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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1975-10-09, Page 24ber 9, 1975 - By ROBERT D. iOSENBL4JM :One of the most skilled and IC *tired partnerships in the Waited States reached a `grand slam missing the ace of trumps during the 1975 World Championship matches in Bermuda. The venture was not a success. Records of high-level matches over the years con- tain numerous outrageous blunders - no-trump con- tracts lacking a stopper in an opponent's bid suit, snail slams off the ace and king of trumps, the passing of a cue bid committing the partner- ship to a • trump fit of three low cards oppositea void, etc. `Misunderstandings among less expert players occur even more frequently. Al- though the opposition usually benefits, awkwardly bid con- tracts do not inevitably result in disaster. A case in point is the diagrammed hand. East's opening call Illus- trates the weak two -bid which reflects somewhat less than an opening one -bid containing a long suit. Ideally a "weak two" promises one and a, half to two defensive tricks and a semisolid six card suit play- able facing a singleton. Tac- tical a-tical considerations • permit some leeway in third and fourth seat. ' Looking at ten likely tricks South cue bid three hearts to create an unconditional game force. In an effort to cloud the auction and thwart a North- South club contract West, with favorable vulnerability, called four cltibs. Undoubled (should West not take a trick) four clubs down ten tricks gives up 500 points, less than the value of a vulnerable game. If doubled West, of course, would have retreated to four hearts. South reacted with imipa- tiience. His best action at this point would. be to double, smoking West from cover, • and follow with a bid of five dubs to play there. 'North read the direct club bid as another cue bid, a de- mand to choose between spades and. diamonds. Thus the flvespade call on a three- . °rcaini soft: Sensing the raisin- terpretatiotr.Sotith corrected, `to Six e1 `'"' It a rso'dth must lose .two . diamond tricks and go set. However, declarer saw a chance to fulfill contract and played for it. ictge West's opening heart lead was ruffed and tramps drawn in two rounds ending in dum- my. A second heart was trumped and dummy reen- tered with the queen of spades. Declarer ruffed North's last heart and cashed the ace and king of spades. CROSSWORD • Having stripped both hands of hearts and spades, South played the ace and a low dia- mon . ,-The defenders were trapped. If East won, the forced return of a heart would permit declarer to ruff in one hand and sluff the remaining diamond from the other. The trap could not be sprung. Had East pitched the . diamond king under the ace West would be unable to play the queen on the second lead. This would drop East's jack and establish dummy's ten. If East started with the king and a low diamond the hand could be beaten by underplaying the king on the lead of the ace. The actual holding, a doubleton which included two of the three missing honors, was South's one small hope. Declarer can make the hand on any opening lead. He must draw trumps and con, tinue with three rounds of spades. Now the play of the ace and another diamond end plays East effectively. Either dummy's ten of diamond's or king of hearts will win the slam going trick. North S Q 73 H K 10 2 D 1085 C J432 • West East S J 1052 S 984 H Q865 H AJ9793 D Q 9643 .D KJ C - C 97 South - S AK6 H - D A72 C AKQ10865 East was the dealer. North- South vulnerable. STILL TIMID -Many of the birds re shy of Gilkinsonts hand. Wildrangers but the Canada Geese will eat out o South West North. East _ - - 2H 3 H 4 C Pass Pass SC 5H 5S Pass 6 C Pass Pass Pass West led the five of hearts. By A. C. 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The reason the background in the picture is blurred is be- cause the camera was being panned when the exposure was made. This gives an im- pression of speed. The secret is in the camera shutter speed. You need a slow speed, i.e. 1 -30th or 1- 15th, as you pan the camera across the scene. 11 everything in the scene is static, not moving, the whOle picture will be blurred. The technique of panning, works best when th,4.e is a Object ino frig through' the:' static scene such as the horses in this picture. So, you should find your subject, center it in the frame and follow it as it crosses in front of you. The exposure is made during the time you are panning with the subject. Thus the background, which is not moving, will blur. It helps if your subject is moving at a right angle across your line of vision and stays in the same place as it passes. A race is a natural, since you can pick out a spot on the course where every rider passes. Then it is a mat- ter of setting up, following your subject as it 'passes and making your picture. Sounds good? What about shooting fast films outside in daylight where a normal ex- posure is 1 -500th • f-16. How can you get the 1 -30th of a second shutter speed that you need? Simply put on that red filter you probably never use. -That will cut your exposure con- siderably like about three or four f-stopsand will allow you to at least get dose to the speed you need. You can make pan shots using higher • . shutter speeds. Experiment with different speeds and the same subject and see what effects you can create. In place of the red filter, a polarising filter of a neutFal • ' densi y filter can work as well. The neutral density filter is designed to cut down exposures by • cutting down the amount of light passing through them. They are available in various densi-• ties. geese often join his flock for a couple of days on,thelr way south. , CHESS POINTS Vote for favorite system of notation By ROSS WILLIAMS The World Junior Cham- pionship was originally scheduled - for August in Ponce, Puerto Rico, as re- ported earlier in this column. That schedule was canceled, and the tournament was moved to Yugoslavia. Our latest word now is that the Yugoslavia deal is off. U.S. Champion Waltero Browne of Berkeley, Calif., won the Paul Masson Tourna- ment, .with 735 players com- peting in the Saratoga, Calif,, event over the July 19-20 weekend. Last year's winner, Canadian Champion Peter Biyiasas, `finished second this year. Crossroads I Published every Wednesday as the big, action cross-country section in The Listowel Banner, The Wingham Advance -Times and The Mount Forest Confederate. Wenger Bros. Limited, publishers, Box 390, Wingham. Robert O. Wenger, Sec. -Treys. Barry Wenger, Pres. Display and Classified ad deadline - Tuesday, week prior to publication date. REPRESENTATIVES Canadian Community Newspapers Association, Suite 51, 2 Bloor St., West, Toronta 962-4000 /L1 Ontario Weekly Newspaper Assoc., 127 George St., Oakville 884-0184 fl DECOR SCORE Outdoor theme By BARBARA HARTUNG Q. I am planning to deco- rate my four-year-old son's bedroom soon. Please sug- gest how to go about creating a children's room starting from scratch. We need colors and • ideas for walls, floor, bedspread and draperies as well as furniture because his room has been a nursery until now. My son especially likes the outdoors and likes to go hiking and fishing with his older brothers. - J.V.M. A. It's fun to decorate a child's room if you have a plan. Pick a theme that your son and you will like. Why not an outdoor theme if that's to his liking? Then think how you want to carry it out. May- be you could design a andbed frame like a tree house paint his wall* to simulate a forest. You could outline his window• or windows with branches ( without the leaves) from gomYou could hangcurtains or draperiesfrom rsmall sapling the wirtdow.A thick stump cut and cleaned up could make a little stool. You • could also follow a Smokey Bear theme, using Smokey Bear spreads, and then paint a simple tree on the wall with branches and leaves stretching out to shelter Smokey and his forest friends. You can enlarge the characters from the spread or sheets and pillow cases -f- + + Algebraic notation has two forms. The `full" Version names the moving piece plus the square of departure and the square of arrival for each move. The abbreviated ver- sion names the moving piece and the square of arrival. The piece being moved is named in both versions using Attelammitallettgridenth, fier used in descriptive nota tion. In both algebraic ver- sions, when= piece is identi- fied, the move is Made with a pawn. Thus, in the game below where we are ,using the ab- breviated version, 1. Nf3 c5, ineans that White moved his Knight to three squares in front of ' his King's Bishop. Black responded by moving his Queen's Bishop pawn out two squares. Captures are shown in al- gebraic, where pieces are in- volved, by a colon (: ), or by an "x," as in descriptive no- tation. The capturing piece is identified in algebraic, but not the captured piece. Since only one pawn or piece can occupy a square, the arrival square of the capturing piece is sufficient to identify the piece captured. Pawn captures are shown by two file designations, as in Black's move below, 14. d5 ed. Since pawns can only move from one file to another when capturing, the' colon is superfluous. The En Passant • (e.p.) designation from de- scriptive is not used in alge- braic for the same reason. The file or rank of de- parture is shown in abbrevi- ated algebraic when neces- sary for clarity. Thus, in Black's ninth move, 9. d4 N1d7, both Black Knights could have moved to occupy the second square (d7) in front of the Black Queen. Since the two Knights re- side on different ranks, the correct Knight is identified by his rank (N1). If both were on the same rank, the file designator would be used. Castling notation is identi- cal in algebraic and descrip- tive., The plus (+) sign is _ used for check and; two plus signs for mate in 'iillgebraic. The difference between the hill and the abbreviated ver- sions of algebraic is length. The abbreviated version has more merit. Errors are re- duced, by using fewer sym- bols, and the shorter notation is easier to read. Game of the Week: At some appropriate time in the future, as we men- tioned last week, we want to start recording the game of the week in abbreviated alge- braic. Let us know what you , think about this plan. The game below was pre- sented last week in descrip- tive notation. This week it is presented in abbreviated al- gebraic. Remember from last week that the board's vertical files ° are lettered from a to h, starting from the lower left-hand corner, and moving across the board to the. right. The horizontal ranks are numbered from one to eight, starting from the lower left-hand corner, and moving up the board to the top. Thus, the lower right- hand corner square is desig- nated: hl. The upper right- hand square is designated h8, and so on. Ujpest 1975 Queen's Indian Defense nor FARM:, TON io.nd g41U14 E; can Y Vse P. 40 you,ean afford monthly Payer1010Vit. $21.12 you rogy borrow ., ••••.e. •. a, uta Re JIP+•P w.r, ,, •,^. m:, �rro . $3,.511youmayborrow •'. ... • . • • • f .. e $45.% you may borrow ��,....•R.,., , tk.M.►. ► Af f a a 4 9 4 ra ti 4Cid $92.34 you may grow ............... The above Loons bused on 15 par ce+nf.parn. 5 Yr. 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