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September/October 2006

We will have ourusual first class

hospitality as wellas awards honoring those who have

helped make bridge here so great.We will revive old traditions,

institute new ones, rem-inisce about the past

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Turn your friends onto bridge in One Day with the♦INSTANT BRIDGE PLAYER SEMINAR!♦

11am Sunday — Free Booklet, Lunch, Drinks &Snacks included ...Just $20 with advance reservation; $25 at thedoor. (Students $10 with reservation; $15 at the door) For more informationor to make a reservation, email [email protected] or call Steve or Sandy For-sythe at 301/592-9177. Advance payment not required. (See details on p. 18)

Don’t miss the 2:30pm SaturdayMMaacchhlliinn SSppoorrttssmmaannsshhiipp AAwwaarrdd Presentation &

““TThhee HHiissttoorryy ooff WWBBLL BBrriiddggee”” Panel Show!

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Come celebrate75 years of the best bridge in Washington at the

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ARTICLE PAGE

President’s Letter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Fred King 2

Annual Holiday Party — Thursday, Dec. 14 at the Unit Game . . . . . . . . . .2

76th Annual D.C. Championships — October 19-22, 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . 3

45th Annual Presidential Tournament — January 4-7, 2007 . . . . . . . . . . 4

Bits and Pieces...

Welcome to the WBL; Sad News; More Sad News; 2006-2007

WBL/NVBA Player of the Year; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Does Someone You Know Want to Learn to Play Bridge?; Get Your

Free Plays Here!; 2006-2007 Grand National Teams . . . . . . . . . . .18

WBL Solvers’ Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Steve Robinson 7

NVBA Fall Sectional Tournament — November 9-12, 2006 . . . . . . . . . 13

Thursday Night Unit Game...

2006 Trophy Race Standings . . . . . . . .by Webmaster, Don Berman 14

0-20 Game & Lesson Thursday Nights, Carpools . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Schedule, Upcoming Sectionals, Map, GGuuaarraanntteeeedd

PPaarrttnneerr PPrrooggrraamm,, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

It Takes a Village to Run a Bridge Club, Spare Brains or Muscle? 16

Committee Action #54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Rich Colker 17

Reflections on the History of the WBL as our 75th Anniversary

Celebration Approaches, Part II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by Bob Levey 21

61st Annual Potomac Valley Tournament—Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

NLMasterPointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .by I/N columnist, Sandy Forsythe 28

Stepping Up to New Heights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Sunday Bridge Fiesta! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Need a Partner or a Ride to the Unit Game? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .back cover

Solvers’ Club’s New Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .back cover

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to submit new articles to the editor for the November/December 2006 issue

Washington Bridge League BBUULLLLEETTIINN (usps #861-240)VOL. 64, #5 — SUBSCRIPTION $2 PER YEAR FOR MEMBERS OF UNIT #147 (INCLUDED IN ACBL ANNUAL DUES).NON-MEMBER SUBSCRIPTION RATE IS $21 FOR THREE YEARS. PUBLISHED BI-MONTHLY BY THE WASHINGTON

BRIDGE LEAGUE AT 14517 PERRYWOOD DRIVE, BURTONSVILLE, MD 20866. SECOND-CLASS POSTAGE PAID

AT BURTONSVILLE, MD. POSTMASTER: SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO WASHINGTON BRIDGE LEAGUE BULLETIN,ACBL, 2990 AIRWAYS BLVD., MEMPHIS, TN 38116-3847. ALL EDITORIAL AND GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO THE EDITOR AT 901 CLIFTONBROOK LN., SILVER SPRING, MD 20905-3711.

Editor — Donna Rogall (301-421-9615), [email protected]/N Columnist — Sandy Forsythe (301-592-9177), [email protected]

Columnists — Steve Robinson, Richard Colker, Fred King, Bob Levey, Barbara Doran, Bryan ColemanThe opinions expressed by our columnists do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the ACBL, the WBL,or even the editors of this publication. The WBL is not responsible for the claims of its advertisers.

Fred King, President — (703-536-1914), [email protected] Berman, Vice President — (301-776-3581), [email protected]

Steve Robinson, Treasurer — (703-379-4371), [email protected] Ferrin, Secretary — (202-265-0718), [email protected]

UNIT DIRECTORSBarbara Ames — (202-439-5667), [email protected]

Ellen Cherniavsky — (301-649-1350), [email protected] Kruskal — (301-927-1023), [email protected]

Bob Levey — (301-654-7033),[email protected] Rind — (301-315-2211), [email protected]

Barbara Summers — (301-598-5838), [email protected]

SOME KEY VOLUNTEERSNadine Wood — Tournament Chair (301-565-9555)Ann Lindley — WBL Ombudsman (703-360-9087)

Frances Burke — Membership Secretary (301-384-6103)Ted Ying — Unit Game Chief Director (301-490-3154)

Michael Carroad — Unit Game Manager (301-322-4289)Barbara Doran — Unit Game & Tournament Partnerships (301-608-0347)Kitty Gottfried — Unit Game and Sectional Hospitality (301-587-3981)

Dick Wegman, Past President — (301-365-2228), [email protected]

WBL WEBSITE: DISTRICT 6 SITE:www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org www.districtsix.org

WWBBLL OOMMBBUUDDSSMMAANN

Any player with helpful directorissues including criticism or praise of thedirecting staff may contact theOmbudsman, Ann Lindley and beassured that the source of the informa-tion will remain confidential. Informationshould be provided in writing and maybe handed to her at any game, or mailedto her at 8822 Fircrest Pl., Alexandria,VA 22308.

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Do you have a suggestion thatmight help to increase membership orotherwise improve the WashingtonBridge League? Give any and allideas to Don Berman, 301-776-3581,[email protected], 13707Engleman Dr., Laurel, MD 20708, orwww.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.

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I hope that all of you reading this willbe able to attend the upcoming Octobersectional and help us celebrate theWWBBLL’’ss 7755tthh AAnnnniivveerrssaarryy.. As Isaid before, this makes us even older thanthe ACBL itself! We hope to use this occa-sion to relive and celebrate some of thepast glories and fun of the WBL.Remember we will be awarding the recent-ly re-found EEyynnoonn TTrroopphhyy for the first timein many years and the MMaacchhlliinnSSppoorrttssmmaannsshhiipp TTrroopphhyy for the first timeever! Of course we will have our usual,famous hospitality, so don’t miss it!

At the same time that we are thinkingabout the past of the WBL, the Board andI want to also think about the future. Themost important input to our planningmust be the views of you, the members.

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What do you like about the WBL? Whatdo you dislike? What changes would youlike to see made that would increase yourenjoyment from playing in our unit gamesand sectionals? Please let me or anymember of the board of directors (we arethe ones wearing name tags on Thursdaynights) know what you think. Withoutyour inputs, it is difficult for us to knowwhich directions the WBL should begoing in.

Fred King

P.S. As many people have pointed outto me, my memory was faulty. In the lastletter I forgot to include the departedmen’s and women’s pairs as events thatused to be played in our sectionals onFriday afternoons.

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♣ StrataFlighted Open Pairs (A/X unlim/3000, B/C/D Separate 1500/1000/500)(both sites); Stratified NLM Pairs (NLM/100/50) & 0-20 Pairs (Christ the KingChurch only); Stratified 199er Pairs (Beth El only)Beth El Congregation, 3830 Seminary Rd, Alexandria . . . . . . .7:00pmChrist the King Church, 2301 Colston Drive, Silver Spring . . . . . . . . .7:30pm

Capital Beltway to Connecticut Ave. South. Left on East-West Hwy. Right onGrubb Rd. 1st left on Colston. Church is on the left before the next intersection.

Friday—at Christthe King Church Only♦ Stratafied Pairs (2000+/1000/500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00am♥ StrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) & B/C/D Pairs (1500/1000/500) . . . 2:00pm

♠ IMP Pairs, Champagne & Caviar . . . . . . . . . . 7:30pmStrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) & B/C/D (1500/1000/500)Friday nights are your chance to try a different form of the game. With IMP pairs, you onlyneed one partner, but it scores like a team game. Your score will be averaged with all the

other scores from your direction on each board.♣ Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100/50/20)(single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00am, 2:00pm, 7:30pm

♦ StrataFlighted A/X Pairs (unlim/3000)(single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm♥ StrataFlighted B/C/D Pairs (1500/1000/500)(single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm♠ Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100) (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm♣ Newcomer Pairs (50/20/5) (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm♦ Machlin Sportsmanship Award Presentation & “The History of . . . . . . . . . . .2:30pm

WBL Bridge” Panel Show

♥ Eynon TrophyFirst awarded in 1931— Try to add your name to the famous names inscribed here!

A/X Swiss Teams, VPs (unlim /3000, 7 round playthru w/short break) . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am & TBA♠ B/C/D Swiss Teams, VPs (2000/1000/500, 7 round playthru w/short break) . . . . . . . .11:00am & TBA♣ 300/200/100/50 Swiss Teams, VPs (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:00pm

♣ Full Schedule of Intermediate and Novice Events ♥I/N events: 0-5, 20, 50, 100, 200, 300; Stratification at Director’s Discretion.

Famous Washington Hospitality includes snacks, drinks and Friday, Saturday and Sun-day lunch free of charge. Chair: Nadine Wood, 301-565-9555, [email protected]. VolunteerCoordinator: Barbara Summers, 301-598-5838, [email protected] Hospitality: KittyGottfried, 301-587-3981, [email protected] Partnerships: Barbara Doran, 301-608-0347, [email protected] or try the easy Online Partnership Bulletin Board: www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org

Friday, October 20

♦♦♦ Sat.. && Sun. at theMargaret Schweinhaut

Senior Center Only ♥♥

1000 Forest Glen Road, Silver Spring, MD: From Beltway exitGeorgia Avenue north (toward Wheaton). Turn right at first trafficlight onto Forest Glen Rd. The Senior Center is .7 mile on your right.

Thursday, October 19

Sunday, October 22

Saturday, October 21

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come help the WBL cel-ebrate 75 years of thebest bridge inWashington. We willhave our usual firstclass hospitality as wellas awards honoringthose who have helpedmake bridge here sogreat. We will revive oldtraditions, institute newones, reminisce aboutthe past and look for-ward to the future.Don’t miss it!

Silver Spring, MD: October 19-22, 2006

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PPAARRTTYY,, which includes dinner and a bridge game will be heldat the Thursday night Unit Game on December 14. Everyone isasked to bring their favorite goodies (appetizers, salads, casse-role, desserts, etc.). The main course and holiday drinks will beprovided. Dinner will be served from 6 to 7 p.m., followed short-ly after by the game. If you have any questions or would like tohelp with the party, please call Kitty at (301) 587-3981 or emailher at [email protected].

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The WBL welcomes the following newACBL members: RRiicchhaarrdd FFaaiirrbbaannkkss,, MMss KKaarreennJJ HHoorroowwiittzz,, MMrr HHoonnggttaaoo MMaa,, MMss HHaarrrriieett AARRooggeerrss,, MMrr SStteepphheenn CC RRooggeerrss,, MMss JJuuddyySSoolloommoonn,, MMrrss DDoonnnnaa WWeeiinnsstteeiinn,, RRiicckkWWeeiinnsstteeiinn,, EEuuggeennee BBoollzzaann,, DDrr SSiiddnneeyy MMFFooggeellmmaann,, MMrrss SSyyllvviiaa SS FFooggeellmmaann,, MMss GGiinnggeerr MMGGiillll,, MMrr NNooaahh PP GGrriieessddbbaacchh,, MMss EElliizzaabbeetthh NNaasshh,,JJuulliiee EE PPeettttiiss,, MMss BBeetthh TTrruummaann,, MMss JJoo TTuurrnneerr,,MMrr OOnnuurr AAllttuunnyyaayy,, MMrr JJeeffffrreeyy DD CCaappllaann,, MMssMMaarriieettttaa BB FFaallzzggrraaff,, SSuuee FF GGaaggnneerr,, AArruunn KKGGuuhhaa,, MMrrss DDiiaannee DD HHaaddeenn,, MMss DDoonnnnaa LLHHaannkkeeyy--WWooooddss,, MMss SSuussaann LL HHoollbbeecckk,, MMssMMaaddeelliinnee PP LLooggeeee,, AAnnnnee EE MMeennkkeennss,, FFrreeddeerriicckkBB OOffffeerrmmaannnn,, JJaannee SS OOffffeerrmmaannnn,, MMss JJeerraallddiinneeLL RRoorrssttrroomm--LLeeee,, MMss KKaarreenn KK SSaalleemm,, MMss LLiinnddaaSS SSiillbbeerrgg,, MMrr RRoobbeerrtt LL SStteeeellee IIII,, MMrr EEddwwaarrdd HHTTuucchhmmaann,, AAllaann MM WWaalltteerr,, MMrr GGaarryy HH WWiissiinnsskkii,,and MMrr DDoouuggllaass RR WWooooddss..

In addition, we welcome the following trans-fers from other units: MMrrss EElliizzaabbeetthh WW CCllaarrkk,,MMrr DDaanniieell JJ FFiinnkk,, MMaarriiee GG HHeecckk,, WWooooddiieeMMccLLeeaann,, MMss BBaarrbbaarraa RRoolllliinngg,, MMrr JJiimm SSeeaarrss,,AArrtthhuurr LL SShheerrwwoooodd,, FFrraann SShheerrwwoooodd,,KKaatthheerriinnee LL TTaarrddiioo,, SShhiirrlleeyy WWaasssseerrmmaann,, MMrrssLLeelliiaa KK WWiilllliiaammss,, MMrr CCaarrll PP BBllaacckkwweellll,, MMssTThheerreessaa MM PPaallmmeerr,, MMrr TThhoommaass AA TThhrroooopp,, MMssJJuuddiitthh GG DDaauusscchh,, and MMrrss AAddeellee WWaaggggaammaann..

Please join us at our weekly UnitGame on Thursday evenings and frequentthe local bridge clubs in the area.Information can be found on our website,www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.

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Charlotte Miller passed away July 28.She was a long time Washington BridgeLeague member and held the position ofMembership Secretary in the 1980’s.

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Jack Diskin died Monday July 3 inHampton, VA of an apparent heart attack.He was 63. He was a long time member ofthe WBL before moving to Hampton a fewyears ago. He was on the WBL Board and

Vice President, for a short time. MariaMitchum said Jack was not feeling wellMonday morning and she called theEmergency Squad, who arrived in a timelymanner; and Jack died of a heart attack onthe way to the hospital.

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TToo bbee eelliiggiibbllee,, a player: (1) Must be a member(or pending member) of either the NVBA orthe WBL; (2) Must attend at least three WBLand three NVBA sectionals during the con-test period (August, 2006 through May,2007). Points won on Tournament Thursdayevenings are included in the totals, but do notcount towards eligibility; (3) Must be a mem-ber in good standing of the ACBL and a localaffiliate throughout the contest period andremain so through the award presentation.AAwwaarrddss:: Two trophies will be awarded.SSttaannddiinnggss:: Here are the standings after two ofeight Sectionals. The asterisk* indicates thatthe player has met eligibility requirements.

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1 Prahalad Rajkumar . . . . .39.952 Leo LaSota . . . . . . . . . . .39.803 John Adams . . . . . . . . . .38.924 Shuba Dey . . . . . . . . . . . .30.725 Alfred Steinberg . . . . . . . .29.986 Mark Shaw . . . . . . . . . . .29.457 Helene Bauman . . . . . . .28.978 Jay Kelkar . . . . . . . . . . . .28.639 Raghavendra Rajkumar . .26.68

10 Ellen Cherniavsky . . . . . .26.0811 Debnarayan Dhar . . . . . .25.1312 Lloyd Rawley . . . . . . . . .24.5413 James Andre . . . . . . . . . .24.1214 Donna Rogall . . . . . . . . .23.7115 Steve Robinson . . . . . . . .22.3216 Kenneth Davis . . . . . . . .21.3617 Arnie Frankel . . . . . . . . .20.1718 Eugene Kales . . . . . . . . .19.9719 Peter Boyd . . . . . . . . . . .19.1120 Earl Glickstein . . . . . . . .19.06

45th Annual Presidential Tournament

♣ StrataFlighted Open Pairs (A/X unlim/3000, B/C/D Separate 1500/1000/500)(both sites); Stratified NLM Pairs (NLM/100/50) & 0-20 Pairs (Christ the KingChurch only); Stratified 199er Pairs (Beth El only)Beth El Congregation, 3830 Seminary Rd, Alexandria . . . . . . .7:00pmChrist the King Church, 2301 Colston Drive, Silver Spring . . . . . . . . .7:30pm

Capital Beltway to Connecticut Ave. South. Left on East-West Hwy. Right onGrubb Rd. 1st left on Colston. Church is on the left before the next intersection.

Friday—at Christthe King Church Only♦ Stratified Pairs (2000+/1000/500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00am♥ StrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) & B/C/D Pairs (1500/1000/500) . . . 2:00pm♠ Sur“Prize” Special Open Pair Game TBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:30pm

Friday nights are your chance to try a different form of the game. Look forupcoming announcements of this night’s game (along with outstanding spe-cial refreshments) in the next issues of TableTALK, the WBL Bulletin, or on the web at www.districtsix.org.

♣ Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100/50/20)(single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . .10:00am, 2:00pm, 7:30pm

♣ StrataFlighted A/X (unlim/3000) & B/C/D Pairs (1500/1000/500)(single sessions) . .11:00am, 3:30pm♦ Intermediate/Novice Pairs (300/200/100) (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm♥ Newcomer Pairs (50/20/5) (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:30pm

♠ A/X Board-A-Match Teams, (unlim /3000, 2 session playthru w/short break) . . . . . . .11:00am & TBA♣ B/C/D Swiss Teams, VPs (2000/1000/500, 7 round playthru w/short break) . . . . . . . .11:00am & TBA♦ 300/100/50 Swiss Teams, VPs (single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00am, 3:00pm

♣ Full Schedule of Intermediate and Novice Events ♥I/N events: 0-5, 20, 50, 100, 200, 300; Stratification at Director’s Discretion.

Famous Washington Hospitality includes snacks, drinks and Friday, Saturday and Sundaylunch free of charge. Chair: Nadine Wood, 301-565-9555, [email protected]. Volunteer

Coordinator: Barbara Summers, 301-598-5838, [email protected] Hospitality: Kitty

Gottfried, 301-587-3981, [email protected] Partnerships: Barbara Doran, 301-608-0347, [email protected] or try the easy Online Partnership Bulletin Board: www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org

Friday, January 5

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SPECIAL LUCKY ‘07SUR“PRIZES”throughout

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WBL Trophy Race Winners’ Presentation between sessionsSunday, January 7

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Congratulations to who RRuussttyy KKrraauussss whocame in first with a score of 500. He wins afree entry to the Unit Game and will be invit-ed to be on a future panel. I will also playwith him at a future Unit Game. Second wasMMaarrsshhaallll KKuusscchhnneerr with a score of 470. Tiedfor third were RRoonn ZZuucckkeerr,, RRaamm SSaarraannggeenn,, andBBrraadd TThheeuurreerr with a score of 450. Sixth wasFFrreedd SStteeiinnbbeerrgg with a score of 440. Seventhwas RRoobbeerrtt SSttoonnee with a score of 430. Eighthwas LLiinnddaa MMaarrsshhaallll with a score of 420. Tiedfor ninth were TTeedd WWiillkkiinnssoonn,, LLyyllee PPooee,, andPPrraahhaallaadd RRaajjkkuummaarr with a score of 410. Theaverage score of the 151 solvers was 308.The average score of the experts was 409

All readers are encouraged to sendanswers and/or new problems to SteveRobinson, 2891 S. Abingdon St. #A2Arlington, VA, 22206-1329. In addition to thewinner receiving a free play at the WBL UnitGame, Steve will play with anyone who gets aperfect score or who exactly matches all five ofhis answers. If you send a self-addressedstamped envelope to the above address alongwith your answers, I will send you a copy ofthe new problems to ensure that you can meethis next deadline. You can pick up a copy ofthe problems at the WBL Unit Game inMaryland, and can send answers or requestsfor problems to [email protected]. You canalso see and answer the problems at the WBLweb site. WBL Solvers Club uses WashingtonStandard as published July 1996.

I personally score all the problems. If amajority of the solvers vote for an answer, andthe answer is reasonable I will give that answer100 points. I will not give 100 points to ananswer that I consider bad no matter how manyexperts vote for it. There are times when I wantto make a point. I will give that answer 100points and will therefore give the majorityanswer 90 points. For the other answers I con-sider how good the answer is and how manyexperts vote for it for its score. If you submittedan answer that got 20 points, that bid would geta bad score at the table. A good exercise wouldbe to figure out why I gave your answer 20points. You might have misread the problem.

The book Washington Standard second

edition is out. If you are a serious bridge play-er, this book is a must. You can purchase acopy from Steve for $25.00 at the Unit Game,at tournaments or can send him a check for$29.05 that includes $4.05 for priority mail.

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You have ♠Q109♥765♦A1032♣654.LHO opens 1♠, partner overcalls 2♥ andRHO bids 2♠. You have six HCPs of whichfour points are very good but two could beworthless. Do you bid 3♥? Unless you’re play-ing that double of 2♠ shows an invitational-to-game raise, which very few partnerships do,you need 3♥ as an invitational raise. If Easthad passed, you would have 2♠ as an invita-tional raise and then 3♥ would be a tokenraise. Over 2♠ bidding 3♥ could encouragepartner to bid 4♥. Even 3♥ could be too high.Partner could have ♠xx♥AKQJx♦Kxx♣xxx,a normal overcall, and if the jack of spades iswrong or they lead the diamond nine, seventricks is the limit. Give partner a better over-call such as ♠xx♥AKxxx♦xx♣AQJx andpartner will bid 4♥ when you invite. 4♥ hasfour sure top losers opposite ♥7xx and ifhearts are 4-1 it could be expensive. Passing2♠ does not end the auction. Partner knowsthe opponents are in an eight-card fit and willtake action with any excuse. However, if youhad ♠Q109♥A54♦A1032♣654, a ten-countof which eight points are good and two are ques-tionable, you would certainly invite. So howmuch more than ♠Q109♥765♦A1032♣654do you need to invite?

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Six experts agree with me and need atleast Qxx of hearts to invite.

AAddaammss:: “Queen—If white, I would bidwith the two. Partner bids Hearts overSpades with five-card suits often enough togo for 200 with less. Six working pointsseems a reasonable compromise to safetyand competitiveness. My spade cards makeit so that 3♥ might not have law protection,else bidding would be more automatic. 4333does not automatically stop me from bid-ding, but is certainly not an asset.”

White minus scores are bad also. Invitingwith the six HCPs, of which two are question-able non-vulnerable, could be bad if partnerthinks you have something and bids again.

RRooddnneeyy:: “Queen—Suppose partner has♠xx♥AKxxxx♦xx♣Axx or ♠xx♥AKxxx♦xx♣KQxx. We are likely to be one down in3♥, even holding Qxx. Anything less andwe’re heading for the dreaded -200, andthat’s assuming nobody doubles.”

This is matchpoints so the opponents canbe a frisky doubling you and if you are dou-bled, you can kiss this board good bye.

HHooppkkiinnss:: “Queen—I would expect this togive us a 50% play for our contract which isparticularly important if we are doubled.”

WWoooollsseeyy:: “Queen—If I have less theopponents may hold the queen, which alongwith my queen of spades would argue for alower trick total than normal. In additionpartner may bid game if I raise, so I wouldlike some values.”

The Queen of spades could be worth atrick on defense but is unlikely to be a use-ful trick on offense. Same if the opponentshold the queen of hearts. If we have eighthearts and they have eight spades, there areusually 16 total tricks. If they can take eighttricks in spades, we should be able to takeeight tricks in hearts. (8+8=16). Holding theenemy queen lowers the trick total so theremight be only 15 total tricks.

RRoommaann:: “Queen—With such sterile dis-tribution, I want two cover cards to raise.”

4333 hands do not make good dummiesin trump contracts.

LLaannddeenn:: “Queen—So much depends onpartner’s tendencies. With a rock I’d raisewith the deuce, but the Queen seems main-strain though I don’t feel strongly about thisproblem.”

One expert needs the King of hearts tobid 3♥.

SScchhwwaarrttzz:: “King—Don’t want to bid toomuch with my defensive spade holding. Onoffense my spade holding is likely to beequivalent to xxx unless partner has an honor.

Also can now guarantee that holding theKing, a Heart lead won’t cost a trick.”

Three experts invite with trash.CCaappppeelllleettttii:: “Jack—I would consider the

queen as “full values” for a raise. But Iwould definitely raise with Jxx as a “stretch”to try to get opponents higher than 2♠.”

I’m not sure I would bid 3♥ holding Jxx,if partner was barred.

PPookkoorrnnyy:: “Seven—At this vulnerabilitypartner has a serious overcall so, most prob-ably, 3♥ will be made or down one. Ishouldn’t be afraid to be doubled and it isvery important to push them one level high-er because 2♠ is probably a make. So, aquick raise with xxx is obligatory. “

PPaarrkkeerr:: “Seven—I would raise an open-ing bid of 1♥ to 2♥ with any three-cardsupport and six or so points, so here I will dothe same thing. If I pass it will put too muchpressure on partner to have to guess what todo in pass out seat.”

If partner opens 1♥ and you’re playingforcing or semi-forcing notrump, you shouldbid 1NT first and then support hearts. Adirect raise to 2♥ shows a hand that wouldaccept at least one game-try. The reason whyyou don’t raise partner’s 1♥-opener or part-ner’s 2♥-overcall with trash is that you don’twant partner to bid 4♥ unless he has anextremely good hand. The club or diamondqueen might not be valuable but the spadequeen is very likely to be worthless.

Another reason not to raise with 7xx isthat partner might lead a heart from KJxxxwith disastrous results.

Honors in the opponent’s suit should bediscounted. Invitational raises have to bestronger than competitive raises. After 1♠ -2♥ - 2♠, play double as a limit raise andplay 2NT as minors. This allows you to bid3♥ with non-invitational hands.

22)) IIMMPPss BBootthh VVuullnneerraabbllee♠KJ♥5♦AQ765♣A10965

SSOOUUTTHH WWEESSTT NNOORRTTHH EEAASSTT2♥ PASS 3♥

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AAccttiioonn SSccoorree VVootteess SSoollvveerrss4NT 100 5 30Pass 70 4 484♦ 50 1 264♣ 50 1 4

Double 20 0 224♥ 20 0 53NT 20 0 15

This is a bidders game and East has toldyou that he doesn’t think he has enough acesand kings to have a play for a vulnerable 4♥.RHO would probably invite vulnerable hold-ing ♠Axx♥xxx♦KJxx♣KQJ so he has aweaker hand This means that your partner hassome of the missing aces and kings. Give part-ner as little as♠xxx♥xxx♦xx♣KJxxx or♠xxx♥xxx♦Kxxx♣QJx and you want to be infive-of-a-minor. This would be a more difficultproblem if East had jumped to 4♥ or you werein direct seat and RHO opened 3♥. ThenLHO could have all of the missing strength.Any finesses you might need figure to beonsides. There is a perfect bid for this situa-tion. 4NT in this situation shows both minorsand guess what? You have both minors.

Four experts are wimps. I really don’tunderstand their thinking. I think I would bid4NT over any heart preempt and response.

AAddaammss:: “Pass—Maybe they got me,maybe not. I need a lot from partner to makegame, and a little from partner to go for a bignumber. 3♥ is a good bid.”

You don’t need a lot from partner to makegame. Kxxxx of clubs could be enough.

CCaappppeelllleettttii:: “Pass—Rather than guessminors at the four-level, I will stay “fixed” anddefend. Not that likely to be missing a game.”

PPookkoorrnnyy:: “Pass—Too much defensivevalues and too weak suits for bidding 4NT.Double with only two spades would beabsolutely horrible.”

LLaannddeenn:: “Pass—Brutal problem. Can’tdouble with only two spades and 4NT is theonly way to show the minors; that seems a bitmuch. I know they’re robbing me but I’mpassing and hoping to go plus.”

Four experts agree with me and bidtheir hand.

RRooddnneeyy:: “4NT—For the minors! —Partner doesn’t need much for us to makegame. E.g., ♠xxxx♥xxx♦xx♣KQxx givessome play for 5♣ and partner can be betterthan this!”

SScchhwwaarrttzz:: “4NT—Worth overbiddingslightly to get to the right stain. With Heartshortness, I can’t pass as partner can have as

much as 14 and unable to bid with a three-card heart holding.”

HHooppkkiinnss:: “4NT—I always get it wrong if Idouble in these situations and partner bidsmy doubleton, so I am going to insist in play-ing in one of my suits and hope we have a fitin one of them.”

RRoommaann:: “4NT—Pick a minor partner,and good luck to you.”

Two experts put their eggs in a minor-suitbasket. However, what if partner has theother minor?

WWoooollsseeyy:: “4♣—I don’t like selling out witha singleton in their suit. I don’t have a way toshow both minors (4NT is Blackwood), and evenif I did the five-level may be too high. So I’llshoot out a minor and hope to strike a fit. Ichoose clubs even though they are weaker so I’llhave a four-level runout if doubled. East won’texpect that I have a runout, so he may double ona trump stack and let me off the hook.”

There are some auctions where 4NT isBlackwood but I don’t think this is one ofthem. Over 2♠, 4♠ can show the minors,leaving 4NT as Blackwood. Over 3♥ you’remore likely to have both minors then a solidhand needing only aces.

PPaarrkkeerr:: “4♦—Not double because Iwant to have some partnership confidencethat when I double in these auctions I havefour spades or an easy second bid. 3NT is asilly. If I bid diamonds first I can bid clubsover 4♥, I will pass 4♠ if partner bids it.”

Doubling would not be wise. If you dou-ble and partner bids spades, which is verylikely, then what?

This is a bidders game. When in doubttake action.

33)) MMaattcchhppooiinnttss YYoouu’’rree VVuullnneerraabbllee♠A♥Q954♦A1096532♣A

SSOOUUTTHH WWEESSTT NNOORRTTHH EEAASSTTPass

1♦ Pass 1♥ 1NT*???? *Black suits

AAccttiioonn SSccoorree VVootteess SSoollvveerrss4♦ 100 3 124♥ 80 2 483♠ 80 2 74♣ 80 0 93♥ 80 2 222♥ 70 1 4Dbl 50 1 13♦ 40 0 72♣ 40 0 82♦ 30 0 1

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5♦ 30 0 14NT 30 0 72♠ 20 0 164♠ 20 0 35♥ 20 0 12NT 20 0 13♣ 20 0 26♥ 20 0 1

There are a lot of ways to show this hand.You could jump to 4♥ and show a game-forc-ing heart raise. You could jump to 3♠ and showa game-forcing heart bid with spade shortness.You could jump to 4♣ to show a game-forcingheart bid with club shortness. Both 3♠ and 4♣are splinters. You could jump to 4♦ to show agame-forcing heart bid with at least six dia-monds. 4♦ usually shows stronger diamonds ahand such as ♠Kx♥AJxx♦AKxxxx♣x,Having no black suit losers could compensatefor the missing king of diamonds. Since 1NTshows 5-5 in the black suits, you could also bid2♣ to show a good 2♦-bid or bid 2♠ to show agood heart-bid. The Unusual over Unusual con-vention. There is a problem of having only twoblack cards vulnerable with the opponents non-vulnerable.

Three experts show a game-forcing handwith six diamonds and four hearts. Partner is notgoing to know that you have no black suit losers.

AAddaammss:: “4♦—Four-card heart support,long Diamonds. Seems clear descriptivechoice. Too good for 4♥ preemptive.”

RRooddnneeyy:: “4♦—Shows a heart fit and longgood diamonds. I know my diamonds are notgood enough, but I have both black aces. I’mexpecting to hear 4♠ on my left, and this bidwill give partner a good chance of makingthe right decision, as opposed to me biddinga direct 4♥. Then partner is likely to thinkI’m balanced, because I didn’t splinter.”

LLaannddeenn:: “4♦—Same bid I would havemade if RHO passed. Shows a strong 4-6 inthe reds. A typical hand would be♠x♥AKxx♦AQ10xxx♣Kx, perhaps a pipstronger.”

Two experts show spade shortness.PPookkoorrnnyy:: “3♠—Partner should then know

if slam has to be reached or, at least, what isthe right thing to do if the opponents bid 4♠.”

SScchhwwaarrttzz:: “3♠—Need to show four-cardheart length and 3♠ leaves more room forcooperation from partner. 4♦ sends thewrong message as a stiff diamond in part-ner’s hand is not a liability and 4♦ alsotakes up too much space.”

Two experts show a balanced game force.

PPaarrkkeerr:: “4♥—Surely they are going tocompete in the black suites so I better showgood support now. I will bid 5♦ over four-of-a-black-suit. I must be distributional since Idid not double or cue bid. Partner can lookat his diamonds and hearts and decide howhigh to go. 4♦ in this auction would showsolid diamonds, which I do not have.”

CCaappppeelllleettttii:: “4♥—Should have goodplay opposite A or K of hearts.”

Two experts invite gameHHooppkkiinnss:: “3♥—Well, I do have three

Aces and my hand could be worth a lot if part-ner has good trumps or we have a crossruffsituation, so I am going to bid aggressively.”

WWoooollsseeyy:: “3♥—This looks about right onvalue. Partner will bid game if he has any-thing decent. I don’t want to bid 4♥, sinceWest will know what to do with a trumpstack. If West bids 3♠ and that is passedaround to me, I can try 4♦.”

One expert makes a support double .RRoommaann:: “Double—Tough problem. I’ll start

by showing a good hand, listen to what hap-pens and try to make some good guesses later.”

As you can see from the many responses,there is no way to describe this hand. Ratherthan describing your hand, why not let theopponents and partner describe their hands?Since you are holding only two black cards,2♥ showing four hearts can’t possibly be theend of the auction.

44)) MMaattcchhppooiinnttss YYoouu’’rree VVuullnneerraabbllee♠AJ1054♥K654♦—♣AK54

SSOOUUTTHH WWEESSTT NNOORRTTHH EEAASSTT1♦ 2♥ Pass

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AAccttiioonn SSccoorree VVootteess SSoollvveerrss5♦ 100 4 76♥ 90 3 94NT 80 2 63♦ 50 1 454♦ 50 1 384♥ 30 0 232♠ 20 0 83♥ 20 0 22NT 20 0 55♥ 20 0 24♣ 20 0 13♠ 20 0 3

Exclusion Roman Keycard Blackwood(ERKB) is a very useful convention but verydangerous. A jump higher than the ace-askingbid asks partner to either pass if he doesn’t

read it as ERKC or tell you how many keycardshe has outside that suit. You use it when youare void in a suit such as the problem hand. Soassuming partner reads 5♦ as ERKC he bids5♥ holding ♠xx♥QJ10xxx♦Axx♣xx andbids 5♠ holding ♠xx♥AQJxxx♦xxx♣xx. Ihave played in ERKC and it was not a happycontract. One problem with 5♦ is that Westcan double 5♦ to show long diamonds whichmight allow the opponents to find a cheap save.

AAddaammss:: “5♦—Exclusion keycard. OneAce and we play slam in hearts. Can’t system-ically find out if we have a spade loser, until Iask for Kings, so I will assume we have a spadeloser if lacking Heart Ace and stop in five.”

If partner bids 5♠ showing the ace ofhearts, how can you possibly ask about sec-ond round spade control? All 5♦ will do willallow West to double 5♦ which could make iteasier for the opponents to find a cheap save.

PPookkoorrnnyy:: “5♦—Exclusion RKCB. Ifpartner responds 5♥, zero or three keycards,I’ll pass. If partner responds 5♠, one or fourkeycards, 6♥ has to be played. Secondalternative: 3♠ as fit-showing, followed by5♦ (hoping to make a 5NT grand-slam tryafter the 5♠ response).”

RRooddnneeyy:: “5♦—Exclusion Blackwood —At this vulnerability, partner has a good pre-empt and we have a shot at making seven.E.g., Partner holds ♠x♥AQxxxxx♦xxx♣xxmakes 7♥ an excellent contract.”

There is no way to find out if partner hasthe seventh heart.

CCaappppeelllleettttii:: “4NT—If no aces will stop infive.”

WWoooollsseeyy:: “4NT—The odds are that eitherwe have a black-suit loser or that if theopponents have the ace of hearts they cantake a couple of rounds of trumps and part-ner won’t be able to ruff enough diamonds inmy hand. So I bid RKC, planning on stop-ping at 5♥ if he doesn’t have a keycard butbidding 6♥ if he does. Normally one should-n’t do this, but when partner is limited thissort of position is legitimate.”

Just because partner doesn’t have the ace ofhearts doesn’t mean he can’t make six. If part-ner has as little as ♠x♥QJ10xxx♦xxx♣Qxx,6♥ has play.

SScchhwwaarrttzz:: “5♦—Exclusion followed by aKing ask assuming partner has the Heartace. An immediate 6♥ won’t shut the oppo-nents as West holding a fistful of diamondwill sack anyway so I might as well see if agrand is possible.”

Two experts join me and bid what theythink they can make.

PPaarrkkeerr:: “6♥—How can we not have aslam? I fear missing seven but it will be too hardto reach. Give partner ♠xx♥Axxxxxx♦xx♣Qxand we have a grand. Sometimes you just bidwhat you think you can make without making itcomplicated. Partner’s clubs should be the key.Second choice Exclusion Blackwood 5♦ thenask for the king of spades If he has the king ofspades you bid seven but that may not be thekey card.”

If partner bids 5♠ showing the ace of hearts,there is no way to ask for the king of spades.

HHooppkkiinnss:: “6♥—I see no way to find out ifpartner has Spade shortness and the HeartAce. I could make this opposite as little as♠x♥QJxxxx♦xxxx♣xx, but not make thegrand if partner has ♠xx♥AQJ10xxx♦xx♣xx,so I will settle for the most likely contract.”

Two experts try to be scientific.RRoommaann:: “3♦—I’m not bidding less than

6♥, and while I can’t think of a way to bid agrand if partner has a singleton spade, I canat least get there if he has the ace of heartsand the king of spades (no, my partnersnever have that either). Second choice, 6♥.”

LLaannddeenn:: “4♦—This problem is unfair.What are your methods? What is your part-ner’s style? With Chuck Burger I’d look forseven. With Kit Woolsey, I might settle forgame. 6♥ is what my gut tells me to bid. Iguess I would splinter with 4♦; maybe part-ner’s got the perfect hand for seven.♠Kx♥AQxxxx,♣xxx♣xx. With that monster,he should bid 4♠, then I’ll give him 5NT, thegrand slam force. I’m driving to 6♥ at least. “

What Landen is saying is that ChuckBerger can’t have less than AQJxxx and KitWoolsey could have ♠xx♥QJ10xxx♦xx♣xxx.

Sometimes you have to take charge andmake the practicable bid.

55)) MMaattcchhppooiinnttss YYoouu’’rree VVuullnneerraabbllee♠AKQ93♥AJ♦A6♣8765

SSOOUUTTHH WWEESSTT NNOORRTTHH EEAASSTT1♠ DBL Pass 1NT

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AAccttiioonn SSccoorree VVootteess SSoollvveerrssDouble 100 5 39

Pass 80 3 772♣ 70 3 162♠ 30 0 18

West has made a takeout double and Easthas made a constructive response. Just how

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many HCPs do you expect partner to have?This is matchpoints where –200 is a verybad score and –100 is a poor score. Isn’t itbetter to defend against 1NT, when you canprobably hold them to seven tricks, withoutany help from partner, for -90, by taking fourspades and two aces? –90 will be better thanall the pairs who go –100 with your cards.

Two experts join me and go quietly for now.PPookkoorrnnyy:: “Pass—The worst thing I can

do is double, allowing them to reach somebetter spot (2♦ or 3♦, for example). 1NTshould be a good contact for us becauseprobably will end down one or exactly mak-ing. I don’t like to bid 2♣ because the suitis too bad (and probably should be five-carder in this situation).”

LLaannddeenn:: “Pass—I have no safety biddingand will often score more defending thandeclaring.”

Five experts double.AAddaammss:: “Double—Shows my strength. If

partner is weak, he can pull to long suit. Some-times they do not even have a stopper. I expectto do fine in 2♠ if partner bids a red suit.”

If partner bids a red suit, is it a four-cardsuit where you want to correct to 2♠ or is itfive or six-card suit where you want to pass?

RRooddnneeyy:: “Double—Pass is very wimpy,especially at matchpoints, and 2♣ is invit-ing a bad score (e.g. partner passes holding♠x♥Qxxxx♦Jxxx♣xxx). Partner knows Ihave a doubleton somewhere, and should notbid a four-card suit. Partner will pass with a bal-anced hand, or correct to 2♠. If partner passes,I’m hoping partner can contribute one trick.”

Is partner supposed to bid 2♥ holding♠x♥Qxxxx♦Jxxx♣xxx? If he passes thedouble you could be –280.

SScchhwwaarrttzz:: “Double—Defending 1NT, notvulnerable, probably will not score well any-way if it makes. Maybe partner can bid 2♠or two-of-a red suit. If I had chosen to bid ablacksuit I’d prefer 2♠ to 2♣.”

HHooppkkiinnss:: “Double—I’m not sure I can setthis, but I want to suggest my strength topartner (in case he wants to bid a six-cardsuit). If partner has a few scattered values,then we should be successful on defense.”

RRoommaann:: “Double—Utterly routine.”Three experts bid their other suit.

Usually bidding a second suit shows five sopartner, with ♠xx♥xxxx♦xxxx♣xxx, willpass and you will play your xxxx oppositexxx vulnerable.

PPaarrkkeerr:: “2♣—I am willing to play 2♠ ifpartner does not have four clubs, but am notwilling to sell out at the 1NT level. They willmake 90 or 120 so I hope to go down only100 and they make more than that.”

The only way they will make more than90 in notrump is if RHO has five spadeswhich will not make playing 2♠ a bonus.

WWoooollsseeyy:: “2♣—I don’t have 1NT beat inmy own hand, and we could easily be mak-ing 2♣ or 2♠. The opponents don’t play1NT if I can help it.”

CCaappppeelllleettttii:: “2♣—Unless I had reason tothink the 1NT was a psychic, game is veryunlikely. Thus it must be better to bid 2♣ withthis shape, than double (as I would with 5332)- which might lead to a six-card trump suit. Ifpartner bids over 2♣, we will probably be inthe right spot. Note that partner might be 1-4-4-4 and bid a red suit over my double.”

While vulnerability is for children, atmatchpoints one should be conservativewhen vulnerable.

SSOOLLVVEERRSS’’ SSCCOORREESS

John Adams Q Pass 4♦ 5♦ Dbl 470Mike Cappelletti J Pass 4♥ 4NT 2♣ 360Robbie Hopkins Q 4NT 3♥ 6♥ Dbl 470Steve Landen Q Pass 4♦ 4♦ Pass 410Steve Parker 7 4♦ 4♥ 6♥ 2♣ 330Dean Pokorny 7 Pass 3♠ 5♦ Pass 370Steve Robinson Q 4NT 2♥ 6♥ Pass 440David Rodney Q 4NT 4♦ 5♦ Dbl 500Jeff Roman Q 4NT Dbl 3♦ Dbl 400Alan Schwartz K 4NT 3♠ 5♦ Dbl 460Kit Woolsey Q 4♣ 3♥ 4NT 2♣ 380

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...REST OF TOURNAMENT AT KOCH...FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS (2000+/2000/750) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.299ER PAIRS (300/200/100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.49ER PAIRS (50/20/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS (2000+/2000/750) . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m.299ER PAIRS (300/200/100) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS (2000+/2000/750) . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 a.m.STRATIFIED SENIOR PAIRS (2000+/2000/750) . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 a.m.299ER PAIRS (300/200/100) and 49ER PAIRS (50/20) . . . . . . .9:30 a.m.0-5 PAIRS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9:30 a.m.STRATAFLIGHTED PAIRS (A/X=3000+/3000; B/C=2000/750) . .2 p.m.299ER PAIRS (300/200/100; 2 single sessions) . . . . . . . . . . .2 & 7:30 p.m.49ER PAIRS (50/20/5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 p.m.STRATIFIED OPEN PAIRS (2000+/2000/750) . . . . . . . . . . . . .7:30 p.m.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12**Novice/Intermediate Lecture (Jeff Roman) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10:15 a.m.**FLIGHTS A/X (3000+/3000) & B/C (2000/750) SWISS TEAMS . .11:00 a.m.

Both Flights are 2-session events, with one 30-minute break—box lunch available299ER SWISS TEAMS (300/200/100; Single session) . . . . . . . . .11:00 a.m.49ER SWISS TEAMS (50/20/5; Single session) . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:00 a.m.299ER SWISS TEAMS (300/200/100; Single session) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3:15 p.m.DIRECTIONS: From Rte. 495 (the Beltway) or points West of the Beltway, take Rte. 66 East to the Washington Boulevard/Lee Highway exit. At thelight at the end of the exit ramp, turn left onto Lee Highway. Go approximately 1.5 miles and turn left onto Harrison Street. Go .5 miles and turn rightonto Little Falls Road. The KOCH is on your left .2 of a mile down Little Falls. From D.C. or Arlington, take Rte. 66 West to the Sycamore Street exit.At the end of the exit ramp, turn right onto Sycamore. At the second light, turn right onto Lee Highway and go a little over 1 mile and turn left ontoHarrison Street. Follow the above directions from that point. OR from D.C., go straight across Chain Bridge and then keep left to stay on Glebe Road.From the light at the end of Chain Bridge, proceed 1.8 miles and turn right onto Little Falls Road (the second right past the light at Williamsburg Blvd.).Cross Old Dominion (.3 miles) at the stop sign and proceed on Little Falls another .3 miles to the KOCH on your right. From all directions, turn upthe drive and circle past the stone lodge. Follow signs for visitor parking. The tournament will be held in the brick building marked “KOCH 2473”down the hill to your right.

ChampionshipEvents and a Full Scheduleof 299er Events for Noviceand Intermediate Players!___________Mid-Chart Conventionspermitted in all Flt A, B,& Open Stratified Events___________

Special FallHospitality--apple ciderand pretzels; apples andcheeses; apple pie and

pumpkin pie; Halloweencandy, and more!!___________

Tournament ChairsMargot Hennings,

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Partnership ChairLeo Cardillo,

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Next NVBA Sectional:February 8-11,

2007

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LLoovveennbbeerrgg1 126.54 Alfred Steinberg2 124.49 David Ruderman3 113.37 John Adams4 104.93 Mark Shaw5 101.14 Steve Robinson6 80.87 Benjamin Brill7 80.35 Arnie Frankel8 78.32 Michael Gill9 74.34 Noble Shore

10 69.40 Clyde Kruskal11 69.30 Fred King12 66.72 Ellen Klosson13 65.52 William Cole14 64.88 William Hacker15 64.02 Ellen Cherniavsky16 63.63 Donna Rogall17 61.96 Leon Letwin18 58.39 Donald Berman19 58.18 Angeliki Magklara20 57.55 Eugene Kales21 56.29 Robert Bell22 56.15 Earl Glickstein23 51.84 Lloyd Rawley24 51.80 James Geist25 48.50 Mark Rosen

The Lovenberg Race is open to all WBL members; the Izzy CohenRace is open to all WBL members who started the calendar year withfewer than 1500 masterpoints; the Tubbs Race is open to all WBLmembers who started the calendaryear as a Non-Life Master; theWoolridge Race is open to allWBL members who started thecalendar year with fewer than 20masterpoints.

Winners in each category willreceive four sessions of free plays.Second place gets two and thirdplace gets one.

This list is up to date throughAugust 10, 2006. All points aresubject to audit by the WBLDirector.

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10 38.19 Janet Dence11 36.48 David Genne12 36.12 Jason Rosenfeld13 34.53 Richard Ferrin14 34.44 Philip Mittleman15 34.41 Steven Schatzow

TTuubbbbss1 58.18 Angeliki Magklara2 31.81 Danut Gliga3 31.64 Katherine Rabenstein4 29.01 William Kingery Jr5 27.82 Linda Marshall6 26.57 Prem Garg7 25.29 Shyam Giridharadas8 24.82 Roma Chandra9 24.80 Daniel Koch

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You never need to miss theunit game because you don’thave a partner at the lastminute! The WBL has a guaran-teed partner (GP) program forplayers who occasionally need apartner for the unit game. Here’show it works: we provide astandby partner; if an odd num-ber of people in need of a part-ner arrive, we match the playersas best we can, and the GP playswith the one who is left. (If thereis an even number of playerslooking, the GP goes home). Youcan always get a game.

Players in search of partnersshould try to arrive between7:00 and 7:15 (or call ahead).The partnership desk closes at7:25. You can call the WBL cellphone ((330011)) 339955--22776600 at the lastminute if are on your way andknow you’ll be at bit late.

To find a partner at least aday in advance, contact BBaarrbbaarraaDDoorraann (see below). or log on tothe OOnnlliinnee PPaarrttnneerrsshhiipp BBuulllleettiinnBBooaarrdd at: www.WashingtonBridgeLeague.org.

You might want to volunteerfor the GP program yourself. It’sa great way to meet people. Ifyou play on the night you’re theGP, you play free. If you volun-teer, you receive a free play forany future unit game whether ornot you play that night.

Email BBaarrbbaarraa DDoorraann [email protected] or [email protected],or call her at (301) 608-0347.

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An appeal heard at the NABCs in Denverlast fall illustrates the difference betweenreceiving misinformation (MI) on a hand andsustaining damage as a result of that MI. Thecase arose in the second final session of theKeohane North American Swiss Teams.(Note: this deal was played behind a screen,which ran from the N-W corner of the tableto the S-E corner. North and East werescreenmates as were South and West.)

Bd: 23; Dlr: South; Vul: Both

North♠ K6♥ KQ♦ QJ863♣ AK97

West East♠ Q952 ♠ A7♥ A104 ♥ J752♦ K4 ♦ A10♣ 10532 ♣ QJ864

South♠ J10843♥ 9863♦ 9752♣ —-

West North East SouthPass

Pass 1♦ Pass PassDbl 1NT Dbl 2♥(1)

Pass Pass Dbl 2♠Dbl Pass Pass 3♦Dbl All Pass

(1)Explained by S to W as a transfer to spades

East led the ♦A, after which 3♦ doubledmade three, +670 for N/S. E/W called theDirector at the conclusion of the play of the nextboard. (West only became aware of a differencein the explanation of the 2♥ bid on the N-Eside of the screen during the bidding of the nextboard.) The Director determined that N/S hadno agreement that the 2♥ bid in this auctionwas a transfer, and therefore that West had beenmisinformed. The contract was changed to 2♥by South down two, –200 for N/S.

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N/S appealed this decision. At the hearingN/S said they had no partnership agreementthat 2♥ was a transfer in this auction. Southsaid he drew an inappropriate parallel betweenthe present auction and other notrump auc-tions. E/W said they believed they were enti-tled to have the same explanation on both sidesof the screen. East said if he had been told 2♥was a transfer he would have let 2♥ playundoubled, holding only two spades.

Well, there you have it. Take a moment todecide how you would decide this case if youwere on this Committee and then read on. Iagree entirely with the Committee so I’ll justreport their decision.

“The Committee determined that Southhad invented an agreement when he bid 2♥as a transfer. Hence, he had effectively psy-ched and North had given East the correctpartnership agreement.

“West had MI, but his action of passing2♥ and doubling 2♠ was not based on dam-age from the MI. He knew what South had.

“Equally, East was not damaged by MIsince she had the correct partnership expla-nation. Additionally, although there was noobligation for East to work out what wasgoing on, the fact that she had four hearts,West must have at least three, and dummyhad promised two or more, meant Southcould not have five hearts.

“The only issue was whether West’s finaldouble or East’s final pass was influenced byMI. No link was found. South’s idiosyncraticmethod of bidding his hand was responsible forthe result but that was not covered by the laws.

“Since there was no damage the tableresult of N/S +670 was restored.”

So there you have it. The screen preventedEast from receiving the MI about the 2♥ bid;East was told N/S’s actual agreement—that 2♥was natural—and that’s all she was entitled to.(She was NOT entitled to know that Souththought 2♥ was a transfer when that was notN/S’s agreement.) So since she was not underthe influence of MI, she had no right to “know”South had misbid or to take her double of 2♥

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Behind the scene volunteers are helping keep thisgame we love alive and thriving. This month, we give abig THANK YOU! to LLEEEE BBIIGGGGSS..

Bridge tournaments always seem to be so well organ-ized. When you walk into the game room, the tables are allset up ready to go. Have you ever wonder how the sametables magically appeared at each tournament? The answerlies with 83 year old Lee Biggs of Rockville. Lee retired anumber of years ago from a teaching career at MontgomeryCollege and, before that, as a career submariner in the USNavy. Not content with the traditional leisurely retirementlife style, Lee volunteered in the early 1990s to be the

District’s ‘table caretaker and trans-porter’. He is now retiring from this,his third successful career.

With the support of Lora, of hisdear wife of 61 years, Lee repairedand refinished the tables. He thenpersonally transported them as farsouth as Myrtle Beach NC and as farnorth as Lancaster PA - and for ALLRegionals in between and for our

local Sectionals. They are just card tables you say! Each tableweighs about 14 pounds. When he fills the Ford pickup truckthat he bought specifically to haul the bridge tables, there canbe a load of as many as 230 tables. Add that to the bid boxtable attachments, the score posts, and other miscellaneousmaterials, it’s a weight of over a ton and a half! Multiple thisby two loading and two unloading evolutions for each tourna-ment and that’s over six tons of lifting. Occasionally Lee andLora would have some help, but most of the time they did itby themselves. When not being used, the tables were safelystored in their carport. Their car and truck were relegated tostay in the driveway. The driveway also served as the ‘cardtable repair and refinishing area’, where Lee lovingly spentcountless hours maintaining the tables.

Lee did this volunteer work for 16 years. Even though hewould have dearly liked to continue, the wear on the bodyhas now become just too much. He had to give it up. This hasbeen literally a Herculean service to our Bridge community.

Lee also directed two games a week at the RockvilleSenior Center – known widely for its abundance and varietyof refreshments he provided! His games have raised over$65,000, all donated to the Senior Center. He has retired fromthis activity also. We can expect to see him more often nowplaying bridge - even though he will not be moving any tables!

TThhaannkk yyoouu LLeeee aanndd LLoorraa BBiiggggss.. Your dedication tothis task and the service it provided to our bridge com-munity is greatly appreciated. We wish you well.

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The Washington BridgeLeague could use a little ofeither! In order to keep eventsexciting and entry fees low, theWBL relies on the goodness ofour members to volunteer forsmall jobs at the Unit Gameand Sectional Tournaments.Some jobs require brains whileothers require muscle. We’ll behappy to employ either.

From setting up andbreaking down tables, to pub-licity and events develop-ment, a little effort from youwill make our bridge commu-nity even better. Busy sched-ule? No worries. Most volun-teer assignments take only 15minutes to 1 hour a month.

HHeerree’’ss hhooww ttoo hheellpp::1. Reply by email, phone

or in person if you are willingto help in any way.

2. Please indicate if you canoffer any special skills (such asmarketing or a strong back).

3. Someone will contact youshortly with a choice of assign-ments you can pick from.

BBOONNUUSS – You will be invit-ed to the summer VolunteerGathering and BBQ Party.

Thank you in advancefor any assistance youcan provide.

BBaarrbbaarraa SSuummmmeerrss,, Volun-teer Coordinator, 301-598-5838, [email protected],

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back. (However, had West doubled the 2♥ bidbecause of MI he would be entitled to take hisdouble back if it is judged that he might nothave doubled with a correct explanation.)

So if a player is given MI he is not auto-matically entitled to a score adjustment. TheMI must in some way induce an action byhim which results in a worse score than hemight reasonably have obtained had he beengiven a correct explanation.

Oh, and of course the Director (or an AppealCommittee) must determine just what the “cor-rect” explanation (i.e., the offending side’s actu-al agreement, if there was one) really was.

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This is the second in a series of articlesfrom Bob Levey. For more than 36 years, hewas a reporter and columnist for TThheeWWaasshhiinnggttoonn PPoosstt. Throughout that period, heedited TThhee PPoosstt’’ss bridge columns, and oftencontributed articles about bridge to nationaland international publications. In addition,Mr. Levey is a member of the WBL Board.

AAnnddyy GGaabbrriilloovviittcchh knew that theWWaasshhiinnggttoonn BBrriiddggee LLeeaagguuee was a differentkettle of fish as soon as he showed up for hisfirst WBL tournament in 1952.

As he walked into the famed Willard Hotel,“the first thing I saw was a body banging itshead on the floor,” Gabrilovitch recalled.

The body (and head) belonged to CChhaarrlleessLLoovveennbbeerrgg,, a WBL officer and leading play-er (the WBL Player of the Year trophy isnamed for him). Gabrilovitch later learnedthat Lovenberg had just gone down in a con-tract he might have made.

“It was a great introduction to WBLintensity,” Gabrilovitch said.

Four years later, Gabrilovitch was oftenconsidering head-banging himself—because of a different kind of intensity. Heand the rest of the WBL board had beenasked to admit African-Americans as mem-bers, and to allow African-American mem-bers of other local bridge organizations toplay in WBL tournaments.

Gabrilovitch was in favor, as was abouthalf the board. But opponents—led by RR..LL..““SSkkiinnnnyy”” MMiilleess JJrr..,, an oyster dealer fromNorfolk who was the AACCBBLL’’ss president—beatback the proposal for five years. During thattime, three WBL presidents and six WBLboard members resigned, some because theWBL was considering integration, somebecause it wasn’t considering it hard enough.

In the end, segregationists split off fromthe WBL and formed the Northern VirginiaBridge Association, which exists to this day.The ACBL did not integrate officially until1964. The NVBA did not allow blacks tojoin, or to participate in its tournaments,until early 1967.

For at least 20 years, blacks in Washingtonhad played organized bridge with whites in the

FFeeddeerraall BBrriiddggee LLeeaagguuee,, a club that operated infederal buildings. Blacks also comprised theentire membership of the AAmmeerriiccaann BBrriiddggeeAAssssoocciiaattiioonn ((AABBAA)),, which has existed since the1940s and which often runs cooperativeevents with the WBL.

But in the late 1950s and early 1960s,when blacks tried to join the WBL, theirapplications were refused. When they triedto buy entries to play in WBL tournaments,they were politely asked to leave.

WBL events were never the objects ofsit-ins or other demonstrations, which weregoing on all over the American South at thetime. But tensions on both sides ran veryhigh just the same.

MMaarrggaarreett LLiieebblleerr FFiisshheerr was a leading seg-regationist and the bridge columnist for TThheeEEvveenniinngg SSttaarr.. In 1956, she wrote Miles to say:“The white frontier in Washington is beingpushed back every day—not a pretty picture.”

Miles told a WBL board member that sameyear that the WBL “is now run by a bunch ofriffraff, perverts, leftwingers and communistfellow travelers. They have taken over inrecent months, and the aristocratic, decent,fine Americans who had controlled the WBLsince its beginning are now out in the cold.”

In an editorial, TThhee WWaasshhiinnggttoonn PPoossttretorted:

“How pathetically lacking in social sta-tus men must be if they have to depend onthe color of their skin to win some sense ofsuperiority... [T]hey are not entitled to muchesteem from their fellow Americans.”

Meanwhile, WBL members were writinganonymously to one another, trying to devel-op boomlets for or against integrated bridge.One anonymous letter of the time says:

“We want to play bridge — not be con-stantly embroiled in the turmoil of dirty pol-itics and the emotionally provocativeharangue of social reform.”

Publicly, Skinny Miles cast the dispute ineconomic terms. He wrote to WBL board mem-bers in 1956 that if “Negroes are allowed toplay in Washington, I think attendance at yourSectional Tournaments will be decimated.”

Miles added that the WBL’s chances of

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In honor of the WBL’s 75th Anniversary, tro-phies will be presented to the top point winners ateach of our tournaments this year. Congratulationsto the Potomac Valley Tournament winners:

AAllll PPllaayyeerrss1 27.64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AAllffrreedd SStteeiinnbbeerrgg2 26.25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Leo LaSota3 24.41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Adams4 24.30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellen Cherniavsky5 23.71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donna Rogall6 19.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Shaw7 16.84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clyde Kruskal8 16.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Prahalad Rajkumar9 13.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Andre

10 13.27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Margot Hennings

PPllaayyeerrss wwiitthh ffeewweerr tthhaann 11550000 mmaasstteerrppooiinnttss1 16.03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .PPrraahhaallaadd RRaajjkkuummaarr2 13.63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James Andre3 13.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Donald Goldman4 12.81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lloyd Rawley5 11.11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Forsythe6 9.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Angeliki Magklara7 8.88 . . . . . . . . . . . . .Katherine Rabenstein8 8.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thomas Din9 8.51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gloria Halstead

10 8.44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sandra Forsythe

PPllaayyeerrss wwiitthh ffeewweerr tthhaann 550000 mmaasstteerrppooiinnttss1 13.19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DDoonnaalldd GGoollddmmaann2 9.08 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Angeliki Magklara3 8.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellen Rosenthal

8.22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Neal Rosenthal5 8.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alfred Liepold6 6.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Steven Fox

6.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Albert Lauber8 5.65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Murat Berk9 5.38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .John Mason Jr

10 5.29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kevin O’Brien

PPllaayyeerrss wwiitthh ffeewweerr tthhaann 110000 mmaasstteerrppooiinnttss1 8.06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .AAllffrreedd LLiieeppoolldd2 6.01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Albert Lauber3 5.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teri Harrison

5.02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sorina Negulescu5 4.85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Stanley Weiland6 4.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Wessman

4.14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ellinor Legg8 4.10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Wan9 3.98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gerald O'Dell

10 3.86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Roger Laumark3.86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Joav Steinbach

TTHHUURRSS EEVVEE AA//XX PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 36.5 Tables / Based on 85 Tables

1 Margot Hennings - Prahalad Rajkumar66.672 Ellen Cherniavsky - Barbara Ames . .66.383 Patricia Parker - James Stormes . . . .64.624 Terry Feetham - Leon Letwin . . . . . . .60.285 Steven Schatzow - Eugene Fisher . . .59.676 John Adams - William Cole . . . . . . . .58.757 Earl Glickstein - Linda Maloney . . . .57.728 Fred King - Richard Wegman . . . . . .57.249 Winston Edwards - Regena Edwards .55.67

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 22.5 Tables1 Ellen Cherniavsky - Barbara Ames . .66.382 Terry Feetham - Leon Letwin . . . . . . .60.283 Steven Schatzow - Eugene Fisher . . .59.674 Clyde Kruskal - Lloyd Rawley . . . . . .55.505 Barbara Summers - William Colligan 55.436 William Kingery Jr - Michelle Cantave54.16

TTHHUURRSS EEVVEE BB//CC//DD PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 25.0 Tables

1 Barry James - Diane Jaworiwsky . . . .63.262 Rodger Kamuf - Ray Dodson . . . . . . .61.973 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal . . .61.714 Anthony Cincotta - James Augustine .61.585 Marshall Fite - Nancy Detweiler . . . .60.426 Donald Brown - Elizabeth Parker . . .56.25

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 22.0 Tables1 Rodger Kamuf - Ray Dodson . . . . . . .61.972 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal . . .61.713 Anthony Cincotta - James Augustine .61.584 Marshall Fite - Nancy Detweiler . . . .60.425 Donald Brown - Elizabeth Parker . . .56.256 James Wisman - Edgar MacArthur . .56.03

SSttrraattuumm DD,, 13.5 Tables1 Rodger Kamuf - Ray Dodson . . . . . . .61.972 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal . . .61.713 Anthony Cincotta - James Augustine .61.584 Marshall Fite - Nancy Detweiler . . . .60.425 Donald Brown - Elizabeth Parker . . .56.256 James Wisman - Edgar MacArthur . .56.03

TTHHUURRSS EEVVEE NNLLMM PPAAIIRRSS AATT SSIILLVVEERR SSPPRRIINNGGSSttrraattuumm AA,, 12.0 Tables

1 Craig Caplan - Teresa Caplan . . . . . .68.642 Narda Ehrlich - Richard Wan . . . . . .64.553 Roger Laumark - Joav Steinbach . . . .62.504 Helene Ramo - Barry Smith . . . . . . . .58.415 Sen. Robert Packwood - Kathy Attlan 56.596 Gail Morgenweck - Joan Fitzpatrick . .54.77

being awarded future regional tournamentsand summer national tournaments “would beso weakened that it is my honest opinion thatit is unlikely I could swing it.”

What Miles did not mention was thatblacks were members of ACBL units in NewYork, New Jersey, the Midwest andCalifornia, and the ACBL saw no harm inawarding those units their rightful share ofregionals and nationals. When blacksattended those events in the north and west,attendance never suffered.

In 1956, the WBL decided to poll itsmembership. The reported tally was 219 forintegration and 351 against.

Stung by the result, many pro-integrationmembers wanted the ACBL to order theWBL to integrate. But ACBL bylaws saidthat local units could form their own mem-bership policies.

Letters flew back and forth between VViiccttoorrDDaallyy,, the African-American who first tried tojoin the WBL, and ACBL officials. Privately,the officials sympathized. Publicly, they saidthere was nothing they could do.

Part of the reason was administrative.The WBL was joined into the MMiidd--AAttllaannttiiccBBrriiddggee CCoonnffeerreennccee with Virginia and theCarolinas. Not only did those three statesvirulently oppose integration, but together,they wielded far more votes than the WBL.

Part of the reason was also political. In1959, the famed African-AmericanCongressman, AAddaamm CCllaayyttoonn PPoowweellll JJrr.. (D-N.Y.), hinted that he would order aCongressional investigation of the WBL if itdid not integrate. In a private letter to aWBL board member, NNeeww YYoorrkk TTiimmeess bridgecolumnist AAllbbeerrtt HH.. MMoorreehheeaadd predicted thatthe ACBL would react with “fright”—butnot with any move to integrate.

Why not two units in Washington—oneintegrated, one segregated? Because ofACBL policy.

Nowhere else were two units permitted toshare members, income and authorized tour-naments. So the ACBL would not considersuch a move. Nor would the ACBL considerallowing blacks to apply directly to head-quarters for membership. Every member hadto join a local unit, said the ACBL.

A second membership referendum in 1961finally broke the impasse. The referendum wascalled because Washington was scheduled tohold the 1961 Summer Nationals. Rumor hadit that the tournament would be moved to

another city if the WBL did not desegregate.The vote this time was 624 to 279 in favor

of desegregating. Fittingly, the first openpairs at the first integrated WBL sectionaltournament was won by Victor Daly and hispartner, Howard University professor JJoosseepphhHHeennrryy JJrr.. LLeewwiiss TTuubbbbss,, a former WBL presi-dent, was quoted in TThhee PPoosstt as saying:“[T]hings have changed in recent years.”

But not enough things to suit everyone.Within two months, 356 members had

split off and formed the NNVVBBAA.. Despite itsbylaws, the ACBL allowed the new unit tohold tournaments inside the District ofColumbia, much to the loud dismay of theWBL leadership. The NVBA desegregatedits membership and tournaments only whenthe ACBL ordered it to do so, in 1967.

Well-attended regionals and nationalsbecame the WBL’s calling cards during the1960s and beyond. Attendance was consis-tently among the highest in the ACBL.

A harrowing incident arose in 1984, dur-ing the Summer Nationals. EEddiitthh RRoosseennkkrraannzz,,a top player from Mexico and the wife of bio-medical executive GGeeoorrggee RRoosseennkkrraannzz,, waskidnapped in the garage of the SheratonWashington Hotel and held for $1 millionransom, which her husband paid. The FBIarrested three ACBL members within twodays. Mrs. Rosenkranz was not harmed. Themoney was recovered, and the three suspectswere all sentenced to long prison terms.

As for bridge itself, the post-1961 WBLboasted some of the top players in the world.From 1974 forward, SStteevvee RRoobbiinnssoonn won fourworld titles. BBeetthh PPaallmmeerr won three. WBLplayers MMiikkee CCaappppeelllleettttii SSrr..,, KKaatthhiiee CCaappppeelllleettttii,,WWaalltt WWaallvviicckk,, SStteevvee PPaarrkkeerr,, PPeeggggyy LLiippssiittzz,,BBoobbbbyy LLiippssiittzz,, EEddddiiee MMaannffiieelldd and KKiitt WWoooollsseeyydominated regional and national events.

Looking back on the racial friction of1956-1961, Andy Gabrilovitch says it was aquestion of perseverance—and passion.

“We got nastier than they did,” he recalled.“If they wanted to move away and form anoth-er unit, good luck. We knew we were right.”

For Gabrilovitch, the furor ended veryquietly—and very ironically.

He and his wife, Wanda, moved toConnecticut for many years whenGabrilovitch’s career took them there. WhenGabrilovitch moved back to the Washingtonarea in 1982, he chose to live in Virginia.

The ACBL assigned him to the NVBA.He is a member to this day.

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FFRRIIDDAAYY MMOORRNNIINNGG NNLLMM PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 6.0 Tables

1 Betty Palmer - Helen Fillion . . . . . . .63.332 Robert Kay - Tsung Lee . . . . . . . . . . .57.083 Ellinor Legg - Richard Wessman . . . .54.584 Mae Benchert - Ann Fenton . . . . . . .54.17

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 3.5 Tables1 Ellinor Legg - Richard Wessman . . . .54.582 Mae Benchert - Ann Fenton . . . . . . .54.173 Alfred Liepold - Helen Long . . . . . . .53.33

FFRRII AAFFTT AA//XX PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 8.5 Tables / Based on 28 Tables

1 Clyde Kruskal - Donna Rogall . . . . . .66.962 Wilmont Howard Jr - Rammohan

Sarangan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62.703 Kenneth Davis - Robert Hartmann . .56.884 Stuart Fogel - Steven Forsythe . . . . . .55.035 Janet Robertson - Gene Keidan . . . . .54.23

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 3.5 Tables1 Wilmont Howard Jr - Rammohan

Sarangan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62.702 Stuart Fogel - Steven Forsythe . . . . . .55.033 Douglas Bullock - Kris Miller . . . . . .53.28

FFRRII AAFFTT BB//CC//DD PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 7.0 Tables

1 Steven Fox - Albert Lauber . . . . . . . .66.252 Ednamae Trevey - Kathrine Loh . . . .59.583 James Andre - Donald Goldman . . . .57.924 Janet Dence - Edwin Fuller Jr . . . . . .57.505 Judy Glick - Roma Chandra . . . . . . .52.92

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 6.0 Tables1 Steven Fox - Albert Lauber . . . . . . . .66.252 Ednamae Trevey - Kathrine Loh . . . .59.583 James Andre - Donald Goldman . . . .57.924 Judy Glick - Roma Chandra . . . . . . .52.92

SSttrraattuumm DD,, 5.0 Tables1 Steven Fox - Albert Lauber . . . . . . . .66.252 Ednamae Trevey - Kathrine Loh . . . .59.583 Judy Glick - Roma Chandra . . . . . . .52.924/5 Patrice Gordon - Arthur Olson . . . . . .50.424/5 Roberta Feldman - Hanita Schreiber .50.42

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 10.5 Tables1 Narda Ehrlich - Richard Wan . . . . . .64.552 Roger Laumark - Joav Steinbach . . . .62.503 Helene Ramo - Barry Smith . . . . . . . .58.414 Sen. Robert Packwood - Kathy Attlan 56.595 Gail Morgenweck - Joan Fitzpatrick .54.776 Steven Nesseler - Pamela Bacher . . .52.95

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 5.5 Tables1 Alfred Liepold - Helen Long . . . . . . .52.272 Beth Wisinski - Sue Gagner . . . . . . . .51.593 Garry Grossman - Adrienne Kohn . . .50.914 Spencer Berg - Phyllis Berg . . . . . . . .47.05

TTHHUURRSS EEVVEE 119999EERR PPAAIIRRSS AATT AALLEEXXAANNDDRRIIAASSttrraattuumm AA,, 11.0 Tables

1 Larry Gebbie - Murat Berk . . . . . . . .63.992 Barbara Hodges - William Hughes . .63.693 Peggy Mc Carter - Rod Spicer . . . . . .61.314 Tom Croker - Linda Croker . . . . . . . .60.425/6 Joan White - Joyce Currie . . . . . . . . .56.855/6 Howard Schuyler - Catherine Smith .56.85

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 9.5 Tables1 Barbara Hodges - William Hughes . .63.692 Peggy Mc Carter - Rod Spicer . . . . . .61.313 Tom Croker - Linda Croker . . . . . . . .60.424 Joan White - Joyce Currie . . . . . . . . .56.855 John Haberlin - Sandy Haberlin . . . .56.556 Peggy Errington - Mary Edge . . . . . . .56.25

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 3.0 Tables1 Barbara Hodges - William Hughes . .63.692 Peggy Mc Carter - Rod Spicer . . . . . .61.31

FFRRIIDDAAYY MMOORRNN OOPPEENN PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 21.0 Tables / Based on 27 Tables

1 James Andre - Donald Goldman . . . .65.102 Samuel Keiter - Richard Robinson . .63.863 Ellen Cherniavsky - Alfred Steinberg 63.104 Shou-Ling Wang - Mita Banerjee . . . .61.955 James Adams - Hadi Abushakra . . . .61.016 Clyde Kruskal - Kerry Kruskal . . . . .58.04

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 16.5 Tables1 James Andre - Donald Goldman . . . .65.102 Samuel Keiter - Richard Robinson . .63.863 James Adams - Hadi Abushakra . . . .61.014 Steven Fox - Albert Lauber . . . . . . . .57.455 Suzanne Floyd - Robert Claypool . . .57.366 Ednamae Trevey - Kathrine Loh . . . .55.36

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 7.0 Tables1 Steven Fox - Albert Lauber . . . . . . . .57.452 Suzanne Floyd - Robert Claypool . . .57.363 Ednamae Trevey - Kathrine Loh . . . .55.364 Malvern Sheffield Jr - Cynthia Helms 54.175 Azmat Ali - J J Jayaraman . . . . . . . . .52.08

SSttrraattuumm DD,, 10.0 Tables1 Sorina Negulescu - Teri Harrison . . .59.472 William Gurley - Eric Poskanzer . . . .56.123 Shawn Stringer - Roma Chandra . . . .54.524 Helen Long - Alfred Liepold . . . . . . .52.805 Joyce Wilkinson - J J Jayaraman . . . .52.576 Richard Majewski - Gerald O’Dell . .52.08

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY MMOORRNN AA//XX PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 22.0 Tables / Based on 57 Tables

1 Charles Yaple - Sarah Anne Cressy . .63.382 Mark Shaw - Leo LaSota . . . . . . . . . .62.753 Eric Branfman - Carl Nelson . . . . . . .58.224 Helene Bauman - Jim Wakefield . . . .57.995 Lloyd Rawley - Angeliki Magklara . .57.556 Ruth Potter - Jeff Roman . . . . . . . . . .57.38

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 12.0 Tables1 Lloyd Rawley - Angeliki Magklara . .57.552 Douglas Bullock - Kris Miller . . . . . .57.293 Kefu Xu - Rammohan Sarangan . . . .56.534 Rosemary Shaw - Jane Sturgis . . . . . .56.075 Eileen Houghton - Kitty Gottfried . . .55.286 Richard Price - Melissa Price . . . . . .53.92

SSAATT MMOORRNN BB//CC//DD PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 22.5 Tables

1 Jonathan Siegel - Malcolm Stewart . .64.682 Linda Marshall - Katherine Rabenstein 61.723 Howard Tash - Bradley Tash . . . . . . .61.014 Donald Goldman - James Andre . . . .60.945 Dorothy Bechtle - Margaret Storey . . .60.506 Abigail Nichols - Jay Cherlow . . . . . .57.99

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 19.0 Tables1 Jonathan Siegel - Malcolm Stewart . .64.682 Linda Marshall - Katherine Rabenstein 61.723 Howard Tash - Bradley Tash . . . . . . .61.014 Donald Goldman - James Andre . . . .60.945 Dorothy Bechtle - Margaret Storey . . .60.506 Abigail Nichols - Jay Cherlow . . . . . .57.99

SSttrraattuumm DD,, 11.5 Tables1 Jonathan Siegel - Malcolm Stewart . .64.682 Dorothy Bechtle - Margaret Storey . . .60.503 David Olson - Mark Shimshak . . . . . .57.444 Sorina Negulescu - Teri Harrison . . .57.145 David Sterner - Teryl McBurney . . . .54.176 Alex Stouck - Earl Wolf . . . . . . . . . . .51.61

SSAATT MMOORRNN NNLLMM PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 12.0 Tables

1 Elizabeth Schepps - Madison Schepps 63.10

FFRRII AAFFTT NNLLMM PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 12.0 Tables

1 Roger Laumark - Joav Steinbach . . . .63.642 Richard Majewski - Gerald O’Dell . .61.593 Cynthia Harrison - Kay Miller . . . . . .58.864 Robert Kay - Tsung Lee . . . . . . . . . . .57.735 Judy Bernstein - Charles Haynes . . . .56.146 Richard Wessman - Ellinor Legg . . . .53.64

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 8.5 Tables1 Roger Laumark - Joav Steinbach . . . .63.642 Richard Majewski - Gerald O’Dell . .61.593 Cynthia Harrison - Kay Miller . . . . . .58.864 Judy Bernstein - Charles Haynes . . . .56.145 Richard Wessman - Ellinor Legg . . . .53.64

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 6.0 Tables1 Roger Laumark - Joav Steinbach . . . .63.642 Richard Majewski - Gerald O’Dell . .61.593 Cynthia Harrison - Kay Miller . . . . . .58.864 Judy Bernstein - Charles Haynes . . . .56.14

FFRRII EEVVEE FFLLIIGGHHTT AA//XX PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 12.0 Tables / Based on 29 Tables

1 Donna Rogall - Clyde Kruskal . . . . . .62.732 Alice Wegman - Richard Wegman . . .62.053 Angeliki Magklara - Ted Ying . . . . . .58.834 Ruth Potter - Jeff Roman . . . . . . . . . .57.255 Michael Lawrence - Craig Olson . . . .56.846 Daniel Feldman - Rodney Severson . .55.93

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 5.0 Tables1 Angeliki Magklara - Ted Ying . . . . . .58.832 Michael Lawrence - Craig Olson . . . .56.843 Daniel Feldman - Rodney Severson . .55.934 Douglas Bullock - Kris Miller . . . . . .53.30

FFRRII EEVVEE BB//CC//DD PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 16.5 Tables

1 Teri Harrison - Sorina Negulescu . . .59.472 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal . . .59.163 Edward Rodrigues - Mohsen Esfandiary 58.854 Richard Allison - John Lowe III . . . .56.585 John Mattioli - Murat Berk . . . . . . . .56.186 William Gurley - Eric Poskanzer . . . .56.12

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 11.5 Tables1 Sorina Negulescu - Teri Harrison . . .59.472 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal . . .59.163 John Mattioli - Murat Berk . . . . . . . .56.184 William Gurley - Eric Poskanzer . . . .56.125 Shawn Stringer - Roma Chandra . . . .54.526 Helen Long - Alfred Liepold . . . . . . .52.80

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3/4 Lois Geer - Bryan Geer . . . . . . . . . . .58.933/4 Satinder Gupta - Janet Coffin . . . . . .58.935 Abigail Nichols - Jay Cherlow . . . . . .55.956 Thomas Din - Gloria Halstead . . . . . .55.65

SSttrraattuumm DD,, 7.5 Tables1 Lois Geer - Bryan Geer . . . . . . . . . . .58.932 Shawn Stringer - Roma Chandra . . . .55.363 Azmat Ali - David Epstein . . . . . . . . .54.764/5 David Sterner - Teryl McBurney . . . .53.874/5 Frances McNaught - Kathrine Loh . .53.87

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY AAFFTT NNLLMM PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 9.0 Tables

1 Elizabeth Schepps - Madison Schepps 65.772 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .61.013/4 Ellinor Legg - Richard Wessman . . . .59.523/4 Larry Gebbie - Murat Berk . . . . . . . .59.525 Ruth Woods - Marvin Raines . . . . . . .57.14

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 7.0 Tables1 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .61.012/3 Ellinor Legg - Richard Wessman . . . .59.522/3 Larry Gebbie - Murat Berk . . . . . . . .59.524 Ruth Woods - Marvin Raines . . . . . . .57.145 Louis Coccodrilli - Grazyna Gdula . .55.36

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 4.5 Tables1 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .61.012 Ellinor Legg - Richard Wessman . . . .59.523 Louis Coccodrilli - Grazyna Gdula . .55.364 Cecelia Calhoun - Noah Calhoun . . . .51.19

SSUUNNDDAAYY FFLLIIGGHHTT AA//XX SSWWIISSSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 18 Tables / Based on 48 Tables

1 David Ruderman - Leo LaSota - Barbara Shaw- Alfred Steinberg - Alan Tenenbaum . .109.00

2 Donna Rogall - John Adams - EllenCherniavsky - Benjamin Brill . . . . . .95.00

3 Steve Robinson - Peter Boyd - Mark Shaw -William Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91.00

4 Jennifer Koonce - Zeke Letellier - SuellenPoland - Tom Cogan . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82.00

5 Ellen Klosson - Brad Theurer - RichardFerrin - Eugene Kales . . . . . . . . . . . .81.00

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 6 Tables1/2 Robert Stearns - Lynn Boardman - Bill

Gainer - Charles Young Jr . . . . . . . . .71.001/2 Debnarayan Dhar - Shuba Dey - Lloyd

Rawley - Mita Banerjee . . . . . . . . . . .71.00

2 Frank Alden - Gerald O’Dell . . . . . . .61.903 Ann Sjoerdsma - Paul Lubell . . . . . . .59.824/5 Amy Bloom - Carol Elfant . . . . . . . . .59.234/5 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .59.236 Porter Kier - Carolyn Kier . . . . . . . . .58.93

SSttrraattuumm BB,, 7.5 Tables1 Ann Sjoerdsma - Paul Lubell . . . . . . .59.822/3 Amy Bloom - Carol Elfant . . . . . . . . .59.232/3 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .59.234 Porter Kier - Carolyn Kier . . . . . . . . .58.935 Cynthia Harrison - Kay Miller . . . . . .57.14

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 4.5 Tables1 Stanley Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . .59.232 Porter Kier - Carolyn Kier . . . . . . . . .58.933 Cynthia Harrison - Kay Miller . . . . . .57.144/5 Joyce Currie - Jim Wildey . . . . . . . . .52.084/5 Jerome Gumbiner - Erika Emery . . . .52.08

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY AAFFTT AA//XX PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm AA,, 20.0 Tables / Based on 48 Tables

1 Alfred Steinberg - John Adams . . . . .59.542 Thomas Lavender - John Klayman . . .58.663/4 David Vendittis - Benjamin Stauss . .58.113/4 Donald Berman - Eugene Kales . . . . .58.115 Jim Pestaner - Lucy Pestaner . . . . . .57.026 Mark Shaw - Leo LaSota . . . . . . . . . .56.58

SSttrraattuumm XX,, 10.0 Tables1 Thomas Lavender - John Klayman . . .58.662 David Vendittis - Benjamin Stauss . .58.113 Jim Pestaner - Lucy Pestaner . . . . . .57.024 Raghavendra Rajkumar - Prahalad

Rajkumar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.395 Jason Meyer - Lloyd Rawley . . . . . . .53.846/7 William Hacker - Benjamin Brill . . . .52.196/7 Rammohan Sarangan - Kefu Xu . . . .52.19

SSAATTUURRDDAAYY AAFFTT BB//CC//DD PPAAIIRRSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 19.0 Tables

1 James Andre - Donald Goldman . . . .67.262 Lynda Flanger - Kevin O’Brien . . . . .60.123/5 Lois Geer - Bryan Geer . . . . . . . . . . .58.933/5 Jean Markley - Lloyd Bowling . . . . . .58.933/5 Satinder Gupta - Janet Coffin . . . . . .58.936 Abigail Nichols - Jay Cherlow . . . . . .55.95

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 15.0 Tables1 Donald Goldman - James Andre . . . .67.262 Lynda Flanger - Kevin O’Brien . . . . .60.12

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5/6 Maribel Newby - Martha Bley - Ross Bley -Linda Clover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78.00

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Carolyn Becraft - Susan Slattery . . . .86.00

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1 Richard Wan - J J Jayaraman - StanleyWeiland - Alfred Liepold . . . . . . . . . .57.00

2 Robert Drake - Florence Drake - SallyGarfinkel - Ruth Fu . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51.00

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Weiland - Alfred Liepold . . . . . . . . . .57.00

SSUUNNDDAAYY AAFFTT NNLLMM SSWWIISSSS3 Tables

1 Louis Coccodrilli - Ellinor Legg - RichardWessman - Sue Gagner (not pic.) . . . .50.00

SSUUNNDDAAYY FFLLIIGGHHTT BB//CC//DD SSWWIISSSSSSttrraattuumm BB,, 24 Tables

1 Thomas Din - Steven Forsythe - SandraForsythe - Gloria Halstead . . . . . . . .106.00

2 Linda Padgett - Robert Padgett - MichaelPolunin - John Mason Jr . . . . . . . . . .92.00

3 Herbert Rogall - Katherine Rabenstein -Kitty Gottfried - Eileen Houghton . . .91.00

4 Dorothy Bechtle - Margaret Storey -Carolyn Becraft - Susan Slattery . . . .86.00

5 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal - Sen.Robert Packwood - Suzanne Abrams .85.00

6/7 Walter Smith Jr - Ned Griffith - Steven Fox- Albert Lauber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79.00

6/7 Carl Weisman - Judy Weisman - C.WilliamBlack - Frank Shull III . . . . . . . . . . .79.00

SSttrraattuumm CC,, 14 Tables1 Steven Forsythe - Thomas Din - Gloria

Halstead - Sandra Forsythe . . . . . . .106.002 Dorothy Bechtle - Margaret Storey -

Carolyn Becraft - Susan Slattery . . . .86.003 Ellen Rosenthal - Neal Rosenthal - Sen.

Robert Packwood - Suzanne Abrams .85.00

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If I ruled the world, all my suits would beKQJx or better! But I don’t rule the world yet,so I sometimes have to make do with lessimpressive holdings. I’m sure you do, too.How do you handle a doubleton honor whenthe opponents lead the suit? What if you havea doubleton honor when you’re on lead?

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Often it’s a good idea to play low fromdummy on the opening lead, especially innotrump, where holding up on your winnercan be critical to keep the defenders fromrunning their long suit. With Ax in dummy,your ace is always going to take a trick, soyou still will probably want to play low onthe first trick unless you have more cards inthe suit than the opponents do. But what ifyou have Kx? Should you play the king?

In notrump, the opening leader couldwell have the ace, so playing the king rightaway could win you a trick. Leaving him outthere alone and naked guarantees that he’llnever win. If you have no other high cards inthe suit, playing the king on the first trickcould be your only hope! Do the opponentshave enough tricks in their suit to set you ifthey get back in the lead? If so, if your kingwins the first trick, try to make your contractwithout giving up the lead. If either defend-er gets in, they’re going to run their suit.

If you also have a “stopper” in your hand,you can play low from dummy on the openinglead and see what right-hand opponent plays.Unless she plays the ace anyway (which sheshouldn’t but she might if she has no other highcards in the suit), the ace will come out on thesecond round of the suit to smother your king.To cut off communication between the defend-ers, you’ll probably want to play low from yourhand on the first two rounds, then play yourwinner on the third trick. Qx opposite Jxx isalways a stopper if you play second hand low.

In a trump contract, if you have Kx indummy and you’re missing the ace, your kingis probably doomed. It’s a pretty good guessthat RHO has the ace, since most players won’tlead away from an ace on the opening lead.(They know that underleading their ace is like-ly to give away a trick.) If you have no honorsin the suit besides dummy’s king, you might aswell play it and hope that left-hand opponenthad a senior moment when he made his open-ing lead! If you don’t play it, RHO will win witha smaller card and continue with his ace tosmother your king, or lead low to his partner ifit turns out LHO underled the ace after all.

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What if you’re on lead against a suit con-tract and you’re the one with the doubletonhonor? Unless partner has bid the suit, orthe opponents have bid every other suit,leading a doubleton is much more likely toset up tricks for declarer than it is to get youa ruff, even if you do hold the ace or king.(But if you have the AK doubleton, that’s agreat lead, just as leading from the top of anysequence is good.) If partner has bid thesuit, it’s okay to lead the honor from Ax orKx. Partner might have the queen or themissing top honor, and even if he doesn’t, atleast it’s still your suit and not theirs.

But if you have Qx, try not to lead the suitunless partner has really shown strength inthe suit. Say you have this auction:

You LHO Pard RHO1♣ P 1♥ 1♠P 2♠ All pass

Partner’s 1♥ bid doesn’t really promisemuch besides six points and four hearts. Shecould have no points in hearts! If you lead yourqueen of hearts from Qx, even if you find theking in dummy and the ace in partner’s hand,she’s going to be disappointed when shereturns the suit and you don’t have the jack.You may have given declarer an extra trick oreven two that he wouldn’t have gotten if you

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hadn’t led the suit! On the other hand, if partner freelybids and rebids her suit, she should have six cards andprobably something there. Now it’s okay to lead your dou-bleton queen.

Leading from Jx is just like leading from Qx, onlynot quite as dangerous. Don’t do it unless your partnerhas shown strength in the suit!

What if you’re declarer, and you have Qx in onehand and Jxx in the other? Lead something else! Thebest way to take a trick in this suit is to have the oppo-nents lead it for you.

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