Archive for June, 2008
Saturday, June 28th, 2008
The Vineyard Trophy
The Vineyard Trophy has, without my being aware of it, become a very serious thing.
It began as a shorthand way of saying which of the duplicate players had the best off-Island tournament. On the ferry home, or perhaps at the Tuesday bridge game the next week, ...
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Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Weak Jump Shift? 6/24 Results
This is the West hand from the Tuesday game in Vineyard Haven on 6/24. EW vulnerable; NS, not.
♠ T985432 ♥ 76 ♦ AT ♣54
North deals and the bidding goes
North East South West
1♣ 1♥ Pass ?
Nancy and I play weak jump shifts (always). ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
I've been looking through the results of the Sturbridge Regional held last weekend. Unless I've missed somebody, here's how the Vineyard team did. Claus Buchthal 9.59 MP. Gail Farrish and Dottie Arnold 9.14 MP. Ed Russell and Deirdre Ling 4.99 MP. Rhonda Cohen and Eric Stricoff 4.53 MP. Barbara McLagen ...
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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
Here's a hand from a two-table team game last week. Both EWs got stung.
Would you and your best partner have done better?
♠ Q74
♥ 9762
♦ J9865
♣ K
N
♠ AKJT86532 ♠ --
♥ -- ♥ AKJT543
♦ 4 W E ♦ Q3
♣ T73 ♣ Q982
S
♠ ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Results 6/17 - 9 diamonds
There were 9.5 tables in play in Vineyard Haven on 6/16. We played a Howell movement - 13 rounds, 2 boards per round. Personally, I'd rather play a Mitchell movement - 9 rounds, 3 boards per round with a skip. NS would play 27, EW 24. ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
Results from Vineyard Haven 6/10, 8.5 tables in play. NS: 1. Claus Buchthal and Millie Briggs. 2. Barbara Donald and Gerry Averill. 3. Eric Stricoff and Rhonda Cohen. EW: 1. Bill Blakesley and Hugh Knipmeyer. 2. Sari Lipkin and Carol Whitmarsh. 3. Jim Kaplan and Miles Jaffe (welcome back, Jim).
It's ...
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Friday, June 6th, 2008
One for the Knipper
Here's a hand from Thursday 6/5 in West Tisbury. South deals, both sides vulnerable (Hands rotated).
♠ A82
♥ 7653
♦ AKT84
♣ 3
N
♠ JT94 ♠ KQ75
♥ 2 ♥ QJ
♦ Q932 W E ♦ J65
♣ QJ72 ♣ K965
S
♠ 63
♥ AKT984
...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
SOS Redouble 6/3
Here's a hand from Tuesday 6/3 in Vineyard Haven. South deals, both sides vulnerable.
♠ KJ92
♥ AJ87
♦ AKQ6
♣ 2
N
♠ A843 ♠ 6
♥ T9654 ♥ KQ2
♦ 843 W E ♦ JT72
♣ J ♣ AQ975
S
♠ QT75
♥ 3
♦ 95
♣ ...
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Dan Cabot is a contributing editor at The Times.
