round before knowing whether it is the strong or the weak NT, which can make their competing for a part score difficult. Canapé bidding on moderate hands has the advantage that the opener typically bids the second and strongest suit at the 2 level. In particular, Blue Club is purpose built, whereas other systems such as Standard American have steadily evolved to enable players to compete against other modern systems. This evolution has had the effect of making such systems much more complicated and convoluted at higher levels. The Italian team captain, Carl Alberto Perroux, is quoted as saying, "a standard Ford, however much jazzed up, won't beat a Ferrari." Disadvantages The wide-ranging 1NT opening can lead to responder having to probe for game more often and is not always easy in competition. The more modern treatment seems to be to play 1NT as either 15-17 balanced or 13–14 with the club hands (but not both). Due to inconsistent canapé, responder has no idea which is the long suit with sequences that go 1X−1NT−2Y. As with all strong club systems, the 1 opening is vulnerable to preempts, especially at unfavorable vulnerability. Blue Club is less fashionable these days but it was still used by a few pairs in the 2013 World Bridge Olympiad: VanProoijen-Verhees of the Netherlands, BScornell-Bach of New Zealand and Newell-Reid New Zealand. References External links Blue Club, Calgary Casual Style Bridge systems