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NOTES

A Losing Slam Bid By The Four Aces

an opening bid of one spade will therefore be passed out? A mo- ment's reflection will show that chance is so negligible as to be disregarded. Wo think South must accept responsibility for the los- ing Slam because of the unwise | two-bid.

Q

✡

A

Yesterday

you were Howard partner and, with hand attached, neither side vulnerable, you held:

a point for Schenken's of a Baltimere

The THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF

"Please "clear up SHAREHOLDERS will be held at THE FIFTY-FOURTH ORDIN- the Offices of Messrs. Dodwell & us," is the plan ARY ANNUAL

"In the OF Co., Ltd., Hong Kong and Shang-reader. SHAREHOLDERS will be held at hai Bank Building, on TUESDAY, North felt justified in bidding u the Office of Messrs. Jardine, the 15th April, 1941, at 11 am. Grand Slam on the theory that Matheson & Co., Ltd., on WED- for the purpose of, receiving the an opening two-bid guaranteed a NESDAY, the 28th MARCH, 1941. Report of the General Managers great deal of high-card strength. at NOON, for the purpose of re together with ឆ Statement of South insists that she had a game ceiving the Report of the Directors Accounts for the year ended 31st it North had as little as the Jack and the Statement of Accounts | December, 1940.

of diamonds, and Was therefore for the year onded 31st DECEM- The Transfer Books of

a two- correct in opening with BER, 1940.

Company will be closed from 1st bid. Who is right?" The Transfer Books of the April to 15th April, 1941 both days Company will be CLOSED from | inclusive. SATURDAY, the 15th MARCH, 1941, to WEDNESDAY, the 26th MARCH, 1941. both days lu- clusive.

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OFF THE RECORD

South. Dealer Neither side vulnerable

AKJ

J 9 5 2 AARQ93

AAK 96

K 4 3 € #AKQ43

The bidding:

Bebeuken

Pass 14

Minter

Yon

Pass la l'ass (7)

Jacoby

Рима

ANSWER: Bid four spades. This extremely powerful bid in- vites a Slam if your partner has any top-card strength, and at the same time makes sure that a game is reached. No other bid Et clearly describes the nature

VI

Score 100% for four spades. 50% for three hearts or three three spades,

diamonds, 40% for

30% for three clubs.

A 6

Q2 10 8

5 4 3 2

97 653

W

E

N

OK 4a 4052

4 3 10 7 4

the hand.

A KQJ 10 9 8

A Q 10 8 7 6

The tiding

West South

North

*14t

20

заня

30

L*1€°

30

J'ass

30

Phes

34

Pass

4

Parh

40

1-88

70

I ass

Pass Pros

Dbl

16599

Pass

We agree with North. An open- ing two-bid should guarantee at least half of the high-cord strength

HOON CARD VALUES OF THE FRUB-ACER BYSTÉR

ACE 3 KING..2 QUEEN.1

JACK.....'1⁄2

VIVAL WALDE Web Se

In the deck, lar- gely to

guard

against just the sort of mishap

which

took place in this

hand, Fine players

Question No. 673

To-day you are Oswald Jacoby's partner and, with neither side vulnerable, you hold:

AKJ9 7 3

10 4

◊ K 6 2

76 3

The bidding:

Jarohy

Blanken

You

Mujer

1♡

Phas

24

Pass

1 A (?)

Páss

What do you blų?

(Answer

tomorrow.)

(Released by The Bell Syndi

all recognise that a cate, inc.), large part

of the

burden in Slam bidding after an

opening two-bid rests on the weak hand. The strong hand shows

bis nearly all

strength in the opening bid of two; it is up to his partner to judge whether or not his support is sufficient to carry on to Slani.

The actual South

player was,

મ

of course, correct in assuming that game was posible if North held as little as the Jack of diamonds But that fact did not make it ne- cessary for her to open with two bid. If we assume that North has a blank hand except for the Jack of diamonds. how likely is it that neither East nor West will be able to make a bid, and that

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