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Flannery O'Connor Award For Short Fiction Winners
Flannery is a bridge convention using a 2 opening bid to show a hand of minimal opening bid strength (11-15 high card points) with exactly four spades and five (or sometimes six) hearts. It was invented by American player William (Bill) L. Flannery. This convention was introduced because of the awkwardness of describing such a holding, especially with four-card major systems. For example, with the hand , if the bidding starts 1 - 1NT (denying four spades), the opener cannot rebid 2, as it would be a reverse bid showing a stronger hand, 2 would show a six-card suit, and two of a minor would show four or at least three good cards. Thus, the opener cannot easily explore for a 5-3 fit in hearts. Five-card major openers are somewhat better placed, because 1NT denies both three hearts and four spades, so opener may pass more safely but is nevertheless at risk of missing a potential optimum 4-3 fit in spades. Flannery is also useful when playing five-card majors in conjunctions with fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contract Bridge
Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making it one of the world's most popular card games, particularly among seniors. The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the governing body for international competitive bridge, with numerous other bodies governing it at the regional level. The game consists of a number of , each progressing through four phases. The cards are dealt to the players; then the players ''call'' (or ''bid'') in an auction seeking to take the , specifying how many tricks the partnership receiving the contract (the declaring side) needs to take to receive points for the deal. During the auction, partners use their bids to also exchange information about their hands, including o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Flannery (bridge)
William L. Flannery was an American bridge player, born July 29, 1932, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He died on October 10, 2000, in Bakersfield, California. He was an outstanding high school basketball player, leading St. James High School to the 1950 Class B Pennsylvania Catholic State Championship.PCIAA State Championship Records. Retrieved 2020-12-12. Flannery invented the 2 bridge bidding convention. Bridge accomplishments Wins Flannery had approximately 50 regional wins including Upper New York State Open Teams in 1963 and 1965 and the Mid-Atlantic Fall Master Pairs 1967< ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reverse (bridge)
A reverse, in the card game contract bridge, is a bidding sequence designed to show additional strength without the need to make a jump bid; specifically two suits are bid in the reverse order to that expected by the basic bidding system. Precise methods and definitions vary with country, bidding system and partnership agreements. Definitions Standard American In Standard American a reverse is defined by William S. Root as "... a non-jump bid at the two-level in a new suit ''that ranks higher than the suit you bid first''", and by Bridge World. as "a non-jump bid in a new suit that bypasses a bid in a lower-ranking suit already bid by the same player". Acol The Acol definition is somewhat wider and includes ''any bid of a new suit by opener higher than two of their first suit''. Application ;Example In the auction, 1 – 1; 2, the 2 rebid by opener meets the foregoing definitions and is a reverse showing a stronger than minimum opening hand and forcing responder to bid for one mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forcing Notrump
The forcing notrump is a bidding convention in the card game of bridge. In Standard American bidding, the response of 1NT to an opening bid of 1 or 1 shows 6 to 9 high card points (HCP) and is ''non-forcing''. Opener, with a balanced minimum, may pass the 1NT response and, if the opponents also pass, that will become the contract. A partnership may agree that this bid is ''forcing'' for one round; if the intervening opponent passes, opener must bid at least once more. This guarantees the responder at least one more opportunity to bid or pass. This mechanism allows the partnership to use the 1NT response for a greater variety of hands: in particular, ''invitational'' as well as ''minimum'' responder holdings. The forcing notrump is used over major suits only; 1NT is always standard and non-forcing over the minor suit In contract bridge the minor suits are diamonds () and clubs (). They are given that name because contracts made in those suits score less (20 per contracted trick) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canapé (bridge)
Canapé is a bridge bidding method in which the second suit bid may be (or must be) longer than or at least as long as the first. The name Canapé is the french word for "an appetizer". Canapé is the invention of Pierre Albarran, a French auction and contract bridge player, theorist, and author. His book on the topic is long out-of-print and hard to find. A French pair, Pierre Jaïs and Roger Trézel, used a canapé system to become one of the strongest pairs in the world during the 1950s and 1960s. They achieved a triple crown of major world championships from 1956 to 1962, two at representing France and the inaugural World Open Pairs Championship The World Open Pairs Championship is a contract bridge competition initiated in 1962 and held as part of the World Bridge Series Championships every four years. Open to all pairs without any quota restrictions on nationality, the championship is wi .... Canapé is also the basis of the Roman Club and Blue Team Club systems, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blue Club
Blue Club is a bridge bidding system, developed mainly by Benito Garozzo. It was used by the famous Blue Team and became very popular in the 1960s. It has gained a strong following ever since. The main features are: * Strong club system: 1 opening promises 17 or more HCP, with step answers showing controls (K=1 and A=2 controls) or HCP. 1 being negative showing 0-5 HCP and 1 showing 6-12 HCP but with no more than 2 controls, 1 showing 3 controls, 1NT showing 4 controls etc. * Four-card majors: 1 and 1 and 1 openings are limited (12-16 HCP), * Canapé. With two-suited hands, the opener's second bid is in the longer suit, whereas other more popular systems bid their shorter suit second. However, unlike the "fellow" Roman Club, there are many exceptions to this rule in Blue Club. * 1NT ranging from 13 to 17 high card points. It can be either 13-15 points, which is essentially a replacement bid for a balanced club suit with two specific shapes, 3-3-3-4 and 3-3-2-5, or 16-17 pts an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
