lamford Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 Declarer may also be able to resolve a 2-way guess by claiming and seeing which defender does not concede.Why would declarer be able to tell who had the queen in an ending of AJx opposite KTx when a defender objects? Surely both defenders can see that it is a two-way guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamford Posted October 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 You miss my point about claiming. Say I am playing the second-to-last hand. My opponents have just three minutes left. I have an easy claim, but instead I play it out to force the opponents to use up more of their remaining time.Yes, my opponents could call the TD to complain, but is that any easier than the current handling of slow pairs?If there is an easy claim it will also be an easy defensive concession, which they can make and this stops the clock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherdano Posted October 15, 2017 Report Share Posted October 15, 2017 If there is an easy claim it will also be an easy defensive concessionHuh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nige1 Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Essentially the way claims are handled in rubber bridge?And similar to BBO claim protocol. But simpler than either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Why would declarer be able to tell who had the queen in an ending of AJx opposite KTx when a defender objects? Surely both defenders can see that it is a two-way guess. Anyway after claiming declarer is not permitted to get it right, so long as the defenders are not foolish enough to agree to resume play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 Anyway after claiming declarer is not permitted to get it right, so long as the defenders are not foolish enough to agree to resume play.He's permitted to get it right if his stated line of play got it right. He did state a line of play, didn't he? BTW, vague claims like "I have the rest" or "dummy's up" or the like are not lines of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vampyr Posted October 16, 2017 Report Share Posted October 16, 2017 He's permitted to get it right if his stated line of play got it right. He did state a line of play, didn't he? BTW, vague claims like "I have the rest" or "dummy's up" or the like are not lines of play. ChrisM's post 25 is based on the assumption that declarer did not state a line of play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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