Re: [BLML] Wanted: Alternate wording for Law 16Bb1(a)

Adam Wildavsky <[email protected]> Mon, 6 May 2019 13:43:31 -0400
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I never circled back on this. I hope that the current version of 16B1(a) is
an improvement over the previous one. It now reads:

A player may not choose a call or play that is demonstrably suggested over
another by unauthorized information if the other call or play is a logical
alternative.


On Fri, Feb 10, 2017 at 10:07 AM Eric Landau <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On 02/09/17 6:10 PM, Adam Wildavsky wrote:
>
> Thanks, Eric. I agree completely. May I quote you on BridgeWinners?
>
> Sure.
>
> > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Eric Landau <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     "Logical" here modifies "alternative".  Whether or not the call
> >     actually
> >     chosen is "logical" doesn't matter; it is only the "alternatives"
> >     to it
> >     that are constrained.  It's there to limit the adjudicator's
> >     choices of
> >     presumed alternative actions.  If you have UI that partner would
> >     prefer
> >     you to pass his 3S bid than raise it to game, you also have UI that
> he
> >     would prefer a pass to a 7NT bid, but if you gain by passing we
> adjust
> >     your score to the result in 4S (a logical alternative to pass) rather
> >     than in 7NT (not).  Note that "gain by passing" is objective; the
> >     "logicalness" of the pass doesn't matter
> >
>
> --
>
> Eric Landau
> Silver Spring MD
> New York NY
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>I never circled back on this. I hope=
 that the current version of 16B1(a)=C2=A0is an improvement over the previo=
us one. It now reads:</div><div><br></div><blockquote style=3D"margin:0px 0=
px 0px 40px;border:none;padding:0px">A player may not choose a call or play=
 that is demonstrably suggested over another by=C2=A0unauthorized informati=
on if the other call or play is a logical alternative.</blockquote></div><b=
r><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, =
Feb 10, 2017 at 10:07 AM Eric Landau &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ehaa.bridge@veri=
zon.net">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rg=
b(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 02/09/17 6:10 PM, Adam Wildavsky wrote:=
<br>
<br>
Thanks, Eric. I agree completely. May I quote you on BridgeWinners?<br>
<br>
Sure.<br>
<br>
&gt; On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 8:29 AM, Eric Landau &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ehaa=
[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a> <br>
&gt; &lt;mailto:<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank=
">[email protected]</a>&gt;&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&quot;Logical&quot; here modifies &quot;alternative=
&quot;.=C2=A0 Whether or not the call<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0actually<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0chosen is &quot;logical&quot; doesn&#39;t matter; i=
t is only the &quot;alternatives&quot;<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0to it<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0that are constrained.=C2=A0 It&#39;s there to limit=
 the adjudicator&#39;s<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0choices of<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0presumed alternative actions.=C2=A0 If you have UI =
that partner would<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0prefer<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0you to pass his 3S bid than raise it to game, you a=
lso have UI that he<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0would prefer a pass to a 7NT bid, but if you gain b=
y passing we adjust<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0your score to the result in 4S (a logical alternati=
ve to pass) rather<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0than in 7NT (not).=C2=A0 Note that &quot;gain by pa=
ssing&quot; is objective; the<br>
&gt;=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0&quot;logicalness&quot; of the pass doesn&#39;t mat=
ter<br>
&gt;<br>
<br>
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<br>
Eric Landau<br>
Silver Spring MD<br>
New York NY<br>
<br>
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