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J OURNAL: MED I UM FOR ENGLISH DRIDGE UNION NEWS Edited by TERENCE REESE VOLUME 3 June 1957 NUMBER 6 --------~-~~--------- Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY L. BUTLER HUBERT PHILLIPS TERENCE REESE KENNETH KONSTAM COMPETITION EDITOR: J. C. H. MARX EDITOR FOR REGIONAL NEWS: HAROLD FRANKLIN 4 Roman Avenue, Leeds, 8 ~::b l~ther correspondence, including Subscriptions and Ad1•ertisemcnts, to tire tshm: Hugh Quekett Ltd., 35 Dover Street, London, W.l . ' Annual Subscription 30/· The British Bridge World is published on tire 15th of each month ~~htd 011 btlutlf of t it~ propri~lo" Tltomcu De L4 Rut cl Co. Lid., by Hurlt Outklll Lui ·~ s,,.,, l..ondon, 11'. /. 'Printed by Moore Bailly Ltd., Rtlrtal Place, London, E., 3 June, 1957 . co·nte11ts Page Editorial 5 Would You have done Better? 7 No Bulletin at Vienna? 9 The Final Trial, by Terence Reese 10-21 The Middle Game, by Albert Dormer ... 23-25 No. 2 Why Turn on the Light? Winners in Time. .. 26 One Hundred Up: Repeat of May Problems 27 American Newg-Letter, by Alfred Sh~inwold ... 28-31 Au tour de l'Etoile, by Jean Besse ... ... 32-34 : One Hundred Up: June Problems ... 34-35 The Safety Play That Wasn't, by Dr. J. A. Gobbetti ... 36-37 You Say ... ... 37-38 Subscription Form 38 Hands of the Month, by Alan Truscott ... 39-41 One Hundred Up: Answers to May Problems ... 42-49 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin ... 5()-53 E.B. U. Master Points 53 British Bridge World Agents 54 Diary of Events S6 Competition Winners S6 4 ' ' '• ...... Editorial I :'I> CONCLUSIVE publish a Bu11etin during the As will be gathered fro m the European Championship at account that foll ows, the trial Vienna. A statement by H. W. between Preston and Reese was Filarski, who was willing to act as abandoned with the fi fth match editor, appears on page 9. unplayed. One of my team had to go abroad on business and the CONTINUITY idea of a substitute was not At Amsterdam and Stockholm approved. the Bulletin gave life and unity to the whole tournament, NO PLA \' TO-DA \' greatly facilitated the work of As captain, I must take the journalists, and gave pleasure blame for not formally communi­ to many hundreds who could not cating in time the non-availability attend the event. of one of my team. The selectors The authorities have a plain and were of course entitled not to allow simple duty: to ensure that the a match played with a substitute tradition is maintained. to count in the rubber, but on TAKING THE WATERS ~ounds of public policy l thought British visitors to the tourna­ It a wrong decision to abandon the fi fth match a ltoge ther, ment at Vichy last month enjoyed especially after it had been an­ first-class hospitality, excellent nounced in the press that the golf, and numerous gifts. The match would be played even if story that after sampling five the rubber had been decided. different liqueurs that were Heaven knows, it is diffi cult brought to our table during play I drank a bottle of men's perfume e~ough to promote th is game Without inviting the customers to as well is only half true. It was at_tend and then confronting them only half a bottle. With " No Play" notices. This is an occasion well worth bearing in mind for next year ~ O BULLETIN TOMORROW either as an end in itself or on the o·fli 1 erent in content, though way to the south. The cuisine at ~?t unrelated in kind, is the very the Hotel des Princes, where our tsappointing decision not to party stayed, was remarkable. 5 "Blast! He's made it." • Roilfll P!aoto frnm tht! Gold Cup by Cl ., Would You have do11e Better? .: This is a new type of quiz that 3. North holds:­ readers may like. All the prob­ + 2 lems are prese nted as they occur­ \/ AKI08 ·. red during the four matches of the 0 8 7 5 final trial betwee n Reese and + A K 10 8 6 Preston. What actually happen­ ed is revealed in the report begin­ He opens One Club and over ning on page I 0. his partner's response of One Spade rebids Two Cluhs. South No " solution " is given to the now bids Three Spades. Whether problems although. using a micro­ or not you agree with North's scope, the reader may on occasions previous calling, what should he be able to discern the editor's bid now? opinion. See page I I I. West holds:- 4. North holds :- + A9842 ~AK5 O K4 + 742 + 92 \fAJ984 OAJ76 + A3 He opens One Spade and At game to North-South the partner responds Three Dia­ bidding goes:- monds. What should West bid now ? SouTH W EST NORTH · EAST See page 10 1\1 1+ 2+ No 20 No 2. These are the cards of West 3+ No ? and East:- What should North bid now? +Q • 10 4 2 See page 12 ~ A J 10 8 7 4 \1 6 5 2 5. North holds:- O K742 O AQJ53 + Q73 \fK96 O KJ1097 + 106 + Q2 + A 7 At game to North-South, West West is in Four Hearts after bids One Club, East Five Clubs, South has made a second-round and South doubles. West passes; call of Two Spades. North leads what should North bid 7 a small spade · South wins with th I Seepage 14 He Ace and returns a diamond. ow should West play? 6. These are the cards of West ' ! See page II and East:- 7 + AK + 109 3 + A2 (!JK863 0 t09i + AIOS2 (!j 876 (!j Kl095 The bidding goes:- 0 10 8 6 0 KJ 5 Sourn NORTH + AK632 + QJ5 No West plays in Three No Trumps ­ t+ 2NT after North has made an overcall 3+ 3<;? of One Spade. North leads 0 3. · 4+ ? How should West play? What should North bid now? Seepage 14 Seepage 16 7. North holds:- 11. North holds:- + AKQJ76 · - O AJ63 + I065 + Q75 {!j10984 010 + KQ1097 The bidding goes :- At love all the bidding goes:- SoUTH · NoRTH SOUTH WFST NoRTH EAST I+ 2+ 1(!j No 2\11 Dbl. 3+ 40 4{!j 4+ ? 4{!j ·? What should North bid now? What should North bid now? See page 17 See page 15 12. North holds:- 8. South holds:- 42 + A6 (!JQJ8 O AKQ102 + Q82 + Jl08 (!JAQ98 0109 t QI At game to East-West East North bids One Heart, South opens third in hand with One Three Diamonds, and _North Heart South bids One Spade~: Three Hearts. What should South West Two Hearts. What shou bid now? North bid? See page 15 See page 18 9. South holds:- J3. West holds:- A9 + 52 (!J K94 O Q98763 + 87 JIO MKQJ4 OAK763 + At game all the bidding goes:- • v . d west The bidding by East an dr SoUTH WFST NORTH EAST oes· One Club-Two Diarnonrts: g . Hea ' No Three Clubs-Three h uid No 0 No No Three No Trumps. What 5 No Dbl. Db!. ? West bid now? See page 18 What should South bid now? See page 16 14. North holds:- · +2 065 10. North holds:- + K642 (!JK~ OKQJI · 8 . ~ .. .--: -:-,.. .,.,, : 1 .... ... •,, ' .. South opens Two No Trumps, No Trumps suggesting, in Acol, orth bids Four Clubs asking for 25 to 26 points. What should Ace;, and South bids Five Clubs, North bid now? showin g four Aces. What should See page 19 , orth bid now? 16. West holds:- See page 19 + AKQJ103 V'AQ62 0 109 + 5 IS. North holds:- At game all South opens third + JM2 \/K6 0 6543 + Q93 in hand with Three No Trumps. South opens Two Clubs, North What should West bid? Two Diamonds. and South Three See page 20 No Btiiietill at Vienna? This is a statement hy H. W. Fi/at·ski, of Holland, who ·edited the first Bulletin at Amsterdam and had undertaken to do so again at Vienna. The Austrian Bridge League Concerning the E.B.L, decision, recently announced that it had I will ask three questions and give abandoned its original intention the answers myself:- to publish a Bulletin during the 1.