P479 Teletext 479 Jun24 00:57:22 —————————— —— T BIDDING TIPS The idea of Playing Tricks, as seen last week, needs closer definition. There is nothing more frustrating than the textbooks that repeatedly tell you how many tricks you need for a bid and njvjr tell you how to calculate how many you have. You count tricks for length (which I hope to deal with next week) and High Cards. You may like to make a note of the High-card table on the next page >> ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLjS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 00:58:04 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS continued SUITS WITH AT LEAST THREE CARDS 3 tricks: A K Q 2 1/2 tricks: A K J, A Q J 2 tricks: A K x, A Q 10, A J 10, K Q J 1 1/2 tricks: A Q x, K Q x, K J 10 1 trick: A J x, K J x, Q J 10 1/2 trick: K x x, Q J x, Q 10 9 DOUBLETONS AND SINGLETONS 2 tricks: A K 1 1/2 tricks: A Q 1 trick: A x, K Q singleton A 1/2 trick: K J, K x ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 00:54:26 —————————— —— T BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Derek Remington S A 8 3 S 9 v 4 H A K Q 9 2 H J 5 3 D 9 6 3 W E D A K 5 4 C 5 3 C A K Q S 7 2 H 10 8 6 D J 8 7 C 10 y 7 6 4 Hope the red suits break kindly! Take SA, cash HA-K, DA-K and CA-K-Q discard D9. Ruff D4. Enter dummy with low trump and cash D5 for a spade discard. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 00:50:12 —————————— —— T GENERALJ EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Tony Gordon reports: Shock and sorrow struck this morning when it became known that Marian Frenkiel from Poland, who was taken ill at the ind of yesterday's session and rushed to hospital, died during the night. Poland is currently zing 3rd in the Ladies Teams on 77.u. France still leads on 80, and Germany is 2nd on 79. Great Britain lost 3-22 to Israel and beat Portugal 11-9, dropping to 14th. >>> ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 00:56:05 —————————— —— W GENERALI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS cont In the Open Teams, Great Britain had two excellent wins against France (25-5) and Hungary (20-10) and therefore climbed from 4th to 2nd place with a total of 206. Current leaders are Israel (215). with Greece 3rd (202) In the Journalists Championship Alan Heron of GB, playing with Jensen, is lying 2nd. Sandsnark and Lund are 1st. Daily bulletins are available on the Internet: HTTP//WWW TELEPAC.PT ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLjS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves