Honoring a Departed Player With a Pair
Event and Wine
David J. Morrow, a former editor in chief of TheStreet.com and a New York area player, died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 2 . A two-session memorial game was held four days later at the Cavendish Club in Manhattan. The proceeds were donated to the Dave Morrow Prize for Audacious and Talented Financial Journalists, which will be sponsored by the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (S.A.B.E.W.) in cooperation with Morrow’s family.
The winners of the memorial game were Alice Brown and Michael Schwartz of New York, who finished two match points ahead of Albert Shekhter and Yuri Yurachkivsky of New York.
Pair events are a law unto themselves. If the diagramed deal occurred in a team tournament or was played at Chicago or in rubber bridge, East probably would not double three spades, which promises more points and implies length in both unbid suits. But even if he did double, West would not pass, risking the opponents’ making a vulnerable game. He would rebid four hearts or four clubs, both of which would go down one.
However, when the opponents are vulnerable at pairs, there is an almost irresistible temptation to hope they will go down one and give you the magic plus 200.
Here, though, Schwartz (South) had no trouble making three spades, losing one heart, one diamond and two clubs. Plus 730 was a top, and West was left to regret not having run to four clubs or four hearts.
There was an unusual aspect of this event. Morrow loved fine wine and firmly believed it essential to all occasions. So players were invited to bring wine. Perhaps that explains the East-West optimism.
Tax-deductible donations to the Dave Morrow Prize, which will be used to support young journalists, should be made payable to the Dave Morrow Prize and sent to S.A.B.E.W., University of Missouri — Columbia, School of Journalism, 134 Neff Annex, Columbia, Mo., 65211-1200.
Refrence : http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/13/crosswords/bridge/13card.html
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