[blml] Réf. : Belgian Honour division case three

[Alain Gottcheiner]

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A player calls me:
"I am about to be declarer, and I would like to tell the opponent on
lead (on the other side of the screen) the meaning of my calls, since
I am afraid my partner has misexplained them".
 
I ruled that he was not allowed to do that.
 
 
AG : Screens are made to limit the amount of inconvenience from several
kinds of incorrections. 
It would be very strange indeed if their presence magnified it in that case,
which isn't that uncommon.
Opponents are allowed to check whether the explanations on both sides were
coherent. 
To disallow declarer to do so would have one main effect : create the need 
for an arbitral score where it won't be needed in the absence of screens. It
wouldn't help equity or fairness in any way.
 
Helping everyone (including the TD) to let the board be played without
inconvenience is to be encouraged. In view of the governing principle : 
save the board in all equity and with as little inference from the TD as
possible", a principle that IMOCO is at least as strong as the laws. 
Also in the spirit of L75D, last line : to tell opponents one thinks partner
s explanation wasn't correct is compulsory. That's exactly what declarer
suggested. He should only tell "there could have been a mistake in my
partner's explanations" ; then opponents are allowed to exercise their L40
rights.
 
Would the opponents have declined declarer's suggestion ? 
 
Whether this should be allowed to defenders raises once again the struggle
of MI and UI, so I won't try and walk on this slippery surface once again.
 
Best regards
 
    Alain
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