Always
maintain a courteous
attitude to everyone, partner, opponents, director, kibitzers and teammates.
Do not
express displeasure or satisfaction at a lead, play, bid, double or any other
call partner makes.
Always
make sure that any
conventional bids used by you and your partner are alerted and clearly explained
to the opponents when questioned. Make sure your convention card is correctly
filled in, legible and available to your opponents.
Do not
look to see the place in his hand from which another player pulls a card in
playing, nor draw inferences from them.
Always
make bids and plays
in tempo -- without special emphasis or inflection of the voice or method of playing
the bidding cards that would give partner information on the nature of your hand
Do
not
draw any inference from the fact that partner has hesitated, or has bid with
any special emphasis or inflection of the voice.
Always
make sure that
you announce skip bids before making them, and that you pause at least the recommended
time after a skip bid, while looking interested. Clearly counting the seconds
or looking bored while waiting after a skip bid is a very serious breach of
ethics.
Do
not
hesitate, either in the bidding or in the play, in order to deceive the opponents.
Always
claim to speed up the play if you are certain that all the tricks are yours
and there is no doubt whatsoever as to how many tricks each side is going to make.
Do
not
prepare to lead to a trick before the previous trick is completed. Do not play
early.
ALWAYS
call the director
at the first sign of an irregularity. Never make your own rulings. For Duplicate
players
NEVER
FAIL
to exercise active ethics and full disclosure. Keep your (filled-out) convention
cards available for your opponents. For Duplicate players
But
it is not your
duty to call attention to your own breach of law, such as a revoke made by you
or your partner.
This page
amended [with permission] from Gil Pelletier's page,
To see the original with music and everything try
http://www.worldchat.com/~gpeltier/brignot.htm
Or E-mail Gil Pelletier
Additional
material and amendments were provided by
David Stevenson of Liverpool, UK. For other bridge articles see http://blakjak.com
which is his home page.
Or E-mail David Stevenson
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