[blml] San Diego Lightfoot Sue

[Adam Beneschan]

Richard wrote:
 
> Spingold Teams, San Diego 1994
> 
> Dlr: North
> Vul: None
> 
> \         JT93
>   \       AQJ98
>     \     98
>       \   62
> ---     \              AQ4
> KT3       \            752
> QT765       \          32
> T9753         \        AKQJ8
>           K87652\
>           64      \
>           AKJ4      \
>           4           \
> 
> WEST      NORTH     EAST      SOUTH
> ---       Pass      1NT       2C(1)
> 2D(2)     Pass      2H        2S
> 3C        4S        5C        Pass
> Pass      Dble      Pass      Pass
> Pass
> 
> (1) Alerted on both sides of the screen
> as a one-suited hand
> (2) Alerted by *East* as a transfer to
> hearts
> 
> Result: North led the HA.  Five clubs
> went down one trick, +100 to North-South.
> 
> Facts: 2D was alerted on the North and
> East side of the screen as a Jacoby
> Transfer to hearts.
> 
> Director's Ruling: North asked for a
> score adjustment based on the
> misinformation given during the auction.
> The director (Cukoff) awarded North-
> South +300 (down two) for misinformation
> from diverging explanations. East-West
> appealed claiming there was a mistaken
> bid not a misexplanation.
> 
> Committee Decision: East-West produced
> system notes (typeset) clearly showing
> that their *agreement* was that 2D was a
> Jacoby Transfer bid. Thus, what occurred
> was a misbid rather than a
> misexplanation. The director, who did not
> see the system notes, made the correct
> ruling based on the assumption of a
> misexplanation.
> 
> After the 2H bid, West told South, his
> screenmate, that there may have been a
> misunderstanding. The Committee felt
> that, based on the information North had,
> the lead of the HA was strongly
> indicated.
> 
> [big snip]
> 
> Richard Hills query:
> 
> What ruling should the Committee have now
> made?

If 2D was clearly a transfer, according to the system notes, then West
misbid and there's no infraction.  The fact that West forgot the
system during the auction (and made incorrect statements to South
about the system) was irrelevant, in the face of the hard evidence of
the system notes.

This doesn't seem difficult to me.  

                                -- Adam