[blml] Clubbed Queen

[Alain Gottcheiner]

At 23:23 30/10/2006 +0100, =?us-ascii?Q?Andre_Steffens?= wrote:
>Dummy north has:
>B85
>-
>-
>98
>
>Declarer asks for the five of clubs, to which east contributes the Queen.
>Declarer now discovers his error and remarks that he meant to play the 
>five of spades. TD!
>What fate befalls the Queen?

The five of clubs is not in dummy, which means no card has been legally called.
The Queen has therefore been played OOT. Apply corresponding penalties ... 
but adjust the score for N/S, because South's departure from correct 
procedure is (or at least could be) the cause of East's error.

This is similar to the following case (a classical of Belgian exams) : 
declarer South has to lead to the next trick, but he calls for a master 
card from an entryless dummy.  East plays to the trick before anybody can 
correct South's mistake.  The correct answer was : give East whole 
discredit for his careless condoning, and adjust South's score based on 
L72B1 and L12C2.

This could be a difference of several tricks if there are more than one 
master card in dummy, or if a squeeze develops.

Best regards,

    Alain





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