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Criss Cross Raise - Also known as the Criss Cross Jump Shift or Crossover, a convention to address minor suit openings when responder has a invitation values (some play game forcing) and no 4 card major. Method 1. Inverted Minor Game Forcing. Criss Cross Invitational Values. Method 2.
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Feb 26, 2020 · Sorry, you need to be logged in to answer polls. Registered users can vote in polls, and can also browse other users' public votes! Please join our community and participate in the discussion. Getting results... criss-cross inverted raises is designed to distinguish game forcing raises of minor suits from raises that are only invitational.
Alternately, mikeh's scheme using criss cross allows you to retain the simple single raise as normal which can be useful in fighting for part scores, or making sure (esp important at IMP) that you play and make 2 or 3 m rather than being off 1 in 1NT.
Using criss cross, the bids of 2♦*after 1♣, and 3♣* after 1♦, Jump Shifts (J/S) in the other minor (an alert – in Red on the Convention Card), show a limit raise (10-12 HCP) and at least 4-card support for the bid minor, and denies a 4-card major. These bids are invitational to game.
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In contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which both menaces are blocked. [1] However, the blocking cards provide the necessary communication between hands after the squeeze has been effected.