Fantunes

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In the game of contract bridge Fantunes is a natural bidding system that was invented by Fulvio Fantoni and Claudio Nunes and used to good effect by this top Italian pair.

The central feature of the Fantunes system is that a bid of one in a suit is natural but forcing. Such a one-level bid is typically made on hands containing at least 14 high-card points. A 1NT opening bid signifies a (semi-)balanced hand and 12-14 HCPs. Key in the Fantunes system are the intermediate 2-level bids. These denote 10 - 13 HCP and at least a 5-card suit. Such 2-bids occur with a high frequency, and put a lot of pressure on the opponents.