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[Event "Britain vs USA - The Schwab Trophy"]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "81"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:6.J4.JT982.K7632 AJ53.KQ3.73.A854 KT87.A95.654.QJ9 Q942.T8762.AKQ.T"]
[Scoring "IMP"]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: Lightner opened with the typical American bid of 1 Spade with the
result that they played it in 4 Spades, which was easily achieved in spite of
somewhat unlucky distribution of trumps. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42276422769bb679ba66"]
[HomeTeam "Britain"]
[HomeTeamCarryover "152"]
[OptimumScore "EW 450"]
[ParContract "E 4H+1; EW 4S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +420"]
[VisitTeam "USA"]
[VisitTeamCarryover "170"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 3S
Pass 3NT Pass 4S
AP
[Play "S"]
CQ CT C6 CA
D4 DQ D2 D3
SK SQ S6 S3
D5 DK D8 D7
HA H2 HJ HK
H5 H6 H4 HQ
S7 S2 D9 SA
S8 S4 C2 SJ
H9 HT C3 H3
D6 H8 DT C4
ST DA DJ C5
CJ S9 C7 C8
C9 H7 CK S5
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  7
N  C  6
S NT  4
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  6
E NT  9
E  S 11
E  H 11
E  D  6
E  C  7
W NT  9
W  S 11
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C  6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "81"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:6.J4.JT982.K7632 AJ53.KQ3.73.A854 KT87.A95.654.QJ9 Q942.T8762.AKQ.T"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush opened with a much better bid of 1 No Trump and Morris made
a good forward jump take-out of 3 Hearts and they easily got four. There was
therefore no swing either way. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42276422769bb679ba66"]
[OptimumScore "EW 450"]
[ParContract "E 4H+1; EW 4S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +420"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1NT Pass 3H
Pass 4H AP
[Play "N"]
S6 SA S7 S2
D2 D3 D4 DA
H4 HQ HA H2
C3 S3 SK S4
HJ S5 S8 S9
DJ D7 D5 DK
D8 HK H5 H6
C2 H3 H9 HT
C6 CA C9 CT
C7 C4 CJ H7
CK C5 D6 H8
D9 SJ CQ DQ
DT C8 ST SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  7
N  C  6
S NT  4
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  6
E NT  9
E  S 11
E  H 11
E  D  6
E  C  7
W NT  9
W  S 11
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C  6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "82"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:87.KQJ4.T65.AQ95 KQJT962.8753.Q.6 A543.962.K4.KJ84 .AT.AJ98732.T732"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "6"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "48574485746466765668"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "W 3CX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
1H 1S 1NT AP
[Play "N"]
D7 D5 DQ DK
HA H4 H8 H2
DA D6 S2 D4
DJ DT S6 H6
D9 S7 H7 H9
D8 S8 H3 S3
D3 C5 S9 C4
D2 C9 H5 C8
C7 CQ C6 CJ
HT HK ST S4
C2 HQ SJ S5
C3 HJ SQ SA
CT CA SK CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 7
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 7
S  C 4
E NT 6
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 6
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "82"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:87.KQJ4.T65.AQ95 KQJT962.8753.Q.6 A543.962.K4.KJ84 .AT.AJ98732.T732"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: A dangerously weak penalty double.                               
                                                                             
                              \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "48574485746466765668"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "W 3CX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "E"]
1H 1S X 2D
Pass 2S AP
[Play "W"]
H9 HT HJ H3
H6 HA H4 H5
D4 DA D5 DQ
DK D7 D6 C6
C4 C2 CA H7
H2 C3 HK H8
C8 C7 HQ S9
S3 CT S8 ST
S4 D2 S7 SJ
S5 D3 C5 SK
SA D8 C9 S2
CJ D9 CQ S6
CK DJ DT SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 7
N  C 4
S NT 4
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 7
S  C 4
E NT 6
E  S 4
E  H 6
E  D 6
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 6
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "83"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:QJ2.QT52.K762.83 T6.J84.J9854.Q54 K875.A9.QT3.KJ62 A943.K763.A.AT97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1C"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88675776755576655767"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "N 1N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
AP
[Play "S"]
H2 H4 HA H3
H5 H8 H9 HK
SJ S6 S5 S3
HQ HJ D3 H6
HT C4 C6 H7
S2 ST S7 SA
D2 D4 DT DA
SQ C5 S8 S4
D6 D5 DQ C7
D7 CQ SK S9
DK D8 CJ CA
C3 D9 C2 C9
C8 DJ CK CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 7
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 5
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "83"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:QJ2.QT52.K762.83 T6.J84.J9854.Q54 K875.A9.QT3.KJ62 A943.K763.A.AT97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88675776755576655767"]
[OptimumScore "NS 120"]
[ParContract "N 1N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1C 1NT
AP
[Play "S"]
H2 H4 HA H3
HQ H8 H9 H6
H5 HJ S5 H7
C3 C4 CJ CA
C8 CQ CK C7
HT C5 C2 CT
D7 D4 S7 HK
D2 D5 C6 C9
S2 S6 SK SA
D6 D8 D3 DA
SJ ST S8 S3
SQ D9 DT S4
DK DJ DQ S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 7
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 5
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "84"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:AJ2.JT.K52.AQJ94 Q7654.9874.A6.T3 93.K6532.QJ43.65 KT8.AQ.T987.K872"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2C"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: West bids 2 Clubs and develops a Grand Coup, the rarest play in
Bridge. Whilst this magnificent effort was given in order to fulfil a paltry 2
Club contract the play is given in detail in order to show its technique.
Needless to add, as in many cases, the brilliant Grand Coup springs from the poor
defense by the opponents. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68555685557577775777"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 1S Pass
2C AP
[Play "N"]
S4 S3 SK SA
D6 DJ D7 D2
C3 C5 C2 CQ
H4 HK HA HJ
CT C6 C8 CJ
DA D3 D8 DK
H7 H5 HQ HT
S5 S9 ST S2
SQ H3 S8 SJ
H9 H6 DT C4
S6 DQ D9 D5
S7 D4 C7 C9
H8 H2 CK CA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "84"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:AJ2.JT.K52.AQJ94 Q7654.9874.A6.T3 93.K6532.QJ43.65 KT8.AQ.T987.K872"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "6"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68555685557577775777"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 1S Pass
1NT AP
[Play "N"]
S5 S3 SK SA
D6 DQ D9 D5
C3 C6 C8 CQ
DA D3 D7 DK
CT C5 C2 CJ
S4 H2 C7 CA
H9 DJ D8 D2
S6 D4 DT C4
H4 H3 CK C9
S7 S9 ST S2
SQ H5 S8 SJ
H8 H6 HQ HT
H7 HK HA HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 5
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 7
E  D 7
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 7
W  D 7
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "85"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:975.KJ7.T86.A732 Q8432.863.KJ2.J6 AJT6.AT95.4.K954 K.Q42.AQ9753.QT8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7996a7996a6437364373"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1; NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S 1NT
AP
[Play "N"]
S9 S2 S6 SK
D6 DK D4 D3
D8 DJ SJ D5
DT D2 H9 DA
C7 H3 C5 DQ
C2 H8 H5 D9
S5 H6 ST D7
CA C6 C4 C8
C3 CJ CK CT
S7 S3 SA CQ
H7 S4 HA H2
HJ S8 HT H4
HK SQ C9 HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  9
N  H  9
N  D  6
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  9
S  H  9
S  D  6
S  C 10
E NT  6
E  S  4
E  H  3
E  D  7
E  C  3
W NT  6
W  S  4
W  H  3
W  D  7
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "85"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:975.KJ7.T86.A732 Q8432.863.KJ2.J6 AJT6.AT95.4.K954 K.Q42.AQ9753.QT8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2D"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7996a7996a6437364373"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1; NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S 2D
AP
[Play "N"]
S9 S2 SA SK
S5 SQ SJ H2
D6 DK D4 D3
D8 DJ H9 D5
DT D2 S6 DA
C7 CJ CK C8
CA C6 C4 CQ
C3 H3 C5 CT
H7 H8 HT H4
C2 S3 C9 D7
HJ S4 H5 DQ
HK S8 ST D9
S7 H6 HA HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  9
N  H  9
N  D  6
N  C 10
S NT  7
S  S  9
S  H  9
S  D  6
S  C 10
E NT  6
E  S  4
E  H  3
E  D  7
E  C  3
W NT  6
W  S  4
W  H  3
W  D  7
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "86"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q54.QT62.AT.T985 AJ932.A854.87.J3 K.K973.KJ632.Q64 T876.J.Q954.AK72"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: South should bid one Spade. There is no danger since North should
expect a possible strategic bid. A game in Spades would have been reached. \n
Beasley: My partner Domville made a beautiful attacking bid of 1 Spades which
I felt justified in raising to three, and his distribution tempted him to go
the fourth.\n
The opening lead was a Heart, which was perhaps a little lucky for us.
Domville played the hand perfectly to get his contract, and gained a well-deserved
swing, since in the other room the Americans did not even open the bidding. All
praise to Domville for some excellent bidding and play. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "6a5666a5566385763857"]
[OptimumScore "NS 420"]
[ParContract "NS 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +420"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S Pass 3S
Pass 4S AP
[Play "W"]
H3 HJ H2 HA
H7 S6 H6 H4
SK S7 S4 SA
H9 S8 HT H5
C4 CA C5 C3
C6 CK C8 CJ
CQ C2 C9 S2
HK ST HQ H8
D2 C7 CT S3
DK D4 DT D7
D3 DQ DA D8
D6 D5 SQ S9
DJ D9 S5 SJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S 10
N  H  5
N  D  6
N  C  6
S NT  6
S  S 10
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  3
E  H  8
E  D  5
E  C  7
W NT  6
W  S  3
W  H  8
W  D  5
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "86"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q54.QT62.AT.T985 AJ932.A854.87.J3 K.K973.KJ632.Q64 T876.J.Q954.AK72"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "6a5666a5566385763857"]
[OptimumScore "NS 420"]
[ParContract "NS 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Auction "E"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S 10
N  H  5
N  D  6
N  C  6
S NT  6
S  S 10
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  3
E  H  8
E  D  5
E  C  7
W NT  6
W  S  3
W  H  8
W  D  5
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "87"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:54.QT73.JT754.A6 KQ972.A64.62.KJT AJT863.K92.A9.72 .J85.KQ83.Q98543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4C"]
[Result "9"]
{

Beasley: This was curious deal. Culbertson opened with a Spade which, of
course, delighted me with six over him. Lightner took it out into 2 Spades which
Culbertson raised to three, and then Lightner made a very curious bid of 3
Hearts. \n
This is known technically as an inhibitive bid and was never going to be
taken seriously by his partner, but they hoped to put us off from leading the
suit. In the end, however, it only precipitated out of their depth and they were
one down in 4 Spades. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68773687737556975569"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 3C="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 3C Pass 3H
Pass 4C AP
[Play "S"]
CA CT C2 C4
C6 CJ C7 C3
D4 D2 D9 DK
H7 HA H2 H5
D5 D6 DA D3
H3 H4 HK H8
HQ H6 H9 HJ
S5 S2 S3 C5
D7 S7 S6 DQ
DT CK S8 D8
S4 S9 ST C8
DJ SQ SJ CQ
HT SK SA C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 7
N  D 7
N  C 3
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 3
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 5
E  D 6
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 5
W  D 6
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "87"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:54.QT73.JT754.A6 KQ972.A64.62.KJT AJT863.K92.A9.72 .J85.KQ83.Q98543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4C"]
[Result "9"]
{

The only feature of interest was Tabbush's rather dubious rebid on a very
minimum type of hand, especially as it looked likely to be a non-fitter with his
chicane on Spades. He was also one down. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68773687737556975569"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 3C="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 3C Pass 4C
AP
[Play "S"]
H3 HA H2 H5
D4 D2 D9 DK
D7 D6 DA D3
CA CK C2 C3
H7 H4 HK HJ
HT H6 H9 H8
HQ S2 S8 C4
C6 CJ C7 C5
S5 SK SA C8
D5 S7 S3 DQ
DT CT S6 D8
S4 S9 ST C9
DJ SQ SJ CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 7
N  D 7
N  C 3
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 7
S  D 7
S  C 3
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 5
E  D 6
E  C 9
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 5
W  D 6
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "88"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:AQ75.72.J84.J432 KT63.KQ643.962.Q 98.J9.AKT53.A985 J42.AT85.Q7.KT76"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "5"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "67945679457548875488"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1D Pass
1S Pass 1NT AP
[Play "S"]
S2 S5 ST S8
HA H2 H3 H9
HT H7 HK HJ
H8 S7 HQ C5
H5 C2 H6 C8
C6 D4 H4 D3
DQ D8 D6 D5
C7 C3 CQ CA
D7 DJ D2 DA
S4 C4 D9 DK
SJ CJ S3 DT
CT SA S6 S9
CK SQ SK C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 7
N  H 9
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 4
W  D 8
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "88"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:AQ75.72.J84.J432 KT63.KQ643.962.Q 98.J9.AKT53.A985 J42.AT85.Q7.KT76"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "67945679457548875488"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1D Pass
1S Pass 1NT AP
[Play "S"]
C6 C2 CQ CA
D7 D4 D2 DA
DQ DJ D6 DK
S2 D8 D9 DT
S4 S5 S3 D5
H8 H2 S6 D3
CK C3 ST C5
HA H7 H3 H9
HT S7 HK HJ
H5 C4 HQ S8
SJ SQ H6 C8
C7 CJ H4 C9
CT SA SK S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 7
N  H 9
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 6
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 8
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 4
W  D 8
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "89"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:K7.T8432.A83.543 AQT85.J6.K94.KJ7 432.Q975.JT52.Q9 J96.AK.Q76.AT862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: This deal was remarkable for the fact that on paper both sides
apparently missed the slam, but on analysis it can easily be seen that it is far
from biddable since two finesses are necessary to bring it off. Culbertson made
a rather curious bid of 2 No Trumps, neglecting to make a forcing bid on three
quick-tricks and supporting his partner's suit and the Queen.\n
They therefore played it in No Trumps, but might have missed the slam had
Lightner's hand been a shade better when he still could only have bid 3 No
Trumps. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1153111531cc89ccc89c"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +690"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
H3 H6 HQ HK
SK SA S2 SJ
S7 S5 S3 S9
C4 ST S4 S6
D3 SQ H9 D6
C5 S8 H7 D7
DA D4 D2 DQ
D8 DK D5 C2
H2 HJ H5 HA
C3 CK C9 C6
H4 CJ CQ CA
H8 C7 DT C8
HT D9 DJ CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  5
N  D  3
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  5
S  D  3
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H  8
E  D  9
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S 12
W  H  8
W  D  9
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "89"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:K7.T8432.A83.543 AQT85.J6.K94.KJ7 432.Q975.JT52.Q9 J96.AK.Q76.AT862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: Morris made the far better bid of 3 Clubs, but he and Tabbush
finished in a perfectly correct contract of 4 Spades and, of course, also got six. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1153111531cc89ccc89c"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1440"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +680"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 3C
Pass 4C Pass 4S
AP
[Play "S"]
H5 HK H2 H6
S2 S9 S7 S5
S3 SJ SK SA
S4 S6 H3 SQ
C9 C2 C3 CK
CQ CA C4 CJ
D2 D6 DA D4
DT DQ D3 D9
H7 C6 C5 C7
H9 D7 H4 ST
HQ C8 H8 S8
D5 HA D8 DK
DJ CT HT HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  5
N  D  3
N  C  1
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  5
S  D  3
S  C  1
E NT 12
E  S 12
E  H  8
E  D  9
E  C 12
W NT 12
W  S 12
W  H  8
W  D  9
W  C 12

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "90"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:9862.43.KQ52.732 AJT7.KT87.J94.T8 K54.965.AT3.QJ95 Q3.AQJ2.876.AK64"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "9"]
{

Beasley: On the face of it North and South appeared to have a game hand, but
in actual practice there is not one anywhere. I bid a Club which I far
preferred to a Heart bid on such a hand, but Domville departed from his usual custom,
which would have been to have bid 1 Spades. and bid 2 No Trumps. In either
case we were destined to play the hand in 4 Spades( which, with the Spade wrong,
is unmakeable. Three No Trumps is also impossible.\n
The same troubles beset the Americans in the closed room in the same
contract. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88977889775546655466"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 1H+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1C
Pass 2NT Pass 3H
Pass 4H AP
[Play "E"]
DK D4 DT D6
D2 D9 DA D7
DQ DJ D3 D8
S2 S7 SK S3
C2 C8 C5 CA
H3 H7 H5 HA
H4 HK H6 H2
D5 H8 H9 HQ
C3 CT C9 CK
C7 HT CJ C4
S6 SA S4 SQ
S8 ST S5 C6
S9 SJ CQ HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 7
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 9
S  D 7
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "90"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:9862.43.KQ52.732 AJT7.KT87.J94.T8 K54.965.AT3.QJ95 Q3.AQJ2.876.AK64"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "88977889775546655466"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 1H+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1H
Pass 2H Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT Pass 4H
AP
[Play "E"]
S2 S7 SK S3
DQ D4 D3 D6
D2 D9 DA D7
DK DJ DT D8
S6 ST S4 SQ
H3 H7 H5 HA
H4 HK H6 H2
D5 H8 H9 HQ
C2 C8 C5 CA
C3 CT C9 CK
C7 HT CJ C4
S8 SA S5 C6
S9 SJ CQ HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 8
N  S 8
N  H 9
N  D 7
N  C 7
S NT 8
S  S 8
S  H 9
S  D 7
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "91"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:Q7.KT9.52.AKT953 8.QJ8763.KJT3.QJ AJ643.5.A9864.74 KT952.A42.Q7.862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: My partner opened with a Club and from that moment I had visions of
game. But my partner's subsequent rebid of his own suit soon disillusioned my
first ideas and we just had to let Culbertson play it in 3 Hearts and in his
own words "Take the axe for one". \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "9858a9858a3485334853"]
[OptimumScore "EW -300"]
[ParContract "EW 4HX-2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "S"]
1C 1H 1S 2H
3C 3H AP
[Play "N"]
C7 C2 CK CJ
C4 C6 CA CQ
S3 C8 CT S8
DA D7 D5 DT
D4 DQ D2 D3
S4 S2 S7 H3
H5 H2 HK HQ
S6 S5 SQ H8
D6 HA H9 H6
D8 H4 HT HJ
D9 S9 C3 DK
SJ ST C5 DJ
SA SK C9 H7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  8
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  8
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  8
E  D  5
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  4
W  H  8
W  D  5
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "91"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:Q7.KT9.52.AKT953 8.QJ8763.KJT3.QJ AJ643.5.A9864.74 KT952.A42.Q7.862"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "6"]
{

Beasley: The Americans arrived at a quite unjustifiable contract and were
lucky not to be doubled in a crash of three tricks. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "9858a9858a3485334853"]
[OptimumScore "EW -300"]
[ParContract "EW 4HX-2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -150"]
[Auction "S"]
1C 1H 1S 2H
Pass Pass 3D Pass
3NT AP
[Play "W"]
S8 S3 SK S7
HJ H5 H2 H9
H3 D4 HA HT
H6 D6 H4 HK
D3 S4 S2 SQ
CJ C4 C2 CT
HQ D8 C6 D2
H8 D9 C8 D5
H7 S6 D7 C3
DJ DA DQ C5
DK SJ S5 C9
DT SA S9 CK
CQ C7 ST CA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  8
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  8
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  8
E  D  5
E  C  3
W NT  3
W  S  4
W  H  8
W  D  5
W  C  3

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "92"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:Q.KJT8.A65.AT532 KJT732.Q974.Q8.K 84.A52.KJ73.9874 A965.63.T942.QJ6"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68543685437588a7588a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 3C+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1H 1S 2H 2S
3C 3S AP
[Play "E"]
C4 C6 CA CK
D7 D2 DA D8
DK D4 D6 DQ
HA H3 H8 H4
H2 H6 HK H7
D3 D9 D5 S2
H5 CJ HT HQ
S8 SA SQ S3
S4 S5 C2 S7
C7 S6 HJ H9
DJ DT C3 ST
C8 S9 C5 SJ
C9 CQ CT SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  4
N  C  3
S NT  6
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  4
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S  5
E  H  8
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H  8
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "92"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:Q.KJT8.A65.AT532 KJT732.Q974.Q8.K 84.A52.KJ73.9874 A965.63.T942.QJ6"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3C"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68543685437588a7588a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 3C+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +130"]
[Auction "W"]
1H 1S 2H 2S
3C AP
[Play "N"]
SJ S4 SA SQ
S2 S8 S5 C2
CK C4 C6 CA
D8 D3 D2 DA
H4 H2 H3 HK
DQ DK D4 D5
S3 DJ D9 D6
S7 C9 CJ C3
ST C7 CQ C5
SK C8 S9 H8
H9 D7 DT CT
H7 H5 H6 HT
HQ HA S6 HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  8
N  H  5
N  D  4
N  C  3
S NT  6
S  S  8
S  H  5
S  D  4
S  C  3
E NT  7
E  S  5
E  H  8
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H  8
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "93"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AT95.8653.K9.QT2 43.AQT9.QT864.A9 KQJ76.J7.A32.J84 82.K42.J75.K7653"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78545785456488764887"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1H 1S 2H
2S AP
[Play "W"]
S8 S9 S3 S6
S2 SA S4 S7
C3 CQ CA C4
D5 DK DT D2
H2 H3 HA H7
HK H5 HT HJ
H4 H8 H9 SJ
D7 D9 D4 DA
DJ S5 D6 D3
C5 H6 HQ SQ
C6 CT C9 C8
CK C2 D8 CJ
C7 ST DQ SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 4
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "93"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AT95.8653.K9.QT2 43.AQT9.QT864.A9 KQJ76.J7.A32.J84 82.K42.J75.K7653"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78545785456488764887"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1H 1S 2H
2S AP
[Play "W"]
HK H3 HT H7
H2 H5 HA HJ
C3 C2 CA C4
CK CT C9 C8
C5 CQ S3 CJ
H4 H6 H9 S6
S2 S5 S4 SK
S8 SA D4 S7
C6 H8 HQ SJ
C7 S9 D6 SQ
D5 DK D8 D2
D7 ST DT D3
DJ D9 DQ DA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 5
N  D 4
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 5
S  D 4
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 4
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 6
W  S 4
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "94"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:52.Q65.KT765.653 AK.K2.AJ43.KJ942 Q94.J8743.2.AQT8 JT8763.AT9.Q98.7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7b6987b6986264552644"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1C Pass 2S
Pass 2NT Pass 3S
Pass 4S AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S 11
N  H  6
N  D  9
N  C  8
S NT  7
S  S 11
S  H  6
S  D  9
S  C  8
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  6
E  D  4
E  C  5
W NT  5
W  S  2
W  H  6
W  D  4
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "94"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:52.Q65.KT765.653 AK.K2.AJ43.KJ942 Q94.J8743.2.AQT8 JT8763.AT9.Q98.7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "7b6987b6986264552644"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +420"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 2D Pass 2S
Pass 3S Pass 4S
AP
[Play "E"]
C5 CJ CQ C7
S2 SK S4 S3
H5 HK H3 H9
H6 H2 H4 HA
HQ SA H7 HT
C3 C2 C8 S6
S5 C4 SQ SJ
C6 C9 S9 ST
D5 DJ D2 D8
D6 CK CA S7
D7 D3 CT S8
DT DA H8 D9
DK D4 HJ DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S 11
N  H  6
N  D  9
N  C  8
S NT  7
S  S 11
S  H  6
S  D  9
S  C  8
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  6
E  D  4
E  C  5
W NT  5
W  S  2
W  H  6
W  D  4
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "95"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:KJT643.AQ642.T.J Q..QJ8432.AT9762 82.JT83.976.KQ53 A975.K975.AK5.84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4791247912954cb854cb"]
[OptimumScore "NS -800"]
[ParContract "NS 6HX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +400"]
[Auction "S"]
1S 2D Pass 3NT
Pass 5C Pass 5D
AP
[Play "N"]
S8 SA S3 SQ
D6 DA DT D2
D7 DK S4 D3
C3 C4 CJ CA
CQ C8 H2 C2
D9 D5 S6 DQ
CK H5 H4 CT
HJ H7 H6 D4
C5 S5 HQ C9
H3 S7 ST C7
S2 H9 SJ C6
H8 HK HA DJ
HT S9 SK D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  9
N  D  1
N  C  2
S NT  4
S  S  7
S  H  9
S  D  1
S  C  2
E NT  9
E  S  5
E  H  4
E  D 12
E  C 11
W NT  8
W  S  5
W  H  4
W  D 12
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "95"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:KJT643.AQ642.T.J Q..QJ8432.AT9762 82.JT83.976.KQ53 A975.K975.AK5.84"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "5CX"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "4791247912954cb854cb"]
[OptimumScore "NS -800"]
[ParContract "NS 6HX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +550"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 1NT Pass
2H 3D 3H 3NT
4H 5C X AP
[Play "N"]
S8 SA S6 SQ
C3 C8 CJ CA
CQ C4 H2 CT
HJ H5 H4 C2
C5 S5 S3 C9
CK S7 H6 C6
S2 S9 ST C7
D6 DA DT D2
D7 DK S4 D3
D9 D5 SJ DQ
H3 H7 SK DJ
H8 H9 HQ D8
HT HK HA D4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  9
N  D  1
N  C  2
S NT  4
S  S  7
S  H  9
S  D  1
S  C  2
E NT  9
E  S  5
E  H  4
E  D 12
E  C 11
W NT  8
W  S  5
W  H  4
W  D 12
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "96"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:K987.K5.AJ6.KT52 43.9632.QT5432.7 QT2.QT8.98.J9643 AJ65.AJ74.K7.AQ8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2C"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: South follows a mistaken policy of passing in naive hopes that
opponents will bid up. But this seldom happens against strong opponents. \n
Beasley: Culbertson quite naturally felt nervous about bidding 1 No Trump
vulnerable on such a ragged collection, and consequently opened with an equally
ragged 1 Spades. and when he was raised to 2, wisely saw no further hope of any
successful outcome except a partial score. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "45994669956644866448"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +90"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 2C AP
[Play "N"]
S4 S2 S5 S9
H2 HQ HA H5
S3 ST SA S7
C7 SQ S6 S8
D2 D8 DK DA
D3 D9 SJ SK
D5 C3 D7 D6
D4 C4 C8 CT
DQ C6 CQ DJ
H3 C9 CA C2
H6 H8 H4 HK
DT CJ H7 C5
H9 HT HJ CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 4
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 4
W  D 4
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "96"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:K987.K5.AJ6.KT52 43.9632.QT5432.7 QT2.QT8.98.J9643 AJ65.AJ74.K7.AQ8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4HX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: South with his tenaces in front of West should pass. \n
Beasley: Morris did not have the same fear of opening with 1 No Trump, and
his bid was apparently the medium of getting the Americans into a whole heap of
trouble almost entirely of their own making. Mrs. Culbertson's bid of 3 Hearts
on the third round was rather a surprising shot in the dark, and I think they
were deservedly punished. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "45994669956644866448"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "W"]
1NT Pass Pass X
Pass 2D Pass 2NT
Pass 3H Pass 3NT
Pass Pass X 4H
X AP
[Play "E"]
C3 CQ CK C7
C9 CA C2 S3
D8 DK DA D3
C4 C8 CT H2
D9 D7 D6 DQ
S2 H4 DJ D2
ST SA S7 S4
SQ S5 S8 H3
CJ S6 H5 D5
HT SJ SK H9
C6 H7 C5 D4
H8 HA HK H6
HQ HJ S9 DT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 5
N  H 9
N  D 9
N  C 4
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 9
S  D 9
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 4
W  D 4
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "97"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T7.AKJ9642.K3.J6 AJ43.QT87.942.A3 KQ9865.5.J7.KT97 2.3.AQT865.Q8542"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: With a long, nearly established suit, and not much outside
strength the best tactics are to start the bidding high rather than approach. In the
open room the English North-South players applied the right principle at the
wrong time and by over-approaching not only permitted the Americans to
exchange some valuable information but pushed each other into a defeated contract.\n
In the closed room Mrs. Culbertson quite correctly opened the bidding with a
semi-shut-out 3 Heart bid, and Mr. Gottlieb read her hand exactly and made a
very beautiful pass.\n
Beasley: This deal was interesting in that most of the hands were more or
less one-suited. I opened with a Heart, and after the Spade bid from my partner
and a 2 Diamond overbid from Culbertson, felt justified in jumping the bidding
on the enormous length of my Hearts. Domville, however, had to rebid Spades
with his singleton Heart, and we finished in an impossible contract of 4 Spades
doubled.  \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5973459734745a8745a8"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "NS 4SX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "N"]
1H Pass 1S 2D
3H Pass 3S Pass
4H X Pass Pass
4S X AP
[Play "W"]
H3 HA H7 H5
C2 CJ CA C7
C4 C6 C3 CK
DA D3 D2 D7
D6 DK D4 DJ
D5 H2 H8 S5
C5 S7 SJ C9
S2 ST SA S6
D8 H4 D9 S8
DT H6 S3 SK
C8 H9 S4 SQ
DQ HJ HT S9
CQ HK HQ CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  9
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  4
S NT  5
S  S  9
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  4
E NT  7
E  S  4
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  7
W  S  4
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "97"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T7.AKJ9642.K3.J6 AJ43.QT87.942.A3 KQ9865.5.J7.KT97 2.3.AQT865.Q8542"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson opened with a possibly better bid of 3 Hearts which
was safely left in, though the temptation to South to bid must have been great
and they were only one down. Possibly my opening bid cost us points. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5973459734745a8745a8"]
[OptimumScore "NS -100"]
[ParContract "NS 4SX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "N"]
3H AP
[Play "E"]
SA S5 S2 S7
C3 C7 CQ C6
D2 D7 DA D3
D4 DJ D5 DK
H7 H5 H3 HA
H8 S6 C2 HK
S3 SK C4 ST
S4 SQ D6 CJ
CA CK C5 H2
HT S8 D8 H4
D9 C9 DT H6
HQ CT DQ H9
SJ S9 C8 HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  9
N  H  7
N  D  3
N  C  4
S NT  5
S  S  9
S  H  7
S  D  3
S  C  4
E NT  7
E  S  4
E  H  5
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  7
W  S  4
W  H  5
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "98"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:J2.AT752.754.986 A8753.Q84.AJT92. KQ94.J93.Q3.KQJ5 T6.K6.K86.AT7432"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3D"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "896a8896a85473554635"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 2D Pass 3D
AP
[Play "W"]
CK C2 C6 D2
H3 HK HA H4
DQ DK D4 D9
H9 H6 H2 HQ
HJ D6 H5 H8
C5 CA C8 S3
S9 S6 S2 S8
D3 D8 D5 DT
CJ C3 D7 DA
S4 ST SJ SA
CQ C4 C9 DJ
SQ C7 H7 S7
SK CT HT S5
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  6
N  D 10
N  C  8
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  6
S  D 10
S  C  8
E NT  5
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  3
E  C  5
W NT  5
W  S  4
W  H  6
W  D  3
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "98"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:J2.AT752.754.986 A8753.Q84.AJT92. KQ94.J93.Q3.KQJ5 T6.K6.K86.AT7432"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: If North-South can be justifiably reproached for slight
overbidding the North-South in Room 1 are guilty of gross underbidding. It seems they
should have smelled out the nearness of the game and not merely stopped at a 3
Diamond contract. George Morris made a very fine lead of Queen of Diamonds. In
the open room, I led the King of Clubs.\n
It is a moot question as to whether a trump lead is the best when holding 4
cards in a suit previously bid by declarer. A trump lead may pull out the
valuable trumps in Partner's hand and thus prevent him from over-ruffing the dummy.
\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "896a8896a85473554635"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S Pass 2C
Pass 2D Pass 2NT
Pass 3D Pass 4D
Pass 5D AP
[Play "W"]
DQ D6 D4 DA
SQ S6 S2 S8
D3 D8 D5 D2
C5 CA C6 H4
S4 ST SJ SA
S9 DK H2 S7
CJ C2 C8 D9
H3 C3 D7 DJ
SK C4 H5 S3
HJ H6 HA H8
H9 HK H7 HQ
CQ C7 C9 DT
CK CT HT S5
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  6
N  D 10
N  C  8
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  6
S  D 10
S  C  8
E NT  5
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  3
E  C  5
W NT  5
W  S  4
W  H  6
W  D  3
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "99"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:43.KJ.Q72.AJ5432 J987.Q7532.AKT.T 6.T96.J865.KQ976 AKQT52.A84.943.8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Very interesting bidding.1West is vulnerable and an overcall of 1
Heart is dangerous against the keen opponent who is quick on the trigger for
penalty doubles of one. Under the usual conditions an overcall of 1 Heart is
fairly safe. East precedes his Spade bid by a Take-out Double in order to show
3 or more Honour tricks. At this stage Sir G.Domville makes a fine psychic
Spade bid. He fears that opponents might get together on a game in Spades.\n
Note please that Domville's Spade bid is safe since he has already warned his
Partner that his best suit is Clubs. Furthermore he is not vulnerable while
opponents are. Domville's brilliant psychic proves to be a dud. Unfortunately
for him East's Spade suit is too strong. The game is bid and made in Spades. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42269422697ba547ba54"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 6CX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "S"]
1C Pass Pass X
1S 2H Pass 2S
Pass 3S Pass 4S
AP
[Play "S"]
CA CT C6 C8
S3 S7 S6 S2
S4 SJ D8 S5
HJ H2 H6 HA
HK H3 H9 H8
D2 DK D6 D3
C2 HQ HT H4
C3 H7 C7 D4
C4 H5 C9 D9
D7 DT D5 ST
C5 S8 CQ SQ
CJ S9 CK SK
DQ DA DJ SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  6
N  C  9
S NT  4
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  6
S  C  9
E NT  7
E  S 11
E  H 10
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  7
W  S 11
W  H 10
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "99"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:43.KJ.Q72.AJ5432 J987.Q7532.AKT.T 6.T96.J865.KQ976 AKQT52.A84.943.8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5S"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: A raise from 1 to 4 Spades is a gross overbid                    
                                                                             
                                                        \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42269422697ba547ba54"]
[OptimumScore "NS -500"]
[ParContract "NS 6CX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 1S
Pass 4S Pass 5S
AP
[Play "S"]
S3 S7 S6 S2
S4 SJ H6 SQ
HJ H2 H9 HA
C5 S8 C6 ST
C4 CT CQ C8
HK H3 HT H4
D2 DK D8 D3
C2 H5 C7 H8
D7 DA D5 D4
C3 HQ C9 D9
CJ H7 CK S5
CA S9 D6 SK
DQ DT DJ SA
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  6
N  C  9
S NT  4
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  6
S  C  9
E NT  7
E  S 11
E  H 10
E  D  5
E  C  4
W NT  7
W  S 11
W  H 10
W  D  5
W  C  4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "100"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:T92.AQJ9.A53.AT3 AK87.T6.QJT2.J95 Q5.K87.984.K8642 J643.5432.K76.Q7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "58474584747586875868"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +140"]
[Auction "W"]
1H Pass 2H AP
[Play "N"]
SK S5 S3 S9
SA SQ S4 ST
DQ D4 D7 D3
D2 D8 DK DA
S7 H7 S6 S2
H6 HK H2 H9
HT H8 H3 HQ
DJ C4 H5 HA
C5 C6 C7 CA
C9 CK CQ C3
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 8
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 8
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 6
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "100"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:T92.AQJ9.A53.AT3 AK87.T6.QJT2.J95 Q5.K87.984.K8642 J643.5432.K76.Q7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2NT"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "58474584747586875868"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +120"]
[Auction "W"]
1H Pass 2H Pass
2NT AP
[Play "N"]
DQ D4 D7 D5
SK S5 S6 S2
SA SQ S3 ST
S8 C2 SJ S9
S7 C4 S4 D3
D2 D8 DK DA
H6 HK H3 H9
HT H7 H4 HJ
DJ H8 H2 HQ
C5 C6 H5 HA
C9 CK C7 C3
CJ C8 CQ CA
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 8
N  H 4
N  D 7
N  C 4
S NT 5
S  S 8
S  H 4
S  D 7
S  C 4
E NT 7
E  S 5
E  H 8
E  D 6
E  C 8
W NT 7
W  S 5
W  H 8
W  D 6
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "101"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:97.AT83.AJ86.AKQ J85.KQJ762.T2.32 T4.9.Q9753.T8654 AKQ632.54.K4.J97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: A costly and very unfortunate hand for the British players. North
makes an irregular opening bid of 1 Club which eventually leads the
partnership into a blind alley and shuts out a lay-down game in Diamonds. The
disadvantage of irregular or artificial opening bids on 3 card or shorter suits is the
same as with an opening 1 No Trump bid. In both cases a precious round of
bidding information might be lost.\n
Beasley: I opened with a somewhat comic bid of 1 Club, since my strength lay
so much in that direction. East overbid with 1 Hearts. and with his peculiar
distribution my partner might have chanced 2 Clubes.The fact that he did not
led me to pass the subsequent 1 Spades bid of Culbertson's with the result that
we missed a game in Diamonds. Perhaps if I had opened with 1 Diamond we might
have got the five Diamonds that was easily possible. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "545bb545bb2770277802"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "W 5HX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +140"]
[Auction "N"]
1C 1H Pass 1S
Pass Pass 2C 3S
AP
[Play "N"]
CK C2 C4 C7
CA C3 C5 C9
S9 S5 S4 SA
S7 S8 ST SK
H3 HJ H9 H4
HA HQ C6 H5
CQ SJ C8 CJ
H8 HK D3 D4
HT H2 D5 S2
D8 D2 D7 SQ
D6 H6 D9 S6
DJ DT CT S3
DA H7 DQ DK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  4
N  H  5
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT  5
S  S  4
S  H  5
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  7
E  H  7
E  D  0
E  C  2
W NT  7
W  S  7
W  H  8
W  D  0
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "101"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:97.AT83.AJ86.AKQ J85.KQJ762.T2.32 T4.9.Q9753.T8654 AKQ632.54.K4.J97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson opened with a Diamond and finished successfully in
five Diamonds, a big swing to America. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "545bb545bb2770277802"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "W 5HX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +600"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 2D 2H
3S Pass 4D Pass
5D AP
[Play "E"]
SJ S4 SQ S7
S5 ST SK S9
D2 D3 D4 D6
H2 H9 H4 HA
H6 D5 H5 H3
DT D7 DK DA
C3 C4 C7 CA
C2 C5 C9 CK
H7 D9 S2 H8
HJ C6 CJ CQ
HQ DQ S3 HT
HK CT S6 D8
S8 C8 SA DJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  4
N  H  5
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT  5
S  S  4
S  H  5
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  7
E  H  7
E  D  0
E  C  2
W NT  7
W  S  7
W  H  8
W  D  0
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "102"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:A96.JT98.4.KJ953 7.AQ74.AJ652.Q42 KJT42.65.KQ9.T76 Q853.K32.T873.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2D"]
[Result "9"]
{

Beasley: On Domville's opening of 1 Diamond my hand was only worth a single
raise, and he, showing immaculate judgment, left in the bid, which was about
all there was on the hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66796667967764777647"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2D+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1D Pass 2D
AP
[Play "W"]
H6 H2 H8 HA
D9 D3 D4 DA
DQ D7 C5 D5
DK D8 C3 D2
H5 HK H9 H4
C6 CA C9 C2
C7 C8 CK C4
S2 H3 HJ HQ
CT DT HT H7
S4 S3 SA S7
SJ S5 CJ CQ
ST S8 S6 DJ
SK SQ S9 D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 9
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 9
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 4
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 4
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "102"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:A96.JT98.4.KJ953 7.AQ74.AJ652.Q42 KJT42.65.KQ9.T76 Q853.K32.T873.A8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5DX"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: North obviously overbid. The proper bid should have been Diamonds
and passed by South.\n
Beasley: Morris interposed with a Spade bid and Mrs. Culbertson was forced to
make the more encouraging bid of 1 No Trump over the Spade, with the result
that America finished in an impossible contract of 5 Diamonds. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66796667967764777647"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 2D+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1D 1S 1NT
2S 3H Pass 5D
Pass Pass X AP
[Play "W"]
SJ S3 S6 S7
ST S5 S9 D2
D9 D3 D4 DA
DQ D7 C5 D5
DK D8 C3 D6
S2 S8 SA DJ
H5 H2 H8 HQ
H6 HK H9 H4
C6 H3 HT HA
C7 DT HJ H7
CT CA C9 C2
S4 C8 CK C4
SK SQ CJ CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 9
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 9
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 6
E  D 4
E  C 7
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 6
W  D 4
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "103"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AKQ97.J62.652.J8 J8654.K954.AQJ.A T.Q83.K984.KQ943 32.AT7.T73.T7652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2CX"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: West makes a fine pass for a possible Swing. Since the bidding
indicates that North and South are not strong, West decides to start something
by making a Take-out Double. East makes a very fine pass for a penalty.\n
Beasley: Gottlieb did not open the bidding and Morris on his strong hand was
one down in 1 Spades. On Domville's opening of 1 Diamond my hand was only
worth a single raise, and he, showing immaculate judgment, left in the bid, which
was about all there was on the hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76567765676776667766"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 1N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -500"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2C Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "E"]
S3 SQ S4 ST
S2 SA S5 D4
C2 SK S6 D8
DT D2 DA D9
D3 S7 SJ CQ
D7 D5 DQ DK
C5 CJ CA C3
CT D6 DJ C9
C6 C8 H4 C4
C7 S9 S8 H3
HA H2 H9 H8
HT H6 HK HQ
H7 HJ H5 CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 7
E NT 6
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 6
W  S 7
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "103"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AKQ97.J62.652.J8 J8654.K954.AQJ.A T.Q83.K984.KQ943 32.AT7.T73.T7652"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1S"]
[Result "6"]
{

Beasley: Gottlieb did not open the bidding and Morris on his strong hand was
one down in 1 Spades. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76567765676776667766"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 1N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S AP
[Play "N"]
CK C2 C8 CA
ST S2 S7 S5
C3 C5 CJ S4
C4 S3 S9 S6
D4 D3 SQ S8
D8 C6 SA SJ
DK D7 D2 DQ
D9 DT D5 DJ
C9 H7 D6 DA
H3 HA H2 H4
CQ C7 H6 H5
H8 HT HJ HK
HQ CT SK H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 7
E NT 6
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 6
W  S 7
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "104"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:T986.AQ9.6.AT432 K754.T6542.KT.Q6 AQ3.J7.AJ875.J97 J2.K83.Q9432.K85"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "2NT"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: It is a close situation but upon reflection West should have 3 No
Trumps with his collection of 10's and 9's in addition to 2 aces. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3364233632aa79baa79b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 430"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +210"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 1D Pass
1NT Pass 2NT AP
[Play "N"]
H4 H7 HK HA
CQ C7 C5 C4
H6 HJ H8 H9
C6 CJ CK CA
S4 SQ S2 S8
S5 SA SJ S6
SK S3 H3 ST
HT C9 D2 HQ
H2 D5 C8 CT
S7 D7 D3 S9
H5 D8 D4 C3
DT DJ D9 C2
DK DA DQ D6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  6
N  D  4
N  C  2
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  6
S  D  3
S  C  2
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  7
E  D  9
E  C 11
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  7
W  D  9
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "104"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:T986.AQ9.6.AT432 K754.T6542.KT.Q6 AQ3.J7.AJ875.J97 J2.K83.Q9432.K85"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: George Morris quite properly bid 3 No Trump scoring a game
against the Americans. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3364233632aa79baa79b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 430"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +430"]
[Auction "W"]
1C Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
D3 D6 DK DA
C5 C2 CQ CJ
SJ S6 S4 S3
D4 S8 DT DJ
C8 CT C6 C7
CK CA H2 C9
S2 C4 S5 D5
D2 C3 H4 SQ
D9 S9 S7 SA
H3 H9 H5 HJ
H8 HQ H6 H7
HK HA HT D7
DQ ST SK D8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  3
N  H  6
N  D  4
N  C  2
S NT  3
S  S  3
S  H  6
S  D  3
S  C  2
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  7
E  D  9
E  C 11
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  7
W  D  9
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "105"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:965.KJ942..KQ964 A.Q865.AQT843.A3 J742..K97652.JT5 KQT83.AT73.J.872"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: One of the worst bid hands by the American team.The bidding was
very good and if the contract of 4 Hearts was set 2 tricks it was due only to
the invisible rocks of distribution.\n
Beasley: This was possibly the most interesting hand of the match so far, the
distribution being absolutely freakish. Lightner opened with  1 Diamond, and
after Culbertson's Spade bid I put in a second-round bid of 2 Spades.Many
spectators wondered why I had not bid 2 Clubs, which would have landed me in real
trouble.\n
Over my 2 Spades bid Lightner repeated his Diamonds and Domville interposed
with an excellent 3 Spades bid. Culbertson now "punted" at 3 Hearts, which I
naturally enjoyed immensely, and to my further delight Lightner elevated this to
four.We defeated this by some quite bright defense, though I say it myself. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55446554468799687996"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1H+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1D Pass 1S
2C 2D 3C 3H
Pass 4C Pass 4H
AP
[Play "N"]
CK CA C5 C2
S5 SA S2 S3
H2 H5 D2 HA
S6 C3 S4 SK
S9 D3 S7 SQ
C4 DA D5 DJ
HJ DQ DK HT
CQ H6 CT C7
H4 DT D6 C8
HK H8 CJ H3
H9 HQ D7 H7
C6 D4 D9 S8
C9 D8 SJ ST
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 9
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 9
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "105"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:965.KJ942..KQ964 A.Q865.AQT843.A3 J742..K97652.JT5 KQT83.AT73.J.872"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4CX"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: Mr. Gottlieb made a childish psychic that would not have ended so
disastrously had he not been helped so efficiently by Mrs. Culbertson. This
hand should be framed by all Bridge players as an example of the depths to
which experts may fall precisely because they are so brilliant. I hope that my
dear wife and her Partner, both of whom I esteem among the greatest in the world,
will forgive me for brutally stating that the bidding was simply idiotic. \n
The bidding was much the same until on the third round Gottlieb made the
highly speculative bid of 2 No Trumps, and in the subsequent chaos he and his
partner took a bad pass in 4 Spades-and rightly. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55446554468799687996"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1H+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -800"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1D Pass 1S
2C 2D 2NT Pass
3H Pass 4C X
AP
[Play "E"]
SA S2 S3 S5
CA C5 C2 C4
C3 CT C7 CK
H5 CJ H3 H2
D3 D2 DJ C6
D4 D5 C8 CQ
D8 S4 ST S6
DT S7 SK S9
DQ SJ SQ H4
H6 D6 S8 H9
H8 D7 H7 HK
HQ D9 HT C9
DA DK HA HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 4
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 4
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 7
E  H 9
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 7
W  H 9
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "106"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:A8763.Q.K8765.Q7 Q5.AKJ52.Q3.J983 J94.T876.JT92.64 KT2.943.A4.AKT52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: The contract of 5 Clubs reached in Room 2 is better bidding than
4 Hearts. It required fine play by Sir G.Domville to make the 4 Hearts. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b7b7c96a6c2526125261"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1370"]
[ParContract "NS 6C="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +620"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1H Pass 3C
Pass 4C Pass 4H
AP
[Play "W"]
DJ D4 DK D3
S4 S2 SA S5
S9 SK S3 SQ
H6 H9 HQ HA
H7 H4 S6 HK
C4 CK C7 CJ
H8 H3 S7 HJ
C6 CA CQ C9
D2 C2 D5 C3
HT C5 D6 C8
SJ ST S8 H2
D9 DA D7 H5
DT CT D8 DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  7
N  H 11
N  D  7
N  C 12
S NT  9
S  S  6
S  H 10
S  D  6
S  C 12
E NT  2
E  S  5
E  H  2
E  D  6
E  C  1
W NT  2
W  S  5
W  H  2
W  D  6
W  C  1

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "106"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:A8763.Q.K8765.Q7 Q5.AKJ52.Q3.J983 J94.T876.JT92.64 KT2.943.A4.AKT52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "12"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b7b7c96a6c2526125261"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1370"]
[ParContract "NS 6C="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +620"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1H Pass 3C
Pass 4C Pass 5C
AP
[Play "E"]
SA S5 S4 S2
S8 SQ S9 ST
C7 CJ C6 CA
CQ C8 C4 CK
HQ HA H6 H9
D5 HJ H7 H4
D6 HK H8 H3
S3 H5 HT C2
S6 D3 SJ SK
D7 DQ D9 DA
D8 C3 D2 D4
DK H2 DT C5
S7 C9 DJ CT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  7
N  H 11
N  D  7
N  C 12
S NT  9
S  S  6
S  H 10
S  D  6
S  C 12
E NT  2
E  S  5
E  H  2
E  D  6
E  C  1
W NT  2
W  S  5
W  H  2
W  D  6
W  C  1

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "107"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:83.Q642.T973.Q73 KJ.9753.6.AT9852 QT2.A8.KQ852.K64 A97654.KJT.AJ4.J"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5346453464799798a979"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "W 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1D X
1NT X Pass Pass
2D 2H Pass 4H
AP
[Play "N"]
DK DA D3 D6
S2 S4 S3 SK
H8 HT HQ H3
C4 CJ CQ CA
HA HK H2 H5
CK HJ C7 C5
ST SA S8 SJ
SQ S5 C3 H7
C6 S6 H4 H9
D2 S7 H6 CT
DQ D4 DT C8
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  6
N  C  4
S NT  5
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  6
S  C  4
E NT  7
E  S  9
E  H  9
E  D  7
E  C  9
W NT  8
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D  7
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "107"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:83.Q642.T973.Q73 KJ.9753.6.AT9852 QT2.A8.KQ852.K64 A97654.KJT.AJ4.J"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3C"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5346453464799798a979"]
[OptimumScore "EW 420"]
[ParContract "W 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +110"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1D 1S
Pass 2C Pass 2NT
Pass 3C AP
[Play "N"]
H8 HT HQ H7
SQ SA S8 SJ
C4 CJ C3 CA
C6 S4 CQ C8
DQ DA D3 D6
D2 D4 D9 C2
CK S5 C7 C9
S2 S6 S3 SK
HA HJ H4 H3
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  6
N  C  4
S NT  5
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  6
S  C  4
E NT  7
E  S  9
E  H  9
E  D  7
E  C  9
W NT  8
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D  7
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "108"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AJ852.A93.KT.876 QT7.Q4.A8642.AT4 .KJT8762.753.952 K9643.5.QJ9.KQJ3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5a4a95a4994382243822"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "EW 5HX-3"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
3H Pass 4H AP
[Play "S"]
CK C6 C4 C2
DQ DK DA D3
C3 C7 CA C5
CJ C8 CT C9
DJ DT D2 D5
D9 H3 D4 D7
H5 HA H4 H2
CQ H9 HQ HK
S3 S2 D6 HJ
S4 S5 D8 HT
S6 S8 S7 H8
S9 SJ ST H7
SK SA SQ H6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S 10
N  H  4
N  D 10
N  C  9
S NT  5
S  S 10
S  H  4
S  D  9
S  C  9
E NT  4
E  S  3
E  H  8
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  4
W  S  3
W  H  8
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "108"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:AJ852.A93.KT.876 QT7.Q4.A8642.AT4 .KJT8762.753.952 K9643.5.QJ9.KQJ3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5a4a95a4994382243822"]
[OptimumScore "EW -500"]
[ParContract "EW 5HX-3"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
3H Pass 4H AP
[Play "S"]
CK C6 C4 C2
DQ DK DA D3
C3 C7 CA C5
CJ C8 CT C9
DJ DT D2 D5
D9 H3 D4 D7
H5 HA H4 H2
CQ H9 HQ HK
S3 S2 D6 HJ
S4 S5 D8 HT
S6 S8 S7 H8
S9 SJ ST H7
SK SA SQ H6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S 10
N  H  4
N  D 10
N  C  9
S NT  5
S  S 10
S  H  4
S  D  9
S  C  9
E NT  4
E  S  3
E  H  8
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  4
W  S  3
W  H  8
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "109"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:42.54.762.AK8654 K65.Q8.94.QJ9732 J983.KJ732.KQ5.T AQT7.AT96.AJT83."]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: Another hand where we very badly due to atrocious bidding. I the
author, oblivious of the Culbertson system,  relapsed into some form of
atavism. For no reason at all he opens the bidding with 1 Spade instead of with 1
Diamond, the longest suit. As a result of this initial error there arises a
chain of bids where both the author and his partner are hopelessly trapped in an
impossible contract of 4 Spades, while a game of No Trumps was lay down.\n
Beasley: This hand was remarkable for the fact that in each case the declarer
was badly caught when such an event seemed unlikely.  Culbertson's forcing
hand bid of 1 Spades was contrary to his usual practice. At any rate, his usual
practice looks a much better bid-that is to bid 1 Spades. From that moment his
partner knows for certain that he has a four-card Spade suit and they do not
arrive at such a difficult contract. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "43434434349a9a89a9a8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 620"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2S Pass 3D 3S
Pass 4H Pass 4S
AP
[Play "N"]
CK C2 CT H6
H5 H8 HJ HA
H4 HQ HK HT
D2 D4 DK DA
S2 S5 H2 H9
D6 D9 DQ D3
D7 S6 H7 D8
S4 SK S3 S7
C4 C3 D5 ST
C5 C7 S8 SA
C6 C9 S9 SQ
C8 CJ SJ DJ
CA CQ H3 DT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  3
N  C  4
S NT  4
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  3
S  C  4
E NT  9
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  9
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "109"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:42.54.762.AK8654 K65.Q8.94.QJ9732 J983.KJ732.KQ5.T AQT7.AT96.AJT83."]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2CX"]
[Result "5"]
{

Culbertson: The other half of the American team or rather a quarter (for in
this case Mrs. Culbertson was an innocent victim), completed the wrecking job.
Mr. Gottlieb made a very doubtful semi-psychic Heart bid considering that he
was vulnerable, and that his suit was not even strong enough to be re-bid. As a
result, Mrs. Culbertson was hopelessly trapped in a doubled contract. \n
This and Hand No 12 are the worst bid hands of the American team throughout
the entire match except one, No. 14. \n
Beasley: Gottlieb made one of the lightest openings seen yet, and Morris with
his colossal hand only elected to make just a plain over-bid of 1 Spades That
had the effect of leading the Americans properly up the garden path, and
though Mrs. Culbertson was very unfortunate to find such a mass of Clubs over her,
their disastrous crash was undoubtedly due to Gottlieb's almost criminal
opening bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "43434434349a9a89a9a8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 620"]
[ParContract "EW 4S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -800"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass 1H 1S
2C X AP
[Play "E"]
SK S3 S7 S2
S6 S8 ST S4
S5 S9 SA C4
H8 HJ HA H4
C9 SJ SQ C8
HQ HK H6 H5
D4 DQ DA D2
C7 H2 HT C5
D9 DK D3 D6
C2 CT D8 CK
C3 H3 DT CA
CJ H7 DJ C6
CQ D5 H9 D7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  3
N  C  4
S NT  4
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  3
S  C  4
E NT  9
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D 10
E  C  8
W NT  9
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D 10
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "110"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:KJ53.J975.T9.K72 Q9.AK862.J83.843 T8642.T.K62.AJ96 A7.Q43.AQ754.QT5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: The author perpetrated one of his atrocious bids that made him
famous in the history of Bridge. Although the game is not in danger at any time
he suddenly decides to make a psychic 2 No Trump hid. thereby trapping himself
and his partner into an unnecessary penalty of 450 points. \n
Beasley: Culbertson's opening bid of 1 Spades was entirely responsible for
the subsequent trouble that the Americans ran into. Having made such a dubious
opening he then indulged in a peculiar psychic bid and simply aggravated what
was already a sticky position. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b5ba7b5b972822628236"]
[OptimumScore "NS 460"]
[ParContract "NS 4N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -500"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1C 1D
1S 2H 2NT Pass
3NT X 4S Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "S"]
HK HT H4 H5
DJ DK DA D9
D3 D2 DQ DT
D8 D6 D4 S3
H2 S2 H3 H7
SQ S4 S7 SJ
C3 C9 CT CK
S9 S6 SA SK
H6 S8 HQ H9
C4 CA C5 C2
C8 C6 CQ C7
H8 ST D7 HJ
HA CJ D5 S5
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  5
N  H 11
N  D 10
N  C  7
S NT 11
S  S  5
S  H 11
S  D  9
S  C  7
E NT  2
E  S  8
E  H  2
E  D  2
E  C  6
W NT  2
W  S  8
W  H  2
W  D  3
W  C  6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "110"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:KJ53.J975.T9.K72 Q9.AK862.J83.843 T8642.T.K62.AJ96 A7.Q43.AQ754.QT5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: The bidding proceeded on quite orthodox lines                       
                                                                             
                                                                          \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "b5ba7b5b972822628236"]
[OptimumScore "NS 460"]
[ParContract "NS 4N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass Pass 1D
Pass 1H 1S 2H
2S 3H AP
[Play "W"]
S4 S7 SK S9
S2 SA S3 SQ
HT H3 H5 HA
S6 HQ H7 H2
DK D4 D9 DJ
CA C5 C2 C3
C6 CT CK C4
C9 CQ C7 C8
D2 H4 H9 HK
D6 DA DT D3
CJ D5 S5 D8
S8 D7 HJ H6
ST DQ SJ H8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 11
N  S  5
N  H 11
N  D 10
N  C  7
S NT 11
S  S  5
S  H 11
S  D  9
S  C  7
E NT  2
E  S  8
E  H  2
E  D  2
E  C  6
W NT  2
W  S  8
W  H  2
W  D  3
W  C  6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "111"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AQ964.6.Q95.J954 JT.J84.KJ632.AK2 K7532.K7.T74.T86 8.AQT9532.A8.Q73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "5H"]
[Result "13"]
{

Beasley: America on the face of it appeared to be missing a slam, but it is
quite evident that the whole situation depends on the Heart finesse and no slam
is biddable.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "060030600387cb987cb9"]
[OptimumScore "EW 980"]
[ParContract "EW 6H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +510"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1D Pass 1H
Pass 1NT Pass 3H
Pass 4H Pass 5H
AP
[Play "S"]
C4 CA C6 C3
H6 HJ HK HA
S9 H4 H7 H9
D5 D2 D4 DA
D9 DJ D7 D8
DQ D3 DT HT
C5 CK C8 C7
S4 DK S2 S8
S6 D6 S3 CQ
SQ ST S5 H2
C9 H8 S7 H3
SA SJ SK H5
CJ C2 CT HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  6
N  H  0
N  D  0
N  C  3
S NT  0
S  S  6
S  H  0
S  D  0
S  C  3
E NT  8
E  S  7
E  H 12
E  D 11
E  C  9
W NT  8
W  S  7
W  H 12
W  D 11
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "111"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:AQ964.6.Q95.J954 JT.J84.KJ632.AK2 K7532.K7.T74.T86 8.AQT9532.A8.Q73"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "13"]
{

Beasley: Morris seems to have been unusually backward; perhaps he did not see
his Ace of Clubs, but anyhow, the situation was retrieved by his partner's
pre-emptive bid which he promptly raised to an easy game. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "060030600387cb987cb9"]
[OptimumScore "EW 980"]
[ParContract "EW 6H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +510"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 3H
Pass 4H AP
[Play "S"]
C4 CA C6 C3
H6 HJ H7 HT
S4 H4 HK HA
D5 D2 D4 DA
D9 DK D7 D8
DQ D3 DT H2
C5 CK C8 C7
S6 DJ S2 S8
S9 D6 S3 CQ
SQ ST S5 H3
C9 H8 S7 H5
SA SJ SK H9
CJ C2 CT HQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  0
N  S  6
N  H  0
N  D  0
N  C  3
S NT  0
S  S  6
S  H  0
S  D  0
S  C  3
E NT  8
E  S  7
E  H 12
E  D 11
E  C  9
W NT  8
W  S  7
W  H 12
W  D 11
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "112"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:A842.QT7.9753.T4 K7.963.AK82.K862 QJ6.KJ54.64.AJ75 T953.A82.QJT.Q93"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2D"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76687766876665666656"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 1D+1; NS 1N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1D Pass 2D
AP
[Play "E"]
SQ S3 SA S7
S6 S5 S2 SK
C5 CQ C4 C2
C7 C3 CT C6
D4 DQ D3 D2
SJ S9 S4 D8
CJ C9 H7 C8
D6 DT D5 DK
CA DJ S8 CK
H4 ST D7 DA
H5 HA HT H3
HJ H2 HQ H6
HK H8 D9 H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "112"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:A842.QT7.9753.T4 K7.963.AK82.K862 QJ6.KJ54.64.AJ75 T953.A82.QJT.Q93"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76687766876665666656"]
[OptimumScore "NS 90"]
[ParContract "NS 1D+1; NS 1N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1D Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "W"]
S2 SK S6 S3
C4 C2 C5 CQ
CT C6 C7 C3
S4 S7 SJ S5
S8 H3 SQ S9
H7 H6 H4 HA
D3 D2 D4 DQ
D5 D8 D6 DJ
D7 DA H5 DT
D9 DK HK H2
HQ H9 HJ H8
HT C8 CJ ST
SA CK CA C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 6
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 6
E  S 6
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 6
W  S 6
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "113"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:QT8.AK72.7.Q9854 AK9.65.AKJ98.K76 652.J984.QT64.J2 J743.QT3.532.AT3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55756546468868788687"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1D Pass 1NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
C5 C6 CJ CA
D7 DJ DQ D2
CQ C7 C2 CT
C4 CK S2 C3
H2 DA D4 D3
H7 DK D6 D5
HK H5 H4 H3
C9 D8 S5 S3
C8 D9 H8 HT
HA H6 H9 HQ
S8 S9 S6 SJ
ST SA HJ S4
SQ SK DT S7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 4
S  H 6
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "113"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:QT8.AK72.7.Q9854 AK9.65.AKJ98.K76 652.J984.QT64.J2 J743.QT3.532.AT3"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NTX"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55756546468868788687"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -300"]
[Auction "N"]
1C 2D Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT X AP
[Play "N"]
C5 C6 CJ CA
D7 DJ DQ D2
CQ C7 C2 CT
C4 CK S2 C3
H2 DA D4 D3
H7 DK D6 D5
HK H5 H4 H3
C9 D8 S5 S3
C8 D9 H8 HT
HA H6 H9 HQ
S8 S9 S6 SJ
ST SA HJ S4
SQ SK DT S7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 4
S  H 6
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 8
E  C 7
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 8
W  C 7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "114"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:KJ42.KT8.KJT.985 AT83.Q7.9642.Q42 Q975.J92.A5.AJ63 6.A6543.Q873.KT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "44765447658965889658"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1C Pass
1S Pass 2S Pass
2NT Pass 3S AP
[Play "S"]
HQ H2 H3 HK
SA S5 S6 SK
H7 H9 HA H8
D2 HJ H4 HT
S3 S7 D3 SJ
S8 S9 C7 S2
ST SQ H5 S4
C2 CA CT C5
D4 DA D7 DT
D6 D5 D8 DK
CQ C3 CK C8
D9 C6 H6 DJ
C4 CJ DQ C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 4
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 5
S NT 4
S  S 4
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "114"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:KJ42.KT8.KJT.985 AT83.Q7.9642.Q42 Q975.J92.A5.AJ63 6.A6543.Q873.KT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "7"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "44765447658965889658"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 1NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
H4 H8 HQ H2
HA HT H7 HJ
H6 HK D9 H9
S6 S2 S3 SQ
D8 SK S8 S5
C7 C5 C2 C3
H5 S4 D2 C6
H3 C8 C4 S7
D3 DT D6 DA
D7 DJ D4 D5
DQ DK ST CJ
CT C9 CQ CA
CK SJ SA S9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 4
N  H 7
N  D 6
N  C 5
S NT 4
S  S 4
S  H 7
S  D 6
S  C 5
E NT 8
E  S 9
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 8
W NT 8
W  S 9
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "115"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:J982.AKT52.J.J43 A3.QJ9743.QT.Q72 KQ76.6.832.AK965 T54.8.AK97654.T8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: Spades were properly bid and should have been made.\n
Beasley:  Domville opened with a somewhat dubious Heart bid. I am not sure
that 1 Spades is not a better bid on my hand, but I elected to bid my longer
suit first, namely Clubs. I was able to bid Spades in the subsequent bidding, and
we finished a 4 Spades contract. I rather plead guilty to missing this
contract unnecessarily, though it was an extremely difficult hand to play. I think I
made a bad misjudgment in playing the Ace of Hearts at trick three. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5b84a5b84a6258262582"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "S"]
1H Pass 2C 2D
3C Pass 3S Pass
4S AP
[Play "E"]
DK DJ DQ D2
H8 HA H3 H6
S4 S2 S3 SK
D4 S8 DT D3
S5 HK H4 D8
ST S9 SA S6
D5 H2 HQ S7
C8 C3 C2 CA
CT C4 C7 CK
D6 CJ CQ C5
D7 H5 HJ SQ
D9 HT H7 C9
DA SJ H9 C6
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S 11
N  H  8
N  D  4
N  C 10
S NT  5
S  S 11
S  H  8
S  D  4
S  C 10
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  5
E  D  8
E  C  2
W NT  6
W  S  2
W  H  5
W  D  8
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "115"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:J982.AKT52.J.J43 A3.QJ9743.QT.Q72 KQ76.6.832.AK965 T54.8.AK97654.T8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: Spades could have been made, but were not bid. \n
Beasley: Morris's 1 No Trump bid rather gave away the situation, and when he
doubled 2 Hearts he only sent the opposition into a contract that was much
more suitable. Mrs. Culbertson must have regretted not raising her partner's
Spade bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5b84a5b84a6258262582"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +170"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 1D
1H 1NT Pass 2D
2H X Pass Pass
2S AP
[Play "W"]
DQ D2 DK DJ
DT D3 DA S2
SA S6 S4 S8
S3 S7 ST SJ
C2 CA C8 C3
H3 D8 D9 S9
C7 C5 CT CJ
H4 H6 H8 HA
H7 SQ D4 H2
CQ CK S5 C4
H9 SK D7 H5
HJ C9 D5 HT
HQ C6 D6 HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S 11
N  H  8
N  D  4
N  C 10
S NT  5
S  S 11
S  H  8
S  D  4
S  C 10
E NT  6
E  S  2
E  H  5
E  D  8
E  C  2
W NT  6
W  S  2
W  H  5
W  D  8
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "116"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:72.AT96.A854.QJ8 964.J42.QT763.63 AQJ85.Q8.K2.KT42 KT3.K753.J9.A975"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: This hand was only remarkable for that fact that East and West
obtained 3 No Trump with consummate ease in the open room, while in the closed room
2 Morris unaccountably missed the boat. These things happen to everybody at
times. A study of the play will show how Morris failed. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3345333353aa98aaa98a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 630"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2NT Pass 3S Pass
3NT AP
[Play "N"]
D6 DK DJ D4
C3 C2 C5 CQ
S4 SJ SK S2
D3 D2 D9 D5
S6 SQ ST S7
C6 C4 C7 CJ
D7 CT CA C8
H2 CK C9 H6
S9 SA S3 D8
DT S8 H3 H9
H4 S5 H5 HT
HJ H8 H7 HA
DQ HQ HK 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  3
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "116"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:72.AT96.A854.QJ8 964.J42.QT763.63 AQJ85.Q8.K2.KT42 KT3.K753.J9.A975"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: The 3 No Trump contract should be made. It is rarely that such a
remarkable card player as Mr. Morris misplays his dummy. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "3345333353aa98aaa98a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 630"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1S Pass
2NT Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
D6 D2 DJ D4
D3 DK D9 D5
C3 C2 C5 CQ
S4 SQ S3 S7
H2 HQ HK HA
H4 H8 H3 H6
C6 C4 C7 CJ
HJ S5 H5 HT
S6 SJ SK S2
D7 CT CA C8
S9 S8 H7 H9
DT SA ST DA
DQ CK C9 D8
[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  3
S  D  5
S  C  3
E NT 10
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D  8
E  C 10
W NT 10
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D  8
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "117"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:AJ96.AQ93.QT75.2 KQ4.84.J63.KT986 T82.J2.K984.AQJ7 753.KT765.A2.543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "a98b8a98b83352533525"]
[OptimumScore "NS 630"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +600"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 2D Pass
2H Pass 3C Pass
3NT AP
[Play "E"]
SK S2 S3 SA
D3 DK DA D5
SQ S8 S7 S6
S4 ST S5 SJ
C6 CQ C3 C2
DJ D9 D2 DT
D6 D4 H5 DQ
H4 D8 C4 D7
C8 CA C5 H3
H8 HJ HK HA
C9 H2 H6 S9
CT C7 H7 HQ
CK CJ HT H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S  9
N  H  8
N  D 11
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S  9
S  H  8
S  D 11
S  C  8
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  5
E  D  2
E  C  5
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  5
W  D  2
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "117"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:AJ96.AQ93.QT75.2 KQ4.84.J63.KT986 T82.J2.K984.AQJ7 753.KT765.A2.543"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Culbertson: Mrs. Culbertson has an opening 1 Spade bid which would have
offered a fair chance of game at 3 No Trumps as happened in Room 1. I asked my wife
why she thus betrayed the Culbertson system before the world. Her answer was
that on the contrary she passed in accordance with our principle that when
things break badly and Partner seems to be somewhat excited it is best to tighten
up the bidding until the storm blows over.\n
She was quite correct. In fact it is one of the main reasons why the team is
universally rated among the strongest in America. Take care of your losses and
your winnings will take care of themselves. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "a98b8a98b83352533525"]
[OptimumScore "NS 630"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Auction "N"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S  9
N  H  8
N  D 11
N  C  8
S NT 10
S  S  9
S  H  8
S  D 11
S  C  8
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  5
E  D  2
E  C  5
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  5
W  D  2
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "118"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:KJ84.AJ8.J93.A64 A3.Q62.K84.QT873 97.T9743.A62.KJ2 QT652.K5.QT75.95"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: A bold 3 No Trump bid by West which paid dividends.              
                                                                             
                                   \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "353663536598a7798a77"]
[OptimumScore "EW 620"]
[ParContract "EW 4H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +600"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
2NT Pass 3NT AP
[Play "S"]
C3 CJ C5 C4
HQ H3 H5 HJ
C7 CK C9 C6
H2 H4 HK HA
H6 HT S2 H8
D4 H9 D5 D3
C8 H7 D7 D9
SA S7 S5 SJ
CT C2 S6 CA
D8 DA DT DJ
S3 S9 ST SK
CQ D2 SQ S4
DK D6 DQ S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  5
N  H  3
N  D  6
N  C  6
S NT  3
S  S  5
S  H  3
S  D  6
S  C  5
E NT  9
E  S  8
E  H 10
E  D  7
E  C  7
W NT  9
W  S  8
W  H 10
W  D  7
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "118"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:KJ84.AJ8.J93.A64 A3.Q62.K84.QT873 97.T9743.A62.KJ2 QT652.K5.QT75.95"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Culbertson: East by passing a practically 3 1/2 Honour-trick hand, suffered a
decided ss.                                                                  
      \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "353663536598a7798a77"]
[OptimumScore "EW 620"]
[ParContract "EW 4H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Auction "E"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  3
N  S  5
N  H  3
N  D  6
N  C  6
S NT  3
S  S  5
S  H  3
S  D  6
S  C  5
E NT  9
E  S  8
E  H 10
E  D  7
E  C  7
W NT  9
W  S  8
W  H 10
W  D  7
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "119"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:765.T.AQJT95.KJT 98.KJ852.6432.95 KJ4.AQ64.87.A832 AQT32.973.K.Q764"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "11"]
{

}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "c88cbb87a91551215512"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1440"]
[ParContract "N 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +660"]
[Auction "S"]
1D Pass 2NT Pass
3D Pass 3NT AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S5 S8 SJ
DK DA D2 D7
H3 DQ D3 D8
C4 DJ D4 C2
H7 DT D6 H4
S2 D9 H2 H6
ST D5 H5 C3
H9 HT H8 HA
C6 CT C5 CA
C7 CJ C9 C8
CQ CK S9 HQ
SA S6 HJ SK
SQ S7 HK S4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 12
N  S  8
N  H  8
N  D 12
N  C 11
S NT 11
S  S  8
S  H  7
S  D 10
S  C  9
E NT  1
E  S  5
E  H  5
E  D  1
E  C  2
W NT  1
W  S  5
W  H  5
W  D  1
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "119"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:765.T.AQJT95.KJT 98.KJ852.6432.95 KJ4.AQ64.87.A832 AQT32.973.K.Q764"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
{

Culbertson: A bad opening 1 No Trump in violation of the approach principle.
It so happened that Partner had the Hearts. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "c88cbb87a91551215512"]
[OptimumScore "NS 1440"]
[ParContract "N 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +690"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1H Pass
2D Pass 2NT Pass
3NT AP
[Play "E"]
S3 S5 S8 SJ
DK DA D2 D7
C4 DQ D3 D8
H3 DJ D4 H4
S2 DT D6 C2
H7 D9 H2 S4
H9 D5 H5 H6
ST HT H8 HQ
SQ S6 HJ HA
C6 CT C5 CA
C7 CJ C9 C3
CQ CK S9 C8
SA S7 HK SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 12
N  S  8
N  H  8
N  D 12
N  C 11
S NT 11
S  S  8
S  H  7
S  D 10
S  C  9
E NT  1
E  S  5
E  H  5
E  D  1
E  C  2
W NT  1
W  S  5
W  H  5
W  D  1
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "120"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:A632.8.J762.AJ64 975.AK54.AT98.K3 KQT84.QT.K43.875 J.J97632.Q5.QT92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "74a7674a766836769367"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "W 4SX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +420"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1NT Pass 2H
Pass 3H Pass 4H
AP
[Play "W"]
D2 D8 DK D5
S6 S5 SK SJ
S2 S7 SQ H2
H8 HA HT H3
S3 HK HQ H6
D6 D9 D3 DQ
C4 CK C5 C2
D7 DA D4 C9
DJ DT S4 H7
CJ C3 C7 CT
SA S9 S8 H9
C6 H4 C8 CQ
CA H5 ST HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  4
N  H 10
N  D  7
N  C  6
S NT  7
S  S  4
S  H 10
S  D  7
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  8
E  H  3
E  D  6
E  C  7
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  3
W  D  6
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "120"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:A632.8.J762.AJ64 975.AK54.AT98.K3 KQT84.QT.K43.875 J.J97632.Q5.QT92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "74a7674a766836769367"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "W 4SX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1H 1S 2H
4S X AP
[Play "S"]
H6 H8 HK HT
D5 D2 DA D3
DQ D6 DT DK
SJ SA S5 S4
H2 S6 S7 SK
H3 S3 S9 SQ
H7 S2 H4 HQ
C2 CA C3 C5
C9 C4 CK C7
H9 DJ D9 D4
HJ D7 D8 S8
CT C6 H5 ST
CQ CJ HA C8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  7
N  S  4
N  H 10
N  D  7
N  C  6
S NT  7
S  S  4
S  H 10
S  D  7
S  C  6
E NT  6
E  S  8
E  H  3
E  D  6
E  C  7
W NT  6
W  S  9
W  H  3
W  D  6
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "121"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AJT9.K8.AQ952.T3 8432.QT72.84.942 K5.J653.KJT73.K8 Q76.A94.6.AQJ765"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "11"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "677a5aa8b53351833518"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "S 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "N"]
1S Pass 2D Pass
4D Pass 4S Pass
5D AP
[Play "W"]
HA H8 H2 H3
D6 DA D4 D3
C7 D2 D8 DK
S6 S9 S2 SK
S7 SA S4 S5
SQ ST S3 DT
C5 D9 C2 D7
C6 SJ S8 C8
H4 HK H7 H5
CA C3 C4 CK
CQ CT C9 DJ
H9 D5 HT H6
CJ DQ HQ HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  7
N  H  7
N  D 10
N  C  5
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  8
S  D 11
S  C  5
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  5
E  D  1
E  C  8
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  5
W  D  1
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "121"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:AJT9.K8.AQ952.T3 8432.QT72.84.942 K5.J653.KJT73.K8 Q76.A94.6.AQJ765"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "677a5aa8b53351833518"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "S 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +430"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 2NT Pass
3S Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
CQ C3 C2 CK
D6 DA D4 D3
C5 DQ D8 D7
H4 D2 C4 DT
H9 D5 H2 DK
S6 D9 H7 DJ
S7 S9 S2 SK
SQ SA S3 S5
C6 SJ S4 H3
C7 ST S8 H5
HA H8 HQ H6
CA CT C9 C8
CJ HK HT HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  6
N  S  7
N  H  7
N  D 10
N  C  5
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  8
S  D 11
S  C  5
E NT  3
E  S  3
E  H  5
E  D  1
E  C  8
W NT  3
W  S  3
W  H  5
W  D  1
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "122"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AK7.KQ97.5.AJ983 J3.AT8642.T7.T76 QT6.53.AK832.Q52 98542.J.QJ964.K4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2434224342b9a9bb9a9b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "E"]
1C Pass 1D Pass
2H Pass 3C Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
H6 H3 HJ HK
S3 SQ S2 S7
C6 CQ CK CA
C7 C2 C4 CJ
CT C5 S4 C3
SJ S6 S5 SK
H2 D2 S8 C9
H4 D3 D4 C8
D7 DA D6 D5
HA H5 D9 HQ
DT DK DQ H7
H8 ST S9 SA
HT D8 DJ H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  4
N  C  2
S NT  2
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  4
S  C  2
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D  9
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D  9
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "122"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AK7.KQ97.5.AJ983 J3.AT8642.T7.T76 QT6.53.AK832.Q52 98542.J.QJ964.K4"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2434224342b9a9bb9a9b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 660"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "E"]
1C Pass 1D Pass
3NT AP
[Play "S"]
H6 H3 HJ HK
S3 SQ S2 S7
C6 CQ CK CA
C7 C2 C4 CJ
CT C5 S4 C3
SJ S6 S5 SK
H2 D2 S8 C9
H4 D3 D4 C8
D7 DA D6 D5
HA H5 D9 HQ
DT DK DQ H7
H8 ST S9 SA
HT D8 DJ H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  4
N  H  3
N  D  4
N  C  2
S NT  2
S  S  4
S  H  3
S  D  4
S  C  2
E NT 11
E  S  9
E  H 10
E  D  9
E  C 11
W NT 11
W  S  9
W  H 10
W  D  9
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "123"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AQJ5.A53.AKQT.K4 8762.876.9852.AJ 93.K.J64.9876532 KT4.QJT942.73.QT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "5C"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Very fine bidding by the English players.                        
                                                                             
                                                                             
                   \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aa7bbaa7bb2362223622"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +400"]
[Auction "S"]
2NT Pass 3C Pass
3NT Pass 4C Pass
5C AP
[Play "E"]
HQ H3 H6 HK
CT CK CA C2
H2 HA H8 D4
CQ C4 CJ C3
H9 H5 H7 C5
D3 DT D2 DJ
D7 DA D5 D6
H4 DK D8 S3
HT DQ D9 S9
S4 S5 S8 C6
HJ SJ S7 C9
ST SQ S2 C8
SK SA S6 C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  7
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  7
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  3
E  H  6
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  3
W  H  6
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "123"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:AQJ5.A53.AKQT.K4 8762.876.9852.AJ 93.K.J64.9876532 KT4.QJT942.73.QT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2C"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Very poor bidding by the American Players. I don't quite know
how, but somewhere there ought to be further bidding. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "aa7bbaa7bb2362223622"]
[OptimumScore "NS 430"]
[ParContract "NS 3N+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +150"]
[Auction "S"]
1D Pass Pass 1H
X Pass 2C AP
[Play "E"]
HQ H3 H6 HK
CT CK CA C2
H2 HA H8 D4
CQ C4 CJ C3
H9 H5 H7 C5
D3 DT D2 DJ
D7 DA D5 D6
H4 DK D8 S3
HT DQ D9 S9
S4 S5 S8 C6
HJ SJ S7 C9
ST SQ S2 C8
SK SA S6 C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT 10
N  S 10
N  H  7
N  D 11
N  C 11
S NT 10
S  S 10
S  H  7
S  D 11
S  C 11
E NT  2
E  S  3
E  H  6
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  2
W  S  3
W  H  6
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "124"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:83.QT63.Q52.A643 2.A52.AK96.KQJ87 AKQ76.9874.87.T5 JT954.KJ.JT43.92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "5D"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: A poor but extremely unlucky bid by North. 3 No Trump was lay
down and should have been bid.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "986ba986ba4562245622"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 3N=; NS 5D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +600"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C 1S X
Pass 3D Pass 4D
Pass 5D AP
[Play "E"]
SK S4 S8 S2
SA S5 S3 D6
D8 D3 D2 DA
H8 HK H6 H2
C5 C9 CA C7
CT C2 C3 CK
H4 HJ H3 HA
H7 DJ HT H5
D7 DT D5 D9
H9 D4 DQ DK
S6 S9 C4 CQ
S7 ST C6 CJ
SQ SJ HQ C8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  6
N  D 11
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  8
S  H  6
S  D 11
S  C 10
E NT  4
E  S  5
E  H  6
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  4
W  S  5
W  H  6
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "124"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:83.QT63.Q52.A643 2.A52.AK96.KQJ87 AKQ76.9874.87.T5 JT954.KJ.JT43.92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1SX"]
[Result "5"]
{

Culbertson: South should keep the bidding open a shaded raise.               
                                                                             
                                                             \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "986ba986ba4562245622"]
[OptimumScore "NS 600"]
[ParContract "NS 3N=; NS 5D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -300"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C 1S Pass
Pass X AP
[Play "S"]
C9 C3 CJ C5
C2 CA CK CT
D4 C4 C8 D7
S4 S8 S2 SA
HK H3 H2 H4
D3 D2 DK D8
HJ C6 CQ H7
DJ H6 HA H8
S5 HT H5 H9
DT D5 D6 S6
S9 S3 D9 S7
SJ DQ C7 SK
ST HQ DA SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  8
N  H  6
N  D 11
N  C 10
S NT  9
S  S  8
S  H  6
S  D 11
S  C 10
E NT  4
E  S  5
E  H  6
E  D  2
E  C  2
W NT  4
W  S  5
W  H  6
W  D  2
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "125"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AT9652.K7.A7.AQ8 KQ.QJT9.QJ4.KJ64 J74.2.K863.T7532 83.A86543.T952.9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79569795694387444874"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "N"]
1S AP
[Play "E"]
HQ H2 HA H7
C6 C2 C9 CA
SQ S7 S3 SA
SK S4 S8 S2
DQ D3 D9 DA
D4 DK D2 D7
DJ D6 D5 S5
H9 CT H3 HK
C4 SJ H4 S6
CK C3 H5 CQ
HJ C5 H6 S9
HT D8 H8 ST
CJ C7 DT C8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 9
S NT 7
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 3
E  H 8
E  D 7
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 4
W  H 8
W  D 7
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "125"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:AT9652.K7.A7.AQ8 KQ.QJT9.QJ4.KJ64 J74.2.K863.T7532 83.A86543.T952.9"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "79569795694387444874"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "N"]
1S Pass 2S Pass
4S AP
[Play "E"]
HQ H2 HA H7
C6 C2 C9 CA
SQ S7 S3 SA
SK S4 S8 S2
DQ D3 D9 DA
D4 DK D2 D7
DJ D6 D5 S5
H9 CT H3 HK
C4 SJ H4 S6
CK C3 H5 CQ
HJ C5 H6 S9
HT D8 H8 ST
CJ C7 DT C8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 9
N  H 5
N  D 6
N  C 9
S NT 7
S  S 9
S  H 5
S  D 6
S  C 9
E NT 4
E  S 3
E  H 8
E  D 7
E  C 4
W NT 4
W  S 4
W  H 8
W  D 7
W  C 4

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "126"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:JT3.632.AK98.QJ2 864.KJ4.Q765.T75 AKQ752.QT987..98 9.A5.JT432.AK643"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "10"]
{

Culbertson: West, whose team at this point is considerably behind, changes
his tactics. Hence an unusual 3 Spade bid, hoping to trap North in a heavy
vulnerable penalty. Due to poor defense by North, West makes 4 Spades.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42287423888895588955"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3H="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +420"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 3S Pass
4S AP
[Play "N"]
CK C2 C5 C8
DJ DA D5 C9
S9 S3 S4 SA
D2 SJ S6 S2
HA H2 H4 HT
H5 H3 HK H7
C3 CJ CT S5
C4 ST S8 S7
D3 D9 D6 SQ
C6 D8 C7 SK
D4 H6 HJ HQ
DT DK D7 H9
CA CQ DQ H8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 2
N  H 2
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 4
S  S 2
S  H 3
S  D 8
S  C 8
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 9
E  D 5
E  C 5
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 9
W  D 5
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "126"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:JT3.632.AK98.QJ2 864.KJ4.Q765.T75 AKQ752.QT987..98 9.A5.JT432.AK643"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4S"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: The 2 Spade bid is made by Mr. Morris, who is West, probably for
the same reason as in Room 1. In explanation of Mr. Morris's unusual 2 bid,
one must keep in mind that while Mr. Morris plays along the general lines of the
Approach Forcing System, he prefers the 2 Club bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "42287423888895588955"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3H="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass Pass 2S Pass
2NT Pass 3S Pass
4S AP
[Play "N"]
CK C2 C5 C8
CA CJ C7 C9
DJ DA D5 H7
S9 S3 S4 SA
D2 ST S6 S2
HA H2 H4 H8
H5 H3 HK H9
C3 H6 HJ HQ
C4 SJ S8 S5
D3 D9 D6 S7
D4 D8 CT HT
DT DK D7 SK
C6 CQ DQ SQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 4
N  S 2
N  H 2
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 4
S  S 2
S  H 3
S  D 8
S  C 8
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 9
E  D 5
E  C 5
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 9
W  D 5
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "127"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:T3.KQ542.76.A542 KQ85.A83.AK52.Q9 J972.76.JT9.T863 A64.JT9.Q843.KJ7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2342423424ba9b7ba9b7"]
[OptimumScore "EW 460"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +490"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "N"]
HK HA H6 H9
D6 DK D9 D3
D7 DA DJ D4
C2 CQ C3 C7
CA C9 C6 CJ
H2 H3 H7 HT
S3 D2 DT DQ
H4 D5 S2 D8
ST SK S7 S4
C5 S5 S9 SA
C4 H8 C8 CK
H5 SQ SJ S6
HQ S8 CT HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  2
N  C  4
S NT  2
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  2
S  C  4
E NT 11
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D 11
E  C  7
W NT 11
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D 11
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "127"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:T3.KQ542.76.A542 KQ85.A83.AK52.Q9 J972.76.JT9.T863 A64.JT9.Q843.KJ7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "2342423424ba9b7ba9b7"]
[OptimumScore "EW 460"]
[ParContract "EW 3N+2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +490"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
DJ D3 D6 DK
C3 C7 CA CQ
H6 H9 H4 H8
D9 D4 D7 DA
DT DQ C2 D2
C6 D8 C4 D5
H7 HT H2 H3
S2 SA S3 S5
S7 S4 ST SK
S9 S6 H5 SQ
C8 HJ HQ HA
CT CK C5 C9
SJ CJ HK S8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  3
N  H  4
N  D  2
N  C  4
S NT  2
S  S  3
S  H  4
S  D  2
S  C  4
E NT 11
E  S 10
E  H  9
E  D 11
E  C  7
W NT 11
W  S 10
W  H  9
W  D 11
W  C  7

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "128"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:AQ2.J6.J9743.J72 K65.KT52.T8.AK54 J93.Q8743.A.QT63 T874.A9.KQ652.98"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: This was an unlucky type of hand, and in spite of Culbertson's
interference with our bidding we arrived at a perfectly correct 3 No Trump contract
which was just unattainable owing to the nasty distribution of the Diamonds. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78687786875565655656"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 1S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1C 1H 2D
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "W"]
H4 H9 HJ HK
DA D2 D3 D8
H3 HA H6 H2
CT C8 C2 C5
S3 S7 SA S5
S9 S4 S2 SK
SJ S8 SQ S6
C3 C9 C7 CA
C6 D5 CJ CK
H7 DK D4 DT
H8 ST D7 H5
CQ DQ D9 HT
HQ D6 DJ C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "128"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:AQ2.J6.J9743.J72 K65.KT52.T8.AK54 J93.Q8743.A.QT63 T874.A9.KQ652.98"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "7"]
{

Beasley: the Americans arrived at the same contract but made one less trick.
A dull hand.                                                                  
                                                       \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "78687786875565655656"]
[OptimumScore "NS 110"]
[ParContract "NS 1S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1C Pass 1D
Pass 1NT Pass 2NT
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
H4 H9 HJ HK
DA D2 D3 D8
H3 HA H6 H2
SJ S7 S2 S5
C3 C8 C2 CA
H8 DK D4 DT
S3 S4 SA S6
C6 C9 C7 CK
S9 S8 SQ SK
H7 ST DJ HT
CQ D5 CJ C5
HQ D6 D7 H5
CT DQ D9 C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 8
N  H 6
N  D 8
N  C 7
S NT 7
S  S 8
S  H 6
S  D 8
S  C 7
E NT 5
E  S 5
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 6
W NT 5
W  S 5
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "129"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:K52.Q5.AQ9.QJ752 T9763.K94.K65.KT AQJ4.T86.43.A986 8.AJ732.JT872.43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3C"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: A rather timid bidding by South results in a lay-down game in No
Trumps being missed.\n
Beasley: My partner and I stopped the bidding at 3 Spades. which on the face
of it appears to be about a correct estimate of the work of the hand. Domville
might have chanced 3 No Trumps after my first positive response and
subsequent lift in his own suit, but it would have been rather a gamble-perhaps a
justifiable one as he was not vulnerable. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8955a8955a3478234782"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +150"]
[Auction "S"]
1C Pass 1S Pass
2S Pass 3C AP
[Play "W"]
CT C6 C3 CJ
CK CA C4 C2
S3 S4 S8 SK
S6 SJ D2 S2
S7 SQ H2 S5
S9 SA H3 H5
DK D3 D7 DQ
H4 H6 HA HQ
D5 D4 DJ DA
D6 C8 D8 D9
H9 H8 H7 C5
ST C9 DT C7
HK HT HJ CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  5
N  D  5
N  C 10
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  8
E  C  2
W NT  3
W  S  4
W  H  7
W  D  8
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "129"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "S:K52.Q5.AQ9.QJ752 T9763.K94.K65.KT AQJ4.T86.43.A986 8.AJ732.JT872.43"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: The bidding went on much the same lines as in the open room except
that on the second round Gottlieb saw fit to put a brake on the bidding. Mrs.
Culbertson was in no mood for brakes, and trod on the accelerator with a
successful if lucky result, since the opening lead made all the difference. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "8955a8955a3478234782"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +460"]
[Auction "S"]
1C Pass 1S Pass
1NT Pass 3C Pass
3S Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
D5 D3 DT DQ
CK CA C3 CQ
CT C9 C4 CJ
S3 C8 H3 C2
S6 S4 S8 SK
S7 SJ H2 S5
S9 SQ H7 S2
ST SA HJ H5
H9 C6 D2 C7
H4 H6 D7 C5
D6 D4 D8 DA
HK H8 HA HQ
DK HT DJ D9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  8
N  S  9
N  H  5
N  D  5
N  C 10
S NT  8
S  S  9
S  H  5
S  D  5
S  C 10
E NT  3
E  S  4
E  H  7
E  D  8
E  C  2
W NT  3
W  S  4
W  H  7
W  D  8
W  C  2

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "130"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:A.Q94.T963.A7542 Q87653.K5.QJ54.K KT42.A876.A72.63 J9.JT32.K8.QJT98"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66456664567688676886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "W"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 4
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 4
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 6
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 6
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "130"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "W:A.Q94.T963.A7542 Q87653.K5.QJ54.K KT42.A876.A72.63 J9.JT32.K8.QJT98"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66456664567688676886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "W"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 4
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 4
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 6
E  H 8
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 6
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "131"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:852.T65.A.QJ9763 AK4.43.QJ64.A842 JT93.K872.T32.K5 Q76.AQJ9.K9875.T"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley:  My own idea of a response to the No Trump on Culbertson's hand
would have been 3 Hearts, but it made no difference to the actual result, since
Lightner, not having a minimum, was able to rebid and reach a successful
contract. Had he had a minimum, however, they would still have a game hand which
would not have been bid after Culbertson's first response. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "22215222157abc87abc8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1370"]
[ParContract "EW 6D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1NT Pass 2H
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
SJ S6 S2 SA
D2 DK DA D4
CK CT CQ C2
C5 H9 C9 C4
S3 S7 S8 SK
H2 HJ H5 H3
D3 D5 C3 DQ
H7 HQ C6 CA
DT D7 C7 DJ
H8 D8 S5 D6
S9 D9 CJ C8
ST SQ H6 S4
HK HA HT H4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  1
N  C  5
S NT  2
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  1
S  C  5
E NT  7
E  S 10
E  H 11
E  D 12
E  C  8
W NT  7
W  S 10
W  H 11
W  D 12
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "131"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "N:852.T65.A.QJ9763 AK4.43.QJ64.A842 JT93.K872.T32.K5 Q76.AQJ9.K9875.T"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: Morris's bid of 3 No Trumps seems very questionable in view of his
singleton Club, and he never even gave the Heart suit a chance. However, the
result was not affected. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "22215222157abc87abc8"]
[OptimumScore "EW 1370"]
[ParContract "EW 6D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +630"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
SJ S6 S2 SK
D2 D5 DA DQ
CK CT CQ C2
C5 H9 CJ C4
S3 S7 S8 SA
H2 HJ H5 H3
D3 DK C3 D4
DT D7 C6 DJ
H7 HQ C7 CA
S9 D8 S5 D6
ST D9 C9 C8
H8 SQ H6 S4
HK HA HT H4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  2
N  H  2
N  D  1
N  C  5
S NT  2
S  S  2
S  H  2
S  D  1
S  C  5
E NT  7
E  S 10
E  H 11
E  D 12
E  C  8
W NT  7
W  S 10
W  H 11
W  D 12
W  C  8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "132"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AKQ972.2.QJ.K754 8643.T.AK63.A982 J.AJ9875.8742.JT T5.KQ643.T95.Q63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: Slight overbidding in both rooms. In this room East's bid of 2
Spades is not encouraging and the hands look like a misfit.\n
Beasley:  My idea of the proper opening bid on Lightner's hand is 3 Spades.
which his partner might conceivably have raised to four and with a bit of luck
this might have been achieved. Culbertson's rebid of Hearts, even though he
had a six-suit, is not to be recommended when his partner has roughly told him
that (a) he does not like the Hearts, and (b) he very much fancies his Spades. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55677556777876678766"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
2S Pass 3H AP
[Play "N"]
DT DJ DK D2
D5 DQ DA D4
C3 C4 CA CT
H3 H2 HT HA
CQ CK C2 CJ
S5 SA S3 SJ
ST SK S4 D7
H4 S9 S6 D8
D9 S2 D3 H5
HQ S7 D6 HJ
C6 C5 C9 H7
H6 SQ C8 H9
HK C7 S8 H8
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 8
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "132"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "E:AKQ972.2.QJ.K754 8643.T.AK63.A982 J.AJ9875.8742.JT T5.KQ643.T95.Q63"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush also opened with only 1 Spades and ended up by being one
down in three ; at any rate, they were playing it in the right suit. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55677556777876678766"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 1S+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "E"]
1S Pass 2H Pass
3S AP
[Play "S"]
DA D2 D5 DJ
HT HA H3 H2
CA CJ C3 C4
S3 SJ S5 S2
C2 CT CQ CK
S4 H5 ST SA
S6 H7 H4 SK
S8 D4 H6 SQ
C8 H8 C6 C5
DK D7 D9 DQ
D6 D8 DT S7
D3 H9 HQ S9
C9 HJ HK C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 6
N  D 7
N  C 7
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 6
S  D 7
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 8
E  H 7
E  D 6
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 8
W  H 7
W  D 6
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "133"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:KJ7.T6543.J2.KT4 T8432.K.K764.AQ7 A9.A972.AQ3.8653 Q65.QJ8.T985.J92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Beasley: I think I might have opened the bidding on such a strong hand, but
what to bid is a very difficult question. Looking back on it I rather fancy a
Heart bid, which my partner would probably have raised to three, and after his
pass I would have been forced to leave this and could probably just have got
it. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76968879685646556465"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "S"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 9
N  D 6
N  C 8
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 6
S  C 8
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 5
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "133"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "S:KJ7.T6543.J2.KT4 T8432.K.K764.AQ7 A9.A972.AQ3.8653 Q65.QJ8.T985.J92"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson was also in difficulties as to what bid to make, and
put in the curious bid of 1 Diamond, since she too funked the No Trump. The
Americans thus achieved a swing on a part score. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "76968879685646556465"]
[OptimumScore "NS 140"]
[ParContract "NS 2H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass 1D Pass
1H Pass 2H AP
[Play "W"]
S3 S9 SQ SK
HK HA H8 H3
S2 SA S5 S7
DK D3 D5 DJ
D4 DA D8 D2
D6 DQ D9 C4
S8 H2 HJ H4
S4 H7 HQ H5
CA C3 C2 CK
C7 C5 CJ CT
D7 H9 DT SJ
CQ C8 C9 H6
ST C6 S6 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 6
N  H 9
N  D 6
N  C 8
S NT 8
S  S 7
S  H 9
S  D 6
S  C 8
E NT 5
E  S 6
E  H 4
E  D 6
E  C 5
W NT 5
W  S 6
W  H 4
W  D 6
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "134"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:J754.J72.A843.AQ AQ83.AT65.2.8654 KT2.84.QT96.KT72 96.KQ93.KJ75.J93"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer ""]
[Contract "Pass"]
[Result ""]
{

Beasley: I am afraid I must plead guilty to a really shocking pass with the
result that we threw the hand in, whereas they again made a partial score in
the other room. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66756667567758677586"]
[OptimumScore "EW 90"]
[ParContract "EW 1N=; EW 2D="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score ""]
[Auction "W"]
AP
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "134"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "W:J754.J72.A843.AQ AQ83.AT65.2.8654 KT2.84.QT96.KT72 96.KQ93.KJ75.J93"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: A bare opening bid produces a part-score. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66756667567758677586"]
[OptimumScore "EW 90"]
[ParContract "EW 1N=; EW 2D="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +90"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "W"]
D3 D2 DQ DK
H2 H5 H4 HK
H7 H6 H8 HQ
HJ HA C2 H3
D4 HT C7 H9
CA C4 CK C3
S4 SQ SK S6
D8 C5 DT D5
S5 SA ST S9
CQ C6 CT C9
DA C8 D6 D7
SJ S3 S2 CJ
S7 S8 D9 DJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 7
N  D 5
N  C 6
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 7
S  D 5
S  C 6
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 5
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 5
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "135"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:Q963.J532.A862.3 AJT754.K8.Q53.AQ K8.A964.9.KT7542 2.QT7.KJT74.J986"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2DX"]
[Result "4"]
{

Culbertson: East's good Take-out Double of South's 2 Club bid is very rightly
passed for penalties by West who was too weak to bid on the first round. A
shocking rescue bid of 2 Diamonds by North was then doubled by Mr. Lightner.
This double is of course a penalty double since West had already made a penalty
pass on the previous round. Perfect understanding of the Culbertson Take-out
Doubles and responses produced a much needed 700 points. \n
Beasley: a great deal of criticism was levelled at me for my rescue bid of 2
Diamond after Culbertson had left in his partner's negative double. All this
criticism, I fear, was justified, as a player of my experience ought to know
better by this time than to indulge in such fancy rescues. I hardly think
Domville's 2 Spades bid was good considering that he was vulnerable, but it is very
doubtful if he would have been more than one down, so the blame is entirely
mine. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55846558468859688596"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -1100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S 2C Pass
Pass X Pass Pass
2D Pass Pass X
AP
[Play "E"]
SA S8 S2 S3
S4 SK D4 S6
HK HA H7 H2
D3 D9 DT DA
D5 C2 D7 D2
CA C4 C6 C3
SJ C5 C8 SQ
DQ C7 DJ D6
ST H4 C9 S9
S7 H6 CJ D8
H8 H9 HT H3
S5 CT DK H5
CQ CK HQ HJ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 8
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 8
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 5
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 5
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "135"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "N:Q963.J532.A862.3 AJT754.K8.Q53.AQ K8.A964.9.KT7542 2.QT7.KJT74.J986"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3S"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: we were down in 3 Spades and it is difficult to see what contract
could have been successful unless Morris had responded to the Spade with 2
Diamonds instead of the very vague 1 No Trump bid. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "55846558468859688596"]
[OptimumScore "EW 120"]
[ParContract "EW 2N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -100"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1S Pass 1NT
Pass 3S AP
[Play "S"]
C5 C6 C3 CQ
S8 S2 S3 SA
SK C8 S6 S4
C2 C9 S9 CA
C4 H7 SQ S5
HA HT H2 H8
H4 HQ H3 HK
D9 DK D2 D3
C7 D4 DA D5
H6 D7 H5 S7
H9 DT HJ SJ
CT CJ D6 ST
CK DJ D8 DQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 5
N  S 5
N  H 8
N  D 4
N  C 6
S NT 5
S  S 5
S  H 8
S  D 4
S  C 6
E NT 8
E  S 8
E  H 5
E  D 9
E  C 6
W NT 8
W  S 8
W  H 5
W  D 9
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "136"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:4.92.K6432.AKQ96 QT9832.AJ5.AT.74 AKJ6.T876.QJ8.JT 75.KQ43.975.8532"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "2D"]
[Result "11"]
{

Culbertson: Mr. Lightner very rightly does not leave in the penalty double of
1 Spade judging that his hand will not be of great assistance to his Partner. \n
Beasley: I think Lightner's opening bid of 1 Diamond in preference to 1
Spades was a very bad bid, but no ill effects resulted since the game, though got,
is not biddable. They must lose two Hearts and the Diamond if my partner takes
warning from his Spade bid being doubled and plays off his Ace of Hearts
originally, which to my mind is the best lead. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5762157621867aa867aa"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 3C+1; EW 3D+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +150"]
[Auction "E"]
1D 1S X Pass
2C Pass 2D AP
[Play "S"]
ST SJ S5 S4
S2 SA S7 H2
S3 SK D5 D6
DA D8 D7 D2
SQ S6 H4 D3
DT DQ D9 D4
C7 CJ C5 C6
C4 CT C2 C9
H5 DJ H3 DK
HJ H6 C3 CA
S8 H7 C8 CK
S9 H8 HK CQ
HA HT HQ H9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  7
N  H  6
N  D  2
N  C  1
S NT  5
S  S  7
S  H  6
S  D  2
S  C  1
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H  7
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H  7
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "136"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "E:4.92.K6432.AKQ96 QJ9832.AJ5.AT.74 AKT6.T876.QJ8.JT 75.KQ43.975.8532"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "1SX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush should never have left the doubled 1 Spades alone. This may
seem an opinion based on results, but his peculiar distribution surely
warrants a take-out. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "5762257622867aa867aa"]
[OptimumScore "EW 130"]
[ParContract "EW 3C+1; EW 3D+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +260"]
[Auction "E"]
1C 1S X AP
[Play "W"]
CJ C2 CK C4
CT C3 CQ C7
S6 S7 S4 S2
H6 H3 H2 HA
H7 H4 H9 HJ
ST S5 D6 S3
SA C8 D2 S8
SK D5 D3 S9
D8 D7 DK DA
H8 D9 C6 SQ
HT C5 C9 SJ
DQ HQ CA H5
DJ HK D4 DT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  5
N  S  7
N  H  6
N  D  2
N  C  2
S NT  5
S  S  7
S  H  6
S  D  2
S  C  2
E NT  8
E  S  6
E  H  7
E  D 10
E  C 10
W NT  8
W  S  6
W  H  7
W  D 10
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "137"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:AT.Q5.QJT862.T84 KQJ42.86.A4.K632 75.AKJ743.K5.Q97 9863.T92.973.AJ5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "3H"]
[Result "9"]
{

There was nothing much to be done on this hand by either side in either room.
We might have got 4 Hearts had we bid it, but it is very doubtful. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "74884748845944959449"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS +140"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S 2H Pass
3D Pass 3H AP
[Play "E"]
S3 SA S2 S5
D3 D2 DA DK
S6 ST SJ S7
D7 D8 D4 D5
H2 H5 H6 HJ
H9 HQ H8 H3
D9 DQ C2 C7
HT DJ C3 C9
S9 C4 S4 H4
S8 C8 SQ HA
C5 D6 C6 HK
CJ CT SK H7
CA DT CK CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 4
N  H 8
N  D 8
N  C 4
S NT 7
S  S 4
S  H 8
S  D 8
S  C 4
E NT 5
E  S 9
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 9
W NT 5
W  S 9
W  H 4
W  D 4
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "137"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "S:AT.Q5.QJT862.T84 KQJ42.86.A4.K632 75.AKJ743.K5.Q97 9863.T92.973.AJ5"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "2H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Beasley: I think Gottlieb should have attempted something more on his hand,
but there was nothing in it. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "74884748845944959449"]
[OptimumScore "EW 140"]
[ParContract "EW 3S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +110"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass 1S 2H AP
[Play "E"]
S9 SA S2 S5
H2 HQ H6 H3
H9 H5 H8 HA
HT C4 C3 HK
D3 C8 S4 HJ
D7 D2 D4 DK
D9 DQ DA D5
S3 ST SK S7
S6 D6 SQ H4
CA CT C2 CQ
S8 D8 SJ H7
CJ DT C6 C9
C5 DJ CK C7
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 4
N  H 8
N  D 8
N  C 4
S NT 7
S  S 4
S  H 8
S  D 8
S  C 4
E NT 5
E  S 9
E  H 4
E  D 4
E  C 9
W NT 5
W  S 9
W  H 4
W  D 4
W  C 9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "138"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:AT82.Q32.JT43.75 43.K985.Q5.AQJ92 Q7.AJ74.A76.K643 KJ965.T6.K982.T8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "N"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "6"]
{

Culbertson: Only a very fine defense by East and West prevented North from
fulfilling his contract of 1 No Trump. On Lightner's original lead of the Queen
of Spades I was forced to play my 2 in order to keep my high holding in that
suit over South. When he (Lightner) again obtained the lead he, judging the
situation brilliantly, led his second Spade, which I took with the 10. My return
lead of the 3 Diamonds was the next step in this fine defence. \n
A Heart looks the obvious lead up to the weakness of the table but, as will
at once be apparent, from a study of the hands, this would have permitted North
to make his contract. \n
\n
Beasley: I opened second in hand with a very shaded bid, but one which always
should be made. We were unavoidably down in 1 No Trump. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66557665577778677886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "W 1H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 1NT AP
[Play "E"]
SQ SK S2 S3
C3 CT C5 C2
CK C8 C7 CJ
S7 S9 ST S4
DA D2 D3 D5
D7 D8 D4 DQ
C4 S5 DT CA
C6 D9 DJ CQ
D6 H6 S8 C9
H4 HT HQ H5
H7 S6 SA H8
HJ SJ H2 H9
HA DK H3 HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 7
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "138"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "W:AT82.Q32.JT43.75 43.K985.Q5.AQJ92 Q7.AJ74.A76.K643 KJ965.T6.K982.T8"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "5"]
{

Beasley: Mrs. Culbertson. did not open the bidding, which tempted Tabbush to
put in a perfectly justifiable 1 No Trump, though I am not sure that after his
partner's pass silence would not have been the best policy. I do not consider
he played it with his accustomed skill.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "66557665577778677886"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "W 1H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -200"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1NT AP
[Play "S"]
S6 S2 S3 S7
H6 HQ HK H4
C8 C5 CQ C3
CT C7 C2 C4
SK SA S4 SQ
HT H2 H5 HJ
S5 H3 H8 HA
D2 D3 C9 C6
S9 D4 CA CK
D8 DT CJ D7
SJ DJ H9 H7
D9 S8 D5 DA
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 6
N  H 5
N  D 5
N  C 7
S NT 6
S  S 6
S  H 5
S  D 5
S  C 7
E NT 7
E  S 7
E  H 7
E  D 8
E  C 6
W NT 7
W  S 7
W  H 8
W  D 8
W  C 6

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "139"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T953.KJ52.64.QT8 AQ6.A98.K53.AK43 42.43.QT9872.J65 KJ87.QT76.AJ.972"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "12"]
{

Beasley: Lightner opened with a Club bid. I far prefer either 1 or 2 No
Trumps-only one as he is vulnerable; but the result was the same as they eventually
played it in 3 No Trumps. The bad point about Lightner's opening bid is that
the hand would in most cases be played in 2 No Trumps the other way round and
his strong hand gets exposed and led through. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1115211152cbc8bcbc8b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 990"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +490"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 1C Pass 1S
Pass 3NT AP
[Play "S"]
DT DJ D4 D3
H3 HQ HK HA
H4 H6 H2 H9
D2 HT HJ H8
D7 DA D6 D5
D8 H7 H5 C3
S2 S7 S3 SA
S4 S8 S5 SQ
D9 SK S9 S6
DQ SJ ST C4
C5 C2 C8 CA
C6 C7 CT DK
CJ C9 CQ CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  1
N  D  5
N  C  2
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  1
S  D  5
S  C  2
E NT 12
E  S 11
E  H 12
E  D  8
E  C 11
W NT 12
W  S 11
W  H 12
W  D  8
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "139"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "N:T953.KJ52.64.QT8 AQ6.A98.K53.AK43 42.43.QT9872.J65 KJ87.QT76.AJ.972"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: Tabbush opened with 2 No Trumps, which is rather doubtful vulnerable
with two suits only once held, and he achieved one less trick than the
Americans in the other room. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "1115211152cbc8bcbc8b"]
[OptimumScore "EW 990"]
[ParContract "EW 6N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +460"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass 2NT Pass 3NT
AP
[Play "S"]
DT DJ D4 D3
H3 H6 H2 HA
H4 H7 HJ H8
D2 DA D6 D5
C5 HQ HK H9
C6 C2 C8 CA
CJ C7 CT CK
S2 S7 S3 SA
S4 S8 S5 SQ
D7 C9 S9 DK
D8 SK ST S6
D9 SJ CQ C3
DQ HT H5 C4
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  1
N  S  1
N  H  1
N  D  5
N  C  2
S NT  1
S  S  1
S  H  1
S  D  5
S  C  2
E NT 12
E  S 11
E  H 12
E  D  8
E  C 11
W NT 12
W  S 11
W  H 12
W  D  8
W  C 11

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "140"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:T53.732.Q632.QJ2 QJ62.AQ86.4.A853 A84.T.AKJT98.K76 K97.KJ954.75.T94"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "4D"]
[Result "9"]
{

Culbertson: A Heart is the better opening bid. As a matter of fact, game in
Hearts probably will not be made against the cards, but should, nevertheless,
be bid. \n
Beasley: Domville opened with a bid of which I certainly do not approve. I
cannot see what is wrong with the normal bid of 1 Hearts. and rather than call a
Club. I would sooner bid a Spade on the hand. It would have been better to
have a shot at 4 Hearts which was not an impossible contract, and which in fact
was actually achieved in the other Room.\n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68948689487439574395"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 4DX-1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1C 1D 1H
Pass 3H 4D AP
[Play "N"]
CT C2 CA C6
H9 H2 HA HT
H5 H3 H6 D9
D5 D3 D4 DA
D7 D2 HQ DJ
C4 CJ C5 C7
H4 H7 H8 DT
C9 CQ C3 CK
HJ DQ S2 D8
S7 S3 SJ SA
SK S5 S6 S8
HK ST SQ DK
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 9
N  D 4
N  C 8
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 9
S  D 4
S  C 8
E NT 7
E  S 4
E  H 3
E  D 9
E  C 5
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 3
W  D 9
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "140"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "E:T53.732.Q632.QJ2 QJ62.AQ86.4.A853 A84.T.AKJT98.K76 K97.KJ954.75.T94"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: The defense here rather lacked imagination, which might have been
prevented had Tabbush lifted his partner's Diamond on the first round. I think
he might have done this if only to put off the opposition, when possibly they
would not have arrived at any Heart contract. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "68948689487439574395"]
[OptimumScore "EW -100"]
[ParContract "EW 4DX-1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS +620"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 1S 2D 2S
Pass 3H Pass 4H
AP
[Play "W"]
DK D5 D2 D4
DA D7 D3 H6
HT H5 H2 HA
DT HJ H3 H8
DJ H4 H7 HQ
S4 S7 S3 SJ
SA SK S5 S2
S8 S9 ST SQ
D9 C4 D6 S6
*
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 6
N  S 8
N  H 9
N  D 4
N  C 8
S NT 6
S  S 8
S  H 9
S  D 4
S  C 8
E NT 7
E  S 4
E  H 3
E  D 9
E  C 5
W NT 7
W  S 4
W  H 3
W  D 9
W  C 5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "141"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQ54.A9.652.Q832 J.7643.QJT.A9654 T876.J85.K8743.7 K932.KQT2.A9.KJT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "11"]
{

Beasley: My partner and I were powerless to prevent a pianola for Heart
contract.                                                                          
                                           \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47373372739696a9696a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "EW +650"]
[Auction "S"]
Pass Pass Pass 1H
Pass 3H Pass 3NT
Pass 4H AP
[Play "S"]
HA H3 H5 H2
SA SJ S6 S2
H9 H4 H8 HT
D2 H6 HJ HK
C2 C4 C7 CK
CQ CA D4 CJ
C3 C5 D7 CT
S4 H7 S7 S3
C8 C9 S8 D9
D5 C6 ST S9
D6 DT D3 DA
S5 DJ D8 HQ
SQ DQ DK SK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  7
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S  6
E  H  9
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  9
W  S  6
W  H  9
W  D  6
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "141"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "S"]
[Vulnerable "All"]
[Deal "S:AQ54.A9.652.Q832 J.7643.QJT.A9654 T876.J85.K8743.7 K932.KQT2.A9.KJT"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "2S"]
[Result "7"]
{

Culbertson: South's opening bid was doubtless responsible for the English
players missing a lay-down game in Hearts. Gottlieb produced one of the most
amazing, though successful, bids seen yet. He has the worst opening Spade bid as
dealer that could be imagined, and when the bidding got round to Tabbush the
latter did not feel like interfering when the Spades suited him so well.\n
But Tabbush might have visualised his partner with a singleton Spade on such
bidding and a nice imaginative bid would have been a negative double. Even
then his partner might have bid Diamonds and not Hearts, in which case it is
difficult for them to get into the 4 Hearts contract, which is the best result of
the hand. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "47373372739696a9696a"]
[OptimumScore "EW 600"]
[ParContract "EW 3N="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -100"]
[Auction "S"]
1S Pass 2S AP
[Play "W"]
DQ D3 D9 D2
H3 H5 HT HA
C9 C7 CJ C2
H4 H8 HK H9
H6 HJ HQ S4
DT D4 DA D5
SJ S6 S2 SQ
C4 S7 S3 SA
DJ DK S9 D6
H7 S8 SK S5
C5 ST CT C3
C6 D8 H2 C8
CA D7 CK CQ
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  4
N  S  7
N  H  3
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  3
S  S  7
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S  6
E  H  9
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  9
W  S  6
W  H  9
W  D  6
W  C 10

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "142"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:QT.Q643.54.AJT43 J62.72.AJT8763.2 A8.AKT85.KQ9.865 K97543.J9.2.KQ97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "4SX"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: A good sacrifice by non-vulnerable opponents keeps us out of a
game-bid in Hearts, which was made in the other room.\n
Beasley: My partner made an excellent sacrificial effort and we were able to
prevent a vulnerable game at the small cost of 250 points. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "282732827395a6a75a69"]
[OptimumScore "NS -300"]
[ParContract "NS 4SX-2"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -300"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H 1S
3H 3S 4H 4S
Pass Pass X AP
[Play "W"]
H3 H2 HK H9
H4 H7 HA HJ
ST S2 SA S3
SQ S6 S8 SK
D4 DA D9 D2
CA C2 C5 CK
D5 DJ DQ S4
C3 D3 C6 CQ
C4 SJ C8 C7
H6 DT DK S5
HQ D6 H5 S9
CT D7 H8 S7
CJ D8 HT C9
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  8
N  H  2
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  2
S  S  8
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S  5
E  H 10
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "142"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "W"]
[Vulnerable "None"]
[Deal "W:QT.Q643.54.AJT43 J62.72.AJT8763.2 A8.AKT85.KQ9.865 K97543.J9.2.KQ97"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "E"]
[Contract "4H"]
[Result "11"]
{

Gottlieb and Mrs. Culbertson did not display the same verve and Tabbush was
able to get 4 Hearts easily. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "282732827395a6a75a69"]
[OptimumScore "NS -300"]
[ParContract "NS 4SX-2"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW +450"]
[Auction "W"]
Pass Pass 1H 1S
2H 3D 4H AP
[Play "S"]
D2 D4 DA D9
S3 ST S2 SA
H9 H3 H2 HA
HJ HQ H7 H8
S4 D5 DJ DK
S5 SQ D3 DQ
CQ CA C2 C5
CK CT D6 C6
C9 CJ D7 C8
C7 C4 D8 H5
S7 H4 S6 S8
S9 C3 SJ HT
SK H6 DT HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  2
N  S  8
N  H  2
N  D  7
N  C  3
S NT  2
S  S  8
S  H  2
S  D  7
S  C  3
E NT  9
E  S  5
E  H 10
E  D  6
E  C 10
W NT  7
W  S  5
W  H 10
W  D  6
W  C  9

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "143"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:83.T9.AKQJ53.Q62 Q762.642.76.AJ83 KJT.KQ873.T2.954 A954.AJ5.984.KT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "3NT"]
[Result "7"]
{

Beasley: I opened with a Diamond in view of the very solid nature of the
suit, but I confess that my subsequent jump rebid was extremely misleading and led
to the ultimate small crash. My partner was quite right to have a shot at 3
No Trumps on my encouragement. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "75785757856865868658"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2S="]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -200"]
[Auction "N"]
1D Pass 1H Pass
3D Pass 3NT AP
[Play "W"]
S4 S3 SQ SK
D4 D3 D6 DT
D8 DA D7 D2
D9 DK H2 H3
CT DJ H4 H7
H5 DQ S6 C9
S5 D5 C8 C5
HA HT H6 HQ
CK C2 C3 C4
C7 C6 CJ H8
HJ CQ CA ST
SA S8 S7 SJ
S9 H9 S2 HK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "143"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "N"]
[Vulnerable "NS"]
[Deal "N:83.T9.AKQJ53.Q62 Q762.642.76.AJ83 KJT.KQ873.T2.954 A954.AJ5.984.KT7"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "W"]
[Contract "1NT"]
[Result "4"]
{

Beasley: Morris's one No Trump fourth in hand was an unwarrantable gamble,
and he found himself badly caught, which was almost a case of that much misused
phrased, poetic justice. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "75785757856865868658"]
[OptimumScore "EW 110"]
[ParContract "EW 2S="]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "EW -150"]
[Auction "N"]
Pass Pass Pass 1NT
AP
[Play "N"]
DA D6 D2 D4
DK D7 DT D8
DQ H2 C4 D9
DJ H4 H3 S4
D5 S2 H7 S9
D3 S6 H8 S5
S8 S7 ST SA
C2 CA C5 C7
CQ C3 C9 CT
S3 SQ SK H5
H9 H6 SJ HJ
HT C8 HQ HA
C6 CJ HK CK
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\1R"]
N NT 7
N  S 5
N  H 7
N  D 8
N  C 5
S NT 7
S  S 5
S  H 7
S  D 8
S  C 5
E NT 6
E  S 8
E  H 6
E  D 5
E  C 8
W NT 6
W  S 8
W  H 6
W  D 5
W  C 8

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "144"]
[West "E.Culbertson"]
[North "H.M.Beasley"]
[East "T.Lightner"]
[South "G.Domville"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q8763.QJ76.K7.74 AKJ4.AKT43.2.KQ6 95.2.T984.AJT983 T2.985.AQJ653.52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5H"]
[Result "10"]
{

Beasley: This hand was fraught with disaster for everybody. Domville opened
with 2 Hearts. which though it can not be criticised is rather on the weak
side. I naturally gave a positive response of 3 Hearts and here I think he should
have applied the brake by going 3 No Trumps, though it is true that he might
have missed the game in Spades then. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "99ba799ba74422644225"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4H+1"]
[Room "Open"]
[Score "NS -50"]
[Auction "E"]
Pass 2H Pass 3D
Pass 3S Pass 4H
Pass 5H AP
[Play "W"]
CA C2 C4 C6
CJ C5 C7 CQ
D4 DA D7 D2
S5 ST S3 S4
S9 S2 S6 SJ
H2 H5 H6 HA
C3 H8 H7 HK
C8 H9 HJ H3
C9 D3 SQ SA
CT D5 HQ H4
D8 D6 S8 SK
D9 DJ S7 CK
DT DQ DK HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D 10
N  C  7
S NT  9
S  S  9
S  H 11
S  D 10
S  C  7
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  2
E  D  2
E  C  6
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  2
W  D  2
W  C  5

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Board "144"]
[West "G.Morris"]
[North "J.Culbertson"]
[East "P.V.Tabbush"]
[South "M.Gottlieb"]
[Dealer "E"]
[Vulnerable "EW"]
[Deal "E:Q8763.QJ76.K7.74 AKJ4.AKT43.2.KQ6 95.2.T984.AJT983 T2.985.AQJ653.52"]
[Scoring ""]
[Declarer "S"]
[Contract "5H"]
[Result "8"]
{

Culbertson: A bid of I Heart on South's hand is better under the approach
forcing system. The hand requires slightly more distributional or other strength
to make it a sound 2 bid. North-South, however, were rather unlucky in failing
to make their contract. However, having gone 3 Spades he should have read my
4 Hearts bid as simply a preference bid. Even then he might have got 4 Hearts
by some super play which would also have amounted to double-dummy play.\n
Beasley: Gottlieb only opened with 1 Hearts. but having got something of an
encouraging response he forced with 3 Spades on the next round. He also should
have taken his partners 4 Hearth bid for a preference one, but he suddenly
brought into action their famous 4 No Trump affair. Mrs. Culbertson signed off by
bidding the lowest ranking suit yet bid they failed more miserably than we in
the endeavour to get five. \n
\n
}
[BCFlags "1f"]
[DoubleDummyTricks "99ba799ba74422644225"]
[OptimumScore "NS 450"]
[ParContract "NS 4H+1"]
[Room "Closed"]
[Score "NS -150"]
[Auction "E"]
1H Pass 2D Pass
3S 4H Pass 4NT
Pass 5D Pass 5H
AP
[Play "W"]
CA C2 C4 C6
C3 C5 C7 CK
C8 S2 H6 CQ
S5 ST S3 SA
S9 H5 S6 S4
H2 H8 H7 HA
D4 H9 HJ HK
C9 D3 S7 SK
D8 DQ DK D2
CT D5 SQ SJ
CJ D6 S8 H3
D9 DJ HQ H4
DT DA D7 HT
[OptimumResultTable "Declarer;Denomination\2R;Result\2R"]
N NT  9
N  S  9
N  H 11
N  D 10
N  C  7
S NT  9
S  S  9
S  H 11
S  D 10
S  C  7
E NT  4
E  S  4
E  H  2
E  D  2
E  C  6
W NT  4
W  S  4
W  H  2
W  D  2
W  C  5
