Acol
Sign in to saveAcol is the bridge bidding system that, according to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, is "standard in British tournament play and widely used in other parts of the world". It is a natural system using four-card majors and, most commonly, a weak no trump.
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- Origins
- Bidding system structure
- Variants
- Standard Acol
- Opening bids
- Responses and further bidding
- Responses to 1 of a suit
- Responses to 1NT
- Responses to 2NT
- Responses to 2{{Clubs}}
- Responses to 2 of a suit (strong two)
- Opener's suit rebid after one-level opening
- Bid new suit
- Support for responder
- Opener's NT rebid after one-level opening
- After a suit response at one level
- After a suit response at two level
- Responder's second bid
- Fourth suit forcing
- Other common conventions
- Competitive bidding
- Overcalls and doubles
- Responses to 1 of a suit if opponents overcall
- Responses to 1 of a suit if opponents double
- Responses to 1NT if opponents overcall
- Responses to 1NT if opponents double
- Alternatives
- References
- External links
Acol is the bridge bidding system that, according to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, is "standard in British tournament play and widely used in other parts of the world". It is a natural system using four-card majors and, most commonly, a weak no trump.
==Origins== Acol is named after the Acol Bridge Club in London NW6, where it originated in the early 1930s. The club was founded on Acol Road, named after Acol, Kent. According to Terence Reese, the system's main devisers were Maurice Harrison-Gray, Jack Marx and S. J. "Skid" Simon. Marx wrote in the Contract Bridge Journal of December 1952, that "...the Acol system was pieced together by Skid Simon and myself the best part of 20 years ago." In another account, Marx and Simon...