. ~,fASTER POINTS REGISTER Master Points Secretary: F. 0. Bingham, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.J6 PROMOTIO 'S To Life Master: M~. M. Oldroyd (Yorkshire). To 'ational Master : J. Albuquerque (Sussex): J. H. Taylor (Yorkshire); P. G. F. Whitehouse (Warwickshire). To " T,,o Star" Master : W. W. L. Fearn (North-Western); Mrs. D. R. Fresh­ water (Surrey); E. Masser (Yorkshire); P. F. L. Tottenham (Staffordshire) Mrs. M.G. D. Williams (Kent). To " One Star" Mash~r : Mrs. J. M. Atkinson (Nonhero Ireland); Mr. and Mrs. E. Davis (Henfordshire): J. F. Gordon (North-Western); Mrs. E. Kaplan (London); Miss M. Moore (North<:rn Ireland). To Master : •c. G. Ainger (Surrey); H. J. Abrahams (London); Mrs. F. Allnut (Kent); M.S. Buckley (Kent); A. C. Eastgate (Surrey); Mrs. E. H. Fielding (North­ Western); P. L. Gordon (London); Mrs. F, Hasting-James (Devon); Dr. F. P. Hiron (Berks. and Bucks.); H. S. Hommcrs (Staffordshire); W. Murday (Derby­ shire); C. R. Schellenberg (North-Eastern); Mrs. W. D. Thompson (Notts.); Mrs. D. Woodward (North-Western). • Mr. Aingcr's name appeared in this list in the March issue when, in fact, Mrs. Aingcr achieved the rank. 48 For the Brid9e Player ...

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