[blml] Wrong direction

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of gesta at tiscali.co.uk
.............
> +=+ I am puzzled that Torsten appears to be saying that in Sweden
> they set aside Law 7D. Steve appears to have the right approach here.
> Where was the match played? Who carried the boards? What were
> the possibilities of communication? These are the kinds of questions
> to be answered when considering Law 72B1.
>                                                        ~ Grattan ~   +=+

I assume that this is a reminiscence from the 1987 Law 7D which indeed
stated that North was responsible for maintaining proper conditions at the
table. (We had the same rule in Norway).

Extending this responsibility to include for instance the situation where
East or West takes their cards from the wrong pocket has always IMO been
pulling it too far, but this question has actually been raised here.

My ruling at the table would be (both before and after 1997) that each
player is responsible for taking his own cards from the correct pocket.

Consequently in Torsten's case I consider every player that had taken the
wrong cards and looked at them to be at fault.

Thus I would give North South the benefit of their side's extremely
favourable result at the other table only if they had not taken their cards
from the wrong pocket. If both sides took the wrong cards (90 degrees) I
would rule the board voided.

Regards Sven