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[Wayne Burrows]

On 31/05/07, richard.hills at immi.gov.au <richard.hills at immi.gov.au> wrote:
> Wayne Burrows:
>
> >20 Board Match - National Trial
> >System Cards have been sent in weeks in advance.  There was an
> >opportunity to register changes at a meeting immediately before play
> >began in the first match.  This is match three on the evening of the
> >first day.
> >
> >Board One
> >
> >1C (1S*) ?
> >
> >* Either diamonds or both majors
> >
> >This method over a natural 1C has not been disclosed on their card
> >nor any verbal mention made of this defense.
> >
> >Do you ...
> >
> >1.  Allow this method
> >
> >2.  Disallow this method?
>
> Richard Hills:
>
> 1. Allow this method.
>
> Wayne Burrows:
>
> >Assume you allow the method ...
> >
> >Do you ...
> >
> >1.  Allow the opponents time to prepare a counter-defense
> >
> >2.  Allow no time for the opponents to prepare
> >
> >3.  Allow the opponents to prepare a defense but any time taken is
> >considered playing time
> >
> >4.  As for 3 but charge any initial overrun in time solely to the
> >side that did not disclose
> >
> >5. Something else that I have not thought of.
>
> Richard Hills:
>
> 2. Allow no time for the opponents to prepare.
>
> Wayne Burrows:
>
> >Are there any circumstances in which you think it would be
> >reasonable to allow the method and not let their opponents have any
> >time to prepare a defense against this method
>
> Richard Hills:
>
> Yes, the stated circumstances that this is a New Zealand National
> Trials.  Come on now, similar TWERB and Toxic methods are extremely
> commonplace, played by many mediocre players at local Canberra
> clubs.
>
> Any partnership who belongs in a New Zealand National Trials should
> have generic defences to ambiguous overcalls prepared well before
> the event started.
>
> What's the problem?  Or does Wayne want potential New Zealand
> international players to be as coddled as ACBL international Larry
> Cohen?  Larry, due to ACBL system restrictions, is uncomfortable
> playing against Polish Club, so therefore argues that it is a system
> which should be restricted from general use in international events.
>
> :-(
>

Absolutely not Richard.

As far as I am aware there was no other pair playing similar methods
in the trials neither is it a common defensive system in New Zealand.

I have no problem playing against this method but in an event where
there is time to prepare and discuss and remind each other what
exactly we play against various relatively unusual methods.  In the
first match I played today my opponents were playing the relatively
common system - Precision.  Nevertheless I took the time to refresh
our partnership understandings of what we do over Precision before we
drew the cards from the first board.  A pair that do not disclose
their methods as required therefore gains an advantage over other
pairs by depriving their opponents of the time to discuss or refresh a
defense against peculiarities in their system.

Do you really think that is fair Richard?

Wayne