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List Of Bidding Systems
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. 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: * natural bidding systems and * artificial bidding systems. Nevertheless, each contains elements of the other given the number and variety of Glossary of contract bridge terms#treatment, treatments and Glossary of contract bridge terms#convention, conventions that have been developed by bridge bidding theorists. Natural four card majors systems * 5-4-4-3 System * Acol * Baron (bridge), Baron, an English system developed in the 1940s by Leo Baron, Adam Meredith and others. * CAB (bidding system), CAB, acronym for Two Clubs, Ace-asking and Blackwood * Canapé (bridge), Canapé * Colonial Acol * Culbertson (bidding system), Culbertson * EFOS, the Eco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidding System
A bidding system in contract bridge is the set of Glossary of contract bridge terms#agreement, agreements and understandings assigned to Glossary of contract bridge terms#call, calls and sequences of calls used by a Glossary of contract bridge terms#partnership, partnership, and includes a full description of the meaning of each Glossary of contract bridge terms#treatment, treatment and Glossary of contract bridge terms#convention, convention. The purpose of bidding is for each partnership to ascertain which contract, whether made or defeated and whether bid by them or by their opponents, would give the partnership their best scoring result. Each bidding system ascribes a meaning to every possible call by each member of a partnership, and presents a codified language which allows the players to exchange information about their card holdings. The vocabulary of is limited to 38 different calls - 35 level/denomination ''bids''A bid consists of two components — the level in range o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Majeure Cinquième
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Vanderbilt Club
Vanderbilt Club was one of the earliest bidding systems in the game of contract bridge. It was devised by Harold S. Vanderbilt, who had in 1925 devised the game itself. It was published by him in 1929. It was the first strong club system. An updated version was published in 1964. As of 2017, it has long been obsolete. Overview In the Vanderbilt Club system, an opening bid of 1 is artificial and forcing, and shows a good hand. A response of 1 is an artificial negative. Other bids are "regulation bids". The system was published by Harold S. Vanderbilt in his 1929 book ''Contract Bridge''. It was the first strong club system. An updated version was published in 1964. Vanderbilt was a very early bridge theorist, because in his 1929 book he explained in detail the reasoning upon which his system was based: "In many Contract hands it is essential that an original bidder be assured of a second opportunity to bid". 1929 system The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge has called Vander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simplified Precision
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Howard Schenken
Howard Schenken (September 28, 1903 – February 20, 1979) was an American bridge player, writer, and long-time syndicated bridge columnist. He was from New York City. He won three Bermuda Bowl titles, and set several North American records. Most remarkably he won the Life Master Pairs five times, the Spingold twelve, and the Vanderbilt Trophy ten times; the LM Pairs and Vanderbilt records that still stand today. Schenken is ACBL Life Master number 3, dating from 1936. He was named to the bridge hall of fame by '' The Bridge World'' in 1966, which brought the number of members to nine, all made founding members of the ACBL Hall of Fame in 1995. Career Schenken was playing with the Raymond Club team in the late 1920s when he was spotted by the "Father" of the game Ely Culbertson, who invited him to play as a substitute during the much publicized "Bridge Battle of the Century" against Sidney Lenz, which was won by Culbertson's team. In 1932, Schenken formed a partnership with Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Precision Club
Precision Club is a bidding system in the game of contract bridge. It is a strong club system developed in 1969 for C. C. Wei by Alan Truscott, and used by Taiwan teams in 1969. Their success in placing second at the 1969 Bermuda Bowl (and Wei's multimillion-dollar publicity campaign) launched the system's popularity. The central feature of the Precision system is that an opening bid of one club is used for any hand with 16 or more high card points (HCP), regardless of distribution. An opening bid of one of a major suit signifies a five-card suit and 11–15 HCP. A one notrump opening bid signifies a balanced hand (no five-card major suit) and 13–15 HCP. Popularity After the success of Taiwan teams in 1969 and 1970 Bermuda Bowls with the system, the entire Italian Blue team switched to Precision Club and won yet another World Team Olympiad in 1972. The modifications to the system were made chiefly by Benito Garozzo and he titled it Super Precision. Today, multiple world c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Club
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Moscito
Moscito (Major Oriented Strong Club — Intermediate Two Openings, sometimes Major Oriented Strong Club, Intrepid Two Openings) is a bidding or bridge system of the game of contract bridge devised by the Australian expert Paul Marston and Stephen Burgess the mid-1980s. According to Marston, this modification of his strong pass systems came about because of political repression by the American faction in the World Bridge Federation. It has many variants. Most variants of Moscito uses the Symmetric Relay structure developed by Prof. Roy Kerr for slam bidding. In all variations of Moscito, 1 is used for strong hands, hence they are strong club systems like the precision club Precision Club is a bidding system in the game of contract bridge. It is a strong club system developed in 1969 for C. C. Wei by Alan Truscott, and used by Taiwan teams in 1969. Their success in placing second at the 1969 Bermuda Bowl (and Wei's .... Usually the MAFIA (Majors First Always) principle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Club
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Carrot Club
Carrot Club (or ''Morotsklöver'' in Swedish) is a strong club system, developed in the 1970s and played in international teams championships by Danielle Nughes, Anders Morath and Sven-Olov Flodquist. They won the European teams championships in 1977 and placed third in the World teams championships in 1977 and 1991. Some features of the system are a natural 4+card 1 opening, canapé-openings with longer -suit, Carrot 1NT (a "wide" 1NT-opening showing 13–17 hcp; if 13–14, may not have a 4-card major), and the Carrot 4NT slam convention. References Further reading * Sven-Olov Flodqvist, ''Morotsklövern'' (Swedish title), Stockholm 1978. {{WPCBIndex Bridge systems ... [...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] |
Western Scientific
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