[blml] lead penalties

[David Burn]

From: blml-bounces at amsterdamned.org [mailto:blml-bounces at amsterdamned.org]
On Behalf Of Alain Gottcheiner
Sent: 20 September 2007 11:45
To: bridge Laws Mailing List
Subject: [blml] lead penalties

 

[Herman] L26A does apply to more than one suit! It says so! 
So if 4D shows spades and (singleton) diamond, there is a L26A lead 
penalty on those two suits. That means that one can prohibit spades, 
diamonds, or both, but not hearts or clubs. it also means one can 
demand spades or diamonds. The law does not say that one can or cannot 
demand both spades and diamonds, because that would be impossible anyway.

AG : I'm a bit embarrassed about the "or both" part. The French version of
the law explicitly says "the specified suit (or one of the specified
suits)", whence no combined prohibition is possible.

 

DB: Then the French version of the law is a correct translation of the
English version of the law, neither of which (as I have explained) is a
correct translation of the intention of the lawmakers.

 

David Burn

London, England

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