Carl and I might be the only pair who play that the auction 1NT-2NT is invitational to 3NTI hope it is not true. :), p?
"Meckstroth and Roswell do not bid exactly alike"
I didn't know Meckstroth played with aliens :)
7 no trumps is the team name suggested by vee for us.
Toasterin + Tislafi would like to play in a team. Team mates for Blu + Palych? I am told that they do not know how to get onto this site.
ACOL Site has been updated with detailed info:
The IAC versus Acol Club team match is taking place on Saturday 26th February, starting at 8:00 pm UK time (2000utc, 3pm eastern usa).
Deadline for registrations is February 21st, 2359utc.
It is hoped that 5 teams from each side will be taking part, with some from the IAC playing their Super Precision system. It had been hoped that we could hold this match in two timings, one earlier in the day, to allow Asian players access as well. Unfortunately, that has not been possible on this occasion. But, if successful, this match may well be repeated, and we will make every effort to bring that about in future.
Sanya (holding bbo_iac) has agreed to start the teams at approximately two minute intervals. All matches will play the same boards. 16 in all... changing opposition at the half way point. Scoring will be done by IMPs.
On the Monday after, the 28th February, instead of the usual “Dare” tournament and subsequent discussion with Cedar or poco1, they will give their analysis of the boards played in the match. I’m sure some hands will favour the IAC systems, and some will favour the Acolites. But there are sure to be aspects in the play and defence that are worth looking at.
The primary objective is to learn how to play against unfamiliar systems, but, above all, to enjoy yourself!
Colin (poco1)
Please all note the dates, times. We'll match teams in order they registered, so we can NOT promise all will have opponents, we'll advise after registration deadline ended.
All captains should write to IAC.at.BBO@gmail.com and submit the following info:
TEAM NAME
USERNAMES of all teammates, and who will play in 1st half and who in second (or we choose by order).
It's the captain's responsibility to assure that all teammates are available and online, ready to start playing in announced time.
So far, we have the following teams registered:
Team name:?
Captain: WackoJack
Kenberg+Jeschca1
WackoJack+Veeree
Team name: From All Countries
Captain: maysie
maysie+Boleo1
lysblanc+oktayA
RaNTuL+Uof FL Jen
Team name:?
Captain: Epee9
Epee9+Eszter5
Bfortune+sjAldan
arda85+soko52
Team name:?
Captain: dblqueen
dblqueen+dickhy
bABsG+msphola
This team has not yet confirmed officially:
Blu+Palych
and another pair.
Please let me know Team name, or I'll call you something funny that you might not find so funny ; )
And please be sure all partners are paired correctly, let me know if there are any changes, or who spare players might be, if any teammate lost connection / power, etc.
I think the teams you list are all iac teams? Will we see acol teams listed? Are any of the listed teams playing Precision, Super or otherwise?We register only IAC teams. Colin (poco1) registers ACOL teams. On Feb 22nd, we will compare the lists, hoping for 5 teams from each club and set who will be opposing whom. We'll publish all that on both IAC and ACOL sites, and also give direct email contacts to Captains of teams, so that they can communicate, state systems, and prepare defence.
As to "USERNAMES of all teammates, and who will play in 1st half and who in second (or we choose by order)." we all seem, so far at least, to be four person teams. If I understand this correctly then all four of us will be playing both halves. That is, our team will lay 16 boards against one acol team, with Carl and I sitting against one pair from the acol team for the first 8 boards, and against the other pair from the same acol team for the second 8 boards.Teams can have more than 8 players, and have different pairs playing in 1st and second half, it's up to the Captain to decide given player's availability. If you have just 2 pairs and are willing to play all 16 boards, great! :)
For the review, I hope we can discuss interesting hands.Instead of usual Dare tourney+review, we'll have full review of hands played in matches on Monday, Feb 28th, at 1900utc, 2pm, the usual time.
Please include Toasterln and tislafl in a team if possible.
A "tweak" for hoped-for future events just occurred to me Thursday: We would like the match to be divided into THREE THIRDS (3X 6 or only 3X 5). This would be a giant step forward for Democracy for 6+player teams, as all of us could join for 2/3 of the deals, instead of having one anchor-pair plus two "helpers"!This is one great suggestion Blu : )
I have to say that our results against the Acol club were disappointing as we were beaten in every match. We could and should have done better. imo It did not suggest that Acol was better than 2/1, SA and OCP. All it meant that we lost out through inferior hand evaluation, bidding judgement and play of the cards. Maybe that does not matter so long as we all enjoyed ourselves. Or does it?