[blml] Disclosure f2f

[Robert Geller]

Guthrie writes:
>Whatever happens in other games, the point is that Bridge-players from 
>different jurisdictions often play Bridge against each other and local 
>rules impose an unfair and unnecessary extra home advantage.

Is this really true?   For example, every year here in Japan we have
an international tourney, the NEC Festival, and I'm not aware of complaints
in this area (local rules) from either the overseas or local players.  Also,
when I've played in international tourneys, such as the Olympiad or
Far east (now PABF) championships there haven't been any big problems
(this includes playing against MOSCITO, for example) on either side.
And when I played in a major event in Poland (Warsaw Grand Prix) in
2003 I didn't perceive any big problems (one of our hosts gave our
team a 30 min explanation of "standard bdding" in Poland and was was alerted,
and that was more or less ample) either.

I can imagine that the further down the pyramid you go (for example, 
an ordinary weekly game at the local club, rather than a national 
tourney with many players from out of the country), the "local bias"
may get somewhat greater, but is that necessary so terrible? 

-Bob

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Robert (Bob) Geller,     Tokyo, Japan        geller at nifty.com