Numerous magazines have been devoted to the card game contract bridge: Auction Bridge Magazine Edited by Milton Work in the 1920s, this monthly magazine billed...
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Bridge Magazine was a British monthly magazine devoted to the game of contract bridge. It was the oldest such magazine having been established in 1926...
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contract bridge terms List of bridge books List of bridge competitions and awards List of bridge magazines List of contract bridge people In face-to-face...
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game of bridge mathematical probabilities play a significant role. Different declarer play strategies lead to success depending on the distribution of opponent's...
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In 2018, Bridge Base Online was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame for its long-term commitment to bridge. As of February...
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Diagrams are used to illustrate a deal of 52 cards in four hands in the game of contract bridge. Each hand is designated by a point on the compass and...
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understanding bridge scoring: Bridge scoring consists of six to eight elements, depending on the variant. The method of accumulation of contract points toward...
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Ruff (cards) (category Contract bridge card play)
occasionally for the defending side in bridge. Dummy reversal (also known as reverse dummy) is a technique in contract bridge whereby declarer uses trump cards...
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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...
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used in contract bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in whist, bid whist, the obsolete game auction bridge, and other...
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combinations play safety play applying the principle of restricted choice applying the theory of vacant places applying percentages and probabilities...
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High card by suit (section Contract bridge)
followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. ♦♣♥♠ Alternating colors Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades...
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Trump coup (redirect from Trump coup (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...
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This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements...
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Criss-cross squeeze (category Contract bridge squeezes)
In contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which both menaces are blocked. However, the blocking cards provide the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Single-suit squeeze (category Contract bridge squeezes)
in contract bridge that occurs with an awkward defensive distribution of one suit. It contains elements of a squeeze and a throw-in. It is a kind of immaterial...
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select the trump suit as in Contract Bridge or Skat. In most games trump cards cannot be played if the player has any cards of the suit led to the trick;...
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Cue bid (category Bridge conventions)
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...
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In the card game of contract bridge, to duck (or ducking) means to play low to a trick to which one has led, losing it intentionally in order to set up...
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Pat McDevitt (category Irish contract bridge players)
Pat McDevitt is an Irish bridge player. World Senior Pairs Championship (1) 2010 North American Bridge Championships (4) Senior Knockout Teams (1) 2000...
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Splinter bid (category Bridge conventions)
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...
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WBF Open Ranking (category Contract bridge people)
This is a list of the top ten bridge players in the world according to the World Bridge Federation 'Open Ranking' by Master Points (MPs) as maintained...
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Alexander Smirnov (born 1983 in Saint Petersburg) is a German bridge player. He was suspended, in the year 2016, for four years by the ACBL, because he...
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A bridge convention is an agreement about an artificial call or a set of related artificial calls. Calls made during the auction phase of a contract bridge...
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Entry-shifting squeeze (category Contract bridge squeezes)
In the card game contract bridge, an entry-shifting squeeze is a mixture between a material squeeze and an immaterial squeeze. The material part is the...
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In the card game of contract bridge, to hold up means to play low to a trick led by the opponents, losing it intentionally in order to sever their communication...
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Drury convention (category Bridge conventions)
Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1. Page 40 of the Biographies and Results...
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