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The Committee
determined that, although East had not been accurately informed of the possible
distributions for the 2© opening, an accurately filled out convention card was
available to him and his actions were unaffected by the information in any
case. West, on the other hand, had been offered (and even looked at) N/S's
convention card. This was found to be an acceptable (and even desirable) way to
communicate system information, especially when there are language differences,
as here. The beautifully filled out N/S convention card contained all of the
information West was seeking. Players are obligated to exhaust all reasonable
means of obtaining the information they seek, including (written) questions,
looking at the opponents' convention card, and even summoning a TD who speaks
the opponents' language and can help with communication. West failed to make a
sufficient effort to obtain the readily available information he needed. He
relied only on South's verbal explanation when there was reason to have looked
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The Committee
restored the original table result (3§ down two, -100 for N/S) to both
sides. |
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