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Abbreviations
- m
- minor suit (♦/♣)
- M
- Major suit (♥/♠)
- oM/om
- other Major/minor than the one already mentioned (e.g.: 1M-3oM: 1♠-3♥or 1♥-3♠)
- R
- Red suit (♥/♦)
- B
- Black suit (♠/♣)
- F1
- one round forcing
- nF
- non-Forcing
- GF
- Game forcing (or forcing to 4m in rare situations)
- TRF
- transfer
- re-TRF
- re-transfer
- bal
- any 5332, 4432, 4333
- semi-bal
- any 5422, 6322, 7222
- unbal
- unbalanced shape
- 7321
- any 7321 shape
- =7321
- 7 spades, 3 hearts, 2 diamonds and 1 club
- 54(31)
- 5 spades, 4 hearts and 3-1 in minors
- ART
- artificial
- INV
- invitational to game
- PRE
- preemptive bid (raise to the third level promises 5-6)
- GBS
- Game Before Slam principle (searching for stoppers)
- S/T
- Slam try
- sbsq.
- subsequent bidding tree
Ideas loosely based on bidding systems and approaches by
- Geoff Hampson – Eric Greco
- Responses to PRE openings
- Jeff Meckstroth – Eric Rodwell
- Puppet Stayman after 1NT
- Edgar Kaplan and Jeff Rubens
- Hand evaluation, Raising on three, USP
- George Rosenkranz
- Slam tools, competitive auctions
- Michael Lawrence
- Competitive auctions
- Andrew Robson and Oliver Segal
- Partnership bidding in bridge: The contested auction
- Karen Walker
- Various
- Jerry Helms and Bill Lohmann
- NT opening defense
- Krzysztof Martens
- Transfers in competitive auctions
- Vladimír Machát
- 1C opening style and subsequent bidding