The Director's corner is a place for all members to find out more about the laws of the game.

A weekly tip will be put on the Home page and a link to the director's corner below the tip.

Tip 1 - Did you know that you should not bid for up to 10 seconds if your right hand opponent has jumped the bidding regardless of a STOP card being played. It is good practice for the player jumping the bidding to present the STOP card before making the jump bid.

Tip 2 - Did you know players should refrain from touching any cards in the bidding box until they have determined their call.

Tip 3 - Did you know the EBU have introduced new alerting and anouncing rules for 2022 (click HERE to find out more).

Tip 4 - Did you know each partnership has a duty to make its partnership understandings available to its opponents.

Tip 5 - Did you know when a board is to be played it is placed in the centre of the table where it shall remain, correctly oriented, until play is completed.

Tip 6 - Did you know unless the Director instructs otherwise, the North player at each table is responsible for moving the boards just completed at his table to the proper table for the following round.

Tip 7 - Did you know any insufficient bid may be accepted (treated as legal) at the option of offender’s LHO. It is accepted if that player calls.

Tip 8 - Did you know a bid designates a number of odd tricks (tricks in excess of six), from one to seven, and a denomination. (Pass, double and redouble are calls but not bids.)

Tip 9 - Did you know a player may double only the last preceding bid. That bid must have been made by an opponent; calls other than pass must not have intervened

Tip 10 - Did you know any extraneous information from partner that might suggest a call or play is unauthorized. This includes remarks, questions, replies to questions, unexpected alerts or failures to alert, unmistakable hesitation, unwonted speed, special emphasis, tone, gesture, movement or mannerism.

Tip 11 - Did you know only the player after the bidder may ask for clarification of the bid if it was alerted.

Tip 12 - Did you know a call that replaces a withdrawn call is a comparable call, if it:

1. has the same or similar meaning as that attributable to the withdrawn call, or

2. defines a subset of the possible meanings attributable to the withdrawn call, or

3. has the same purpose (e.g. an asking bid or a relay) as that attributable to the withdrawn call.

Tip 13 - Did you know a player should not disturb the order of his played cards until agreement has been reached on the number of tricks won. A player who fails to comply with the provisions of this Law jeopardizes his right to claim ownership of doubtful tricks or to claim (or deny) a revoke.

Tip 14 - Did you know an artificial call is either: a bid, double or redouble that conveys information other than a willingness to play in the denomination named; or a pass that promises more than a specified strength.

Tip 15 - Did you know Dummy must not participate in the play, nor may he communicate anything about the play to declarer.

Tip 16 - Did you know the Director assigns an initial position to each contestant (individual, pair or team) at the start of a session. Unless otherwise directed, the members of each pair or team may select seats among those assigned to them by mutual agreement. Having once selected a compass direction, a player may change it within a session only upon instruction or with permission of the Director.

Tip 17 - Did you know in matchpoint scoring each contestant is awarded, for scores made by different contestants who have played the same board and whose scores are compared with his, two scoring units (matchpoints or half matchpoints) for each score inferior to his, one scoring unit for each score equal to his, and zero scoring units for each score superior to his.

Tip 18 - Did you know that you no longer need to "announce" the point-count range for a 2NT opening bid - as long as it shows a strong, (semi-)balanced hand.

Tip 19 - Did you know when the Director determines that a player’s hand originally contained more than 13 cards with another player holding fewer, and a player with an incorrect hand has made a call:

1. If the Director judges that the deal can be corrected and played, then the deal may be so played with no change of call. At the end of play the Director may award an adjusted score.

2. Otherwise when a call has been made with an incorrect number of cards, the Director shall award an adjusted score [see Law 12C1(b)] and may penalize an offender.

Tip 20 - Did you know Duplicate bridge tournaments should be played in strict accordance with the Laws. The chief object is to obtain a higher score than other contestants whilst complying with the lawful procedures and ethical standards set out in these laws.

Tip 21 - When calling for a card to be played from dummy declarer should clearly state both the suit and the rank of the desired card.

The Director's corner is a place for all members to find out more about the laws of the game.

A weekly tip will be put on the Home page and a link to the director's corner below the tip.

Tip 1 - Did you know that you should not bid for up to 10 seconds if your right hand opponent has jumped the bidding regardless of a STOP card being played. ..........