[inquiry]

awm, on Dec 27 2006, 11:59 PM, said:

The Moscito team was playing against Cayne's team today starting around 5 pm PST. I was wondering if anyone managed to capture a .lin file for the match.

here it is, i will delete this post in a day or two...

I have removed the lin file now... as mrdct said, the files are available on the oz-one web page...

This post has been edited by inquiry: 2006-December-28, 15:59

[keylime]

Thanks Ben!

Richard,

Was there any insight on how the G/F is untangled over 1M openings? Any mention of interference handling?

[hrothgar]

keylime, on Dec 28 2006, 04:34 PM, said:

Thanks Ben!

Richard,

Was there any insight on how the G/F is untangled over 1M openings? Any mention of interference handling?

Hi Dwayne

I wasn't involved in the development of the new relay structures over 1♦ / 1♥ openings and don't claim to understand them that well. Personally, I'm worried that they are too vulnerable to preemption.

As I understand matters, the relay asker can have one of four basic hand types:

1. A weak NT oriented hand with ~7-10 HCP

2. An invitational NT oriented hand with ~ 11-12 HCP

3. Certain game invitational hands with trump support (I believe that most hands suitable for a fit jump would start with a transfer response and then show support)

4. Any one of a variety of game forces

For example, if you look at board 25

Paul opened a very light 1♦
Michael relayed with 1♥
Paul responder 2♣ showing clubs
Michael broke relay and replied 2♠

I believe that the 2♠ is natural, showing Spades but also establishes a game force.

All in all, it wasn't a great showing by Oz One, though the bulk of the losses came from a pair of disastrous boards. The team lost 16 IMPS right off the bat when folks got a bit overactive with 5-5 pattern. They dropped another 12 on board 10 when who knows what happened. (I suspected that the complexity of the methods caused some problems here)

[mrdct]

There are further Oz-One vs Cayne BBO matches scheduled as follows:

Wed Jan 3 at 7:30pm New York (Thu Jan 4 at 11:30am Sydney);
Wed Jan 10 at 7:30pm New York (Thu Jan 11 at 11:30am Sydney).

The LIN files, including the LIN files of the replay matches involving the OzOne players who didn't against Cayne, are available from www.oz-one.com.au.