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A void may be as good as an ace in some situations but it should not be counted as an ace. Some experts (Kantar for one [4]) recommend the 5NT reply to 4NT – the cheapest with no standard assigned meaning – to show a void plus two aces and six of a suit to show a void in the bid suit plus one ace.
So, according to partnership agreements, it is plain Blackwood showing two aces or RKCB showing two keycards without the queen of trumps. Byzantine Blackwood is not used in the first round of bidding, i.e., 1 ♥ - 4NT, as responder may only be interested in aces. Partnership agreement is required on whether the 4NT call is Blackwood or RKCB.
[7] Blackwood was a member of one of the factions of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, [10] as was his contemporary Arthur Machen. [11] Cabalistic themes influence his novel The Human Chord. [12] His two best-known stories are probably "The Willows" and "The Wendigo". He would also often write stories for newspapers at short notice, with ...
Karma is a play that was written by Algernon Blackwood with Violet Pearn and was published in 1918. [1] The play is arranged in five sections: a prologue, epilogue, and three acts. It is at once a romance, an expression of Blackwoods spirituality, and a work of wartime homefront propaganda. [2] It contains many connections to Blackwood's corpus ...
[2] [3] It is similar to Blackwood but uses 4 ♣ instead of 4NT as a relay (asking) bid to inquire about the number of aces held by partner. A further relay bid may follow to inquire about the number of kings held. Gerber is used primarily after notrump openings, responses, and rebids, making it a complement to Blackwood rather than a replacement.
3 ♦ or higher, etc. on up the line. With ace-showing responses, the responder bids the suit of the Ace, 2NT with two or more kings, and 2 ♦ with a king or less. With (unlikely) 2 aces, the responder bids 3 ♥. As a corollary, subsequent Blackwood by the opener asks for kings rather than aces.
"The Willows" is a novella by English author Algernon Blackwood, originally published as part of his 1907 collection The Listener and Other Stories. It is one of Blackwood's best known works and has been influential on a number of later writers. Horror author H.P. Lovecraft considered it to be the finest supernatural tale in English literature ...
Aristotelian physics is the form of natural philosophy described in the works of the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384–322 BC). In his work Physics, Aristotle intended to establish general principles of change that govern all natural bodies, both living and inanimate, celestial and terrestrial – including all motion (change with respect to place), quantitative change (change with respect to ...