Bridge related stuff compiled by Jari Böling


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Links to Finnish bridge organisations:

Turun Bridgekerho - Turku Bridge Club
Suomen Bridgeliitto - Finlands Bridgeförbund - Finnish Bridge Federation

An excellent source for learning about bridge (for all levels of players):

Karen's Bridge Library

A collection of bridge sites:

Bridge Forum
Conventions by the Bridgeguys
TCSS, includes a lot of statistics.
BridgeMart
Great Bridge Links
An Australian bridge archive
Bridge matters
Daniel's Systems Page

Notrump systems:

Joppe's NT, originally developed for strong 1NT, but can also be used for weak 1NT.
Weak 1NT, the ultimate preempt
My collection of NT-conventions.
Chris Ryall's NT philosophy.

Weak-two stuff:

The weak-two site by Chris Ryall
Natural undisciplined weak twos by Kent Feiler
Newer and better version of Feilers system

Moscito (=Major Oriented Strong Club) stuff:

Moscito as played by GIB . A description of Terrorist's Moscito were earlier found on the GIB-site, a copy of the system description is available here.
Honeymoon Moscito, the simplest version Moscito.
Richard Willeys Moscito notes
J-Moscito, my own version of Moscito, updated October 8 2004. This new version includes:
1. Natural reverse relays, simple and good.
2. Semiforcing 1NT after limited one-level openings, mainly takes care of problems due to transfer openings and a weak responder, who sometimes had to pass without length in opening suit.
3. Updated description of the shape relays, hopefully much easier to read now.

The previous version included the following updates:
1. Modified system for describing minor-dominated hands (openings are inspired by Moscito 2002)
2. A much more thorough treatment of invitational and sign-off aspects (which in practice are much more common and, thus, probably more important than grand slam explorations). In practize I have squeezed in one minimum bid into the responses to invitational relays, enabled 2-level sign-offs in minors after minor openings, and introduced sign-offs, mini-splinters, and splinters in all suits after major openings.
3. A detailed description of reverse relays.
As a drawback, the difference between (the first) relay responses after limited openings (which may be invitational) and 1 clubs (which always are game-forcing) is now larger.
An even older version is available here, in the case that someones interested.

EHAA (=Every Hand An Adventure) stuff:

The official EHAA page. The most distinctive feature in EHAA is the undisciplined weak twos (2C is also a weak two).
My own version of EHAA, EHAA+, with a strong (19+) or natural 1C-opening (Updated May 12 2005, more exact definitions of 1C-2D and 1C-2NT, + cosmetics). Conventions included here: inverted minor raises, 1M-2NT invitational or better raise, mini-splinters, splinters. Furthermore, I also suggest and discuss use of Kent Feilers weak-two conventions after EHAA weak twos. Some minor modifications to the system are suggested after the weak 2C opening.

I have now also developed an advanced version of EHAA+, which actually is much closer to Polish Club (WJ2000 or WJ2005), and has thus the name Bolish Club. Last update January 4 2007, including alternative 2-openings: 2C Multi-Wilkosz and 2M semibalanced (5422 or 5332).
Key features of BC are 1C opening 18+ or natural, major openings promise 5 cards, 2C response is an artificial relay, other 2-over-1 responses are game forcing and promise 5 cards (2NT shows clubs). 1NT opening is 14-16 when vulnerable, 9-12 when not. 2C is "Mexican 2D" showing 17-18 balanced, and 2D is Wilkosz. 2NT is also derived from a Polish convention, weak preempt in a minor or 23-24 balanced, nonforcing as there is no more alternatives. Compared to Polish Club there is a clearer distinction between strong and weak hands after 1C opening, both regarding opener and responder. 1C-1D is always weak (0-5), and responder does always with his rebid show if he is strong or not. There is an exception to this, after interference double is as if opponents had opened, takeout with any strength or a strong singlesuiter.

Last updated October 31 2007 by Jari Böling