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The Committee found
that what had really been going on was that East had probably played a diamond
to the queen, then shown her hand to her screenmate to shorten the play. North
had quite correctly understood this action as a claim, to which he acquiesced.
The Committee did not think that North had actually put the
¨A on the table, but
even if it had been played, the claim had come first. When there is a claim,
the laws require play to stop, and the TD is to be called if the claim is
contested. It is within South's rights to contest any claim, as North may not
concede any tricks on her behalf. Thus, the Committee found that N/S were
entitled to one more trick, as the claim came after East had removed her last
entry to her diamonds with her play of ªQ. |
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The contract was
adjusted to 4© by
East making 10 tricks, 620 to E/W. |
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