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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 6,

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney,

Secretary, American Bridge League.

The writer has long advocated the use of the One over One, and under the McKenney system of con- tract bidding it is employed as follows:

Supposing you held:

Spaden-A K * * * Hearts x x x Diamonds-A K x x Club®-x

CORRESPONDENCE.

The Sanitary Board Election

To the Editor, Hongkong

Telegraph.1

Bir,As an elector, I find the mass of correspondence, editorial all comments, statements, etc., rather complicated. What seems to mo to be a matter of impor- tanee is whether primarily Mr. Mow Fung is to represent the Colony as a whole, or whether pri- marily he is only to represent Kow- loon. I do not read Mr. Lo's letter as containing an attack on

out the K.R.A.; he points

In tho important paragraph K.I.A.'s letter and analyses two possible meanings of that state ment. I see now that the K. R. A. dia hae advanced a third meaning, You would open with ano mond, your four-card suit. We namely, that it is merely to en- will assume that the opponents able its candidate to get over an always pass. Your partner bids "inferiority complex" in regard to one heart. He is asking you to re his lack of technical knowledge. bid and shown at least one and On the fact of it I confess this one-half tricks. You can respond meaning was not very clear.

As any, it important for the spades a jump shift with two forcing bid now, demanding that electors to know Mr. Mow Fang's Mr. Mow partner keep the bidding open un-exact position. In

by way of reply til game is arrived at. You have Fung's letter, fold partner that your hand holds to Mr. Lo, he states."I wish, four diamonds and five spades. If however, to reply to his charge he re-bids his hearts he imme- that I am standing primarily in diately advises you that he cannot the interests of a section of the Murort your five-card suit, and community only, and that the in- as a whole that he holds at least five hearts Lerests of the Colony himself, therefore you can bid will come second." He then pro- for game in hearts, even though eeeds, not to reply to that charge, you hold only three.

but to build up the case that, by the The above type of hand is paying special attention to rather simple to bid. The one that affairs of Kowloon, he will be will cause the beginner the most serving the interests of the Colony All this argument is as a whole. confusion is the type where we will say you open with one heart, very unconvincing to me! In any case how does Mr. Mow Fung ex- Partner bida one spade, making

plain away this important sentence Now a foreing One over One bid. if you simply hold a four-card which comes at the beginning of heart suit and only your two and the K. R. A.'s letter announcing that this body had nominated Mr. one-half quick tricks and not nor mat support in spades, you will Mow Fung-"In deciding on this reply to partner's One over One nomination your Committee had in spade bid with une no trump, ad-view primarily the necessity of securing adequate representation of vising partner that

hand your contains a four-card sult and is: Kowloon's special requirements on

all public bodies." a minimum.

Now that it has been pointed out

If you hold a five-card heart, that Dr. Basto, who is doing such suit and still a minimum, you will good work on the Sanitary Board, reply with two hearts, advising's already a member of the Com- partner of the fact that you hold mittee of the K.R.A., how can the at least a five-card sult as you K. R. A. explain its alleged rea- re-bid your suit and still have only son in deciding upon Mr. Mow the minimum in quick tricks. Fung's nomination?

Partner has received the whole picture of your hand and the con- tract is not above two. When you respond with one

ELECT.

no trump, he three to the a, king or queen. may either pass, re-bid his suit. You should raise partner the full he can do any of these with an extent of your hand immediately. absolute picture of your hand. You must remember that partner

The most important thing to may hold only

one and one-half

hold

bear in mind when employing the tricks, although he has, made a One over One convention is to not. One over One bid. If you now think just because partner han bid two spades, you would say to made a One over One that there is partner, "Even though you game in the hand. The bid is not only one and one-half tricks and four-card spade suit, I havo, made for that purpose. In reality it is asking you to give detailed enough support in my hand to information about your hand, and allow you to make two spades.

more, bid them if you hold a minimum, be very you have any

frank and so inform partner.

yourself."

If

If you open with one heart and Supporting, partner's suit or partner bids one spade and you rebidding your own suit after have a strong five-card heart suit and additional quick tricks, show the One over One:

them to partner by bidding thres Supposing you make an original! heurta. Remember that if you bid bid for one heart, partner bids on two hearts, you are showing him spade. You hold normal support a minimum five-card suit with in spades, which is four small, or only two and one-half tricks.

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