{"id":12588,"date":"2016-03-25T15:43:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T13:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2021-02-08T09:50:28","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T07:50:28","slug":"technical-control-le-bridgeur-magazine-n888-november-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en\/technical-control-le-bridgeur-magazine-n888-november-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Technical control (Le Bridgeur Magazine n\u00b0888 \u2013 November 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1142 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/jerome750_en-1.jpg\" alt=\"jerome750_en\" width=\"750\" height=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Article written by <strong>J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rombaut<\/strong> and published in the French magazine Le Bridgeur n\u00b0 888 on 15 November\u00a02014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In a slam sequence, bidding controls often poses difficulties. Here is an original option to overcome them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are working on the game engine on a daily basis. One of the biggest challenges is to programme slam bids as they require a considerable amount of judgement. Below is an example of a typical sequence that we have just prepared. For slam bids, when a control is skipped, what does bidding the next control mean?<\/p>\n<table class=\"bids\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>SOUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>NORTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1S1.png\" alt=\"1S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2D.png\" alt=\"2D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2S.png\" alt=\"2S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3S.png\" alt=\"3S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4D.png\" alt=\"4D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/> <strong>?<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What about its corollary? What does the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4S.png\" alt=\"4S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0bid mean?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Please note that in this sequence, over <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3S.png\" alt=\"3S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>, it has become common place to play <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4S.png\" alt=\"4S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0with a minimum hand, to bid a control with a positive hand, and to bid <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-936\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3NT1.png\" alt=\"3NT\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0to make a small effort with all average hands (5-3-3-2, 13-15HCP), minimum but well split hands with 6 spade cards or 5-5 two-suited hands.<\/p>\n<p>Subsidiary question: does the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4D.png\" alt=\"4D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/> bid expressly deny club control? Yes, except if partner bid clubs and you have shortness in that suit.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s go back to the meaning of the <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/> bid. Up until then, we had coded <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/> as showing heart and club controls, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4S.png\" alt=\"4S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0thus indicating a problem in one of these two suits.<\/p>\n<p>There are other variants. Here is the one we have chosen: when a control is skipped, bidding the last one simply promises the one that has been skipped. So going back to the trump suit denies this control.<\/p>\n<p>This seems both logical and practical to us since the focus is on the problematic suit. But you\u2019d better be wide awake because bidding <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/> to show club control is not natural at all.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-left: 15px;\" bgcolor=\"#e9e9e9\" width=\"180px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1003\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/S.png\" alt=\"S\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #000; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A Q 10 5 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1001\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/H.png\" alt=\"H\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #c90202; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0J 5 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/D.png\" alt=\"D\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #f28f00; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A K 3<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/C.png\" alt=\"C\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #757473; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a08 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table class=\"bids\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>SOUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>NORTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1S1.png\" alt=\"1S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2D.png\" alt=\"2D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2S.png\" alt=\"2S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3S.png\" alt=\"3S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4D.png\" alt=\"4D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-943\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4S.png\" alt=\"4S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>: No reserve and no heart control (let me remind you that partner\u2019s <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>\u00a0shows club control).<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-left: 15px;\" bgcolor=\"#e9e9e9\" width=\"180px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1003\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/S.png\" alt=\"S\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #000; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A Q 10 9 5 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1001\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/H.png\" alt=\"H\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #c90202; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a05 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/D.png\" alt=\"D\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #f28f00; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A K 3<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/C.png\" alt=\"C\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #757473; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a08 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table class=\"bids\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>SOUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>NORTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1S1.png\" alt=\"1S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2D.png\" alt=\"2D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2S.png\" alt=\"2S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3S.png\" alt=\"3S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4D.png\" alt=\"4D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-946\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/5D.png\" alt=\"5D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>:\u00a0This is a splendid hand. You will make the slam if partner has heart control. Repeating diamond control bid at the 5-level indicates that you have a problem in hearts.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 6px; padding-left: 15px;\" bgcolor=\"#e9e9e9\" width=\"180px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1003\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/S.png\" alt=\"S\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #000; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A Q 10 5 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1001\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/H.png\" alt=\"H\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #c90202; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0K 5 4<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1000\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/D.png\" alt=\"D\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #f28f00; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a0A K 3<\/span><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-999\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/C.png\" alt=\"C\" width=\"18\" height=\"18\" \/><span style=\"color: #757473; font-size: 20px;\">\u00a08 2<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 0;\">\n<table class=\"bids\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"right\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>SOUTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td width=\"250\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>NORTH<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-925\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/1S1.png\" alt=\"1S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-928\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2D.png\" alt=\"2D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-931\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2S.png\" alt=\"2S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-937\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/3S.png\" alt=\"3S\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-940\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4D.png\" alt=\"4D\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-941\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4H.png\" alt=\"4H\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr align=\"center\">\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><strong>?<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-top: 5px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-942\" src=\"http:\/\/funbridge.com\/blog\/en_us\/wp-content\/uploads\/4NT.png\" alt=\"4NT\" width=\"30\" height=\"18\" \/>:\u00a0Partner reassured you on club control, the slam is now doomed to succeed. Let\u2019s check aces thanks to Blackwood to know at which level you are going to play.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Article written by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Rombaut and published in the French magazine Le Bridgeur n\u00b0 888 on 15 November\u00a02014. In a slam sequence, bidding controls often poses difficulties. Here is an original option to overcome them. We are working on the game engine on a daily basis. One of the biggest challenges is to programme slam bids as they require a considerable amount of judgement. Below is an example of a typical sequence that we have just prepared. For slam bids, when a control is skipped, what does bidding the next control mean? SOUTH NORTH ? What about its corollary? 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