Judge — September 1933 — page 20: what you’re looking at

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sapere Jud side vulnerable; 4th deal, both s V erable. When, due to the nu be made, deals with each partner, then play one aber of moves to t is possible to play only two deal neither side vulnerable and the ble other deal both sides vulneral I want to call your special attention ontract to the new less-than-game bonus, When a declarer fulfills his contract and its value is less than game (100 points) his side shall receive a be in addition to the 1. For ex- ample, if you bid 3 clubs and make you score 60 for the tricks bid and made and 50 additional points as your tract is for less than game. If you were to bid 3 clubs and make 5 you would, of course, receive 60 points for the tricks bid and made, 40 points for the overtricks, and you would stil be entitled to the 50 point bonus as you us of 50 points were playing for a less-than-game tract. There on er a bonus allowed ully making a doubled con- Scoring Li h to bring out one more impor- nt and that is—do not prohibit 1 re-doubles in your club. The new sting limit law provides that a side may not score more than 1000 n the case of a slam contract fulfilled. In other words, if you set your opponents 1400 points you may take only 1000 points in one deal except vints, and your opponents take an s 1000 points. However, if you bid and make you receive the full score, even it is doubled. A Deal Passed Out If a deal is passed out, the deal passes to the left, and b that deal. You do r or Progressive € slam, ugh sides score zero for re-deal in Pivot ntr Game Premium When a declarer fulfills his contract and its trick value is 10) points or more. he is entitled to receive the game pre- mium which is 300 points when de- clarer’s side is not vulnerable, and 500 s when declarer’s side is vulne able. This is in addition to any slam bonus or bonus for over m1 Slam Pr The grand slam premi uns in Pivot and ge is lower ssive br those of rubber bridge. The slam premiums are as follows:— Not Vulnerable Vulnerable Slam 500 750 1000 1500 Small Grand S$ Plus and Minus Scori Con with the al Ige is ne satisfactory Hus s stem of scoring which their auctior bridge parties. Sacrifice bidding plays an all-important: part in Contract bridge, therefore in order to make the game more enjoyable we sin cerely hope that you will insist upon using t i e plus and minus scoring 4 ur future Pivot and Progressive contract parties. of y Contract tallies usually provide place for recordi ¢ not only your score. but that of your opponents also, there- fore at the conclusion of the game each player totals his score and that of his opponents and subtracts his opponents’ score from his own—the difference (plus or minus) is a player's net score. Tf you so desire, at the end of each four hands, you may arrive at your net score and record only your net plus or minus for that set of deals and then, at the end of the contest, determine your net result for the entire contest. The player with the largest net plus score is the winner, while the player with the greatest net mi us score is lowest Bridge Pastimes the fifth of our series of ns designed expressly to rove your play. You are e hand, select and play the the to meet the requirements m. Tt may not be a probl fill in the balance of the cards problem as it will be to play the hand corre North @KQ32 Q65 K32 West East + + + + South @A5 Y AKJ32 OAT @AK32 South, the declarer, to make a grand in no tru The correct solu! h the diamond fi :ps against a club open- tion is a hand in nesse is wre g and the spade suit will not break. However, the heart suit will break. In the play of the nd West will be squeezed in ades and diamonds, while East will be squeezed in clubs and diamonds, 1 fon to August Problem @ 1073 9 K6432 A2 Q43 West East @ 0565 os 7 QJ 10 99875 © QJ10 © 8764 @jJ109 & 8765 South AK942 A K953 AK2 HE cards in bold-faced type are the nes originally given in the prob- lem. The instructions were to build up a ul whereby South, as declarer, would make a ‘small slam in spades ainst any ening lead by West who was to be given the gre number of honor cards, The above h ws the cards cor- rectly filled in, Note that eight of the nine ¢: t possible to West are honors. lution: As it is immaterial whether West leads a heart, diamond or club, let us assume that he opens the jac clubs. South wins wi ot h the ace. cashes the ace of hearts, leads amond which he wins with the : n dummy He returns the deuce of diamonds from dummy and wins with the king in his own hand. The five of nonds is trumped in dummy with the three of spades. The king of hearts is led from dummy and the i umonds dis- s is then led by the de- carded. The three of hea from dummy and trumy larer with the deuce of s lea des, South s the deuce of clubs, winning in dummy with the queen, the four of clubs South hand with t ‘outh down nd returning hich is won in t re king. This brings the ace, king, nine and ades, West has nothing but the queen, jack, six left. N spac four of » d five of spades rth holds the ten and seven of s and two hearts, South now leads s. West wins with the jack, but must now return a spade into the de k example nination and play Doub the four of sf larer’s ace ng, nine, This is an of an e position Dummy Probl Hy Russell Re N SELECTING my lem Mr. Sims said, “All of the folks will be back from their vacations and will be ready to do a little serious think- ing, so [ would like to have you give them a problem that will really put them to work.” T think you will enjoy t problem as it will take a fair amount (Deal Continues on page 22 No. 5 September prob- comicbooks.com