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I miss a Bagai position in LA

Posted By: David Levy
Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 1:02 a.m.

In Response To: I miss a Bagai position in LA (Jeremy Bagai)

The best bridge book ever written is Adventures in Card Play by the Hungarian Geza Ottlik. He wrote (pp26-7):

...But the final affirmative will be possible only if the technique (and the name) of the one-suit squeeze has previously been programmed into [declarer's mind].

In fact there is no such thing as something known that has no name...The first thing you do when you discover something new is to give it a name...Indeed, you could not recognize or even remember a thing once met if you had no secret name for it well before being informed of what your neighbours call it.

Perhaps you should name the play so you will recognize it next time.

Messages In This Thread

• I miss a Bagai position in LA
  Jeremy Bagai -- Tuesday, 17 July 2012, at 10:54 p.m.
  • I miss a Bagai position in LA
    David Levy -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 1:02 a.m.
    • I miss a Bagai position in LA
      Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 19 July 2012, at 12:12 a.m.
  • I miss a Bagai position in LA
    neilkaz -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 2:39 a.m.
  • I miss a Bagai position in LA
    Wayne Jeffcoat -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 5:17 a.m.
  • I miss a Bagai position in LA
    Stick -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 6:09 a.m.
    • I miss a Bagai position in LA
      Timothy Chow -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 5:16 p.m.
      • I miss a Bagai position in LA
        Stick -- Wednesday, 18 July 2012, at 6:27 p.m.
        • I miss a Bagai position in LA
          Timothy Chow -- Thursday, 19 July 2012, at 11:44 p.m.
  • I missed a Bagai position while reading this thread
    Michael Nielsen -- Thursday, 19 July 2012, at 10:38 a.m.