APPEAL no. 7 |

Appeals Committee
Chairman | Steen Møller | DEN
Members | John Wignall Herman De Wael | NZD BEL
Scribe | Steen Møller | DEN

Event
1998 World Championships
Mixed Pairs | Session 3
Countries
Austria | v | France
Players
NS | Chemla | d'Ovidio
EW | Pichler | Weigkricht
Board
Board 13. Dealer North. Game All
| ª | A 7 2 |
© | K 6 5
¨ | 10 7
§ | A J 8 7 6
ª | 6 3 |  | ª | 8 5 4
© | J 4 2 | © | A Q 10 9 7 3
¨ | A J 9 5 3 | ¨ | —
§ | 10 5 2 | § | Q 9 4 3
| ª | K Q J 10 9 |
© | 8
¨ | K Q 8 6 4 2
§ | K
West |  | North |  | East |  | South
|  | 1§ |  | 2© |  | 3¨
Pass |  | 3NT |  | Pass |  | 4ª
All Pass |  |  |  |  |  |
Result
4ª-2: -200
Facts
West led a small heart to the queen and East returned a club. South played the king, West the deuce, and now South asked West the meaning of 2©. West said that it showed 10-14 points. Therefore South placed East with the ace of diamonds and overtook the club king with the ace to lead a diamond from dummy. The contract went two off, minus 200 North/South. South called the TD and told that had she got a correct explanation of 2© being a weak jump-overcall she would have won the club trick with the king to play a small diamond towards the 10. She claimed that this way she would have made at least nine tricks and probably ten as the defenders would have to play very carefully to beat 4ª.
TD's Decision
The TD decided that there had been an infraction and that South had been damaged, but as she could not tell what would have happened without the infraction she scored the hand 60/40 in favour of North/South.

Appellants
E/W
Players' Comments
West told the Committee that he had agreed with his partner to play intermediate jump-overcalls and that he had given a correct explanation to South. On the convention card the jump-overcall was marked 'weak', but West said that he and East were using the card normally used by East and her female partner, and that they had forgotten to change the word 'weak' to 'intermediate'. East first told the committee that she felt that her hand was very good and qualified for an intermediate jump-overcall, but later she admitted that she had told North that 2© was a weak jump-overcall.

Committee's Comments
The committee decided that there was an infraction, namely misinformation and that South had been damaged. The committee was not so sure of the superiority of playing - in a pairs tournament - a small diamond towards the ten, thus making the contract against less than perfect defence. The committee was happy with the 60/40 decision made by the TD. The committee felt that East/West also should have been happy with that decision and not brought the case to appeal.
Committee's Decision
The Committee ruled: TD's decision to stand. The Committee warned East/West for not playing the same system, or for an incomplete convention card, if they really played intermediate jump overcalls.
Relevant Laws
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Deposit
Returned |
Forfeited | X

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