July 2008: RESPONSIBILITIES OF NORTH AND OTHERS
Although there is no law which states that North is in charge of the table it is conventionally assumed that North is. Consequently North is responsible for
a) Ensuring that the correct boards are being, or are about to be, played
b) Ensuring that the correct pairs play them
c) Filling in travellers correctly and neatly so that they are easily readable
d) Ensuring that the lead card column is completed
e) Not putting a question mark by a queried score but bringing the anomaly to the Director’s attention during the session so that the matter can be sorted out by the relevant pairs
f) Showing each traveller to partner and opponents so that they can confirm the result
g) Passing the boards to the next playing or relay table.
Opponents (conventionally East) are responsible for checking that actions a) to f) are carried out.
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Saturday, 6 June 2009
CHANGE OF CALL
June 2009 CHANGE OF CALL
I draw your attention to a change in interpretation about a change of call. It is now assumed that ‘pause for thought’ is from the moment of realisation and, when in doubt, is to be interpreted generously. So if a player puts down a bidding card, looks around the room and then notices that card, possibly because of a question or an alert, he is allowed to change it if he does so immediately from that moment of realisation so long as the call was inadvertent. However he still cannot change it if his partner has called.
I draw your attention to a change in interpretation about a change of call. It is now assumed that ‘pause for thought’ is from the moment of realisation and, when in doubt, is to be interpreted generously. So if a player puts down a bidding card, looks around the room and then notices that card, possibly because of a question or an alert, he is allowed to change it if he does so immediately from that moment of realisation so long as the call was inadvertent. However he still cannot change it if his partner has called.
Saturday, 7 March 2009
Correct an Explanation
MARCH 2009: WHEN TO CORRECT PARTNER’S INCORRECT EXPLANATION
Declarer or dummy must wait until the end of the auction before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation. However, the correction must be given before declarer’s LHO selects his lead card. If the explanation’s start is so slow that LHO has already selected a card, that card can be replaced. A defender must wait until the end of play before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation and declarer, if he considers that he has been damaged, should call the Director. Please also note that partner’s incorrect explanation is unauthorised information which must not be used.
Declarer or dummy must wait until the end of the auction before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation. However, the correction must be given before declarer’s LHO selects his lead card. If the explanation’s start is so slow that LHO has already selected a card, that card can be replaced. A defender must wait until the end of play before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation and declarer, if he considers that he has been damaged, should call the Director. Please also note that partner’s incorrect explanation is unauthorised information which must not be used.
Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Incorrect Explanations
February 2009: WHEN TO CORRECT PARTNER’S INCORRECT EXPLANATION
Declarer or dummy must wait until the end of the auction before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation. However, the correction must be given before declarer’s LHO selects his lead card. If the explanation’s start is so slow that LHO has already selected a card, that card can be replaced. A defender must wait until the end of play before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation and declarer, if he considers that he has been damaged, should call the Director. Please also note that partner’s incorrect explanation is unauthorised information which must not be used.
Declarer or dummy must wait until the end of the auction before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation. However, the correction must be given before declarer’s LHO selects his lead card. If the explanation’s start is so slow that LHO has already selected a card, that card can be replaced. A defender must wait until the end of play before correcting partner’s incorrect explanation and declarer, if he considers that he has been damaged, should call the Director. Please also note that partner’s incorrect explanation is unauthorised information which must not be used.
Wednesday, 7 January 2009
January 2009
January 2009 REVOKE
QUESTION
A defender does not follow suit and partner immediately asks if he has no cards of that suit. He corrects the revoke by playing a card of the suit led and his incorrectly played card becomes a major penalty card. However, as a discard, it is probably a part of a partnership agreement. What should happen?
ANSWER
Law61B3 now, as a result of the last update of the Laws, indicates that a defender may ask his partner (at the risk of creating unauthorized information) if he has revoked. However if the incorrectly played card is a part of a partnership agreement as it probably is the infringer has passed (probably accidentally) unauthorized information which must not be used by his partner. A director, if called, should
a) inform both pairs of such a possibility
b) ask them to continue playing
c) call him at the end of the hand if they think that anyone has been damaged.
QUESTION
A defender does not follow suit and partner immediately asks if he has no cards of that suit. He corrects the revoke by playing a card of the suit led and his incorrectly played card becomes a major penalty card. However, as a discard, it is probably a part of a partnership agreement. What should happen?
ANSWER
Law61B3 now, as a result of the last update of the Laws, indicates that a defender may ask his partner (at the risk of creating unauthorized information) if he has revoked. However if the incorrectly played card is a part of a partnership agreement as it probably is the infringer has passed (probably accidentally) unauthorized information which must not be used by his partner. A director, if called, should
a) inform both pairs of such a possibility
b) ask them to continue playing
c) call him at the end of the hand if they think that anyone has been damaged.
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Post Mortems
December 2008 POST MORTEMS
Post Mortems are an integral part of Bridge and should be used to improve one’s game but not to criticise one’s partner who, after all, is a part of the team and is usually well aware when a mistake has occurred. However please bear the following in mind.
a) Do not continue it when meeting new opponents or allow it to be overheard at other tables as it passes on unauthorised information.
b) Do not start it until you have finished playing ALL boards in the current round. Doing so may well slow down your rate of play and hold up the movement for everyone else.
Post Mortems are an integral part of Bridge and should be used to improve one’s game but not to criticise one’s partner who, after all, is a part of the team and is usually well aware when a mistake has occurred. However please bear the following in mind.
a) Do not continue it when meeting new opponents or allow it to be overheard at other tables as it passes on unauthorised information.
b) Do not start it until you have finished playing ALL boards in the current round. Doing so may well slow down your rate of play and hold up the movement for everyone else.
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
TEMPO
November 2008: Tempo
The Laws state that ‘It is desirable, though not always required, for players to maintain steady tempo and unvarying manner’. Consequently players who are consistently slow are complying with the letter of the Law. However, because everyone else wishes to finish the session in a reasonable time, they may not be complying with the spirit of the Club. We all know that some hands require more thought than others but I wish to ask those who are seen to be slow for more than one round to make a positive effort to speed up their play in subsequent rounds and enable everyone else to go home at a reasonable time.
The Laws state that ‘It is desirable, though not always required, for players to maintain steady tempo and unvarying manner’. Consequently players who are consistently slow are complying with the letter of the Law. However, because everyone else wishes to finish the session in a reasonable time, they may not be complying with the spirit of the Club. We all know that some hands require more thought than others but I wish to ask those who are seen to be slow for more than one round to make a positive effort to speed up their play in subsequent rounds and enable everyone else to go home at a reasonable time.
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