Re: Indexing, The Art of

I'm glad you like this, Richard.
So do I.
It's a tenet of the DWS that a player should be allowed to select NOT to 
give UI to his partner.
Herman.

Richard Hills wrote:
> The 2017 Drafting Committee created a number of improvements to Law 75.
> Two of these that I particularly like are:
>
> 1. The 2017 Law 75 specifically states that in a case of Misinformation
> the Director may unearth evidence that the offending side has "no agreed
> meaning" about a misexplained call; if so the Director can adjust the
> score if the non-offending side was damaged by not receiving the correct
> "no agreed meaning" explanation.
>
> 2. The 2007 Law 20F4 stated that a player MUST summon the Director
> IMMEDIATELY that player realises that their own earlier explanation was
> erroneous.
>
> But what if a player is only 50% confident that their own second
> thoughts are more correct than their own initial explanation? To prevent
> giving unnecessary UI to partner, the 2017 Law 75 (and the 2017 Law
> 20F4) now permits the player to defer summoning the Director
> to correct their own possibly erroneous explanation until the Correction
> Period. The player retains the option to summon the Director earlier
> (plus if the player belatedly realises their own misexplanation after
> the expiry of the Correction Period, then they must summon the Director
> immediately then).
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Richard Hills
>
> On Saturday, March 4, 2017, Richard Hills <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>     Tony Musgrove:
>
>     Exactly, POTUS is a good joke.  As was the Kaplan L25.
>
>     [snip]
>
>     Richard Hills:
>
>     The 2007 Drafting Committee deleted Kaplan's ridiculous Law 25B,
>     replacing it with a more sensible clause.
>
>     The 2017 Drafting Committee has further enhanced the clarity of Law
>     25 (and Law 45C4(b)) by limiting the scope of "unintentional". A
>     call (or designation of dummy's card) based on loss of concentration
>     is now deemed intentional.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Richard Hills
>
>     On Friday, March 3, 2017, Tony Musgrove <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>         Exactly, POTUS is a good joke.  As was the Kaplan____
>
>         L25.  There should be more examples of how to____
>
>         apply some of the Laws, always promised but____
>
>         never delivered (except some from Max Bavin)____
>
>         __ __
>
>         Cheers,____
>
>         __ __
>
>         Tony (Sydney)____
>
>         __ __
>
>         *From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>         *On Behalf Of *a.witzen
>         *Sent:* Friday, 3 March 2017 3:17 PM
>         *To:* Bridge Laws Mailing List
>         *Subject:* Re: [BLML] Indexing, The Art of____
>
>         __ __
>
>         On the contrary, there should be more jokes in this forum, such
>         as beerfines in the lawbook for calls without merit.____
>
>         Regards,____
>
>         Anton____
>
>         __ __
>
>         __ __
>
>         __ __
>
>         Verzonden vanaf Samsung-tablet.____
>
>         A.witzen, boniplein 86 amsterdam____
>
>
>
>         -------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
>         Van: Michael Holmes <[email protected]>
>         Datum: 03-03-2017 04:34 (GMT+01:00)
>         Aan: Bridge Laws Mailing List <[email protected]>
>         Cc: Richard Neville <[email protected]>, Rebecca Plush
>         <[email protected]>, Rebecca Plush <[email protected]>
>         Onderwerp: Re: [BLML] Indexing, The Art of ____
>
>         Richard,____
>
>         __ __
>
>         I don't find your joke funny!  Further, I don't think this is
>         the forum for this!  I love the game of bridge like the rest of
>         you!  Let's keep it to bridge.____
>
>         __ __
>
>         Mike Holmes____
>
>          ____
>
>         Dr. Michael Holmes P.O. Box 56 Dumont, CO 80436 303 928-9187____
>
>         __ __
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>         *From:*Richard Hills <[email protected]>
>         *To:* Bridge Laws Mailing List <[email protected]>
>         *Cc:* Richard Neville <[email protected]>; Rebecca Plush
>         <[email protected]>; Rebecca Plush <[email protected]>
>         *Sent:* Thursday, March 2, 2017 6:45 PM
>         *Subject:* [BLML] Indexing, The Art of____
>
>         __ __
>
>         In my penultimate draft of the Index to the 2017 Laws of
>         Duplicate Bridge I included this joke:____
>
>         __ __
>
>         POTUS____
>
>         See Trump____
>
>         __ __
>
>         In the ultimate draft I deleted the joke because it was
>         irrelevant to the fabulous Lawbook. Likewise the American voters
>         will delete the irrelevant joke in four years' time.____
>
>         __ __
>
>         Best wishes,____
>
>         __ __
>
>         Richard Hills____
>
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