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Mon 22nd             1st    Bob & Werner               62%       2nd    Hans & Lars                         61%

Wed 24th              1st   Jean & Lars                    70%       2nd    Jan & Royd                          60%

Fri    26th              1st    Lars & Jean-Charles       59%       2nd    Derek & Gerard                   56%

 

Bidding Quiz                           Standard American is assumed unless otherwise stated.

 

Hand A           Hand B           With Hand A LHO opens 1♣ and partner doubles.

(a) What do you bid?

♠ 872               ♠ A2                (b) Suppose you choose 1♥ and partner bids 2♥, what now?

♥ K853            ♥ AJ4

♦ K54             ♦ J652              With Hand B you open 1♣ and partner responds 1♥, RHO bids

♣ A83              ♣ Q932           1♠, what do you do?

                                             

Hand C           Hand D           With Hand C partner opens 1♣ and you respond 1♥. LHO bids

1♠ and partner bids 1NT, what do you bid?

♠ J86               ♠ KJ96           

♥ 7652             ♥ AJ109          With Hand D RHO opens 1♣ and you double. Partner responds

♦ AK4            ♦ AQ109         1♥ and this is passed to you, what do you do?   

♣ A106            ♣ Q

 

 

Bidding Sequence quiz          

 

E      1NT   dbl     pass   2♣     What is 2♣?

F      1♣     dbl     pass   1♥                                   

pass   2♥                          How strong is 2♥?

 

 

The Club Championships       The current standings for the top 5 in each competition are: -

 

Gold Cup = Best 30                 Silver plate = Best 10      Bronze medal = Best 5

 

1841.3  Jan v Koss                  666.8  Janne Roos                    350.4  Janne Roos

1822.1  Dave Cutler                 655.2  Jan v Koss                    343.2  Bengt Malmgren

1816.8  Janne Roos                  646.0  Lars Gustaffson             340.3  Jan v Koss

1768.4  Bob Pelletier                644.2  Dave Cutler                   332.9  Paul Savelkral

1725.8  Phil Lovell                   644.1  Bengt Malmgren            332.0  Lewis Berg

 

 

Responding to partner’s double                          Board 4 from Friday 19th   

 

The date on this board is correct. I was told the bidding details too late for inclusion in last week’s news sheet. N-S missed an easy game at Table A, who would you blame?

Dealer:             ♠ 872                                             Table A

West                ♥ K853                                          West          North(A)    East            South(D)

both vul            ♦ K54                                            -                 -                 1♣             dbl

                        ♣ A83                                            pass (1)      1♥    (2)      pass           2♥      (3)

pass           pass (4)      pass

♠ 10543                N             ♠ AQ                      

♥ Q6                 W    E          ♥ 742                       Table B

♦ 762                   S              ♦ J83                       West          North(A)    East            South(D)

♣ 7652                                  ♣ KJ1094               -                 -                 1♣             dbl

                        ♠ KJ96                                         pass (1)      2♥    (2)      pass           4♥      (5)

♥ AJ109<