Lets have a look at the scores from this board:
The board was played 14 times, and we can see that only once was the optimal contract of 2 spades by East reached.
Allowing opponents to play undisturbed in their 1NT contract has been shown over the years to be a bad thing at duplicate. Landy, a bid of 2 clubs over 1NT, is a defence showing 8-15 points (with 16 or more you double) and a minimum of a 5-4 shape in the Majors which has the advantage of being simple to remember but also effective. As responder, you bid a 4 card major if you have one, or bid 2 diamonds with no preference, allowing partner to bid their longer suit. For full details see Andrew's Conventions Flipper.
So a simple bid which on this board earns you 88%. Highly recommended!
I play this convention, but nearly certainly would not bid it with the W hand. Would have thought it too weak. Illogical really as the points figure to be 20-20.
ReplyDeleteIf it is a good thing to disturb 1nt, is this the best convention?