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Fighting Irish 2D (Two Diamonds)
The Fighting Irish 2
is an artificial preemptive opening that shows 5-10
HCP with 4-4 or 4-3 (!) in the majors. It can be useful at matchpoint pairs at equal or favorable vulnerability. Perversely, it sometimes preempts the opponents out of their own major-suit fit.
This convention qualifies as a Brown Sticker Convention under WBF policy: "Any 'weak' two-suited bids at the two or three level that may by agreement be made with three cards or fewer in one of the suits." In ACBL events, it is a Superchart convention.
Responses to 2
2 | Signoff. |
2 | Signoff. |
| 2NT | Natural, invitational. Opener may correct to 3 with 4-4-0-5 or 3 with 4-4-5-0 shape. |
| 3 | Natural, 6+ clubs, non-forcing. |
| 3 | Strong, artificial inquiry of opener's distribution (see below). |
| 3 | Weak, preemptive. |
| 3 | Weak, preemptive. |
| 3NT | To play. |
Opener's Rebids After 2 : 3
After the artificial 3
response, hand patterns are shown as follows.
| 3 | 3-4 in the majors. |
| 3 | 4-3 in the majors. |
| 3NT | 4-4 in the majors, no void. |
| 4 | 4-4-0-5 shape. |
| 4 | 4-4-5-0 shape. |
Origins
Fighting Irish 2
were invented by New Zealander Neill Currie.
