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Preamble
| 1. |
The objective is to have a uniform
WBF policy which is applied to all WBF events. |
| 2. |
It is not intended that this should
over-ride Alerting Policies developed by the Zone or NCBOs. |
| 3. |
Players who participate in WBF events
are expected to protect themselves to a large extent. They are also
expected to observe the spirit of the Laws as well as the letter.
Full disclosure is vital. |
| 4. |
The Policy has been made as simple
as possible. Players, however, are expected to alert whenever there
is doubt. (N.B. Where screens are in use, an alert on one side but
not on the other does not necessarily imply an infraction.) |
Policy
The following classes of
calls should be alerted:
| 1. |
Conventional bids should be alerted,
non-conventional bids should not. (A Convention is a call that serves
by partnership agreement to convey a meaning not necessarily related
to the denomination named.) |
| 2. |
Those bids which have special meanings
or which are based on or lead to special understandings between the
partners. (A player may not make a call or play based on a special
partnership understanding unless an opposing pair may reasonably be
expected to understand its meaning, or unless his side discloses the
use of such call or play in accordance with the regulations of the
sponsoring organization). See Law 40(b). |
| 3. |
Non-forcing jump changes of suit
responses to opening bids or overcalls, and non-forcing new suit responses
by an unpassed hand to opening bids of one of a suit. |
The following called should
not be alerted (except when screens are in use):
| 1. |
All doubles. |
| 2. |
Any no-trump bid which suggests a
balanced or semi-balanced hand, or suggests a no-trump contract. |
| 3. |
All bids, with the exception of conventional
opening suit bids, at the four level or higher. |
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