Evening star., 1933-08-04

ship holdings when neither Of you has
. Ave.card suit than It y when suit
length IN either hand provides definite
diGcards Of losers. with proper con-
trol Of the time factor, slams are prac-
tical certainttes With suit length to see
them through. With only four card
suits, you need suits to break - well -
control Of the timing. wish therefore
70 repeat my warning. Be very wary
Of shoft-RMted no-trump slams; do not
cut any corners IN bidding them. and
be cautious about developing them
through bids Of short suits unless you
thoroughly familiar with this delicate
procedure and the reasoning that un-
derlies II. This u advanced bidding
for skilled partnerships. with an un-
known partner, even II he assures you
that he Knows the one-over-one"-a
meaningless claim which implies no
understanding Of the Sims system-and
has seen my book, advise you only to
bid six when you feel reasonably sure
that you have . likelihood Of . play
for seven. You need not be quite 70
careful when one Of you has . i've
card suit; but these short-suited slams
require the safety margin Of . trick
when there y doubt about the partner's 3
knowledge Of this section Of the Sims
system.
opsning BidAers Acceptance Il
SLAM Tries.
We must next summarize the pro-
cedure Of the no-tru. > bidder when
his partner makes . slam try. I have
explained what he should do when his
hand contains . strong concealed i've
card suit; my reference now = to short
suited no-trump hands.
when Partner Hida Three in Suit.
In discussing the jump suit take
1t clear that openers first duty u to
Clarity the Ace Situation.
You VIII often rightly bid Q no
trump without two aces In your hand,
but your partner may properly make
the preliminary assumption that you
have two aces when you bid . no
trump. II you have only once ace you
have to keep signing OF by minimum
responses until the responder shows
that he has two aces (or possibly an
ace and . void. You may not pass
any less-than-game contract after your
partner has forced, but you must pass
game contract In your partners take
Out Oult VI Ii uO tkukupD uxuS60 yOU
are informed that your partner has two
aces. Thus II the bidding went-one
no trump, three hearts, three no trumps
by you with only one. ace In your hand,
four no trumps. Now you know your
partner has two aces, 20 that the tim
ing factor has been straightened out
and you may still 60 on with the slam
development II your hand contains
something definitely in excess Of the
three and . half primary tricks on
which your partner Is relying, and his
bidding shows good at With your
hand. Assuming the bidding to have
been one no trump, three hearts, three
no trumps. four no trumps. with
0K OK DIX Q 10
you can read your partner for A G Z
< In hearts, the king Of clubs and one
Of the two other aces The missing ace
y likely to be the only loser, 20 bid i've
no trumps, leaving 1t to him whether
to slam In hearts or no trumps. II he
had three aces, he could In turn read
your four primary tricks plus. and 60
for grand slam IN whichever declara-
ton seemed best suited to his hand II
diamonds break your club losers 60 on
his long hearts. so q club finesse will
not be needed II he lacks the king. If
his diamonds are A K. he would slam