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Bidding Quiz Standard American bidding is assumed unless otherwise stated.

Hand A Hand B With Hand A partner opens 1NT, what do you bid?

♠ 853 ♠ AK763 With Hand B you are playing a forcing 1NT system. You open

♥ J63 ♥ Q107 1♠ and partner bids a forcing 1NT. You bid 2♣ and partner bids

♦ K32 ♦ 3 2NT showing 10-11 points. What do you bid?

♣ KJ97 ♣ AQ93

Current club championship standings

	Gold Cup = Best 30	Silver Plate = Best 10	Bronze Medal = Best 5
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10	1871.9 Janne Roos 1848.0 Paul Quodomine 1846.2 Hans Vikman	669.2 Janne Roos 654.6 Hans Vikman 640.1 Paul Quodomine 626.8 Tomas Wikman 622.1 Sally Watson 619.8 Lars Broman 615.9 Jean Wissing 609.5 Duplessy & Coutlet 604.8 Derek & Gerard 602.4 Jan v Koss	344.6 Janne Roos 337.6 Hans Vikman 329.6 Tomas Wikman 325.4 Sally Watson 323.4 Paul Quodomine 322.9 Lars Broman 322.7 Derek & Gerard 320.3 Jean Wissing 319.5 Duplessy & Coutlet 316.0 Sigurd Zahl

Janne’s Column Board 16 from Wednesday 14^th July

An interesting under-ruff.

Something new this week, an interesting play article by Janne Roos. The bidding is Swedish style:

Dealer: ♠ KQ652 West North East South

West ♥ Q84 pass 1♠ (1) pass 2♣ (2)

E-W vul ♦ 98 pass 3♣ (3) pass 3♠ (4)

♣ KQ2 pass 4♠ (5) all pass

♠ J9743 N ♠ - (1) 4+ ♠’s

♥ A105 W E ♥ 932 (2) at least 3 ♣’s

♦ 1064 S ♦ KQJ53 (3) a 2♠ bid would show 6 ♠’s in Swedish style

♣ 98 ♣ 107543 (4) Forcing, showing exactly 3 ♠’s and inviting

♠ A108 partner to cue bid if he wishes.

♥ KJ76 (5) Not wishing to cue bid.

♦ A74

♣ AJ6

East led a ♣, hoping that his partner was short in the suit. I won with the ♣K and played the ♠K with East showing out. First it looked good, but now you’re happy you did not try for slam. You have maybe two ♠ losers and maybe one ♦ loser. ♥’s splitting evenly would be nice. So next I led a ♥ to the ♥K and West’s ♥A. I won the ♣ return with the ♣J in dummy and led a ♥ to the ♥Q and then a third ♥ to dummy dummy’s ♥J and they luckily broke 3-3. I then played the 13^th ♥ and West was reluctant to ruff and discarded a ♦ and I discarded my last ♣.

Dealer: ♠ Q652 Next I played the ♣A from dummy and West and

West ♥ - I both discarded a ♦, that left this position with 5

E-W vul ♦ 9 cards remaining. Next came the ♦A and then

♣ - another ♦. West had to ruff this last ♦ and ruffed

with the ♠7, but if you over-ruff with the ♠Q you

♠ J974 N ♠ - only make one more ♠ trick and West gets two.

♥ - W E ♥ - So I under-ruffed at trick 10! West was on lead

♦ 10 S ♦ KQJ5 holding ♠J94, I held ♠Q65 and dummy ♠A10.

♣ - ♣ 10 West was now end-played and whichever ♠ he

♠ A10 played I had the last three tricks.

♥ -

♦ A74 So 4♠+1; sometimes giving away a trick and

♣ - getting two back is a good idea, isn’t it?

<end of Janne’s Column>

Dave’s Column Board 21 from Wednesday 14^th July

The first Dave column this week is a bidding problem, what was your answer to question B in this week’s bidding quiz?

Dealer: ♠ AK763 West North(B) East South

North ♥ Q107

N-S vul ♦ 3 - 1♠ pass 1NT (1)

♣ AQ93 pass 2♣ (2) pass 2NT (3)

pass ? (3)

♠ 95 N ♠ J10842

♥ K63 W E ♥ A9

♦ J9642 S ♦ KQ8 (1) Forcing

♣ 876 ♣ 1054 (2) could be 3 cards

♠ Q (3) 10-11

♥ J8542

♦ A1075

♣ KJ2

This article shows a bidding trick that can save you on a few hands. North opens 1♠ and South bids 1NT. In some methods (e.g. two-over-one) this is a forcing bid that occasionally includes 10-11 points. For the purposes of this auction, assume that you are playing a forcing 1NT response to a 1♠ opening. North rebids 2♣ which, when using forcing NoTrump responses, may show just three clubs. South now bids 2NT. This bid shows 10-11 points and can be passed. What should North bid now (question B in the quiz)?

North has enough points to accept the game invitation, but the best game contract is in doubt. It is possible that South has five ♥’s and North can explore for a 5-3 ♥ game by bidding 3♥. North did not bid ♥’s over 1NT and so South will know that he has only three. The importance of this 3♥ bid is that North finished showing his distribution and warns South that he is worried about ♦’s.

On this hand, South has ♥’s and is able to raise to the easy ♥ game. A 4♥ game will probably make with an overtrick and 3NT will go down.

Note that if North has a minimum hand he has to pass 2NT. When North bids 3♥ he shows his shape but also promises enough points for game.

Dave’s 2^nd Column Here is Dave’s 2^nd problem on the play of the hand.

West East Book Bidding

♠ 105 ♠ AKQ3 West North East South

♥ K73 ♥ 62 1NT (1) pass 2♣ pass

♦ KQ972 ♦ J1083 2♦ pass 3NT all pass

♣ QJ7 ♣ A95

Playing an aggressive style, West opens a weak 1NT. East uses 2♣ Stayman and rebids 3NT on finding opener has no 4-card major. North leads a 4^th highest ♣3, plan the play for West at teams scoring (ensure the contract - overtricks not so important).

Dave’s 2^nd Column Answer Board 20 from Wednesday 14^th July

Dealer: ♠ 87 Book Bidding

West ♥ QJ98 West North East South

both vul ♦ A5 1NT (1) pass 2♣ pass

♣ 106432 2♦ pass 3NT all pass

♠ 105 N ♠ AKQ3

♥ K73 W E ♥ 62 (1) an aggressive weak 1NT opening.

♦ KQ972 S ♦ J1083

♣ QJ7 ♣ A95

♠ J9642

♥ A1054 Playing an aggressive style, West opens a weak 1NT.

♦ 64 East uses 2♣ Stayman and rebids 3NT on finding

♣ K8 opener has no 4-card major.

North leads a 4^th highest ♣3, plan the play at teams.

At teams scoring your primary concern is to make your contract, overtricks are of minor significance. You have 3 ♠’s and the ♣A on top and can easily create four more tricks in ♦’s. The extra trick needed can come from ♥’s or ♣’s.

To duck the ♣ lead entails an unnecessary risk. If South wins and shifts to a ♥ (likely as declarer has denied a 4-card major) the defence can come to one ♣, one ♦ and at least three ♥’s.

Since the contract is unbeatable if the ♥A is onside, you should rise with the ♣A and knock out the ♦A. The contract may fail if South has the ♦A and North the ♥A but, if so, ducking the first ♣ would not have saved you.

And what happened at the Pattaya bridge club? 3NT+1, 3NT=, 3♦= twice, 3NT-1.

That terrible 4333 type shape again Board 25 from Friday 16^th July

Dealer: ♠ 107 West(A) North East South

North ♥ K5 - pass 1NT pass

E-W vul ♦ Q984 2NT(1) pass 3NT all pass

♣ Q8653

♠ 853 N ♠ KQ94 (1) What did you bid with this West hand A in

♥ J63 W E ♥ AQ92 this week’s quiz? It’s an 8 count, which is

♦ K32 S ♦ J106 usually worth an invite. But knock off a point

♣ KJ97 ♣ A2 for the totally flat 4333 type shape and, with

♠ AJ62 poor intermediates, you should pass.

♥ 10874

♦ A75 And what happened? 1NT+1 three times, 2NT= and 3NT-1.

♣ 104 The fact that three out of five realize how bad 4333 is and

sensibly passed partner’s 1NT is very heartening.

Bidding Quiz Answers

Hand A: Pass. Knock off a point for the terrible 4333 type shape with poor intermediates.

Hand B: 3♥. This shows 3 ♥’s and ♦ shortage and values for game.