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Namyats

Namyats proper noun: a conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4♣, and when it is in spades, opener bids 4♦.

Proper noun

Namyats

  1. A conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4♣, and when it is in spades, opener bids 4♦.

Origin of Namyats

Reversed spelling of Stayman, the surname of Victor Mitchell's bridge partner, Samuel Stayman.

Questions about Namyats

What does Namyats mean?
Namyats means a conventional agreement to open hands with a long major suit that are too strong for a direct preemptive opening with a 'two-under' transfer bid. When the long suit is in hearts, opener bids 4♣, and when it is in spades, opener bids 4♦.
What part of speech is Namyats?
Namyats is a proper noun.

Words near Namyats in the dictionary

  1. namus
  2. namuwite
  3. Namuyi
  4. Namuzi
  5. Namyangju
  6. Namyats
  7. Namyung
  8. namé
  9. namés
  10. nan
  11. nan flap

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