[blml] Positronic brain [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[richard.hills at immi.gov.au]

Herman De Wael:

>>Say they open 5C in first hand, and your
>>partner thinks for 30". UI, yes, but is this
>>not as can be expected? And do we not have AI
>>to the same effect: partner is flabbergasted
>>at the height of the opening.

WBF Code of Practice,
Guidelines for Rulings appendix,
Number 5:

>An ACBL appeals committee passed
>comments that fit well with WBF thinking
>in relation to what they called "hot seat"
>auctions. It is desirable to exhibit extra
>tolerance in relation to a "hesitation" when
>a player encounters an unprecedented
>situation in the auction.

[screen-specific paragraph snipped]

>An aspect that has special significance,
>when a player meets a quite unusual
>bidding situation and takes time to
>deliberate, is how clearly it is apparent to
>partner what is the nature of his problem.
>In such a situation a player may have to
>think from scratch what action is
>appropriate, and it is not altogether rare
>that he may have all three options - pass,
>double (redouble), and bid, and a choice to
>make. If a Director is inclined to find that
>the partner's subsequent bid is suggested
>by the breach of tempo, the first
>consideration is to judge whether it can
>truly be said that one action is suggested
>over another, or whether the message
>from the "hesitation" is unclear. A
>sympathetic treatment of the law here
>should be an aim and it is an area in which
>regulating authorities may find it helpful to
>give guidance.

Richard Hills:

Of course, the WBF Code of Practice is only
semi-official advice, and its appendices are
merely quasi-official advice.

For example, I believe that while the English
Bridge Union has adopted most of the main
text of the CoP as an EBU regulation, the EBU
does _not_ officially endorse any of the CoP's
appendices.


Best wishes

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