APPEAL no. 1 |

Appeals Committee
Chairman | Joan Gerard | USA
Members | Barbara Nudelman Chris Compton Herman De Wael | USA USA BEL
Scribe | Herman De Wael | BEL

Event
1998 World Championships
Open Pairs | Qualifying
Countries
France | v | Georgia
Players
NS | Voldoire | Lesguiller
EW | Kasradze | Beriashvili
Board
Board 21. Dealer North. NS Game
| ª | Q 10 6 5 |
© | 9 6 5 2
¨ | Q 3 2
§ | 10 6
ª | 8 7 |  | ª | A K 9 3 2
© | K 10 | © | Q 8 3
¨ | A K 9 6 | ¨ | 8 4
§ | 9 8 5 4 2 | § | K J 7
| ª | J 4 |
© | A J 7 4
¨ | J 10 7 5
§ | A Q 3
West |  | North |  | East |  | South
|  | Pass |  | 1ª |  | Dble
Rdble |  | Pass |  | Pass |  | 2§
Dble |  | 2© |  | Pass |  | Pass
2NT |  | Pass |  | 3NT |  | All Pass
Result
3NT-2: +100
Facts
West called the Director after the play and stated that 2§ had not been alerted, and that he had gone down as a result. South stated that 2§ had been a tactical bid and that he prepared to redouble (SOS) if he had been doubled.
TD's Decision
No misinformation, Score Stands, Law 40A.

Appellants
E/W
Players' Comments
Repeated their statements to the Director. South had made a tactical bid, West claimed he would have played differently with the explanation that South could hold only 3 clubs.

Committee's Comments
The Committee tried to establish with what distributions East would double. With 2335 he would have bid 2§ or Pass, with 2542 2© or Pass, with 1543 he would also have doubled. North would have passed if West had not doubled, but he admitted that South would almost certainly have 4 Hearts for his Double.
Committee's Decision
The decision of the Director is changed to "misinformation, no damage", so the Result still stands. East/West are advised that the Committee considers the 2§ bid to be within their system and, if unalerted, liable to be considered misinformation. In this case there was no damage, but in future it should be alerted and mentioned on the Convention Card.
Relevant Laws
Law 40 A
Deposit
Returned | X
Forfeited |

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