With ♠️Q ♥️KT8 ♦️AJ82 ♣️KJ863, will you overcall if Right Hand Opponent opens a Standard American 1♣️? Your only option, under current system policy, if you were to avoid a brown sticker convention, is to overcall 1♦️.
This article links to a video that discusses two defences against a standard 1♣️ opening, based on the analysis presented in the third video of this series. I also discuss the bidding on Board 21 of HCL 2021 QF with each of these methods. It turns out that the bidding is a cinch.
The 1♣️ opening in Standard American is an opening of convenience. Hands that don't fit in other more well-defined openings are opened with 1♣️. The 1Nt opening takes care of Balanced or semi-balanced hands with 15-17 HCP; with 5+ cards in a Major suit, one opens 1♠️ 1♥️; and with length in Diamonds, one opens 1♦️. The 1♣️ opening covers all other 12-21 HCP hands. What does that mean for opponents?
The batsman in the picture is Sachin Tendulkar. He is perhaps the all-time best batsman. The picture shows him being symbolically handcuffed while playing. What will be the result?
The first session began almost on time. Two of the side rooms at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose indoor stadium provided the venue for the first session. The semi-finals were played under the stands of the Eden Gardens, the famous cricket stadium. There was a VU GRAPH for the knockout rounds, however, the equipment could not be moved before the start of the first session, so the first session of the final was not on the VU GRAPH.
