P479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:41:41 —————————— —— FORTHCOMING EVENTS BOGNOR BC MINI SWISS PAIRS (Bognor) 15 Jan T Warlow 0243 528950 BAYER TROPHY (NO FEAR, WINCHESTER) 15 JAN R Pick 0635 297536 FIRTH OF CLYDE CONGRESS (Seamill Hydro) 20-22 Jan I Maxwell 0475 722453 DIVA BRIDGE CLUB CONGRESS (Chester) 28-29 Jan G Ellis 051 339 2122 AYRSHIRE DISTRICT CONGRESS (Ayr) 28-29 Jan ER McKell 0292 311168 >>> ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLjS Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:47:38 —————————— —— FORTHCOMING EVENTS continued LANCS EVENING POST TROPHY (Preston) 29 Jan Mrs Brearly 0772 423830 CROZDON CONGRESS (Croydon) 3-5 Feb Mrs Flower 081 668 6682 TABERT CONGRESS (Tabjrt, Scotland) 3-6 Feb W Mitchell 0324 625251 SOUTH WOODHAM FERRETS CONGRESS (SWF) 4-5 Feb Mrs Barker 0268 780993 ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:13:04 —————————— —— BRIDGE NEWS An MBE for services to bridge has bren awarded to Nicola Smith who, in 1994 crowned a spectacular career bz winning the Ladies' World Individual Bridge Championship. Smith, 45, daughter of internationals Pat and Nick Gardner, started playing bridge at 11. In 1971 she was, at 21, the youngest player ever to be chosen for a BBL women's team. She went on to win British, Common Market, European and World Championships. ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:48:32 —————————— —— BRIDGE NEWS continued The winners of the EBU Year End Congress were: M Handley & R Smolsky (Swiss Pairs) M Pryor & T Chjrrett (Men's Pairs) J Berzjns & S Posnjr (Ladies'Pairs) Mrs C & I Draper, D Moir, E Lucioni (Swiss Teams 'A') D Spoors, C Megahjy, Mrs J Simpson, Mrs J Cortes tied with P Savage, C Russell, C Stevens, H Brain (Swiss Teams 'B') G & A Bobby (Mixed Pairs) A White & W Lowe (Open Pairs) ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLjS Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:49:14 —————————— —— DEFENSIVE SKILLS by Andrew Kambites S K 6 5 3 (dummy) South North H 10 7 6 1S 2S D 9 3 4S End C K 10 7 6 S 9 4 2 (you) N H 8 3 W E D 10 9 4 2 S C J 9 8 2 West, your partner, leads the HA. (a) Which card should you play? (b) Would your play be different if your spades were Q-J-9? >>>>> ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 BAMBER WANTS SOME ANSWERS p458 Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jan 7 01:45:18 —————————— —— DEFENSIVE SKILLS continued (a) Assuming that partner has the HK, you want the defence to proceed with HK and a heart ruff. You should encourage at Trick 1 with the H8. The playing of the higher card from a doubleton is called a Peter. (b) This time a heart ruff will not help you, for it will destroy a natural trump trick. As West might hold hearts A-K-J-x, don't encourage a heart continuation which might establish a trick for South's HQ. Play the H3! ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 BAMBER WANTS SOME ANSWERS p458 Chess Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves