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Selected Robert Todd Bidding Articles

Robert Todd's "This Week In Bridge" (TWIB) series is an impressive living book, a useful resource when researching any bidding method. Many older topics have been superseded by improved versions with new numbers — it keeps getting better!

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(255) Responder's Unusual 2-Major Jump Shifts and NT Rebids, 2018.
(266) Dealing with Interference over a Conventional 2 NT Response, 2019.
(370) 2/1 GF Auctions: 1D - 2C Auctions, 2021.
(407) Jacoby 2NT, 2022.
(408) Splinter Bids by Responder, 2022.
(411) Modern 2-Level Preemptive Openings, 2022.
(412) Higher Level Preemptive Openings, 2022.
(413) Responding to 2-Level Preempts, 2022.
(414) Responding to Higher-Level Preempts, 2022.
(415) 2C Opening Bids, 2022.
(416) Responder's Rebids after a Jump Shift, 2022.
(417) Lebensohl over Reverses, 2022.
(418) Off-Shape 1NT Opening Bids, 2022.
(419) 2/1: Opener's Pattern Out Auctions, 2022.
(434) Competitive Bidding: Balancing NT Bids, 2022.
(431) Competitive Bidding: Cuebidding the Opponent's Suit - First Round, 2022.
(432) Competitive Bidding: More Cuebids, 2022.
(433) Competitive Bidding: Balancing by Responder, 2022.
(434) Competitive Bidding: Balancing NT Bids, 2022.
(435) Competitive Bidding: Balancing with Distributional Hands, 2022.
(436) Competitive Bidding: More Balancing, 2022.
(468) McCabe Responses to Preempts, 2023. 
(469) Meckstroth Advances, 2023. 
(470) Unusual vs. Unusual and Unusual vs. Michaels, 2023. 
(480) Competitive Bidding: Michaels Cuebid, 2023. 
(481) Competitive Bidding: Unusual 2NT, 2023. 
(483) Competitive Bidding: Competing over 2-Level Preempts - Lebensohl, 2023. 
(484) Competitive Bidding: Leaping Michaels, 2023. 
(488) Constructive Bidding: Modern Gazzilli, 2023. 
(506) Thinking and Responding: Problem Opening Bids, 2024.
(511) Thinking and Responding: Walsh and Extended Walsh, 2024.
(512) Thinking and Responding: Jump Shifts after 1-Level Openings: Weak & Invitational, 2024.
(515) NT Auctions: Modern 2NT Opening Bids, 2024.
(516) NT Auctions: Responding to 2NT Opening Bids with the Majors, 2024.
(517) NT Auctions: 3S Minor Suit Slam Try After a 2NT Opening Bid, 2024.
(518) NT Auctions: Superaccepting Jacoby Transfers, 2024.
(519) NT Auctions: Trick-Showing Notrump Bids - Gambling 3NT and More, 2024.
(520) NT Auctions: Opponents' Doubles of Our Stayman & Transfers, 2024.
(521) NT Auctions: Responder's 2S Rebid after Stayman, 2024.
(522) NT Auctions: 2S Size Ask Response, 2024.
(523) NT Auctions: Puppet Stayman and 5-card Stayman, 2024.
(532) Slam Bidding: Forcing Pass Auctions, 2024.
(533) Slam Bidding: Minor Suit Slams after 1NT Openings, 2024.
(534) Slam Bidding: 5-Major Bids - Obvious Question, 2024.
(535) Slam Bidding: 5NT Choice of Slams, 2024.
(536) Slam Bidding: Dealing with Interference over Ace-Asking Bids, 2024.
(537) Slam Bidding: Responding to 4NT Keycard with a Void, 2024.
(538) Slam Bidding: Q-Minorwood, 2024.
(539) Slam Bidding: Non-Serious 3NT, 2024.
(540) Slam Bidding: Last Train Slam Try, 2024.
(542) NT Bidding: Woolsey, 2024.
(541) NT Bidding: DONT and Meckwell, 2024.
(542) NT Bidding: Woolsey, 2024.
(544) NT Bidding: Transfer Landy+ vs. Weak NT Openings, 2024.
(545) NT Bidding: Responding to 1 NT in Competition - Lebensohl, 2024.
(546) NT Bidding: Responding to 1 NT with 3-Level Interference, 2024.
(547) NT Bidding: Responding after a Penalty Double of a 1NT Opening, 2024.
(548) NT Bidding: Modern, Transfer, and Modern Transfer Lebensohl. 2024.
(549) NT Bidding: Slam Tries after Stayman. 2024.
(550) Competitive Auctions: Leaping Michaels, 2024.
(557) Competitive Auctions: Good/Bad 2NT in Competition, 2024.
(558) NT and Balancing Auctions: 14-16 1NT Opening, 2024.
(559) NT and Balancing Auctions: Balancing Notrump Bids, 2025.
(561) NT and Balancing Auctions: Range Stayman, 2025.
(560) NT and Balancing Auctions: Jump Overcalls in the Passout Seat, 2025.
(562) NT and Balancing Auctions: Other Balancing Actions, 2025.
(568) Snapdragon Doubles, 2025.
(574) Fit-Showing Jumps, 2025.
(576) Kokish over Strong 2C, 2025.
(579) Upgrade to Jacoby 2 NT, 2025.
(585) Modified 2-Way Reverse Drury, 2025.
(586) 2-Way New Minor Forcing and Wolff Signoff, 2025.
(587) XYZ, 2025.
(590) Reverse Flannery, 2025.
(591) Inverted Minors and 1D - 2C Auctions with Structure, 2025.
(592) Responder's Unusual 2-Major Jump Shifts and 2NT Bids, 2025.
(593) Todd Busts over 2C Opening Bids, 2025.
(594) Transfer Landy, 2025.
(595) Transfer Wolff over 2NT Rebids, 2025.
(596) Transfers over Transfers, 2025.
(597) Transfer Advances over Negative Double, 2025.
(598) 1-Major (X) Transfers, 2025.
(602) 2/1 GF - 2 NT Rebid showing a 6+ card suit, 2025.
(603) Opener's Rebids after 2/1 GF Alternative Responses, 2025.
(604) 2/1 Game Forcing Responses - Alternative Approach, 2025.
(605) Options for 1D - 2C 2/1 GF Auctions, 2025.
(606) Transfer McCabe Responses to Preempts, 2025.

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