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Anyone notice? The ACBL Board of Directors is considering a motion to expand defenses to a 1NT opening, such that 2D also can be multi-purpose without an anchor suit.
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Posted 2010-March-01, 15:03
I did know this! I hope they do it, as in the ACBL at the expert level, Woolsey (either with a penalty double or without it) is probably the single most common defense.
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Posted 2010-March-01, 15:25
Seems to me that this same change has been voted on multiple times, and it always gets voted down. I seem to recall that recently our (district 23, Los Angeles) representative even voted against the change, despite the fact that all defenses to notrump are allowed in our district!
Anyway, I agree that this should be changed but I'm not holding my breath.
Anyway, I agree that this should be changed but I'm not holding my breath.
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Posted 2010-March-01, 15:38
I wonder if it would make sense to have a 'mirror' rule. Basically, over an opening whre opponents are allowed to play anything (Basically, NT options, forcing clubs, a preempts), any conventional defense should be allowed. Perhaps bar purely destructive defenses.
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Posted 2010-March-01, 16:31
We can keep trying, every time another old conventionphobic fogey keels over, I guess...
Who knows, if people learn to cope with multi 2D over 1NT, maybe in another 10 years we can learn to cope with multi 2D openings too. Wow.
Who knows, if people learn to cope with multi 2D over 1NT, maybe in another 10 years we can learn to cope with multi 2D openings too. Wow.
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