{"id":13537,"date":"2024-06-06T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/?p=13537"},"modified":"2024-06-06T15:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T22:29:51","slug":"two-way-new-minor-forcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/?p=13537","title":{"rendered":"Two-way New Minor Forcing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Two-way New Minor Forcing<\/h3>

Mignocchi\/Savage Version<\/h4>

One-of-a-Minor – pass – One-of-a-Major – pass – 1NT; pass – Two-of-the-Other-Minor is usually used as New Minor Forcing. This bid is used to find out Opener\u2019s major suit length, the exact strength of his hand and sometimes to set up further forcing bids by Responder. New Minor Forcing shows invitational or better values and usually implies a five-card major suit. Two-way New Minor Forcing (only used by non-passed hands) uses both minors as artificial bids; 2C for all invitational hands and 2D for all game forcing hands, regardless of what minor was opened. This allows precise descriptions of responder\u2019s hand over 2C and unhurried, forcing bidding over 2D.
After One-of-a-Minor \u2013 One-of-a Major \u2013 1NT:
1. 2 Clubs = Always shows an invitational hand and requests Opener to rebid 2D. 2 Diamonds = Forced bid on any hand that would be willing to play 2D if it\u2019s passed
Responses:
\u00a0 \u00a0Pass = Shows a very weak hand, usually with six diamonds and four of the major.
\u00a0 \u00a02 of the other major = Game invitational with both majors.
\u00a0 \u00a02 of Responder\u2019s major = Game invitational with a 5-card suit.
\u00a0 \u00a02NT = Game invitational with 4-cards in your bid major &amp; five of opener\u2019s minor.
\u00a0 \u00a03 Clubs = Game invitational with 5-cards in your bid major and five clubs.
\u00a0 \u00a03 Diamonds = Game invitational with 5-cards in your bid major &amp; five diamonds.
\u00a0 \u00a03 Hearts (after 1S \u2013 1NT) = Highly invitational with 5-5 in the majors.
\u00a0 \u00a03 Hearts (after 1H \u2013 1NT) = Game invitational with 6 hearts.
\u00a0 \u00a03 Spades (after 1S \u2013 1NT) = Game invitational with 6 spades.
\u00a0 \u00a02 of Bid Major (Optional) = Shows 3-card support and a maximum with good trumps.<\/p>

2. 2 Diamonds = Always shows a game forcing hand.
Responses: Opener should bid naturally to show his precise shape.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0Over 1C(1D) pass 1S pass 1NT pass 2D:
\u00a0 \u00a02H = Shows four hearts, may have three spades.
\u00a0 2S = Shows three spades and denies four hearts.
\u00a0 2NT = Denies three spades or four hearts (2344 or 2335\/2353).
\u00a0 3C\/3D = Rebidding Opener\u2019s suit shows a good suit, usually 2335\/2353.
\u00a0 Over 1C(1D) pass 1H pass 1NT pass 2D:
\u00a0 2H = Shows three hearts and a minimum.
\u00a0 2NT = Denies three hearts (3244 or 3253\/3235).
\u00a0 3C\/3D = Rebidding Opener\u2019s suit shows a good suit, usually 3235\/3253.<\/p>

3. 2H 2S = Both must be passed – except after 1m-1S-1NT-2H, you can pass or bid 2S.
\u00a0 2NT = Natural and invitational. Denies a 5-card major and shows a balanced hand.
4. Jumps to Three of a Suit. Jumps to the three level should be reserved for well-defined hands, with at least some slam interest and showing good quality suits. There is one exception to this: a jump to 3C after a 1NT rebid shows six clubs, four of the major and asks partner to pass. Examples: 1C-1H-1NT-3D = Slam interest with at least 5-5 with good suits.<\/p>

Two-wayNew Minor Forcing<\/p>

1D-1S-1NT-3S = Slam interest with a great suit of at least six cards in length.
1C-1S-1NT-3H = Slam interest with at least 5-5 with good suits.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two-way New Minor Forcing Mignocchi\/Savage Version One-of-a-Minor – pass – One-of-a-Major – pass – 1NT; pass – Two-of-the-Other-Minor is usually used as New Minor Forcing. This bid is used to find out Opener\u2019s major suit length, the exact strength of his hand and sometimes to set up further forcing bids by Responder. New Minor Forcing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-expertadvice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/longbeachbridge.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}