kenrexford Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Anyone notice? The ACBL Board of Directors is considering a motion to expand defenses to a 1NT opening, such that 2D also can be multi-purpose without an anchor suit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerclee Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I did know this! I hope they do it, as in the ACBL at the expert level, Woolsey (either with a penalty double or without it) is probably the single most common defense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awm Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 Seems to me that this same change has been voted on multiple times, and it always gets voted down. I seem to recall that recently our (district 23, Los Angeles) representative even voted against the change, despite the fact that all defenses to notrump are allowed in our district! Anyway, I agree that this should be changed but I'm not holding my breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TylerE Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 I wonder if it would make sense to have a 'mirror' rule. Basically, over an opening whre opponents are allowed to play anything (Basically, NT options, forcing clubs, a preempts), any conventional defense should be allowed. Perhaps bar purely destructive defenses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegmund Posted March 1, 2010 Report Share Posted March 1, 2010 We can keep trying, every time another old conventionphobic fogey keels over, I guess... Who knows, if people learn to cope with multi 2D over 1NT, maybe in another 10 years we can learn to cope with multi 2D openings too. Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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