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CURRICULUM FOR INTERMEDIATE AND ADVANCED PLAYERS

It is assumed that intermediate and advanced players have good knowledge of the basics of bidding, play of the hand and defense. Classes for these players will be customized to enable them to go to the “next level”.

For intermediate players that means developing skills needed to play Tournament Bridge; for advanced players that means excelling at Tournament Bridge.

The following is a list of skills and conventions, which will be taught based upon the needs of the students:

Play of the Hand and Defense

1. Planning the Play of the Hand
2. Planning the Defense
3. Opening leads
4. Counting the Hand
5. How to Read Opponents’ Cards

6. Signals
7. Keeping the Dangerous Opponent off Lead
8. When to Draw Trump
9. End Plays
10. Squeezes and Coups
   
Bidding and Conventions
1. Law of Total Tricks
2. Simplified Modern Losing Trick Count
3. Competitive Bidding
4. Balancing
5. Negative Doubles
6. Penalty Doubles
7. Support Doubles
8. Responsive Doubles
9. 2 over 1 Game Forcing
10. One No Trump forcing
11. Principle of Fast Arrival
12. Cue Bidding
13. Rule of 2,3 and 4
14. Rule of 11
15. Rule of 15
16. Rule of 20
17. Transfers
18. Mini Maxi
19. Smolen
20. Jacoby 2 NT
21. Splinter Bids
22. Roman Key Card Blackwood
23. Roman Key Card Gerber
24. New Minor Forcing
25. Fourth Suit Forcing
26. Jordan 2 NT
27. Inverted Minors
28. Drury
29. Cappelletti
30. DONT
31. Flannery
32. Lebensohl
33. Sandwich NT
34. Michaels Cue Bid
35. Unusual No Trump
36. Ogust
37. Bergen Raises
38. Puppet Stayman
39. Lightner Double
40. Grand Slam Force