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Contents
CHAPTER I — Definitions Page
Definitions . . . 1
CHAPTER II — Preliminaries
1. The
Pack — Rank of Cards and Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2. The
Duplicate Boards . . 6
3.
Arrangement of Tables . . . . . 7
4. Partnerships . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.
Assignment of Seats . . 7
A.
Initial Position . . 7
B.
Change of Direction or Table . 7
CHAPTER III — Preparation and Progression
6. The Shuffle and Deal . . .
. . . . . 9
A. The Shuffle . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 9
B. The Deal . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 9
C. Representation of Both
Pairs . . . . . . . . . . 9
D. New Shuffle and Redeal .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
E. Director’s Option on
Shuffling and Dealing . . . . . . 10
F. Duplication of Board . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7. Control of Board and Cards
. . . . . . . . . . . 11
A. Placement of Board . . .
. . . . . . . . . . 11
B. Removal of Cards from
Board . . . . 11
C. Returning Cards to Board
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
D. Responsibility for
Procedures . . . . 11
8. Sequence of Rounds . . 12
A. Movement of Boards and
Players . . 12
B. End of Round . . 12
C. End of Last Round and
End of Session . . . . . . 12
CHAPTER IV — General Laws Governing Irregularities
9. Procedure
Following an Irregularity . . . . . . . . . . 13
A. Drawing
Attention to an Irregularity . . . . . . 13
B. After
Attention Is Drawn to an Irregularity . . . . 13
C. Premature
Correction of an Irregularity . . . . . . . . . 14
10. Assessment
of Rectification . . . . . . . . . . . 14
A. Right to
Determine Rectification . . 14
B.
Cancelation of Enforcement or Waiver of Rectification . . 14
C. Choice
after Irregularity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11. Forfeiture
of the Right to Rectification . . 15
A. Action by
Non-Offending Side . . . . . . . . . 15
B. Penalty
after Forfeiture of the Right to Rectification 15
12. Director’s
Discretionary Powers . . . . . . . . 15
A. Power to
Award an Adjusted Score . . . . 15
B. Objectives
of Score Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
C. Awarding
an Adjusted Score . . . . . 16
13. Incorrect
Number of Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A. Director
Deems Normal Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B. Adjusted
Score and Possible Penalty . 19
C. Play
Completed . . . . . . . . 19
D. No Call
Made . . 19
E. Placement
or Movement of Card . . . . 20
F. Surplus
Card . . 20
14. Missing Card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
A. Hand Found
Deficient before Play Commences . . 21
B. Hand Found
Deficient after Play Commences . . . 21
C.
Information from Replacement of a Card . 22
15. Play of a
Wrong Board . . . . . . . . 22
A. Players
Have Not Previously Played Board . . . . 22
B. One or
More Players Have Previously Played Board . 22
C. Discovered
during Auction Period . . . . 22
16. Authorized
and Unauthorized Information . . . . . . . 23
A. Players’
Use of Information . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B. Extraneous
Information from Partner . . . . . . 24
C. Extraneous
Information from Other Sources . . . . . 25
D.
Information from Withdrawn Calls and Plays . . . 26
CHAPTER V — The Auction
Part I —
Correct Procedure
Section One — The Auction Period
17. The
Auction Period . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A. The
Auction Period Starts . . . . . . . . . . 27
B. The First Call . .
27
C.
Successive Calls . . . . . . . . . . . 27
D. Cards
from Wrong Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E. End
of the Auction Period . . . . . 28
18. Bids .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
A.
Proper Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
B. To
Supersede a Bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
C.
Sufficient Bid . . . . . . . . . . . 29
D.
Insufficient Bid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
E. Rank
of the Denominations . . . . . . . 29
F.
Different Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
19. Double
and Redouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
A.
Double . . . . 29
B.
Redouble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
C.
Double or Redouble Superseded . 30
D.
Scoring a Doubled or Redoubled Contract . . . . . . . 30
20. Review
and Explanation of Calls . . . . . . . . . 30
A. Call
Not Clearly Recognized . . . 30
B.
Review of the Auction during the Auction Period . 31
C. Review after Final
Pass . . 31
D. Who
May Review the Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
E.
Correction of Error in Review . . . . . . . . . 31
F.
Explanation of Calls . . . . . 32
G. Incorrect Procedure . . . . . . . . 33
21. Call
Based on Misinformation . . . . . . . . 33
A. Call
Based on Caller’s Misunderstanding . 33
B. Call
Based on Misinformation from an Opponent . 33
Section Two — The
Auction Has Ended
22.
Procedure after the Auction and the Auction Period Have Ended . . . . . .
34
A. End
of the Auction . . . . . . . . 34
B. End
of the Auction Period . . . . . . . . . . 35
Part II —
Irregularities in Procedure
23. Awareness of
Potential Damage . . . . . . . . 35
Section One —
Exposed Card, Enforced Pass
24. Card
Exposed or Led Prior to Play Period . 36
A. Low
Card Not Prematurely Led . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
B.
Single Card of Honor Rank or Card Prematurely Led . . . . . . . . . 36
C. Two
or More Cards Are Exposed . . . . . . . 36
Section Two —
Changes of Call
25. Legal
and Illegal Changes of Call . . . . . . . . . 37
A.
Unintended Call . . . . . . . . . . 37
B.
Intended Call . . . . . . 37
26. Call
Withdrawn, Lead Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . 38
A. Call
Related to Specific Suit . . . . . . . . . 38
B. Other
Withdrawn Calls . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section Three —
Insufficient Bid
27.
Insufficient Bid . . 39
A.
Insufficient Bid Accepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
B.
Insufficient Bid Not Accepted . . 39
C.
Premature Replacement . . . . . . . . 40
D.
Non-offending Side Damaged . . . . . . . . 40
Section Four —
Call Out of Rotation
28. Calls
Considered to be in Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
A. RHO
Required to Pass . . . . . . . . . . . 41
B. Call
by Correct Player Canceling Call Out of Rotation . . . . 41
29.
Procedure after a Call Out of Rotation . . . . . . . . . 41
A.
Forfeiture of Right to Rectification . 41
B.
Out-of-Rotation Call Canceled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
C. Call
Out of Rotation Is Artificial . 42
30. Pass
Out of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
A.
Before Any Player Has Bid . . . . 42
B. After
Any Player Has Bid . . . . . . . . . . . 42
C. When
Pass Is Artificial . . . . . . . . . . . 42
31. Bid Out
of Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . 43
A. RHO’s
Turn . . . . . . . . . . 43
B.
Partner’s or LHO’s Turn . . . . . . . . . . . 43
32. Double
or Redouble Out of Rotation . 44
A. Made
at Offender’s Partner’s Turn to Call . . . . . 44
B. Made
at RHO’s Turn to Call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
33.
Simultaneous Calls . . . . 45
34.
Retention of Right to Call . . . . . . . . 45
35.
Inadmissible Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
A. A
double or redouble not permitted by Law 19 . . 45
B. A
bid, double or redouble by a player required to pass . . . . . . . . . .
. 45
C. A bid
of more than seven . . . . . . . . 45
D. A
call after the final pass of the auction . . . . . 45
Section Five —
Inadmissible Calls
36.
Inadmissible Double or Redouble . . . . 46
A.
Offender’s LHO Calls before Rectification . 46
B.
Offender’s LHO Does Not Call before Rectification . . . . . . . . . 46
37. Action
Violating Obligation to Pass . . . . . . . . 46
A.
Offender’s LHO Calls before Rectification . . . . 46
B.
Offender’s LHO Does Not Call before Rectification . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 47
38. Bid of
More Than Seven . . . . . . . . . 47
A. No
Play Permissible . . . . . . . . . . . 47
B. Bid
and Subsequent Calls Canceled . . . . . . . . 47
C.
Offending Side Must Pass . . . . . . . . . . 47
D.
Possible Lack of Recourse to Laws 23 and 26 . . 47
39. Call
after the Final Pass . . 48
A. Calls
Canceled . . . . . . . . . . 48
B. Pass
by a Defender or Any Call by Declaring Side 48
C. Other
Action by a Defender . . . . . . . . 48
Section Six —
Conventions and Agreements
40.
Partnership Understandings . . 48
A.
Players’ Systemic Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
B.
Special Partnership Understandings . . . . . . 49
C.
Deviation from System and Psychic Action . . . 52
CHAPTER VI — The Play
Part I —
Procedure
Section
One — Correct Procedure
41.
Commencement of Play . . . . . . 53
A.
Face-down Opening Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
B. Review
of Auction and Questions . . . . . . . . 53
C. Opening
Lead Faced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
D. Dummy’s
Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
42. Dummy’s
Rights . . 54
A. Absolute
Rights . . . . . . . . 54
B.
Qualified Rights . . . . . . . . . . 55
43. Dummy’s
Limitations . . . . . . 55
A.
Limitations on Dummy . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
B. If a
Violation Occurs . . . . . . 55
44. Sequence
and Procedure of Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A. Lead to
a Trick . . . . . . 56
B.
Subsequent Plays to a Trick . . . . . . . . . . 56
C.
Requirement to Follow Suit . . . . . . . 56
D.
Inability to Follow Suit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
E. Tricks
Containing Trumps . . . . . . . . . . 57
F. Tricks
Not Containing Trumps . . . . . 57
G. Lead to
Tricks Subsequent to First Trick . . . . . 57
45. Card
Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
A. Play of
Card from a Hand . . . . . . . . . . 57
B. Play of
a Card from Dummy . . . . . . . . . 57
C.
Compulsory Play of Card . . . . . . 58
D. Card
Misplayed by Dummy . . 58
E. Fifth
Card Played to Trick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
F. Dummy
Indicates Card . . . . 59
G. Turning
the Trick . . . . 59
Section Two —
Irregularities in Procedure
46. Incomplete
or Erroneous Call of a Card from Dummy . 60
A. Proper
Form for Designating Dummy’s Card . . . 60
B.
Incomplete or Erroneous Call of a Card . . . . . . . . . 60
47. Retraction
of Card Played . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
A. In
Course of Rectification . . . . . . . . . . 61
B. To
Correct an Illegal Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
C. To
Change an Inadvertent Designation . . . . 61
D.
Following an Opponent’s Change of Play . . . 61
E. Change
of Play Based on Misinformation . . . . 62
F. Other
Retraction . . . . . . 62
Part II — Penalty Card
48. Exposure
of Declarer’s Cards . . . . . . . . . . 62
A. Declarer
Exposes a Card . . 62
B. Declarer
Faces Cards . . 62
49. Exposure
of a Defender’s Card . . . . . . 63
50.
Disposition of a Penalty Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
A. Penalty
Card Remains Exposed . . . . . 63
B. Major or Minor
Penalty Card? . . . . . . 63
C.
Disposition of a Minor Penalty Card . . . . . . . 64
D.
Disposition of a Major Penalty Card . . . . . . . 64
E.
Information from a Penalty Card . . . . . 65
51. Two or
More Penalty Cards . . . . . . . . 66
A. Offender to Play . .
. . . . . . . . . . . 66
B.
Offender’s Partner to Lead . . 66
52. Failure to
Lead or Play a Penalty Card . . . 67
A. Defender
Fails to Play a Penalty Card . 67
B. Defender Plays Another Card . . . . .
. . . . . . 67
Part III
— Irregular Leads and Plays
Section One — Lead Out of Turn
53. Lead Out
of Turn Accepted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
A. Lead Out
of Turn Treated as Correct Lead . . . . . . 68
B. Wrong
Defender Plays Card to Declarer’s Irregular Lead . . 68
C. Proper
Lead Made Subsequent to Irregular Lead . . 68
54. Faced
Opening Lead Out of Turn . . . . 69
A. Declarer
Spreads His Hand . 69
B. Declarer
Accepts Lead . . . . . . 69
C. Declarer
Must Accept Lead . . . . . . . 69
D. Declarer
Refuses Opening Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
E. Opening
Lead by Wrong Side . 70
55. Declarer’s
Lead Out of Turn . . 70
A.
Declarer’s Lead Accepted . . 70
B. Declarer
Required to Retract Lead . 70
C. Declarer
Might Obtain Information . . . . . . . . . 70
56. Defender’s
Lead Out of Turn . . . . . . . . . 71
Section Two — Other
Irregular Leads and Plays
57. Premature
Lead or Play . . . . . . . . . . . 71
A.
Premature Play or Lead to Next Trick . 71
B.
Offender’s Partner Cannot Comply with Rectification . . 71
C. Declarer
or Dummy Has Played . . . . . . . . 71
58.
Simultaneous Leads or Plays . . . . 72
A.
Simultaneous Plays by Two Players . . 72
B.
Simultaneous Cards from One Hand . . . . 72
59. Inability
to Lead or Play as Required . . . . . . . 73
60. Play after
an Illegal Play . . . . . . . 73
A. Play of
a Card after Irregularity . . 73
B. Defender
Plays before Required Lead by Declarer . . 73
C. Play by
Offending Side before Assessment of Rectification . . 74
Section Three — The
Revoke
61. Failure to
Follow Suit — Inquiries Concerning a Revoke . 74
A.
Definition of a Revoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
B. Right to
Inquire about a Possible Revoke . . . . . . 74
62.
Correction of a Revoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
A. Revoke
Must Be Corrected . 75
B.
Correcting a Revoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
C.
Subsequent Cards Played . . . . . 75
D. Revoke
on Trick 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
63.
Establishment of a Revoke . . 76
A. Revoke
Becomes Established . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
B. Revoke
May Not Be Corrected . . . 76
64. Procedure
after Establishment of a Revoke . . . . . 76
A.
Rectification following a Revoke . . . . . . . . . . . 76
B. No
Rectification . . . . . . . . 77
C. Director
Responsible for Equity . . . . . 78
Part IV — Tricks
65.
Arrangement of Tricks . . . . . . . . 78
A.
Completed Trick . . . . . . . . . . . 78
B. Keeping
Track of the Ownership of Tricks . . . . . . . 78
C.
Orderliness . . . . . . . . . . . 78
D.
Agreement on Results of Play . . . . . . . 79
66. Inspection
of Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
A. Current
Trick . . . . . 79
B. Own Last
Card . . 79
C. Quitted
Tricks . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
D. After
the Conclusion of Play . . . 79
67. Defective
Trick . . . . . . 80
A. Before
Both Sides Play to the Next Trick . 80
B. After
Both Sides Play to the Next Trick . . . . . . . 80
Part V — Claims and
Concessions
68. Claim or
Concession of Tricks . 82
A. Claim
Defined . . . . . . . . . 82
B.
Concession Defined . . 82
C.
Clarification Required for Claim . . 83
D. Play
Ceases . . 83
69. Agreed
Claim or Concession . . . . . . . . 83
A. When
Agreement Is Established . . 83
B.
Director’s Decision . . . . . . 84
70. Contested
Claim or Concession . . . . . . . . 84
A. General
Objective . . . . . . 84
B.
Clarification Statement Repeated . . . . . 84
C. There Is
an Outstanding Trump . 84
D.
Director’s Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
E. Unstated
Line of Play . . . . . . 85
71. Concession
Canceled . . . . . . . . . 86
CHAPTER VII — Proprieties
72. General
Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.
Observance of Laws . . . . 87
B.
Infraction of Law . . . . 87
73.
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
A.
Appropriate Communication between Partners . . . 87
B.
Inappropriate Communication between Partners . . . . 88
C.
Player Receives Unauthorized Information from Partner . . 88
D.
Variations in Tempo or Manner . 88
E.
Deception . . . . . 89
F.
Violation of Proprieties . . . . . . . . . . 89
74. Conduct
and Etiquette . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
A.
Proper Attitude . . . 89
B.
Etiquette . . . 90
C.
Violations of Procedure . . 90
75.
Mistaken Explanation or Mistaken Call . . . . . . . 91
A.
Mistake Causing Unauthorized Information . . . . 91
B.
Mistaken Explanation . . . . . 92
C.
Mistaken Call . . 92
76.
Spectators . . . . 93
A.
Control . . . . . 93
B. At
the Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
C.
Participation . . . . . . . 93
D.
Status . . . . . . 94
CHAPTER VIII — The Score
77. Duplicate
Bridge Scoring Table . . 95
78. Methods
of Scoring and Conditions of Contest . 96
A.
Matchpoint Scoring . . 96
B.
International Matchpoint Scoring . . . . . . 96
C. Total
Point Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
D.
Conditions of Contest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
79. Tricks
Won . . . . . . . . . . . 97
A.
Agreement on Tricks Won . . 97
B.
Disagreement on Tricks Won . 97
C. Error
in Score . . . . . . . . . 98
CHAPTER IX — Tournament Sponsorship
80. Regulation and Organization . . . . 99
A. The Regulating Authority
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
B. Tournament Organizer . .
. . . . . 99
CHAPTER X — Tournament Director
Section One — Responsibilities
81.
The Director . . . . . . . . 101
A. Official Status . . . . . . . 101
B. Restrictions and Responsibilities . 101
C. Director’s Duties and Powers . . . . . 101
D. Delegation of Duties . . . . . . 102
82.
Rectification of Errors of Procedure . . 102
A. Director’s Duty . . . . . . . . 102
B. Rectification of Error . . . . . . . . . 102
C. Director’s Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
83.
Notification of the Right to Appeal . . . 103
Section Two —
Rulings
84.
Rulings on Agreed Facts . . . . . . . 103
A. No Rectification . . . 103
B. Law Provides Rectification . . . . . . 103
C. Player’s Option . . . 104
D. Director’s Option . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
85.
Rulings on Disputed Facts . . . . . . 104
A. Director’s Assessment . . 104
B. Facts Not Determined . . . . . . 104
Section Three —
Correction of Irregularities
86.
In Team Play or Similar . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
A. Average Score at IMP Play . . . . . . . . 105
B. Non-balancing Adjustments, Knockout Play . . . 105
C. Substitute Board . . . . . . . . . 105
D. Result Obtained at Other Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
87.
Fouled Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
A. Definition . . . . . . . . 106
B. Scoring . . . 106
Section Four —
Penalties
88.
Award of Indemnity Points . . . . 106
89.
Rectification in Individual Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
90.
Procedural Penalties . . . . . 107
A. Director’s Authority . . 107
B. Offenses Subject to Procedural Penalty . . . . 107
91.
Penalize or Suspend . . 108
A. Director’s Powers . . . . 108
B. Right to
Disqualify . . 108
CHAPTER XI — Appeals
92. Right to
Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . 109
A.
Contestant’s Right . . . . 109
B. Time of
Appeal . . . . . . . . . . 109
C. How to
Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
D.
Concurrence of Appellants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
93. Procedures
of Appeal . . . . 109
A. No
Appeals Committee . . . . . . 109
B. Appeals
Committee Available . . . . . . . . . 110
C. Further
Possibilities of Appeal . . . . . . . . . 110
Index to Duplicate Laws
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