Re: Law 11 (and perhaps 12)

Richard Hills wrote:
> In addition to fixing partner's
> faulty explanation, Law 20F5(b) also requires that that player (not an
> opponent) MUST summon the Director.
>

Richard is right, of course.

Law 20F5(b): The player must call the Director and inform his
opponents that, in his opinion, his partner’s explanation was
erroneous (see Law 75) but only at his first legal opportunity, which
is (i) for a defender, at the end of the play. (ii) for declarer or
dummy, after the final pass of the auction.

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I believe that most players and directors are profoundly unaware of
this regulation.  For those who don't know such a simple, basic,
elementary, fundamental regulation, time to go back to school.  Even
in this thread we see plenty of ignorance on the matter, hopefully
successfully corrected by Richard.

Do directors and players know about 20F5(b) but ignore it, or are they
truly ignorant of it?

Any guesses as to the rate that the director is called in these
situations? Does a pathetic 3% sound like an accurate estimate?  In my
limited experience, even world-famous players don't bother calling the
director in such situations.

Serious question:  Is 3% about right?

Included in my 3% estimate are instances in which a player thinks the
explanation may be wrong but doesn't bother to announce that fact to
the opponents.  I will guess that such players dominate about five
fold players who announce a possible misexplanation but don't summon
the director.

I do believe we could dramatically improve the situation with a few
law changes, but let's see first if there is any agreement that there
is a problem.

Jerry Fusselman
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