Inducing Errors – Webinar
We are Afraid
As Declarer
- Of Bad Breaks
- Of our winners getting ruffed
- Of finesses not working
- Of losing control
As Defender
- Of Selling a trick
- Of declarer stealing a trick
- Of opening frozen suits
- Of not cashing our winners
- Of signal mix-ups
As Bidders
- Of Getting too high
- Of missing a game/slam
- Of not having a stopper
- Of not having enough keycards
Attack the weakness
- That fear is a big vulnerability , a major weakness
- Weakness can be exploited
- Best military decision is to attack the vulnerable position
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Excellent presentation even for experts it’s a good revision of the topic
Fear that contract may make = not the only reason why players r shy to X ; perhaps it is even low in the reasons column:-
1. Gives undue information
2. Partner may imagine the X alerts him to do something unusual
3. In a competitive auction the x may persuade partner to bid – in this age of non- penalty X
The above three come ahead of the fear that the contract may make !!