Show r CULBERTSON on CONTRACT By Ely Culbertson I Worlds World's Words Word's Champion Player Flayer and Greatest Card j III c BIDDING ONE OVER ONE ONEA A few people have taken one fea fea- ture-an ture ure an important one it its is true true true-of of the ic Forcing Approach System of or biding bid ding ing and sought to make of oC it a golden calf cal alf before which contract players player were expected to fall faU down and wor wor- ship tup Of Ot course I refer to the response of f one In a D suit to partners partner's opening bid bid id In its it essence the called so-called one one over vcr one convention has always alway beena been a part of the Forcing Approach tern em of bidding Generally speaking the tie approach principle simply means that hat opening bids should be bids of one ne in order that the partnership may explore the possibilities of part part- score core game or slam before it has embarked upon an impossible con can tract tract As a matter of course it follows fol fol- lows that if I one player opens with witha a bid of one in a suit and his hs partner part ner responds with wih a bid of oC one in a higher ranking suit sui if i the opening bid id is any anything thine more than a mere minimum there will vill wi be a further dec dec- ither either the of or the opening open open- ing ng suit sit the bid Ibid of trump no-trump the showing howing of of another suit suit or r support for or partners partner's bid suit This is sheer common sense and naturally is i the foundation of ot any sound system o of bidding However the worst difficulty that tha some players have faced in connection ion tion ton with wih this thiS entirely natural bics bid bic is s the impression ion they have gained that through the mere fact that partner part part ner ncr responds to an opening bid o of one in a suit with wih a bid of or one in a higher ranking rankin suit in i some Ious bus ous manner sleight ht of hand or what wha whatnot whatnot not the deuces and treys have been converted into aces and kings O Of course this is absurd In actual tice those who use the Culbertson System consider the response of one on in a higher ranking rankine suit sui as a forcing forcin bid 99 per cent of the time This i iso is isso isso so because the proportion of opening open ing bids made on absolute minim urns is extremely small smal It I would b be difficult for a player to t deal out a hand containing a bedrock minimum min mm mum bid that would not justify a further bid if I partner showed signs sign of interest responding with a bid of one in a higher ranking suit suit By considering this bid as absolute absolutely forcing the fine inferences which can be DC drawn draw from the natural use ue o othe of the bid disappear Thus Thu having 3 1 12 or more tricks honor those who use us the Forcing Approach-Forcing System wilnot will wil wi not merely bid one over partners partner's opening suit bid of one but will wi make mak maka make a forcing takeout which indicates a strong trong probability of ot game and a hand of such strength that a round of bid bic ding can well wel be sacrificed in order to lo convey more precise inferences On the thc other hand for lor forthe the opening bid is one diamond the response to to that bid is IS one K then the opening bidder ca can the thc te precise inference that ca Ui the spending hand does docs not hold ter 3 1 tricks honor or he would ma forcing takeout m Thc TIie Te fact that such sch slight values as a five card ard length leng add lr suit or a queen above a mini i hand justify justy a 1 when mi p has hat responded to a bid of ont a io bid of one makes Is i imn Un un unto f to make a forcing takeout oh on ful hands Forcing bids are ae o ular and interesting They Tey n weapons weapon when the ha hand I such strength as to justify hal but ut the forcing opening bi takeout ng and the forcing i have lave all been abused by pla j pla ful ul of oC missing game The proper conception at bidd r that hat each bid when the partner part has las opened the bidding part is if a I 2 forward COr ard It I ma may not be a step tow game or or slam but each bid and u response should more clearly dS close cose to both players player whether cearl S t goal on that part particular ular hand be score part game or or slam su s M A many rounds of bidding as a s should be conserved on pS hands so that when the score ore marked down it will wi be on t tand tha el and not the thc minus side of ot the t sheet thesbe TO TOMORROWS TOMORROW'S IO ROWS ROW'S HAND T The bidding and play of t the printed morrow below will wi be bc d te t South South Dealer Both sides vulnerable vulnerable J A J 10 9 7 3 V 10 o 1 2 o A 3 e Q 66 65 10 9 8 E 6 4 A 3 62 V K KJ J B g 7 4 0 o K 9 7 A 2 Study the hand decide how would bid and play it it and then the cc ess pare parc the results you obtain with wit the shown in i tomorrows tomorrow's article artcle U I QUESTIONS ANSWERED Mr Culbertson Culberton will wi be glad to t b any specific question queston o on ta bit b ding or play sent in by read readers reader en AJ At dress him in care of this A enclosing a stamped sel-dd sel self address envelope j Copyright Copyright 1932 Ely Ey 4 |