May issue of The Bridge World has Denis Lesage's Illizzag (Gazzilli spelled backwards):
After 1M-1NT-?,
2♣: Artificial, less than 16 without 6+ in M, not 4+♥s if 1♠ opening
2♦: Artificial, 16-18, now 2OM or 3M establishes a GF
2M: 6+ in M, 11-15
2OM: natural if 2♥, 18-19 balanced if 2♠
2NT+: various game forces
What is nice about this is if 1M-2♣ is any GF, then 1M-2♦ can be a ♦ signoff
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Illizzag
#2
Posted 2014-April-28, 16:39
What's 1M-1N, 2C-2D then? An artificial invite of some sort? Or maybe a weakness signal is better.
#3
Posted 2014-April-28, 16:57
straube, on 2014-April-28, 16:39, said:
What's 1M-1N, 2C-2D then?
Article:
After 1M-1NT;-2♣-?
Pass: to play
2♦: no other good bid, "almost always" 4♦, now 1♠-1NT;-2♣-2♦;-2♥ shows 3♥s
2♥: if new suit, 5+♥s
2M: preference
2NT, 3♣, 3M: invites
rest: undefined in article, editor might have removed them
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#4
Posted 2014-April-29, 22:18
Whatever the merits of the convention, it is one hell of a name. Wish I had thought of using it.
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