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#21 User is offline   jdeegan 

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Posted 2011-August-24, 23:57

:P In the early 1990's I played the dreaded Kamikaze NT - 10 to 13- HCP. Marshall Miles came up with the best system for it. It was sort of two way puppet stayman. Transfers make no sense since with them usually the weak hand gets hidden, whereas the other hand is the real mystery.
Getting out of 1NT doubled was lotsa fun. I recall one GNT qualifier team game in Jackson, Mississippi where the comparison was +1280 (1NT doubled and redoubled making two), push. Now I wasn't a party to this, but I know what I saw. One method of getting out of the trap was known as the "Moscow Escapes". You really needed agreements.
With ACOL-type weak no trumps, I think transfers are marginal since hiding the "big" hand is not so much an issue. I never played transfers with Kaplan-Sheinwold, and it worked just fine. My advice is to play a simple system and try to play it well up to the point where you are competitive against the very top players in your community and really feel the need to work with a regular partner and upgrade.
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Posted 2011-August-25, 02:43

Moscow is simply an agreement for System on, XX forces 2C with a minor or both majors, and Pass forces XX to bid 4 card suits up the line. I played it as a junior and it is OK but not as good as methods that show more specific 2-suiters.
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Posted 2011-August-25, 03:07

Here in England "everybody" plays weak NT and transfers. I only remember once that opps' use of transfers enabled us to bid a good game contract we would not have bid otherwise, and that was after I doubled 1NT and opps played system on. If you play 10-12 I am sure it is different but playing 12-14 I would not worry too much about it. Just make sure that system is off in contested auctions.

Obviously the stronger opps are, the better they will be to take advantage of your transfers, and the stronger the argument for playing weak take outs.
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Posted 2011-August-25, 20:48

View PostZelandakh, on 2011-August-25, 02:43, said:

Moscow is simply an agreement for System on, XX forces 2C with a minor or both majors, and Pass forces XX to bid 4 card suits up the line. I played it as a junior and it is OK but not as good as methods that show more specific 2-suiters.

As I know it (and play it), Moscow Escapes are:

2♣, 2♦, and 2♥ same as DONT
Pass - desire to play 1NTx (or nothing to say)
xx - One suited hand (relay to 2♣)
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