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[Event "Britain vs USA - Schwab Trophy 1933"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "201"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:932.KT873.J75.T3 J864.J642.K6.762 AQ5.AQ95.A.AK954 KT7..QT98432.QJ8"]
[Scoring "IMP"]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Note that Domville considers this hand sufficiently strong to
justify an initial forcing bid. The intervening bid of 2 Diamonds by Lightner
relieves Beasley of the responsibility of making a response. Domville exposes the
Diamond bid and forces Beasley into the right suit for the two hands, but
they stop short of six and make a game. The combined hands merit a Slam bid in
Hearts-only the 4-0 distribution of Hearts can stop Slam being made. \n
Beasley: Domville's hand is the perfect example of a strong two bid and
although he appears to have nearly every trick in the pack we could do no more than
just bid an easy game in Hearts.\n
\n
}
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[HomeTeam "Britain"]
[HomeTeamCarryover "360"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +450"]
[VisitTeam "USA"]
[VisitTeamCarryover "514"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 2C 2D
Pass Pass 3D Pass
3H Pass 4H AP
[Play "E"]
DK DA D2 D7
H2 HA D8 H3
C6 CA C8 C3
C2 CK CJ CT
C7 C4 CQ H7
H4 H5 D4 H8
S4 SQ SK S2
S6 SA ST S3
H6 H9 D3 HK
HJ HQ DT HT
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D  5
N  C 10
S NT 10
S  S  9
S  H 11
S  D  6
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  2
E  D  7
E  C  3
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  2
W  D  7
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "201"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:932.KT873.J75.T3 J864.J642.K6.762 AQ5.AQ95.A.AK954 KT7..QT98432.QJ8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Gottlieb considers that his hand, though containing 6 Honour
tricks, is not strong enough for an original force. However, on receiving a
minimum response from his partner, he now forces with 2 Spades. The 3 Diamond bid
does not affect the issue. Mr. Gottlieb employs the 4-5 No Trump convention in
an unusual position, i.e, before game has been contracted for, but it is
necessary. \n
Mrs. Culbertson "signs off" with the lowest ranking suit yet bid, but
Gottlieb now shows his four Aces by his 5 No Trump bid. N.B. The 4 No Trump bid shows
two Aces and a King, and when followed by a 5 No Trump bid, it shows the
other two Aces. Mrs. Culbertson again " signs off " with a 6 Club bid, but
Gottlieb correctly bids the little Slam in Hearts. The contract is defeated by a bad
break in the heart suit. \n
Beasley: Gottlieb made an almost incredible opening bid of 1 Club. There are
thousands of situations where his partner might have something like two Knaves
and still game is an absolute certainty. He said afterwards that if his
partner had a bust he did not want to play the hand in a game contract of 3 No
Trumps, \n
which looked the most likely possibility in that event. Nevertheless, having
got a positive response of 1 Hearts the bidding was absolutely bound to end in
a slam.  \n
\n
}
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[DoubleDummyTricks "a9b5aa9b6a3427324272"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1C Pass 1S Pass
2S 3D Pass Pass
4NT Pass 5C Pass
5NT Pass 6C Pass
6H AP
[Play "E"]
DK DA D2 D5
H2 HQ D3 H3
C2 CA C8 C3
C7 CK CJ CT
C6 C4 CQ H7
S6 S5 ST S9
D6 H5 DQ D7
H4 HA D4 H8
H6 H9 D8 HK
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D  5
N  C 10
S NT 10
S  S  9
S  H 11
S  D  6
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  2
E  D  7
E  C  3
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  2
W  D  7
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "202"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:854.A65.QJ432.KT QJT3.T72.75.Q642 A96.983.AT9.A985 K72.KQJ4.K86.J73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1D"]
[Result "0"]
{

Beasley: Culbertson departed from all his own rules in leaving his partner in
on a 1 Diamond over 1 Spades they are playing a type of one-over-one method
he should have said 1 No Trump, and 3 No Trumps are on if the King of Diamonds
lies right. It was a little unlucky for us that taking the wrong chance he
proved right.\n
\n
}
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[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -700"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1C Pass
1D AP
[Play "S"]
SQ SA S7 S4
C2 C5 C3 CK
D5 D9 DK DJ
S3 S6 SK S5
H2 H3 HK HA
C4 CA C7 CT
D7 DA D6 D2
CQ C9 CJ DQ
H7 DT D8 D3
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 4
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "202"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:854.A65.QJ432.KT QJT3.T72.75.Q642 A96.983.AT9.A985 K72.KQJ4.K86.J73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: the bidding went on more simple lines, though I think Tabbush's hand
is only worth 2 No Trumps, when presumably Morris would have stopped. Even so
he would also have been missing a game with a luckier distribution of the
cards.  \n
\n
}
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[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
HK H5 H7 H3
HQ HA H2 H8
D6 DJ D5 DT
DK D2 D7 D9
HJ H6 HT H9
H4 S4 S3 DA
S2 S5 ST SA
C3 CK C4 C5
D8 DQ C2 C9
S7 D3 SJ S6
C7 D4 SQ C8
CJ CT C6 CA
SK S8 CQ S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 4
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "203"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:A86.AJ752.K65.53 .QT8643.842.9872 7532..AJT93.KQT4 KQJT94.K9.Q7.AJ6"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: A daring and brilliant double by Mrs. Culbertson. \n
Beasley: We bid this hand quite correctly to play it three 3 Diamonds and
there is no more in it unless one has a wild gamble South's hand in No Trumps,
when the unfortunate West would be unable to open his partner's suit. Several
spectators who had seen all four hands suggested that this should have been
done, but obviously the idea is ludicrous. \n
\n
}
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[DoubleDummyTricks "77586876975674656746"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "S 2N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "S"]
1H Pass 2D 2S
3D AP
[Play "E"]
SK SA D2 S2
HK HA H4 S3
CA C3 C2 CQ
SQ S6 C7 S5
SJ S8 C8 S7
H9 H2 H3 D3
C6 C5 C9 CK
D7 D5 D4 DJ
DQ DK D8 D9
S4 H5 H6 DT
CJ D6 H8 CT
S9 H7 HT DA
ST HJ HQ C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 7
N  H 5
N  D 8
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 6
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 7
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "203"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:A86.AJ752.K65.53 .QT8643.842.9872 7532..AJT93.KQT4 KQJT94.K9.Q7.AJ6"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2SX"]
[Result "6"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush got doubled in his perfectly corret 2 Spades bid and was
unlucky to be down two tricks on the hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "77586876975674656746"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "S 2N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -300"]
[Auction "S"]
1H Pass 2D 2S
Pass Pass X AP
[Play "S"]
DK D2 D9 D7
D6 D4 DA DQ
D5 D8 DJ S4
S6 H3 S2 SQ
SA C2 S3 SJ
HA H4 C4 H9
H2 H6 S5 HK
C5 H8 DT S9
S8 C7 S7 SK
H5 HT D3 ST
C3 C8 CT CA
H7 C9 CQ C6
HJ HQ CK CJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 7
N  H 5
N  D 8
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 6
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 7
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "204"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:63.AK53.K6.AQ854 J95.QJT9.J9.KT96 Q72.8762.T8754.7 AKT84.4.AQ32.J32"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson:  A bad Spade over call. South should double West's Club. \n
Beasley: It would appear on the face of it that missed a game, but closer
examination reveals the fact that; against decent defense it is impossible to
make. Possibly Domville should have said 3 Spades over my 2 since I have already
giver signs of some strength by my No Trump bid, which ceases be a negative
one when the opponents have made a bid. Probably three No Trumps is the easiest
contract to get on the hand.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "98578a85793475433754"]
[OptimumScore "NS 630"]
[ParContract "S 4N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +170"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass Pass 1S
Pass 1NT Pass 2D
Pass 2S AP
[Play "W"]
HK H9 H2 H4
S3 SJ SQ SA
DK D9 D4 DQ
S6 S5 S2 ST
CA C6 C7 C3
HA HT H6 S4
H3 S9 S7 SK
C4 C9 D5 CJ
C5 CT D7 C2
D6 DJ D8 D2
H5 HJ H7 D3
C8 HQ H8 DA
CQ CK DT S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  7
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  7
S  C  9
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  7
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "204"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:63.AK53.K6.AQ854 J95.QJT9.J9.KT96 Q72.8762.T8754.7 AKT84.4.AQ32.J32"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2HX"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: South double West's opening 1 Heart which in a sizeable prnalty,
due to another skilful double by Mrs. Culbertson. \n
Beasley: Morris complicated the issue by bidding 3 Spades Heart in preference
to a Club. Theoretically his bid was bad and was the main cause of the
subsequent trouble. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "98578a85793475433754"]
[OptimumScore "NS 630"]
[ParContract "S 4N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -300"]
[Auction "W"]
1H Pass Pass X
2C X 2H Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "N"]
HQ H2 H4 HA
C6 C7 C2 CA
C9 H6 C3 C4
D9 D4 DA D6
DJ D5 D2 DK
CT H7 CJ C5
H9 D7 D3 H3
HJ H8 S4 HK
CK D8 S8 C8
HT DT DQ H5
SJ SQ SA S3
S5 S2 SK S6
S9 S7 ST CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  7
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  7
S  C  9
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  7
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "205"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:543.QJ532.7.9743 AQT8.A.QJ932.KT2 K62.T86.K85.QJ65 J97.K974.AT64.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6D"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: This hand graphically shows the great advantage of the 4-5 No
Trump convention in the Culbertson system for reaching a Slam. Perhaps the
greatest value of the 4-5 No Trump bid lies not so much in its positive as inits
negative inferences. The 6 Diamond bid by Lightner is a beautiful example of
profound and precise reasoning. \n
Lightner knew that I had at least three Spades because of my 2 No Trump bid
and failure to bid 3 No Trumps after he showed Diamonds. He also knew that I
probably had four Diamonds because, not content with passing his 3 Diamond bid,
I re-opened the bidding with four Diamonds, thereby indicating a desire for a
Slam.\n
More important still, Lightner knew that, although I had two Aces, I did not
have either the King of Diamonds or the King of Spades, otherwise I would have
bid 4 No Trumps. Therefore, having bid 5 Diamonds as a slam try, I would
probably have passed. Hence the 6 Diamond bid, which Lightner considered
mathematical justified. He needed only a successful finesse either against the King of
Diamonds or the King of Spades.\n
It is Bridge chefs-d'ceuvre like these that make me sometimes say that the
same divine spark of intelligence goes into the playing of the beautiful Slam,
as in the creation of a Gothic cathedral. A small Slam was laydown in our room
while in the other room our English opponents contented themselves with a
prosaic 5 Diamond bid. \n
Alas! There are also many moments of stupidity in Bridge, and the following
hand illustrates how champions can butcher a beautiful hand in bidding and in
play. \n
Beasley: This was a very interesting hand. Personally I prefer Diamond on
Lightner's hand rather than a Spade. When Culbertson bid two No Trumps and then 3
Spades Lightner was able to get a very fair picture of his hand and when
subsequently took it out of 3 No Trumps into 4 Diamonds he is marked with some
short suit or other and two aces at least. The 6 bid therefore included a lot of
first-class accurate inferences. \n
\n
}
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[DoubleDummyTricks "1141511415cb8c8cb8c8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +1370"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 2NT
Pass 3D Pass 3S
Pass 3NT Pass 4D
Pass 6D AP
[Play "S"]
C5 C8 C9 CT
D5 D4 D7 D9
D8 DT H2 D2
DK DA S3 D3
SK SJ S4 S8
C6 CA C7 C2
S2 S7 S5 ST
S6 S9 C3 SQ
CJ H4 C4 SA
CQ H7 H3 CK
H6 H9 H5 HA
H8 D6 HJ DJ
HT HK HQ DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  4
N  D  1
N  C  5
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  4
S  D  1
S  C  5
E NT 12
E  S 11
E  H  8
E  D 12
E  C  8
W NT 12
W  S 11
W  H  8
W  D 12
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "205"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:543.QJ532.7.9743 AQT8.A.QJ932.KT2 K62.T86.K85.QJ65 J97.K974.AT64.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: Tabush corect1y opens with his longer biddable suit but his
Partner responds 3 Diamonds. instead of 2 No Trumps, with the result that the Slam
is missed-there being no definite information exchanged. \n
Beasley: Tabbush showed the most lamentable lack of imagination. Having
opened with a Diamond and got a 3 response his obvious bid is 3 Spades, when Morris
could go 4 NO Trumps which would indicate some support in Spades as a hand of
considerable trick value.    6 would then have been an easy bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1141511415cb8c8cb8c8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +620"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1D Pass 3D
Pass 5D AP
[Play "S"]
C5 C8 C3 CT
D5 D4 D7 DQ
D8 DT S3 D3
DK DA C4 D2
SK SJ S4 S8
S2 S7 S5 ST
S6 S9 H2 SQ
C6 H4 H3 SA
CJ CA C7 C2
H6 H7 H5 HA
CQ H9 C9 CK
H8 D6 HJ D9
HT HK HQ DJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  4
N  D  1
N  C  5
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  4
S  D  1
S  C  5
E NT 12
E  S 11
E  H  8
E  D 12
E  C  8
W NT 12
W  S 11
W  H  8
W  D 12
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "206"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:AJ43.K73.K852.T6 62.T9652.Q964.A2 Q975.A4.T3.98753 KT8.QJ8.AJ7.KQJ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: North and South contract for a gargantuan 3 No Trump and through
skillul defense by the Americans are set three tricks. \n
Beasley: I disagreed with Domville's 1 Heart bid over my Club, since he is
telling me that he has something much better than the very poor collection he
actually had. If he wants to bid at all 1 No Trump would seem a better bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "75976757765845758457"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3SX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -150"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
Pass 1H Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S2 SQ SK
H3 H2 HA HQ
SA S6 S5 S8
SJ D4 S7 ST
S4 D6 S9 D7
DK D9 DT DJ
D2 DQ D3 DA
C6 CA C3 C4
CT C2 C5 CK
D5 H5 C7 CQ
H7 H6 C8 CJ
HK H9 H4 H8
D8 HT C9 HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 8
E  H 4
E  D 5
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 8
W  H 4
W  D 5
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "206"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:AJ43.K73.K852.T6 62.T9652.Q964.A2 Q975.A4.T3.98753 KT8.QJ8.AJ7.KQJ4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: North and South play at a logical 1 No Trump bid and make 10
tricks thorough poor defense by the English.\n
Beasley: Gottlieb made the same rather deceptive but with the different lead
and different defense altogether Mrs. Culbertson was able to make an amount of
tricks that must have surprised her.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "75976757765845758457"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3SX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +430"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "E"]
D2 D4 DT DJ
D5 D6 D3 DA
DK D9 C3 D7
H3 H2 HA HQ
HK H5 H4 HJ
S3 S2 SQ SK
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 8
E  H 4
E  D 5
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 8
W  H 4
W  D 5
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "207"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AKJT98.J95.5.Q98 63.A3.AKJ7.KJT74 Q.KQT8642.T93.A6 7542.7.Q8642.532"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4HX"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: With but 2 Hearts West prefers a vulnerable overcall to the
double.Opponents make 5 Hearts in spite of the apparently powerful double - a
result quite unexpected. \n
Beasley: This was an interesting deal and Culbertson's eventual double of 4
Hearts was a very ill-judged one since the bidding almost exposed the fact that
his partner was blank. We could have also got 4 Spades with equal ease.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79b337ab336229862298"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "EW 6DX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +990"]
[Auction "S"]
1S 2C 2H Pass
2S Pass 3H Pass
4H X AP
[Play "E"]
C2 C8 CT CA
S2 SK S3 SQ
S4 SA S6 C6
S5 SJ H3 H4
D2 D5 DJ DT
C5 C9 CK H8
H7 H5 HA HK
C3 CQ C4 D3
S7 ST D7 D9
D4 S9 DA H2
D6 H9 DK H6
D8 S8 C7 HT
DQ HJ CJ HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  7
S  S 10
S  H 11
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  2
E  D  9
E  C  8
W NT  6
W  S  2
W  H  2
W  D  9
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "207"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AKJT98.J95.5.Q98 63.A3.AKJ7.KJT74 Q.KQT8642.T93.A6 7542.7.Q8642.532"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5DX"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Under the circumstances the 2 Diamond bid by George Morris
affords a better development and future for the hand than Culbertson's 2 Club bid in
Room No. 1. I did consider the 2 Diamond bid but showed the Club suit
instead, perhaps because of congenital weakness for King-Knave-Ten combinations as
offering the best avenue for a lead. I hoped to be able to double the 4 Hearts
and my wish was fulfilled. \n
Beasley:  The English pair showed much more imagination on East's and West's
sides and the 5 Diamonds doubled which they played it in was a splendid save
of a vulnerable game. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79b337ab336229862298"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "EW 6DX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
1S 2D 2H 3D
3S 4C 4H 5D
Pass Pass X AP
[Play "N"]
SQ S2 SK S3
H2 H7 HJ HA
D3 D2 D5 DA
D9 D4 SA DK
H4 D6 H5 H3
CA C2 C8 CJ
C6 C3 CQ CK
DT DQ S8 D7
H6 C5 C9 CT
H8 S4 H9 C7
HT S5 S9 C4
HQ D8 ST DJ
HK S7 SJ S6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  7
S  S 10
S  H 11
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  2
E  D  9
E  C  8
W NT  6
W  S  2
W  H  2
W  D  9
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "208"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:Q54.AQ53.Q432.J9 KJ973.KJ96.K9.86 A62.8742.6.AQ432 T8.T.AJT875.KT75"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2CX"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: A well played hand by Lightner.                                  
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
         \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88697886974464645746"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1S 2C X
AP
[Play "S"]
ST S4 S7 SA
C7 C9 C6 C2
D8 D2 DK D6
DA D3 D9 S2
S8 S5 S3 S6
HT HA H6 H2
CK CJ C8 C3
DJ DQ S9 H4
D5 D4 H9 C4
CT SQ SJ CA
C5 H3 SK CQ
DT H5 HJ H8
D7 HQ HK H7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 9
N  C 7
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 4
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 4
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "208"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:Q54.AQ53.Q432.J9 KJ973.KJ96.K9.86 A62.8742.6.AQ432 T8.T.AJT875.KT75"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88697886974464645746"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "NS 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1S 2D
Pass 2S Pass Pass
2NT 3D AP
[Play "W"]
CJ C6 CA C5
C9 C8 C2 CT
H3 DK C3 C7
DQ D9 D6 D5
HA H6 H2 HT
D2 S3 H4 D7
D3 S7 H7 DA
D4 S9 S2 DJ
S4 SJ SA S8
S5 H9 CQ CK
SQ HJ C4 DT
H5 HK H8 D8
HQ SK S6 ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 9
N  C 7
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 4
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 4
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "209"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:K974.83.QJ73.J85 QJ86.T542.A4.642 T32.KQJ6..AKT973 A5.A97.KT98652.Q"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4C"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: The club suit is long and strong enough ro re-bid - before
showing 4-card Hearth suit.                                                         
                                                                             
                                                \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8874a7864a5558355583"]
[OptimumScore "NS 130"]
[ParContract "NS 4C="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +130"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1C 1D
Pass Pass 1H 2D
Pass Pass 3C Pass
3NT X 4C AP
[Play "W"]
SA S4 S8 S3
S5 SK S6 S2
CQ C5 C2 CA
H7 H3 H2 HQ
HA H8 H4 HK
D5 DJ DA CK
H9 CJ H5 H6
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  8
N  H  7
N  D  4
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  8
S  H  6
S  D  4
S  C 10
E NT  5
E  S  5
E  H  5
E  D  8
E  C  3
W NT  5
W  S  5
W  H  5
W  D  8
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "209"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:K974.83.QJ73.J85 QJ86.T542.A4.642 T32.KQJ6..AKT973 A5.A97.KT98652.Q"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3C"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8874a7864a5558355583"]
[OptimumScore "NS 130"]
[ParContract "NS 4C="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +130"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1C 1D
Pass Pass 2C 2D
Pass Pass 2H Pass
3C AP
[Play "W"]
SA S4 S8 S2
S5 SK S6 S3
HA H3 H2 HK
D5 DJ DA C3
CQ C5 C2 CA
H7 H8 H5 HQ
H9 CJ H4 H6
D6 S7 SJ ST
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  8
N  H  7
N  D  4
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  8
S  H  6
S  D  4
S  C 10
E NT  5
E  S  5
E  H  5
E  D  8
E  C  3
W NT  5
W  S  5
W  H  5
W  D  8
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "210"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:K63.AT8743.KT3.8 7542.9.AJ7.T9542 AJT8.KQ6.9.AKQJ7 Q9.J52.Q86542.63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: The longer Club Suit should be bid in preference to the Spade
suit in order to warn Partner, that the latter is a 4 card suit. A forcing re-bid
which shows a hand of a strength just below an original 2 Bid. Showing a 6
card suit. Is another forcing bid and shows (a) sufficient playing trick values
to warrant the expectation of a Slam and practically to. guarantee the
contract of 5 odd in case Partner signs off. \n
(b) 2 Aces and a King of any suit provided either Partner had bid it or 3
Aces. Had East held 2 Aces he should have responded with 5 No Trumps. Therefore
West draws an inference that East could not hold more than 1 Ace. This
inference automatically stops any attempt at a Grand Slam Bid. West therefore
contracts for 6 Hearts which he makes.\n
Beasley: This was an interesting hand with our pair in the other room rather
influenced by the score against us in taking a gamble. Culbertson brought out
bis now famous 4 No Trumps bid, and from that moment knew there was an Act
against him. \n
An interesting feature is Lightner's 5 Spades bid, which is a slight
encouragement, since he could have discouraged with 5 Clubs even though he had a
singleton, as the sign-off arrangement is that they bid five of the lowest ranking
suit yet bid by them. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "0006200062ccc7bbbc7b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 990"]
[ParContract "E 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +980"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1C Pass
1H Pass 2S Pass
3H Pass 4NT Pass
5S Pass 6H AP
[Play "S"]
DA D9 D2 D3
C2 CA C3 C8
H9 HK H2 H3
S2 HQ H5 H4
S4 H6 HJ HA
S7 SA S9 S6
C4 CK C6 DT
C5 CQ D4 S3
S5 S8 SQ SK
D7 C7 D5 HT
C9 ST D6 H8
DJ CJ D8 H7
CT SJ DQ DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  0
N  H  0
N  D  6
N  C  2
S NT  0
S  S  0
S  H  0
S  D  6
S  C  2
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H 12
E  D  7
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S 11
W  H 12
W  D  7
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "210"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:K63.AT8743.KT3.8 7542.9.AJ7.T9542 AJT8.KQ6.9.AKQJ7 Q9.J52.Q86542.63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "7H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson:  A very bad opening bid which will eventually cause Partner to
contract for a disastrous Grand Slam. Should force with 3 Clubs and then if
necessary follow up with 3 Spades thus enabling partner to get the exact count on
suit distributions. As far as a gamble goes it is a fair one, considering that
East had opened the bidding. Nevertheless the gamble would have been quite
unnecessary if the 4-5 No Trump Convention had been used. \n
The contract of Grand Slam is defeated by 1 Trick and the Swing on this Hand
alone is 1,530 points. No wonder Mr.Tabbush publicly announced his intention
of using the 4-5 No Trump Convention in the future. \n
Beasley: Nobody can severely criticise Tabbush's opening bid of 1 Hearts, but
Morris's response was technically very wrong He quite fails to convey to his
partner any accurate picture \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "0006200062ccc7bbbc7b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 990"]
[ParContract "E 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
1H Pass 2S Pass
3S Pass 4C Pass
4S Pass 7H AP
[Play "S"]
DA D9 D2 D3
D7 S8 DQ DK
H9 HK H2 H3
S2 HQ H5 H4
S4 H6 HJ HA
C2 CA C3 C8
C4 CK C6 S3
C5 CQ D4 S6
S5 SA S9 SK
C9 CJ D5 DT
S7 SJ SQ H7
CT ST D6 HT
DJ C7 D8 H8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  0
N  H  0
N  D  6
N  C  2
S NT  0
S  S  0
S  H  0
S  D  6
S  C  2
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H 12
E  D  7
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S 11
W  H 12
W  D  7
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "211"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:A86.QT985.K95.Q5 KJ43.A3.A73.JT93 T75.K7.JT4.K8642 Q92.J642.Q862.A7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65766657667767677676"]
[OptimumScore "EW 90"]
[ParContract "EW 1N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 2S
AP
[Play "N"]
DJ DQ DK DA
S5 SQ S6 S3
DT D6 D5 D7
S7 S2 SA S4
ST S9 S8 SJ
D4 D8 D9 D3
H7 H2 HQ HA
C2 C7 CQ CJ
C4 CA C5 C3
C6 D2 H5 C9
HK H4 H8 H3
CK H6 H9 CT
C8 HJ HT SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "211"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:A86.QT985.K95.Q5 KJ43.A3.A73.JT93 T75.K7.JT4.K8642 Q92.J642.Q862.A7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65766657667767677676"]
[OptimumScore "EW 90"]
[ParContract "EW 1N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
1H 1S Pass 2S
AP
[Play "N"]
HK H2 H5 HA
S5 SQ SA S3
S7 S2 S6 SJ
ST S9 S8 SK
C2 C7 CQ CJ
C4 CA C5 C3
D4 D2 D5 DA
CK H4 H8 CT
H7 H6 H9 H3
C6 HJ HQ S4
C8 D6 D9 C9
DT D8 DK D3
DJ DQ HT D7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "212"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:K96.K73.J73.AJT8 532.A92.Q965.KQ5 QT74.JT.KT84.964 AJ8.Q8654.A2.732"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66866668665757757577"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 1NT AP
[Play "S"]
H4 H3 H9 HJ
S8 S9 S2 S4
DA D7 D6 D4
HQ H7 H2 HT
H8 HK HA C4
SA S6 S5 S7
H6 C8 S3 C6
H5 DJ C5 D8
D2 D3 DQ DK
SJ SK D5 DT
C2 CT D9 SQ
C3 CJ CK ST
C7 CA CQ C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 8
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 8
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "212"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:K96.K73.J73.AJT8 532.A92.Q965.KQ5 QT74.JT.KT84.964 AJ8.Q8654.A2.732"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66866668665757757577"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "W"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 8
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 8
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "213"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:642.AKQ76..A9875 KJ95.983.AJ72.43 T83.T542.9864.QJ AQ7.J.KQT53.KT62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Interesting bidding follows West's Take out double. \n
Beasley: The feature about this hand was that the Americans attempted to get
5 Diamonds, while in the closed room the English pair essayed for Spades. Both
unavoidably missed their contract, and both contracts can be said to be
correct. Luck might have swayed the situation either way, the 4 Spades attempt of
the English in the other room being more likely to succeed in the long run. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4493644936693a5693a5"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass Pass X
Pass 1S Pass 2D
Pass 3D Pass 3S
Pass 4D Pass 5D
AP
[Play "N"]
HK H3 H2 HJ
HQ H8 H4 D3
H6 D2 D4 DK
S2 SK S3 S7
CA C3 CJ CK
C5 C4 CQ C2
H7 H9 HT D5
S4 S5 S8 SA
S6 S9 ST SQ
C7 D7 D6 DQ
C8 DJ D8 DT
C9 DA D9 C6
HA SJ H5 CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  4
N  H  9
N  D  3
N  C  6
S NT  4
S  S  4
S  H  9
S  D  3
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  9
E  H  3
E  D 10
E  C  5
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  3
W  D 10
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "213"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:642.AKQ76..A9875 KJ95.983.AJ72.43 T83.T542.9864.QJ AQ7.J.KQT53.KT62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4493644936693a5693a5"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass Pass X
Pass 2S Pass 4S
AP
[Play "S"]
CQ C2 C5 C3
CJ CK CA C4
ST C6 C7 S9
D4 D3 S2 D2
H2 HJ HA H3
H4 CT C8 SJ
S3 SA S4 S5
S8 S7 S6 SK
H5 SQ H6 H8
D6 D5 H7 DA
D8 DK C9 D7
D9 DQ HQ DJ
HT DT HK H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  4
N  H  9
N  D  3
N  C  6
S NT  4
S  S  4
S  H  9
S  D  3
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  9
E  H  3
E  D 10
E  C  5
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  3
W  D 10
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "214"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:9.J9432.AQ87.A65 KJT842.Q.432.Q84 AQ763.K6.J5.KJ92 5.AT875.KT96.T73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1SX"]
[Result "5"]
{

Culbertson: A penalty double of a weak overcall produces a winning result on
the hand.                                                                     
                                                  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2432224322b9aabb9aab"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "E"]
1H 1S X AP
[Play "W"]
HK HA H2 HQ
S6 S5 S9 SK
DJ DK DA D2
C9 C3 CA C4
CJ C7 C6 C8
D5 DT DQ D3
CK CT C5 CQ
H6 H7 H3 D4
S3 H5 H4 S2
SA H8 H9 S4
S7 D6 HJ SJ
SQ HT D7 S8
C2 D9 D8 ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  2
N  C  2
S NT  2
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  2
S  C  2
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D 10
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D 10
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "214"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:9.J9432.AQ87.A65 KJT842.Q.432.Q84 AQ763.K6.J5.KJ92 5.AT875.KT96.T73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2432224322b9aabb9aab"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +170"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2H AP
[Play "S"]
SJ SQ S5 S9
HQ HK HA H2
D2 D5 D6 D7
S2 H6 H5 HJ
C4 CJ C3 C5
S4 SA C7 D8
D3 DJ D9 DQ
D4 S3 DT DA
C8 CK CT C6
S8 S6 DK H3
CQ C2 H7 CA
ST C9 H8 H9
SK S7 HT H4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  2
N  C  2
S NT  2
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  2
S  C  2
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D 10
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D 10
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "215"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:965.A2.KT52.A962 .QJT53.Q8.QJT753 AK8742.K76.76.84 QJT3.984.AJ943.K"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: North-South are rather unlucky to find such an awkward
distribution against them. A game contract was rightly bid in both rooms. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "69475694755486854967"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -200"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2NT Pass 3S Pass
4S Pass Pass X
AP
[Play "E"]
H9 H2 H3 HK
S3 S6 C7 SA
H4 HA H5 H6
ST S9 C3 SK
H8 S5 HT H7
CK C9 C5 C4
SQ C2 HJ S2
SJ C6 CT S4
DA D2 D8 D6
D4 DK DQ D7
D3 D5 HQ S7
D9 DT CJ S8
DJ CA CQ C8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 9
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 9
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 5
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 8
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 9
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "215"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:965.A2.KT52.A962 .QJT53.Q8.QJT753 AK8742.K76.76.84 QJT3.984.AJ943.K"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4SXX"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "69475694755486854967"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -400"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2NT Pass 3S Pass
4S Pass Pass X
XX AP
[Play "E"]
CK CA C7 C4
S3 S6 C3 SA
ST S5 H3 SK
H4 HA H5 H6
H8 H2 HT HK
H9 S9 HJ H7
D3 C2 CT C8
DA D2 D8 D6
SQ D5 C5 S2
D4 DK DQ D7
D9 DT HQ S4
SJ C6 CJ S7
DJ C9 CQ S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 9
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 9
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 5
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 8
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 9
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "216"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:K82.9642.KQ9.A93 QJ97.A3.A74.QT85 65.J85.8532.J642 AT43.KQT7.JT6.K7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aaa89aaa893235332353"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "E"]
H5 H7 H2 HA
S5 S3 SK SQ
HJ HK H4 H3
S6 SA S2 S7
D2 S4 S8 SJ
D3 ST H6 S9
H8 HQ H9 D4
C2 HT D9 D7
C4 CK CA C5
D5 D6 DQ DA
C6 C7 C3 CQ
CJ DT C9 C8
D8 DJ DK CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H 10
N  D  8
N  C  9
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H 10
S  D  8
S  C  9
E NT  3
E  S  2
E  H  3
E  D  5
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  2
W  H  3
W  D  5
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "216"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:K82.9642.KQ9.A93 QJ97.A3.A74.QT85 65.J85.8532.J642 AT43.KQT7.JT6.K7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aaa89aaa893235332353"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C Pass 1H
Pass 1NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "E"]
S6 S3 SK S7
S5 S4 S2 SQ
D2 ST S8 S9
C2 CK CA C5
C4 C7 C3 CQ
H5 H7 H2 HA
H8 HK H6 H3
HJ HQ H4 C8
C6 HT H9 CT
D3 SA D9 SJ
D5 DJ DQ DA
D8 D6 DK D4
CJ DT C9 D7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H 10
N  D  8
N  C  9
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H 10
S  D  8
S  C  9
E NT  3
E  S  2
E  H  3
E  D  5
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  2
W  H  3
W  D  5
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "217"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AQ98543.3.QT4.AT T.AK2.A75.QJ7542 62.QT864.632.K98 KJ7.J975.KJ98.63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78544785445578855898"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "NS 3SX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1D X Pass 1NT
2S 3C Pass 3H
3S AP
[Play "E"]
HK H4 H5 H3
ST S2 S7 SQ
C2 S6 SJ SA
C4 C8 C3 CA
C5 CK C6 CT
DA D2 D8 DT
CQ C9 H7 S3
C7 H6 SK S4
H2 H8 H9 S5
D5 D6 D9 D4
D7 D3 DK DQ
CJ HT DJ S8
HA HQ HJ S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 4
S  C 4
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 9
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "217"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AQ98543.3.QT4.AT T.AK2.A75.QJ7542 62.QT864.632.K98 KJ7.J975.KJ98.63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "5"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78544785445578855898"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "NS 3SX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -400"]
[Auction "N"]
1S 2C Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
SQ ST S2 SK
CT C2 CK C3
S8 D5 S6 S7
SA D7 H4 SJ
S9 C4 H6 C6
S5 C5 D2 H5
S4 C7 C8 H7
S3 H2 D3 D8
CA CJ C9 H9
H3 HK H8 HJ
D4 CQ HT D9
DT HA HQ DJ
DQ DA D6 DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 4
S  C 4
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 9
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "218"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:KT9854.A6.AJ3.82 A7.J84.Q9642.KJ3 J2.Q932.K875.AQ6 Q63.KT75.T.T9754"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3353633536aa896aa897"]
[OptimumScore "EW 630"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +620"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2NT Pass
3S Pass 3NT Pass
4S AP
[Play "S"]
D2 D5 DT DJ
C3 CQ C4 C2
S7 SJ S3 S4
SA S2 S6 ST
D4 D7 SQ D3
CJ CA CT C8
H4 H2 H7 HA
D6 C6 C5 SK
CK H3 C7 S9
D9 D8 C9 S8
H8 H9 H5 S5
DQ DK HT DA
HJ HQ HK H6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  5
N  D  3
N  C  6
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  5
S  D  3
S  C  6
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  8
E  D  9
E  C  6
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  8
W  D  9
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "218"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:KT9854.A6.AJ3.82 A7.J84.Q9642.KJ3 J2.Q932.K875.AQ6 Q63.KT75.T.T9754"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3353633536aa896aa897"]
[OptimumScore "EW 630"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +660"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2NT Pass
3S Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
H5 H6 HJ HQ
S3 S4 S7 SJ
S6 ST SA S2
C4 C2 C3 CQ
DT D3 D2 DK
C5 DA D4 D5
SQ SK H4 H2
H7 S9 D6 C6
C7 S8 H8 D7
C9 S5 D9 H3
CT C8 CJ CA
HT HA CK H9
HK DJ DQ D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  5
N  D  3
N  C  6
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  5
S  D  3
S  C  6
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  8
E  D  9
E  C  6
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  8
W  D  9
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "219"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:Q932.A974.9.QT93 K5.KT.QJ64.AKJ74 A.J865.AKT7532.5 JT8764.Q32.8.862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4NTX"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Bad. Very Bad. Atrocious. I produce one of those awful plays that
made me famous in the history of Bridge. I had 13 possible leads to make, and
I selected the worst, the seven of Clubs. Had I led the King of Clubs and
then followed with a low Spade, my dear friend Domville, who stepped out on a
limb, would have to walk back home.\n
As it is, we could have set the contract by 100 points had not Teddy
Lightner, for some mysterious reason of his own, proceeded to play a high-low Spade,
to show a Queen which he did not have. Towards the end of the hand I naturally
discarded the King of Spades, where upon Sir Guy made his Queen of Spades, and
four No Trumps. \n
Beasley: This hand was an absolute comedy of errors. I made a jump bid in
Diamonds but over my partner's 2 No Trumps, which was rather a dubious call with
a singleton of my suit although he had two guards in theirs. I think I should
have stalled him of No Trumps by repeating Diamonds. When I was doubled in 3
No Trumps I ran from my original ideas, but Domville with the bit between his
teeth went back to 4 No Trumps. \n
Had Culbertson led the King of Clubs and then, when he saw my lone Ace of
Spades, played a small Spa carded bis King which allowed Domville to get one of
the most varrious contracts of the match. I tremble to thine how much we would
have been down. After that Lightner for some incredible reason petered in
Spades and Culbertson discarded his King which allowed Domville to get one of the
most curious contracts of the match.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65996759965834658346"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3SX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +610"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C 2D Pass
2NT Pass 3NT Pass
Pass X 4D Pass
4NT X AP
[Play "W"]
C7 C5 C2 CT
DJ DK D8 D9
D4 DA S6 S2
D6 DT S4 H7
DQ D7 S7 S3
CK H5 C6 C9
S5 SA S8 S9
C4 D5 C8 H4
CA D3 H2 H9
SK D2 ST CQ
HT H6 H3 HA
HK H8 SJ SQ
CJ HJ HQ C3
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 8
E  H 3
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 8
W  H 3
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "219"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:Q932.A974.9.QT93 K5.KT.QJ64.AKJ74 A.J865.AKT7532.5 JT8764.Q32.8.862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1CX"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: The bidding was too awful for words. Jo sitting North, made a
flippant double of West's one Club. Mike Gottlieb decided to pass, and opponents
made one Club doubled. This comedy of errors only confirms my sneaking
suspicion that all the so-called great players are really great simply because the
average Bridge player is so terrible. \n
Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson made a very comic double which might have landed
them in sever trouble.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65996759965834658346"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3SX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +140"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C X AP
[Play "N"]
DK D8 D9 D6
H5 H2 HA HT
C5 C2 CT CJ
H6 H3 H4 HK
D5 C6 C9 D4
SA S4 S2 S5
D2 S6 C3 DJ
D3 S7 S3 SK
DA C8 CQ DQ
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 8
E  H 3
E  D 4
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 8
W  H 3
W  D 4
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "220"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:Q96.T65.AKT65.82 A743.AK92.Q97.64 J8.QJ84.4.AKT975 KT52.73.J832.QJ3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "67564675647586775867"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +120"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "W"]
D6 D7 D4 D8
S6 SA S8 S2
S9 S3 SJ SK
SQ S4 C5 S5
DA D9 C7 D2
DK DQ C9 D3
C8 C4 CK C3
C2 C6 CA CJ
D5 H2 CT CQ
DT H9 H8 DJ
H5 HA H4 H3
H6 HK HJ H7
HT S7 HQ ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 7
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 4
S NT 6
S  S 7
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "220"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:Q96.T65.AKT65.82 A743.AK92.Q97.64 J8.QJ84.4.AKT975 KT52.73.J832.QJ3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "67564675647586775867"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +120"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "W"]
D6 D7 D4 D8
S6 SA S8 S2
S9 S3 SJ SK
SQ S4 C5 S5
DA D9 C7 D2
DK DQ C9 D3
C8 C4 CK C3
C2 C6 CA CJ
D5 H2 CT CQ
DT H9 H8 DJ
H5 HA H4 H3
H6 HK HJ H7
HT S7 HQ ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 7
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 4
S NT 6
S  S 7
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "221"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:94.J643.KT83.AK8 AQ85.985.AJ62.73 T732.QT2.Q54.QJ4 KJ6.AK7.97.T9652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55664556647867878678"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "N"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 6
N  D 6
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 6
S  D 6
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "221"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:94.J643.KT83.AK8 AQ85.985.AJ62.73 T732.QT2.Q54.QJ4 KJ6.AK7.97.T9652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55664556647867878678"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +110"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 2S
AP
[Play "S"]
CQ C2 C8 C3
S2 SK S4 S5
DQ D9 DT DJ
S3 S6 S9 SA
D4 D7 D3 DA
D5 SJ D8 D2
H2 HA H3 H5
HT HK H4 H8
C4 C5 CA C7
HQ H7 H6 H9
CJ C6 CK S8
S7 C9 HJ SQ
ST CT DK D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 6
N  D 6
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 6
S  D 6
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "222"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:Q5.865.AKQJ.AKJ2 A63.942.9876.Q86 984.Q73.5432.973 KJT72.AKJT.T.T54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79976799764346743467"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1; NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "E"]
1D Pass Pass 1S
2C Pass 2D 2H
Pass 2S AP
[Play "E"]
DK D6 D2 DT
H5 H2 HQ HA
S5 SA S4 SJ
SQ S3 S8 ST
CA C6 C3 C4
CK C8 C7 C5
C2 CQ C9 CT
H6 S6 S9 SK
CJ D7 D3 S7
DA D8 D4 S2
H8 H4 H3 HK
DQ H9 H7 HT
DJ D9 D5 HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 9
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 9
S  H 9
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 4
E  S 3
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 4
W  S 3
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "222"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:Q5.865.AKQJ.AKJ2 A63.942.9876.Q86 984.Q73.5432.973 KJT72.AKJT.T.T54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79976799764346743467"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1; NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "E"]
1D Pass Pass 1S
AP
[Play "E"]
DK D6 D2 DT
DA D7 D3 S2
S5 SA S4 SJ
SQ S3 S8 ST
DQ D8 D4 S7
H5 S6 S9 SK
CK C6 C3 C4
DJ D9 D5 HT
CA C8 C7 C5
H6 H2 H3 HJ
H8 H4 H7 HA
C2 H9 HQ HK
CJ CQ C9 CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 9
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 7
S  S 9
S  H 9
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 4
E  S 3
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 4
W  S 3
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "223"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:K42.QT9.AKT653.7 QT53.AJ752.J.AK4 987.863.Q72.QJ52 AJ6.K4.984.T9863"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: An interesting phase of this hand was Lightner's bid of 2 Spades on
a three-card suit. He rightly assumed that his partner could not possibly take
it seriously or of course he would have been able to bid a Spade over
Culbertson's double of 1 Diamond. He apparently did not like lifting his partner in
Hearts or: only King and One, which often does lead to double; in this instance
that would have been the most successful bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "53373533737aa6a7aa6a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4H=; EW 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +170"]
[Auction "S"]
1D X Pass 2C
Pass 2H Pass 2S
AP
[Play "S"]
DK DJ D7 D4
C7 CA C2 C3
SK ST S7 S6
HT HJ H3 H4
S2 S3 S8 SJ
S4 C4 C5 C6
D3 S5 D2 D8
H9 H2 H6 HK
D5 CK CJ C8
HQ HA H8 D9
D6 H7 DQ C9
DT H5 S9 SA
DA SQ CQ CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  3
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  5
S  S  3
S  H  3
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S 10
E  H 10
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S 10
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "223"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:K42.QT9.AKT653.7 QT53.AJ752.J.AK4 987.863.Q72.QJ52 AJ6.K4.984.T9863"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Turning defense into very successful attack. Fine aggressive
bidding by the English nets a well-deserved game. \n
Beasley: Tabbush did lift his partner's Heart bid and with the lucky position
of the cards they were able to score an easy game. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "53373533737aa6a7aa6a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4H=; EW 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +420"]
[Auction "S"]
1D X Pass 2C
Pass 2H Pass 3H
Pass 4H AP
[Play "N"]
DQ D4 D3 DJ
D7 D8 DA H2
S7 SJ SK S3
C2 C3 C7 CA
H3 HK H9 H5
H6 H4 HT HJ
H8 C6 HQ HA
C5 C8 D5 CK
D2 C9 D6 H7
S8 SA S2 S5
S9 S6 S4 SQ
CJ CT DT ST
CQ D9 DK C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  3
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  5
S  S  3
S  H  3
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S 10
E  H 10
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S 10
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "224"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:KQ5.Q652.AK2.642 64.AJT43.J65.A83 AT83.98.974.K975 J972.K7.QT83.QJT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66776667766766767667"]
[OptimumScore "EW 80"]
[ParContract "EW 1S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT AP
[Play "N"]
HJ H8 HK H2
HA H9 H7 HQ
HT D4 D8 H5
H4 D7 D3 H6
S4 S3 S2 SK
S6 S8 S7 SQ
C3 SA S9 S5
D5 D9 DT DA
D6 C5 DQ DK
CA C7 CT C2
DJ ST SJ D2
H3 C9 CJ C4
C8 CK CQ C6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "224"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:KQ5.Q652.AK2.642 64.AJT43.J65.A83 AT83.98.974.K975 J972.K7.QT83.QJT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66776667766766767667"]
[OptimumScore "EW 80"]
[ParContract "EW 1S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1H Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "W"]
DK D5 D4 D3
SK S4 S3 S2
SQ S6 S8 S7
S5 H3 SA S9
DA D6 D7 D8
C6 C3 CK CT
C2 C8 C5 CJ
C4 H4 ST SJ
H6 HA H9 H7
H2 HT H8 HK
D2 DJ D9 DQ
H5 CA C7 DT
HQ HJ C9 CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 7
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "225"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:Q73.Q65.K7.AKQT4 AK94.K42.A5.J832 T62.AT7.T96432.9 J85.J983.QJ8.765"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66687666877775677756"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 2D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "N"]
1NT Pass 2D Pass
2NT Pass 3D AP
[Play "W"]
C7 CA C2 C9
C5 CK C3 S2
C6 CQ C8 S6
H3 H5 H2 HA
D8 DK DA D2
DJ D7 D5 D3
SJ SQ SA ST
S5 S3 SK D4
DQ C4 S4 D6
S8 S7 S9 D9
H8 HQ HK H7
H9 CT CJ DT
HJ H6 H4 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 7
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "225"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:Q73.Q65.K7.AKQT4 AK94.K42.A5.J832 T62.AT7.T96432.9 J85.J983.QJ8.765"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66687666877775677756"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 2D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1C 1S 2D Pass
2NT AP
[Play "E"]
H2 H7 H8 HQ
H4 HA H3 H5
C8 C9 C5 CA
C2 HT C6 CK
C3 D2 C7 CQ
CJ D3 S5 C4
HK D4 H9 H6
DA D6 D8 D7
D5 D9 DJ DK
S9 S2 HJ CT
S4 ST SJ S3
SA DT DQ S7
SK S6 S8 SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 7
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "226"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:J964.A83.972.T75 T73.KQ54.T8543.6 AKQ8.JT9.J6.KQ83 52.762.AKQ.AJ942"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2C"]
[Result "6"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76997769975743657436"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -200"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S 2C
AP
[Play "E"]
S4 S3 SA S2
S6 S7 SK S5
S9 ST SQ C2
C5 C6 C3 CA
C7 D3 C8 C4
CT D4 CK C9
D2 D5 CQ CJ
SJ D8 S8 H2
HA H4 H9 H6
H3 HK HJ H7
H8 HQ HT DQ
D7 H5 D6 DK
D9 DT DJ DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 7
E  H 4
E  D 3
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 7
W  H 4
W  D 3
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "226"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:J964.A83.972.T75 T73.KQ54.T8543.6 AKQ8.JT9.J6.KQ83 52.762.AKQ.AJ942"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: Tabbush's hand does not contain a raise in Spades, owing to the
lack of any ruffing possibilities; in fact, the hand is only worth about 1 1/2
playing tricks. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76997769975743657436"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2S AP
[Play "N"]
DK D2 D3 D6
H2 H3 HQ H9
DQ D7 D4 DJ
H6 H8 HK HT
CA C5 C6 CK
C4 C7 S3 C3
DA D9 DT S8
S5 S4 S7 SA
S2 S6 ST SK
C2 CT D5 CQ
C9 S9 D8 C8
CJ SJ H4 SQ
H7 HA H5 HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 7
E  H 4
E  D 3
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 7
W  H 4
W  D 3
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "227"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:K.T942.T9865.A94 T987532.AKJ.K.Q5 J4.Q873.A43.J632 AQ6.65.QJ72.KT87"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Having started the ball, Teddy might just as well have kept it
rolling. \n
Beasley: Lightner made a most indifferent fourth-inhand opening bid, since if
he is going to open at all he must endeavour to spike the opposition guns by
bidding a No Trump instead of a very weak Diamond. He then felt that he had
already committed enough crimes, so passed his partner's 1 Spades bid, \n
which was also an extremely bad move. Having an opening bid which he had
neglected to make for some reason best known to himself, Culbertson must bid 2
Spades on the second round. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2255322553bb789bb789"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +170"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 1D
Pass 1S AP
[Play "N"]
H3 H5 H9 HJ
DA D2 D5 DK
C2 C7 CA C5
D3 D7 D8 S2
H7 H6 H2 HA
H8 SQ H4 HK
S4 SA SK S3
C3 C8 C4 CQ
SJ S6 D6 S5
HQ CT HT S7
C6 DJ C9 ST
D4 CK D9 S9
CJ DQ DT S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  2
N  H  5
N  D  5
N  C  3
S NT  2
S  S  2
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT 11
E  S 11
E  H  7
E  D  8
E  C  9
W NT 11
W  S 11
W  H  7
W  D  8
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "227"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:K.T942.T9865.A94 T987532.AKJ.K.Q5 J4.Q873.A43.J632 AQ6.65.QJ72.KT87"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: There is nothing backward about the English bidding, and they pay
dividends. \n
Beasley: Morris quite rightly opened with a Spade and they collected an easy
game. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2255322553bb789bb789"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 3S
Pass 4S AP
[Play "N"]
H3 H5 H2 HJ
DA D2 D5 DK
C2 C7 CA C5
D3 D7 D8 S2
S4 SA SK S3
SJ SQ D6 S5
C3 C8 C4 CQ
H7 H6 H4 HK
H8 CT H9 HA
C6 S6 HT S7
HQ DJ D9 ST
CJ CK DT S9
D4 DQ C9 S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  2
N  H  5
N  D  5
N  C  3
S NT  2
S  S  2
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT 11
E  S 11
E  H  7
E  D  8
E  C  9
W NT 11
W  S 11
W  H  7
W  D  8
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "228"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:K87.Q6543.J85.A4 Q4.87.KQ64.T8763 J63.AJT.T972.QJ9 AT952.K92.A3.K52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68679686795476454764"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 1S+1; NS 2C+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass Pass 1S
Pass 1NT AP
[Play "E"]
DT DA D5 D4
S3 S2 S7 SQ
S6 SA S8 S4
SJ S5 SK C3
D2 D3 DJ DK
D7 H2 D8 DQ
C9 CK CA C6
CJ C2 C4 C7
CQ C5 H3 C8
D9 S9 H4 D6
HA H9 H5 H7
HT HK H6 H8
HJ ST HQ CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 9
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 9
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 4
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "228"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:K87.Q6543.J85.A4 Q4.87.KQ64.T8763 J63.AJT.T972.QJ9 AT952.K92.A3.K52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68679686795476454764"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 1S+1; NS 2C+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass Pass 1S
Pass 1NT Pass 2S
AP
[Play "W"]
CA C3 C9 C2
C4 C6 CJ CK
D5 D4 D2 DA
D8 DK D7 D3
DJ DQ D9 C5
H3 H7 HA H2
SK S4 S3 S2
S7 SQ S6 S5
H4 H8 HT HK
S8 C7 SJ SA
H5 C8 HJ ST
H6 CT CQ S9
HQ D6 DT H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 9
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 9
E NT 5
E  S 4
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 4
W NT 5
W  S 4
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "229"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:J42.AJ6.92.Q9863 AKQT5.74.AQT8.J5 963.T982.KJ743.2 87.KQ53.65.AKT74"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: Approach bidding determines the best contract. \n
Beasley: Culbertson and Lightner rightly abandoned the Spade suit, preferring
to play it in the much easier contract of 3 No Trumps which was more or less
a lay-down. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "33453334539a88a9a88a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +400"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 2D Pass 2H
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "S"]
HT HQ HA H4
H2 H3 HJ H7
H9 HK H6 D8
S3 S7 S4 SA
C2 C4 CQ CJ
D7 D5 D2 DA
D3 CA C3 C5
D4 CK C6 DT
DJ CT C8 S5
S6 S8 S2 SK
S9 H5 SJ SQ
H8 C7 C9 ST
DK D6 D9 DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  5
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S 10
E  H  8
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT  9
W  S 10
W  H  8
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "229"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:J42.AJ6.92.Q9863 AKQT5.74.AQT8.J5 963.T982.KJ743.2 87.KQ53.65.AKT74"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush's second bid of 3 Spades was a real atrocity. His obvious
bid is 22 Diamonds, but he appeared to have some extraordinary idea that the
bidding might die, with the result that they played it in a most difficult
contract. \n
The play of the hand was also of great interest, and Tabbush certainly took
the wrong view. He most unnecessarily dropped the Knave of Clubs on the first
trick, since South's lead indicated a most obvious singleton. After that he
endeavoured to ruff Diamonds, got over-ruffed, and the fun began. This was more
or less poetic justice for getting into such a wrong contract. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "33453334539a88a9a88a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 3S Pass 4S
AP
[Play "S"]
C2 CA C3 CJ
DK D5 D2 DQ
H2 HK HA H4
S3 C4 C6 C5
HT HQ H6 H7
DJ D6 D9 DT
D3 S7 SJ D8
H8 C7 C8 ST
S6 S8 S2 SA
S9 H3 S4 SK
H9 H5 C9 SQ
D4 CT CQ S5
D7 CK HJ DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  5
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S 10
E  H  8
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT  9
W  S 10
W  H  8
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "230"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:7.A97.K94.KJ9764 Q965.QJ8543.A5.T AKT.K.Q8732.AQ85 J8432.T62.JT6.32"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6C"]
[Result "12"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1661116611c77ccc77cc"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +1370"]
[Auction "E"]
1C 1H 5C Pass
6C AP
[Play "S"]
CT C5 C2 CK
H3 C8 C3 C4
DA D2 D6 DK
S5 SK S8 S7
D5 DQ DT D4
H4 HK H2 H7
S6 SA S2 D9
H5 D8 DJ C6
H8 ST H6 HA
HJ CQ HT H9
S9 D7 S3 C7
SQ CA S4 C9
HQ D3 SJ CJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  6
N  H  6
N  D  1
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  6
S  H  6
S  D  1
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S  7
E  H  7
E  D 12
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S  7
W  H  7
W  D 12
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "230"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:7.A97.K94.KJ9764 Q965.QJ8543.A5.T AKT.K.Q8732.AQ85 J8432.T62.JT6.32"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6C"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: No Trumps by West is a curious bid after East's pass. His hand is
not a suitable type for No Trumps and contains a singleton. Club is the
correct bid.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1661116611c77ccc77cc"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +1370"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 2NT Pass
3C Pass 4C Pass
6C AP
[Play "S"]
S5 SK S8 S7
CT CA C3 C4
H3 CQ C2 C6
DA D2 DT DK
H5 HK H2 H7
D5 DQ D6 D4
S6 SA S2 D9
S9 D8 DJ C7
H4 ST H6 HA
H8 C5 HT H9
SQ D7 S3 C9
HJ C8 S4 CJ
HQ D3 SJ CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  6
N  H  6
N  D  1
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  6
S  H  6
S  D  1
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S  7
E  H  7
E  D 12
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S  7
W  H  7
W  D 12
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "231"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AQT.K952.J.T9632 87543.J.A85.AQJ7 KJ62.763.K9742.8 9.AQT84.QT63.K54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55454554548788887878"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +600"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1C Pass 1H
Pass 1S Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
C3 CJ C8 C5
HK HJ H3 H4
C9 C7 D2 CK
H2 S3 H6 HQ
H5 S4 H7 HA
H9 S5 D4 HT
ST S7 D7 H8
C2 CQ S6 C4
C6 CA S2 S9
DJ DA D9 D3
SQ D5 DK D6
SA S8 SK DT
CT D8 SJ DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 5
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 5
S  C 4
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 8
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "231"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AQT.K952.J.T9632 87543.J.A85.AQJ7 KJ62.763.K9742.8 9.AQT84.QT63.K54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55454554548788887878"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1C Pass 1H
Pass 1S Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "N"]
C2 CQ C8 C4
HK HJ H3 H4
SA S3 S2 S9
SQ S4 S6 D3
ST S5 SJ D6
C3 S7 SK DT
H2 D5 H6 HA
H5 C7 H7 HQ
H9 CJ D2 HT
DJ D8 D4 H8
C9 CA D7 C5
C6 S8 D9 CK
CT DA DK DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 5
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 5
S  C 4
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 8
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "232"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:2.KT8753.AQJ2.52 864.A.T983.KJ963 AQT973.QJ92.K65. KJ5.64.74.AQT874"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "1"]
{

Culbertson: A tragedy of errors with a painful result. Evidently, Colonel
Beasley thought that Lightner's original Heart bid had been a psychic and that
Domville's 2 Heart bid was a genuine suit. A sad error, especially as Domville's
bid was not good, even had trumps gone differently. The only consolation
being that in the other room a lay-down little Slam was bid and made, reducing the
swing on the hand to 770 points. \n
Beasley: This hand resulted in one of the most comical disasters of the
match, and both Domville and myself had several frenzied telephone inquiries next
morning from Shanghai and Timbuctoo. When I heard Domville's 2 Hearts bid-mark
you he had already passed-I had to guess one of two things; either Lightner
had opened on a short Heart suit and Domville had something like Seven to the
Queen, Knave, Ten and the Ace of Diamonds, \n
or else he had no Hearts and did not want me to be put off bidding a game in
Clubs if Culbertson's bid was a semi-psychic. The answer is that I should not
have taken my guess then and there but should have made another bid to find
out, when, if he had Seven Hearts, he could have rebid to three without much
damage.  \n
His point of view had its merits but was rather confusing e time for anybody
to realise properly. I think he could achived, more by bidding 2 No Trumps.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "731287313859ca359ca3"]
[OptimumScore "EW 980"]
[ParContract "EW 6H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -350"]
[Auction "E"]
1H Pass 1S 2C
Pass 2H AP
[Play "W"]
HQ H4 H3 HA
H2 C4 C2 CJ
SA S5 S2 S4
ST SK H5 S6
H9 C7 C5 C3
HJ H6 H7 D3
SQ SJ D2 S8
S9 D4 DQ D8
S7 C8 DJ C6
S3 CT DA C9
D5 D7 H8 D9
D6 CQ HK CK
DK CA HT DT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  3
N  H  1
N  D  2
N  C  8
S NT  7
S  S  3
S  H  1
S  D  3
S  C  8
E NT  5
E  S  9
E  H 12
E  D 10
E  C  3
W NT  5
W  S  9
W  H 12
W  D 10
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "232"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:2.KT8753.AQJ2.52 864.A.T983.KJ963 AQT973.QJ92.K65. KJ5.64.74.AQT874"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: they bid up to 6 Hearts and made it, so the loss was not so serious
as it might have been.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "731287313859ca359ca3"]
[OptimumScore "EW 980"]
[ParContract "EW 6H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +980"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
3H Pass 5H Pass
6H AP
[Play "S"]
DT D5 D4 DQ
HA H2 H4 H3
S4 SA S5 S2
C3 HQ H6 H5
S6 S3 SJ H7
D3 DK D7 D2
S8 SQ SK H8
C6 H9 C8 C2
D8 ST C7 C5
C9 S9 C4 DJ
CJ S7 CT DA
D9 D6 CQ HT
CK HJ CA HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  3
N  H  1
N  D  2
N  C  8
S NT  7
S  S  3
S  H  1
S  D  3
S  C  8
E NT  5
E  S  9
E  H 12
E  D 10
E  C  3
W NT  5
W  S  9
W  H 12
W  D 10
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "233"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:Q8.QJ9854.KJ64.6 J653.732.Q9872.5 K742.KT6.3.QJ974 AT9.A.AT5.AKT832"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3HX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: Not recommended as a pattern for an original Forcing bid. The
only escape suit is Clubs and a game bid in No Trumps may easily be badly cut up.
In actual fact there is no game in the hand-just another example of the
accuracy of the Approach System. \n
Beasley: Culbertson finished up the bidding with a very speculative double
after his partner's "forcing inferential pass". With a bit of luck Domville
might have got the contract, which would have been a funny event on Lightner's
terrific hand.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7483574835695a8695a7"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 2C
2H Pass Pass 2NT
Pass 3D 3H Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "W"]
C5 CJ CK C6
H2 H6 HA H4
D7 C4 C2 H9
H3 HK C3 H5
D2 D3 D5 DK
D8 HT DT D4
S3 S2 S9 SQ
H7 S4 C8 HQ
D9 C7 DA D6
S5 C9 CA H8
S6 S7 ST S8
SJ SK SA HJ
DQ CQ CT DJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  4
N  H  8
N  D  3
N  C  5
S NT  7
S  S  4
S  H  8
S  D  3
S  C  5
E NT  6
E  S  9
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "233"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:Q8.QJ9854.KJ64.6 J653.732.Q9872.5 K742.KT6.3.QJ974 AT9.A.AT5.AKT832"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5DX"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: Morris and Tabbush were unlucky to find such a nasty distribution of
the Clubs and Diamonds. Apparently the only successful result that East and
West can attain on the hand is to double 3 Hearts. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7483574835695a8695a7"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 2C
2H Pass Pass 3C
Pass 3D 3H 4H
Pass 5D Pass Pass
X AP
[Play "N"]
H6 HA H4 H2
C4 CK C6 C5
C7 CA D4 D7
S2 ST SQ S3
HK D5 H5 H3
C9 C2 S8 D2
S4 S9 D6 S5
HT DT H8 H7
CJ C3 H9 D8
S7 SA DJ S6
CQ C8 HQ DQ
D3 DA DK D9
SK CT HJ SJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  4
N  H  8
N  D  3
N  C  5
S NT  7
S  S  4
S  H  8
S  D  3
S  C  5
E NT  6
E  S  9
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "234"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:QT8.52.AKT64.Q95 J962.AQ6.Q873.K3 753.KJ4.J5.AT874 AK4.T9873.92.J62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56754566548768987689"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +150"]
[Auction "W"]
1D Pass 1NT AP
[Play "S"]
HT H2 HA H4
H3 H5 HQ HK
D2 D4 D3 DJ
C2 C9 CK C4
H7 S8 H6 HJ
C6 CQ C3 C7
CJ C5 S2 CA
S4 ST S9 CT
H8 SQ S6 C8
D9 DA D7 D5
H9 DK D8 S3
SA D6 DQ S5
SK DT SJ S7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 5
S  C 4
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 9
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "234"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:QT8.52.AKT64.Q95 J962.AQ6.Q873.K3 753.KJ4.J5.AT874 AK4.T9873.92.J62"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Culbertson: A stodgy pass by Tabbush.                                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                                                             
                                        \n
\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56754566548768987689"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Auction "W"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 5
S  C 4
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 9
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "235"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:AT82.KJ9.QT6.K62 KJ94.Q7642.AJ2.4 Q3.T83.753.AT987 765.A5.K984.QJ53"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "4"]
{

Culbertson: Beasley does not wait for 4 tricks on which to open 1 No Trump
vulnerable, with dire results. \n
Beasley: This hand very fully illustrates the disasters attendant on a rather
light vulnerable opening No Trump. It would have been better for me to have
opened with a Spade, since the only successful outcome of the hand can be to
get the Spade suit confirmed. Had I done so Domville would probably have said 2
Clubs which I would have left and we would have got a valuable partial score
instead of losing a nasty 450.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55446454468889788886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -150"]
[Auction "N"]
1NT AP
[Play "E"]
H4 H3 HA H9
HQ H8 H5 HJ
H2 HT S5 HK
C4 C7 C3 CK
S4 CT CJ C6
DJ D3 D4 DT
H7 D7 S7 S8
H6 D5 S6 S2
DA C9 D8 D6
D2 S3 DK DQ
S9 C8 D9 ST
SJ CA CQ C2
SK SQ C5 SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 4
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 8
E  D 9
E  C 7
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "235"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:AT82.KJ9.QT6.K62 KJ94.Q7642.AJ2.4 Q3.T83.753.AT987 765.A5.K984.QJ53"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Beasley: the hand was thrown in, but Tabbush ought to have made some
third-in-hand bid to put a spoke in the opposition wheels. As things happened this was
unnecessary, but had he bid a Heart or a Spade Morris would have bid a No
Trump and they, too, could have obtained a valuable partial score.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55446454468889788886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "N"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 4
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 8
E  D 9
E  C 7
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "236"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:65.A6.KJ53.A8732 KJ842.QT2.T42.65 .KJ98754.AQ98.K4 AQT973.3.76.QJT9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "6D"]
[Result "13"]
{

Culbertson: Here the 4-5 No Trumps is again used, and a Slam I safely
reached. The Grand Slam cannot be bid, and can easily be defeated by a bad fall of
the cards. \n
Beasley: This was bid in a very pretty manner by Culbertson and Lightner.
Culbertson's 3 Spades bid on the third round was the key to the situation, and
though I tried to interfere with them by bidding 4 Spades it had no effect.
After the invitational 4 No Trumps, a new suit was introduced which was once again
an encouragement to slam. In order to get the grand, Culbertson has to guess
too much and they rightly stopped at six although they actually got seven.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "080020800275dda75dda"]
[OptimumScore "NS -1400"]
[ParContract "NS 7SX-5"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +940"]
[Auction "E"]
1C Pass 1H 1S
Pass 2H 3S 4H
Pass Pass 4NT Pass
5D Pass 6D AP
[Play "S"]
D2 D8 D6 D3
D4 D9 D7 DJ
DT DQ S3 D5
H2 H4 H3 HA
HT HJ S7 H6
HQ HK S9 C2
S2 H9 ST C3
S4 H8 C9 C7
S8 H7 SQ C8
C6 H5 CQ S5
C5 C4 CT CA
SJ DA SA S6
SK CK CJ DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  8
N  H  0
N  D  0
N  C  2
S NT  0
S  S  8
S  H  0
S  D  0
S  C  2
E NT  7
E  S  5
E  H 13
E  D 13
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H 13
W  D 13
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "236"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:65.A6.KJ53.A8732 KJ842.QT2.T42.65 .KJ98754.AQ98.K4 AQT973.3.76.QJT9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5H"]
[Result "13"]
{

Culbertson: The bidding here shows lack of cohension, Six can easily be bid.  \n
Beasley: I think that where Morris and Tabbush missed it was in Tabbush's
failure to support the Heart suit instead of jumping straight to 5 Diamonds. If
he does this and then, when Morris has gone 4 Hearts, removes it back to
Diamonds, Morris can comfortably bid the slam in one suit or the other. It should
have been an easy slam to arrive at. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "080020800275dda75dda"]
[OptimumScore "NS -1400"]
[ParContract "NS 7SX-5"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +510"]
[Auction "E"]
1C Pass 2H Pass
2NT Pass 3D Pass
5D Pass 5H AP
[Play "N"]
SA S5 S2 H4
H3 HA H2 H5
S3 H6 HT HJ
S7 S6 HQ HK
C9 CA C6 C4
CT C2 C5 CK
S9 D3 S4 H9
ST D5 S8 H8
SQ C3 SJ H7
D6 DK D2 D8
D7 DJ D4 DQ
CJ C7 DT DA
CQ C8 SK D9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  8
N  H  0
N  D  0
N  C  2
S NT  0
S  S  8
S  H  0
S  D  0
S  C  2
E NT  7
E  S  5
E  H 13
E  D 13
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H 13
W  D 13
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "237"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQ973.T6.Q6.KT32 85.AK7.K872.AQ86 JT.J9853.T54.J97 K642.Q42.AJ93.54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4542545425989b8989a8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N=; E 5D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1C Pass 1D
Pass 3D Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
S3 S5 ST SK
D6 DK D4 D3
DQ D2 D5 DJ
SA S8 SJ S2
SQ C6 H3 S4
S9 C8 C7 S6
S7 CQ H5 C4
C2 CA C9 C5
C3 D8 DT DA
H6 HA H8 H2
CT D7 CJ D9
HT HK H9 H4
CK H7 HJ HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  5
N  H  4
N  D  2
N  C  5
S NT  4
S  S  5
S  H  4
S  D  2
S  C  5
E NT  9
E  S  8
E  H  9
E  D 11
E  C  8
W NT  9
W  S  8
W  H  9
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "237"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQ973.T6.Q6.KT32 85.AK7.K872.AQ86 JT.J9853.T54.J97 K642.Q42.AJ93.54"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4542545425989b8989a8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N=; E 5D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1NT Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
H5 H2 HT HA
D4 D3 D6 DK
D5 DJ DQ D2
H3 H4 H6 HK
DT DA S3 D7
H8 D9 S7 D8
C7 C4 C2 C6
CJ C5 C3 CQ
ST SK SA S5
C9 S2 CK C8
SJ S4 SQ S8
H9 S6 S9 H7
HJ HQ CT CA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  5
N  H  4
N  D  2
N  C  5
S NT  4
S  S  5
S  H  4
S  D  2
S  C  5
E NT  9
E  S  8
E  H  9
E  D 11
E  C  8
W NT  9
W  S  8
W  H  9
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "238"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:Q92.T8532.97.842 KT43.94.K4.JT953 J8.AQJ7.J862.AK6 A765.K6.AQT53.Q7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: This appears as if we had missed a game in Room I on the result, but
against decent defense we must lose a Spade, a Heart and two Clubs. My
voluntary bid of Spades after my partner's double was stretching a point, but one
must be made; Domville was quite right only to go 3 Spades and give me the
chance of going the fourth if I fancied it.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "896aa8969a4473344733"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +170"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H X
2H 2S 3H 3S
AP
[Play "E"]
S8 S5 SQ SK
CK C7 C2 C3
SJ SA S2 S3
CA CQ C4 C5
HA H6 H2 H4
C6 D3 C8 CT
H7 S6 S9 ST
D8 D5 H3 CJ
D2 DT H5 C9
D6 S7 H8 S4
DJ DQ D7 D4
HQ DA D9 DK
HJ HK HT H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  6
N  D 10
N  C 10
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  6
S  D  9
S  C 10
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  3
E  C  3
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  7
W  D  3
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "238"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:Q92.T8532.97.842 KT43.94.K4.JT953 J8.AQJ7.J862.AK6 A765.K6.AQT53.Q7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
{

Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson made the same 2 Spades bid, but not content with
that, took rather a wild gamble in bidding the fourth, which did not come off. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "896aa8969a4473344733"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H X
2H 2S 3H 3S
Pass 4S AP
[Play "E"]
CK C7 C2 C3
CA CQ C4 C5
HA H6 H2 H4
H7 HK H3 H9
S8 S5 S2 SK
SJ SA S9 S3
C6 S6 SQ S4
HJ D3 C8 CT
HQ D5 H5 CJ
D8 DT H8 C9
D6 DA D9 D4
D2 S7 HT ST
DJ DQ D7 DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  6
N  D 10
N  C 10
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  6
S  D  9
S  C 10
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  3
E  C  3
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  7
W  D  3
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "239"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:QJ.K9632.JT.AK82 73..AQ765.QJT654 KT9542.AQ7.K43.3 A86.JT854.982.97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: This was an extremely unlucky hand for us in the open room. Domville
was quite right to have a shot at slam after my lift in Spades. and
ninety-nine times in a hundred we should get 5 Spades on the hand. Culbertson's opening
lead, of course, stuck out a mile. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8aa558aa552337723377"]
[OptimumScore "NS 620"]
[ParContract "NS 4H=; NS 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "N"]
1H 2C 3S Pass
4S Pass 5H Pass
5S AP
[Play "W"]
H4 H2 S3 H7
D2 DT DA D3
D8 DJ D6 DK
S6 SJ S7 S2
C7 CA C4 C3
C9 CK C5 D4
SA SQ C6 SK
D9 H3 D5 S4
S8 H6 D7 ST
H5 H9 CT S9
H8 C2 DQ S5
HT HK CJ HA
HJ C8 CQ HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S 10
N  H 10
N  D  5
N  C  5
S NT  8
S  S 10
S  H 10
S  D  5
S  C  5
E NT  2
E  S  3
E  H  3
E  D  7
E  C  7
W NT  2
W  S  3
W  H  3
W  D  7
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "239"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:QJ.K9632.JT.AK82 73..AQ765.QJT654 KT9542.AQ7.K43.3 A86.JT854.982.97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: Gottlieb's bid of 2 Spades rather understated the case and when he
jumped the four over his partner's No Trump he might quite easily have been
playing it in the wrong suit, since he was not at all sure that his partner had
anything more than two little Spades. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8aa558aa552337723377"]
[OptimumScore "NS 620"]
[ParContract "NS 4H=; NS 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +650"]
[Auction "N"]
1H 2C 2S Pass
2NT Pass 4S AP
[Play "W"]
C9 CA C4 C3
SA SQ S3 S2
C7 CK C5 D3
S6 SJ S7 SK
S8 C2 C6 ST
H8 C8 CT S9
D2 DT D5 S5
H4 H2 D6 HA
H5 H3 CJ HQ
HT HK D7 H7
D8 DJ DA D4
HJ H6 CQ S4
D9 H9 DQ DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S 10
N  H 10
N  D  5
N  C  5
S NT  8
S  S 10
S  H 10
S  D  5
S  C  5
E NT  2
E  S  3
E  H  3
E  D  7
E  C  7
W NT  2
W  S  3
W  H  3
W  D  7
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "240"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:8743.KQ.53.J8765 52.9842.T974.432 AJT6.J73.KQJ2.AT KQ9.AT65.A86.KQ9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "6"]
{

Beasley: I thought for a moment that I might be underbidding in only saying 1
No Trump over Culbertson's Spade, but when I saw dummy I wished I could have
had the bid back altogether. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65766657666867778677"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S 1NT
AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S2 SA S9
S4 S5 SJ SQ
HQ H2 H3 H5
S7 H4 S6 SK
HK H8 H7 HA
D3 H9 HJ H6
D5 D4 DK DA
C5 C2 D2 HT
C6 C3 CA CQ
S8 D7 ST D6
C7 D9 DQ D8
C8 DT DJ C9
CJ C4 CT CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "240"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:8743.KQ.53.J8765 52.9842.T974.432 AJT6.J73.KQJ2.AT KQ9.AT65.A86.KQ9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3DX"]
[Result "5"]
{

Culbertson: A severe penalty, better left in 2 No Trumps doubled-t hand is
not of the right type for flogging in a suit-bid, but the loss unwarrantably
high. \n
Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson ran herself into a parcel of trouble. It is
difficult to know what she could do after her partner's 2 Diamond bid. It is easy to
say now that she should have left it alone, but she might quite conceivably be
missing something. Anyhow, the result of her effort proved absolutely ruinous,
and she would have done better not to run from the 2 No Trump doubled. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "65766657666867778677"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -800"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1S X
Pass 2D Pass 2NT
Pass Pass X 3D
Pass Pass X AP
[Play "W"]
H3 H5 HQ H2
H7 HA HK H4
DQ D8 D3 D4
HJ H6 S3 H8
SA S9 S4 S5
S6 SQ S7 S2
D2 DA D5 D7
DJ D6 C5 D9
DK C9 C6 DT
SJ SK S8 C2
CT HT C7 H9
CA CQ C8 C3
ST CK CJ C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 6
E NT 6
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "241"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:K9.KQ876.72.Q732 8765.AT52.AJ9.96 AQJT.J93.T865.K5 432.4.KQ43.AJT84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: This hand appears to have been a missed boat in each room, but if
anybody can tell me some method by which either North South pair could have bid
the game I should be pleased to know it. Domville took his life in his hands
when he opened with a Spade, and was only too glad to leave the contract in
something that suited his hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56855568556637866378"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3CX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +170"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S 2C
2H AP
[Play "E"]
C9 C5 C8 CQ
S5 ST S2 SK
S6 SA S4 S9
S7 SQ S3 D2
S8 SJ H4 D7
D9 D5 D3 H6
C6 CK CA C2
DA D6 D4 H7
DJ H3 C4 C3
HA D8 DQ HQ
H2 H9 CT H8
H5 DT DK HK
HT HJ CJ C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 8
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 8
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 3
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 3
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "241"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:K9.KQ876.72.Q732 8765.AT52.AJ9.96 AQJT.J93.T865.K5 432.4.KQ43.AJT84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: Gottlieb made the same light opening bid but Morris passed it, which
was rather weak. Anyhow, Gottlieb felt he had already said a mouthful and
dried up quickly. Against good defense, however, 4 Hearts can never be made, so
it is rather idle to speculate on ways and means of bidding it. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "56855568556637866378"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 3CX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +170"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2H AP
[Play "E"]
C9 C5 C4 CQ
S5 ST S2 SK
S6 SA S3 S9
S7 SQ S4 D2
S8 SJ H4 H6
C6 CK CA C2
D9 D5 DK D7
DJ D6 D3 H7
DA H3 C8 C3
HA D8 D4 HK
H2 H9 DQ H8
H5 DT CT HQ
HT HJ CJ C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 6
N  H 8
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 5
S  S 6
S  H 8
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 3
E  D 7
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 3
W  D 7
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "242"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:J832.K.QT743.T83 QT7.AT97.A965.62 K64.QJ8642.K.KJ4 A95.53.J82.AQ975"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "6"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97789977894565445654"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 3N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
1NT Pass 2H AP
[Play "S"]
S9 S2 S7 SK
H5 HK HA H2
CQ C3 C6 C4
CA C8 C2 CJ
C9 CT H7 CK
D2 D3 DA DK
H3 S3 HT HQ
C5 D4 H9 HJ
SA S8 ST S4
C7 SJ D5 H4
S5 D7 D6 H8
D8 DT D9 H6
DJ DQ SQ S6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 9
N  S 7
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 9
S NT 9
S  S 7
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 5
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "242"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:J832.K.QT743.T83 QT7.AT97.A965.62 K64.QJ8642.K.KJ4 A95.53.J82.AQ975"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97789977894565445654"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 3N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
1NT Pass 2H AP
[Play "S"]
D2 D3 DA DK
SA S2 S7 S4
H3 HK HA H2
H5 D4 HT HQ
C5 D7 H7 HJ
CA C3 C2 CK
CQ C8 C6 CJ
C7 CT H9 C4
S5 SJ ST S6
D8 DT D5 H4
C9 S3 D6 H8
DJ DQ SQ H6
S9 S8 D9 SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 9
N  S 7
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 9
S NT 9
S  S 7
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 5
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "243"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AKJ984.AK3.K.KQ8 QT762.QT4.Q5.JT2 3.J862.A8763.974 5.975.JT942.A653"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: Not a strong double, but it brings results.                      
                                                  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "99a8989a894435444354"]
[OptimumScore "NS 420"]
[ParContract "NS 4H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "N"]
2S Pass 2NT Pass
3S Pass 3NT Pass
4S X AP
[Play "E"]
CJ C4 CA C8
H4 H2 H9 HA
S2 S3 S5 SA
S6 D3 D2 SK
SQ D6 D4 SJ
C2 C7 C3 CQ
ST H6 H5 S9
CT C9 C5 CK
S7 D7 H7 S8
D5 D8 D9 S4
DQ DA DT DK
HT H8 DJ HK
HQ HJ C6 H3
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  9
N  H 10
N  D  8
N  C  9
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H 10
S  D  8
S  C  9
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  3
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  3
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "243"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AKJ984.AK3.K.KQ8 QT762.QT4.Q5.JT2 3.J862.A8763.974 5.975.JT942.A653"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "99a8989a894435444354"]
[OptimumScore "NS 420"]
[ParContract "NS 4H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
2S Pass 3D Pass
3S Pass 3NT Pass
4S AP
[Play "E"]
CJ C4 CA C8
H4 H2 H9 HA
S2 S3 S5 SA
S6 D3 D2 SK
SQ D6 D4 SJ
C2 C7 C3 CQ
ST H6 H5 S9
CT C9 C5 CK
S7 D7 H7 S8
D5 D8 D9 S4
DQ DA DT DK
HT H8 DJ HK
HQ HJ C6 H3
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  9
N  H 10
N  D  8
N  C  9
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H 10
S  D  8
S  C  9
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  3
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  3
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "244"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:T986.AT85.8.QT54 Q53.2.A5432.AJ32 A7.KQJ743.KT.K87 KJ42.96.QJ976.96"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: South's bid of 1 Diamond helps the defense.                      
                                                                             
                                                                             
                         \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "363943739486a4886a48"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 5DX-2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1D 1H 2D
2H Pass 4H AP
[Play "N"]
DQ D8 DA DT
SJ S6 S3 S7
S2 S8 SQ SA
H6 H5 H2 HK
D6 C4 D2 DK
H9 HT D3 H4
S4 S9 S5 HJ
DJ HA C2 H7
SK ST D4 HQ
C6 C5 C3 CK
C9 CT CJ C7
D7 CQ CA C8
D9 H8 D5 H3
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  6
N  H  3
N  D  9
N  C  4
S NT  3
S  S  7
S  H  3
S  D  9
S  C  4
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H 10
E  D  4
E  C  8
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H 10
W  D  4
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "244"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:T986.AT85.8.QT54 Q53.2.A5432.AJ32 A7.KQJ743.KT.K87 KJ42.96.QJ976.96"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "363943739486a4886a48"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 5DX-2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
2H Pass 4H AP
[Play "N"]
C9 CT CJ CK
H6 H5 H2 HQ
H9 H8 D2 HJ
C6 C4 CA C8
D6 D8 DA DT
S2 S6 S3 SA
D7 S8 D3 DK
D9 C5 C2 C7
S4 HT D4 H3
DJ CQ C3 S7
SJ S9 S5 H4
DQ HA D5 H7
SK ST SQ HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  6
N  H  3
N  D  9
N  C  4
S NT  3
S  S  7
S  H  3
S  D  9
S  C  4
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H 10
E  D  4
E  C  8
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H 10
W  D  4
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "245"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:K2.Q4.KQJ5.QJ765 AJ875.KJ9.76.A84 Q93.A8.9432.KT92 T64.T76532.AT8.3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "543795437959a5459a54"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +420"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 2H
Pass 3H Pass 4H
AP
[Play "S"]
DK D6 D2 D8
CJ CA C2 C3
C5 C4 C9 H2
H4 HJ HA H3
D5 D7 D9 DA
HQ HK H8 H5
C6 C8 CT H6
S2 SJ S3 S4
SK SA S9 S6
C7 S5 SQ ST
DJ H9 D3 DT
CQ S8 CK H7
DQ S7 D4 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  9
S NT  5
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  7
S  C  9
E NT  5
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  5
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "245"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:K2.Q4.KQJ5.QJ765 AJ875.KJ9.76.A84 Q93.A8.9432.KT92 T64.T76532.AT8.3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: With a fit in his Partner's suit, East should give the extra
raise to game. \n
Beasley: Here we have a typical illustration of how valuable points were
lost. The bidding in both rooms was the same except that Lightner went the game
call and Tabbush did not. I fail to understand what made Tabbush hesitate; he
was not even vulnerable. Morris had opened the bidding and then he had supported
Tabbush's suit. Had there been danger Morris could have done two things-he
could have left it in 2 Hearts, or rebid his own suit. \n
He supported Tabbush and the responsibility was solely that of Tabbush. He
closed the bidding and lost valuable \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "543795437959a5459a54"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "EW 4H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +140"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 2H
Pass 3H AP
[Play "S"]
DK D6 D2 D8
C6 CA C2 C3
D5 D7 D3 DA
DJ HJ D4 DT
C5 C4 C9 H2
H4 H9 HA H3
C7 C8 CT H5
HQ HK H8 H7
SK S5 S3 ST
S2 SA S9 S4
CJ S7 SQ S6
DQ S8 D9 H6
CQ SJ CK HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  9
S NT  5
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  7
S  C  9
E NT  5
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  5
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "246"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:KT.AKJ.K86.AT962 9872.QT84.54.854 AQJ6.632.AT3.Q73 543.975.QJ972.KJ"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: In both Rooms 1 Spade by East is a better bid than 2 No Trumps,
but still would probably not lead to the Slam bid.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1133111331ccaacccaac"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +690"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 2NT Pass
3C Pass 3S Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
DQ DK D4 D3
CJ C9 C4 C3
D2 D6 D5 DT
CK CA C5 CQ
D7 CT C8 C7
D9 C6 H8 H2
H5 C2 S9 H3
S3 ST S2 S6
S4 SK S7 SJ
H7 HA H4 H6
H9 HK HT SQ
DJ D8 HQ DA
S5 HJ S8 SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  3
N  D  3
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  3
S  D  3
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H 10
E  D 10
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S 12
W  H 10
W  D 10
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "246"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:KT.AKJ.K86.AT962 9872.QT84.54.854 AQJ6.632.AT3.Q73 543.975.QJ972.KJ"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1133111331ccaacccaac"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +690"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
DQ DK D4 D3
CJ CT C4 C3
DJ D6 D5 DA
CK CA C5 CQ
D2 C9 C8 C7
D7 C6 H8 H2
H5 C2 S9 H3
S3 ST S2 S6
S4 SK S7 SJ
H7 HA H4 H6
H9 HK HT SQ
D9 D8 HQ DT
S5 HJ S8 SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  3
N  D  3
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  3
S  D  3
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H 10
E  D 10
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S 12
W  H 10
W  D 10
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "247"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:T94.5.AKT62.8432 A73.AKJ2.Q75.A65 52.Q874.J94.KQT7 KQJ86.T963.83.J9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: Over East's very powerful bid of 2 No Trumps West should bid 3
Spades, forcing his partner to choose between a game contract in Spades or No
Trumps. There is no danger of the bidding being dropped, as West's "3 Spades"
would be an" inferential force."  \n
Beasley: This is another case of an evenly distributed hand being bid in
different ways. Lightner bid a Heart, but Tabbush preferred a No Trump, and when
Morris bid Spades, Tabbush had no fear in bidding a game. Culbertson was on
safe ground with his Spade bid, but when Lightner jumped to 2 No Trumps he had
the problem of deciding on how the game should be called. \n
He had two useless doubleton suits, but I cannot exclude him from blame. He
took two chances with his 3 No Trump bid. Three Hearts was his best bid and if
that shifts the responsibility to Lightner, he, after all, has done the big
bidding and he must then say 4 Spades. The contract cannot be beaten. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "44478444788996589965"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 2H+1; EW 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1H Pass 1S
Pass 1NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
CK C9 C2 CA
H4 H3 H5 HA
S2 S6 S4 SA
S5 SK S9 S7
H7 SQ ST S3
D9 SJ D6 C6
D4 S8 D2 C5
H8 HT C8 HK
HQ H6 C3 H2
CQ CJ C4 HJ
CT D3 DT D5
C7 H9 DK D7
DJ D8 DA DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 4
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 8
S NT 4
S  S 4
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 8
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 9
E  D 6
E  C 5
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 9
W  D 6
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "247"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:T94.5.AKT62.8432 A73.AKJ2.Q75.A65 52.Q874.J94.KQT7 KQJ86.T963.83.J9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "44478444788996589965"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 2H+1; EW 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +620"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1NT Pass 2S
Pass 4S AP
[Play "N"]
DK D5 D4 D3
DA D7 D9 D8
H5 HA H4 H3
S4 S3 S2 SK
S9 SA S5 S6
ST S7 DJ SQ
D2 H2 HQ HT
C2 CA CK C9
D6 DQ H7 CJ
C3 C5 CT S8
DT C6 C7 SJ
C4 HK H8 H6
C8 HJ CQ H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 4
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 8
S NT 4
S  S 4
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 8
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 9
E  D 6
E  C 5
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 9
W  D 6
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "248"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:T9642.963.KQ94.4 A83.Q42.T53.A873 Q7.AT87.J87.QT92 KJ5.KJ5.A62.KJ65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97879978794655446554"]
[OptimumScore "NS 400"]
[ParContract "NS 3N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1C 1NT
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "E"]
S4 S3 SQ SK
H9 HQ HA H5
S9 SA S7 S5
C4 CA C2 C5
S2 C3 C9 CJ
S6 C7 CT CK
H3 C8 CQ C6
H6 H2 HT HJ
ST S8 H7 SJ
D4 D3 D7 DA
D9 H4 H8 HK
DQ D5 D8 D2
DK DT DJ D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 9
N  S 7
N  H 8
N  D 7
N  C 9
S NT 9
S  S 7
S  H 8
S  D 7
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 6
E  H 5
E  D 5
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 6
W  H 5
W  D 5
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "248"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:T9642.963.KQ94.4 A83.Q42.T53.A873 Q7.AT87.J87.QT92 KJ5.KJ5.A62.KJ65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97879978794655446554"]
[OptimumScore "NS 400"]
[ParContract "NS 3N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
Pass 2C Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "E"]
S4 S3 SQ SK
H9 HQ HA H5
S9 SA S7 S5
C4 CA C2 C5
S2 C3 C9 CJ
S6 C7 CT CK
H3 C8 CQ C6
H6 H2 HT HJ
ST S8 H7 SJ
D4 D3 D7 DA
D9 H4 H8 HK
DQ D5 D8 D2
DK DT DJ D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 9
N  S 7
N  H 8
N  D 7
N  C 9
S NT 9
S  S 7
S  H 8
S  D 7
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 6
E  H 5
E  D 5
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 6
W  H 5
W  D 5
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "249"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AQ.AQ765.7.AJ743 T87632.KJ.QT6.K6 4.94.KJ432.Q9852 KJ95.T832.A985.T"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7597a7597a5845258452"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass 2D Pass
2NT Pass 3C Pass
5C AP
[Play "W"]
H2 HQ HK H4
H3 HA HJ H9
S5 SA S2 S4
S9 SQ S3 C2
CT CJ CK C9
SJ CA C6 C5
DA D7 D6 DJ
HT H5 S6 C8
D5 C3 DT D4
H8 H7 S7 CQ
D8 C4 DQ D3
SK H6 S8 D2
D9 C7 ST DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  5
N  H  9
N  D  7
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  5
S  H  9
S  D  7
S  C 10
E NT  5
E  S  8
E  H  4
E  D  5
E  C  2
W NT  5
W  S  8
W  H  4
W  D  5
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "249"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AQ.AQ765.7.AJ743 T87632.KJ.QT6.K6 4.94.KJ432.Q9852 KJ95.T832.A985.T"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6C"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7597a7597a5845258452"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass 2D Pass
3C Pass 4C Pass
4NT Pass 6C AP
[Play "E"]
S2 S4 SK SA
S3 H4 S5 SQ
D6 DJ DA D7
CK C2 CT C3
C6 C5 S9 C7
HJ H9 H2 HA
HK C8 H3 H5
DT DK D5 H6
DQ D4 D8 C4
S6 C9 H8 H7
S7 D3 D9 CJ
S8 D2 HT HQ
ST CQ SJ CA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  5
N  H  9
N  D  7
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  5
S  H  9
S  D  7
S  C 10
E NT  5
E  S  8
E  H  4
E  D  5
E  C  2
W NT  5
W  S  8
W  H  4
W  D  5
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "250"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:Q963.AJ3.AJ2.A73 742.94.K95.J9542 KJ.QT7652.Q7.QT6 AT85.K8.T8643.K8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: East opens, holding a weak hand, but, finding support from his
Partner, goes to a game contract. \n
Beasley: I do not like Culbertson's opening bid of a Diamond. Such an evenly
distributed hand will assist any supporting suit-in any case bidding a 3 suit
is dangerous.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2325523255b9b88bab88"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +620"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
2H Pass 3H Pass
3NT Pass 4H AP
[Play "S"]
D3 D2 DK D7
CK CA C2 CT
H8 HA H4 H2
HK H3 H9 HT
D8 DJ D9 DQ
C8 C3 C4 CQ
D4 HJ C5 H5
D6 DA D5 C6
DT C7 C9 H6
S8 S3 CJ HQ
S5 S6 S2 H7
ST S9 S4 SJ
SA SQ S7 SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  3
N  H  2
N  D  5
N  C  5
S NT  2
S  S  3
S  H  2
S  D  5
S  C  5
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 11
E  D  8
E  C  8
W NT 11
W  S 10
W  H 11
W  D  8
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "250"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:Q963.AJ3.AJ2.A73 742.94.K95.J9542 KJ.QT7652.Q7.QT6 AT85.K8.T8643.K8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: There is no possible explanation for the failure of Morris to keep
the bidding open after Tabbush's 2 Hearts over the No Trump. Morris had enough
to bid 3 No Trumps and leave it to Tabbush to decide whether he preferred it
in Hearts. This hand rather plainly shows the lack of understanding between
Morris and Tabbush. This was a surprising feature of the game for these two have
played so much together.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2325523255b9b88bab88"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +170"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT Pass 2H AP
[Play "S"]
CK CA C2 C6
H8 HA H4 H2
HK H3 H9 HT
DT D2 D5 DQ
D3 DJ DK D7
C8 C3 C4 CQ
D4 HJ S2 H5
D6 DA D9 CT
D8 C7 C9 H6
S8 S3 C5 HQ
S5 S6 CJ H7
ST S9 S4 SJ
SA SQ S7 SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  3
N  H  2
N  D  5
N  C  5
S NT  2
S  S  3
S  H  2
S  D  5
S  C  5
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 11
E  D  8
E  C  8
W NT 11
W  S 10
W  H 11
W  D  8
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "251"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T5.AKJ73.AQ87.J4 QJ432.62.J92.975 K87.Q85.T.AK8632 A96.T94.K6543.QT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: South's hand is hardly strong enough for a Forcing Take-out. The
Club suit is neither long nor solid enough to compensate for the absence of
honour-tricks. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "96b8aa8c8b2415224152"]
[OptimumScore "NS 980"]
[ParContract "S 6H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +480"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass 3C Pass
3D Pass 3H Pass
4H AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S7 SA S5
SJ SK S6 ST
C5 CA CT C4
C7 CK CQ CJ
C9 C2 D3 H3
H2 H5 H4 HA
H6 H8 H9 HK
D2 HQ HT H7
S2 C8 D4 D7
S4 C6 S9 D8
D9 C3 D5 DQ
SQ S8 D6 HJ
DJ DT DK DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  6
N  H 11
N  D  8
N  C 10
S NT 10
S  S  8
S  H 12
S  D  8
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  4
E  H  1
E  D  5
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  1
W  D  5
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "251"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T5.AKJ73.AQ87.J4 QJ432.62.J92.975 K87.Q85.T.AK8632 A96.T94.K6543.QT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: The South hand is bid better in this room, where Gottlieb's jump
raise in Hearts on the second round of bidding gives his partner a more
accurate picture of the strength of his hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "96b8aa8c8b2415224152"]
[OptimumScore "NS 980"]
[ParContract "S 6H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +480"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass 2C Pass
2D Pass 3H Pass
4H AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S7 SA S5
SJ SK S6 ST
C5 CA CT C4
C7 CK CQ CJ
C9 C2 D3 H3
H2 H5 H4 HA
H6 H8 H9 HK
D2 HQ HT H7
S2 C8 D4 D7
S4 C6 S9 D8
D9 C3 D5 DQ
SQ S8 D6 HJ
DJ DT DK DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  6
N  H 11
N  D  8
N  C 10
S NT 10
S  S  8
S  H 12
S  D  8
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  4
E  H  1
E  D  5
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  4
W  H  1
W  D  5
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "252"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:KT8.A987.82.KJ43 962.Q62.K6.AT972 4.KT43.QJ43.Q865 AQJ753.J5.AT975."]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "89586895865374753747"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +620"]
[Auction "E"]
1C Pass 2C 2S
Pass 3S 4C 4S
AP
[Play "E"]
C3 CA C5 H5
SK S2 S4 SQ
S8 S6 H3 SJ
D2 DK D3 D5
D8 D6 D4 DA
ST C2 DJ D7
HA H2 H4 HJ
H9 H6 HT S3
H7 S9 DQ DT
C4 C7 C6 S5
CJ C9 HK D9
CK HQ C8 SA
H8 CT CQ S7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 8
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 8
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 3
E  H 7
E  D 4
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 3
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "252"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:KT8.A987.82.KJ43 962.Q62.K6.AT972 4.KT43.QJ43.Q865 AQJ753.J5.AT975."]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "89586895865374753747"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1S
Pass 2C 2D X
Pass Pass 2H AP
[Play "N"]
SA S8 S2 S4
SQ SK S6 D3
H5 H7 H2 HK
HJ HA H6 H3
S3 ST S9 H4
D5 CK CA C5
D7 H8 HQ HT
DA D2 D6 DJ
SJ H9 C2 D4
S5 C3 C9 CQ
S7 CJ C7 C6
D9 C4 CT C8
DT D8 DK DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 8
N  C 6
S NT 8
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 8
S  C 6
E NT 5
E  S 3
E  H 7
E  D 4
E  C 7
W NT 5
W  S 3
W  H 7
W  D 4
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "253"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQT864.964.965.A J7.A5.QT2.KT9752 K.KQ72.KJ874.J86 9532.JT83.A3.Q43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: 3 Hearts would have been a better bid.                           
                                            \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "6baa56baa55232752338"]
[OptimumScore "NS 650"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +150"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2D Pass
2S Pass 2NT Pass
3D AP
[Play "E"]
H3 H4 HA H2
H8 H6 H5 HK
S2 S4 S7 SK
C3 CA C2 C6
S3 SA SJ H7
S5 SQ D2 D4
C4 D5 C5 C8
S9 ST DQ DK
DA D6 DT DJ
CQ D9 C7 CJ
HT S8 C9 D7
D3 H9 CT D8
HJ S6 CK HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S 11
N  H 10
N  D 10
N  C  5
S NT  6
S  S 11
S  H 10
S  D 10
S  C  5
E NT  5
E  S  2
E  H  3
E  D  2
E  C  7
W NT  5
W  S  2
W  H  3
W  D  3
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "253"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQT864.964.965.A J7.A5.QT2.KT9752 K.KQ72.KJ874.J86 9532.JT83.A3.Q43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "6baa56baa55232752338"]
[OptimumScore "NS 650"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2D Pass
2S Pass 3H Pass
4S AP
[Play "W"]
C7 C6 CQ CA
HA H2 H3 H4
H5 HK H8 H6
S7 SK S2 S4
C2 C8 C3 S6
SJ D4 S3 SA
C5 D7 S5 SQ
C9 CJ S9 ST
D2 DK DA D5
CT H7 C4 S8
DQ D8 D3 D6
CK HQ HT H9
DT DJ HJ D9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S 11
N  H 10
N  D 10
N  C  5
S NT  6
S  S 11
S  H 10
S  D 10
S  C  5
E NT  5
E  S  2
E  H  3
E  D  2
E  C  7
W NT  5
W  S  2
W  H  3
W  D  3
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "254"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:QJ9432.854.92.J9 865.Q72.AQ6.AK87 AT7.K963.J875.43 K.AJT.KT43.QT652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6C"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: Though the slam was reached in both rooms there is a slight
difference in the method of approach. The England players adopted the policy of
showing the best suit as quickly as possible and then went to the ultimate
declaration. It may be argued that North's 3 No Trump in Room I over South's jump in
Clubs was dangerous. There was never any possibility of Domville leaving the
contract there, for he had jumped and I had no extra values. \n
I knew he would show his strength, and when he bid Diamonds I knew a game
call was safe and South had additional strength to make the final decision. But
the Heart finesse had to be right to make the contract and both rooms took the
chance. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "779bc779bc1641116411"]
[OptimumScore "NS 920"]
[ParContract "NS 6C="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +920"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C Pass 3C
Pass 3NT Pass 4D
Pass 5C Pass 6C
AP
[Play "E"]
C4 C2 C9 CA
C3 C5 CJ CK
H3 CQ H4 C7
D5 D3 D2 DA
D7 D4 D9 DQ
D8 DK S4 D6
DJ DT S2 C8
HK HA H5 HQ
S7 CT S3 S5
ST C6 H8 S6
H6 HJ S9 H2
H9 HT SJ H7
SA SK SQ S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  7
N  H  9
N  D 11
N  C 12
S NT  7
S  S  7
S  H  9
S  D 11
S  C 12
E NT  1
E  S  6
E  H  4
E  D  1
E  C  1
W NT  1
W  S  6
W  H  4
W  D  1
W  C  1

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "254"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:QJ9432.854.92.J9 865.Q72.AQ6.AK87 AT7.K963.J875.43 K.AJT.KT43.QT652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6C"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: The hand is better bid in this room. Beasley: It was not until
the fourth bid that both players knew that Clubs was the suit.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "779bc779bc1641116411"]
[OptimumScore "NS 920"]
[ParContract "NS 6C="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +920"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C Pass 1D
Pass 1NT Pass 3C
Pass 3D Pass 5C
Pass 6C AP
[Play "E"]
C3 C2 C9 CA
C4 CQ CJ C7
D5 D3 D2 DA
D7 D4 D9 DQ
D8 DK S2 D6
DJ DT S3 C8
H3 HT H4 HQ
H6 HJ H5 H2
H9 HA H8 H7
SA SK S9 S5
HK C5 S4 S6
S7 C6 SJ CK
ST CT SQ S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  7
N  H  9
N  D 11
N  C 12
S NT  7
S  S  7
S  H  9
S  D 11
S  C 12
E NT  1
E  S  6
E  H  4
E  D  1
E  C  1
W NT  1
W  S  6
W  H  4
W  D  1
W  C  1

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "255"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:AT.8654.Q853.AQ3 J82.QJT9.K94.J87 4.AK32.AJ62.K942 KQ97653.7.T7.T65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: I thought that Jo would know by now that l must some time have my
little bit of fun! Our opponents' strong bidding, when Vulnerable should have
made her suspicious of the truth of my bid. Beasley: This hand was fatal to
the Americans. They landed into trouble in both rooms. West made a bluff in No
Trumps over a Diamond and then had to bid 3 Spades over 3 Hearts. \n
When North went on in Hearts Mrs. Culbertson, holding 3 Spades. made the
mistake of remembering her husband's No Trump bid and, further, believed it. She
bid 4 Spades, there was a double, and we gathered 700 points.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97aba97aba3632336323"]
[OptimumScore "NS 620"]
[ParContract "NS 4H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -800"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1D 1NT
3D Pass 3H 3S
4H X Pass 4S
X AP
[Play "N"]
D3 D4 DJ D7
SA S2 S4 SK
DQ DK DA DT
H4 H9 HK H7
CQ C7 C2 C5
CA C8 C4 C6
C3 CJ CK CT
H5 HT HA S3
ST SJ C9 S5
H6 HJ H2 S6
D5 S8 D2 S7
H8 HQ H3 S9
D8 D9 D6 SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  7
N  H 10
N  D 11
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  7
S  H 10
S  D 11
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  6
E  H  3
E  D  2
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  6
W  H  3
W  D  2
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "255"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:AT.8654.Q853.AQ3 J82.QJT9.K94.J87 4.AK32.AJ62.K942 KQ97653.7.T7.T65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "6HX"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: After North's double raise, South makes a slam try. Four Hearts
would be a better bid. North's hand is not strong enough to encourage a slam by
raising to 5 Clubs. \n
Beasley: North and South went to 6 Hearts and they were doubled, vulnerable
and dropped 500 points. The optimism here in going to the slam is surprising.
West, in this room, too, invited a big penalty. The first time he bid he was 4
Spades, but North, instead of doubling, was blinded of the 4 Clubs bid of his
partner. \n
After the orginal Heart bid and jump bid.North showed his support in Clubs
and South fell for the slam adventure. Rank overbidding.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "97aba97aba3632336323"]
[OptimumScore "NS 620"]
[ParContract "NS 4H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -500"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
3H Pass 4C 4S
5C Pass 6H Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "W"]
SK SA S2 S4
S3 ST SJ H2
H7 H4 H9 HA
S5 H5 HT HK
C5 CQ C7 C2
D7 D3 D4 DJ
C6 CA C8 C4
CT C3 CJ CK
S6 D5 HJ C9
S7 H6 HQ H3
S9 H8 S8 D2
DT D8 D9 DA
SQ DQ DK D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  7
N  H 10
N  D 11
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  7
S  H 10
S  D 11
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  6
E  H  3
E  D  2
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  6
W  H  3
W  D  2
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "256"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q863.A3.AKJ95.JT A9.QJT52.T82.K82 J542.6.Q763.AQ97 KT7.K9874.4.6543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4D"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3382333823aa5aaaa5aa"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 5HX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +150"]
[Auction "E"]
1D 1H 2D 2H
Pass Pass 3D 3H
3NT X 4D AP
[Play "S"]
HQ H6 H4 HA
D2 D3 D4 DA
D8 D6 H7 DK
DT D7 H8 DJ
CK CA C3 CJ
C2 C7 C4 CT
H2 DQ H9 H3
C8 CQ C5 S3
H5 C9 C6 S6
S9 S2 S7 S8
HJ S4 HK D5
HT S5 ST D9
SA SJ SK SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  8
N  D  2
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  8
S  D  2
S  C  3
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "256"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q863.A3.AKJ95.JT A9.QJT52.T82.K82 J542.6.Q763.AQ97 KT7.K9874.4.6543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5DX"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3382333823aa5aaaa5aa"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 5HX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +750"]
[Auction "E"]
1D 1H 3D 3H
4H Pass 5D Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "S"]
HQ H6 H4 HA
D2 D3 D4 DA
D8 D6 H7 DJ
DT D7 H8 DK
CK CA C3 CJ
C2 C7 C4 CT
H2 DQ H9 H3
C8 C9 C5 S3
H5 CQ C6 S6
S9 S2 S7 S8
HJ S4 HK D5
HT S5 ST D9
SA SJ SK SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  8
N  D  2
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  8
S  D  2
S  C  3
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "257"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AKQJ82.Q.AQT432. 743.A8.76.KQJ753 95.KJT96.K.T9642 T6.75432.J985.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "6S"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: A slam in Spades is lay-down against any but a Diamond opening. \n
Beasley: The point about this hand is that in the open room South made a
demand of 2 Spades, but in the closed room, the original bid was 1 Spades. Without
a trick in North's hand game is almost certain for South, and even if there
is the slightest doubt about a demand bid I think there should be a pre-emptive
bid. Take the King of Diamonds away from North and how can he respond? \n
But North did respond, holding two Kings, and then, of course, they go on to
a slam in Spades. But this, I contend, was rank bad bidding and the Americans
were very lucky to benefit. This happened during the period when we were
fighting back on Saturday and it shows, I think, that we were not always blessed
with good luck and that often the Americans got away with "bridge murder." There
were many cases such as this when bad bidding reaped an astonishing reward.  
                                                                   \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8c7b68c7b64142741427"]
[OptimumScore "NS 980"]
[ParContract "NS 6S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +980"]
[Auction "S"]
2S Pass 3H Pass
4D Pass 4S Pass
6S AP
[Play "W"]
CK C2 C8 S2
S3 S5 S6 SA
S4 S9 ST SK
S7 C4 H2 SQ
HA H6 H3 HQ
D7 DK D9 D2
H8 HK H4 D3
C3 HJ H5 D4
C5 HT H7 DT
D6 H9 D5 DQ
C7 C6 CA S8
CJ C9 D8 SJ
CQ CT DJ DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S 12
N  H  7
N  D 11
N  C  6
S NT  8
S  S 12
S  H  7
S  D 11
S  C  6
E NT  4
E  S  1
E  H  4
E  D  2
E  C  7
W NT  4
W  S  1
W  H  4
W  D  2
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "257"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AKQJ82.Q.AQT432. 743.A8.76.KQJ753 95.KJT96.K.T9642 T6.75432.J985.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "6S"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: Note the Inferential Forcing bid of 4 Diamonds by Mr. Gottlieb
(South).                                                                        
                                                                             
           \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8c7b68c7b64142741427"]
[OptimumScore "NS 980"]
[ParContract "NS 6S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +980"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
4D Pass 4H Pass
6S AP
[Play "W"]
CK C2 C8 S2
D6 DK D5 D2
S3 S5 S6 SA
D7 S9 D8 D3
C3 C4 CA S8
S4 C6 ST SK
S7 C9 H2 SQ
C5 CT D9 DA
C7 H6 DJ DQ
CJ H9 H3 DT
CQ HT H4 D4
H8 HJ H5 SJ
HA HK H7 HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S 12
N  H  7
N  D 11
N  C  6
S NT  8
S  S 12
S  H  7
S  D 11
S  C  6
E NT  4
E  S  1
E  H  4
E  D  2
E  C  7
W NT  4
W  S  1
W  H  4
W  D  2
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "258"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AT42.J8.KJ762.K9 95.AT7652.T.Q762 KQJ8.Q94.98.A543 763.K3.AQ543.JT8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: Beasley is able to rescue Domville from a penalty double of 1 No
Trump, which would probably have been left in. Eventually however we go too
high. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "43645436458959689596"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1D 1H 1S 1NT
X 2H Pass Pass
2S Pass 3S Pass
4S AP
[Play "S"]
HK H8 H2 H4
H3 HJ HA H9
DA D2 DT D8
D3 DK S9 D9
CT CK C2 C3
S3 S2 S5 SJ
S6 S4 H5 SK
S7 ST H6 HQ
C8 C9 C6 CA
CJ SA C7 C5
D4 D6 H7 S8
D5 D7 HT SQ
DQ DJ CQ C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 3
N  H 6
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 4
S  S 3
S  H 6
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 5
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 5
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "258"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AT42.J8.KJ762.K9 95.AT7652.T.Q762 KQJ8.Q94.98.A543 763.K3.AQ543.JT8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: Tabbush should have risked 3 No Trumps. Morris 3 Diamond bid is
not exactly forcing as he has passed-but it is a very strong invitation.
Gottlieb's lead against 3 No Trumps would probably be Kn. of Clubs and the Contract
can probably be made.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "43645436458959689596"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +110"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
3D AP
[Play "N"]
C2 C3 CT CK
S5 SJ S3 S2
DT D8 D3 DJ
S9 SQ S6 S4
H5 D9 DA D2
H2 S8 S7 SA
H6 SK D4 ST
H7 H4 HK H8
HA H9 H3 HJ
HT HQ C8 D6
C6 CA CJ C9
C7 C4 D5 D7
CQ C5 DQ DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 3
N  H 6
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 4
S  S 3
S  H 6
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 5
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 5
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "259"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:98762.83.A98.J98 AQ.K7.J53.KT6532 T53.AQT962.KQT4. KJ4.J54.762.AQ74"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47984479847544874438"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1C 2S 3C
Pass Pass 3H AP
[Play "W"]
CA C8 C3 H2
H4 H3 H7 HA
D2 DA D3 DT
H5 H8 HK H6
C4 C9 C2 H9
HJ S2 C5 HQ
D6 D8 C6 HT
D7 D9 D5 DK
S4 S6 DJ DQ
C7 S7 CT D4
SJ S8 SQ S3
CQ CJ CK S5
SK S9 SA ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 7
N  H 9
N  D 8
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 8
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 4
W  D 3
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "259"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:98762.83.A98.J98 AQ.K7.J53.KT6532 T53.AQT962.KQT4. KJ4.J54.762.AQ74"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47984479847544874438"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 3H AP
[Play "W"]
CA C8 C3 H2
H4 H3 H7 HA
D2 DA D3 DT
H5 H8 HK H6
C4 C9 C2 H9
HJ S2 C5 HQ
D6 D8 C6 HT
D7 D9 D5 DK
S4 S6 DJ DQ
C7 S7 CT D4
SJ S8 SQ S3
CQ CJ CK S5
SK S9 SA ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 7
N  H 9
N  D 8
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 8
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 4
W  D 3
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "260"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AQJ8.J543.53.AQ4 K74.KQ982.984.93 T3.AT7.KQJ6.J876 9652.6.AT72.KT52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "34444344449999899998"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +600"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
C2 C4 C9 CJ
S2 S8 S4 ST
S5 SJ SK S3
C5 CQ C3 C6
DA D3 D4 DK
CT CA S7 C7
S6 SA H9 C8
S9 SQ H2 H7
D2 D5 D8 DQ
H6 H3 H8 HA
D7 H4 D9 DJ
CK H5 HQ HT
DT HJ HK D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 3
N  S 4
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 3
S  S 4
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 4
E NT 9
E  S 9
E  H 9
E  D 9
E  C 8
W NT 9
W  S 9
W  H 9
W  D 9
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "260"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AQJ8.J543.53.AQ4 K74.KQ982.984.93 T3.AT7.KQJ6.J876 9652.6.AT72.KT52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "34444344449999899998"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
C2 C4 C9 CJ
S2 S8 S4 ST
S5 SJ SK S3
DA D3 D9 DK
D2 D5 D8 DQ
C5 CQ C3 C6
S6 SQ S7 D6
S9 SA H8 C7
H6 H3 H2 HT
D7 H4 D4 DJ
CT H5 H9 HA
CK CA HQ C8
DT HJ HK H7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 3
N  S 4
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 4
S NT 3
S  S 4
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 4
E NT 9
E  S 9
E  H 9
E  D 9
E  C 8
W NT 9
W  S 9
W  H 9
W  D 9
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "261"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AKT743.KT9.6.942 Q852.86.A83.T653 J6.Q5432.K972.KJ 9.AJ7.QJT54.AQ87"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47733477337669a7669a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 2C+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
2S AP
[Play "W"]
D8 DK D4 D6
D3 D2 D5 S3
C3 CJ CQ C2
S2 S6 S9 SA
C5 CK CA C4
DA D7 DQ S4
C6 SJ C7 C9
H6 H2 H7 HK
H8 H3 HJ H9
CT H4 HA HT
S8 D9 DJ S7
S5 H5 C8 ST
SQ HQ DT SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  4
S  S  7
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S  6
E  H  6
E  D  9
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  6
W  H  6
W  D  9
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "261"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AKT743.KT9.6.942 Q852.86.A83.T653 J6.Q5432.K972.KJ 9.AJ7.QJT54.AQ87"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47733477337669a7669a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 2C+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
2S Pass 2NT Pass
4S AP
[Play "W"]
C3 CJ CQ C2
DA D2 D5 D6
D8 D7 DT S3
SQ S6 S9 S4
C5 CK CA C4
H8 H2 H7 H9
S2 SJ D4 S7
D3 DK DJ HT
C6 D9 DQ C9
H6 H3 HA HK
CT H4 C8 ST
S5 H5 C7 SA
S8 HQ HJ SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  3
S NT  4
S  S  7
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S  6
E  H  6
E  D  9
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  6
W  H  6
W  D  9
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "262"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:Q43.753..AKJT983 J987.96.QT6543.2 AT.QT842.J972.Q7 K652.AKJ.AK8.654"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5CX"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "59594595947483973739"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -500"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 1H X
4C Pass 5C X
AP
[Play "N"]
H9 H2 HJ H3
H6 H4 HK H5
C2 H8 HA H7
S7 ST SK S3
S8 SA S2 S4
D6 CQ C4 C3
D3 C7 C5 C8
D4 D2 C6 CA
D5 D7 S5 CK
S9 D9 S6 CJ
SJ HT D8 SQ
DT HQ DA CT
DQ DJ DK C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 9
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 9
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 3
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 3
W  H 7
W  D 3
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "262"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:Q43.753..AKJT983 J987.96.QT6543.2 AT.QT842.J972.Q7 K652.AKJ.AK8.654"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4D"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "59594595947483973739"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT Pass 2D Pass
2NT Pass 3D Pass
4C 4D AP
[Play "E"]
CQ C4 C3 C2
C7 C5 C8 D3
D2 DA C9 D4
D7 DK CT D5
D9 D8 H3 DQ
DJ C6 H5 D6
H4 HJ H7 H6
ST S2 S3 S9
SA S5 S4 S7
HQ HK CJ H9
H2 HA CK S8
H8 SK SQ SJ
HT S6 CA DT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 9
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 9
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 3
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 3
W  H 7
W  D 3
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "263"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:Q.5.QJ9752.AQT72 KJ852.J83.T84.93 AT97.T62.K3.KJ84 643.AKQ974.A6.65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "5CX"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "665bb665bb7782277822"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 5C=; NS 5D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +750"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass Pass 1H
2D Pass 2H Pass
Pass 3D Pass 4C
5C X AP
[Play "E"]
HJ H2 H9 H5
D8 D3 DA D2
SK SA S6 SQ
C9 CK C6 C2
C3 CJ C5 C7
S2 S7 S3 CT
D4 DK D6 D5
S5 ST S4 CQ
DT H6 H4 DQ
H3 HT H7 DJ
S8 S9 HQ D9
SJ C4 HK D7
H8 C8 HA CA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  6
N  H  5
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT  6
S  S  6
S  H  5
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  7
E  S  7
E  H  8
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  7
W  S  7
W  H  8
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "263"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:Q.5.QJ9752.AQT72 KJ852.J83.T84.93 AT97.T62.K3.KJ84 643.AKQ974.A6.65"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: A semi-psychic bid of 1 Club by Gottlieb which finished up as a
game goer.                                                                     
                                     \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "665bb665bb7782277822"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 5C=; NS 5D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +600"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1C 1H
4C Pass 5C AP
[Play "W"]
HK H5 H3 H2
S3 SQ SK SA
C5 C2 C3 CK
C6 CT C9 C4
DA D2 D4 DK
S4 C7 S2 S7
D6 DQ D8 D3
H4 DJ DT H6
H7 D9 S5 HT
H9 D7 HJ S9
HQ D5 S8 ST
HA CQ SJ C8
S6 CA H8 CJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  6
N  H  5
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT  6
S  S  6
S  H  5
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  7
E  S  7
E  H  8
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  7
W  S  7
W  H  8
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "264"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:J.43.KT985.J9653 3.KQJ9.QJ43.K872 985.AT87652.A72. AKQT7642..6.AQT4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6S"]
[Result "13"]
{

Culbertson: A very good bid-forcing to game. Showing more than 2 honour
tricks.The original Heart bid has localized some of the missing high cards that
there is little risk of duplication of values. An alternative bid wo have been 4
Clubs the bidding must still be kept open and Beasley get some more precise
information. Beasley: Culbertson and Lightner bid up on orthodox lines to 6
Clubs though under the circumstances Lightner's sixth Club was something of a
gamble. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aa56bab66b2077221772"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "S 4S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +1010"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1H 2H
Pass 3NT Pass 6S
AP
[Play "E"]
H4 HJ HA S2
SJ S3 S5 SQ
H3 C2 S8 SA
D5 D3 S9 SK
C9 CK H2 C4
D8 HQ H5 D6
C3 HK H6 CT
D9 D4 D2 S4
C5 DJ H7 ST
DT C7 H8 S7
DK DQ D7 S6
C6 C8 DA CA
CJ H9 HT CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  5
N  D  6
N  C 11
S NT 10
S  S 11
S  H  6
S  D  6
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  0
E  H  7
E  D  7
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  1
W  H  7
W  D  7
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "264"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:J.43.KT985.J9653 3.KQJ9.QJ43.K872 985.AT87652.A72. AKQT7642..6.AQT4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "6S"]
[Result "13"]
{

Culbertson: Morris 3 Heart bid of course fails to shut out Gottlieb who
issues a direct slam invitation for a slam, which is accepted. \n
Beasley: The bidding was absolutely amazing, and how Morris and Tabbush
groped their way to 6 Clubs is incredible. How Tabbush could possibly refrain from
opening unless he dropped his King of Clubs on the floor and only found it
later passes comprehension. This was immediately followed by the most atrocious
bid from Morris. \n
One of the first axioms about a 2 No Trump bid that more people would do well
to observe is that it should  contain no singleton. Added to this there
should be considerably more strength in the high cards than Morris possesses. After
that episode comes a still more amazing effort Ire Tabbush, who makes what is
tantamount to a denial bid. The question arises if he bids 3 Clubs on this,
what does he bid Seven to the Queen Ten and no other trick? \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aa56bab66b2077221772"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "S 4S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +1010"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 3H 5S
Pass 6S AP
[Play "E"]
H4 HK HA S2
SJ S3 S5 SA
H3 C2 S8 SK
C3 D3 S9 SQ
C5 C7 H2 CA
C9 CK D2 C4
D5 HJ H5 D6
D8 HQ H6 CT
D9 D4 D7 S4
C6 DJ H7 ST
DT DQ H8 S7
DK H9 DA S6
CJ C8 HT CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  5
N  D  6
N  C 11
S NT 10
S  S 11
S  H  6
S  D  6
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  0
E  H  7
E  D  7
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  1
W  H  7
W  D  7
W  C  2
