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BZ regardless of the verdict will have lost their efficiency when video camera is on and/or when opponents dont condone their table manners. They will join a group of other pairs whose efficiency has declined since video recording started.
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The defence used against ferts by the Carrot-group of players was basically D=Balanced, 1X is natural, higher is Transfer. It isnt exactly rocket science to learn.
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The powers in the WBF (including Bobby Wolff) chose to clamp down on systems not understood by themselves and to not care about rampant cheating. This has basically destroyed international tournament bridge for many years. Nearly all titles are tainted the last 50 years. IMHO the only solution is to get rid of the current international organizations (or the mafia within them) and start anew with bridge targeting the changing world of communication technology and an including approach as opposed to the current state.
We see elsewhere the devastating effects of closing your mind and believing what once was can be recreated if whe choose to ignore change.
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When we created Magic Diamond we inherited the transfer responses from Carrotti. If transfer responses are not allowed there is no problem applying a relay structure. I have played 2♣ as a general FG and 2♦ as FG with 5+ in the other major. Then again in some “duelling banjos scene”-bridge countries that might not be allowed either.
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It is sad that so many of his and Laurias achievements are forever tainted by playing with Buratti-Lanzarotti and Fantoni-Nunes. Even sadder that theirs taking a stand against cheating is apparently impossible.
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Maybe, just maybe this can be the start of a change! Scale down the luxury part for WBF officials. Focus on playing conditions and making things affordable for every nation.
Who am I kidding, that would never happen with the current WBF!
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It is refreshing that the EBL employs a retroactive rule for placement corrections, then there is no hindrance apploying any retroactive rule regarding the removal of titles and points for teams with at least one cheating pair.
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The idea of sportmanship and fair competition is dead in the NFL (basically in all professional sports) and on life support in competitive Bridge. Maybe it is time to put the current bridge organizations out of their misery and start anew?
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There is one very successful pair that uses the tempo of placing the bids on the tray together with how hard they place it to signal min/max. I suggest the tray should be sound proof and that it has to disappear completely on the other side before a bid can be made. Hence a larger table or a smaller tray or both. Softer material in the tray.
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One thing never discussed is that playing new methods improve your “normal” play. It makes you more eclectic. When you are always in your comfort zone your development stops and your thinking becomes stale and one-sided. I remember reading “In the well” with Geoff Hampson. He had a great discussion about this eclectic thinking.
If you open your mind you will grow, if you close it you will shrink. Applies outside of bridge as well… :)
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I agree Aviv. Furthermore, the recent celebrity match, did anyone watch? Who won? Does anyone care? All those rich and famous people playing Standard American. Let me know when you get any new recruits from that garbage.
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“-Is there any other point to which you would like to draw my attention?
-To the curious behaviour of the dog in the night-time”
So why dont they have nervous tics in the Polish Premier Leauge? Why are there no 3/4/5 fingers on the table?
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Edited: Changing “one simple …” to “simple …”
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We see elsewhere the devastating effects of closing your mind and believing what once was can be recreated if whe choose to ignore change.
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Who am I kidding, that would never happen with the current WBF!
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If you open your mind you will grow, if you close it you will shrink. Applies outside of bridge as well… :)
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