[blml] L27 : before the infraction

[Stefanie Rohan]

AG:

So please allow me to ask : to what do you adjust ? Quotation of the
first question :
a) To the contract E/W were heading towards before the infraction ? This
seems to be 2S (West reopens with a double, and East bids 2S), or
perhaps 3D (NS) - 1 ; one should select the latter (the best N/S score
among reasonably plausible ones). Either would be a good score for E/W
(at most tables, North didn't overcall and E/W ended in 3S, sometomes 4S
or 3NT).
b) To the contract E/W were heading towards before the "favorable
penalty" (enforced pass) was applied to the infraction ? If 2S didn't
bar partner, the final contract could well be 4S.

ISTM that TFLB says A, which means E/W can't lose from their infraction,
which is a bit of a problem.

SR:

Well, yes. It seems to be the case that the new Law was written precisely to 
ensure that E/W cannot lose from their infraction, and, yes, many of us feel 
that this is indeed a problem.

AG:

But "restoring equity" seems to suggest B.

SR:

This is a more sensible adjustment.

Stefanie Rohan
London, England