[blml] UI iinfraction?

[Alain Gottcheiner]

Guthrie a écrit :
>
> Now suppose that partner, a player of good repute, has a plausible 
> explanation for his hesitation. For example ...
> "I was considering a penalty double :) Belatedly I remembered that, 
> systemically, double would be takeout :(".
>
> The director *believes* this explanation and concludes that the 
> hesitation was inadvertent -- without nefarious intent. Should that 
> effect his ruling?
>
>   
AG : well, I'm very surprised. I was ready to answer that TFLB say 
"intent isn't necessary, only the possibility counts", but I re-read 
L73F and saw that this "could have known" provision only applies to what 
*opponents* do after your mannerism (the well-known case of the 2-sided 
finesse). And L23 only speaks of cases where your partner will be under 
a penalty. Never in TFLB, apparently, is anything said about mannerisms 
tending to use partner's sense of ethics in situations where he isn't 
restrained by a penalty, only by the obligation to "bend backwards". I 
repeat it, it's quite surprising, because many of us have written about 
disallowing those.

But I'd say it would indeed be better if "mannerisms-to-block-partner" 
wouldn't be explicitly disallowed, because this plus normal UI rules 
would lead to "it he hesitates, shoot him". Whether partner acted this 
or that way, he would be deprived of any fair score. That's not what we 
intend.
It would be better to have such cases registered, kind of "amber tempi".

Best regards

  Alain