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1998 World Championships |
Ladies
Pairs |
Qualifying |
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NS |
O'Neill |
Meehan |
EW |
D'Elbee |
Roth |
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Board 10. Dealer East. Game All |
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ª |
K 6 3 |
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© |
10 8 5 2 |
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J 10 4 |
§ |
10 6 2 |
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A 7 |
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J 10 9 8 5 2 |
© |
6 |
© |
A J 4 |
¨ |
Q 9 8 6 3 |
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7 |
§ |
J 9 8 5 4 |
§ |
A K Q |
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ª |
Q 4 |
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© |
K Q 9 7 3 |
¨ |
A K 5 2 |
§ |
7 3 |
West |
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North |
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East |
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South |
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1ª |
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2©¹ |
Dble² |
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3© |
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Dble |
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4© |
4NT |
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Pass³ |
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5§ |
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All Pass |
¹ Alerted by North to East;
explained as a weak-two overcall
² Negative double
³ Explanation in ¹ corrected by North: 2© was normal |
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North alerted
South's 2© bid and
explained it as a weak-two because she believed at the time that East had
opened 1§. She realized her mistake
after West's 4NT bid and corrected her previous explanation, saying that 2© was a normal overcall.
The TD was called by East at that point because, after the original
explanation, her system forced her to double to show a good hand (3ª would have just been competitive). She
said that had she been given the correct explanation she would have bid 3ª, which in this case is a good
hand. |
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The TD ruled that,
had East been properly alerted she would have bid 3ª, and West would have competed to 4ª over South's 4©. It was then likely that N/S might have allowed the
contract to make either by South leading the
©K or leading a top
diamond but then not finding the low trump switch. (In point of fact, 4ª making by East/West was a normal score in
the event.) Thus, according to Laws 75C, 40C and 12C2 the TD adjusted the score
for both sides to 4ª by East, plus
620 for E/W. |
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