axman, on 2013-January-19, 17:32, said:
The footnote refers [is attached to] to a trick currently in progress and says four things about a trick currently in progress:
1. If the statement or action pertains only to the winning or losing of an uncompleted trick currently in progress, play proceeds regularly;
2. cards exposed or revealed by a defender do not become penalty cards,
3. but Law 16, Unauthorized Information, may apply,
4. and see Law 57A
#1. merely is a subset of a trick currently in progress defined by the condition 'If the statement or action pertains only to the winning or losing of an uncompleted trick currently in progress'
I think you are reading wrong here. Law 68 says:
Quote
For a statement or action to constitute a claim or concession of tricks under these Laws, it must refer to tricks other than one currently in progress*.
[List of things to do when the claim refers to tricks other than one currently in progress]
* If the statement or action pertains only to the winning or losing of an uncompleted trick currently in progress, play proceeds regularly; cards exposed or revealed by a defender do not become penalty cards, but Law 16, Unauthorized Information, may apply, and see Law 57A, Premature Play.
This means:
If
the claim refers to tricks other than one currently in progress
then
follow the list in law 68.
else (i.e. "If the statement or action pertains only to the winning or losing of an uncompleted trick currently in progress")
- play proceeds regularly;
- cards exposed or revealed by a defender do not become penalty cards, but Law 16, Unauthorized Information, may apply,
- and see Law 57A, Premature Play
End if
In this case:
the if condition is met. (The claim referred to the trick in progress
and the next trick.)
the else condition is not met.
the list in law 68 applies.
the footnote does not apply.
Rik
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