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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS MONDAY, JANUARY 27TH

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Anation bridge is becoming increasingly popular-but there are numbers of people who play it who really know very little about the game. To their partners these people are a nuisance, because, no matter how small the stakes are, it is annoying to lose rubbers that should not have been lost; and the bad players themselves, or at any rate most of them, derive simil pleasure from a game which they know they play badly. To them is ever present the dread of the "postmortem," in which all their errors will be relentlemly sxposed-and their partner's reproaches, silent or verbal. These people may have had small experience of card games, or they may lack the power of observation fande attention which is indispensable to good play, but there are lots of little ways in which they can improve them- selves, and by which they can win the ope or two tricks more in each hand that make the difference between success and failure. In these few articles-I propose to mastira some of the little things that; beginners should take notice of details perhaps which many regular players have over locked because they are trivial, but which frequently affect the results of rubbers I propose to give a few examples as possible, and to invite my readers to no' mental gymnastics, but to put down, in simple language, some observations on auction bridge which will, I hope, be of use to some and of interest to others. Auction bridge is a fine game, and, i it is worth playing at all, it is worth playing well. We all make mistakes, and many of these mistakes, cau be forgives;. but stupid, careless mistakes are all tea common, and these I find it hard to forgive. Many a player makes a stupid! blunder and says to his partner, "Of course. I should never have done that if I had noticed." "Is this any excuse 1. It was his business, his duty to his partner, to notice, and the fault is a worse one. than the error of judgment which we call bad play.

One would think that the first thing a player of bridge would try to master would be the rules of the game, but it is astonishing how few, players do so. Men and women who have played for years, and who are quite good players, have often no knowledge: whatever of really important.rules.". Yet the rules are simple and based oa. common sense. Tho penalties imposed on players who infringe the rules are reasonable, and are intende to prevent dishonest or. careless player Frem obtaining unfair advantages. The game should always be played strictly. and penalties should be enforced against. those who have incurred them; it is mis- taken generosity, to refuse to enforcea penalty for your opponents may have gathered valuable information or derived some direct benefit from the infringement of the law which you refuse to punish. Remember that when you are "generous to your opponents you are being.so at your partner's expense, and his feelings are

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worthy of consideration. Moreover, if the left of the offending player has the you waive a penalty, your opponents may option of demanding a fresh deal, and feel bound to forgive you some mistake In return, and the game will then degenerate, all the players becoming slack and careless.

should the option not be exercised there is no other penalty. This option cocurs in the cases where a player (Rule 50) doubles out of turn, or (Rule 71) where, after the deal is complete, but before the PENALTY FOR REVOKE."

final declaration. ia made, a player If a Perhaps one of the most important exposes a card from his hand. rules, and one which is frequently mis-player (Rule 31) make an Hlegal declara. understood, is No. 91, which lays down tion, the adversary on his left may the penalty for a revoke. There are two demand a fresh deal, or may treat the kands of revokes, the revoke by the deparation as not made, or may allow declarer, and the revoke by either cae of it to stand. If a player makes a declara his adversaries. (Dummy, of axirse, tion (other than passing) out of turn, the cannot revoke.) If the declarer revoke, player on his left (Rule 62) may demand his adversaries score 150 points (in a fresh deal, or may allow the declaration addition to any penalty he incurs for not to stand, or may refer to his partner, making good his declaration), and he can whose decision must be final. It will score nothing except for honoura cr thus be seen that, except in the first two chicane. That is, he can store nothing unusual cases, the decision always resta "below the line," no matter how many with the opponent on the left of the tricks he wins, nor on he score anything offending player, although in, one case le for slam. But, on the other hand, his may refer the matter to his partner, Any adversaries cannot take any of his tricks player, except dummy after the hand has as a penalty, although one often hears been exposed, may, however, point out that an offence his been committed, pro- this suggestion made.

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When one of the declarer's adversaries revokes, however, there is an alternative penalty which the declarer can impose. He may score 130 points, or he may take three tricks from his opponents and add them to his own. These three tricks may bevaluable, na they may assist the deolarer, to secure his contract or "to get the game, but a slam may not be scored if it is obtained with the assistance of theso penalty tricks, nor a bonus if the declaration has been doubled. The adver. sarics, one of whom has revoked, can acore nothing save for honours or chicane, and this means that the declarer incurs no penalty if he fails to scoure his Contract: Doubling or redoubling do not affect the penalty of 150 points..

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of his cards before the deal is completed, and a card is afterwards exposed, the opponent on his loft has the option of allowing the deal to stand, the ordinary rule being, when a card has been exposed, that there must be n now deal.

If either of the declarer's adversaries lead out of turn the declarer may demand that a cetain suit should be ded, or he may "call" the card led in error (Rule 81), or if, after the final declaration, and before a card is led, the partzer of the player who has the lead exposen a card, the declarer may require the leader not to lead the suit of the card, exposed, or he may call the card (Hule 79)

There are other penalties for other less common mistakes, and these are dealt new deal may be with in Rules 75, 87, 95, and 16. Dummy demanded as a penalty, but many are is never penalind, as his opponents can uncertain as to which partner is entitled | see his cards, and the deparer is seldom to make the demand, and should the penalised, as he has no partner to whom wrong partner do so (Rule 104), no ha enn give information, penalty can be enforced. There are soms One other kind of mistake for which the occasions; of course, when there must be rules provide a penalty I will refer to a new deal (Rule 40), and of the the in this article, and it is a mistake most common is when a card is exposed-frequently made, often with disastrons during the deal; but there are, besides, rcaults. I refer to the declaration which six offences against the rules which may, is not high enough to overbid a previous at the option of the adversaries, be call. Rule 53 provides that a player who punished by the demand for a new deal calls, for example, three slubs over a two In two of these cases either opponent may no-trump declaration shall be considered demand a new deal--if the dealer (Rule to have called four clubs, which is the 42), before he has dealt fifty-one cards requisite amount to overcall the two no- look at may, card his adversaries have a trumps, and, mortover, his partner nau right to see it, and either may demand make no further declaration unless either LTD., end, or (Rule 53) if any one omits of the adversaries overcall or double the playing to a trick and the error is not four-club declaration. Before calling dievered before he has played to another clubs, and every diamonds, make it a rule trick, either adversary may demaad always to fix to your mind the value new deal. In two cases the opponent on of the previous declaration.--Daily

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