The Montreal Star from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 13

amai wy Mm KARPIN on bridge irt Questions' Answers 1 Neither side vulnerable As South you hold: A103 9AK5 01)972 A6l The Lidding has proceeded: South Vcni North KhI I NT 9 Pam iiii MUiWllbitii i)AU ilttitilUiti) At What do you bid? A Four spades leap to three spades has Indicated a gamegoing unbalanced hand (II be had a game-going balanced hand he would have bid three no-trump) You have more than minimum support in his spade suit and should show it by supporting him 2 Both sides vulnerable Sitting South you hold: K95 9A8 07532 9643 The Lidding bon proceeded: North Kant Sooth West 1 NT Puna What do you bid? A Pass You have a bal- -anced hand containing 7 high-card points Partner has 16-18 Between- you you have either 23 -24 or 25 high-card points You do not belong' In a game 3 Neither side vulnerable As South you hold: K752 9AK3 0AK6 AK4 The Lidding hie proceeded: Sooth Went North Enl 2 NT Pax 4 NT Pam What do you bid? A Six notrump Partner has commanded you to bid the slam if you possessed more than a minimum hand You have the best you could have had for your opening bid (24 points rather than 22 or 23) It might he mentioned that where the Immediately-preceding bid by you has been any number of no-trumps bid of four notrump Is raise of no-trump and a dam invitation It is not Blackwood 4 sides vulnerable Sitting South you hold: 953 98b 0K97642 85 The bidding hai proceeded: North Kuk( Siulh BeM 1 NT Pam What do you bid? A Two diamonds The responses of eithertwo diamonds two hearts or two spades tp an opening one-no-trump call shows a poor hand with length in the suit bid It says that the final contract trill play best at the two level in the suit bid (a response of two clubs would be the initiation of the Stayman Convention) 5 Neither side vul-nerable Sitting South as dealer you hold: 874 9AK0 0AKQ6 AU2 What Is your opening bid? A Two notrump as a lesserof-evib call You have a balanced hand containing 2224 hlgh-card points Admittedly you have no protection whatsoever in spades and the two-notrump opening bid is a risky one But the alternative is to open with one diamond which partner will pas unless he has 6 points Overt two-notrump opening bid he will put you in game with 4 or 5 points and if he does you should be willing to gamble the game out Huge comet at Christmas to be visible jSgSJS- a Iha mpmmip -I fc -p i 0 1 i 7 7 I Aa wet fcfcaMU Now at your Uniroyal Dealers AuteltUi Pmt CAMBRIDGE Mass A newly-discovered comet will near the sun next Christmas and cotdd be the most spectacular astrophysical event of the century astronomers say The meteor Kohoutek now an almost invisible dot 400 million miles from earth may be bright enough to be seen in daylight says the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory The comet will be closest to the sun Dec 27 and will be prominent for six weeks before and after then When discovered March 7 by Lubos Kohoutek of the Hamburg Observatory in West Germany the comet appeared as a bint object without a tail moving slowly against Qw background of stars ia the cun-stellatlon Hydra The comet will be spectacular because of its size said Dr Brian Marsden of the Smithsonian observatory object that large should achieve unusual brightness and produce an exceptional 7v kw IT i-iflrf H- BMf thyfa NrosJ it IMP mirmm.