Re: Law 11 (and perhaps 12)

Law 11 says the right to rectification "may" be forfeited if the
Director is not called. Since it says "may", the right is forfeited
only if that is in the interest of equity; that is, if a player may
have gained through subsequent action.

In this situation, if the defenders are good players (I don't know
the standard of play in the Western Australian State Championship),
I would deny the adjustment because opening leader gained the
opportunity for a double shot by not calling the Director at the
proper time. He could have changed the spade lead to a club lead
before the opening lead was faced. Instead, he got to beat the
contract on a spade lead, and if that failed, could still beat the
contract on a club lead.

I would allow the adjustment for weaker players who might not be
familiar with their rights, assuming that a club lead would be more
likely given the correct information.

I would not impose a procedural penalty on the declaring side in any
case. Yes, they are supposed to call the Director when correcting
misinformation, but this doesn't happen in practice, particularly
for minor cases. (And this 3C bid did show a club control; it just
more specifically showed a singleton or void, not the ace.)

On 12/11/2016 3:09 AM, Bill Kemp wrote:

Law 11 (and perhaps 12)

Purely for my
education (I was not involved in the event)

From a recent (completed) Western Australian State Championship.

A pair was
bidding towards a slam in spades. There was no opposition
bidding.

During the
auction, one of the declaring side bid 3C, alerted by his partner and
described
on request as first or second round control in clubs.

The auction
ended in 6S.

The opening lead was made face down then the 3C bidder corrected his
partners explanation to shortage (splinter) in clubs.

The opening
lead of a spade was faced and 12 tricks duly rolled in.

The Director
had
not been called at this stage.

The contract
however went off on a club leadÂ…..

And so the
Director was called.

Would you
adjust?

If after
consideration of Law 11 you would adjust,

Would you
consider a failure to call the director a serious error.

In the event
that this went to appeal, how would your committee rule

Best wishes

bill kemp

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