[blml] Pointing out who won the trick [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Law 9A2(a):

>>Unless prohibited by Law, declarer or either defender may
>>call attention to an irregularity that occurs during the
>>play period.

Henri Defranchi

>I think law 73 "communication between partners during the
>auction and play shall be effected only by means of the
>calls and plays themselves" supplant law 9....... So....

Randall Garrett (Lord Darcy stories):

"Black magic is a matter of symbolism and intent."

Richard Hills:

Suppose that, in a particular partnership, the opening
leader was accidentally careless, and always accidentally
infracted Law 65B by turning the first trick the wrong way.

Suppose that the opening leader's partner was usually
somewhat accidentally unobservant, and only occasionally
drew attention to the infraction, coincidentally only on
those occasions when the opening leader's partner had a
singleton and a desire to ruff.

Yes indeed otherwise legal actions may be redefined as
illegal if there is a black magic intent.

But a Law 9 action is not automatically invalidated by
Law 73 if there is no black magic intent, and if pard
avoids use of any incidentally created UI.  (See Eric
Landau's earlier post on this thread.)


Best wishes

Richard James Hills, amicus curiae
National Training Branch
02 6225 6285