[blml] European Youth Championships or have we really cometothis

[Mike Amos]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Burrows" <wjburrows at gmail.com>
To: "Ken Richardson" <ken.deri31 at ntlworld.com>
Cc: "blml" <blml at rtflb.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:16 AM
Subject: Re: [blml] European Youth Championships or have we really 
cometothis


> On 25/07/07, Ken Richardson <ken.deri31 at ntlworld.com> wrote:
>>
>> Close. Just 33% out.
>>
>> 0% of 4H= NS +420 and 100% of 4D-2 NS +100
>>
>> Why North passes over 3D is beyond me.
>
> This last statement is completely irrelevant to the ruling.
>
I personally don't think it is irrelevant Wayne.

I've always been taught to take into account a player's ability when 
considering Logical Alternatives.  For example in re-opening situations Club 
players are much more likely to consider point count as the most significant 
factor in their considerations whereas expert players will pay more heed to 
their distribution.
So in this case we need to consider the logical alternatives for a player 
who has passed 3D, a player who on his first turn demonstrated remarkable 
timidity but on the second, emboldened by the information that his partner 
has something to think about, summons up a dangerous 4H.

When consulting players, IMHO, the TD needed to find players who thought it 
right to pass over 3D, but then thought it correct to call over 4D.

Having said that, no one has attended to the ruling itself.  I had always 
understood that if we decided to disallow a call for UI reasons then that 
call was not included in the weightings.  It is certainly illegal in England 
(White Book 16.3)

Mike

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