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by a significant proportion of such players, of whom it
is judged some might select it.
Note that it is not good enough to say 'I would
always have done this'. If you really do, I imagine
you must have had some bad results from it when
your LHO had been about to rebid 3NT and
redoubled instead!
NEIL Hayward asked, 'What if dummy has a
diamond hidden behind a club? A singleton
diamond appears on table. Case A: Defenders do
not cash a second diamond (suit contract), seeing
a ruff coming. Case B: Defenders 'force' dummy
to ruff. Later, the hidden diamond appears.'
When dummy has a hidden card and revokes
because of it, the TD can adjust in equity using Law
64C, but there is no automatic revoke penalty -
there has to be damage before an adjustment is
made. If dummy doesn't revoke but the defenders
are misled or otherwise damaged, the TD can adjust
using Law 12A1 because dummy has breached Law
41D which tells us how dummy's cards must be laid
out. r
PLEASE be aware that the EBU no longer
permits the use of the EBU20A system card. The
approved EBU20B has been the sole type
available from the EBU Shop and website for a
number of years. If you are still using the EBU20A
type please switch to the EBU20B, and note that
from 1st April 2017 we will enforce the use of the
EBU20B card at all EBU congresses*. Blank, and
simple pre-completed cards, can be downloaded
from ebu.co.uk/laws-and-ethics/convention-cards.
One feature of the EBU20B system card is the
section on the front cover which allows you to
highlight significant features of your system
which may not otherwise be obvious without
more detailed study of your card or knowledge of
your agreements - an example being to indicate
that a 1♣ opening may be a two-card club suit
and that the hand may also include an outside 5-
card suit. Please assist your opponents by
completing this section and making it available to
them prior to each round.
* The WBF card is only permitted at a few high
level events
Which system card do
you use?
BRITISH RAIL TEAM WINS
NICKO PLATE
HAPPY faces all round as (left to right) Roger
Mallinson, Peter Kelly, Andy Wells & Alex Hogg
win the NICKO plate, playing for the British Rail
A team against Chichester A. Sheila Kelly and
Cedric Cockcroft (not pictured) played in some
earlier rounds. The final, held at Basingstoke BC,
was closely contested in the first half, but in the
second half the British Rail team pulled away to
win by a convincing margin of 81 IMPs.
The Chichester team comprised David Telfer,
Peter Burns, Michael Campbell, Gerry Hegan,
Yves Lebrec & Peter McLarens.
Greenpointed
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