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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, MAY 6. 1932.

CONTRACT BRIDGE

By W. E. McKenney.

Secretary, American Bridge League.

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

Supposing you held:

Spaces-A K xxx Hearis x x x Diamonds--AK xx Club-x

dia

CORRESPONDENCE.

1

The Sanitary Board Election

[To the Editor, Hongkong Telegraph.)

the

Sir,-As an elector, I find mans of correspondence, editorial comments, statements, etc., all rather complicated, What enema to me to be a matter of impor- tance is whether primarily Mr. Mow Fung ls 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 the K.R.A.; he points out art important

the paragraph in K.R.A.' letter and analyses two possible meanings of that state- ment. I see now that the K. R. A. has advanced a third meaning, You would open with one 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 bkls "inferiority complex" in regard to one heart. He is asking you to re- his lack of technical knowledge. bid and shows at least one and On the fact of it I confess this one-half tricks. You can respond meaning was not very clear. with two spades-a jump shift As I say, it is important for the forcing bid now, demanding that electors to know Mr. Mow Fang'e

In partner keep the bidding open un- exact position.

Mr. Mow til game is arrived at. You have Fung's letter, by way of reply told partner that your hund holds to Mr. Lo, ho states.I wish, four diamonds and five spades. If he re-bids his hearta he imme diately advises you that he cannot support your five-card sult, and that he holde at least five hearts himself, therefore you can bid for game in hearts, even though you hold only three.

The above type of hand is rather simple to bid. The one that will cause the beginner the most confusion in the type where we will say you open with one heart, Partner bids one spade, making a forcing One over One bid. Now if you simply hold a four-card heart suit and only your two and one-half quick tricks and not nor mal support in spades, you will reply to partner's One over One spate bid with one no trump, ad- vising partner that your hand contains a four-card suit and isi a minimum.

however, to reply to his charge that I am atanding primarily in the interests of a section of the community only, and that the in- tereats of the Colony as a whole will come second." He then pro- ceeds, not to reply to that charge, but to build up the case that, by paying special attention to the affairs of Kowloon, he will be serving the interests of the Colony as a whole. All this argument is very unconvincing to me! In any case how does Mr. Mow Fung ex- plain away this important scuteco which comes at the beginning of the K. R. A.'s letter announcing that this, body had nominated Mr. Mow Fung."In deciding on this nomination your Committee had in view primarily the necessity of securing adequate representation of Kowloon's special requirements on all public bodies."

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 is already a member of the Com- partner of the fact that you hola mittee of the K.R.A., how can the at least a five-card suit 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 no trump, hel may eltlier pass, re-bid his suit, three to the ace, king or queen. 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

ELECT.

one and one-half The most important thing to may hold only

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

Supporting partner's suit or rebidding your own stit after the One over One:

yourself."

in my hand to

more, bid them

If you open with one heart and partner bide one spade and you have a strong five-card heart suit and additional quick tricks, show them to partner by bidding three Supposing you make an original hearts. Remember that if you bid bid for one heart, partner bida one two hearts, you are showing him spade. You hold normal support a minimum five-card suit with in spades, which is four smali, or only two and one-half tricks.

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