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Bridge Basics : NMF - New Minor Forcing
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Recommend  Message 6 of 10 in Discussion 
From: bruceboje  in response to Message 3Sent: 5/28/2005 4:03 AM
Here's an interesting application of NMF.  Trouble was that west didn't playt along.  West's bidding was interesting.
 
Deal 3         North
South deals    S A10
EW vul         H 1063
               D A765
               C J743
West                          East
S QJ9                         S K8632
H 84                          H KJ92
D KQ93                        D
C A1098                       C KQ62
               South
               S 754
               H AQ75
               D J10842
               C 5
   West     North      East     South  
                                 Pass   
   1C        Pass      1S        Pass   
   1NT       Pass      2D!       Pass   
   3D        Pass      3NT       Pass   
   Pass      Pass   
2D=forcing bid does not promise
diamonds
Contract: 3NT     Opening lead: C3
1    North   C3  C2  C5  C10
2    West    SQ  SA  S2  S4 
3    North   D5  H2  D10 DK 
4    West    SJ  S10 S3  S5 
5    West    S9  H3  SK  S7 
6    East    S8  D2  H4  H6 
7    East    S6  H5  D3  C4 
8    East    CK  H7  C8  C7 
9    East    CQ  D4  C9  CJ 
10   East    C6  D8  CA  D6 
11   West    H8  H10 HJ  HQ 
12   South   HA  D9  D7  H9 
13   South   DJ  DQ  DA  HK 
9 Tricks taken.  Score: 600