Defence to 1NT

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by David Stevenson

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Any defence to 1NT is permitted at ACBL MidChart and EBU Levels 4 and 5 (and the former Level 3, and Level 2 in fourth seat or after passing), so all of the following are permitted. The chart below also shows which defences are permitted at ACBL GCC, and EBU Level 2 (second seat).

Pages 1 to 2	Double is for penalties, 2/ are natural.
Page 3	Double is for penalties, 2/ show 2-suiters.
Page 4	Double is for penalties, 2/ show varied hands.
Page 5	Double shows a one-suited hand.
Page 6	Double shows a two-suited hand, 2/ are natural.
Page 7	Double shows a two-suited hand, 2/ show varied hands.
Page 8	Double shows a varied shape hand, 2/ are natural.
Page 9	Double shows a varied shape hand, 2/ show varied hands.

Note that or + means diamonds or the majors, and not a red suit plus spades, which would be expressed as / + .

If you want to print these diagrams see here for a printer-friendly set of pages without all the headings, and with only two diagrams per page.

Name:	French Marvin [Strong NT]	1½ Suit Overcalls	Vroom	Kent
Dble	or + or + +	or +	or + /	or + /
2	or + or + +	or +	or + /	+
2	or + or + +	or +	+	+
2	or + or + +	or +	4 + 5/	+
2	Weak	+	4 + 5/
2NT	or	Big two-suiter	+	+
3	+	+
3	+
ACBL GCC:	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
EBU L2:			Yes	Yes

Name:	Narre 84	WONT	Transfer Hamilton	Multi-Landy-Astro
Dble	6 or 4 + 5//	14+, or 18+ HCP or 14+, 2 or 3 suiter not very distributional	or + / or +	or 5/ + 4
2	6 or 4 + 5//	or + //	or + /	+
2	5 + 5//	or 4 + /	or + / [strong]	or 5/ + 4
2	5 + 5/	or 4 +	or + / [strong]	5 + 4/
2	Any strong two-suiter	+ /	4 + 6/	5 + 4/
2NT		+	+	+
3			4 + 6
3			4 + 6
ACBL GCC:		Yes	Yes
EBU L2:

Name:	Piper	SOON	Nicole	Robinson
Dble	4 + 5// or 22+ balanced	+ or good	or or +	or or 5/ + 4/
2	4 + 5// or 19-21 balanced	or 5 + 4/	or +	+
2	or or 16-18 balanced	5/4 + 4/5/	or +	or
2	5 + 4/	4 + 5/	+	+ /
2	5 + 4/	weak	+	+ /
2NT	+	+	+	+
3
3
ACBL GCC:		Yes
EBU L2:		Yes

Name:	Petra (strong NT)	Packo
Dble	+ or	or + or 5 + 4/
2	+ or	or 5 + 4/
2	+ or	or
2	+	+ /
2	+ /	+ /
2NT
3
3
ACBL GCC:	Yes
EBU L2:

Editor's note:

• If you want to comment on this article, why not write direct to me, David Stevenson? I shall be pleased to hear from you!
• Chris Ryall discusses 1NT philosophies

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