| 词条 | Design for Bidding |
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| italic title = | name = Design for Bidding | image = File:Cover of the book by S. J. Simon titled Design For Bidding.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Dust jacket of the first edition | author = S. J. Simon | audio_read_by = | title_orig = | orig_lang_code = | title_working = | translator = | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = | language = English | series = | release_number = | subject = Contract bridge | genre = | set_in = | published = 1949 | publisher = Nicholson & Watson | publisher2 = | pub_date = | english_pub_date = | media_type = | pages = 268 | awards = | isbn = | isbn_note = | oclc = 13491181 | dewey = | congress = | preceded_by = | followed_by = | native_wikisource = | wikisource = | notes = | exclude_cover = | website = }} Design for Bidding is a book by the Russian-born English bridge player S. J. "Skid" Simon, published posthumously in 1949.[1] It is about the theory of bidding in contract bridge, particularly in the context of the Acol system of which Simon was one of the co-developers. It was the first, and {{as of|lc=yes|2015}}, remains one of the few, studies of the thought processes involved in designing a bidding system, rather than simply setting out the author's conclusions. Design for Bidding is described as "the best thing he [Simon] has done on bridge",[2] lofty praise considering the recognition given Simon's earlier book Why You Lose at Bridge, itself "widely perceived to be the best book ever written on Bridge."[3]Design For Bidding "remains wonderful reading, because Simon argues persuasively for the Acol state of mind style of bidding."[3]StructureThe book is divided into three parts: I, The Inexactitude of Bidding; II, Enquiry into Bidding; and III, Design for Bidding. Part I is a long general introduction, in seven chapters. In it, Simon sets out what he calls the "deciding factors" to be assessed before adopting a specialised meaning for a bid:[1]{{rp|48–49}}
Part I concludes with Simon's description of Acol as "not so much a system as an attitude of mind".[1]{{rp|50}} In Part II, Simon discusses in turn various aspects of bidding: notably, the choice of forcing opening bid; the meaning of opening two-bids; the strength of an opening bid of 1NT; whether or not a double raise should be forcing; the forcing take-out; 4NT and 5NT and asking bids as slam tries;{{refn |group=Note| Simon advocated the Culbertson 4-5 notrump: describing it as "an adult weapon", and the Blackwood convention as "merely a nice toy";[1]{{rp|122}} an opinion well enough known to be quoted 24 years later.[4] }} whether or not a change of suit should be forcing; and informatory doubles and intervening bids. In Part III, Simon attempts to merge his conclusions from Part II into a unified whole. Notes1. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite book |title=Design for Bidding |first=S. J. |last=Simon |authorlink=S. J. Simon |publisher=Nicholson & Watson |location=London |year=1949 |oclc=13491181 }} 2. ^From the book's Preface written by Terence Reese. 3. ^1 {{cite book |last1 = Bourke |first1 = Tim |authorlink1 = Tim Bourke |last2 = Sugden |first2 = John |authorlink2 = |title = Bridge Books in English 1886-2010: an annotated bibliography |publisher = Bridge Book Buffs |location = Cheltenham, England |series = |pages = 385–386 |year = 2010 |doi = |isbn = 978-0-9566576-0-2}} 4. ^{{cite book |title=Slam Bidding |first=H. W. |last=Kelsey |authorlink=Hugh Kelsey |page=107 |publisher=Faber & Faber |location=London |year=1973 |isbn=0-571-10363-4 }} References{{reflist}}{{WPCBIndex}} 3 : Contract bridge books|1949 books|Books by S. J. Simon |
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