Intermediate American Bridge Bidding System Contents

The Intermediate American Bidding System makes the transition to modern methods including weak two openings. It teaches all of the pieces of "Standard" American in a way that integrates the varied forms of same. Don't be thrown by the term "intermediate." Many duplicate players think that they have reached that level when they can no longer play in novice games. Not so. "Intermediate," as defined by the authors, can vary from folks with zero ACBL masterpoints to 2500 masterpoints. It's not the points that count, it's the skill level.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Introduction
Table of Contents
Chapter 1:  Opening 1-Level Suit Bids, Responses, and Rebids
   When and How to Open
   Upgrading Your Style
   Defining Your Range
   Responses and Rebids With a Fit
      When Responder Has a Minimum With a Fit For Opener's Suit
      When Responder has an Invitational Hand With a Fit
      When Responder Has the Values For a Forcing Raise
   When Responder Has No Fit For Opener's Suit
   Here's That Later Stuff
      When Points Don't Matter
      More on Reverses and Jump Shifts
      Forcing Bids:  Our Way and the Standard Way
Chapter 2:  Opening Suit Bids at the Two Level
   A Bit of History
   Weak Two Bids
      General
      Responding To Partner's Weak Two Bid
      Interference
   The Opening Two Club Bid:  Strong, Artificial, and Forcing
      When to Open Two Clubs
      Responding to Partner's 2C Opening Bid
      Rebids
      Interference
Chapter 3:  No Trump
   Opening No Trump Ranges and Shape
   Transfers
      Jacoby Transfers
      Extensions To Jacoby Transfers
      Ranges of Jacoby Transfers
      Responses to Transfers
      Rebids After Transfers
      When Responder Has Length In Both Majors
      Opener's Second Rebid
   Stayman and Other Stuff
      Minor Suit Stayman
      Inviting and Escaping In a Minor Suit
      Checkback Stayman
      Puppet Stayman
   Interference
   When We Overcall 1NT
Chapter 4:  Preempts and Third and Fourth Seat Opening Bids
   Preempts
      Preempts in 1st and 2nd Seat
      Preempts in 3rd and 4th Seat
      NAMYATS
   Opening One-Level Bids in Third Seat
      Responding to Partner's 3rd Seat Opening Bid
      Opener's Rebid
      The Drury Convention
Chapter 5:  Defensive Bidding
   Review of Volume I
   New Concepts
      The Michaels Cue Bid
      Extended Michaels
      The Unusual No Trump
      Unusual No Trump Extensions
      Mathe Over Strong, Artificial 1C Opening Bids
   Defensive Bidding When They Open 1NT
      Natural Methods
      Disturb(ing) Opponents' No Trump (DONT)
      Astro
      Becker
      Ripstra
      Suction
      Brozel
      Other Methods
   Special Doubles
      Responsive Doubles
      Rosenkranz Doubles
Chapter 6:  When the Opponents Enter "Our" Auction
   General Concepts
      General Principles
      Hand Evaluation
   When We Open and They Overcall
      Negative Doubles
   When We Open and They Make a Takeout Double
   When They Overcall With No Trump
   Actions When the Enemy Employs a 2-Suited Bid
   Special Doubles
      Support Doubles
      Competitive Doubles
      Extended Competitive Doubles--Made by Opener
      Maximal Doubles
Chapter 7:  A Few More Common Conventions for IA Plus
   Blackwood and Gerber Enhancements
      Keycard Blackwood
      Roman Keycard Blackwood
   Alternatives To The Weak Two Diamond Bid
      Mini-Roman
      Flannery
      Doubles of Artificial Opening Bids
   Inverted Minors
   Some Commonly Used Conventions We Don't Use
      Bergen Raises
      Walsh Relays
      Mathe Asking Bids
Chapter 8:  Odds and Ends
   Ethics
   4NT * When Is It Blackwood?
   Partnership Fundamentals
Chapter 9:  Declarer Play and Defense
   Counting
   Some Principles of Declarer Play
   Defense
      Defending During the Auction
      Opening Leads
      Defensive Play
Chapter 10:  You've Read It, Now Do It
   How to Integrate This Material into Your Game
      Year One--Intermediate American
      Year Two*Intermediate American Plus
   Required and Recommended Reading
   Intermediate American
   Intermediate American Plus

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