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[Event "Britain vs USA - The Schwab Trophy"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "165"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:T9874.K.Q8.QJ532 AQJ.AT8643.53.96 32.Q92.AJT72.AK4 K65.J75.K964.T87"]
[Scoring "IMP"]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: This was an interesting hand in that we got a nice swing on a
partial score in each room. I felt a bit nervous in bidding 2 Diamonds vulnerable
after my partner's pass, and when he took it into 2 Spades much as I disliked
his suit, I thought I should only run into trouble by any further bid and such
would have been the case. \n
\n
}
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[HomeTeam "Britain"]
[HomeTeamCarryover "315"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[VisitTeam "USA"]
[VisitTeamCarryover "395"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1H 2D Pass
2S AP
[Play "W"]
HA H2 H5 HK
H3 HQ HJ D8
SJ S2 S5 S9
C9 CA C7 C2
SQ S3 S6 S8
D5 DA D4 DQ
D3 D2 D6 S4
C6 CK C8 C3
SA C4 CT CJ
H4 H9 H7 S7
H6 D7 D9 CQ
H8 DT SK C5
HT DJ DK ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 4
N  D 9
N  C 9
S NT 7
S  S 7
S  H 4
S  D 9
S  C 9
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 9
E  D 4
E  C 4
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 9
W  D 4
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "165"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:T9874.K.Q8.QJ532 AQJ.AT8643.53.96 32.Q92.AJT72.AK4 K65.J75.K964.T87"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: Tabbush's 1 No Trump response is nimsy but effective. \n
Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson did not chance the 2 Diamonds and Morris and Tabbush
were allowed to play it in 2 Hearts, which they easily achieved. \n
\n
}
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[ParContract "EW 3H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +110"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
Pass 2H AP
[Play "N"]
CK C7 C2 C6
CA C8 C3 C9
C4 CT CJ H3
S2 SK S4 SQ
H2 HJ HK HA
H9 H5 S7 H4
HQ H7 C5 H6
DA D4 D8 D3
DJ DK DQ D5
D2 D6 CQ H8
D7 S5 S8 HT
S3 S6 S9 SA
DT D9 ST SJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 4
N  D 9
N  C 9
S NT 7
S  S 7
S  H 4
S  D 9
S  C 9
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 9
E  D 4
E  C 4
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 9
W  D 4
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "166"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:AKQ84.43.K8.9653 J93.Q852.JT74.J7 T6.6.AQ62.AKT842 752.AKJT97.953.Q"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: One of the rare slam hands where Mr. Lightner and I  failed to
reach an obvious slam, due to faulty interpretation of Partner's inferences. We
are not yet quite in agreement as to who is to blame and I'll have to leave
this interesting point to the judgment of the reader. \n
Beasley: This hand was remarkable for the missing of an extremely easy slam
in both rooms., Culbertson passed Mathieson's 3 Hearts and from that moment
Lightner's picture of his partner's hand was totally obscured. \n
Culbertson said afterwards that he let the Heart bid go round to see if
Lightner wanted to "crack it", but that seems to be taking the view that the
opposition must be cuckoo if they could put in a three bid over a forcing bid
without something like six or seven tricks. \n
\n
}
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[Score "EW +620"]
[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 3C 3H
Pass Pass 4C Pass
5C AP
[Play "S"]
HK H3 H8 H6
S2 SA S3 S6
CQ C6 C7 CA
H7 C9 CJ CK
S5 SQ S9 ST
S7 SK SJ D2
H9 S8 H2 D6
HT S4 D7 DQ
HJ H4 H5 C2
D3 D8 D4 DA
D5 C3 DJ C4
HA C5 HQ C8
D9 DK DT CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  0
N  H  6
N  D  1
N  C  0
S NT  0
S  S  0
S  H  6
S  D  1
S  C  0
E NT  7
E  S 12
E  H  7
E  D 10
E  C 12
W NT  7
W  S 12
W  H  7
W  D 10
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "166"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:AKQ84.43.K8.9653 J93.Q852.JT74.J7 T6.6.AQ62.AKT842 752.AKJT97.953.Q"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: The same bidding occurred, but Morris made the brighter bid of 4
Spades. Tabbush must surely bid six then since there are all sorts of
possibilities such as ruffing out the Spades and discarding the Diamonds even if his
partner did not have the King. \n
\n
}
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[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 3C 3H
4C Pass 5C AP
[Play "S"]
HK H3 H8 H6
S2 SA S3 S6
CQ C6 C7 CA
H7 C9 CJ CK
S5 SQ S9 ST
S7 SK SJ D2
H9 S8 H2 D6
HT S4 D7 DQ
HJ H4 H5 C2
D3 D8 D4 DA
D5 C3 DJ C4
HA C5 HQ C8
D9 DK DT CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  0
N  H  6
N  D  1
N  C  0
S NT  0
S  S  0
S  H  6
S  D  1
S  C  0
E NT  7
E  S 12
E  H  7
E  D 10
E  C 12
W NT  7
W  S 12
W  H  7
W  D 10
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "167"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:876.Q74.K854.K43 QT3.K98653.J7.76 AK94.AJT2.Q2.AQT J52..AT963.J9852"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: One Spade is a better bid for Mathieson. He has two biddable
Major Suits. \n
Beasley: Mathieson opened with a 2 No Trump bid after two passes, which was
very much better than anyone bid, since he wants the minimum or less from me to
get game. \n
\n
}
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[OptimumScore "NS 630"]
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[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +630"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "W"]
D6 D4 DJ DQ
CJ CK C6 CT
C2 HQ HK HA
SJ S6 S3 S4
C9 C3 C7 CQ
D3 H4 H3 HJ
S5 H7 H5 HT
S2 S7 ST SA
D9 S8 SQ SK
DT D5 H6 S9
C5 C4 H8 CA
DA D8 D7 D2
C8 DK H9 H2
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  9
N  D  8
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  9
S  D  8
S  C  8
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  4
E  D  5
E  C  5
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  4
W  D  5
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "167"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:876.Q74.K854.K43 QT3.K98653.J7.76 AK94.AJT2.Q2.AQT J52..AT963.J9852"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Gottlieb has the alternative bid of 3 Hearts, but is influenced
by the desire to have the lead up to his hand which holds tenaces.  \n
Beasley: Gottlieb made a poor bid of I Spades, which might have died a
peaceful death if his partner had the Knave of Clubs instead of the King, when 3 No
Trumps would still be there sitting. Too much approach work will miss a lot of
games and might easily have missed this one. The whole feature of this hand
was in South's original lead in each room. \n
Nobody can say that Mathieson was entirely wrong to lead the little Heart
though in the majority of occasions the King would be more successful. Even then
if Lightner had held up the Ace he would not have known what suit to go on
with. If he chooses Spades we break the contract by a mile. Incidently,
Culbertson's 2 No Trump bid was a bright semipsychic one which in this case came off
well. \n
\n
}
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[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +660"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
1NT Pass 3NT AP
[Play "E"]
H6 H2 C2 H7
H3 HT C5 HQ
H5 HJ D6 H4
SQ S4 SJ S6
DJ D2 D3 DK
C6 CT C8 CK
C7 CA C9 C3
S3 SK S2 S7
H8 HA CJ D4
H9 CQ S5 C4
ST SA D9 S8
HK S9 DT D5
D7 DQ DA D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  9
N  D  8
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  9
S  D  8
S  C  8
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  4
E  D  5
E  C  5
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  4
W  D  5
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "168"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:J4.AT4.J765.AK98 A97.KQ9632.3.653 853.J.AQT982.T72 KQT62.875.K4.QJ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson:  In spite of distribution and a fair sprinkling of intermediates
in all suits the approach 1 Club bid would still be preferable to 1 No Trump.
The hand turned out extremely luckily but the fact remains that game cannot be
scored against fair defence.  In the opinion of most players an opemings. No
Trump in preference to a suit bid has the advantage of suppressing information
between opponents as to their suits.\n
In my opinion this is a serious disadvantage and far from attempting to shut
out opponents I prefer to coax them into the open and learn the bad news after
a bid of 1 rather than after a bid of 3. The modern methods of leads and
partnership defense play have been so thoroughly perfected that it is very rare
when opponents fail to find a winning suit. \n
Beasley: The whole feature of this hand was in South's original lead in each
room. Nobody can say that Mathieson was entirely wrong to lead the little
Heart though in the majority of occasions the King would be more successful. Even
then if Lightner had held up the Ace he would not have known what suit to go
on with. If he chooses Spades we break the contract by a mile. \n
Incidently, Culbertson's 2 No Trump bid was a bright semipsychic one which in
this case came off well. As can be seen, the opening in Room 2 made the chief
difference, and Tabbush took the first trick as he thought the only hope of
game was to run off his winners before the adversaries touched spades.
Unfortunately, the King of Diamonds lay wrong for him.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "6693366733454aa454aa"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "N 4HX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +400"]
[Auction "E"]
1NT Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
H6 HJ H5 HT
C3 C2 C4 CA
D3 D2 DK DJ
H2 S3 H8 HA
S9 DQ D4 D7
S7 DA H7 D5
C5 D9 S6 D6
C6 D8 S2 S4
H3 DT ST H4
H9 CT CJ CK
HQ C7 CQ C8
SA S5 SK SJ
HK S8 SQ C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  6
N  H  9
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  6
S  S  6
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  4
E  S  5
E  H  4
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  4
W  S  5
W  H  4
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "168"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:J4.AT4.J765.AK98 A97.KQ9632.3.653 853.J.AQT982.T72 KQT62.875.K4.QJ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "4"]
{

\n
Beasley: As can be seen, the opening made the chief difference, and Tabbush
took the first trick as he thought the only hope of game was to run off his
winners before the adversaries touched spades. Unfortunately, the King of
Diamonds lay wrong for him.\n
\n
}
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[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "N 4HX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -250"]
[Auction "E"]
1NT Pass 2D Pass
3D Pass 3NT AP
[Play "S"]
HK HJ H5 HA
D3 DT DK D5
HQ S3 H8 HT
H9 S5 H7 H4
H6 C2 S6 D6
H3 C7 D4 D7
H2 S8 S2 C8
SA D2 ST S4
S9 D8 SQ SJ
S7 D9 SK C9
C3 CT CQ CK
C5 DQ C4 CA
C6 DA CJ DJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  6
N  H  9
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  6
S  S  6
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  4
E  S  5
E  H  4
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  4
W  S  5
W  H  4
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "169"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:9863.Q7.QJ965.43 K52.86.K743.KQJ6 AQJ7.A952.A.9852 T4.KJT43.T82.AT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: Beasley decides to play the hand for a cross-ruff and meets with
considerable success. Beasly: I felt tempted to go on after my partner's lift,
but remembering that he had already passed I could see very slender hopes of
game.\n
\n
}
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[DoubleDummyTricks "69576695766375674757"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2S AP
[Play "E"]
ST S3 S2 SQ
C7 C3 CJ C2
D2 D5 D7 DA
CT C4 CQ C9
HK H7 H8 H2
D8 DQ DK S7
CA S6 C6 C5
H3 HQ H6 H5
DT DJ D4 C8
S4 D9 D3 H9
HT S9 CK HA
H4 S8 S5 SJ
HJ D6 SK SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 3
E  H 7
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 7
W  D 5
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "169"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:9863.Q7.QJ965.43 K52.86.K743.KQJ6 AQJ7.A952.A.9852 T4.KJT43.T82.AT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: Not vulnerable Jo risked a misfit which duly turned up.Jo adopts
a different line of attack and meets with no success at all. \n
Beasley: Cottlieb made the same very shaded put up and Mrs. Culbertson took a
rather unjustifiable plunge, and worried by the obvious hopelessness of the
case, did not play it any too well.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "69576695766375674757"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -150"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2S Pass 4S AP
[Play "E"]
S4 S3 S5 S7
HK H7 H6 H2
C7 C3 CJ C2
CT C4 CQ C5
H3 HQ H8 H5
D2 D5 D3 DA
H4 D6 S2 HA
D8 D9 D4 SJ
CA S6 C6 C8
DT DJ D7 SQ
ST DQ CK C9
HT S8 SK H9
HJ S9 DK SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 3
E  H 7
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 7
W  D 5
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "170"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:874.874.AK8763.5 J.AQT32.954.Q973 AKQ963.965..AJ62 T52.KJ.QJT2.KT84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: I suffered from a fit of conservatism and failed to raise Mr.
Lightner's bid of 2 Spades though I should have done so had I followed the
teaching laid down in my own Blue Book. \n
Beasley: Lightner must chance a 3 Spades bid after his partner's 2 Diamonds
and his failure to do so cost the Americans the most easy game, though with
Mathieson's rather peculiar opening lead from the King and another Heart, game
cannot be made if I play the fourth Heart to let him make his Ten of Spades
eventually.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "62559425587948479484"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +170"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2D Pass 2S AP
[Play "S"]
HK H4 HT H5
HJ H8 HQ H6
C4 H7 HA H9
S2 S4 SJ SA
C8 C5 C3 CA
CT S7 C7 C2
D2 DA D4 C6
DT DK D5 CJ
S5 S8 H2 SK
ST D3 C9 SQ
CK D6 CQ S9
DJ D7 H3 S6
DQ D8 D9 S3
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 2
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 9
S NT 4
S  S 2
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 8
E NT 7
E  S 9
E  H 4
E  D 8
E  C 4
W NT 7
W  S 9
W  H 4
W  D 8
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "170"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:874.874.AK8763.5 J.AQT32.954.Q973 AKQ963.965..AJ62 T52.KJ.QJT2.KT84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush and Morris arrived at a game contract mainly through
Tabbush's natural bid of 2 Spades.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "62559425587948479484"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 2S Pass
3D Pass 3S Pass
4S AP
[Play "S"]
S2 S4 SJ SA
C4 C5 C3 CA
C8 S7 C7 C2
D2 DA D4 H5
DT DK D5 H6
DJ D3 D9 S6
CT S8 C9 C6
DQ D6 H3 S3
S5 H4 H2 SK
ST H7 HT SQ
CK D7 CQ CJ
HJ H8 HA H9
HK D8 HQ S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 2
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 9
S NT 4
S  S 2
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 8
E NT 7
E  S 9
E  H 4
E  D 8
E  C 4
W NT 7
W  S 9
W  H 4
W  D 8
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "171"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:QJT63.QJ2.AQ63.Q 52.T76.542.AT874 87.84.KJT87.6532 AK94.AK953.9.KJ9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1S"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: " Qui s'excuse s'accuse." At first I thought a 2 trick Set was
sure and passed for the penalty. Our Opponents were vulnerable and Lightner
having passed I saw no prospect of game, as he must be nearly trickless. On second
thoughts I can see that I was wrong. I paid a heavy penalty for failing to
observe the precepts of the Blue Book. \n
Beasley: My very light opening bid had far reaching and unimaginable results.
I cannot think why Culbertson left it in, I suppose he hoped to down me two
or three tricks vulnerable. At any rate, the Americans missed a simple game,
which was got in the other room. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "462824628286b5b86b5b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 450"]
[ParContract "EW 4H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1S AP
[Play "E"]
CA C2 C9 CQ
C4 C3 CK S3
S2 S7 SK ST
C7 C5 CJ D6
H6 H4 H5 HQ
H7 H8 HK HJ
S5 S8 S4 SJ
D2 D7 D9 DA
D4 DK S9 DQ
HT D8 HA H2
D5 DJ H3 SQ
C8 DT SA D3
CT C6 H9 S6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  6
N  H  2
N  D  8
N  C  2
S NT  4
S  S  6
S  H  2
S  D  8
S  C  2
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H 11
E  D  5
E  C 11
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H 11
W  D  5
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "171"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:QJT63.QJ2.AQ63.Q 52.T76.542.AT874 87.84.KJT87.6532 AK94.AK953.9.KJ9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: An example of the use of the intermediate 2 bid when playing the
2 Club convention, which fortunately did no harm on this occasion, but
produced the same result as would have been obtained playing Culbertson.\n
Playing the latter the bidding would have gone: West.                  East.
1 Heart.              1 No Trump 3 Spades            4 Hearts \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "462824628286b5b86b5b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 450"]
[ParContract "EW 4H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +480"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass Pass 2H
Pass 3H Pass 4H
AP
[Play "N"]
SQ S2 S7 SA
CQ CA C2 CJ
H2 H6 H4 HA
HJ H7 H8 HK
HQ C4 C3 CK
ST S5 S8 SK
D6 CT C6 C9
D3 C7 C5 D9
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  6
N  H  2
N  D  8
N  C  2
S NT  4
S  S  6
S  H  2
S  D  8
S  C  2
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H 11
E  D  5
E  C 11
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H 11
W  D  5
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "172"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:Q3.92.AQJT75.J63 J972.AQ83.96.AK5 AK84.J64.42.QT84 T65.KT75.K83.972"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "7"]
{

Beasley: I do not think Mathieson should have interfered with my 2 Hearts bid
though his doing so only resulted in a loss of fifty points, since he cannot
even get two as they lie.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55744457347769977699"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2C+1; EW 2D+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -200"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1H Pass 2H
Pass 2NT Pass 3H
AP
[Play "W"]
H4 H5 H9 HA
S4 ST SQ S2
HJ HK H2 H3
H6 HT D7 H8
SA S5 S3 SJ
C4 C2 CJ CA
SK S6 D5 S9
D4 DK DA D6
D2 D3 DQ D9
C8 C7 C3 CK
S8 H7 C6 S7
CT D8 DT HQ
CQ C9 DJ C5
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 3
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 9
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 9
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "172"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:Q3.92.AQJT75.J63 J972.AQ83.96.AK5 AK84.J64.42.QT84 T65.KT75.K83.972"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: My wife very rightly refuses to support her Partner's opening 1
Heart bid preferring on account of the balanced distribution of her hand to
take the contract into 1 No Trump. \n
Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson failed to support her partner, presumably on account
of her even distribution, and the result was certainly more successful though
it might easily have been that 2 Hearts was on where No Trumps are off.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55744457347769977699"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2C+1; EW 2D+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "E"]
DQ D6 D2 DK
H2 HQ H4 H5
H9 HA H6 H7
S3 H3 HJ HK
C3 H8 C8 HT
C6 CA C4 C2
CJ CK CT C7
D5 C5 CQ C9
DT D9 D4 D3
DA S2 S8 D8
DJ S7 S4 S5
D7 S9 SA S6
SQ SJ SK ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 3
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 9
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 9
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "173"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AK32.KT7.J42.J32 98.9632.AQT63.85 QJT75.A85.K5.Q64 64.QJ4.987.AKT97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88756887565468754687"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 2N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
3S AP
[Play "E"]
CK C2 C8 C4
CA C3 C5 C6
CT CJ S8 CQ
S4 SA S9 S5
S6 SK D3 S7
H4 H7 H6 HA
HJ HK H2 H5
HQ HT H3 H8
D9 D2 DA D5
D7 D4 D6 DK
C7 S2 H9 ST
C9 S3 DT SJ
D8 DJ DQ SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 7
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "173"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AK32.KT7.J42.J32 98.9632.AQT63.85 QJT75.A85.K5.Q64 64.QJ4.987.AKT97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88756887565468754687"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 2N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Auction "S"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 7
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "174"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:AT52.A83.A43.KQ3 84.J975.QT2.9754 Q76.K.K9875.JT62 KJ93.QT642.J6.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: My original bid of 1 Spade on a hand invites a respones from my
Partner even though he may hold a fairly weak hand. My re-bid of 2 No Trumps
encourages a game response with successful results. The play of the hand which
is interesting is given. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "33733337338a6aa8a6a9"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +400"]
[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 2S Pass
2NT Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
H5 HK H6 H3
C4 CJ C8 C3
DT D7 D6 D3
H7 S6 HQ H8
H9 SQ H2 HA
D2 D5 DJ DA
DQ DK S9 D4
S4 D9 S3 S5
S8 D8 H4 S2
C5 C2 CA CK
HJ S7 HT ST
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  8
E  S 10
E  H  6
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  8
W  S 10
W  H  6
W  D 10
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "174"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:AT52.A83.A43.KQ3 84.J975.QT2.9754 Q76.K.K9875.JT62 KJ93.QT642.J6.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "33733337338a6aa8a6a9"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +430"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT Pass 2D Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
S8 S6 SJ SA
C7 C2 C8 CK
C4 C6 CA CQ
H7 HK H2 H3
C5 CJ S3 C3
D2 D5 D6 D3
H5 S7 H4 HA
DT D7 DJ DA
DQ DK H6 D4
C9 D9 HT S2
S4 CT S9 S5
H9 D8 HQ ST
HJ SQ SK H8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  8
E  S 10
E  H  6
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  8
W  S 10
W  H  6
W  D 10
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "175"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:4.K983.AK65.AJ93 A6532.T.Q2.T8754 KQT9.AQJ75.843.Q J87.642.JT97.K62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: After my partner's Heart bid I felt justified in leaping to four and
he rightly sensed that there must be something on, the guiding factor from
his angle being that be bad three of my Diamonds and only one Club, so rather
than go straight to six, he put out a feeler in Spades with the idea that there
might be a big slam in the hand. \n
However, I discouraged that idea by going only 5 Hearts and he quite rightly
went the sixth. It is a nasty situation if the Spade-Ace lies wrong, since he
has got to get rid of two Diamonds from my hand to get the contract once he
has decided not to finesse the Club.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b9ca9b9ca92413424134"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1430"]
[ParContract "NS 6H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +1430"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 1H Pass
4H Pass 4S Pass
5H Pass 6H AP
[Play "W"]
C2 CA C4 CQ
S7 S4 SA S9
C6 C3 C5 H5
H2 H3 HT HA
S8 D5 S2 SK
H4 H8 C7 HQ
SJ D6 S3 SQ
H6 H9 S5 HJ
D7 C9 S6 ST
D9 DA D2 D3
CK CJ C8 H7
DT DK DQ D4
DJ HK CT D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  9
N  H 12
N  D 10
N  C  9
S NT 11
S  S  9
S  H 12
S  D 10
S  C  9
E NT  2
E  S  4
E  H  1
E  D  3
E  C  4
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  1
W  D  3
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "175"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:4.K983.AK65.AJ93 A6532.T.Q2.T8754 KQT9.AQJ75.843.Q J87.642.JT97.K62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley The bidding was the same up to a point, but Gottlieb jumped straight
to 6 Hearts without suggesting Spades. Presumably he could draw the negative
inference that Mrs. Culbertson did not have the other three Aces or she would
have made some type of forcing bid on the second round. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b9ca9b9ca92413424134"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1430"]
[ParContract "NS 6H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +1430"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 1H Pass
4H Pass 6H AP
[Play "W"]
H2 H3 HT HQ
H4 H9 C4 H5
S7 S4 SA S9
SJ H8 S3 ST
H6 HK S2 HA
S8 D5 S5 SK
D7 D6 S6 SQ
CK CA C5 CQ
C2 CJ C7 D3
C6 C3 C8 H7
D9 C9 D2 HJ
DT DA DQ D4
DJ DK CT D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  9
N  H 12
N  D 10
N  C  9
S NT 11
S  S  9
S  H 12
S  D 10
S  C  9
E NT  2
E  S  4
E  H  1
E  D  3
E  C  4
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  1
W  D  3
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "176"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:KQ2.K82.A832.KQ9 T9853.753.K6.AT4 AJ4.964.QJT.8753 76.AQJT.9754.J62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
{

Beasley: Mathieson made a jump rebid of Spades after my forcing bid and we
were very unlucky not to get six. One spectator suggested that it was quite easy
for me to get it by finessing for the Queen of Diamonds, but as they had not
installed the periscopes low enough down in the room \n
I was unable to see Culbertson's hand as well as he could. I had two chances
to one my way, and those must be the odds to play for. The same situation
arose in the other room, and Gottlieb played it in exactly the same way with an
equally unsuccessful result. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56755566558667886678"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +600"]
[Auction "E"]
1NT Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
ST SJ S6 S2
DK DQ D5 D2
S9 SA S7 SQ
CA C3 C2 CK
S8 S4 HT SK
C4 C7 C6 CQ
CT C5 CJ C9
H3 H9 HJ HK
D6 DJ D4 D3
S3 C8 HQ H2
S5 DT D7 D8
H5 H4 HA H8
H7 H6 D9 DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "176"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:KQ2.K82.A832.KQ9 T9853.753.K6.AT4 AJ4.964.QJT.8753 76.AQJT.9754.J62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56755566558667886678"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "E"]
1NT Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
ST SJ S6 S2
DK DT D4 D2
S3 SA S7 SQ
C4 C3 C2 CK
D6 DJ D5 D3
CA C5 C6 CQ
H7 H4 HT HK
S5 DQ D7 D8
S8 S4 D9 SK
H3 H6 HQ DA
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "177"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AKJT86.64.K4.K72 743.92.QT95.A965 .AKQJT75.AJ876.8 Q952.83.32.QJT43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "89cb7c9cb80401504015"]
[OptimumScore "NS 990"]
[ParContract "S 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 3H Pass
4S Pass 6H AP
[Play "E"]
CQ CK CA C8
C3 C2 C5 H5
H3 H4 H2 HA
D2 DK D5 D6
S2 SA S3 D7
S5 SK S4 D8
D3 D4 D9 DA
H8 S6 DT DJ
CJ C7 C6 H7
C4 H6 H9 HK
CT S8 DQ HQ
S9 ST C9 HJ
SQ SJ S7 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H 12
N  D 11
N  C  7
S NT 12
S  S  9
S  H 12
S  D 11
S  C  8
E NT  0
E  S  4
E  H  0
E  D  1
E  C  5
W NT  0
W  S  4
W  H  0
W  D  1
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "177"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AKJT86.64.K4.K72 743.92.QT95.A965 .AKQJT75.AJ876.8 Q952.83.32.QJT43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "89cb7c9cb80401504015"]
[OptimumScore "NS 990"]
[ParContract "S 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 3H 3S
Pass 4D 4S Pass
5H Pass 5S Pass
6H AP
[Play "E"]
CQ CK CA C8
C3 C2 C5 H5
H3 H4 H2 HA
D2 DK D5 D6
S2 SA S3 D7
S5 SK S4 D8
D3 D4 D9 DA
H8 S6 DT DJ
CJ C7 C6 H7
C4 H6 H9 HK
CT S8 DQ HQ
S9 ST C9 HJ
SQ SJ S7 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H 12
N  D 11
N  C  7
S NT 12
S  S  9
S  H 12
S  D 11
S  C  8
E NT  0
E  S  4
E  H  0
E  D  1
E  C  5
W NT  0
W  S  4
W  H  0
W  D  1
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "178"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AKQJ3.Q972.T7.63 97542.AK5.J.T872 T8.4.AK6432.KJ95 6.JT863.Q985.AQ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: This is the perfect case of a very difficult non-fitter which should
certainly not be bid up to game, but in both rooms it was so bid. Over
Culbertson's 2 Spades Lightner made rather a guess-work bid, and had Culbertson gone
3 Spades instead of 3 No Trumps the bidding would have died there and they
could probably get it. In the play, my partner was put. to a nasty discount and
had to throw the Queen of Clubs at trick eight. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55857558577757577575"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 2SX-1; EW 2NX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "W"]
1D Pass 2D Pass
2S Pass 3C Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
HA H4 H8 H2
HK D2 H3 H7
H5 D3 HT HQ
S2 ST S6 S3
S4 S8 D5 SA
S5 D4 C4 SK
S7 C9 CQ SQ
S9 D6 D8 SJ
DJ DA D9 DT
C8 CJ CA C3
C7 C5 HJ H9
C2 CK H6 D7
CT DK DQ C6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 8
N  D 5
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 8
S  D 5
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 7
E  C 5
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 7
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "178"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AKQJ3.Q972.T7.63 97542.AK5.J.T872 T8.4.AK6432.KJ95 6.JT863.Q985.AQ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NTX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: In spite of repeated passes by his partner Mike takes an
optimistic view of her hand and doubles with good results.  \n
Beasley: Tabbushs bid of 2 No Trumps on the second round is definitely off
the map with a singleton Heart. If he is going to bid again, 3 Spades is the
only one he can put up. The lead coming the other way upset him badly, and taking
a wrong view of the Hearts he came heavily down, doubled.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55857558577757577575"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 2SX-1; EW 2NX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 2D Pass
2S Pass 2NT Pass
3NT Pass Pass X
AP
[Play "S"]
HJ H2 H5 H4
H3 H7 HK D2
CQ C3 C2 CJ
HT HQ HA D3
CA C6 C7 C5
H8 H9 DJ S8
D5 D7 S2 DA
S6 SJ S4 ST
H6 SA S5 D4
D8 SK S7 D6
D9 SQ S9 C9
C4 S3 C8 CK
DQ DT CT DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 8
N  D 5
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 8
S  D 5
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 7
E  C 5
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 7
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "179"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AT6.J2.Q942.9864 QJ72.87654.63.AJ 9853.AK3.KJT.T73 K4.QT9.A875.KQ52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66366663667797777977"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 2H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "N"]
HJ H4 HK HQ
D4 D3 DJ D5
D2 D6 DT D7
D9 S2 DK D8
H2 H5 HA H9
SA S7 S3 S4
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 3
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 3
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 9
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 9
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "179"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AT6.J2.Q942.9864 QJ72.87654.63.AJ 9853.AK3.KJT.T73 K4.QT9.A875.KQ52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66366663667797777977"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 2H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +110"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass Pass 1NT
Pass 2H AP
[Play "S"]
S3 S4 ST SJ
H3 H9 HJ H4
DT DA D2 D3
C3 C2 C4 CA
C7 CK C6 CJ
CT CQ C8 D6
S5 SK SA S2
HK HT H2 H8
HA HQ D4 H5
DK D5 D9 H7
DJ D7 C9 H6
S9 C5 S6 SQ
S8 D8 DQ S7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 3
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 3
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 9
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 9
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "180"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Mathieson"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:Q64.QT5.K854.K96 AKT5.93.A72.Q832 J972.AJ87.Q3.T74 83.K642.JT96.AJ5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "87788877885665556655"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +150"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "E"]
D4 D2 DQ D6
DK DA D3 DJ
CK C2 C4 CJ
H5 H3 HA H2
HT H9 H7 HK
S4 SA S2 S3
D5 D7 S7 DT
D8 S5 S9 D9
S6 SK SJ S8
C6 C3 C7 CA
C9 CQ CT C5
HQ C8 H8 H4
SQ ST HJ H6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 7
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 8
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 8
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 5
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "180"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:Q64.QT5.K854.K96 AKT5.93.A72.Q832 J972.AJ87.Q3.T74 83.K642.JT96.AJ5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "87788877885665556655"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "E"]
D4 D2 DQ D6
D5 D7 D3 DJ
C6 C2 C4 CA
CK C3 C7 CJ
D8 DA H7 D9
C9 CQ CT C5
H5 C8 H8 H2
S4 SA S2 S3
S6 SK S7 S8
SQ S5 S9 H4
DK H3 HJ DT
HQ H9 HA H6
HT ST SJ HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 7
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 8
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 8
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 5
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 5
