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Espen Gisvold saw my Assumed Fit Ekrens notes and kindly wrote tome putting right a few historical points. After some rummaging Bjørn Ekren's original article in the now defunct journal "BridgeNytt" (Bridge News) turned up and she was kind enough to supply the following in translation:
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.. from the Norwegian Bjørn Olav is the first to write the technical column. There will be a lot of this kind of stuff, both openings and systems in general. Bjørn Olav, who is a system fanatic, will contribute on a regular basis. Not unnaturally he has chosen to start with his own creation, which in the course of one year has managed to become generally known. More and more players use Ekrens 2 diamonds.After having tried most of the available 2 diamond openings, without too much
success, Ragnar Baardsgaard and I decided that we had to make up our own
variation. One "wet" Friday evening we reached a solution. That 2 At first sight this might seem pretty audatious, but our initial results proved
surprisingly good. Often we were able to leap to 3 or 4 in a major after partner's
2 2
 - pass - 4 of a majorOn average we were able to open 2 While it might be sticking one's neck out too far to open 2 The downside was that from time to time we did get doubled, conceding
a lot in undertricks, but this happened much less frequently than one
might think. Playing teams, we were about to go for -1400 in 2 |
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Defined 4- 4, 4-5, 5-4 or 5-5 in major and 3-10 hcp regardless of vulnerability.
Responses {The 3
2
 / = To play 2NT = Relay 3  = Natural, not forcing3 * = Invitation with 3-3 in the majors3 ,3 = pre-emptive, to playResponses to the 2NT relay
3
any minimum3 = 5-5 min or max3 = 4-5 max3 = 5-4 max3NT = 4-4 max All the responses to 2 NT other than 3 clubs are forcing to game.
After the 3
2
- 2NT3 - 3 = second relay
.. 3
= 4-5.. 3 =5-4.. 3NT = 4-4
2
- 2NT3 - 3/
= slam suggestion opposite 5-5Double of opponent made after the 2 {Examples then followed}
BridgeNytt 2(1994) {Norwegian - no longer published}
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Some limited biographyBjørn Olav Ekren is a Norwegian grand master listed in the Oslo bridge club pages and sometimes seen in European competition. I don't know too much about Bjørn except that he came to prominence in the early 90's from mid Norway - the same school as Helness-Helgemo. I would welcome any further stories about this innovative, and clearly successful player. |
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