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	Blackwood convention - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Blackwood convention is a bidding convention in contract bridge that was developed by Easley Blackwood.
		When this convention is in force, a bid of 4NT (No Trump) asks the partner to provide information on the number of aces in his or her hand.
		Blackwood should not be used when the information gleaned will not answer the question that you need answered.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwood_convention (717 words)

	Blackwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Blackwood (traditionally in Monmouthshire) in Wales, United Kingdom
		Blackwood, South Australia is a suburb of Adelaide in Australia
		Easley Blackwood, his father, originator of the Blackwood convention.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Blackwood (163 words)

	Bridge Convention - Bridge Conventions
		It is a conventional method of responding to a strong, artificial 2 Clubs opening whereby the responder may or may not be a passed hand.
		Roman Blackwood - This convention is a variation on the concept of Mr.
		Blackwood After Interference - If the opponents dare to interfere with the bidding after you initiate the Blackwood convention, you have several choices to show your number of Aces.
	www.bridgeguys.com /conventions.html (9873 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Bridge
		The Blackwood convention will keep you safely out of slam when two aces are missing.
		That was why Easley Blackwood invented his gadget: not to bid good slams but to avoid bad ones.
		Although partner's response promises at least five hearts, it's too soon to raise the hearts, and a bid of three diamonds would be a "high reverse" and would promise much more than minimum strength.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A62639-2004Jun22?language=printer (260 words)

	Gerber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		When John Gerber presented his "4 club ace asking convention" to the bridge world, little did he know how often it would be misused and applied at the wrong times.
		Because the use of 4 clubs is so important as either a natural or cue bid it is better in most cases to use Blackwood as the ace ask despite the fact Gerber is initiated at a lower level.
		The goodwill engendered by this exchange inspired Perroux and his team to present their championship trophies to Gerber and the American team in what was described as the greatest act of sportsmanship in bridge history.
	home.earthlink.net /~zebulonhsd/articles/blum/8.9.00.html (695 words)

	Slam and Grandslam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		After you initiated Blackwood with 4 NT, your 5 NT bidding is asking the number of kings of your partner.
		In this convention, you accept the king of your trump suit as ace, and also you are supposed to respond 4NT so as to show your queen of trump suit..
		Blackwood and Gerber conventions are applied for finding out the number of aces your partner has..
	www.bridge7.com /xbric7b.htm (1357 words)

	Blackwood Convention
		The convention uses the bid of 4 No Trump, and asks the partner to disclose the number of Aces held in the hand.
		The Blackwood convention is also used to bid slams in the Minor Suits.
		Please include the particular feature on your convention card in order that your opponents are also aware of this feature during the bidding process, since this information must be made known to them according to the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge.
	www.bridgeguys.com /Conventions/Blackwood.html (594 words)

	Blackwood Search Mozilla: The Blackwood Project. Creating A Bridge Between The Java Platform And Mozilla. A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blackwood Farm (The Vampire Chronicles), ANNE RICE Blackwood Farm is a book about Quinn Blackwood, and a mysterious spirit named Goblin that has followed.
		Blackwood Blackwood is a traditional Celtic band combining fiery instrumental sets with driving vocal numbers and sensitive ballads.
		The 2004 2005 Blackwood is a 4-door, 4-passenger luxury pickup, available in one trim only, the vehicles to the 2004 2005 Blackwood include the Cadillac Escalade EXT and.
	www.99hosted.com /names5858.html (444 words)

	Easley R. Blackwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blackwood was one of the famous bridge personalities in the world, most notable for his invention of the Blackwood 4NT Convention.
		It is strange that the submission of the Blackwood Convention in 1935 by Mr.
		Easley Blackwood was not accepted by the Bridge Authorities of that time, which was more or less governed by the magazine The Bridge World, owned by Mr.
	www.bridgeguys.com /BP/Bios/BlackwoodEasley.html (549 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		BLACKWOOD CONVENTION If the bidding has reached the 3 or 4 Level rapidly, and it seems that you and your partner together have such a strong hand that you may lose only one or no tricks, you should consider going for a slam.
		GERBER CONVENTION The Gerber Convention is similar to the Blackwood Convention because its purpose is to ask your partner for the number of Aces he has before you possibly go for a slam.
		The advantage of using the Gerber Convention instead of the Blackwood Convention is that the bidding starts lower, thus if the hand is not all that promising for a slam, you end the contract earlier.
	files.the-underdogs.org /games/o/omar/files/omar.txt (7359 words)

	Bridge - MSN Games - Free Online Games
		The Blackwood convention was developed about 60 years ago by Easley Blackwood of Indianapolis, one of the great Bridge players and theorists of his time.
		Several variations of Blackwood were also developed in which the responder was able to show the specific Aces that he held.
		The basic concept of RKCB is that this convention allows for the King and Queen of the agreed trump suit to be shown by the responder to the 4NT inquiry.
	zone.msn.com /en/bridge/article/brdgblackwood1.htm (1901 words)

	Slam Bidding
		Depending on the situation, you can use Blackwood (to ask for aces after a suit bid), Gerber (to ask for aces after a notrump bid), or Cuebids (to find aces when Blackwood can't be used).
		After you and partner have agreed on a trump suit, a bid of 4NT is the Blackwood Convention, which asks partner to tell you how many aces he holds.
		The Gerber 4C Convention is used to ask for aces after partner opens 1NT or 2NT, or after he opens one of a suit and shows a specific point range by rebidding 1NT or 2NT.
	www.prairienet.org /bridge/slams.htm (1163 words)

	Big Hands
		It is a series of conventional bids that allow one partner to ask the other how many aces he has, then how many kings if all aces are present.
		If opponents double a conventional Blackwood response, it is asking their partner to lead that suit.
		If the Blackwood bidder, having heard the repsonse to 4NT, wants to sign off in 5NT (remember, that would be a forcing bid asking for kings), he can do this by bidding 5 of a new suit, which the responder automatically converts to 5NT.
	www.dur.ac.uk /bridge.club/TEACHING/bighands4.html (906 words)

	Slam Bidding 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This convention was developed by Easley Blackwood and has achieved world-wide fame.
		Blackwood may be used with one Ace if the intended suit is Diamonds but not if it is Clubs.
		But modern conventions recognise that the penalty will rarely be sufficient to warrant a double and an artificial meaning has been given to the double.
	indigo.ie /~irebridg/slam1.html (1494 words)

	15.5 the blackwood convention
		the flwood 4NT bid is a way to ask your partner how many aces he holds.
		you should be aware of the danger of using flwood when you are shy of aces and partner's response might trap you, but this is a rule that may be broken.
		sometimes when the flwood bidding goes awry, there is an escape: bid 5 of a suit that is thought mutually to be unplayable.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /~huanga02/bridge/node45.html (509 words)

	ACBL Hall of Fame - Easley R. Blackwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Easley Blackwood of Indianapolis IN, one of the most famous bridge personalities in the world.
		When he submitted his convention idea to The Bridge World the article was turned down - saying it would never catch on.
		Writings include Bridge Humanics, Blackwood on Slams, Winning Bridge with Blackwood, Play of the Hand with Blackwood, articles for many magazines including the ACBL Bridge Bulletin and a syndicated newspaper column.
	web2.acbl.org /halloffame/blackwood.htm (178 words)

	F-MyBridgeBook-Extended CONVENTIONS.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		CONVENTIONS I would like to explain on some basic things which unfortunately are forgotten by most of us.
		There is one very important thing to remember that with every new convention you are trying to learn you have to forget some of your standard knowledge and your old playing habits because the new conventions won’t allow you to use those; they will contradict most of your old knowledge.
		Although asking the opposition for explanation of their convention sometimes makes them wake up and saves them from a muddle as well, I believe you should still ask for explanation.
	www.ramiaydin.free-online.co.uk /F-MyBridgeBook-ExtendedCONVENTIONS.htm (4378 words)

	Welcome to the Convention-of-the-Week Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		These two conventions are rare but when they come up they sure are important.
		DOPI is played at the five level after one partner bids Blackwood and the next opponent bids at the five level.
		These conventions apply even if you use Keycard Blackwood (where the trump king is counted as one of the aces).
	www.bridgeinindia.homestead.com /files/Convention_of_week_Dopi.htm (541 words)

	WBF Conventions Booklet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The booklet may be taken to the table and consulted in respect of a call made by an opponent, but not in respect of a call made by your partner, nor one made or contemplated by you yourself.
		In an alternate version of the Drury Convention, 2C by a passed hand, in response to an opening one of a major, promises a fit in opener's suit.
		In all other respects the convention, and the responses, are the same as the Flannery Two Diamonds.
	www.figbemilia.it /Arbitri/Norme/WBF_Conv_booklet.htm (2641 words)

	Roman Key Card Blackwood
		Roman Key Card Blackwood (Key Card, RKC, 0314, 1430) is a variation of the slam convention Blackwood.
		It counts the king of the agreed trump suit as an 'ace', thus enabling pairs to check for aces and the king of trumps when probing for slam.
		The 1430 variations of Roman Key Card Blackwood swaps the meanings of the 5C and 5D responses; using 1430, 5C shows 1 or 4 key cards and 5D shows 0 or 3.
	www.bridgebum.com /rkc.php (351 words)

	Lesson 13: Responder's Rebids when the Partnership has a Fit
		The Blackwood convention was developed by Easley Blackwood, one of bridge's great personalities.
		The best piece of advice I can give about the Blackwood convention is: "You need to be prepared for any response that your partner makes after you ask about aces with the Blackwood convention." ANY response.
		Check all of her possible responses before starting the Blackwood convention and see if you know what you'll want to bid.
	www.fifthchair.org /school/lesson13.htm (3067 words)

	Spectator, The: Key cards
		IF Easley Blackwood had had his way in 1935, we would all now he playing a convention called 'Wormwood'.
		Mr Blackwood was a fanatical bridge player, and in 1933 he invented a system for bidding slams.
		Of course, his real identity was soon revealed - and his convention, Blackwood, is still among the most widely used in bridge.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3724/is_200311/ai_n9319871 (237 words)

	Blackwood - Boolgum : search engine ( synonyms Blackwood and price comparison ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blackwood Distillers, founders of the first commercial whisky distillery in the Shetland Islands which will produce premium single malt whisky, vodka, gin and whiskey creme liqueur.
		Blackwood win against Carmarthen Athletic 15th January 2005.
		are one of the leading Estate Agents in Blackwood town centre, and are situated in the High Street...
	www.boolgum.co.uk /search.php?q=Blackwood (284 words)

	FunZone - Bridge Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Blackwood Convention - Is a 4NT convention developed by Easley Blackwood.
		Convention Card - A card that lists the agreement made between players on bidding types and plays.
		Convention cards are available during the game for opponents to use during bidding and gameplay.
	www.funzone.ws /info/games_bridge_glossary.html (1170 words)

	NVCC Lesson Oct 06, 2004
		When notrump is being bid, the counterpart to Blackwood is the Gerber convention, which works similarly.
		Discuss it with your Partner to make sure s/he is not laboring under some mistaken notion of what 4NT means, in a given set of circumstances.
		Remember that Blackwood and Gerber are not meant to help you into good slams, so much as to keep you out of bad ones.
	members.cox.net /jsm36/bridge/lessons/nvcc_lesson20041006.htm (1431 words)

	Bridge:Bidding Techniques - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		The most common examples of conventional notrump bids are the Unusual notrump (showing length in 2 unbid suits) and the Blackwood convention.
		A conventional double is one that conveys some other meaning.
		The most common example of a conventional double is the Takeout double of a low-level bid, implying support for the unbid suits and asking partner to choose one of them.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Bridge:Bidding_Techniques (846 words)

	Blackwood (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This is by using a convention called Blackwood .
		The player who bids Blackwood, is the one who is taking control.
		The trump suit, is the last suit to have been bid naturally, before the call of 4NTIf you are missing two, or more, Aces then you can never expect a slam to make, and so you bid your agreed suit at the lowest level available.
	www.leeds.ac.uk /union/sports/bridge/guide/html/node28.html (364 words)

	[No title]
		In some conventions partners put their arms on the table and look at the ceiling to display their unwillingness to slam"
		If partnership has no agreed trump suit, conventional 4 NT Blackwood is asking the number of aces that partner holds..
		convention, you accept the king of your trump suit as the 5th ace.
	www.bridge7.com /enteresan/xent11.aspx (504 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Blackwill to Blaine
		Blackwood, Ibra Charles (1878-1936) — also known as Ibra C. Blackwood — of Spartanburg,
		Blackwood, Joel Leslie (1861-1947) — also known as J.
		West Virginia state house of delegates from Kanawha County, 1923-24.
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/blackwood-blaine.html (556 words)

	15.6 the gerber convention
		gerber is a way to find out how many aces and kings your partner holds, like flwood, but 4
		some people use gerber instead of flwood because it keeps the bidding lower.
		so the vast majority of players use flwood on the auctions where 4NT would ask for aces and use gerber on many of the auctions where 4NT would not ask for aces.
	endeavor.med.nyu.edu /~huanga02/bridge/node46.html (139 words)

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