[blml] 40B3?

[Konrad Ciborowski]

> DWS appears essentially to be a prior agreement by a partnership to vary
> its
> understanding during the auction following a response to a question,
> namely
> to adopt an incorrect answer as the new agreement 


Huh? How can "an answer" be an agreement? What are you
talking about?

I open 2H - weak two in hearts holding

xx
AJxxxx
x
KJxx

Partner bids 2S - asking for shortness. But before partner bids
2S he explains my 2H as 5+-5+ hearts and another.

Playing dWS I alert 2S as pass-or-correct and then rebid 3D -
replying to the singleton inquiry. I do not bid 3C - 
THAT would be varying understanding. In that case partner's
2S bid would mean:

1. If responder remembers the meaning of 2H and explains
it correctly then opener shows shortness
2. If responder forgets and explains 2H as 5+-5+ then
opener shows naturally his best suit that resembles
a five-carder the most 

But no - playing dWS I still bid 3D. Where is varying the understanding?
The 2S bid is systemically asking for shortness and I am
bidding my shortness. 

I am varying the explanationto avoid creating UI, yes, 
but not the understanding.

Partner will have no idea that a misunderstanding occurred
so how can you talk about my incorrect answer being
a new agreement - it takes two sides to create an agreement.

It is the traditional school that is much closer to
creating an agreement because when I explain 2S 
as "asking for shortness" partner will immediately
know that I have a weak two-bid and not 5+-5+
and from then on we might as well stop explaining 
anything because everything has become clear for everybody.

It is the traditional school that is essentially 
like an agreement "if I explain wrongly than
please immediately correct me so that I know that
we have a misunderstaning".

Also - playing traditional school - a correct
explanation is always a message "partner, we are on
the same wavelength, don't worry". 
Playing DWS I can never be sure that I am not
in the middle of a huge misunderstanding.

So it is the traditional school that actively
uses answers to questions for communication
between partners even if everyone remembers
the system, the message being "partner, we
are on the same wavelength".




-- 
Konrad Ciborowski
Kraków, Poland

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