Wayne_LV Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Has anyone played or played against Chilli? http://chillibidding.org/fundamentals.htm On the surface, it appears to effective and the author of the above website claims to have success with it in tournaments. Curious if anyone has taken a serious look at Chilli and has opionions as to whether it is worth an attempt to learn. One seemingly attractive aspect of Chilli is there are few rules to memorize. Wayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Call me opinionated but 1♦=21+ sounds like a bad idea to me. If you are interested in 1♣ and 1♦ both showing only strength, nothing about distribution, why not try magic diamond, which makes much much more sense? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free Posted August 30, 2007 Report Share Posted August 30, 2007 Everyone who plays a home made system claims it's perfect. But in reality many just aren't constructed with a solid skeleton, just like this one... 1♣ 16-20 and 1♦ 21+, that's just madness, not to mention the 2♣ opening! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rory74 Posted August 31, 2007 Report Share Posted August 31, 2007 I tried the system some years ago. There are some seriuos flaws in it, although I can't quite remember which ones. The author told me there is a new version. Especially the 1♣ and 1♦-opening. So I think you should contact him and ask for the improvements. Rory74 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerben42 Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 I've played and played against Magic ♦ which is basically the same but better. I can claim this as it was designed not by me but by someone way smarter ;) However my version is much simpler for simple souls like myself! http://www.geocities.com/gerben47/bridge/magicd.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the hog Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 Just had a look at this and totally agree with Frederick. This is a very poorly designed system. Everyone thinks their own system is wonderful and it usually isn't. Magic D on the other hand is a real system. Why not stick to something tried and true and build on sound fundementals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbleighton Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 1D is a waste of a bid and 2C seems unplayable. I'm not sure what the advantages are supposed to be. Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted September 5, 2007 Report Share Posted September 5, 2007 not to mention the 2♣ opening! Since 'only one bid fits', 2 clubs cannot have- A 4 card majorA 6 card diamond suitBalanced or semi balanced. In theory, the only 4 card club suit then you could have is 5431: 5 diamonds, 4 clubs, 3-1 in the majors. If you define 5431 3-1 in the majors as semibalanced (I would), then there is no possible club suit with 4 cards, and the only possible ones with only 5 cards would also have 5+ diamonds. So 2 clubs does look playable, it's just the description is lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 not to mention the 2♣ opening! Since 'only one bid fits', 2 clubs cannot have- A 4 card majorA 6 card diamond suitBalanced or semi balanced. In theory, the only 4 card club suit then you could have is 5431: 5 diamonds, 4 clubs, 3-1 in the majors. It's clearly better to stick the (31)54s into 2♦. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtfanclub Posted September 6, 2007 Report Share Posted September 6, 2007 It's clearly better to stick the (31)54s into 2♦. I'm not sure. If 2 diamonds is an inquiry of some sort, then it's better to stick it somewhere else. If 2 diamonds is suit preference (the 2C opener will have 3+ diamonds a very large % of the time) then I suppose it will live just fine in 2 clubs. You're always going to have some garbage hands that you'd just as soon ignore so as to increase the purity of your bidding system. I am not convinced that making 2D and 2C both somewhat impure (6+ most of the time) is better than 2 diamonds pure and 2 clubs very impure. You just bid as if partner had promised 5+ clubs and 3+ diamonds and if doesn't have that, you'll find out soon enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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