I just could not find the time to do a preliminary set of guesses and a final set, so I will annotate my answers:
SOLUTIONS FOR:
James Creech
Fredericksburg VA
U.S.A.
PROBLEM A: Double I do not have a way to show both suits, and I have a very strong hand. I will take my chances that partner has a penalty double. Plus I do have defense. If partner jumps in hearts, I still have the boss suit.
PROBLEM B: Double This time I am more nervous about the double, I have two of three suits, but only a doubleton spade. I also have the top of a strong NT opener, but no stop. I wish that 4
would be a successful ask for 3NT with a stop, but the director would rule against me on that one. So I take my chances with double and hope partner has enough spade length to justify playing opposite my doubleton if that is the choice.
PROBLEM C: 2 Hearts With such a great club fit, I am willing to try the BW option. The vulnerability makes me nervous, but if doubled, I have clubs if I get too nervous. I suspect a bad score here.
PROBLEM D: Pass I am tempted to raise, but it will be easier to compete later than to see partner jump to game now.
PROBLEM E: 4 Clubs Having limited my hand with my first bid, how can I not show a maximum raise in diamonds. Not only do I have a club control, I have TWO. And I have the ace in partner's first bid suit and five pieced in partner's second bid suit.
PROBLEM F: 3 Notrump I have so many temptations, but the 3NT offering by the BW staff makes the most sense to me. Although it has the points of a limit raise, and the playing potential of a forcing raise, half of the points are in the spade suit which gives us a total potential of non-spade defensive tricks equal 1 or less. I still have five points for defense, and this bid will warn partner not to count too much on spade tricks, but that I have a little something to help out if the opponents get too high.
PROBLEM G: Pass I have values but no fit for partner so far. The opponents are bidding my second suit, so I will sit back and pass for now. If partner has better than a lead director, there may be a reopening double, then I will show my clubs. The two-level is too low and my trump too poor to be thinking of penalizing.
PROBLEM H: Spade Ace We are only in a partscore, so I don't see why I should not start my solid holding. Once I see dummy and what cards are played, I will adjust. Perhaps, we have a bit of a crossruff coming, but I don't want to give away everything at trick one in a partscore.