Bid or Pass?

[pclayton]

I had never heard of a Burns fit, but I may have coined the phrase "Sub-Moysian" fit - typically a 3-3 fit.

A 'sub-Moysian' is known to me as a 4-2 fit, which is more often playable than a 3-3!

Also known to me as a 4-2, I thought this was an old term

It is, so is a mini-Moysian which is a 3-3.

[jdonn]

I always liked penultimoysian but it never caught on :)

[skjaeran]

This is an auto-pass for me.

 

Burn's law say that you should't play with a trump where the opponents have more trumps than your side.

 

Over here we jokingly refer to a 3-2 fit as an Ulfsian fit, after Ulf Nilson and partner relayed to 6♣ on such a fit in the Nordic Championship 10 years ago. :)

[kenrexford]

I played in a 7-board match in Chattanooga a few years ago against a very strong team (names you would know). At about board 2, I ended up declaring the final contract of 4♥ with a 5-0 fit (not a 5-0 split, a 5-0 fit), down, instead of either minor slam or 6NT, making, vulnerable.

 

At about board 6, our opponents declared a final contract of 4♥ with a 4-1 fit. When dummy hit and Declarer made an appropriately rude comment, I countered that at least his partner had a stiff for him.

 

I doubt that two presumably competent teams have ever before or after had each side declare a trump suit with only five trumps in a single seven-board match, let alone the exact same contract.

 

One could call this a Cotterman-Katz Fit.

[han]

I think Chattanooga fit is a better name.