P479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:04:02 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS bz Andrew Kambites HAND A HAND B S 9 S 8 H 7 H Void D A K J 5 3 D K Q 9 5 4 3 C A K J 1p 3 2 C G J 9 6 3 2 How do you bid with these hands at Love All if your right hand opponent opens 4H? Last week I suggested that double is best played as optional rather than 100% take out. You certainly don't want to double with Hand A and risk partner passing with a balanced hand. ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Diary updates on Monday TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:33:44 —————————— —— BIDDING TIPS continued... The bid to consider is 4NT. If you had a natural no-trump bid you would double so 4NT is conventional. As it bypasses 4S logically it must show the minors. 4NT is clearly correct with Hand A. less obviously, it makes sjnsj also on Hand B. This time you are looking for a cheap sacrifice contract. Of course this puts strain on partner. How can he judge if a slam is on the cards? In genital he does best to bj cautious and prefer 5C/5D to 6C/6D. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Diary updates on Monday TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:44:04 —————————— —— THE BRIDGE BOOK QUIZ No. 49 - PROBLEM You are West, S 9 7 4 holding the H K J 10 9 2 hand shown D Q 4 opposite. C 9 7 4 What do you lead after: 1 South's 1NT has been raised to 3NT? 2 South has opened 1H, and rebid 3NT over North's 2D response? 3 North has opened 1C, East has over- called 1D, and South's leap to 3NT has ended the auction? 4 South has opened 1S and North's 3S has ended the auction? ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:49:02 —————————— —— THE BRIDGE BOOK QUIZ No. 49 cont... Entries (on a postcard, please) must reach Teletext Bridge Book Quiz No 49, PO Box 384, Reading RG1 5YP not later than Friday 8th March. The first six correct entries out of a hat will each receive a copy of Acol Bridge for Bright Beginners by Hugh Kelsey & Andrew Kambites, published in the Master Bridge series. Results and solution will be published on Monday 11th March. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser GroovesP479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:40:29 —————————— —— SCOTLAND WENS CAMROSE Scotland has won the 1995-96 Macallan Camrosj Trophy for the Home Countries, even though they lost this weekend's match to England 37-51 VPs. In the other match, Northern Ireland managed their only win in this year's Camrosj beating Wbles 57-33 VPs. The final results are: 1 Scotland (162) 2 England (151) 3 Wblis (117) 4 N Ireland (103) ——————————————————————————————————5/6—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JJRONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser Groo6esP479 Teletext 479 Mar 2 22:01:10 —————————— —— BRIDGE NEWS England won the 1996 Corn Cardis (Cup of Friendship) beating Eire by 400 VPs to 316 in their annual friendly match. Eire lost their battle against the Open, Ladies, Officials, Junior and County teams, but beat the English Club Team by 62-52 VPs. The highest score was achieved by the England Open team (Armstrong, Kirby, Dyson, Liggins) who beat their Eire counterparts bz 91-57 VPs. ——————————————————————————————————6/6—— Fun and Games Index 450 TELETEXT BRIDGE BY ELENA JERONIMIDIS EDITOR OF BRIDGE PLUS Your Life Fun & Games Digitiser Grooves