The next IAC Precision Session will be as follows:-
On:- Wednesday 8th February 2012 at 01:00 UK time (20:00 EST on Tuesday)
Topic: Major Suit Openings (2)
Comments: Splinters, Mini-Splinters, Fit-showing Jump-Shifts
IAC Precision Sessions
Breaks in the schedule occur from time to time and they are normally notified in advance in the BIL Gazette, by text messages on BBO to IAC Members, and will be notified on this page.Apologies
: Apologies to all for these Teaching Sessions not recommencing in January 2011 as planned. My wife Naomi is not at all well at the moment and I simply cannot commit to spend the time teaching. Hopefully I will be in a position to re-start these teaching sessions in 2013.In the meantime, two of my Team members (Epee9 and khjbsc) are intending to commence a program of lessons on Precision, taking place in IAC, starting on 24th January 2012. These will take place at 8:00pm EST on Tuesdays (1:00am GMT/UTC on Wednesdays). The times below are shown in UK time (GMT/UTC). For EST simply subtract 5 hours.
Next Precision Session
Upcoming Events
Other planned events connected to the IAC Precision Sessions are as follows:-
| Wednesday 15th February 2012 | Major Suit Openings (3) (Romex Trial Bids) |
| Wednesday 22nd February 2012 | MOTOR Responses (Transfer Responses over 1M-(X)) |
| Wednesday 29th February 2012 | Major Suit Openings Practice (Practice Hands on Major Suit Openings and responses) |
| Wednesday 7th March 2012 | Two Clubs Opening (2D Forcing Relay) |
| Wednesday 14th March 2012 | One Diamond Opening (The Catch-all Opening and Responses) |
| Wednesday 21st March 2012 | 1NT Opening and Responses (1) (Basic Sequences, Stayman, Transfers) |
| Wednesday 28th March 2012 | 1NT Opening and Responses (2) (2-way 2 Diamond) |
| Wednesday 4th April 2012 | Lebensohl Part 1 (Standard Lebensohl, Staymanic Sequences etc) |
| Wednesday 11th April 2012 | Lebensohl Part 2 (Transfer Lebensohl (Rubensohl)) |
| Wednesday 18th April 2012 | Lebensohl Part 3 (Lebensohl against Artificial Interference) |
| Wednesday 25th April 2012 | Lebensohl Part 4 (Extensions to Lebensohl) |
| Wednesday 2nd May 2012 | Lebensohl Tourney (A chance to practice Lebensohl etc) |
| Wednesday 9th May 2012 | Weak Openings (2 Heart, 2 Spade and 2NT Openings) |
| Wednesday 16th May 2012 | One Club Openings & Responses (1) (Negative, Semi-Positive & Positive Responses, and Natural Sequences) |
| Wednesday 23rd May 2012 | One Club Openings and Responses (2) (Impossible Negative, Developments and Options) |
| Wednesday 30th May 2012 | Other Strong Openings (2 Diamond Opening and Responses) |
| Wednesday 6th June 2012 | Precision Club Practice Tourney (A chance to practice Strong Club openings and sequences) |
| Wednesday 13th June 2012 | Asking Bids (Intro) (Strategy, Order, Which is which, Captaincy) |
| Wednesday 20th June 2012 | Asking Bids - Beta (General Control Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 27th June 2012 | Asking Bids - Alpha (The Primary Trump Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 4th July 2012 | Asking Bids - Gamma (Asking about Responder's Suit) |
| Wednesday 11th July 2012 | Asking Bids - Epsilon (The Suit-specific Control Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 18th July 2012 | Asking Bids - Delta (The very strong Trump Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 25th July 2012 | Asking Bids - Theta & Iota (The Secondary Trump Asking Bids) |
| Wednesday 1st August 2012 | Asking Bids - Sigma (New Asking Bid used over a Positive Alpha Response) |
| Wednesday 8th August 2012 | Asking Bids - Zeta and Eta (A trump-specifying Control Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 15th August 2012 | Asking Bids Practice Tourney (A chance to preactice your Asking Bids) |
| Wednesday 22nd August 2012 | Asking Bids - Interference (1) (Interference after an Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 29th August 2012 | Asking Bids - Interference (2) (Interference after the Response to an Asking Bid) |
| Wednesday 5th September 2012 | Asking Bids - Interference (3) (Interference over a Positive Response) |
| Wednesday 12th September 2012 | Asking Bids Practice Tourney (A chance to practice Asking Bids) |
| Wednesday 19th September 2012 | Two Diamonds Revisited (Two Diamond Opening - Asking Bid Sequences) |
| Wednesday 26th September 2012 | Defending Against Precision (General Tactics, CRO-Panama) |
| Wednesday 3rd October 2012 | Defensive Bidding (1) (Overcalls, Jump Overcalls, Michaels, UNT, Ghestem) |
| Wednesday 10th October 2012 | Defensive Bidding (2) (Lebensohl in Competitive Sequences) |
| Wednesday 17th October 2012 | Competitive Bidding (Lebensohl in Competitive Sequences) |
| Wednesday 24th October 2012 | Defences (1) (Defending against Precision) |
| Wednesday 31st October 2012 | Defences (2) (to 1NT, 1NT Doubled) |
| Wednesday 7th November 2012 | Defences (3) (To Pre-empts, Transfer Pre-empts, Multi and 2-suited overcalls) |
| Wednesday 14th November 2012 | Doubles (Part 1) (All sorts of doubles: Responsive, Negative, Support, Competitive etc) |
| Wednesday 21st November 2012 | Doubles (Part 2) (Non-Penalty Slam Doubles and Control-showing Doubles) |
| Wednesday 28th November 2012 | Carding Methods (Odd/Even Signals and discards, Honour Card Leads, etc) |
| Wednesday 5th December 2012 | Complex System - 1 Diamond (1) (Complex System, Complex 1D-1H) |
| Wednesday 12th December 2012 | Complex System - 1 Diamond (2) (Complex 1D-1S) |
| Wednesday 19th December 2012 | Complex System - 1 Diamond (3) (Complex 1D-1NT) |
| Wednesday 26th December 2012 | Complex System - 1 Diamond (4) (Complex 1D-2x etc) |
| Wednesday 2nd January 2013 | Complex System - Multi-2D (Complex System - Multi-2Diamond Opening) |
| Wednesday 9th January 2013 | Complex System - Reverse Roman 2H & 2S (Reverse Roman 2H and 2S Openings) |
| Wednesday 16th January 2013 | Complex System - 3D and 3H Openings (Multi 3D and 3H Openings) |
| Wednesday 23rd January 2013 | Complex System - Multi 3S Opening (Complex Multi 3 Spade Opening) |
| Wednesday 30th January 2013 | End of Season Tourney (Practice Tourney) |
What have you just Missed?
If you've been away recently, here's what you've missed:-
| Date | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| Chat Log | Example Hands | |
| Wednesday 1st February 2012 | Major Suit Openings (1) (One Heart and One Spade Openings, The Forcing No Trump) | |
| 02-1H+1S Chat Log | 02-1H+1S.lin | |
| Wednesday 25th January 2012 | Introduction to Precision (General Introduction to the Precision Club System. Opening Bids) | |
| 01-Intro Chat Log | 01-Intro.lin 01-Intro_Demo.lin | |
Complete Program
The complete program for the Precision Course in IAC is as follows:-
- Introduction to Precision Club
- Basic Features of Precision
- Major Suit Openings
- Forcing No Trump
- Romex Trial Bids
- Mini Splinters
- Fit-showing Jump-Shifts
- MOTOR Responses
- One Diamond Openings & Responses
- Two Club Openings & Responses
- Three Club Openings & Responses
- One No Trump Openings & Responses
- Stayman & 4-Suit Transfers
- 2-way 2 Diamond
- INTRO
- Lebensohl Part 1
- Basic Lebensohl
- Staymanic Sequences
- Lebensohl Part 2
- Transfer Lebensohl (Rubensohl)
- Lebensohl over Takeout Doubles
- Lebensohl in 3-suited sequences
- Two Heart & Two Spade Openings
- Defensive Bidding
- Unassuming Cue-Bids
- 2-Suited Overcalls (Michaels, UNT, Ghestem
- Lebensohl in Competitive Sequences
- Defences
- Against 1NT - Brozel & Modified Brozel
- Against Weak Two's - Rubensohl
- Against Multi 2 Diamond - Dixon
- Against Pre-empts - FILM-X
- Against Transfer Pre-empts - Clarke
- Against 2-suited Overcalls - Bergin
- One Club Openings & Responses
- Negative Response
- Positive Responses
- Impossible Negative
- Natural Sequences
- Captaincy of the Hand
- Two Diamond Opening & Responses
- Multi 2NT Opening & Responses
- Asking Bids
- Introduction
- Strategy
- Order of Asking Bids
- Which Ask is Which?
- Beta - General Control Ask
- Alpha - Primary Trump Ask
- Gamma - Responder's Suit Ask
- Epsilon - Specific Suit Ask
- Delta - Strong Trump Ask
- Theta & Iota - Secondary Trump Asks
- Zeta - Suit-setting Control Ask
- Eta - 4-card Suit Trump Ask
- Sigma - Trump Quality Ask
- Coping With Interference in Asking Bid Sequences (1)
- Interference After an Ask
- Interference After a Response to an Ask
- Coping With Interference in Asking Bid Sequences (2)
- Interference After a Positive Response
- Defending Against Precision Club
- CRO-Panama
- Truscott
- The Complex System
- Complex 1♦
- Multi 2♦
- Reverse Roman 2♥ & 2♠
- Multi 3♦
- 3♥ Opening
- Multi 3♠ Opening
- Carding Methods
- Odd-Even Signals & Discards
- Strong 10 Leads
