Contract Bridge - SUBJECT INDEX Part 2

Main Page Bidding Guide Play Technique	Contract Bridge SUBJECT INDEX Part 2 (L-Z) A - B - C - D - E - F G - H - I - J - K - L M - N - O - P - Q - R S - T - U - V - WXYZ Lessons - Lesson Deals
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Law of Total Tricks
lead: books; opening lead - Bidding Guide p.18; which card to lead; opening leads in NT; opening leads in trump contracts; Partner's suit; underlead; dynamics of a lead
learn as you play - with your friends
length points
limit bid: definition; response options; the limit bid concept
long suit - developing a long suit
Long suit Trial bid (convention)
losers (losing tricks): discarding losers on high cards (Ex.2); discarding losers by ruffing in Dummy; possible losers in trump contracts
loser on loser : L20.6
Losing trick count (LTC) - Bidding Guide p.17: own hand valuation; Partner's hand valuation

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M.

major suit: major and minor suits - Bidding Guide p.1; major suit trump fits
making tricks: making tricks without a trump suit; making tricks with a trump suit
Mallon, John - books
manners - at the bridge table
Match point scoring: assigning an 'Average score' - to a board; averaging Match points; calculating percentages; IMPs - International Match Points (IMP Table); Match points per Table; simple Match points scoring
maximum pass: replies by the Opener
Michaels Cue bid - Bidding Guide p.15
minimum - strong - maximum opening hand
Milton Work Point Count
minor suit - Bidding Guide p.1: better minor opening bid; Inverted Minor suit raises; Key card ask through 4♣ or 4♦
Mitchell movement for pairs - playing duplicate
Mollo, Victor - books: on finessing
Movements for Duplicate bridge: Howell movement for pairs; Individual movements; Mitchell movement for pairs
Multi cues - advBG p.14
Multi-2♦ Opening bid

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N.

No Trumps (NT): making tricks in No Trumps; NT responses - after a 1 in a suit opening; 1 NT opening bid - Bidding Guide p.3; 2 NT and 3NT opening bids; NT responses to 1 NT opening : Final bid - Invitation bid; Opener's reply - to a NT response, after his 1 in a suit opening; opening leads in NT - Bidding Guide p.14; ranking; scoring trick points in NT; strategy in NT play; suit responses - after a 1 NT opening
NT response after a Take_out Double or an Overcall
Negative Double response - Bidding Guide p.13: after Minor & Minor; after Minor & Major; after Major & Major; reply by Opener; Response by the Doubler
NOT drawing opponent's last winning trump: Situation 2; Situation 3
number: odd number of pairs in a Howell movement; table numbers

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O.

Odd suits in RCO-2 Openings
odd number of pairs - in a Howell movement
Ogust Convention - Bidding Guide p.6
One Table Bridge : Score sheets - Calculator
Opener's reply after a suit raise
Opening bid: 1 NT opening - BG p.3; Power 1 NT opening - supBG p.3; 1 in a suit - Bidding Guide p.4 p.5; 2 NT and 3NT opening bids - Bidding Guide p.2; 1 Club opening bid - Bidding Guide p.2; 2 Club; Preemptive Opening; Weak Two Opening; 2 Club opening bid - Bidding Guide p.6; Weak 2 opening bids - Bidding Guide p.6; balanced hand opening bids; better minor opening bid; easy to remember - points required; opener's 15 point barrier; Preemptive opening bids - Bidding Guide p.7; when NOT to open the bidding
opening hand - minimum - strong - maximum
opening leads - Bidding Guide p.14: books; opening leads in NT; opening leads in trump contracts; Rule of 11; starting play after the auction
Overcalls - Bidding Guide p.8: Responses to a simple Overcall; 1NT Overcall; Jump Overcalls; NT response after an Overcall; The Unusual 2NT Overcall - Bidding Guide p.15

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P.

part score - less than 100 trick points: bonus points for part score, game and slam contracts
"Pass" sign - in silent bidding
Passed hand: responses by a Passed hand; Pass or Correct
Penalty Double: Rule of 6 and 4
percentages - how to calculate them from Match points
play: starting the play after the auction
points, hand evaluation - Bidding Guide p.1: high card points; length points; opener's 15 point barrier; responder's 10 point barrier; shortage points
possible losers - losing tricks in trump contracts
Power 1NT Opening - supBG page 3
Practice Deals - 1 to 60
Precision - Bidding System: books
Preemptive opening bids - Bidding Guide p.7: Responses; Rule of 2 and 3; Defence against Preempts - Bidding Guide p.16
priorities, bidding responses: after a 1 in a suit opening
puppet

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Q.

quality: suit quality test

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R.

range enquiry
Rank in RCO-2 Openings
raise - in the bidding: of 1 in a suit opening; after a 1 NT opening : Final bid - Invitation bid; jump raise by opener (after a suit bid response); jump raise by responder (after a 1 in a suit opening)
ranking - of suits and NT - Bidding Guide p.1
RCO-2 Openings with weak 2-suiters: Bidding Guide p.25
rebid
Redouble (RDBL): what does it mean; of a Take-out Double; after RCO-2 Openings; after a Doubled inverted Minor opening bid
reference books - on bidding and play
Relay in RCO-2 Openings
rescue bid, after a 1 NT opening - Bidding Guide p.3
responder (to opener): bidding priorities after a 1 in a suit opening; bidding a new suit response after 1 in a suit opnening; easy to remember - points required; Negative Double - Bidding Guide p.13 after opponent interference; NT responses after a 1 in a suit opening; rescue bid after a 1 NT opening - Bidding Guide p.3; responder's 10 point barrier; responses with 11-12 points; second bid by responder after a 1 in a suit opening; suit responses - after a 1 NT opening
Responsive Double
reverse bid
Rodwell, Eric - Support Double Convention
Roman Keycard Blackwood (Convention) - Bidding Guide p.14: 3NT RKC Blackwood; showing a void; Roman Key card ask through 4♣ or 4♦
rotation - of vulnerability
ruff: cross ruff; discarding losers by ruffing in Dummy; Dummy reversal; ruffing with a 4-4 trump fit; ruffing with a 5-3 trump fit; to gain extra tricks; to control a weak side suit; to develop a side suit; as entry to Dummy; when not to ruff
Rubinsohl Convention
Ruffing finesse
"Rule": Rule of 2 and 3; Rule of 2, 3 and 4; Rule of 11; Rule of 6 and 4; 8 ever, 9 never (finessing the Queen); With 8 or less : double finesse (the Queen)

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S.

Safe finesse

scoring

bonus points for part-, game and slam-contracts

scoring trick points in NT

scoring trick points in trump contracts

score calculator

score sheet - download

for 1 Table bridge : Score sheets - Score calculator

second bid by responder after a 1 in a suit opening

semibalanced, hand shape - Bidding Guide p.1

Sequence, in bidding - Bidding Guide p.11

shift

jump shift by opener

jump shift by responder

short 1 Club opening bid - Bidding Guide p.2

shortage points - Bidding Guide p.1

shuffling and dealing the cards

signals, card - books

signals by the Defence : L21.5

singleton - holding only 1 card in a suit

shortage points

skip-over principle in bidding

Slam bidding Conventions - Bidding Guide p.14 - Bidding Guide p.16

Slam contracts - making 12 or all 13 tricks

bonus points for part score, game and slam contracts

valuation points required for game and slam contracts

Slam Trial bids

Small Slam - making 12 tricks

bonus points for part-, game and slam-contracts

solid sequence - of cards lead by an honour

Splinter bids

with Jacoby 2NT response

with Bergen raises - Bidding Guide

Standard American - Bidding System

Stayman Convention - Bidding Guide p.12 and Bidding Guide p.3

Extended Stayman - supBG p.3a

Modified Stayman - supBG p.3

strategy, of Declaring side

strategy in the auction

strategy in NT contracts : Bidding Guide p.9

strategy in Trump contracts : Bidding Guide p.9

fundamental strategy

strong opening hand

Strong enquiry after a Multi-2D opening

suit

ranking - Bidding Guide p.1

developing a long suit

suit quality test

Suit in RCO-2 Openings

super accept (of transfer) - supBG p.3

super fit 5-4 in a trump suit

Bergen raises - Bidding Guide

Support Double over an Enemy Overcall

sure winners

counting your sure winners

cashing in your sure winners in a cross ruff game

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T.

3-5 trumpfit
2 Club Opening bid: Responses to 2 Club Opening
2NT: 2NT Opening - Bidding Guide p.2; 2NT Response - Bidding Guide p.4; Jacoby 2NT; Truscott 2NT; The Unusual 2NT Overcall - Bidding Guide p.15
table: table manners; table numbers
Take-out Doubles - Bidding Guide p.8: Responses to a Take-out Double; NT response after a Take_out Double; over 1NT Opening
Teams competition - IMPs scoring
Throw in: using a loser
Truscott 2NT
touching honours
Transfers: after a 1NT Opening - Bidding Guide p.23; after Power 1NT Opening - supBG page 3
traveller - duplicate score sheet (blank form)
Trial bids: Long suit Trial bids; Slam Trial bids
tricks, making: making tricks without a trump suit; making tricks with a trump suit
trick points: scoring trick points in NT; scoring trick points in trump contracts
Trick value Shortage Points (TSP) - Bidding Guide p.1a
Tripple finesse
trumps: making tricks with trumps; finding a trump fit
trump fits: major suit trump fits; 8 card trump fit; 4-4 trump fit; 5-3 trump fit; 5-4 super fit
trump contracts: handling a trump suit; opening leads in trump contracts - Bidding Guide p.14; scoring trick points in trump contracts; strategy in Trump contracts
Trump Honours asking bid - Bidding Guide p.16
Trump play techniques

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U.

underlead
United Kingdom - Bidding System used
unbalanced, hand shape - Bidding Guide p.1: valuation of very unbalanced hands
Unusual 2NT Overcall - Bidding Guide p.15
up the line, bidding suits

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V.

Valuation of very unbalanced hands
Vernes, Jean-Rene (his Law of Total Tricks)
void - holding no card in a suit: hand shape; shortage points; showing a void with Blackwood
: Vulnerability; vulnerable - what does it mean; rotation - of vulnerability

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W. - X. - Y. - Z.

Weak Two Opening - Bidding Guide p.6: Responses; Ogust Convention; Defence against Weak 2 Openings - Bidding Guide p.16
Wei, C.C. - inventor of the Precision System
X - written cross in silent bidding

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© 2006 Michael Furstner (Jazclass)