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Mike Savage on Conventions

Mike Savage has written detailed articles explaining an extensive number of conventions.  He attempts to keep them to 1 page (or 2 at the most).  For those that don't frequent the Regional and North American Bridge Championships (known as Nationals or NABCs) tournaments where they are customarily available, almost all of them are listed below for viewing/printing/downloading.
Be aware, they are intended for serious tournament players.

3-Way Minor Raises		Jacoby & Texas Transfers		Std Puppet & 2 Modern Versions
4-Suit Transfers		Jacoby 2NT		Responsive Doubles
After Partner's DBL of a Weak 1NT		Jacoby 2NT Responses Upgrade		Roman KeyCard Blackwood
Brozel		Jacoby 2NT Intrfer. Counterattack		Six Key Roman Key-Card
Checkback		Jump Shifts		Run Outs of 1NT Penalty Doubled
Criss-Cross Minor Raises		Kickback Blackwood		placeholder
placeholder		Kokish Cont. after a Balancing 1NT		Scramble after DBL of Stayman 2C
Drury		Krury -- Kirkham's Drury		Smolen
Exclusion Blackwood		Lebensohl		Suction
Flannery		Michaels		placeholder
Flannery Defensive Bidding		Michaels Defensive Bidding		Support Doubles
Forcing 1NT		Michaels in Balancing Seat		Systems On vs Unusual
Garbage Stayman		Michaels Raises		Unusual vs Unusual
placeholder		Mini Roman		placeholder
Hamilton		placeholder		2 Spade Rebid after a 2H Reverse
Hamilton in Balancing Seat		Minor Suit Stayman		2NT after Pard's Weak Jmp to 2H/2S
Handling Minor Suits over 1NT		Namyats		Weak Twos
Hello		Negative Doubles		Weak 2 Defensive Bidding
Help Suit Game Tries		New Minor Forcing		Wolfe Sign Offs
Impossible 2S Rebid by Responder		New Minor Forcing 2-way		X Y Z Basics
Inverted Minors		New Minor Forcing Rebids		X Y Z
Inviting Slam in Opener's Minor		Puppet Stayman a la Romex		Zig-Zag
placeholder		Std Puppet & 1 Modern Version		placeholder

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