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- Use the jump shift to the other minor (1C-22 or 12-3C) to distinguish between invitational only and game force or better. This is called Criss-Cross. Can play it either way: single raise=GF+ & Criss-Cross=invitational or vice versa If Criss-Cross is invitational, you can’t play 2N after a 12 opening
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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 competition, inverted minors are off for most partnerships. A single raise is weak with 4-card support, and a jump raise is weak with 5+ card support. If the opponents have doubled for takeout over 1 /, then responder can use the Jordan 2NT convention to show a limit raise or better.
The purpose of the inverted minors convention is to help the partnership find the best game when they have a minor suit fit. Playing the standard way a single raise of a minor suit opening shows: 5-10 points. 5+cards in the minor suit. No 4-card or longer major suit, A jump raise shows same as above, with 10+ points. When You Play Inverted.
Over interference, if inv minors are off then 1 ♣ (dbl) 2NT can be Jordan and 1 ♣ (1 ♠) 2 ♠ can be limit+, as you describe and as I've used previously. But if 2 ♣ is still inverted, then it makes sense to redefine them.
After this show of concentration, if responder bids 2NT or 3-of-the-minor, it can be passed. There are more bells and whistles which can be added, but in my KISS style, the above is sufficient to use Inverted Minors. Inverted Minors are alertable: both the single raise and the double raise.
Criss Cross [2] A jump shift in the other minor 1 ♣ - 2 ♦ or 1 ♦ - 3 ♣ shows a limit raise (9-12 HCP) and at least 4 card support; A simple raise of a minor is therefore game forcing; A jump raise in the minor shows 5+ card support and less than 9HCP; Some players prefer to show aspects of opener's hand other than stops, when bidding a ...
Inverted Minors - The weak jump response of partner's minor suit bid, used as a preemptive tactic against opponents. Essentially, the meaning is reversed between a raise (normally showing 6-9 points) and jump raise (showing 10-12 points).
