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| Aug 30, 2019 at 20:44 | comment | added | Tom Au | @John: I'm not sure if players are actually better than they were before. What IS true is that the nuances of the game are better understood than before. An example, from Larry Cohen's "Law of Total Tricks" is the value of "intermediate" cards. For instance, if you have JT98x in a NT contract, it's worth a lot more than one high card point, because you can take two tricks with it. At least three tricks, if partner has one of the three top honors. | |
| Aug 12, 2019 at 18:13 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @John: The long run of success by the Italian Blue Team starting in 1957 demonstrated forcefully that while Goren's system was fun and easy for beginners, Four Card Majors was an inadequate bidding system for IMP play at the World level. Experts in North America soon began developing natural five card major systems that could compete, led by Kaplan-Sheinwold with their eponymous East Coast style system and Richard Walsh with his West Coast style that became Two Over One Game Forcing. By 1970 North American experts had caught up. | |
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| Aug 11, 2019 at 19:47 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @John: If you are interested in more detail, ask a question on it. There are other strong bridge players on this site, some not from North America I believe, and they would be able to give a broader perspective than my North American one. I don't believe any of them would dispute my statement. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 19:42 | comment | added | Forget I was ever here | @John: It is largely the result of Charles Goren's writings, who greatly simplified both hand evaluation and bidding for novices. Ely Culbertson and his wife Josephine had made the game popular, but their Quick Trick evaluation system was difficult for learners as it relied excessively on the user's judgement. Everything changed after Goren. This was followed up in USA in the 1960's with seminal works by Alfred Sheinwold and Edgar Kaplan. | |
| Aug 11, 2019 at 19:36 | comment | added | John | "Players are better overall than they were two generations ago," While I can imagine this is true, I'm not an avid bridge player, so I don't know that this is true. Do you have a reference for that claim? It's pretty a pretty interesting claim. | |
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