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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Stayman convention, Blackwood convention, Strong two clubs, Bridge convention, Forcing notrump, Takeout double, Cue bid, Jacoby transfer, Slam-seeking conventions, Negative double, Support double, Multi 2 diamonds, Lebensohl, Unusual notrump, Weak two bid, Michaels cuebid, Drury convention, Ghestem, Astro, Blackout convention, New minor forcing, Rosenkranz double, DONT, Comfy Canape, Unusual vs. unusual, Jacoby 2NT, Lionel convention, Norman four notrump, Bergen raises, Flannery, XY No Trump Convention, Splinter bid, Ogust convention, Ekren convention, Rubensohl, Landy, Gerber convention, Suction convention, San Francisco convention, Rubens advances, Muiderberg convention, Leaping Michaels, Namyats, Negative free bid, Copenhagen convention, Walsh convention, Cappelletti, Grand slam force, Fit showing jump bid, Last Train, CRASH convention, Raptor convention, Carrot 4NT, Mini-Roman 2 Diamond, Serious 3NT, Woolsey, Relay bid, Brozel convention, Baron convention, Meyerson convention, Smith signal, Carrot 1NT, Hello convention, Strong two bid, List of defenses to 1NT, Mohan, Fishbein convention, Snapdragon double, Asptro, Pass-or-correct bid, Lightner double, Meckwell convention, Gardener 1NT, Rosenkranz redouble, Kamikaze 1NT. Excerpt: In the card game contract bridge, Stayman is a convention used to find a 4-4 trump fit in a major suit after the 1NT opening bid. It can also be modified for use after an opening 2NT, 3NT (strong) or a 1NT overcall. While the convention is named after the person who first wrote about it, Samuel Stayman in 1945, it was actually invented in 1939 by the British bridge player J.C.H. Marx (who published it only in 1946), and apparently independently by Stayman's partner George Rapee in 1945. The main reason for seeking a fit in a major suit is that the success rate for 4 or 4 with 26 HCP is...
