gwnn Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 I seem to remember there was such a system but I can't find it now, neither on BBF nor on Google. Am I misremembering something? I guess it was something like: 1C=16+1D=exactly 4 spades (can be canape and I guess also balanced)1H=4+ hearts (canape with a minor or 5H4m or one-suited or balanced)1S=5+ spades1NT=balanced, no 4-card major?2C=one suiter2D=one suiter Am I making this up on the spot? Parts of it definitely, but does anyone remember this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrothgar Posted September 18, 2014 Report Share Posted September 18, 2014 There was at least one MOSCITO variant that looked similar 1C = Strong1D = 4+ Spades1H = 4+ Hearts1S = unbalanced with 4+ diamonds1N = 11+-14 balanced2C = 6+ clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glen Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I seem to remember there was such a system but I can't find it now, neither on BBF nor on Google. Am I misremembering something? I guess it was something like: 1C=16+1D=exactly 4 spades (can be canape and I guess also balanced)1H=4+ hearts (canape with a minor or 5H4m or one-suited or balanced)1S=5+ spades1NT=balanced, no 4-card major?2C=one suiter2D=one suiter Am I making this up on the spot? Parts of it definitely, but does anyone remember this?My Spry looks somewhat like this, it was last used this year, not-vul only, by a Greek pair in Euro 2014 http://info.ecatsbridge.com/Systems/2014EuropeanTeamChampionships-Opatija/OpenTeams/Greece/Delimpaltadakis_Papakyriakopoulos.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I can certainly see how putting balanced hands in 1H can hurt but can't you put in 10-14 balanced with 4 spades in 1D? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 I seem to remember there was such a system but I can't find it now, neither on BBF nor on Google. Am I misremembering something? I guess it was something like: 1C=16+1D=exactly 4 spades (can be canape and I guess also balanced)1H=4+ hearts (canape with a minor or 5H4m or one-suited or balanced)1S=5+ spades1NT=balanced, no 4-card major?2C=one suiter2D=one suiter Am I making this up on the spot? Parts of it definitely, but does anyone remember this? http://www.bridgebase.com/forums/topic/18091-gemini-moscito/page__p__177434__hl__gemini__fromsearch__1#entry177434 That's my system, Gemini. 1NT denied 4 spades but not 4 hearts, 1H was unbal (or perhaps 5332). Played it a few times, it was pretty effective at speedball! Didn't take it further, mainly because most of my potential partners didn't have any experience with strong club. Suspect it would be a good system to play in 1st [not unfav]. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwnn Posted September 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Ah yes I think I saw both of these systems before, thanks! Do you have a follow up system available somewhere MickyB? (I found glen's Spry already of course.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickyB Posted September 19, 2014 Report Share Posted September 19, 2014 Ah yes I think I saw both of these systems before, thanks! Do you have a follow up system available somewhere MickyB? (I found glen's Spry already of course.) Thanks! Will try to dig it out of my hotmail account when I have the time. I think that, over 1D, one of 1M showed hearts, the other was ART INV [important given the wide-ranging balanced option that I was putting through it]. 1N:2C was asking for four hearts with 1N:2C, 2D:2M showing a 5-card invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwiktrix Posted October 15, 2014 Report Share Posted October 15, 2014 I seem to remember there was such a system but I can't find it now, neither on BBF nor on Google. Am I misremembering something? I guess it was something like: 1C=16+1D=exactly 4 spades (can be canape and I guess also balanced)1H=4+ hearts (canape with a minor or 5H4m or one-suited or balanced)1S=5+ spades1NT=balanced, no 4-card major?2C=one suiter2D=one suiter Am I making this up on the spot? Parts of it definitely, but does anyone remember this? I believe I posted a similar system design on rec.games.bridge probably 2-3 years ago. Played it in MP for 6 months but was tired of prealerting and explaining the artificial 1D. 1C = 15+1D = 12-14 4s with canape [or 6+s]1H = 10-14 4h with canape [or 6+h]1S = 8-11 4s with canape [unbalanced only]1N = 10-14 no 4M [could have 5M332]2C = 10-14 4+c [canape into longer suit] or 6+c2D = 10-14 4+d [canape inot longer suit]2M = weak2N = 10-14 minors Kurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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