11th World Bridge Olympiad,
Maastricht, The Netherlands |
Wednesday, 30 August 2000
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Appeal No.
3
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Israel v France
Appeals Committee:
John Wignall (Chairman,
New Zealand), Herman De Wael (Scribe, Belgium), Grattan Endicott
(England), Dan Morse (USA), Nissan Rand (Israel).
Open Teams Round 3
Board 16. Dealer West. East/West
Vulnerable. |
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ª
Q J 6
© A K Q
7 3 2
¨ A 9 8 3
§ - |
ª
7 5 4 3
© 8 5
¨ -
§ A 8 7 6
5 4 3 |
![Bridge deal](../../../../Graphics/Hand/board3.gif) |
ª
K 8 2
© J 9 6 4
¨ K 10 7 5
§ J 9 |
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ª
A 10 9
© 10
¨ Q J 6 4
2
§ K Q 10
2 |
West |
North |
East |
South |
Kalish |
Levy |
Podgur |
Chemla |
Pass |
1© |
Pass |
2¨ |
Pass |
3ª
(1) |
Pass |
3NT |
Pass |
4© |
Pass |
4ª |
Pass |
5§
(2) |
Pass |
6¨ |
All Pass |
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Comments:
(1) explained by North
to East as "values, support ¨, short §"; explained by South
to West as "not sure, maybe splinter"
(2) explained by North
as "void", by South as "cuebid"
Contract: Six Diamonds,
played by South
Lead: Ace of Clubs
Result: 12 tricks,
NS +920
The Facts: Three
Spades was explained differently at both sides, obviously incorrectly
at the South/West side. West claimed he would have led differently
with correct information. Well after the session, West came
to the Director to state that he might have led a small club.
On that lead, there is a chance that declarer would go down.
The Director: Found
that since the lead of the small club was not mentioned immediately,
it would not be taken into consideration. With any other lead,
South is expected to always make 12 tricks.
Ruling: Result
Stands.
Relevant Laws:
Law 75D2
East/West appealed.
The Players:
East/West, by means of
their captain, pointed out that West was a world-class player,
for whom the lead of the small club was a possibility. With
the explanations that he received, West was so certain to find
the King of Clubs in dummy, that he did not think very long
about his lead. East/West found it very strange that South bid
three no-trumps naturally, opposite what he explained to be
a singleton spade.
South explained that three
no-trumps was a sort of a relay, although he admitted he had
not alerted it. He apologised for his wrong explanation. He
usually plays fragments showing the Ace, and since he held that
card himself, he was confused.
North added that it would
have been unheard for him to bid five clubs on the King alone.
The Committee:
Found that South had been
wrong in not explaining the three spade bid correctly, not alerting
his three no-trumps, and not explaining the meaning of the bidding
before the lead.
All this added up to mean
that West had been denied his chance at brilliancy.
The Committee did not
want to quantify this chance, and chose to express their views
into imps directly.
The original imp balance
had been +11 to the team of North/South (5¨ made at the other
table)
The Committee's decision:
Score adjusted to +7 imps
to the team of North/South
Deposit: Returned
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