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Acol is named after the Acol Bridge Club in London NW6, where it originated in the early 1930s. The club was founded on Acol Road, named after Acol,...

theory of bidding in contract bridge, particularly in the context of the Acol system of which Simon was one of the co-developers. It was the first, and...

bypasses a bid in a lower-ranking suit already bid by the same player". The Acol definition is somewhat wider and includes any bid of a new suit by opener...

15-18, usually 6-4 or 7-3. 3♥ up to 4♠ as in Acol. The Little Major was described in Bridge Magazine on two occasions, the last in the August 1969 issue...

narrowly defined high card point (HCP) range. In these systems, such as Acol and Standard American, NT bids are limit bids and therefore are not forcing...

game and asks partner to help in making the decision. For example, (using Acol or Standard American bidding) if opener, with around 16-17 HCP, bids 1♥ and...

American)(1995) Guide to Better Duplicate Bridge (Acol)(1995) Basic Acol Bridge (1996) Cue-Bidding to Slams (Acol) (1996) The New Complete Book of Bridge (with...

conventions that have been developed by bridge bidding theorists. 5-4-4-3 System Acol Baron, an English system developed in the 1940s by Leo Baron, Adam Meredith...

Benjaminised "Benji" Acol is common, associated with forcing 2C and 2D bids. One of these as powerful as the American 2C, The other a traditional "Acol Two" in as...

British international bridge player who was instrumental in developing the Acol bidding system. Marx was born in Willesden, London. He went to Repton School...

textbook on it with Ben Cohen in 1938. Named after the Acol Bridge Club in North London (located on Acol Road at the time), it became the prevailing bidding...

Scottish international bridge player who invented a popular variant on the Acol bidding system. He lived in Glasgow all his life, though his father came...

revising text from Phillips. Cohen, Ben The Acol Two Club. Second and subsequent editions titled The Acol System of Contract Bridge 1938: Sheffield, 1938...

based on his bridge writing and related investments. In the early Thirties, Acol is fashioned by S. J. Simon and Jack Marx, and eventually becomes the most...

with 23 HCP, or a seven-card suit with 21 HCP and is forcing to game. In Acol, the main bidding system in the United Kingdom, strong two bids are still...

Point Press The Hands of Time, Master Point Press, 2004 25 Conventions for Acol Players, Master Point Press 2005 I Love this Game, with Sabine Auken 2006...

only after a 1♦ opener. The traditional approach in Standard American and Acol, for example, is for a single raise of a minor suit opening to show a weak...

in a hand of minimum strength. The most widespread natural systems are: Acol, featuring 4-card majors and weak notrump, originating in Great Britain Standard...

response is to split the traditional 2NT response in a precise HCP way e.g. for Acol (1NT = 12-14 HCP): 1NT - 2♠ = I have a balanced hand and exactly 11 HCP 1NT...

opening hand is either minimum or maximum, whereas Standard American, 2/1 and Acol openings have minimum, medium and maximum ranges, requiring extra bids to...