Problems from the Montreal World Championships

  1. MPs, fav

     S:AK652 H:J1083 D:1097 C:9

    LHO CHO RHO You
    3C: 3D: Pass ?

    What's your plan? If you bid 3S:, partner bids 3NT. Then what?

  2. MPs, none vul

     S:AKQ8 H:K102 D:Q543 C:94

    RHO You LHO CHO
    Pass1D: Pass2C: (not game forcing)
    2H: ?

  3. IMPs, vul unknown

     S:Ax H:AKx D:Q10xxxxx C:x

    You LHO CHO RHO
    1D: Pass1H: 1S:
    Dbl 2S: 3S: Pass
    4D: Pass4H: Pass
    ?

    a. Do you choose a support double on your second turn?
    b. Do you bid 4D: on your 3rd turn?
    c. What now?

  4. MPs, both vul

     S:1092 H:A10 D:8 C:AKJ10873

    CHO RHO You LHO
    PassPass1C: 4H:
    4S: 5H: ?

  5. MPs, both vul

     S:KQJ H:AQ9843 D:Q3 C:A4

    RHO You LHO CHO
    2C:* Dbl 2S: Pass
    3C: ?

    2C: was natural, precisionish. Do you double the first time? What now?

  6. MP both vul

     S:KJ6 H:Q7543 D:75 C:AQ2

    CHO RHO You LHO
    1H: 2NT 3C:* 5D:
    5H: 6D: ?

    3C: was a limit raise or better in hearts.

  7. MP unfav

     S:KJ85 H:AQ8 D:3 C:AK942

    CHO RHO You LHO
    PassPass1C: 2NT
    3S: 5D: ?

Answers
Jeff Goldsmith, jeff@gg.caltech.edu, Nov. 5, 2002