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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.
Inverted minor suit raises are used (a single raise is strong, a double raise is weak and preemptive). Weak two bids, including 2 ♦. 2 ♣ is the only strong, forcing opening. Defensively, simple overcalls are taken to have the same range as an opening bid, and take-out doubles emphasize distribution.
The book is aimed at beginners, with each chapter outlining a single convention, including takeout doubles, negative doubles, and cuebid raises. [1] All chapters are followed by a quiz. 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 ]
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:
A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge game ...
Muiderberg is a bidding convention in the card game bridge. It is a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major and a minor suit (four-card or longer). In Muiderberg the 2 ♥ opening denotes five hearts and an unknown minor suit, whilst 2 ♠ denotes five spades and an unknown minor suit. The convention ...
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In the card game of bridge, the unusual notrump [1] is a conventional overcall showing a two-suited hand. It was originally devised by Al Roth in 1948 with Tobias Stone, [2] to show the minor suits after the opponents opened in a major. The convention concept is now generally extended to show the "two lowest unbid" suits.