E.E.Blandon was the first to publish this movement under this name (Bridge Magazine, Feb. 1973).
This is not a true Mitchell in that the E-W pairs sit as N-S on one round. Using switches at other tables however, it is unnoticed, for the movement is then effectively a switched Mitchell.
This movement is based on the share and relay Mitchell with one table removed (one of the sharing tables). The number of tables is always odd and the number of rounds (and the number of sets of boards) is equal to one more than the number of tables.
The movement is set up as a normal Mitchell, with one set of boards on each table. The only exception is the insertion of a relay table (with one set of boards on it) placed at N/2 (N = number of tables in the movement), i.e. with 3 tables at 3/2 (1.5) or between tables 1 and 2; with 5 tables between 2 and 3, etc. The movement is along standard Mitchell principles, E-W up one table and boards down one table, not forgetting the relay table. The only complication is in the movement of the E-W pairs, for when they have played as E-W at the highest numbered table, they switch to N-S at the same table, to play there for one round before moving to E-W at table one for the next round.
This movement has very few real applications, but one use is in combination with the Block Mitchell principle to produce a movement useful for 12 to 24 tables.
