[blml] Réf. : Re: Belgian TD exam question [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Suppose in the stem case of an entryless dummy,
with 3NT either making or failing by seven
tricks, it was the last board of a barometered
Howell movement.  With this one board to play,
declarer's side is in first place, and the
defending side is in second place.  Declarer
knows that scoring a bottom for 3NT -7 is just
enough to win the event, _provided that_ the
defenders also score a bottom letting 3NT make
after a Law 53A split-score ruling by the
hypothetical TD Peter Eidt.
 
An ethical and attentive declarer plays
legally, gives the defenders their top, and
scores the silver medal while the defenders get
the gold medal.
 
A declarer who is either a cheat, or who is
alternatively luckily inattentive at just the
right moment, "accidentally" leads from the
entryless dummy, with a cheat hoping for a
split-score ruling of a bottom for both sides.
 
Hypothetical TD Peter Eidt gives the luckily
inattentive declarer the gold medal, but
hypothetical TDs Hans-Olof Hallén, John
(MadDog) Probst and Richard Hills ensure that
the defenders gain their equitable gold medal.
 
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
 
 
IBTD. The Laws and their application use the principle that
- either you prove that the player cheats, and expel him ;
- or you start with the principle that he doesn't, and that every error will
be either inadvertent or a miscomprehension of the Laws.
 
Best regards
 
  Alain
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