The British Bridge World

November 1962 •

The Haughty and the Humble, by Dan Burgess Lebanese Caprice, by Maurice Weissberger Keep Your Temper, by Barbarossa To Bury, Not to Praise, by Edmund Phillips

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3 November, 1962 Contents Page Editorial 5-6

The Haughty and the Humble, by Dan Burgess .. 7- 11

Lebanese Caprice, by Maurice Weissberger . . 11 - 14

Keep Your Temper, by Barbarossa 15- 17

Pleased with Portrush, by B. Goldenfield 18- 19

To Bury, Not to Praise. by Edmund Phillips 20-23

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

Repeat of October Problems 26

London and the South, by Albert Dormer 27- 32

Result

Master Points Register 33

Midland News, by A. Hutchinson . . 34- 36

One Hundred Up: November Problems 37

One Hundred Up: Answers to October Problems 39-46

Directory of E.B.U. Clubs .. 47

Diary of Events 48 4 Editorial

Next month we are increasing THE BRAVE OLD DAYS the size of the magazine to 64 J n a series beginning next pages. Some of the additional month Harry Ingram reminisces pages will be set aside for players about the last Schwab Cup match on the fringe of , between England and America. who may find much of our present That was in 1934 and America material too advanced or too was represented by the great Ely technical. There will still be at the height of his fame, together plenty of extra space for articles with Josephine Culbertson, Theo­ of general interest, as well as dore Lightner and a very young more tournament reports, and Albert Morehead. we reckon that the British Bridge Harry is the only survivor of World is very good value. the English team and what a Whether we shall be able to personality he is-still playing keep to 64 pages depends on the the cards with expert skill and sort of response we get in the flair, and accommodating himself way of new subscriptions. There to modern bidding methods in a are many who could help by way which eluded most of the becoming subscribers instead of leading lights of those far-off days. borrowing the magazine from Those were the days when Lt. their friends. If half of the Col. Buller could write his press people who see the magazine report of the Schwab Cup match regularly were to pay for a copy under the banner headline, Bad we should be well placed. Bidding and Worse Play. That Meanwhile, with Christmas doesn't seem very complimentary drawing nigh, we hope that all to a team which battled into a readers will wish to take out sensational lead of thousands of gift subscriptions. The magazine points and held it for a large part makes an inexpensive but thought- of the journey, but no doubt we ful present and one that is a~ shaH be able to judge better when preciated throughout the year. we see Ingram's series. In hls An order form is enclosed with first article he recalls the famous this issue, and the first instalment names (his teammates were of your gift will be the December Richard Lederer, Willie Rose and issue, sent in good time for Stanley Hughes), the protests and Christmas with a greetings card. the atmosphere. 5 GYVES UPON HIS WRISTS The controversy started when Eyebrows were raised in the Ewart Kempson, editor of a Grand Hotel, Eastbourne when provincial magazine, asserted that the grave hallporter approached Reese made far too little use of teammate George Durran in the Barbour and Swinnerlon-Dyer in middle of a grand slam sequence Beirut. In the October British and whispered, " The police are Bridge World Reese replied that waiting for you, sir." they had played 13 half sessions George's partner assumed that as compared with 15 by Flint and these might be the bidding police Swimer and 16 by the vastly from some Orwellian future, but experienced Konstam and J. Tarlo. it turned out that he had been Since Konstam's letter was concerned in a minor motoring written Ewart Kempson has re­ incident on the way to the peated his criticism and the con­ tournament. troversy has been joined by the veteran Harrison-Gray. CAPTAINCY IN BEIRUT I did not think in Beirut that A letter in the following terms Barbour and Swinnerton-Dyer felt has been received from Kenneth they were being underplayed. My Konstam, one of the British impression was that the British players in the recent European captain's dispositions were well­ Championships:- judged. One naturally respects " I read with some annoyance contrary opinions, but Harrison­ the criticism expressed by Mr. Gray was not present in Beirut. Ewart Kempson recently con­ cerning the captaincy of the British open team in Beirut. "I think it only fair to say that A familiar figure in Lon­ the team were unanimous in don and Civil Service bridge thinking Terence Reese equal to passed away when Frank the best captain Britain has ever Pitt-Reynolds died in early had. He watched practically every October. He served the board- in itself a tedious task­ London Association for over and was at all times most helpful twenty years as honorary and encouraging to the team. It treasurer and secretary. is doubtft.•.l whether his critic Our sympathy goes to his watched m1ny boards and I con­ widow, Hilda, who con­ sider that remarks of this sort tinues to serve bridge. are unhelpful to the selectors." 6 The Haughty and the Humble

by DAN BURGESS

Having listened to a thirty­ four pretty girls. True, they are minute lecture by the head of the usually the perfect pupils, charm­ school, the pupils settle down at ing and appreciative, lacking both the tables. Now they will play the desire and the intellectual for an hour and a ability to embarrass the teacher half and, as a teacher, one is with awkward questions; the snag assigned to a table as adviser. is that presently the boss will The scheme is that anyone stuck launch a take-over and you will for a bid may ask you to expound be relegated to the table where the "general principle" governing two deaf old ladies are opposed the situation; you also advise on by two haughty young men. the play, and keep an eye on However, let us suppose that it things generally. has happened that way. Once Curious things happen, and the assigned to the table, your duty one certainty is that the subject is to ensure that the proud are matter of the lecture which has humbled and the weak exalted­ just been given will turn out to while endeavouring, of course, to have no relevance whatever to the instil the elements of the game perverse combinations of cards into all four. There is a golden which will turn up during the rule whose observance makes evening. I well remember a table constant demand on the good old of beginners who had just been CLA (Capacity for Lightning instructed in no- bidding: Appraisal): the beginner, if he is on their first rubber bridge deal, to respect you, his mentor, must each picked up an eight-card suit never be allowed to arrive at a headed by the KQJ; their pathetic contract which cannot be made bewilderment haunts me still. on the actual lie of the cards. The quality most needed by a The only exception to this rule bridge teacher is a capacity for is when the p upil himself insists lightning appraisal. This is called on a certain bid against your into play as soon as you enter the advice. Then it is both exemplary room and are faced with a choice and satisfying to permit him to of tables at which to teach. Jt is encoropas:; his own destruction. elementary to avoid the table with This means that you must 7 sneak a look at all four hands and SOUTH NORTH grasp the fall of the cards in a I ~ 2~ flash. Then you stand back, ? ready if needed to guide the Now, however, comes a lucky players on "general principles.'' break. South is not sure what to do next and calls, as she is entitled Well, we are ready to begin play. to, for an exposition of the The deaf old ladies are seated "general principle" governing re­ N-S and South deals the first bids in this sort of sequence. It is hand. the chance you have been seek­ NORTH ing. You draw her attention to + K Q the broken structure of the hearts. ~ 7 64 3 You enthuse over the all-round OQI0432 strength and quality of the hand. + QS ("An honour in every suit.") (O.O.L.) And finally you expound the W EST EAST "general principle" governing no­ J 10 8 52 • 9 7 4 3 + trump rebids after a single raise ~A Q 10 8 ~ - of a suit opening. ("With 17 or J 7 6 A 9 8 0 0 18 points and all-round strength • J 10 7 6 4 3 + 8 you can rebid 2NT.") (H.Y.M.) (H.Y.M.) SOUTH This brain-washing has the + A6 desired effect. South laboriously ~ K J 952 counts her points and eventually 0 K5 dredges up 2NT. (You had the + AK 9 2 advantage here that the natural (O.O.L.) housekeeping instincts of women make them prefer low, economical You realise immediately that the bids of this sort. They think they problem is to keep South out are getting better value for mone}, of Four Hearts. The difficulty and anyway jump bids scare lies in the fact that you cannot them.) surreptitiously guide her foot­ steps: a whisper will not be heard Now it is North's turn to be and she is insensible even to sotto subjected to a similar process. voce. Salvation may come in The value of the five-card dia­ some quirk of the old ladies' mond suit is stressed and the bidding, but it starts in the worst quality of the heart support dis­ possible way for you:- paraged . She happily bids 3NT. 8 Then the play. West leads a spade and you allow the declarer " ... improves on Dr. Johnson. to ignore the nine-card heart It gives the bridge player both holding in favour of the sketchy argument and understanding." diamonds, which are duly estab­ (Manchester Guardian) lished by means of a finesse against the Jack. Nine tricks are THE made. BRIDGE PLAYER'S DICTIONARY Out of the corner of your eye you note the changing emotions by TERENCE REESE registered by West during the bidding and play: greed and self­ Mayflower 21s. satisfaction give way to frustration and now to a downright glare of accusation for your partisanship. away but are satisfied that nothing But all is forgotten when the next can go wrong. It turns out differ­ hand is dealt:- ently, for you return to find that NoRTH West has played off his eleven + A 7 64 winners before broaching spades, ~ 10 9 6 54 enabling North to make the Ace 0 10 8 3 of spades and a heart. The .7 D.O.L.s sit as though immured W EST EAST in some deep nostalgic dream • 10 8 53 + KQ while West hotly asserts that the ~ QJ8 ~AK 7 3 slam was unmakeable and that it 0 QJ 2 0 A K94 is your fault for inducing him to . KQ3 • A96 raise his sights above the part­ SOUTH score level. • J 9 2 While you are wondering how to ~2 defend your part in the affair 0 7 6 5 without exposing his card play • J 10 8 54 2 too hurtfully, South comes sud- After a number of false starts, denly to life. "Young man," she including an attempt by East to quavers, "You'd have made it if open a strong lNT, you extract a you'd led a spade at the begin­ reasonable bidding sequence end- ning." West fumes and it is ing in 6NT by West. A heart is difficult to soothe him whilst led and at this point you are called admittin g that South is right. 9 The next hand is dealt and you Hearts. No one finds it strange see at once that 3NT can be that two 4-3-3- 3 hands should broken by a spade attack. finish in a suit contract with a four- three fit while earlier two NoRTH 5--4-2- 2 bands played in 3NT • Q 10 8 despite a five- four trump suit. \J)AK 75 Teacher .breathes again. 0 KJ2 . K 106 By this time the two haughty WEST EAST young men are in need of en­ + K9 + AJ653 couragement. They were already \7984 \7 106 2 aggrieved when they drew the 0 9 8 4 3 0 10 7 D.O.L.s instead of two pretty .J9 4 2 • 7 53 girls and now, having gone down SOUTH in a cold slam and lost the rubber, • 7 42 their mood is a mixture of out­ \J) QJ3 raged pride and demoralisation. 0 AQ65 It is not easy to help them when . AQ8 they insist on bursting into every exposition to propound some How to steer them into Four ludicrous conclusion, but you Hearts on a four-three fit and quickly have a chance. The first completely balanced hands? hand of the new rubber is dealt Luckily North elects to open by West. One Heart in preference to !NT, and the response is Two Dia­ NORTH monds. "Three Diamonds?" • 10 5 North djffidently suggests to you. \7K Q76 You assent happily and the ball 0 J 9 64 is back in South's court. "Pass, • 9 8 4 I suppose?" she queries. You W EST EAST weigh the desirability of letting • QJ92 + AK864 them stop in a safe part score on <::? 9 5 \7 A 2 a 31 count but decide that it 0 AK3 0 8 2 would store up too much trouble . KQ75 • AJ 3 2 for the future. So you explain SOUTH the "general principles" whlch • 7 3 indicate when a game should be \J) JI0843 bid and there is little difficulty in 0 Q 10 7 5 persuading South to try Four . 10 6 10 "One No Trump," he says Eventually Two Spades is firmly, expecting praise for this cajoled from him and you have swift and accurate bid. You begun the long and fugal sequence demur gently, drawing attention that leads to Seven Clubs. You to the weakness in hearts. "One know, of course, that the trumps Spade?", he asks. You shake are three-two and you are anxious your head. "One Diamond?"­ for the H.Y.M. to bid and make a a more emphatic shake. "One grand slam. It will give them Club!", be triumphs. You nod pleasure and thenceforth they will in pleased approbation. East is be as putty in your h~nds. Human sunk in thought and you begin nature being what it is, each to remind him of the "general H.Y.M. will congratulate himself principle" governing the jump on the choice of clubs as the takeout but, on hearing the word suit and will feel himself on the "jump," he impatiently interrupts: threshold of master status. "Oh, I know. Three No Trumps." And so, with the two old ladies Again you start to explain. "Oh, still deep in tranquil reverie and I get it," says East, " Three two young men now full of Clubs." bonhomie, life goes on. Lebanese Caprice by MAURICE WEI SSBERGER As a keen and hopeful kibitzer ships and all had won their places I esconced myself in the newly in the team by way of a pairs opened Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut trial. with the intention of watching our There were six other teams, of ladies, captained by Dimmie whom Spain and Lebanon were Fleming, defend the title won in newcomers and were naturally Torquay. There were three sur- not expected to contest the lead­ vivors from the title-winning team: ing places. The remaining four, Mrs. Juan with Miss Shanahan, however, were strong; Sweden, and Mrs. Durran. The latter France, Ireland and U.A.R. fin­ now played with Mrs. Whitaker, ished in that order and our team and Mrs. Corwen and Mrs. Old- had to be content with fifth place. royd of Yorkshire completed the What went wrong? It was the formation. All six bad played in old story. With rare exceptions previous European Champion- women just do not play bridge 11 with the same consistency, resili­ (l) (2) ence and discipline as men. The • Q JO X X • AKx better performers among the ~ Ax ~ Qxx women can do everything that is 0 Qx 0 J X required-but they don't or won't. + AJxxx + K 10 9 X X They make bids which they know In each case One Heart is are wrong and they make plays opened on your right. Do. you which they know are silly. Under Two Clubs at equal these circumstances luck enters vulnerability on the first ? Surely the reckoning far more than it if you are going to enter you does in men's bridge; a good must play for the maximum and men's team will buckle to and double in case partner has a spade beat a weaker team even against suit. the run of the cards, but women The Irish player overcalled Two won' t. If they are out of luck Clubs on the first hand, passed they are finished. on the second. She was right. The first match was against On (I) she pushed the opponents Ireland. Knowing that the oppo­ to Three Hearts which was de­ nents- Mrs. Britton, Mrs. Gid­ feated by one trick. On (2) her dings, Mrs. McMenamin, Mrs. silence was the means of beating O'Sullivan, Mrs. Seligman and the final contract of Four Hearts, Mrs. Spiro-were seasoned cam­ declarer misguessing the trumps. paigners who had won tough The British player guessed b1ttles in the past, I still settled wrong both times. She passed down to watch with the expecta­ on (I) and the Irish made Two tion of a 6-0 win for Britain. Hearts. She bid Two Clubs on Before I had finished my first (2) and now when the Irish glass of arak, we had gone three reached Four Hearts she sacri­ down in a voluntarily bid slam, ficed, feeling that she had given missed another slam which was away the position of the high made in the other room through cards and that Four Hearts would a give-away hesitation in defence, be made. and had been pushed too high So the woman who happens to on a part-score hand. be guessing well wins. From my I give below two hands which observation of the leading men seem to me to exemplify the players, they do not bid like that; capriciousness of the bidding in they want to win without guessing, women's bridge. and they would generally be 12 satisfied to pass both hands NORTH without trying to beat par. + 4 On a later hand from the same CVQ954 match the bidding was again of 0 KJ lO the sort that occurs only in + AK752 ladies' bridge. This time the WEST EAST Irish lost points (see next column). + A K 10 • Q J 52 North's with a CV A J 3 CV K 6 singleton spade struck me as 0 AS 42 0 Q 6 3 wildly dangerous, particularly on + Q4 3 + J 10 9 8 a hand with good defensive SOUTH prospects. One might consider a + 98763 "space" bid of Two Clubs, en­ cv 10 8 7 2 deavouring to shut out spades, 0 9 8 7 but even that is risky (since + 6 partner may have nuisance value SOUTH WEST NoRTH EAST in spades) and surely most men No 10 D ble Redble players would have remained J+ No INT 20 silent. No 3NT D ble All pass

- J Pat Forbes, Joan Durran, Maurice Weissberger, Marjory Whitaker and Ken Konstam at the Phrenicia Hotel. 13 Having entered the lists, North from Pixieland was the final does best on the actual hand to penalty double on a hand which pass her partner's One Spade had been overbid twice already. response. If doubled, this prob­ After a defensive slip the declarer ably costs 500 against a vulnerable emerged with two overtricks and a game. North's actual rebid of score of 1,150 , against 630 in the 1N T had the merit that a sensible other room. partner should not regard it as a The Irish won the match by forward move (after East's re­ 125 to 108 (5- l) and after that double), but it was still quixotic our team never really found its and should have been doubled stride. But there were many for 700. True, North-South might things to assuage one's disappoint­ then have found their heart fit, in ment- in deportment and ethics which event East-West simply bid our ladies showed that they have their game in no trumps, as they nothing to learn, and the Leban­ did in the other room. ese sun, scenery and hospitality But the call that really came were magnificent.

You meail to say she hid Two Clubs 011 THAT? 14 Keep Your Temper by BARBAROSSA I have played with some idiots Jack and Ace. He ruffed my in my time. So has everyone. The Queen of spades, played off the mistake nearly everyone makes is King of hearts, moaned, and led to acquaint the idiot with his the 10 of diamonds to partner's idiocy. I let him wallow in it. Jack. It is the best policy, but it requires NORTH self control. • 9 64 NORTH . A9642 \7 - \7 J 5 0 - 0 A 72 + - WEST EAST + QJ6 • 10 WEST EAST \7- \/ 10 9 7 • K 10 8 5 • Q7 3 \7 A 10 9 7 3 08 ·0-- \76 0 J 8 4 3 + 10 + - OKQ SOUTH + 10 8 3 2 + A94 SOUTH \/ Q 8 .J 09 \/KQ842 ·­ 010965 +- + K 7 5 One might have thought it the simplest thing in the world, even I was East, defending a contract for an idiot, to give me a diamond of Two Hearts. North had opened . No doubt if the position One Spade, I overcalled with 1NT had been different and it had been and So1,1th had bid Two Hearts. necessary to preserve my trump Partner led the 3 of diamonds holding, he would have done so. which was won in dummy. De­ As it was, he hestitated (I cannot clarer attacked clubs, I won the honestly say "thought") before second round, took the King of leading the thirteenth club with diamonds and led a spade to the an air of triumph. I was not Jack, King and Ace. Declarer taken unawares. With an air of no~ came to band with the King finality I ruffed with the 10 of of clubs and led a heart to the hearts, and declarer promptly 15 over-ruffed and conceded the last Ace of hearts. Declarer dithered, two tricks. Partner rejoiced at I looked nonchalant, and he his triumph, declarer moaned at played low. Partner now had his the distribution. I wrote down wits about him, and returned a the score. What did you expect? club to the Queen and Ace. A I am not conducting a bridge spade to partner's King and a school. heart return ruffed, then de­ clarer's last spade was ruffed in Equally trying is the good dummy, as I discarded a club. I partner who at a crucial moment duly got my club ruff and that reveals come amazing blind spot. was one off, a poor exchange for NORTH game and rubber. I congratulated + AK9543 partner on his defence and drd <:?QJ64 not attempt to remonstrate with o- him about the bidding- or to + K82 point out to declarer the three EAST WEST different ways he could have made • J 8 • 10 6 2 the contract. \?K982 <:? 10 As a result, partner was in a fit 10 8 3 OAQJ764 0 state to play one his normal + A 10 7 6 + J 54 masterpieces on the next deal. SOUTH NORTH + Q7 • J 10 8 7 4 2 \?A753 \?6 0 K9 52 0 10 9 4 + Q93 + K53 With both sides vulnerable and WEST EAST East-West 60, North, after two + AQ • 6 5 passes, bid One Spade. East <:? Q J 10 7 5 2 0 9 8 3 overcalled with Two Diamonds, 0 Q2 0 KJ 8 6 and I doubled. I knew North to + QJ9 + 10 7 6 2 be one of the biggest over-bidders SOUTH in the world, but as soon as I led + K93 the Queen of spades and saw \?AK4 dummy, I realised that he was 0 A 7 53 also one of those unfortunates + A84 who respect partner's double. West bid One Heart and after Desperate measures were called two passes I doubled. West rebid for, so I quickly underled the his hearts, partner Two Spades 16 and I raised to Four. East led a heart, and declarer came to hand The new, true classic o f bridge w·ith the King of clubs and led a (Guy Ramsey in the Daily Telegraph) spade. The heart return was won in dummy, declarer discarding a THE EXPERT GAME club, and the King of spades went by Terence Reese to the Ace. A third heart was ruffed, a diamond went -to the Edward Arnold Ltd. lls. 6d. Ace and the Ace of clubs was taken and a club ruffed. NORTH NORTH • Q62 • J 8 CVA754 cv­ 0 K 10 o 10 9 + Q 8 7 2 + - WEST EAST WEST EAST + A94 + 3 cv Q 9 8 CV K J 10 2 <::') 10 7 5 cv - 0 Q 5 017642 ·()Q- ·0 ­K J 6 + A J 654 + K93 + - + 10 SOUTH SOUTH + KJ10875 + 9 <::') 6 3 cv­ OA983 o 7 53 + 10 + - As you see, I don't hold back The 9 of diamonds was led if a good player is going to play and East automatically played the the hand. West Jed OQ which I Jack. Curtains. won in dummy. I then led a spade The third kind of idiocy, much to the King, which held, and the greatest strain on the temper, another spade on which West is one's own. played the Ace and East dis­ carded a diamond. A third spade (see next column) was played, and I woke up. West bid One Club, East One There is a certain type of player Diamond, and I mentioned who at this stage would apologize spades. West rebid clubs, my to partner, employing such ex­ partner Two Spades, East Three pressions as "I could kick myself, Clubs, and I said Four Spades. partner", "I have thrown it 17 away" and so on. Such players East knew he could safely get off ought to be kicked, and could play with the King of clubs, so I profitably be thrown away as played off all my trumps and the well. As long as there is an idiot Ace of diamonds, and for the at the table, no hand is lost or resulting no one won until the score is entered. felt the slightest bit guilty. At this point therefore I ran Partner offered his congratula­ dummy's 10 of diamonds and then tions whilst I added up the rubber. played a club to the 10 and Jack. So, keep your temper, if you A club was returned to East's 9 can. You may find that it helps and 1 discarded a heart. Luckily you to keep your money as well. Pleased with Portrush by B. GOLDENFI ELD Portrush has a big reputation Desmond Deery sitting South as a holiday congress and this led the Jack of diamonds which year I decided to make the trip. was covered by the Queen, King My conclusion is that the reputa­ and Ace. D eclarer won the next tion is well earned. Here are two trick with the King of clubs and of this year's interesting hands. played the 3 of hearts to the The first is from the final of the Queen, North playing the 5. congress teams. Dummy led a club, North playing WEST upwards and declarer the 10. • 8 4 3 2 Deery took the club, cashed two V> Q 10 4 diamonds on the second of which 0 Q 8 7 2 declarer discarded a spade, and • 54 then sat back to take stock . SOUTH Declarer's play of the clubs + A J 6 coupled with partner's play made V> J 8 7 it apparent that he had started 0 J 10 9 6 with KQlOxx in that suit. He . A 76 was known to have a doubleton East-West had bid as follows diamond and the problem was with no interference. whether he had started with four WEST EAST hearts and two spades or three ,. cards in each of those suits. The 10 3NT 2 of hearts had not appeared, No which meant that either partner J8 had four hearts and had started and a club break for his twelfth a peter on the first round, or that trick. declarer was hiding the two and My personal preference is to partner had three hearts only. play the Ace of spades at the However, if declarer did start with second trick and to continue by four hearts and two spades then finessing the 8 of spades if he had come down to a singleton possible. This gives the best spade. After Deery's longest chance of making four tricks in trance of the weekend, he exited spades, and guards against a with a club and it turned out that singleton 9 or 10 in the North declarer's full hand was:- hand. In addition, it ensures that . Kx when a spade trick has to be lost it \?AK32 will often be conceded to North, ()Ax who will be unable to put the + KQ!Oxx declarer to a premature choice of plays for his twelfth trick. De-­ He thus made nine tricks by clarer will then be on the approxi­ way of four clubs, one diamond mately 75 per cent chance in and four hearts. At the post hearts and clubs. mortem it was decided that Deery It was a wonderful week m was on a complete guess, especi­ which I made many friends. ally as the declarer, Peter Duff, If you like to enjoy your bridge, had discarded his spade without you'll be pleased with Portrush. concern. Wasn't this a good play? Dkley Congress Results My other exhibit comes from Pairs championship: 1st E. J. the mixed pairs event:- Spurway and Priday; 2nd Mrs. W EST EAST Bishop and W. K. Smyth . • K82 . AJ743 Team championship: 1st Mr. \?A Q4 \?83 and Mrs. Esther and Mr. and (>A32 OK Q4 Mrs. Rhodes; 2nd Vickerman, + A Q 10 7 + K 8 2 Milnes, Morrell and Sharpe. Playing in 6NT after a diamond Ladies teams: Dr. Anderson, lead, it seems right at match point Mrs. Broke, Mrs. Hiron and pairs to take the spade finesse. Mrs. Hopewell. But what is the correct play at Town Teams: 1st Leeds (Dan, teams in 6NT? If the spade Dorsey, Fielding and Newman), finesse loses and a heart is returned 2nd Sheffield (Mrs. Bowler, Mrs. declarer will have to decide im- Campfield, Mrs. Frith and Mrs. mediately between a heart finesse Whittaker). 19 To Bury, Not to Praise by EDMUND PHILLIPS

The time is long past since off. In the other room, the players could claim that theirs is a Americans reached the lay-down natural system: in their struggle slam by the· natural sequence for perfection, our leading ex­ JNT- Three Clubs; Four Clubs ponents keep tacking on new - Six Clubs. gadgets, some of their own in­ The British version of this vention, some of foreign deriva­ gadget, as developed by Rodrigue tion. A number of these, such as and (of all people!) Konstam, is , have stood slightly different: they used the the test of time pretty well; of Four Club bid as a demand for others, one is left doubtful as to partner to show point-count: the efficacy, certainly as judged by the use to which they were WEST EAST put in the 1962 world champion­ + K 9 4 + Q 10 52 ship. \/ Al09 \? K2 OA J85 OK Q One of the latest is a crib from + 874 + AKQ93 the Roma)l system- a response WEST EAST of Four Clubs or Four Diamonds !NT 2NT to an opening no trump bid, to 30 3+ show exact point-count. Here 3NT 4+ are the Roman maestros them- 40 4NT selves, in their match against 2NT was the Baron response, North America: asking for suits to be bid up­ WEST EAST wards; having failed to find a 4-4 + AK + 9 8 4 fit, East launched into the con­ \/A Q98 \/7 vention and, just as in the previous A K9 6 0 Q 104 0 example, decided that a strong + A K 10 9 3 + Q 5 42 five-card suit was no compensa­ WEST EAST tion for lack of the magic 33 lNT 4+ points. The Americans were, 4NT No once again, less inhibited, and Four Clubs showed 14 points reached 6NT by a straightforward and West, with a minimum (their sequence; but on this occasion range is I 7-20), naturally signed virtue was not rewarded, as both 20 black suits broke badly, and the strong hand: he has passed on the contract failed by two tricks. first round, but finds himself good I turn now to a more familiar enough to compete once the gadget, the so-called unusual no­ opponents have limited them­ trump. In a " Bridge on the Air" selves. So South dutifully bids programme a year or two ago, Three Clubs on- my partner, Alan Driver, called + Q86 ~Q876 0975 + Q94. Three Diamonds over the oppo­ He is perhaps surprised that East­ nents' Two Spades despite the West, who must have the balance fact that he also had a biddable of strength, do not push on to club suit; his comment in the Three Spades. But this is as post-mortem, that he had not bid nothing to his feelings when 2NT for fear 1 would not under­ partner passes and then proceeds stand the call, seemed to cause to display a balanced 21-count! Terence Reese some amusement. Nevertheless, Driver was quite Yes, the Americans bid and right. I don't understand the made 3NT; but here is the other unusual no-trump. I don't know side of the medal. With only whether it shows a strong hand, East-West vulnerable, the bidding or a rubbishy 7- count; l don't proceeds:- know whether it guarantees five SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST cards in each minor, or whether I+ No !NT No it can be bid on 6-4; worst of all, 2+ No No ? I don't even know for certain and you, East, are looking at:­ when it is unusual. + Q1073 ~Q109 OAK + AK92. "So what?" you may say; "a Your first, cautious reaction might Life Master can handle the con­ be to pass: you are sitting under vention, even if you can't." So the spades and have no reason let us return to the World Cham­ to suppose that partner is any­ pionship. At love all, the bidding thing but trickless. But there is goes:- the lurking fear that North-South SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST may be about to get away with No murder; the INT response is, you No ,. No !NT remember, a forced bid that may No 2+ 2NT No have had to be made on a com- ? plete yarborough, according to This is a baby one. North, the Roman system. So, you are quite obviously, does not have a about to bid 2NT when the 21 horrid thought strikes you-part­ get high enough. Two examples ner may read this as unusual. must suffice. BeHeve it or not, the American East's solution to this problem NORTH was to bid 3NT! This went four + K4 down but, as it happens, the

Two Stars Final, Eastbourne

South dealer Love all + 98542 ~ 10 8 4 0 9 8 2 . 3 2 + K • J 10 7 \? AK975 <:? J 03 0 A Q 10 6 5 • Q 10 9 8 6 5 . A K J 4 + A Q 6 3 \? Q 632 .0 7KJ 7 4 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST N ORTH EAST Cansino Penn D. Fresh- Mrs. Fresh- t + 2<::7 No 2+ water water No 3+ No 5+ 10 2+ No 5+ No 6+ No No No 6+ No No No No + 4 led. 12 tricks. 920 to E-W. 0 91ed. J 2 tricks. 920 to E-W. SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST Lengyel Mathieson Priday Wolach No 1<::7 No 20 ,. 2+ No 2 + No 3+ No 3NT No 3 <::7 No 4 0 No 5+ No 6+ No 4 <::7 No 5+ No No No No No No + 41ed. 12 tricks. 920 to E-W. + 41ed. 12 tricks. 420 to E-W.

This rather elusive slam was bid at only 3 of the 12 tables in the Two Stars Final and even then, I suspect, the final bids were made more in hope than with true conviction. Although they failed to reach the slam, Priday and Wolach conducted one of the best auctions. When West bid Four Hearts his partner knew he had eleven cards in clubs and hearts, and the odds appear to be two to one against the remaining two cards being spades. There is also the possibility of + Ax or Kx, and I think East should have chanced Six. 24 by Ronald Crown

Hubert Phillips Bowl (1st round)

South dealer Both sides vulnerable • J 10 9 3 \? KQ963 05 • K 52 + KQ 86 • 42 \? 8 4 \? 7 5 OJ9873 0 K 10 6 2 . 94 . Jl0863 + A 7 5 \?A J 10 2 0 AQ4 . AQ7

SOUTH NORTH SOUTH NORTH Read Campoli Schapiro Wo/ach 2NT 3+ 2NT 3+ 3<:/ 4NT 3<:/ 4NT 5+ 6<:/ 6NT No No ()7 led. 12 tricks. 1,430 toN-S. ()7 1ed. 11 tricks. 100 to E-W.

Alfredo Campoli, the celebrated violinist, and his teammates (Mrs. Carmichael, Mrs. K. Lederer and Cdr. Read) were in close harmony in the first round of the· national mixed team championship when they knocked out the holders, represented by Mrs. Gordon, Schapiro, Priday and Wolach. On the deal shown the winners reached an unbeatable Six Hearts which was. made by eliminating the minor suits and endplaying West in spades. Th ~ losers­ had the sort of bidding misunderstanding which characterises the Bowl (where each player has to partner each other team member in turn). Schapiro took 4NT as quantitative, though surely the balance of advantage lies in making it conventional in this sequence. If, on the basis of a quantitative 4NT, he intended to bid on, there was no harm in saying Five Clubs en route, showing and keeping all roads open. After the match Schapiro and Wolach asked Campoli to play " Little Things. Mean a Lot." 25 Below we reproduce the October Problem No. 5 (1 0 points) P roblem------s. Match-point pairs, love all, the bid­ P roblem No. 1 (10 points) ding has gone:- Match-point pairs, love all, the SouTH W EST NORTH EAST bidding has gone:- No JO No SouTH WEST N ORTH EAST 2+ No No ? No No 1+ South holds:- No 3+ No ? + Q5

by ALBERT DORMER

My first assignment at the City the hearts and clubs guarded, so Desk was the Fox- Shammon the diamond finesse had to be Trophy, a multiple team event taken. North won and cashed which opens the London season. the setting tricks in spades. Thirty teams entered and, as What I had overlooked in announced last month, the clear playing to the first trick was that winners were Mrs. Rye in partner­ the declarer is better placed if he ship with Mrs. Albuquerque, and can win the second round of Jack Albuquerque with Jeremy spades. Suppose the Jack is Flint. Then came Sidney Lee's inserted and South wins with the team, followed by Miss Bishop's Ace and re'turns the suit: if and Harrison Gray's. declarer judges that spades are When the eventual winners met four-four his safe play is to take the runners up there was a text­ the diamond finesse early; if, as book hand which I butchered. happens, declarer cannot rely on four-four spades, he wins with W EST EAST + K at trick two and tests hearts • 97 KJ3 + and clubs. If both are guarded by ~ Q98 ~A K6 5 South, North can be thrown in 0 A J 10 8 6 0 Q9 with dummy's small spade and + KQ4 + A 10 53 declarer takes the last two tricks Playing 3NT from the West in diamonds. South's actual hand position, I received the 4 of was: + Al06 ~1 1043 072 + J962. spades from Albuquerque. Weigh­ ing the chance of North having Eastbourne Congress led from either the I 0 or the Q I 0 To the disappointment of many (in which case it may pay to regulars, the congress was sold in dummy) against the chance of out well in advance and one half AQ (when the Jack must be put expected to find ticket scalpers up) I played low from the table. lining the drive of the Grand F lint won with the 10 from AlOx Hotel. ("Full congress only ten and cleared the suit. Now the nicker, guv.") T here was the hand developed to a Wagnerian usual excellent direction and climax: South turned out to have Harold Franklin, wearing his 27 other hat as the new E.B.U. press La Revue Beige officer, got considerable publicity for the tournament in the London du press. Principal results:- Congress teams: 1st Schapiro, Bridge Crown, Barbour and Swinnerton­ Oyer. 2nd Mrs. Durran, Weiss­ Un programme complet pour berger, Jamieson and Tottenbarn. amateurs et experts

Two Stars: 1st Dormer and Direction technique: Hiron; 2nd Cansino and Penn ; A. Finklestein 3rd Priday and Wolach. Abonnement annuel Burlington Cup : 1st Mr. and (12 numeros) Mrs. P. Gordon, Albuquerque 220 frs. belges and Flint. 2nd Mr. and Mrs. M. G. D. Williams, Stanley and Green. 64, Ave nue Louise, Bruxelle s .

Mixed Pairs: 1st Mr. and Mrs. Albuquerque. 2nd Mrs. Rye and Flint. 3rd Mrs. Krauth and J. J. • Q J 9 5 Boyd Barrett. Flitch: Mr. and <:? 54 Mrs. C. T. Brown. 0 9 8 3 + A 9 6 2 Sussex Clubs Trophy: Mrs. P Williams, Langiert, Pearlstone and Three Diamonds is safe enough Franses. but 2NT may turn out better if he is bidding on a 2- 4-5- 2 hand A hasty bid led to the departure with no independent club stop. of our formation from the main I bid 2NT and partner continued team event at the semi-final stage. with Three Spades. What now? With both sides vulnerable, oppo­ nents are silent throughout and Having decided that Four partner opens One Diamond. Spades must be reasonable, I You say One Spade and be re­ foolishly bid it. It was reasonable, verses with Two Hearts. Your but Five Diamonds was cast-iron. hand is the jejune collection shown in the next column. What The two hands are shown on the do you bid? next page. 28 WEST EAST WEST EAST • Q J 9 5 + A 10 3 +J + KQ8653 ~ 54 ~AK 10 ~ 9 7 2 ~K5 <> 9 8 3 OKQJ752 <> Q 8 3 <> 10 9 . A962 .7 . AKQ964 • 8 7 2 Over Three Spades by East, SOUTH NoRTH EAST Four Diamonds is a cost-nothing I ~ No 2+ bid offering partner the choice. No No No H e might get excited but you can No always head him away from a Three Clubs was defeated by slam b_y concealing the Ace of two tricks, vulnerable, while Two clubs. The Sharples brothers, Spades was superficially a make needless to say, reached Five on the favourable spade break. Diamonds. (In fact it probably would have . Q was led against our con­ been beaten by means of a trump tract of Four Spades and at trick promotion). The rebid by West, two a diamond went to the King Weissberger, came in for some and South's Ace. The smart criticism, but it hardly seems diamond return was ruffed by wrong to me. North and dummy won the heart continuation. By playing Ace A match-winning trick could and another spade the contract have been saved in the play, is made unless South had + Kx which started with two rounds of originally; but she had, and the hearts won by South (Swinnerton­ second diamond ruff spelled de­ Dyer), and a heart continuation. feat. Dummy ruffed the third heart and thereafter accurate defence pre­ In the team final, played at vented the declarer from negotiat­ point-a-board scoring with a ing either a diamond ruff or an graded aggregate, Schapiro's team to dummy for spade tricks. J1ad to score nearly all the points in their match with Mrs. Durran's Declarer should stake every­ team, the runners-up. The out­ thing on two-two clubs and come could have been reversed on discard a diamond on the third any of the four hands on which round of hearts. If the defenders the two teams clashed. One of force the dummy, now two ruffs these presented West with a can be obtained. If they don't problem in the bidding and the force, the third round of clubs play. provides entry for the spades. If 29 they play a fourth round of South had opened One Spade and hearts, declarer has to ruff high North's response of I NT had and pray. come round to West. Swinnerton­ Oyer, who is an all-weather In a different match in the same bidder, ventured Two Hearts and final Swinnerton-Dyer was again all players were satisfied. The to the fore with his celebrated Jack of soades was led and cliffhanging act:- covered by the King and Ace, WEST EAST then South switched to the King • 8 4 3 + K 10 7 5 of clubs. Declarer continued with y> AJ865 <:? 7 2 Ace and another trump; South 04 OA9653 won with \?10 and returned + 10, + A QJ 7 + 82 and now the declarer had to find With both sides vulnerable a play.

There is still time to enter for the YOUNG PLAYER'S PAIRS Holders: M. F. Saunders and J. Tait

Open to players under 35 on I November, I 962. Entries (IO f­ per pair) to Major Fell, The Hob Hill, Steeton, Keighley, Yorkshire. To be held on: SUNDAY, 9th DECEMBER 1962 Played simultaneously with duplicated boards at: Halifax B.C., Halifax; Heathercroft B.C., 2 Pebblemill Road, Birmingham 5; Civil Service C.B.A., Metropole Building, Northumberland Avenue, London. A report of the tournament will appear in the January B.B.W.

30 He had to bank on three-three trumps, and South was marked with a doubleton club. lf, as was The Acol likely, South had five spades and hence three diamonds, the contract System Today was assured. After the second by TERENCE REESE and round of clubs, play continued ALBERT DORMER with a diamond to the Ace and a 'At long last there is a genuine diamond ruff, then the third classic on the Acol System . . . round of trumps. No matter A rea ll y outstanding book.' which defender won this trick, Sunday Telegraph he had to return a diamond rather 'The best exposition of good bid­ than lead back to a black-suit ding ever to appear in a book.' tenace. Declarer ruffed the dia­ Hy Lavimltal mond return, cashed the top club ISs. net and ran + 8 to South's + 9. The defender could only continue Edward Arnold spades and dummy's + t 0 made 41, Madd ox Street , London, W .l a trick on which West threw his losing club. slam would depend on a trump In the Two Stars Hiron and I finesse which I knew to be wrong. "crep' in" bottom of the list in (We were against experienced each of the two qualifying rounds players and the final rounds of but had all our luck in the final. the auction would have been more This was one slice: as South I exploratory had either opponent held + K74 \?1943 <)32 + QI095 been void of a suit.) and heard the following sequence Naturally I doubled Six Spades, at game all:- but West redoubled and tabled W EST EAST the following cards: + J652 <:? K2 I+ 2+ <) K 75 + AJ82. He had literall y 4+ 4NT found an Ace and, since I had 5+ 6+ little on which to base the defence, prospects did not seem too bright. Imagining that West's bidding But partner turned up with + QtO was designed to show a limited over dummy's Jack and that hand with strong trump support, meant 400; a useful accretion, as I concluded that, with my partner slams were going down all round obviously holding an Ace, the the room. • 31 The responder's hand was: East should visualise poor four­ card support and two possible + A983 AQ107 O AQ9 + K7 trump losers. Even if East presses .and it is interesting to consider on, he may a li ght on 6NT which how the bad slam can be avoided. might, as the cards lie, be made Had West subscribed to the on a three-suit squeeze against proposition, outlined in the Acol South. book, that a jump raise in a Priday and Wolach, who had forcing situation should show been our most persistent chal­ strong trumps as well as a limited lengers in the barometer-style hand, his second-round bid would final session, were edged out of obviously have been Three Spades, second place by Jonathan Cansino not Four. East continues with, and Michael Penn ; an excellent say, Four Hearts, and receives performance by the youngest pair Four Spades from partner. Now in the field.

RESULT OF OCTOBER COMPETITION

Problem 5 claimed the most victims, few solvers finding the courage to jump to 'Three No Trumps without a full stop in the opponents suit. The possibility of an unusual Three No Trump bid in Problem 6 was not often considered. Max. 100 Winner R. A. MACLEOD, 9 Ash Place, Johnstone, Renfrewshire 92 Second J. HIBBERT, 15 Camelia Place, Twickenham, Middlesex 86 Equal third J. E. G oRDON, Becchbank, Bromborough, Wirral, Cheshire 85 G. G . FowuE, 25 High Road, Saltcoats, Ayrshire 85 Other leading scores: P. N . R ING, 84; H. DAVIDSON (H olland), H. R. STEVEN, 82; I. G. SMITH, N. F. C HOULARTON, G . D. SHARPE, J.D. SoLOMON, 8 1; L . L. R OBINSON, J. J. CHAPMAN, 80; J . K. KRoES (Holland), E. H. N UNN, 79; A. A. PESCOTT-D AY, 77; R. M. SHEEHAN, Y. de JONG (Holland), J. MASH, 76; D. W. POYNER, S. BRUMAN (Sweden), N. A LMGREN (Sweden), F. v. KIMMENADE (Holland), 75.

A further good score in the August competition was H. S. ITKI N ( Maryland, U.S.A.) with 82. 32 E.B.U. Master Points Register Master Points Secretary: F. 0. Bingham, 48 Lordship Park, London, N.l6 Three names have been added to the list of Life Masters since the last list of promotions appeared. These are:- A. Dormer; H. Franklin; P. F. Swinnerton­ Dyer, bringing the number in the top rank to thirty-seven. Other promotions are:- To National Master : E. Jamieson and P. F. L. Tottenbam (Staffordshire). To "Three Star" Master: Mr. and Mrs. W. E. D. Hall (Warwickshire). To "Two Star" Master: Mrs. J. M. Harper (Surrey); J. C. Street (Surrey). To "One Star" Master: Dr. A. S. Beilin (North-Western); A. H. Dalton (Surrey); "1 M. F. Saunders (London); G. H. Sharpe (Yorkshire); Dr. E. R . Varley (London). To Master : Mrs. H. J. Abraham (London); Miss V. Bass (London); Mrs. I. M. Bradbury (Warwickshire); N. I. Bullen (Surrey); Mrs. J. F. Callaway (Sussex); Miss J. Clutterbuck (Gioucestershire); Mrs. G. W. R. Cowpland (Sussex); J. S. Daniel (Notts.); F. Dlugajczyk (Lincolnshire); D. Garfitt-Clowes (Surrey); Mrs. J. Giddins (Sussex); Mrs. W. F. Grant (Sussex); Mrs. M. Gray (Middlesex); Mrs. D. Grunert (North-Western); C. R. Haslam (Devon); Mrs. M. Lester (London); Mr. and Mrs. I. D. T. Macrae (North-Western); Mrs. M. F. Palmer (Kent); Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Rawlinson (Hertfordshire); D. A. Rayner (Yorkshire); Mrs. T. Richardson (North-Western); R. M. Sheehan (Oxfordshire); Mrs. T. Simons (Middlesex); J. P. Walton (Somerset); Mrs. L. Wibberley (Derbyshire). MASTERS' INDIVIDUAL. Invitations to compete in this event are, for the first time, restricted to Life Masters and Honorary Life Masters. Play will be over three sessions on Saturday and Sunday, November 24th-25th (2.15 p.m. and 8 p.m. on Saturday and 1.45 p.m. on Sunday) at a new central venue, The Duchy Hotel, 44 Lancaster Gate, W.2. Accommodation is available for a limited number of spectators at a charge of 2/6d. per session.

WEST OF ENGLAND CONGRESS RESULTS Congress teams: 1st Mrs. 0. Mixed Pairs: 1st Mrs. Dixon­ Topping, Priday, Fox, Truscott; Green and M. H. Airey; 2nd 2nd Mr. and Mrs. H. Healey, Miss Dixon and B. G. Vernon. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Brown. Pairs Championship: 1st Mrs. Men's Pairs: 1st Fox and E. J. Fleming and Crowhurst; 2nd Trus­ Spurway; 2nd Morley-Burry and cott and Fox. H. J. Bonner. 33 Midland News

by A. HUTCHINSON

After the Lord Mayor's Show At game all, North opened comes the Corporation muck One Diamond and East overcalled cart. After Beirut-the Sutton One Spade. This didn' t prevent Coldfield team championship for our reaching 3NT, played by me the Edgar Foster Cup. This in the South position, but it did report will, I hope, please Sir attract the lead of the 2 of spades Hugh Garrett, (You Say, October from West. East took the trick B.B. W.) since no star-studded with his King and returned the teams invaded our club, the 5. Clearly West had led from humble and meek alone being three to an honour; the question involved. Yet there is a similarity; was which. If the Ace, I must it is a tale of defeat and mis­ play low to block the suit as the fortune. The holders for the diamond finesse had to be taken previous two years were not only towards East but, if West had the beaten but battered almost into Jack, then the Queen must be bottom place. Not that it was played. Since East's overcall was our fault, of course- well not vulnerable, 1 plumped for West much- it simply wasn't our day. to have the Jack and there we Just look at this deal:­ were-down again. NoRTH At Beirut, this next hand might .6 not have caused much trouble, '\?A762 but it was too much for both OAQJ86 declarers in our match. For con­ + AK2 venience I have shown my partner, WEST EAST who played the hand, as sitting + A 72 + KJ985 South (see next page). '\? 10943 '\? 8 5 We bid the hand to Six Dia­ 0 9 3 2 0 K 7 5 monds, and the awkward lead of + 9 8 5 + Q 7 3 the 5 of hearts was received. SOUTH East took dummy's King with the • Q 10 4 3 Ace and got off lead with the '\? KQJ Jack of spades, covered by the 0 104 Queen, King and Ace. A difficult + J 10 6 4 decision now had to be taken and 34 NORTH was returned. After this, ten tricks + A 73 only could be made. The right \/K Q10843 decision in this case, I think, 0 Q 9 7 6 should not have been so difficult to find. Since whichever opponent WEST EAST takes the heart trick will obviously + K52 ·- + J 10 8 6 4 lead a trump if he has one, South \/ 1952 <:/A 7 must play dummy's 10, not the 08 0 J 54 King, in the hope of knocking + K 10 8 3 2 • J 9 7 out the Ace. There will then still SOUTH be time to set up the heart suit. + Q9 What do you do with the \/6 North hand below when South 0 A K 10 3 2 opens 2NT? + AQ654 NORTH South decided to throw her losing + 84 \/ Q97642 spade on the King of hearts and try a cross ruff, ruffing first two 0 9 4 • 9 62 spades and then one heart from WEST EAST dummy and clubs of course from + A 7 6 2 the closed hand after playing the + Q J 3 <:/ 8 5 \/3 Ace. Unfortunately, East was 0 Q 10 8 7 0 J 6 3 2 able to intervene with the Jack of + A 10 5 + KJ873 trumps. Had East held five clubs, SOUTH or West the Jack of diamonds together with three or four hearts, + K 10 9 5 <:/A K J 10 the cross-ruff would have suc­ AK5 ceeded, but, as the cards lie, it 0 + Q4 seems that the only way to make the contract is to play the 10 of Do you have a stab at 3NT? hearts from dummy on the first After all South doesn't have to round. hold a minimum hand, wide open in clubs. Even on the actual At the other table, the 8 of hands a club is not likely to be trumps was led and taken in the led, and a spade lead presents closed hand, the singleton heart the contract. Should a red suit be was led to dummy's King and opened, the opponents might find East's Ace, and a second trump it hard to retain the right cards 35 to defeat the hand. Or perhaps went happily home. you bid Three Hearts and rebid Yes, it was an enjoyable occa­ Four if partner says 3NT ? Or sion, certainly one that I shall do you belong to the Flint Age not be able to forget for many a and, if so, would you use the day. convention here? The Result My partner is of the last First (by a short head)- Mrs. category. She arranged with all Hewson, Mrs. Downes, Mrs. Sin­ her partners to use Flint, right natt, and T. Hewson. Second­ from its publication, but it has Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Hoult, just refused to happen until now. Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Vowles. So, when I opened 2NT, her great Also ran, the holders - A. moment had at long last arrived Hutchinson & Co. (clearly) Ltd. and she bid Three Diamonds. The aftermath Dutifully, I responded Three "Tell me," said my wife with a Hearts, the final contract of grin, "How does one become a course, and that was all I could Life Master? Does Terence Reese make on the heart lead received. decide?" Defeat, where is thy sting? "Eh? No, of course not." Where, opponents, thy victory? " Well, who does then ? I want Flint had prevailed, and partner to put in my application." One Hundred Up Conducted by A L AN HIR ON November Competition A panel of experts will answer the questions and the marking of the j competition will be determined by, though not necessarily in strict proportion to, the votes of the panel. The following prizes are offered for the best sets of answers:- FIRST PRIZE SECOND AND THIRD PRIZES Two Guineas. One Guinea. Please read these rules carefully. No competitor may send in more than one entry. Only annual subscribers to the B.B.W. are eligible for prizes. Answers should be sent to One Hundred Up, British Bridge World, 35 Dover Street, London, W.l , to arrive not later than first post on December 1. Some latitude will be given to overseas competitors. 36 Problem No. 1 (10 points) Problem No. 5 (10 points) Match-point pairs, East-West vulner­ Match-point pairs, love all, the able, the bidding has gone:- bidding has gone:- SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST 1<;;1 No 3<;? No No J N o ? ? South holds:- South holds:- + Q8742 <;;!- OA108762 + A4. + 10842 <;?76 0 AQ643 + QS. What should South bid? What should South bid?

Problem No. 2 (10 points) Problem No. 6 (10 points) Rubber bridge, North-South vulner­ able, the bidding has gone:- J.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- able, the bidding has gone:- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST No No SouTH WEST NORTH EAST 10 No J Dble 1+ No 2NT No ? ? South holds:- South holds:- + A <;?J83 O AKJJ074 + Q42. <;?AK6 O AKS + AJI0832. +5 What should South bid? What should South bid?

Problem No. 3 (20 points) Problem No. 7 (20 points) Match-point pairs, love all, the Love all, the bidding has gone:- bidding has gone:- SouTH WEST N ORTH EAST SouTH WEST NORTH EAST J+ No No I <;;I No ? 2+ No 20 No South holds:- ? + A73 <;?J1052 O A + AJ763. South holds:- What should South bid, + A852 <;?84 0 15 + AJI042. (a) At match-point pairs? (a) Do you agree with South's Two (b) At I.M.P. scoring? Club response? If not, what alternative do you prefer? (b) What should South bid now? Problem No. 8 (10 points) I.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable, Problem No. 4 (1 0 points) the bidding has gone:- I.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST able, the bidding has gone:- t+ No 2+ SoUTH WEST NoRTH EAST No 20 No 2NT 1<;;1 20 30 No No 3NT N o No ? No South holds:- South holds:- + K74 <;?Q9852 O AK73 + JO. + K874 <;? K86 0 104 + J?63. What should South bid? What should South lead? 37 Sure as smoking starts a fug, sure as open windows let in draughts and noise, sure as sta le air du lls the brain-and su re as you've learned the economy Y ou need of buying quality . .• r}J{])(j)f]oJJJ:IOgj --~- ventilation for better air conditions Ask your electrical supplier to demonstrate the exclusive Vent-Axia automatic shutter. V ent- Axla Ltd . 60 Rochester Row . London S.W.I . Telephone: VICtoria 22# Branches at: Glasgow . Manchester. Birmingham. Leeds. Newcastle-upon-Tync. Bristol A HIMtU. Or THI HALl•THU.HOTANIC. CA:OUI'

38 One Hundred Up Conducted by ALAN HIRON

October solutions: If you did not enter for the October competition, try your hand at the problems on page 26 before reading how the experts voted.

The panel for the October competi­ who all seemed to assume that if they tion consisted of the following twelve bid 3NT it would automatically con­ experts: E. Crowhurst, A. D ormer, clude the auction. G. C. H. Fox, J. Nunes, T. Reese, D. In close support of Dormer: Rimington, J. Sharples, and N. Smart, SWINNERTON-DYER: "3NT. The only all of London and the Home Counties; sane comment on this problem is that C. E. Phillips of Cheshire; P. Swinner­ Six Clubs is unlikely to be on." ton-Dyer of Cambridge; J. Besse of A pretty sound remark that, I would Rome; and H. Filarski of Amsterdam. say. But the readers will be disappointed P roblem No. 1 (10 points) that you could not find a devastating Match-point pairs, love all, the master-bid to explore this 0.1 per cent bidding has gone:- possibility. SouTH WEST NORTH EAST H owever, the majority view was No No I+ summed up well by: 2+ No 3+ No CRowHURST: "No Bid. It is tempting ? to make the Basher's bid of 3NT here, South holds:- but there can be little justification for + KJ5 KQ OAKQJJ076 + J9. Spades, JNT or possibly a lot of (a) Do you agree with South's Two diamonds." Diamond opening? If not, what alter- A bid of Four Diamonds was sug- native do you prefer? gested by one or two panelists but dis- (b) What should South bid now? missed as insufficiently aggressive; in Answer to (a): Prefer One Diamond, other words, not forcing. This snag 10; Prefer JNT, 6; Agree with Two was neatly side-stepped by Pilarski who Diamonds, 4. answered simply, "Four Diamonds, The panel's vote: 8 prefer One Dia- forcing." mond; 2 prefer JNT (Smart, Swinnerton- Two ravenous consumers of bidding Dyer); 2 agree with Two Diamonds space, Phillips and Swinnerton-Dyer. (Dormer, Fox). PHILLIPS: "4NT, Culbertson. Partner The Two Diamond opening came in will never imagine that we have three for some very rough criticism at the Aces unless we tell him." panelists' hands: A Culbertson 4NT bid, of course, SHARPLES: "Disagree with Two Dia- shows either three Aces or two Aces moods. It would perhaps be an over­ and the King of a bid suit. Here North statement to repeat the comments of a is quite likely to have all the bid Kings famous player who once said of a hand 4.1 that 'It doesn't begin to look like a Two bid', but the practice of opening Two on a completely one-suited hand THE AMERICAN which is so signally devoid of outside controls is to be deprecated. Prefer One Diamond or 3NT, according to BRIDGE WORLD taste." CROWHURST: "No, prefer One Dia­ Subscriptions mond. Anyone who opens this collection with a bid of Two Diamonds would be fo r One Year - £2 6 0 well-advised to have an immediate Two Years - - £3 IS 0 refresher course with Simon's ''. He states that a Two bid should be reserved entirely for hands Sole Agent in Great Britain : which are apt to become difficult if ~ln. Rio Ma.rkua opened with a bid of One, or miss a S Bu il 1\lauaiona, Du il Street, S.W.3 slam if opened with a pr~-empt, and it is clea1 that this hand can be opened One Diamond and rebid Three Dia- over any ambitious schemes that part­ moods without fear of missing anything. ner may evolve. Seemingly the best way "This time last year the bid to secure is as follows: full marks would have been 3NT, but BESSE: "3NT. And hope for the best. fashions have changed since then and Three Hearts is too likely to induce the Christian Diors of further unwelcome actions from North." have decreed the new slim-line 3NT on This point was also made by the what might be called a bust other 3NT bidders, but those who with no padding." prefer to try Three Hearts still retained Queuing for their copies of "Design hope of falling on their feet. for Bidding" on Monday morning will PHt LUPs: "Three Hearts. If partner be Fox and Dormer, who would can now bid 3NT he will probably make doubtless contest Crowhurst's assertion it. If he bids anything else, we may that the hand can be opened One well be overboard, but that was the pit Diamond and rebid Three without any we dug with our opening bid." trepidation. The final school of thought: DoRMER: "Agree with Two Dia- R EESE : "Four Diamonds. The most moods. I t isn't ideal, but what sequence cautionary call available." is on this type of hand?" CROWHURST: "Four D iamonds. Lo Answer to (b): 3NT, 10 ; Three Hearts, sepulchral tones." 8; Four D iamonds, 5. Yes, but however sepulchral you The panel's vote: 5 fo r 3NT; 4 for manage to make your tones, if partner Three Hearts (Filarski, Fox, Phillips, has enough to make Five Diamonds Sharples); 2 for Four Diamonds playable, he will bid at least Six. Your (Crowhurst, Reese). course of action must, I should say, South is now faced with the problem inevitably secure a negative score. The of how to pour the maximum amount others have at least some chance of a of cold water as quickly as possible plus. 42 The terms of the question compelled NUNES: "Three Hearts. The best bid, a surprising abstention from: I think, as partner wiU not raise without SwiNNERTON-D YER: "Include me out. four-card support and in that event I have to recover from more bad bids Four Hearts may be the only makeable than most people, but there are limits." game. lf partner has +Kxx or Axx and no four-card heart support, he must Problem No. 5 (10 points) not go 3NT but must bid Three Spades, Match-point pairs, love all, the bid- when I will bid 3NT and play the hand ding has gone:- the right way round." SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST The big snag with this reasoning is No 1(> No that we might end in Four Hearts even 2+ No No when partner does hold the appropriate ? spades, and we might make appreciably South holds:- fewer tricks than the no-trumpers. But +Q5 ~A42 (> KQ +K87543. I still prefer Nunes' bid to Three Spades. What should South bid? Another possibility, ignored by the Answer: 3NT, 10; Three Hearts, 6; rest of the panel: Three Spades, 5; Double, 4. CROWHURST: "Double. Reluctantly, The panel's vote: 7 for 3NT; 2 for but it is difficult to find a sensible Three Hearts (Nunes, Smart); 2 for alternative. North, who has not raised Three Spades, Rimington, Swinnerton­ the clubs and who might well have Dyer); 1 for Double (Crowhurst). opened One Heart if he held both the The editor was both dogmatic and red suits, is likely to have a little some­ descriptive when he supported the thing in spades." popular choice: This could be a ~uccess but I'm not DORMER: "3NT. No other game is over-food of it. It smacks of top or visible, or even plausible; we certainly bottom tactics, as partner may pass the don't want to nudge partner into being double on quite unsuitable holdings. declarer with say + Kxx or Axx. No marks for any other bid. Problem No. 6 (10 points) "True, if they cash the first six tricks, I.M.P. scoring, game all, the bidding partner won't exactly take us home has gone:- with an ice-cream cone in one hand SouTH WEST NORTH EAST and a red balloon in the other, but one Dble. 2~ must take that chance." 3~·~ No No Developing this theme: ? PHILLIPS: "3NT. In uncharted situa­ South holds:- tions of this sort, one should bear in +J854 ~4 (>A862 +QJ83. mind that at other tables West may not What should South bid? intervene and 3NT will be the normal Answer: 3NT, to; No Bid, 9; Double, contract." 5, Four Clubs, 3. The Three Spade bidders admitted The panel's vote: 5 for 3NT; 5 for that they could see no alternative, and No Bid (Besse, Pilarski, Fox, Riming­ as they provided few constructive argu­ ton, Smart); 1 for D ouble (Reese); 1 for ments I have given the equally popular Four Clubs (Nunes). choice of Three Hearts a slight edge I seem to specialise in problems that in the marking scale. split the panel into two equal camps. 43 Again the casting vote goes to the accepted by those who favour the 3NT faction which appears to develop the bid. In theory, admittedly, North has stronger arguments: no obligation to make a free bid of SHARPLES: "3NT. It is fortunate Three Spades on four-card spades and perhaps that we have another chance to an otherwise minimum hand. In prac­ speak and we welcome this opportunity tice, in a keenly contested game, it is to suggest a minor-suit contract as an much the better tactics to do so-for alternative to spades. It would be fear that partner, with weak spades, inconsistent with my previous limit bid will otherwise be silenced and the of Two Spades to suppose that 1 could enemy steal a hand which belongs to now want to play in 3NT, and the call your side. In my opinion, it will pay in fact pinpoints the distribution and the in the long run to assume no four-card spade weakness. Partner should now spades with North, and once this bid game on a suitably fitting hand and assumption is made the 3NT bid not merely Four Clubs or Four Dia­ becomes even more marked, for now monds, which South would pass." North must have a respectable initial DORMER: "3NT. One must keep the double. home fires burning here and no other Assuming that partner cannot hold bid makes sense. The sequence oc- four spades, Nunes considers the curred at a number of tables in the possibility of reaching a minor-suit game recent Fox-Shammon Trophy, and this by forcing with Four Hearts, but rejects neat solution was found by a Sharpie. this arbitrarily for Four Clubs- seem­ It resulted in an excellent contract of ingly overlooking the unusual 3NT. Five Diamonds. Several of the no-bidders seemed to " It goes without saying that partner have the same blind spot, admitting should put us with just this sort of that Four of a minor suit was probably hand: obviously only four-card spades, on, but that they would expect to and no heart strength for otherwise we collect+ 100 by passing. would double, knowing that partner Taking this month's prize for pessi- could easily remove to Three Spades if mism: he were unhappy." SMART: "No Bid. I wouldn't be Perhaps the first part of his argument surprised to find the opponents making influenced my casting vote, while the an overtrick with the option of collecting second part seems a good counter to: 500 if we utter again." REESE: "Double. Obviously co-opera­ tive and more on the mark than an Problem No. 7 (20 points) unusual 3NT, for it will probably be I.M.P. scoring, North-South vulner- easier to defeat Three Hearts (especially able, the bidding has gone:- if partner passes the double) than to SoUTH WEST NORTH EAST make ten tricks in a minor. Another I ~ 20 argument against 3NT is the fact that ? partner's failure to bid Three Spades South holds:- over Three Hearts does not necessarily + Q ~QI082 OA54 + AQ864. mean that be lacks four cards in spades." (a) What should South bid? This last remark of Reese's is crucial (b) What should South bid if East and I doubt whether it would be had passed. 44 Answer to (a): Three Diamonds, 10; Answer to (b): Two Clubs, 10; Three Three Clubs, 8; Four Diamonds, 4. Clubs, 10. The panel's vote: 6 for Three Dia­ The panel's vote: 6 for Two Clubs; monds; 5 for Three Clubs (Besse, 6 for Three Clubs (Nunes, Phillips, Filarski, Fox, Phillips, Rimington) ; Reese, Sharples, Smart, Swinnerton­ I for Four Diamonds (Dormer). Dyer). The question of whether the Swiss I've given up splitting ties. The Convention is permissible in 100 UP arguments on both sides seem well arose in both parts of the problem. balanced. Taking a firm stand as the new con­ SWINNERTON-DYER: " Three Clubs. ductor, I will say that it is not to be An overbid, but we shall have time to used unless specifically referred to in cope with this. The Baron bid of Two the question. As this may not have Clubs really gives too much scope for been clear to solvers of this month's West's probable spade suit. Hence the problems, I am allowing an adjusted rather forward effort of Three Clubs, score of 5 marks for contestants who which wiU not be hard to justify even offer Four Clubs to part (b) of thls if partner does end up in an inferior question, as two panelists say that they slam." would have bid thus at the table. It is BESSE: "Two Clubs. To be followed anyway a moot point whether the con­ by Three Diamonds and heart support.'" v.ention would be applicable. PHILLI-ps: "Three Clubs. A six-loser The panelists are surprisingly short­ band, with good trump support and winded here. All agree that the hand controls, adds up to a full force in my is much too good for a direct Four book." Hearts and the Three Diamond bloc CRowHURST: "Two Clubs. Just short say simply that they have a good hand of a full force." and want the world to know. SHARPLES: "Three Clubs. This is FJLARSKl: " Three Clubs. The other somewhat borderline." values can be shown later. There may RIMTNGTON : "Two Clubs. Not worth be a slam if there is a good fit in clubs a jump takeout, for the · Queen of and a bid of Three Diamonds would spades may not be working." probably lead to a lost round of bidding. You see what I mean? A later club bid will be accepted by partner as a cue-bid." Problem No. 8 (10 points) The Swinnerton-Dyer mantle is tem­ I.M.P. scoring, East-West vulnerable, porarily assumed by: the bidding has gone:- DoRMER: "Four Diamonds. Technic­ SouTH WEST NORTH EAST ally this might be thought to show a 2+ No 3~ , but partner must allow latitude. No 4NT No so when the lower bid of Three Diamonds No 7~ No No would be merely a game force, not No necessarily agreeing hearts. Why East-West are playing the Culbertson shouldn't Four Diamonds show simply 4NT. a strong raise to game with control South holds:- in the enemy suit?" + 632 ~Q74 OQ853 + Jt09. Why indeed? Which card should South lead? 45 Answer: Jack of clubs, 10; small Nunes also makes the point tha heart, 8; Queen of diamonds, 5; Three declarer might be suspicious if not faced of diamonds, 5; small spade, 4. with a trump lead. Thinking a little Tire panel's vote: 5 for Jack of clubs; more deeply: 2 for Four of he11rts (Reese, Smart); REESE: "Four of hearts. If opponents 2 for Seven of hearts (Nunes, Sharples); have nine cards in the suit they will 1 for Queen of diamonds (Swinnerton­ probably play for the drop anyway. Dyer); I for Three of diamonds Two possibilities remain and have to be (Dormer); 1 for Two of spades (Rim­ set against one another: (a) West may ington). have taken a chance with AJ IOxx, in The crux of the matter lies in the which case the underlead could be a inferences to be drawn from the mistake; (b) West may hold AKx and Culbertson bid of 4NT and the response North the singleton Jack, in which case of Five Diamonds. The latter promises the underlead would probably dissuade the Ace of diamonds and denies the East from taking the percentage finesse. qualifications for a response of SNT I make (b) slightly more likely." (which would show either two Aces or SwrNNERTON-DYER: "Queen of dia­ one Ace plus the Kings of all bid suits). monds. Probably any diamond will do. It follows that West, if a sensible The point is that Q is the only card bidder, must not only know that his to beat the contract and· we must side possesses all the first-round controls, protect it. If partner can follow to the but he must also have the Ace and King first heart, it won't matter what we do. of trumps in his own hand. In the light But if not, West may well have both the of that knowledge, South's problem is top hearts, and it will be vital to remove to give himself the best chance of East's entry so that he cannot con­ making Q anyhow (I hope). the Queen is a refinement- if West The small heart lead may be silly if West holds OKIOx, declarer may run the has gambled Seven Hearts on AJxx." trick round to get an apparent tenace However the "brilliant" lead referred position, either as an instinctive re­ to above had its devotees: action, or to retain extra chances SMART: "Four of hearts. There will, against some totally implausible break no doubt, be others of tortuous mind in spades. But 1 wish that I held a who will find the same lead as me on the doubleton spade as that would reduce grounds that West is marked with the declarer's chances of coming to hand." two top trumps and that the lead will Dormer was the only other panellist deter declarer from finessing. 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