AlanW
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There's a difference between Swiss Pairs and Swiss Teams, though, isn't there? With a teams triple to handle an odd number of teams everybody still gets to play all the hands. With a pairs triple to handle an odd number of pairs, there will alw…
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There may even have been an announcement telling oppo what partner expected for the 2NT opening bid.
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Actually, I suspect you may already have a simple and automatic handicapped result! When results are processed for NGS purposes, you can see a summary of your club results with each pair's positive or negative result relative to their NGS-expect…
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I think an occasional handicapped event is a great way to appeal to those who perhaps feel they wouldn't have much chance in a scratch event. I do wonder, though, whether there should be a prize for the winners on a non-handicapped basis, too - …
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To announce 11-14 when the majority of 11-point hands are not included will mislead the opponents if (and I believe many will) they interpret your announcement to mean what it says. Maybe they will wonder sufficiently to check what yo…
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I quite liked the idea in theory that it might give something for non-bridge-playing spouses to do while spending the week at the seaside with spouses playing in the congress. (I confess, though, that I was unable to interest my wife in the idea…
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I suspect one of the problems getting new players to attend congresses is that they simply don't know what to expect, and maybe suspect that it isn't really intended for people like them. Winning a prize in, say, a county competition that provid…
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I've always been sceptical of the idea of bracketed KOs. I would rather try to win a round or two against the top players, and maybe have a plate competition. It just doesn't seem much fun entering an event where I don't have even a theoretical…
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If they have an agreement about the bid but the partner of the bidder cannot remember the agreement, then having the bidder explain the agreement without his partner at the table is a practical way of ensuring the opponents are informed about the…
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Did South understand the instruction to bid on the assumption that partner had a strong NT? 2S doesn't seem consistent with that to me.
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I found the previous discussion fairly clear. As a defender, you are playing at your own risk if you do not wait for the card to be played from dummy. But if dummy plays the next card in the suit, on the basis of declarer's earlier r…
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The Laws Commentary is indeed useful. But doesn't it consistently make the same assumption that JeremyChild comments on above that we know what the IB meant, even though by law it can have no agreed meaning? So should the TD pretty much always …
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I'm glad you think it is clear (regardless of whether or not one might argue about whether the additional note to 7F3 effectively authorises this or not). I can't even get the TDs at my local club to accept that the existing regulatio…
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Bill, it's not the T/O double of spades that is deemed to show spades. It is the 2S bid that is deemed to show willingness to play in spades.
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Isn't any suit that "could be two" potentially canape? I don't think I've ever opened a 2-card suit without a longer suit somewhere else in the hand :) . But are you saying that my 1D opening in a Precision-style system still needs to be alert…
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We had one of these in a match at the weekend. Oppo were playing different defences against strong and weak NT openings. My partner opened a 14-16 1NT and after an overcall we were given the alert and explanation appropriate for the defence aga…