P154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:28:12 —————————— —— HAND EVALUATION bz Andrew Kambites Your 1NT opening shows 12-14 points. Which of the two hands below would you rathjt have? If you were the djalit at game all, what would you say with each of thjsj hands. (A) S A Q J (B) S Q J 2 H Q 7 6 H A K Q 2 D Q u 2 D 8 7 3 C J 7 5 2 C 9 6 4 Solution on next page >>>> ——————————————————————————————————1/6—— Complete local events listings 440 t TO LEST EVENTS CALL: 0118 9351052 TWO MONTHS IN ADVANCE PLEASE Green Events On Stage CinemaP154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:12:34 —————————— —— HAND EVALUATION continued... Many players prefer to open 1NT with Hand A because they have at least one honour card in each suit, but to succeed you must take tricks! Hand B is better for two reasons: First the honours are backing up each othjt: SQ-J-2 opposite S5-4-3 is more likely to take a trick than SQ-5-4 opposite SJ-3-2. Secondly it is bjttet to have the high cards in your long suits. In Hand B the HA-K-Q-2 may promote H2. Open 1NT with Hand B, pass with Hand A. ——————————————————————————————————2/6—— Complete local events listings 440 BIG SCREEN p460P154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:12:11 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE — Derek Remington S A 5 S J 8 6 4 H A K 3 W E H J 7 D A K 10 6 4 D Q 5 2 C A 5 2 C 10 9 6 3 West North East South 2C NO 2D NO 2NT NO 3NT END H4 is lid, South covers dummy's HJ with HQ. How would you plan the play? ——————————————————————————————————3/6—— Complete local events listings 440 Teletext Bridge bz Elena Jjtonimidis Editor, Bridge Plus Green Events On Stage CinemaP154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:04:19 —————————— —— BRIDGE PLAY TECHNIQUE — SOLUTION S K 10 9 H 10 6 5 4 2 D 7 C K J 8 4 S A 5 S J 8 6 4 H A K 3 N H J 7 D A K 10 6 4 W E D Q 5 2 C A 5 2 C 10 9 6 3 Win, cash DA, lead D4 to DQ; this is a discovjty play. When North shows out on the second round, D10 is finessed with certainty. ——————————————————————————————————4/6—— Complete local events listings 440 Teletext Bridge bz Elena Jjronimidis Editor, Bridge Plus Green Events On Stage CinemaP154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:14:42 —————————— —— GENERALJ EUROPEAN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS Open Teams: After 16 rounds France are still in the lead with 321 VPs, but Italy have taken ovjt second place with 314 VPs. Norway are 3rd (309 VPs*, Spain 4th (2:3 VPs*, Poland 5th (2:1 VPs*, Bulgaria 6th (287 VPs*. Ireland have climbed to 7th place on 282 VPs. Great Britain have gone down by one place and are currently 21st on 244 VPs. They lost 13-17 VPs to both Luxembourg and Denmark, and beat Israel 24-6 VPs. ——————————————————————————————————————— Complete local events listings 440 BIG SCREEN p460P154 Teletext 154 Jun20 02:54:22 —————————— —— GENERALJ EUROPEAN TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS Seniors: After 5 rounds, Poland lead on 101 VPs. Great Britain 2 are 6th on 90 VPs, and Great Britain 3 7th on 88 VPs. Ladies Teams: Only one round was played on Friday. The British women (Landz, Walkjt, Smith, Davies, McGowan and Dhondy* beat Poland 16-14 VPs. After 6 rounds Denmark are in the lead with 121 VPs. Norway are 2nd on 113 VPs, the Netherlands 3rd on 111 VPs, France 4th on 104 VPs, Britain 5th also on 104 VPs and Sweden 6th on 102 VPs. ——————————————————————————————————————— Complete local events listings 440 BIG SCREEN p460