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Namyats

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The advantage of Namyats is that it allows the partnership to narrow the range of hands opened in a major suit at the one-level and rebid in a later round. Also, the method may prevent the opponents to enter the bidding despite having a cheap sacrifice against the major suit game indicated by the
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bids are no longer available as preempts, although proponents of the method argue that this is hardly a disadvantage as such preempts are rarely invoked for fear of bypassing a making game in notrump. Alternatively, partnerships can describe these hands by adopting the
220:) relay response. When partner has no slam interest a two-step response is made that completes the bidding. Also, a slam can be bid directly over the opening with sufficient strength. The responses to both Namyats openings are summarised in the table. 62:. Accordingly, the method was originally named 'Four Club and Four Diamond Opening Transfers'; it is also referred to as 'Mitchell Transfers', after the developer of this bidding method, 1348: 288: 281: 1530: 1474: 1873: 1469: 1369: 1909: 1773: 1768: 1509: 1484: 1479: 1439: 1424: 1389: 1379: 274: 2128: 1904: 1514: 1414: 1394: 1374: 2118: 1688: 1499: 1494: 1464: 1459: 1454: 1419: 1399: 1384: 70:, spelled backwards. In England, this convention is known as 'South African Texas', a name borrowed from a similar variant on the 1535: 1489: 1444: 1434: 1429: 1404: 1747: 1504: 1449: 1409: 2237: 1683: 2272: 2068: 2279: 2108: 1983: 2310: 615: 411: 261: 29: 1540: 891: 2143: 1863: 1858: 1833: 1828: 1703: 1698: 1633: 1169: 2138: 2003: 1998: 1993: 1933: 1878: 1848: 1843: 1343: 951: 2258: 2197: 1853: 956: 2028: 1928: 1823: 2399: 2123: 2058: 2038: 1943: 1693: 1678: 1643: 1628: 1194: 852: 2224: 2153: 1818: 1658: 1648: 1638: 421: 396: 371: 2214: 2063: 1338: 645: 635: 2244: 1948: 426: 63: 2158: 1978: 1938: 1838: 1708: 1663: 1597: 726: 386: 2286: 2018: 1803: 1778: 1673: 1607: 1209: 1154: 695: 2098: 2093: 1653: 1592: 1204: 1090: 911: 786: 761: 1783: 216:
bid. This allows the partnership to explore for slam by deploying a conventional one-step (4
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with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4
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hand containing a long solid major too strong for a preemptive opening, like
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Index

Contract bridge
Bidding system
Bridge convention
Glossary of contract bridge terms
bridge
conventional agreement
major suit
preemptive opening
Victor Mitchell
Samuel Stayman
Texas transfer
one-suited
Gambling 3NT
South African Texas
Namyats description on Bridgehands
Namyats description on BridgeGuys
Alan Truscott on Namyats in The New York Times
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Contract bridge
Auction bridge
Bridge ethics
Bridge-O-Rama
Bridge maxims
Bridge Murder case
Bridge scoring
Bridge whist
Bridgette
Cheating in bridge

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