Multi-time world champions Karen McCallum and Kit Woolsey explain their relay system, KK Relay, which they have used and perfected for several years. For readers not familiar with relay systems, the relay concept is quite simple: instead of making a descriptive bid, one of the partners makes a call that asks a question. His partner answers that question. That's it! Many such systems are obtuse and difficult to remember, but KK Relay has been structured in a way that both eases memory burden and increases efficiency. A must read for any system wonk.
paperback; 615 pages; 2021
Karen McCallum is a five-time world champion. McCallum is perhaps best known for her aggressive and complex “light initial action” bidding system. Although the five-card (non-vul) “McCallum weak 2-bids” (with no restrictions on suit quality or side holdings) are no longer an oddity among experts, Karen saw their promise in the 1970s. Respected around the world as a bidding theorist as well as a player, McCallum has served as a coach of several Turkish national bridge teams (open, women, and junior), and of the Australian open national bridge team. She was the npc for the Turkish juniors in the 2000 Junior World Championships in Antalya. Kit Woolsey is a 3-time world champion, and many times national championship winner. He has also won the Cavendish Invitational Pairs. Kit writes extensively on both bridge and backgammon, and has made a number of contributions to bridge bidding theory. His bridge books including the classics Matchpoints and Partnership Defense in Bridge. Kit lives in Kensington, CA with his wife Sally.
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Multi-time world champions Karen McCallum and Kit Woolsey explain their relay system, KK Relay, which they have used and perfected for several years. For readers not familiar with relay systems, the relay concept is quite simple: instead of making a descriptive bid, one of the partners makes a call that asks a question. His partner answers that question. That's it! Many such systems are obtuse and difficult to remember, but KK Relay has been structured in a way that both eases memory burden and increases efficiency. A must read for any system wonk.
paperback; 615 pages; 2021
Karen McCallum is a five-time world champion. McCallum is perhaps best known for her aggressive and complex “light initial action” bidding system. Although the five-card (non-vul) “McCallum weak 2-bids” (with no restrictions on suit quality or side holdings) are no longer an oddity among experts, Karen saw their promise in the 1970s. Respected around the world as a bidding theorist as well as a player, McCallum has served as a coach of several Turkish national bridge teams (open, women, and junior), and of the Australian open national bridge team. She was the npc for the Turkish juniors in the 2000 Junior World Championships in Antalya. Kit Woolsey is a 3-time world champion, and many times national championship winner. He has also won the Cavendish Invitational Pairs. Kit writes extensively on both bridge and backgammon, and has made a number of contributions to bridge bidding theory. His bridge books including the classics Matchpoints and Partnership Defense in Bridge. Kit lives in Kensington, CA with his wife Sally.
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