CBF 2012 Hall of fame INDUCTION Continued from previous page “I used to claim I was the best actuary among bridge players but quickly abandoned that claim after meeting Bill Anderson, after which I claimed only to be the best bridge player among actuaries.” Anderson was a successful player, Life Master No. 357, partnering his wife Marjorie most of the time, and winning a North American Bridge Championship (NABC) with her. Here is Bill in action on a deal reported in Charlie Goren’s bridge column: “The 4-3-2-1 point count was introduced by Bryant McCampbell in 1915 and publicized by Milton Work in his many writings. However, it was used almost only for no-trump bidding. It was not until a Toronto actuary, William Anderson, developed the distributional count in the 40’s that point count swept the bridge world.” “Besides his fascination with the mathematical aspects of bridge, Anderson was an accomplished player. He held the West cards on today’s hand…”
CHARLES GOREN
DLR East; E/W Vul.
West - 1N Pass Pass Dbl
N M L K
83 J832 75 J 9 6 3 2
North East South - Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3L 3M Pass 4L 5L Pass Pass Pass Pass Pass
Anderson led the spade queen, won in the dummy. Declarer led a club towards the King but ducked it to West’s 10. Anderson found the only continuation to sink the contract: the king of diamonds. Declarer won the ace, but now a club ruff would bring West’s trump jack back into play and no club ruff would result in two more club losers.
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OSWALD JACOBY
N A K 9 5 M K Q 10 7 6 4 L Q4 K 7 N Q J 10 6 4 M A 9 5 L K J K A Q 10 N 72 M void L A 10 9 8 6 3 2 K K854