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Challenge Match v Hrothgar
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Posted 2016-May-07, 03:36
"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well"
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster
Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)
"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
- Dr Tarrasch(1862-1934)German Chess Grandmaster
Bridge is a game where you have two opponents...and often three(!)
"Any palooka can take tricks with Aces and Kings; the true expert shows his prowess
by how he handles the two's and three's" - Mollo's Hideous Hog
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Posted 2016-May-07, 03:41
Blimey, identical contracts on 10 out of 12 hands. What are the odds of that?
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
s
t
r-m
nd
ing) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2016-May-07, 06:55
PhilG007, on 2016-May-07, 03:36, said:
The match has been completed. Result? TIED MATCH. No winners or losers.
Comments/analysis/criticisms etc welcomed.
Comments/analysis/criticisms etc welcomed.
How do you find the boards? tough to give a reaction without knowing what happened other than the result.
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2016-May-07, 07:39
You can see other people's challenges in My Hands > Recent tournaments:
http://www.bridgebas...tourneyhistory/
Click Everything - All recent tournaments
Choose a Friend Challenge from that list and click the host name
You'll get a list of all recent tournaments hosted by that person. In the URL, in the address bar, change the username to the one you wish to view. For example, if you want to see my challenges, you'll end up with this:
http://webutil.bridg...eva&d=diana_eva
Replace diana_eva with a username of your choice.
http://www.bridgebas...tourneyhistory/
Click Everything - All recent tournaments
Choose a Friend Challenge from that list and click the host name
You'll get a list of all recent tournaments hosted by that person. In the URL, in the address bar, change the username to the one you wish to view. For example, if you want to see my challenges, you'll end up with this:
http://webutil.bridg...eva&d=diana_eva
Replace diana_eva with a username of your choice.
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Posted 2016-May-07, 08:27
Personally, I didn't find the hands particularly interesting from a bidding perspective.
I'm not surprised at the heavy overlap wrt auctions and contracts.
I am not happy at the way I played the boards.
For example, I should have made 1NX after GIB switched away from Diamonds.
Damn cough syrup
I'm not surprised at the heavy overlap wrt auctions and contracts.
I am not happy at the way I played the boards.
For example, I should have made 1NX after GIB switched away from Diamonds.
Damn cough syrup
Alderaan delenda est
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Posted 2016-May-07, 10:45
well I've just seen the hands and just want to say CONGRATS to PhilG on this outstanding result of a draw on 12 boards of BAM. This should put all the doubters to rest. 
"definitely that's what I like to play when I'm playing standard - I want to be able to bid diamonds because bidding good suits is important in bridge" - Meckstroth's opinion on weak 2 diamond
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Posted 2016-May-07, 12:23
hrothgar, on 2016-May-07, 08:27, said:
I am not happy at the way I played the boards.
For example, I should have made 1NX after GIB switched away from Diamonds.
Damn cough syrup
For example, I should have made 1NX after GIB switched away from Diamonds.
Damn cough syrup
Board 8 was interesting. PhilG007 made a very conservative pass to the opponents 1NT and collected 50. You made a slightly understrength double on the first round and a very understrength 2nd double (should be 20+ according to GIB descriptions) but ended up in an excellent 4♥.
I think I would have shown the majors with 2♦. Wouldn't get to game unless GIB responds 3♥ but I don't know what GIB needs to bid 3.
After you won ♣K, all you had to do was play a small trump to dummy, ruff the 4th spade, overruffing with ♥A if necessary, and finish drawing trump to make 5. Even if trumps were 4-0, you can still make 4.
As bad mistakes go, this was pretty bad, but in your defense, I've done far worse for reasons that don't make any sense in retrospect.
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Posted 2016-May-07, 12:30
I think with Hrothgar's hand I might take a view and pass 3H. Sure, 3H is forcing, but it is made in the expectation of 20+ total points opposite. As it happens, bidding 4H would have been unnecessary in order to win the board. Not that you could have known that, of course.
Psych (pron. saik): A gross and deliberate misstatement of honour strength and/or suit length. Expressly permitted under Law 73E but forbidden contrary to that law by Acol club tourneys.
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. mstr-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees.
"Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
Psyche (pron. sahy-kee): The human soul, spirit or mind (derived, personification thereof, beloved of Eros, Greek myth).
Masterminding (pron. m
str-mnding) tr. v. - Any bid made by bridge player with which partner disagrees."Gentlemen, when the barrage lifts." 9th battalion, King's own Yorkshire light infantry,
2000 years earlier: "morituri te salutant"
"I will be with you, whatever". Blair to Bush, precursor to invasion of Iraq
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Posted 2016-May-07, 14:00
johnu, on 2016-May-07, 12:23, said:
Board 8 was interesting. PhilG007 made a very conservative pass to the opponents 1NT and collected 50. You made a slightly understrength double on the first round and a very understrength 2nd double (should be 20+ according to GIB descriptions) but ended up in an excellent 4♥.
I think I would have shown the majors with 2♦. Wouldn't get to game unless GIB responds 3♥ but I don't know what GIB needs to bid 3.
After you won ♣K, all you had to do was play a small trump to dummy, ruff the 4th spade, overruffing with ♥A if necessary, and finish drawing trump to make 5. Even if trumps were 4-0, you can still make 4.
As bad mistakes go, this was pretty bad, but in your defense, I've done far worse for reasons that don't make any sense in retrospect.
I think I would have shown the majors with 2♦. Wouldn't get to game unless GIB responds 3♥ but I don't know what GIB needs to bid 3.
After you won ♣K, all you had to do was play a small trump to dummy, ruff the 4th spade, overruffing with ♥A if necessary, and finish drawing trump to make 5. Even if trumps were 4-0, you can still make 4.
As bad mistakes go, this was pretty bad, but in your defense, I've done far worse for reasons that don't make any sense in retrospect.
Yeah. I butchered a few hands in this match.
Not my finest hour.
Not my worst either, which is really disturbing...
Alderaan delenda est
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Posted 2016-May-07, 20:15
Aha. I tried bringing up the hands via hrothgar, no luck But PhilG007 works. Apparently you have to go by the challenger.
http://webutil.bridg...?m=h&h=PhilG007
http://webutil.bridg...?m=h&h=PhilG007
Ken
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