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February 2016 English Bridge
PERMITTED
AGREEMENTS
ADDITIONS and amendments to permitted
methods take effect from August 1st and any
appli cations to change any thing need to be
received by the Laws and Ethics Committee by
the end of February.
If you wish to apply for approval of any
agreement not currently permitted, you should
send it by the end of February 2016 either
typed on A4 paper to the Secretary to the
Laws and Ethics Committee, EBU, Broad fjohn@ebu.co.ukicester Road, Aylesbury HP19 8AZ or by email
to John Pain, john@ebu.co.uk. You should
include a logical defence to any agreement and
how it is to be shown on the system card.
The Committee tend to look more favourably
on applica tions that are not especially difficult
to defend against.
given the opportunity. When dummy's ®8 held
Green was not minded to indulge in high-falutin'
technical plays in the trump suit - his finesse of the
queen lost to the king, but when the suit divided 32
he had his contract and 10 IMPs with it.
Not often does a side that can take eleven tricks
fail to bid beyond the one level, but not never either:
West North East South
Brock Green Myers Holland
Pass 2t1 Double2 2NT3
Pass 3® Pass 3´
Pass 4® Pass 5t
Pass Pass Pass
1 Weak 2 Also weak, though technically not supposed to be
3 Not weak
That was normal enough. This wasn't:
West North East South
Smith Dixon Crouch Anthias
Pass Pass 1™1 1´
3™2 Pass Pass Pass
1 You may think this is a typical third-seat opening, but I
assure you that Crouch would have opened it wherever he
had been sitting.
2 Pre-emptive.
South probably ought to have bid again in the
knowledge of short hearts opposite, but when he
didn't Cope scored 600 at one table and 140 at the
other for a 12 IMP gain. At the end of the eightboard
segment his team had taken the lead by 33
IMPs, and they never looked like losing it. r
N/S Game. Dealer West.
´ 5
™ Q
t K J 8 6 3 2
® Q 7 5 4 2
´ 10 8 6 ´ A Q 7 4
™ A J 7 6 ™ K 10 8 5 3
t 10 7 5 t 9
® J 9 6 ® 10 8 3
´ K J 9 3 2
™ 9 4 2
t A Q 4
® A K
N
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