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XY Notrump gives very good control finding both games and slams, as the final "mission" of the sequence is established at a relatively early stage of bidding. Playing, as very common in combination with XY no trump, the Walsh convention or even Transfer Walsh , one still has the chance of stopping in 2 ♦ on weak hands, often impossible using ...
New Minor Forcing (NMF), is a contract bridge bidding convention used to find a 5-3 or 4-4 major suit fit after a specific sequence of bids in which opener has rebid one notrump. The convention is triggered by responder at his second turn by an artificial bid of two in an unbid minor; it requires that he hold five cards in the major he has ...
Although it is mandatory in the XY Notrump form of the convention to complete the relay 2 ♣ to 2 ♦, when Z was a suit, opener may be unlimited. In such a case it is acceptable, if opener has too good a hand to risk being dropped in 2 ♦ to bypass the relay and make a (forcing) bid.
The dynamic one notrump opening indicates either: a balanced or unbalanced hands in the range of 19-21 high card points (HCP) and six controls, or; an unbalanced hand just short of a 2 ♣ opening. The most common responses to the dynamic one notrump opening are: 2 ♣ – negative (0-5 HCP) 2 ♦ – 6+ HCP, game force.
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In the Swiss convention, in response to an opening 1 ♥ or 1 ♠, a bid of 4 ♣ or 4 ♦ shows four-card support for partner's suit, about 13–15 points, and two or three aces respectively. Alternatively, the bids of 4 ♣ and 4 ♦ can be used to show trump quality; the specific meaning of the two bids varies between partnerships.