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Throughout the years of bridge at Williams, as in any bridge club, there has been a great deal of experimenting with bidding and teaching each other old and new systems. It has always been helpful, though, to have a set of standard conventions (agreed bidding systems) that are relatively simple, based on teachable principles. | Throughout the years of bridge at Williams, as in any bridge club, there has been a great deal of experimenting with bidding and teaching each other old and new systems. It has always been helpful, though, to have a set of standard conventions (agreed bidding systems) that are relatively simple, based on teachable principles. | ||
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Bridge Club's basic "approach" to bidding has been based Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), the most common beginner's system in the United States. The major change, however, to the system as bid in the club from 2002 to 2005, was that strong responses were made as jump-shifts. This made it very obvious when a game hand was held, but harder to bid slam. Club members decided this was desirable, as slam was rarer and harder to play, while game was important not to miss. | Bridge Club's basic "approach" to bidding has been based Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), the most common beginner's system in the United States. The major change, however, to the system as bid in the club from 2002 to 2005, was that strong responses were made as jump-shifts. This made it very obvious when a game hand was held, but harder to bid slam. Club members decided this was desirable, as slam was rarer and harder to play, while game was important not to miss. | ||
| − | In 2004, to support the [[Free University]] class on beginner's bridge that he was teaching with Matthew Spencer, [[Jonathan Landsman]] attempted the codify the opening and first-round response bids in a flow-chart like "[[Image:Bridge_Club_Cheat_Sheet.pdf|cheat sheet]] | + | In 2004, to support the [[Free University]] class on beginner's bridge that he was teaching with Matthew Spencer, [[Jonathan Landsman]] attempted the codify the opening and first-round response bids in a flow-chart-like "cheat sheet": [[Image:Bridge_Club_Cheat_Sheet.pdf|cheat sheet]] |
| − | In 2008, Jonathan made a similar sheet to express something closer to SAYC, while he was teaching beginning students at Cornell. | + | In 2008, Jonathan made a similar sheet to express something closer to SAYC, while he was teaching beginning students at Cornell: [[Image:Bridgeclub08cheatsheet.pdf]] |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
* Standard American Yellow Card as described on [http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/basics.htm prairienet] | * Standard American Yellow Card as described on [http://www.prairienet.org/bridge/basics.htm prairienet] | ||
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Throughout the years of bridge at Williams, as in any bridge club, there has been a great deal of experimenting with bidding and teaching each other old and new systems. It has always been helpful, though, to have a set of standard conventions (agreed bidding systems) that are relatively simple, based on teachable principles.
Past systems
Bridge Club's basic "approach" to bidding has been based Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), the most common beginner's system in the United States. The major change, however, to the system as bid in the club from 2002 to 2005, was that strong responses were made as jump-shifts. This made it very obvious when a game hand was held, but harder to bid slam. Club members decided this was desirable, as slam was rarer and harder to play, while game was important not to miss.
In 2004, to support the Free University class on beginner's bridge that he was teaching with Matthew Spencer, Jonathan Landsman attempted the codify the opening and first-round response bids in a flow-chart-like "cheat sheet": File:Bridge Club Cheat Sheet.pdf
In 2008, Jonathan made a similar sheet to express something closer to SAYC, while he was teaching beginning students at Cornell: File:Bridgeclub08cheatsheet.pdf
See also
- Standard American Yellow Card as described on prairienet
