[blml] Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

[Ed Reppert]

On Mar 31, 2007, at 11:36 PM, Nigel wrote:

> [Richard Hills]
> I am warming to an ACBL Board of Directors suggestion
> that, in a novice tournament, players should be allowed
> to refer to their own system/convention card at all
> times, which would ensure that novice bids and novice
> explanations were consistent with the written card.
>
> {Nigel]
> I've made similar proposals in BLML: that if a pair adopt an
> untrammelled *standard system* convention card (or one with deletions
> but no additions) then they should not be penalised for  
> misinformation;
> but it is even better to allow them to consult the card, as Richard
> suggests.

"A pair" is not the same thing as "players in a novice tournament".