The Bridge World

MASTER SOLVERS CLUB

Scores for the September 2022 Contest

Problem A

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A K Q 9 7 4

♥ K 8 2

♦ —

♣ Q 10 8 6

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

^*BWS: 3 ♦ = splinter

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 ♦	100	19	57
2 ♠	70	3	17
3 ♣	70	3	14
4 ♦	60	3	6
3 ♠	20	0	3
4 ♣	10	0	1
5 ♦	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem B

Imps
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A K 7 2

♥ —

♦ A 8 5 2

♣ A Q J 9 7

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

^*BWS: 2 NT = 18-19 HCP

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♣	100	18	39
Double	60	4	32
2 NT	60	4	9
Pass	50	1	8
3 ♣	40	1	10
3 NT	10	0	0
2 ♠	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem C

Matchpoints
East-West vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A J 7

♥ 9

♦ 10 8 5 4

♣ A 8 7 5 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♦	1 ♥
?^*

^*BWS: 2 ♣ forcing to two diamonds

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♥	100	13	32
2 ♦	80	7	12
Double	60	6	17
2 ♣	50	2	36
3 ♥	20	0	0
3 ♦	0	0	2
Pass	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem D

Matchpoints
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 10 4

♥ A K 9 6

♦ J 3

♣ A K 10 6

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

^*BWS: forcing to three clubs
^†BWS: double = cooperative takeout

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Double	100	13	27
4 ♦	90	8	17
5 ♠	80	5	11
4 ♠	70	2	28
3 ♥	50	0	14
3 ♠	0	0	1
4 ♣	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem E

Matchpoints
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A

♥ A K Q 10 5

♦ 9 7 3

♣ K J 8 2

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

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
4 ♥	100	14	13
4 NT	80	1	0
4 ♠	70	5	12
5 ♣	70	4	25
3 NT	60	2	12
4 ♣	50	2	24
Pass	50	0	11
6 ♣	0	0	1
else	0	0	2

Problem F

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ Q J

♥ K 7

♦ K Q 7 6 4 3

♣ 8 5 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	1 ♠	2 ♥
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Double	100	10	18
3 ♦	90	9	65
2 ♠	80	7	6
2 NT	70	2	10
3 ♥	50	0	0
else	0	0	1

Problem G

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K Q 9 8 7

♥ Q J 10 9 3 2

♦ 2

♣ 4

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	——	Pass	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Pass	100	13	20
3 ♥	80	5	6
2 ♥	80	2	15
1 ♥	70	3	28
4 ♥	60	2	4
1 ♠	50	2	26
2 ♠	40	1	1
else	0	0	0

Problem H

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ Q 7 6 4

♥ 8 3

♦ K 5

♣ A Q J 10 6

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
——	1 ♣^*	Pass	1 ♦
Pass	1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠
Pass	2 ♠	Pass	4 ♠
Pass	Pass	Pass

^*East-West use Bridge World Standard

What is your opening lead?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
♠ 4	100	10	19
♠ 6	100	2	0
♠ 7	100	1	2
♣ Q	80	6	3
♥ 3	80	1	0
♥ 8	70	6	37
♣ A	70	2	39
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 September 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.