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Advice for playing contract bridge
A bridge maxim is a rule of thumb in contract bridge acting as a memory aid to best practice gained from experience rather than theory. If you have a choice
Bridge_maxims
Card game
the heart of bidding in bridge. A number of basic rules of thumb in bridge bidding and play are summarized as bridge maxims. A bidding system is a set
Contract_bridge
most typically squeezes. Maxims A maxim of bridge is a brief expression of a general principle of the game. Most Bridge maxims have some validity but none
Glossary of contract bridge terms
Glossary_of_contract_bridge_terms
Card game of the trick-taking family
Auction bridge was the first form of bridge in which players bid to declare a contract in their chosen trump suit or no trumps. It was first recorded
Auction_bridge
American gaming company
Bridge Base Online (BBO) is the world's largest bridge-playing online platform, with about 11.6 million monthly visits as of September 2024. In 1990, Bridge
Bridge_Base_Online
The Joy of Bridge and Bridge Maxims – full-length, primarily instructional books published in 1984 and 1987. Audrey Grant's Better Bridge was a series
Audrey_Grant
Card game
Rubber bridge is a form of contract bridge played by two competing pairs using a particular method of scoring. A rubber is completed when one pair becomes
Rubber_bridge
Scoring of contract bridge
While a deal of bridge is always played following a unique set of rules, its scoring may vary depending on the type of event the deal is played on. There
Bridge_scoring
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List of play techniques (bridge)
List_of_play_techniques_(bridge)
Contract bridge bidding convention
(also called Hamilton and Pottage) is a defensive bridge convention used in the card game contract bridge to compete or interfere in the auction when an
Cappelletti_convention
Playing card with an elevated rank
or players may bid for the right to select the trump suit as in contract bridge or Skat. In most games trump cards cannot be played if the player has any
Trump_(card_games)
Bidding convention in contract bridge
Stayman is a bidding convention in the card game contract bridge. It is used by a partnership to find a 4-4 or 5-3 trump fit in a major suit after making
Stayman_convention
Bridge card game
Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge, is a form of contract bridge and a variation of rubber bridge in which one or more sets of four
Chicago_(bridge_card_game)
Variant of contract bridge card game
Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are
Duplicate_bridge
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. This ranking is adopted in Unicode's Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2660/4
High_card_by_suit
Artificial call made during the auction in a game of contract bridge
In contract bridge, a convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of
Bridge_convention
Australian bridge player
2025) was an Australian bridge player. He was the Vice Chair of the WBF High Level Players Commission. North American Bridge Championships (5) Lebhar
Ishmael_Del'Monte
Blackout is a bridge convention for responding to a reverse bid after a one-over-one beginning, whereby the responder can show whether or not he has better
Blackout_convention
Convention in bridge card games
transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's
Jacoby_transfer
Bridge card game bidding system used in Britain and elsewhere
Acol is the bridge bidding system that, according to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, is "standard in British tournament play and widely used in other
Acol
In bridge, the assistant to a tournament director
In duplicate bridge, a caddy is an assistant to the tournament director with primary responsibility for: collecting pick-up slips (score slips) after each
Caddy_(bridge)
Mathematical probabilities in the game of bridge
In the game of bridge mathematical probabilities play a significant role. Different declarer play strategies lead to success depending on the distribution
Contract_bridge_probabilities
The history of contract bridge may be dated from the early 16th-century invention of trick-taking games such as whist. Bridge departed from whist with
History_of_contract_bridge
Bridge convention
In contract bridge, Bergen raises are conventional treatments of responses to a major suit opening in a five-card major system. Developed by Marty Bergen
Bergen_raises
Points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals
or master points are points awarded by bridge organizations to individuals for success in competitive bridge tournaments run under their auspices. Generally
Masterpoints
North American sports governing body
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest
American Contract Bridge League
American_Contract_Bridge_League
Bidding convention in contract bridge
XYZ is a bidding convention in contract bridge. After opener's one of a suit (X), partner's one of a suit response (Y) and opener's 1-level rebid (Z) (a
XYZ_convention
Bridge convention
Jacoby 2NT (Swedish: Stenberg 2NT) is a bridge convention in which a bid of 2NT over partner's opening bid of one heart (1♥) or one spade (1♠) shows a
Jacoby_2NT
Bidding system for the bridge card game
Standard American is a bidding system for the game of bridge widely used in North America and elsewhere. Owing to the popularization of the game by Charles
Standard_American
Card game terminology
Some penalties in different trick-taking games include the following: In Bridge, the penalty for a revoke is normally one or two tricks scored against the
Revoke
North American contract bridge tournaments
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are three annual bridge tournaments sponsored by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). The "Spring",
North American Bridge Championships
North_American_Bridge_Championships
International governing body for contract bridge
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body of contract bridge. The WBF is responsible for world championship competitions, most
World_Bridge_Federation
Bidding convention in contract bridge
In the partnership card game contract bridge, the Blackwood convention is a bidding convention developed by Easley Blackwood in 1933 and still widely used
Blackwood_convention
Ogust is a bridge convention used by responder after his partner has made a weak-two opening bid; its purpose is to gauge the strength of the weak-two
Ogust_convention
Bridge system
A bidding system in contract bridge is the set of agreements and understandings assigned to calls and sequences of calls used by a partnership, and includes
Bidding_system
This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements
List of contract bridge people
List_of_contract_bridge_people
Bidding sequence in bridge card game
A reverse, in the card game contract bridge, is a bidding sequence designed to show additional strength without the need to make a jump bid; specifically
Reverse_(bridge)
Seven of diamonds playing card
In trick-taking card games such as bridge, the beer card is a name informally given to the seven of diamonds (7♦). Players may agree that if a player wins
Beer_card
Contract bridge bidding system employing 2/1 as game forcing
forcing (Two-over-one game forcing) is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around the following responses to a one-level opening bid: a
2/1_game_forcing
Bidding convention in contract bridge
This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention. Meckwell is a method for defending against an opposing strong one notrump (1NT) opening
Meckwell_convention
Playing of contract bridge with computer software
Computer bridge is the playing of the game contract bridge using computer software. After years of limited progress, since around the end of the 20th
Computer_bridge
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. Systems listed have either had a historical impact on the development of bidding in the game
List_of_bidding_systems
Tracey; Rigal, Barry, eds. (2011). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1.
Landy_convention
Bidding system in the game of contract bridge
Precision Club is a bidding system in the game of contract bridge. It is a strong club system developed in 1969 for C. C. Wei by Alan Truscott, and used
Precision_Club
Bidding convention in contract bridge
Glossary of contract bridge terms for an explanation of unfamiliar words or phrases. Walsh is a convention used in the card game of bridge in response to an
Walsh_convention
Name for the earliest form of Bridge
Bridge Whist and Straight Bridge are retronyms coined to distinguish the earliest form of Bridge from latter forms that included bidding. Bridge Whist
Bridge_whist
Contract bridge convention
Lebensohl is a contract bridge convention whose variants can be used in the following situations: by responder after an opponent's overcall of a one notrump
Lebensohl
Convention in contract bridge
In the card game "contract bridge", a splinter bid is a convention whereby a double jump response in a side-suit indicates excellent support (at least
Splinter_bid
American sportswoman, aviator, journalist, and socialite (1889–1960)
(June 24, 1889 – March 24, 1960) was an American sportswoman, aviator, bridge player, artist, and journalist. Born in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on June
Dorothy_Rice_Sims
Book by Louis Sachar
cardturner - someone to read aloud his cards to him - when he plays duplicate bridge. When Alton returns from his penultimate day at school, his mother agrees
The_Cardturner
Convention in contract bridge
The Drury convention is a bridge convention, used to show a game-invitational major suit raise by a passed hand while guarding against a light opening
Drury_convention
Coup in contract bridge
The trump coup is a contract bridge coup used when the hand on lead (typically the dummy) has no trumps remaining, while the next hand in rotation has
Trump_coup
American economist (born 1940)
is a champion bridge player. North American Bridge Championships (2) Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1966 Mixed Pairs (1) 2007 North American Bridge Championships
Richard_Zeckhauser
Type of bid within contract bridge
The negative double is a form of takeout double in bridge. It is made by the responder after their right-hand opponent overcalls on the first round of
Negative_double
Defensive play in contract bridge
In contract bridge, an uppercut is a defensive play that involves one of the defenders ruffing high in the knowledge that an overruff by the declarer will
Uppercut_(bridge)
Tactic in bridge card game
A (bridge) signal is a move in the card game of contract bridge in which partners defending against a contract play particular cards in a manner which
Signal_(bridge)
Bidding convention in contract bridge
Transfer Walsh is a bidding convention used in contract bridge. After a 1♣ opening bid, responses of 1♦ and 1♥ show heart and spade suits respectively
Transfer_Walsh
Richard Baldwin (London), 12th Edition, 214 pages. Payne, William (c. 1770). Maxims for Playing the Game of Whist, with all Necessary Calculations; and the
List_of_contract_bridge_books
Contract bridge convention
Multi-coloured 2 diamonds, is a contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows a defined range of hand types. These always include a weak-two
Multi_two_diamonds
Conventional bid in contract bridge
The Michaels cuebid is a conventional bid used in the card game contract bridge. First devised by Michael Michaels of Miami Beach, FL, it is an overcaller's
Michaels_cuebid
In the card game contract bridge, Gambling 3NT is a special treatment of an opening bid of 3NT. The bid is used to describe a hand containing a minor suit
Gambling_3NT
Convention in contract bridge
This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention. Devised by Kit Woolsey, the convention is a defense against an opponent's one notrump opening;
Woolsey_convention
1929 murder in the United States
The Bridge Murder case, also known as the Bridge Table Murder case, was the trial of Myrtle Adkins Bennett (born March 20, 1895, in Tillar, Arkansas),
Bridge_Murder_case
Canadian bridge player and publisher
Canadian bridge player and co-owner of Master Point Press, a publisher of books on bridge.[citation needed] After a lengthy absence from women's bridge, she
Linda_Lee_(bridge)
French bridge player (1959–2020)
a French bridge player. She was 61 years old. World Mixed Teams (1) 2004[circular reference] Venice Cup (2) 2005, 2011 North American Bridge Championships
Catherine_D'Ovidio
London gentlemen's club
Green Cemetery, London. In 1928, the club was refounded primarily as a bridge club patronised by British players including world champion Terence Reese
Crockford's_(club)
Bid of the opponents' suit in contract bridge
In contract bridge, a cue bid (also, cuebid or cue-bid) is either a bid of the opponents' suit, or "slam seeking": a slam-investigating bid made during
Cue_bid
Anti-cheating device in bridge
A screen is a device used in some tournaments in duplicate bridge that visually separates partners at the table from each other, in order to reduce the
Screen_(bridge)
Scheme used in a duplicate bridge session to assign opponents
A duplicate bridge movement is a scheme used in a duplicate bridge session to arrange which competitors play which opponents when, and which boards they
Duplicate_bridge_movements
Texas transfer, or simply Texas, is a bidding convention in contract bridge designed to get the partnership to game in a major suit opposite a one notrump
Texas_transfer
Re-invention of the game with very different rules
Singaporean bridge (also known as floating bridge) is a re-invention of the traditional game of contract bridge deriving its name from where it is believed
Singaporean_bridge
Multi-sport event
after the Paralympics. Five mind sports participated in the first Games: bridge, chess, draughts (checkers), go (weiqi), and xiangqi (Chinese chess). Thirty-five
World_Mind_Sports_Games
Conventional overcall in bridge
In the card game of bridge, the unusual notrump is a conventional overcall showing a two-suited hand. It was originally devised by Al Roth in 1948 with
Unusual_notrump
Bridge term
In contract bridge, Last Train refers to a bid just below game level in the agreed suit. A Last Train bid is typically made in a bidding sequence in which
Last_Train_(bridge)
Muiderberg is a bidding convention in the card game bridge. It is a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major
Muiderberg_convention
Contract bridge convention
Serious 3NT is a contract bridge bidding convention. It is used in game-forcing auctions where a major suit has been agreed upon. 1♠–2♣ if using 2/1 Game
Serious_3NT
English author (1831–1899)
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Henry_Jones_(writer)
In the game of bridge, Leaping Michaels is a conventional overcall in 4♣ or 4♦ made in defense to opposing 2-level or 3-level preemptive openings. A variant
Leaping_Michaels
Late 1930s variation of contract bridge
Five-suit bridge is a late 1930s variation of contract bridge played with a deck of 65 playing cards divided into five suits. In the summer of 1937 in
Five-suit_bridge
Slam bidding convention in contract bridge
Gerber is a contract bridge convention devised by William Konigsberger and Win Nye from Switzerland who published it in 1936; John Gerber of Texas introduced
Gerber_convention
Italian bridge team
(Italian: "Squadra azzurra") represented Italy in international contract bridge tournaments, winning sixteen world titles from 1957 through 1975. From 1964
Blue_Team_(bridge)
Simplified form of the card game Contract Bridge
Minibridge, also spelt MiniBridge is a simplified form of Contract Bridge designed to expose newcomers to declarer and defensive playing techniques without
Minibridge
Bridge convention
Strong two clubs is a bridge convention that is an agreement to use an opening bid of two clubs to indicate a strong hand and a strong holding in the bid
Strong_two_clubs
American bridge player (1932–2024)
Paul Swanson (June 21, 1932 – September 23, 2024) was an American bridge player from Morgantown, West Virginia. He was also the founder of Swanson Industries
Paul_Swanson
International championship for contract bridge
World Bridge Championships consists of several sets of championships organized under the auspices of the World Bridge Federation. World Bridge Series
World_Bridge_Championships
US magazine
The Bridge World (TBW), the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded
The_Bridge_World
Austrian-British bridge player
Fritzi Gordon (1906 – 8 February 1992) was an Austrian-born British bridge player, half of the most famous and tempestuous female partnership in the game's
Fritzi_Gordon
British contract bridge writer
1946) is a British bridge writer from Eastleigh, with more than 130 bridge books to his name. He was born in London and is bridge correspondent for the
David_Bird_(bridge)
Contract bridge convention
Mini-Roman or Mini-Roman 2 Diamonds is contract bridge convention whereby the opening bid of 2♦ shows a three suited hand and 11-15 high card points (HCP)
Mini-Roman_2_Diamond
Item holding a deal of bridge
In duplicate bridge, a board is an item of equipment that holds one deal, or one deck of 52 cards distributed in four hands of 13 cards each. The design
Board_(bridge)
Bidding system for the game of bridge
Bridge base basic, also known as BBO basic, is a bidding system for the game of bridge based on the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC). It is simplified
Bridge_Base_Basic
Contract bridge technique
A squeeze play (or squeeze) is a technique used in contract bridge and other trick-taking games in which the play of a card (the squeeze card) forces an
Squeeze_play_(bridge)
Official rule book of duplicate bridge promulgated by the World Bridge Federation
Duplicate Bridge (also known as the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge and the Laws of Contract Bridge) is the official rule book of duplicate bridge promulgated
Laws_of_Duplicate_Bridge
Bridge convention
Rubinsohl (also referred to as Rubensohl) is a bridge convention that can be used to counter an opponent's intervention over a 1NT opening bid. After the
Rubinsohl
ten bridge players in the world according to the World Bridge Federation 'Open Ranking' by Master Points (MPs) as maintained by the World Bridge Federation
WBF_Open_Ranking
Contract bridge guideline about a lead
Journalist Leads generally call for the lead of the third or fifth best. Bridge maxims Opening lead Rule of 10-12 Manley, Brent; Horton, Mark; Greenberg-Yarbro
Rule_of_11
Inferring which remaining cards are held by each opponent
In contract bridge, card reading (or counting the hand) is the process of inferring which remaining cards are held by each opponent. The reading is based
Card_reading_(bridge)
In the game of bridge, Ekren refers to a preemptive opening of 2♦ defined as 4-4, 4-5, 5-4 or 5-5 in the majors and 3–10 high card points. This conventional
Ekren_convention
Bidding systems devised for contract bridge
In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands so that they may reach the optimum contract. Key
Hand_evaluation
Hand in contract bridge, a card game
In contract bridge, a one suiter is a hand containing at least six cards in one suit. Many hand patterns can be classified as one suiters. Typical examples
One_suiter
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