[blml] ACBL LC Detroit minutes

Alain Gottcheiner agot at ulb.ac.be
Mon Apr 7 17:50:09 CEST 2008


Eric Landau a écrit :
> On Apr 7, 2008, at 8:18 AM, Guthrie wrote:
>
>   
>> If your explanation is correct, but your opponent does not  
>> understand it
>> because you use *any* term (not just a *Bridge* term) that he does not
>> understand, IMO, he is entitled to further elucidation. In particular,
>> if an opponent says he not understand what "Stayman" means in a given
>> bidding context, then, whatever the law says, IMO you are morally
>> obliged to explain it.
>>     
>
> I do hope this is a troll.  "Whatever the law says"?!  There can't  
> really be anyone reading this who actually thinks that "Stayman"  
> satisfies one's legal obligation to disclose one's methods, can  
> there?  The law requires you to disclose what your methods *are*; not  
> whom they were named after.
>
>   
Not sure about that. Many countries issue booklets of stabndard 
conventions, whose name may be written down on a CC without further 
explanation.






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