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67 - NOVEMBER 2025

67 - NOVEMBER 2025

OF NO USE!

In matchpoint pairs, where the tiniest point difference matters already, offering your opponents an undue trick can produce a catastrophic score. Sitting East, what would be your defense against this major-suit game? Dealer South – All Vul: W N E…

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2/1 ON STEROIDS

2/1 ON STEROIDS

A NOVEL APPROACH
TO BIDDING IN BRIDGE

Daniel Solow

DISCOVER A NEW BIDDING SYSTEM
Modern bidding systems have evolved over the past hundred years, starting with four-card majors and culminating in 2/1, together with a plethora of conventions along the way (Stayman, transfers, Roman Key Card, to name a few). Yet you can still encounter the occasional deficiency ‒ such as an ambiguous bid or ending up in the wrong contract. When this happened to Daniel Solow, he wondered if it was possible to fix some of the issues he encountered by developing a system from scratch using all of the effective bidding principles that have been developed over time, and the answer is... yes (but with some trade-offs)!
Join the author on a bridge cruise where you will meet some amazing women who unfold this new bidding system through illustrative hands. While no claim is made that this system should replace those currently in use, you will find the approach novel, interesting, and thought provoking. Who knows, perhaps you will decide to adopt their famous 3♣ convention!  

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