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MASTER SOLVERS CLUB

Scores for the November 2025 Contest

Problem A

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A J 8 3 2

♥ Q J 10 5

♦ A Q 7

♣ A

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♠	Pass	1 NT	Pass
2 ♥	Pass	3 ♣	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Pass	100	13	27
3 ♦	80	7	20
4 ♣	60	3	2
3 NT	50	3	50
5 ♣	10	0	0
else	0	0	1

Problem B

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A Q 10 3 2

♥ K Q 9

♦ K J 8 3

♣ 6

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	—	1 ♥
1 ♠	Pass	2 ♣^*	Pass
?

^*BWS: nonforcing

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 NT	100	15	44
2 ♦	80	6	40
Pass	70	4	4
3 NT	50	1	11
else	0	0	1

Problem C

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K Q 10 8

♥ 8 7

♦ J 4

♣ A K Q 6 5

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	Pass	2 ♥
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Double	100	19	71
3 ♣	80	6	25
2 ♠	50	1	1
Pass	10	0	1
3 ♥	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem D

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ 10 2

♥ J 3

♦ K 9 8 4

♣ A J 10 4 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	1 ♥	1 ♠	Pass
?^*

^*BWS: new-suit advance nonforcing

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♣	100	10	62
1 NT	90	9	7
Pass	80	7	27
2 ♠	10	0	3
else	0	0	1

Problem E

Matchpoints
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 7

♥ A J 9 6 5 4

♦ K 9 4

♣ A 6

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
2 NT	Pass	6 ♦	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Pass	100	18	48
7 ♦	70	5	29
7 ♣	60	2	0
6 ♥	50	1	1
6 ♠	20	0	5
6 NT	10	0	5
7 NT	0	0	10
7 ♠	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem F

Matchpoints
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ Q 9

♥ K 10 2

♦ A 9 7 2

♣ K J 4 2

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	1 ♠	Pass
2 ♣^*	Pass	3 ♦^†	Pass
?

^*BWS: game-force
^†BWS: splinter

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♥	100	17	43
4 ♦	70	4	11
3 ♠	60	3	14
4 ♣	50	1	6
4 ♠	50	1	2
3 NT	10	0	20
5 ♣	0	0	3
4 NT	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem G

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ J

♥ 10 4

♦ A 6 5 3

♣ A K 7 5 3 2

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♣	Pass	1 ♠	3 ♥
Pass	Pass	Double	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
4 ♣	100	9	44
Pass	90	7	27
4 NT	80	6	5
4 ♦	70	4	18
5 ♣	10	0	5
4 ♥	10	0	0
else	0	0	1

Problem H

Matchpoints
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 9

♥ 8 6 4 3 2

♦ 8 5

♣ Q 10 9 5

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	—	1 ♠
Pass	3 ♠^*	Pass	4 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

^*invitational

What is your opening lead?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
♣ 10	100	12	22
♦ 8	90	11	55
♥ 2	60	2	6
♥ 6	60	1	5
♥ 8	60	0	2
♥ 3	60	0	1
♥ 4	60	0	0
♠ A	10	0	5
♣ 5	0	0	2
♦ 5	0	0	1
♣ 9	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

MSC Contest

These are the scores that were assigned to the problems, as well as the number of votes each solution received from our expert panel, and the approximate percentage of solvers' answers.

See the November issue of The Bridge World to read the panel's in-depth discussion of these contest problems—see how each expert answered and learn how they came to their decisions.