Issue No. 7 Editors: Barry Rigal & Peter Gill – Layout Editor: Akis Kanaris Sunday, 9 July 2006 Bratislava – City Of Fun

Two bus-loads of bridge players set out at 8-45am yesterday on the outing to Bratislava.The capital city of Slovakia with a population about 500,000, Bratislava is on the Danube River Schedule about 55km downstream from Vienna. In 34 degree Celsius heat, everyone discovered that Bratislava is a city with the • Sunday July 9 Slovak sense of humour on display. 08:30 – 09:45 Breakfast The downtown pedestrian area is full of artwork. At a café 10:00 – 12:00 Sports with a paparazzi theme, there appear to be photographers 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch snapping pictures of you, but they are statues.The men dancing 13:15 – 14:15 Lecture on the ropes across the street also are not real. Perhaps real 14:30 Treasure Hunt (Team of 6 or 7) Men At Work do sometimes emerge from manholes, but the 18:15 Snack man in our photo would be sweating if he were real. For our 18:30 – 22:00 Pairs Tournament 5 young group, this Slovak sense of fun was a welcome break 22:00 Barbecue Dinner from the 15th century castle, the old town and the shopping. The historical old town looked beautiful. During the last five • Monday July 10 years of the 20th century, the city centre was extensively 08:30 – 09:45 Breakfast renovated, re-cobbling streets and re-painting historical 12:00 – 13:00 Lunch facades.The view (above) from the castle across the Danube is 13:15 – 14:15 Lecture of Slovakia,Austria and Hungary. 14:30 Crazy Bridge tournament The heatwave was so extreme that five stops were made for 20:00 – 21:00 Farewell dinner meals or refreshments during the day.After the steep climb up 21:00 – 22:00 Talent Show to the castle in the sweltering humidity, two Scottish lads were seen dunking their heads in a fountain to cool down. Overall, If time permits; Karaoke after Talent Show; Prizes it was a good day out to a beautiful city, but we hope that the from Playstation for highest score. weather cools down for this afternoon's Treasure Hunt 23:00 Disco (register as teams of 6 or 7 and meet at 14:15 at reception). 7th WORLD JUNIOR BRIDGE CAMP Piestany, Slovakia

Lecture Two by Klaus Reps Suit Preference Signal Attitude Signals (Lavinthal) (Encouraging - Discouraging) A very common treatment in signalling is to show partner If partner leads an honour from a sequence and he can not which suit to play by giving a suit preference (or Lavinthal) sig- be sure who has the missing honours in that suit it is impor- nal. Suit preference is normally given in one of the following tant that he knows whether it is safe to continue that suit or three situations - subject to the fact that in some positions not. Example: other partnership agreements may supersede them, see below under Obvious Shift: 7 5 3 1st When you discard the first time you may show partner K Q 10 ??? which suit to play by giving a suit preference signal. A (Some people play their discards relate to that suit it self, others for example those using 'Italian' signals, use odd cards as encouraging in the discarded suit, and You lead the King from K-Q-10. Dummy has 7-5-3 and de- even cards as suit preference.) clarer wins the Ace.Three tricks later you are on lead again. 2nd When partner leads an Ace against a suit contract and And now? If partner has the Jack it is safe to continue the suit. dummy has a singleton in that suit the continuation is If declarer has the Jack it is better to wait for partner or de- senseless and you can show which suit to switch to by clarer to play the suit because you would give away a trick giving a suit preference signal when you cash the queen. How could you know? The solution 3rd When you give partner a ruff, you can show which suit is that in situations, when you lead an honour and you can not to continue by giving a suit preference signal see yourself who has the missing honours, partner has to show his attitude towards that suit. He gives an encourag- How does a suit preference signal work? ing signal if he has a touching honour (Ace or Jack in this ex- This is very easy.Two of the four suits can generally be dis- ample) to your sequence and he gives a discouraging signal missed for certain reasons. From the two remaining suits one if he does not have a touching honour (neither Ace nor Jack is naturally higher ranked than the other one. Playing a high in this case) to your sequence. card now asks for the return of the higher ranked suit and a low card asks partner to play the lower ranked suit. How do Attitude signals work? This is again very easy.You have two possible messages to What are high cards, what are low cards? send: 2, 3, 4 are low cards 1) You want partner to continue the suit because you have 7, 8, 9 are high cards a touching honour to his sequence (Encouraging signal) 5, 6 are indifferent cards and tell partner to play what- ever they like. 2) You do not want to partner to continue the suit because But this is only theory. In practice you will find out, that you you do not have a touching honour to his sequence (Dis- and your partner will not always have the perfect card for sig- couraging signal) nalling, so you have to look at partner's card in context with And the two most common ways of sending these two mes- the other cards you see. If partner contributes a seven and sages are: you have 2, 3, 5 in your hand and 4, 6 are in dummy it might 1) High card is encouraging and a low card is discouraging be a good idea to treat partner's seven as a small card. OR Which suits are dismissed? 2) Low card is encouraging and high card is discouraging This depends on the actual suit preference situation: Whether you choose to encourage with a low card or a 1st situation (First discard): The suit you do not have high card absolutely does not matter.The important thing is and the suit you discard are dismissed and the other two that partner knows about your signalling methods. But which suits remain. A high card asks for the higher suit now and a way you prefer is up to you. low card for the lower ranked suit: 2nd situation (Singleton): The played suit and the trump Do I have to give an Attitude signal every time suit are dismissed. A high card asks for the higher ranked of partner leads an honour? the remaining suits, a low card for the lower ranked one. No.When partner is able to see himself where the missing 3rd situation (Ruff): The suit partner ruffs and the trump honours are, he does not need an attitude signal. Example: If suit are dismissed. Same principle: High card = higher suit, low partner leads the king and Ace - Jack are in Dummy there is card = lower suit. no point in giving him a discouraging signal, saying that you do Are these rules cast iron? No! In case three, sometimes not have a touching honour. He can see that by himself. So let (very rarely) a trump IS the right play. More often, in case two, us have a look at every lead and let us judge whether is a sit- continuation to force dummy to ruff is the right play. uation for an attitude signal or not.

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Partner leads Ace a count signal and there is generally no chance to give count in a situation where suit preference or attitude is more im- Dummy portant. 7 5 3 Attitude (Queen) Q 4 2 No Attitude In which situations do you not give count? When you are on lead and you hold a sequence you have to Partner leads King play the top honour of that sequence.You would not lead a Dummy small card from KQJxx in order to give a count signal. In sec- ond position. Also, you sometimes have to split the honours 7 5 3 Attitude (Ace or Jack) of a sequence or you have to cover opponent's honour. In A 4 2 Attitude (Jack) these situations you also have to play your honour instead of J 5 2 No Attitude (Declarer will take A) giving a count signal with small card. In third and fourth posi- A J 2 No Attitude tion you are sometimes forced to take an honour. You will never refuse to play your high cards just because you want to Partner leads Queen give a count signal. Dummy HONOURS ARE NEVER COUNT SIGNALS! 7 5 3 Attitude (King or Ten) 10 4 2 Attitude (King) If you are forced to play an honour you play that honour and K 4 2 Attitude (Ten) can not give a count signal iat that moment.You can only give A 4 2 Attitude (King or Ten) a count signal by playing SMALL cards in a certain order.An A K 2 Attitude (Ten) honour can never be part of a count signal. A 10 3 No Attitude (Declarer will take K) Obvious Shift K 10 3 No Attitude (Declarer will take A) A K 10 No Attitude An alternative method of signalling is to look at the wider picture and to use attitude by reference to what partner will If we do not need to signal attitude, what do our signals do if you tell him to shift. If you do not like the lead, but can mean? see that the shift to the most obvious suit, with the sight of dummy, would be even more disastrous, why discourage the opening lead and then blame partner for shifting - in essence Count Signals doing what you told him to do! The third part in basic signalling is count signals.You show Similarly when dummy has a singleton and partner is look- partner how many cards you have every time that you are not ing for the right shift, sometimes partnerships (mine for ex- obliged to play anything else but a small card. Now you show ample Editor) believe that there is, or there can always be by the order in which you contribute the small cards how agreed to be, an Obvious Shift. Encouraging the opening lead many cards you hold in that specific suit. Count signals are im- will stop partner from shifting to that suit, discouraging asks portant but they are of lesser importance than attitude in sig- for the play of the obvious shift. If you want the third suit, you nalling.You would never violate any defence rule in favour of drop an unnaturally high card to ask for the unusual play.

Table Tennis Tournament DAILY TRIVIA After some very exciting matches, Rosaline Berendregt Ely Culbertson's wife Josephine gave her name to a reports that the Quarter Finals are: bridge Convention. How is that convention better known in America? Cohen & Co vs Grue & Gino Karl & Rawad vs Ari & Jenny BRIDGE PERCENTAGES Back & Melin vs Dan & Adam Ticha & Ticha vs Eymeric & Nabil How should you play a) A 10 facing K Q 6 4 3 For five tricks?

And what about aA 10 facing K Q 9 4 3 For five tricks?

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Thursday Night Pairs #4

West opens 1NT, in the North seat you bid 2], and East [ raises to 3NT.You lead ]5 to dummy’s ten, partner playing the ]9 nine. Declarer plays [J covered by the king and ace, then leads {6 {10 to your jack, dummy ducking and partner playing the four. } 9 8 5 What do you play now? [N [ J 10 ]] Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. W E { J 9 2 { K 8 4 [ 8 6 5 2 } Q 10 S } ] K J 7 5 3 2 [9 { Q J 8 ] }– { A Q 10 7 [– [J 3 N } ]– ]A 10 {–W E {A 3 2 On the last heart, East discarded a spade, South a diamond } –S } Q J 10 9 3 2 and West a diamond. Because West had passed as dealer, Green knew that East had {K.There are three possible plays. Green can simply finesse {Q and settle for 10 tricks. Or he Let’s say you decide to play another heart to dummy’s ace. can play East for {KJx, finessing {10 then exiting a spade to You are not surprised that declarer has A K 7 6 4 in clubs, endplay East for 11 tricks, risking going down.The third play because if he lacked }A or }K, declarer would have played of exiting a club is like the first play, resulting in 10 tricks. on clubs earlier.What cards do you plan to throw away as As his Prime Minister sometimes does, Green asked his declarer cashes six rounds of clubs? We will return to American partner, who was dummy at the time, whether to Board 3 later. go for it (hook {10) or settle for a quiet result. Donn, who had looked at the opponents’ cards, could not comment. Left Board 12. Dealer West N/S Vul. to his own devices, Green finessed {10, because the ending [8 was so much prettier if the finesses worked.West gratefully ] A10 9 5 4 won {J and cashed his diamond winners, down one. Just an- other typical Camp bridge hand. {6 } 9 8 5 4 3 2 Board 20. Dealer West All Vul. [ Q 4 N [ J 10 7 5 3 2 [ A 10 5 ] J 6 2 ] Q 8 ] 9 8 6 W E { J 9 2 { K 8 4 3 {7 4 } A Q 10 7 6S } J } A 6 5 4 2 [ A K 9 6 [ 8 3N [ K Q 9 4 2 ] K 7 3 ] A K 5 4 2 ] 10 W E { A Q 10 7 5 { Q 10 8 3 { J 5 2 }K } K JS } Q 9 8 3 [ J 7 6 West North East South ] Q J 7 3 Donn Green { A K 9 6 Pass Pass 2[ 3NT } 10 7 Pass 4{ Pass 4] West North East South All Pass Petersen Josh Donn from America trusted that Ben Green from Eng- 1] Pass 1[ Pass land would interpret 4{ as a transfer, and his confidence was 2{ Pass 2[ All Pass justified.West led [Q to the ace. }K lost to the ace, and ]2 Moa Petersen led {K then {A, partner showing a doubleton. switch went to the four, queen and ace. Green finessed a If she now gives partner a ruff, North then has to make the heart to the ten, and ruffed a club as East discarded a spade. very unlikely play of ace and another club to defeat 2[. Moa [K was cashed, a spade ruffed and trumps played from instead found the club switch at Trick 3, North winning the dummy, until this position was reached. ace and returning a club.

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Now the stage was properly set for the crossruff to defeat 2[. Declarer played [3, North won the ace and gave Moa a club ruff. Moa then gave North the delayed diamond ruff. Grand Result The club switch also gains if North has }AQ. Declarer by Patrick Jourdain should have pitched the third diamond on a heart. Back to Board 3. By ducking the diamond, Jason Feldman had The fourth session of the Pairs was won by Eldad Ginos- cleverly set up a possible double squeeze by ducking a dia- sar of Israel and Meike Wortel of the Netherlands. Ginos- mond before the defence could see what was happening. Feld- sar related how his partner had found the winning line on man could see that he had 11 tricks, and in search of a this deal: squeeze or pseudo-squeeze for the 12th trick, the best play is to rectify the count by effectively ducking the 13th trick as Board 19. Dealer South. E-W Vul. early as possible. [ Q J 8 7 6 5 4 Board 3. Dealer South. E/W Vul. ] J 9 6 [ 8 6 5 2 { J 8 5 ] K J 7 5 3 2 }– { Q J 8 [–N [K 10 2 ] A Q 10 8 5 ] K 7 4 }– W E [ A Q 7N [ J 3 { A K 10 { 3 ] Q 8 6 ] A 10 } A J 7 6 4S } Q 10 8 5 3 2 W E { 10 6 { A 3 2 [ A 9 3 } A K 7 6 4S } Q J 10 9 3 2 ]3 2 [ K 10 9 4 { Q 9 7 6 4 2 ]9 4 }K 9 { K 9 7 5 4 }8 5 West North East South Ginossar Wortel The only winning defence is for North to cling on to two 2{ (i) spades, as [86 stops declarer’s [Q7 from becoming two Dble 4{ 5} Pass tricks.When you as a defender see a possible double squeeze looming, the following general principles apply, so that those 7} All Pass of us who do not read the complex books on squeeze play (i) Natural and weak can defend accurately: Principle 1: Hang onto cards in the suit that your right hand Despite his void in spades, Ginossar risked a takeout opponent has length in. double and was surprised when East chose Five Clubs Principle 2:Abandon cards in the suit that your left hand op- over North's pre-emptive raise. He went straight to the ponent has length in. grand slam. The idea is to keep the suit that you can discard after your South led ace of spades.Wortel ruffed in dummy, played RHO plays. Let’s take Board 3 as an example..You hold on to ace of diamonds and a diamond ruff to return to hand and [86, and South similarly retains the diamond cover (the suit led the queen of clubs. South played low smoothly, but which his RHO has length in).The ending is: Wortel let the queen run to score up the grand. [8 6 How did she guess right? Wortel felt that South's open- ]K ing call could be relied on to be six. If so North had made a pre-emptive raise to Four with only three-card support {– and no quick tricks outside.This was much more likely if }– North was looking at a void than if North held a singleton [Q 7N [3 king. ]– ]– W E If this board was lucky for one of the Dutch ladies, it was { 10 { A 3 equally unlucky for another one.When Marion Michielsen }–S }– played with Godefroy de Tessieres, they encountered [– Micke Melander sitting North and Moa Pedersen South. ]– Moa opened 2{, weak, Godefroy doubled, and Melander contented himself with a quiet raise to 3{. Now { K 9 7 Michielsen bid 4}, then over her partner's 4{ bid tried 4], }– of course.That was enough for de Tessieres to jump to 7}, At the table, North discarded his spades. Now South had to and on the lead of the [A declarer knew South had keep the spade cover,meaning that North had to keep the di- opened a weak two, and was thus unlikely to have an ace amond cover along with his ]Q, allowing Jason to double and king on the side. So she ruffed and laid down the }A; squeeze the opponents, scoring 690 for a top when dummy’s down one. {3 made the last trick.

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Antalya 2000 – European Youth Championships

The Junior European Championships of 2000 were held in ace, most likely the ace of hearts, and what he really wanted Turkey, the first major Bridge event to be held in that coun- to know was which of his opponents had the diamonds, in try.The site was a splendid hotel in Antalya, a seaside resort particular the diamond ace. So rather than cuebid he decided that offered all conceivable comforts, including a conference to use Roman Key Card Blackwood, expecting a 5{ response centre to house the Open and Closed Rooms.As a result the from partner. playing rooms for the schools and junior events were roomy Sure enough, his partner responded 5{ and North, his and comfortable. Of course some rain must fall into every- screen-mate, started asking a lot of questions about the one’s life, although on this occasion paradoxically the problem whole auction. Being fairly sure that the only reason North was the heat.We had come to Antalya in midsummer, and the could be asking in mid-auction was that he was contemplat- temperature never dropped below 38 degrees celsius in the ing doubling – and that therefore that the ace of diamonds daytime.The good news was that with a shady swimming pool was with North, he asked partner to bid the slam if she held and a splendid buffet table open virtually all hours, the players the queen of spades and partner duly obliged. On paper this had plenty to do when they were not actually at the Bridge is a poorish slam but, once you know the ace of diamonds is table. with North, it becomes a very good one! Well bid Lior. This event was the first appearance of Wales and Scotland as With a few matches to go, England took on Norway, the lat- separate entities, and both found the going tough. Meanwhile ter chasing Israel for the lead in the event.This swing to Nor- England fought their way from a bad start to be in with a way owed a little to chance – but wait until you see the other chance to qualify, until a soft finish relegated them to exactly developments on the deal until you talk about good fortune! midpoint in the table. The hands used here are derived from the excellent Daily Board 17. Dealer N. None Vul. Bulletin of the event. Lior Zivan of the England team found an [ A Q 6 4 3 imaginative use of Blackwood, he used it to ask the opponents ] A Q 9 what their holding was in a critical suit. { K Q 2 Board 20. Dealer North. E/W Vul. }K 10 [ 10 3 [ 8 5 2 N [ K J 10 7 ] K 10 5 2 ] J ] 5 4 3 W E { A Q 8 4 { 10 7 6 4 3 { A J 9 8 5 S ] K 9 8 4 }A }7 6 3 [9 [ Q J 5 4N [ A K 6 2 ] A Q 8 ] K 10 7 ] 8 7 6 4 3 W E { J 5 { K 7 6 3 2 {– } Q 7 5 3S } A } Q J 9 8 5 4 2 [ 9 8 7 ] J 9 6 2 { 10 9 } J 10 6 2 West North East South Rachel Lior Wade Zivan 1NT Pass 2NT(i) Pass 3{(ii) Pass 3[ Pass 4[ Pass 4NT Pass 5{ Pass 5] Pass 6[ All Pass (i) Transfer to diamonds (ii) Denies diamond support In response to his partner’s 1NT opening bid Lior bid 2NT as a transfer to diamonds, got a 3{ response denying good di- amond support, then bid 3[ his second suit.When his part- ner raised to 4[ he started thinking about slam.What did he need to know? Well, in all likelihood partner would have one Stig Roar Hakkebo, Norway

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On the final day of the t