P479 Teletext 479 Jun25 23:01:28 —————————— —— 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 Jun25 23:17:08 —————————— —— 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 Jun25 23:27:32 —————————— —— 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 JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun25 23:18:44 —————————— —— 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 Jun25 23:14:19 —————————— —— GENERALI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Tony Gordon reports: Britain gained two positions in the Ladies Teams, beating Greece 25-4 and Italy 16-14. The British women are currently 5th on 143 - a spectacular comeback from 14th. Leading scores in the Ladies Teams: 1. France 172; 2. Germany 165; 3. Poland 145.5; 4. Portugal 144.5. In the Seniors Teams Germany leads on 85 VPs, ahead of The Netherlands (77.5) and Poland (75). >>> ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Jun25 23:04:14 —————————— —— GENERALI EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS cont In the Open Teams, the British team beat San Marino 16-14, but lost to Sweden (13-17) and Austria (6-24), dropping from 3rd to 8th place on 271. Scores: 1. Italy 299.5; 2. Sweden 286.5 3. Poland 282 4. Netherlands 282. Another death has saddened the bridge community. Andre Boekhorst, newly elected president of the European Bridge Ljaguj, died last night. He had not been well for some time. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Chess 478 Fun & Games 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitisjr Grooves