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Scores for the March 2025 Contest

Problem A

Imps
East-West vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A J 6 5

♥ 10 5

♦ Q J 10 5

♣ Q 8 7

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
Pass	1 ♣	1 ♦	1 ♥
?^*

^*BWS: double = spades with diamond tolerance;
2 ♣, 2 ♥ are strong diamond raises

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Double	100	17	47
2 ♦	80	2	4
3 ♣	70	1	2
2 ♣	60	5	25
2 ♥	60	1	14
1 ♠	50	1	1
3 ♦	0	0	5
1 NT	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem B

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 9 7 4 2

♥ A Q 2

♦ J 6 5

♣ J 3

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	1 ♥	Double	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
4 ♠	100	12	31
3 ♠	90	3	7
2 NT	90	2	1
2 ♥	80	3	22
3 NT	70	1	4
2 ♠	60	6	33
1 ♠	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem C

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 7 5 4 3 2

♥ A 4

♦ J 10 3

♣ Q 2

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	1 ♥	Pass
1 ♠	Pass	2 ♦	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♠	100	8	25
2 ♥	90	8	6
3 ♥	80	5	3
2 NT	80	3	13
3 ♣	60	2	27
3 ♠	60	1	23
3 ♦	10	0	2
else	0	0	1

Problem D

Imps
Neither side vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ J 10 3 2

♥ A 10 9 8 7 6 4

♦ 2

♣ A

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	1 ♣	1 ♦
1 ♥	Pass	1 ♠	Pass
?^*

^*BWS: 3 ♠ invitational

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
2 ♦	100	11	38
3 ♦	90	3	10
4 ♦	80	5	15
4 ♠	70	5	19
4 ♥	70	2	1
3 ♥	50	1	3
3 ♠	20	0	11
2 ♠	0	0	2
else	0	0	1

Problem E

Matchpoints
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K 2

♥ —

♦ A K Q 9 6 5 2

♣ K Q J 6

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	1 ♥	Pass
2 ♦	3 ♠	4 ♥	Pass
?

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
6 ♦	100	14	28
Pass	100	4	6
4 NT	70	6	22
5 NT	70	2	1
6 NT	70	1	20
4 ♠	0	0	9
5 ♦	0	0	9
5 ♣	0	0	4
5 ♥	0	0	1
else	0	0	0

Problem F

Matchpoints
Both sides vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ K Q J 2

♥ J 4

♦ 10 8 7 3

♣ A J 8

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	1 ♥	Pass
1 ♠	2 ♦	Double^*	Pass
?

^*BWS: three spades

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
Pass	100	12	21
3 ♠	90	5	4
2 NT	80	4	25
3 ♦	70	3	28
4 ♠	70	2	1
3 ♣	60	1	10
3 NT	0	0	4
2 ♥	0	0	3
3 ♥	0	0	2
2 ♠	0	0	1
else	0	0	1

Problem G

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ A 5 4 2

♥ Q J 6 5 4

♦ A J 3

♣ A

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
1 ♥	Pass	3 ♣^*	Pass
?

^*BWS: invitational

What call do you make?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
3 NT	100	16	68
5 ♣	80	2	2
3 ♦	70	5	10
Pass	70	1	3
3 ♠	60	2	6
4 ♣	50	1	0
4 ♥	0	0	9
else	0	0	2

Problem H

Imps
North-South vulnerable
You, South, hold:

♠ 9 3

♥ Q 10 4

♦ A J 8 6

♣ Q 10 9 8

SOUTH	WEST	NORTH	EAST
—	—	Pass	1 ♣^*
Pass	1 ♥^†	Pass	1 NT^§
Pass	3 NT	(All Pass)

^*two-plus clubs
^†spades
^§denies three-plus spades

What is your opening lead?

Action	Score	Panel Votes	% of Solvers
♠ 9	100	12	51
♣ 10	90	9	19
♣ 8	90	1	0
♦ 6	70	2	26
♥ 4	70	2	2
♥ Q	60	1	0
♦ A	30	0	0
else	0	0	2

MSC CONTEST

These are the scores that were assigned to the problems, as well as the number of votes each solution received from our expert panel, and the approximate percentage of solvers' answers.

See the March issue of The Bridge World to read the panel's in-depth discussion of these contest problems—see how each expert answered and learn how they came to their decisions.