Inhaltsangabe
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920. Excerpt: ... TOURNAMENT HANDS During the summer of 1917 it was suggested that the Auction players of the country would gladly create a special fund for patriotic purposes if, as an inducement, a series of tournaments with entrance fees should be held in the principal cities of the United States and Canada. A method bound to thoroughly test the ability of the contestants was selected. It was determined that twenty-four difficult prearranged hands should be used; the idea being that at every table, whether in New York or New Orleans, Montreal or Kansas City, exactly the same cards should be played; and that every one of the thousands of pairs that played the hands, should have exactly the same chance to make a record, regardless of whether the play took place in the fall of 1917 during the early months of the contest, or in the spring of 1918 when it was nearing its conclusion. To add to the interest by making the contest as novel and scientific as possible, the plan provided that in every one of the twenty-four hands there should be an opportunity for a brilliant play; that these opportunities should be divided equally among the four players at the table; that luck should be eliminated by arranging the cards so that sound bidding and play would be rewarded, unjustified declarations and faulty play penalized, and both pairs be given equal scoring possibilities. The idea was that in this tournament a contest between pairs of about equal ability should produce scores of practically the same size and that, when there was any decided difference in skill, the relative strength of the contesting pairs should be accurately indicated by the result. To meet these difficult requirements, a number of the leading players of the country were asked to contribute hands which contained...
Die Inhaltsangabe kann sich auf eine andere Ausgabe dieses Titels beziehen.
