The British Bridge World Editorial Board BERNARD WESTALL (CHAIRMAN) GEOFFREY BUTLER KENNETH KONSTAM TERENCE REESE ALBERT DORMER (EDITOR) VOL. 14, NO. 7 CONTENTS JULY, 1963 Page Editorial 5 Italy's Second Hat-trick, by Eric Jannersten 6-13 Annal's of Ruff's Club, by Terence Reese 14-15 Industrial Diamonds, by Jeremy Flint ... 16-17 Letter from St. Vincent, by Richard Frey IS-20 You Say 20-22 The Little Major, by Terence Reese 2~-26 Introducing "KAT," by Kenneth Konstam 2S-30 Tournament World, by Harold Franklin One Hundred Up, conducted by Alan Hiron 4S-55 Bridge Academy, conducted hy G. C. H. Fox ... 57-61 A J) \' J·: R T I s I N c; : All O'II'IUiri•·· •houiJ ......~.~ ......... lu lhr : All\'ERTISI:'\G ~tANAGER, TII0\1.-\S UE 1. .\ Rl' E ~ ( '0 , 1.111. 92 ~tiJJI~•n su .. o·l, E. I .-\1.1 , ()TilER COI(RESI'O:'\IlE:'\CJ·:, 1:'\CI.UUI:'\G SUUSCHII'TIO:'\S, 101111: l'l"llll'lll II'· A!'lillRJ·:Ws & WARIIllRG, I.TU., JS 1>0\'J:R STIU:n·, 1.0:'\UO:'\, W.l. Annu~l Sub•cri1•1 ion J5 ." · /', '·li>lzc ·,/I•J" A,,,,,.,,..,( ll'url>"'lo',l.l.l., Jj /), ,,., ' S tt< ri,I.<" :.J. ,, , II'. I .- ·:./ r w .u.l toy <.i . f . f, .... l. , l ;· . •~11/.Y c;,, ,,.,. Gran N'"·'· /_.,,,,,,., I.'. II,''" 1> .-1:.,![ ••l tht' f''••r• i •·J,•rJ, 1 ~- · · "'· ' ' /I~ I J x.~ J (".·. / '. Editorial The closeness of the struggle dangerous, with a team which for the World Championship, includes Forquct and Garouo brilliantly reported by Eric with four less famous players. Jannersten and Richard Frey, Sweden is represented by a youth­ ~uggests that American bridge­ ful and unfamiliar team. It is the slumbering giant-has at last unlikely that Austria or Switzer­ been pinprickcd into fighting land have any secret weapons, but mood. the latter could be dangerous in a non-vintage year. None of the Most of the original ideas in other countries should be in the bridge arc American, but in shake up. recent years they have been "taking an easy." If Italian suc­ How will The Little Major cesses, based partly on new bid­ perform under the conditions? ding theory, get Americans Will there be vindication for the thinking again we shall all benefit. Selectors' judgement in plumping for age? This aspect alone has BRIT AIN'S TURN? led unkind critics to suggest that On 19 July the largest-ever it was unwise to leave out the fields assemble for the European physician, Dr. Rockfelt. We Championships in Baden-Baden, keenly await reports by Eric historic spa in the German Land Janncrsten, Pedro Juan and of Baden-WUrttemberg. As has Harold Franklin. been remarked in the national press, our Open team is a dis­ RISING STARS? tinguished and balanced forma- . The winners and runners-up lion; Harrison-Gray, Konstam, in the annual Young Pla)WS Reese, Schapiro and J. Tarlo have Pairs (Brock, Manning, and the a quarter-century of big bridge Bottone brothers of Kent) un­ behind them, balancing any youth­ gallantly struck a blow for their ful impctuousity on the part of age group when they defeated the h·rcmy Flint. British ladies team in a special They should bl! warm favourites. match. The young players \\Wl\ France lack Jais-Trl!zcl, Ghl!stcm­ howcwr, hdd to a dr:\\\' hy th~· lhehcrich and othl!r wdlknown full might of the Briti~h Op.:n Phl)l'rs. Italy seem morl! team. ITALY'S SECO D HAT-TRICK Eric Jannersten, secretary of the Interna­ tional Bridge Press Association and editor of the widely-read" Bridgetidningen," has watched erery European ·and World Championship. Last month's four-cornered of letting the France-Argentine contest for · the Bermuda Bowl match be played the old-fashioned and the World Championship way, with a closed and an open was a memorable tournament in room, and had the big match on more than one way. The setting both bridgeramas. was beautiful-Saint Vincent in My personal forecast was that the Aosta Valley of the Italian Italy would win as usual. I do Alps; and the luxury Hotel Billia not longer believe in Perroux, provided excellent accommoda­ who before every tournament tion. We journalists agree that tells that his Blue Team is "just never before had we such a press a shadow of previous days." room, equipped with Telex so His boys arc "too old nowadays·· we could send reports to our and he "would like to let the dailies without having to wait for youngsters take over." But, he calls. The telephone service was says, as long as the old gentlemen good too, the tele-company pro­ go on winning world titles he viding direct lines to abroad. cannot sack them. (But in the A novelty was that e\'ery hand European Championship at played during the tournament Baden-Baden the new generation was shown on Bridgerama; you will play and show that Italy h:b could choose which of two per­ other champions.) formances you preferred. But it The Italians made one chang~ turned out that the last sessions from last year in New York: of the U.S.A.-Italy match were Avarclli was not able to take p:Ht. so exciting, and so many specta­ Pahis Ticci was his substitute and tors came from Turin and Milan ma.>•he this was the reason "~1 ~ to join the "regulars," that the Italy played not with thn:c p;u·r' organisers made the clever move hut with six. lklbdonn:t, D':\1.:1:,, nd Pabic; Ticci played in the the friendly on~ U.S.A.-Argcn­ three possible combinations and tina. Italy b~gan 49-5, 45-12 -and o did Chiaradia, Forquet and 33-17, outplaying their most Garol.Zo. feared opponents with 127-3-t I reckoned that France could U.S.A. had some trouble with the threaten the Italians. Ghestcm South Americans: the northern and Bacherich arc a well-known people won all three sessions partnership and, with Theron, but only by 62-49, 50-33 and Stetten, Desrousseaux and Tint­ 39-37, totalling 151-119. The ncr, they had won the 1962 American performance was, how­ European Championship by a ever, rather "bull-at-a-gate," so big margin in Beirut. However, we wise guys in the press room I was quite aware of the fact that thought they would be easy the general standard in Beirut victims for the Italians. The first was lower than in most years board of the U.S.A.-Argcntinc and that the figures might ·be match was typical: misleading. Dealer No.rth Love all The U.S. team could possibly NORTH compete with France, I thought, +AKJ 102 although we have seen in recent \OAJ 104 years that the Americans keep to 03 t~eir old-fashioned style, which .• J 10 5 gtves guessing not only for op­ WEST EAST ponents. Schenken and Leven­ • 9 8 7 +6 tritt we know well from past \0 7 3 2 \0 9 5 encounters but Jordan and Robin­ 0 52 OAJ109~64 son, Nail and young Jacoby were dcbutants. +AQ984 + K 7 6 SOUTit 1 know that most of my com­ • Q 54 3 rades in the press room shared \OKQS6 tlu: ~e · · opuuons, but the outcome 0 K Q 7 \\a~ different. + 3 2 Argentine as North-South h:1d Fir~t day no problems. North (Rocchi) lhr~~ sc . · ~stons ol 16 hands opened One SpJde, East (Robin­ \\(r~ plav d "I r :'~·u at Y 10r nine days. son) hid Two Diamonds, South 0 n th~ ltr!lt day were the derbies (Cal\'entc) jumped to Three ti 1 ~· htn t · ' to lllutc 1 Italy-France and Spades and North raised to game. 7 The defence ~tarted with their U.S.A. The champions did not three tricks, letting declarer take show their normal standard; they "le hcau rest." made a lot of uncharacteristic The American South took a mistakes. The Americans, on different view. After Nail opened the other hand, played much One Spade and Santamarina had better than the day before. Italy in~crtcd Two Diamonds, Jacoby won the first session ·only by hid Two Hearts. North raised 37-22 and lost the second 32-36. promptly to Four and South was But the sensation came when the now curious about Aces. His third went 60-12 to U.S.A.! The 4NT was answered with Five Americans won the day with I !carts-one Ace too much miss­ 118-81. Really unexpected. Jor­ ing, and there the bidding stopped. dan and Robinson played very The defence was busy to cash well throughout and Robert Jor­ the three top tricks for one down; dan deserved the plaudits of the 10 i.m.p. for Argentine. bridgerama audience on this deal: If North has another Ace, will (Here Jannersten describes the South bid the slam? I cannot deal reported by Richard Frey on !-CC that South sho'uld expect to Page 19.) ln!-c just one trick. The Ace of The new (and much better) diamonds instead of +K means style of handling the 'rama is to just game, and North still gives a give a short resume of what has favour~thlc n:ply to 4NT. happened in the Closed room No, what we saw on bridgerama before the bidding starts in the this first day gave a new glitter Open. So everybody knew that to the Italian prospects. How the Forquct and Chiaradia as East­ ~.·hampions took care of their \\'cst had reached Fi\'e Diamond:) n~·i~hl''-"'llrs! They were fast with and lost the first three tricks.