|
The Little Major is a bridge bidding system devised primarily by Terence Reese. ==Origins== The concept for "the Little Major" was born late in 1962 while Reese was en route to a tournament in the Canary Islands with Boris Schapiro. First with Schapiro and then with Jeremy Flint, Reese created the bidding system as "an Awful Warning of what might happen if every country playing international championships were to arrive with its own wholly artificial system". That project was soon overtaken by events and the system "was found in itself to be extremely interesting".〔 SBN 7091 0003 5〕 Reese promulgated three general principles:〔Reese, Terence (August 1969), ''Seven-stone weakling, Bridge Magazine'', page 96 & following〕 〔 #Aggressive openings on all hands that are ill-equipped for competition. All such defenceless hands are opened 1 or higher. #Early definition of range and type. Opening suit bids from 1 to 2 are precise as to range and pattern. #Extension of bidding vocabulary through use of relay bids and two-way bids. As the system evolved, it was awarded an 'A' licence by the English Bridge Union (EBU) which meant that it could be played in certain restricted events. It was first used in 1963 in international competition by Schapiro and Reese at the 23rd European Team Championships in Baden-Baden, Germany. That created a great deal of interest.〔 Flint and Reese used the Little Major in the 1964/65 world team championship at Buenos Aires.〔See the remarks by (Jeremy Flint on the "Buenos Aires affair", citing his 1970 book ''Tiger Bridge''.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Major」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|