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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 bidding system in contract bridge is the set of agreements and understandings assigned to calls and sequences of calls used by a partnership, and includes a full description of the meaning of each treatment and convention. The purpose of bidding is for each partnership to ascertain which contract, whether made or defeated and whether bid by ...
Contract bridge is a trick-taking card game played by four players in two competing partnerships in which a sequence of bidding, also known as the auction, precedes the play of the cards. The purpose of this bidding is for players to inform their partners of the content of their hand and to arrive at a suitable contract at which to play the ...
It is a bidding system based on five-card majors and a strong notrump; players may add conventions and refine the meanings of bids through partnership agreements summarized in their convention card. One standardised version, SAYC (Standard American Yellow Card), is widely used by casual partnerships and in online bridge.
After an overcall by RHO, assuming that the bidding has not gone past 1NT, the convention is still on (for example after 1 ♦ - (pass) - 1 ♥ - (1 ♠) - X where X is a Support Double). The XYZ sequence that starts with 2C after 1-1-1 usually begins an invitational sequence.
2 ♣ declares a one-suited hand - usually 6 or more cards, but some bid with a strong 5-card suit. Partner (known as 'Advancer') is expected to respond as follows: usually, Advancer makes an artificial 'relay' bid of 2 ♦, asking Intervener to pass if his suit is diamonds and otherwise to bid his long suit at the lowest level.
The Baron Three Clubs is an alternative to the responder using Stayman over a 2NT opening bid. The responder will have five points or more and an unbalanced hand. The responder bids 3 ♣, which asks opener to bid his four-card suits in ascending order. If clubs are the only four-card suit, the opener bids 3NT.
Australian Bridge magazine, December 2000, pages 20-21. List of defenses against a 1NT opening (text corrupted, but does provide a listing). Official website; Bridge Buff website: commentary on the MONK convention. Pattaya Bridge Club website: list of defenses against a 1NT opening are briefly reviewed, including a comparison of Cappelletti and ...