[blml] Clubbed Queen

[Ed Reppert]

On Nov 1, 2006, at 2:26 PM, Sven Pran wrote:

>>> The fact is that no card has been played from Dummy, and East has
>>> little if
>>> any excuse for being unaware of that fact.
>>
>> That's two facts. Although I'm not so sure the first one, at least,
>> *is* a fact.
>
> Then maybe _you_ can show which law establishes that a card has been
> "played" from Dummy?

Someone pointed out, on another forum, that Law 45B says that  
Declarer plays a card from dummy by naming *the* card (emphasis  
mine). The use of "the" here means that the card named must be in  
dummy. Therefore, I withdraw my argument that calling for *a* card  
from dummy is a play, whether the card is in dummy or not. That being  
the case, I must agree that law 46B4 applies, as does law 74B1, and  
the CQ must be a major penalty card (law 49).

Note that this does not mean that I concur with your arguments for  
the position. :-)