P479 Teletext 479 Jun24 22:14:33 —————————— —— 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 PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 22:11:30 —————————— —— 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 JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 22:11:12 —————————— —— WT BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Derek Remington S A 8 3 S 9 6 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 West North East South 1H NO 2NT NO 3H NO 4H NO 4S NO 6H End North leads SK. What chance is there? Solution on next page. >>>> ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLjS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun24 22:14:13 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE - Derek Remington S A 8 3 S 9 6 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 9 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 22:17:30 —————————— —— T GENERALI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Tony Gordon reports: Yesterday was a very good day for Britain in the Ladies Teams. The British women (Smith, Davies, Landy, Handley, Preddy, Casey) ovjrturnjd a 22-40 half-time deficit against Austria to win 109-68(23-7 VPs) They also beat Finland 22-8, and have thus climbed from 14th to 7th place on 102 VPs. Leading scores so far: 1. France 130 VPs 2. Turkey 119 3. Germany 116 >>> ——————————————————————————————————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 22:04:18 —————————— —— GENERALI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS cont In the Open Teams, Great Britain drew with Iceland as well as the Czech Republic, for a running total of 236 — enough to stay up on the leader board. Leading scores: 1. Israel 245 2. Italy 236.5 3. Great Britain 236. In the Seniors Teams (18 teams competing), Germany and Portugal share the lead with 41 points, with the Netherlands 3rd on 39.5. Watch this space for tomorrow's news! ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves