[blml] lead penalties

[Grattan Endicott]

Grattan Endicott
grandeval at vejez.fsnet .co.uk
[also gesta at tiscali.co.uk]
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sven Pran" <svenpran at online.no>
To: "'Bridge Laws Mailing List'" <blml at amsterdamned.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [blml] lead penalties


>> On Behalf Of David Burn
> ................
>> But I am prepared to wager that the lawmakers would rather prevent 
>> this kind of thing. You, East, hold:
>> 
>> 63  4  A10987  A10987
>> 
>> South opens one heart and North raises to six hearts. What call do you
>> make?
>> 
>> Why, if Law 26 is to be interpreted as written, you bid 2NT for the
>> minors, explaining that you thought North had bid 2H rather than 6H. 
>> It will not do declarer much good to be able to forbid a diamond lead 
>> if he cannot also forbid a club lead.
> 
> But they have prevented this thing! Have you overlooked Law 72B1?
> 
> Law 26A2 is so unambiguously written that I fully trust the lawmakers to
> having written precisely their true intention.
> 
> Even more so since Law 26A2 was passed unchanged from the 1987 
> laws to the 1997 laws except for a minor clarification which has no 
> bearing on this particular question.
> 
> Regards Sven
> 
+=+ Having now enjoyed a view from within of three decennial audits  
of the Code of Laws, I agree with Sven.   Please bear with us in the 
matter until after Shanghai.            ~ Grattan ~   +=+