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Inverted minors refers to a treatment introduced by the Kaplan–Sheinwold (K–S) bidding system for the popular card game bridge. The original structure of Precision, another bidding system, also employed inverted minors over a 1 ♦ opening. However, the treatment is no longer restricted to users of these bidding systems.
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. [1] [2] Systems listed have either had an historical impact on the development of bidding in the game or have been or are currently being used at the national or international levels of competition. Bidding systems are characterized as belonging to one of two broadly defined categories:
Since its publication, the book has sold over 300,000 copies, [2] and won the American Bridge Teachers' Association Book of the Year (Student) award. [3] It has also been translated into French, Japanese and German. [2] In 2022, the book was updated and revised by Master Point Press.
In contract bridge and particularly in duplicate bridge a convention card is a summary of the conventions and treatments that a particular pair is using. [1] The Laws of Duplicate Bridge specify that "Each partnership has a duty to make available its partnership understandings to opponents before commencing play against them." [2]
(With the opposition opening 1NT it is unlikely you would want to go beyond 3NT if the Cappelletti suit is a minor). In this scenario, a Cappelletti bid from Intervener of, for example, overcall 2 ♥ shows Advancer that partner has 9-14 HCP in a hearts suit and also another undisclosed 4 card minor suit.
See the Glossary of contract bridge terms for an explanation of unfamiliar words or phrases. Walsh is a convention used in the card game of bridge in response to an opening bid of 1 ♣. [1] The convention has its origins in the Walsh System [2] developed by Richard and Rhoda Walsh. [3]
Aspro [1] is a contract bridge bidding convention devised by Terence Reese [2] as a British variant on the Astro convention [3] to intervene over a 1NT opening bid.. Like Astro, Aspro is initiated by a 2-level overcall in a minor suit when the overcaller or intervenor [4] holds an unbalanced hand with at least nine cards in two suits (i.e. 5 in one and 4 in the other), at least one of which is ...
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 ...