[blml] claim

[Tim West-Meads]

Sven wrote:
> Please, please. Come on and be sensible.
> 
> If with five tricks left to play I end the play by showing my cards 
> and say:
> "I get two tricks", isn't that both a claim of two tricks and 
> simultaneously a concession of the other three? 

Indeed it is.  And partner may object to the concession - and it will be
deemed not to have occurred.  The claim itself is still there. According
to the lawbook play still ceases and the TD will rule on how many of the
"conceded" tricks will be taken by the defence.  It's as if claimer had
said "I make these two tricks - sort out the rest amongst yourselves".
If there's a concession but no claim (ie a concession of all the
remaining tricks) *and* an immediate objection then play doesn't have to
cease.

There's no provision in law for a claim to be cancelled by an objection
and the WBF minute is truly bizarre.  

Tim