APPEAL no. 33 |

Appeals Committee
Chairman | Bobby Wolff | USA
Members | Rich Colker Dan Morse Naki Bruni David Stevenson | USA USA ITA GBR
Scribe | David Stevenson | GBR

Event
1998 World Championships
Rosenblum Cup | Qualifying
Countries
Croatia | v | France
Players
NS | Spiljak | Vukelic
EW | Renouard | Farahad
Board
Board 11. Dealer South. Love All
| ª | J |
© | J 10 4
¨ | K Q 10 8 7
§ | 10 9 7 3
ª | A Q 8 7 4 |  | ª | K 9 6
© | 6 5 | © | K 8 3
¨ | 6 4 3 | ¨ | 9 2
§ | K Q J | § | A 8 6 4 2
| ª | 10 5 3 2 |
© | A Q 9 7 2
¨ | A J 5
§ | 5
West |  | North |  | East |  | South
|  |  |  |  |  | 1ª
Pass |  | 2§ |  | Pass |  | 2¨
Pass |  | Pass |  | Dble |  | All Pass
Result
2¨*+1: +380
Facts
2§ was alerted on the N/E side of the screen, and described as a transfer, which is clearly correct per the N/S convention cards. South turned the alert card over and back again, but did not receive an acknowledgement from West.
TD's Decision
N/S +130. Conditions of Contest 16.2

Appellants
N/S
Players' Comments
West did not attend the hearing. According to the Appeals Form, West said he was in thought and did not see South's 'flip' of the alert card. He said that he did not find the pass of 2¨ strange because some pairs play non-forcing 2/1.

Committee's Comments
16.2 of the Conditions of Contest includes the following: '… the alerted player must acknowledge by returning the Alert Card to his opponent.' It is clear that an alert has only been made correctly when the opponent acknowledges it, so in this case South did not alert West correctly. Dissenting opinion (Rich Colker, David Stevenson): It seems even more likely that West will pass if he knows the diamonds are on his left than on his right, and it is difficult to see how the misinformation affected his pass: at least for East/West it would seem right to leave them with their -380. This would certainly be proper in a matchpoint or VP-scored event.
Committee's Decision
N/S +130. Conditions of Contest 16.2
Relevant Laws
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Deposit
Returned | X
Forfeited |

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