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The Jacoby transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's notrump opening bid that forces opener to rebid in the suit ranked just above that bid by responder. For example, a response in diamonds forces a rebid in hearts and a response in ...
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:
Responder transfers to 2 ♦ which is either passed or advanced (diamond suit) or a major is bid (2 suiter, unspecified minor) 2 ♦ is a transfer to hearts; 2 ♥ shows both majors (responder may pass or correct to 2 ♠) 2 ♠ shows spades (natural bid) 2NT is a transfer to clubs; 3 ♣ shows both minors (responder may pass or adjust to 3 ♦)
The method was devised by Jeff Rubens and published in The Bridge World. [1] Using Rubens advances, the available bids in the suits starting with the cue bid in opponent's suit up to and including the bid below a two-level support bid of the overcall are all transfer bids to the next suit. Furthermore, the available bids in the suits below the ...
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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 ...
The book contains an introduction to the then relatively new bidding system condensed from Goren's historically significant [2] 1947 book Point Count Bidding in Contract Bridge. [3] Contract Bridge for Beginners is a "competent but unimaginative text" with a bidding system that is "of little practical use today" [4] having been superseded by ...
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]