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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. ♦♣♥♠ Alternating colors Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades...

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...

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...

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 so North–South are...

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...

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...

Auction bridge was the first form of bridge where players bid to declare a contract in their chosen trump suit or no trumps. It was first recorded as...

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...

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...

set of bidding conventions and agreements used in the game of contract bridge and is based upon an opening bid of 1♣ as being an artificial forcing bid...

Hamilton and Pottage) is one of many defensive bridge bidding conventions used in the card game contract bridge to compete or interfere in the auction when...

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...

A single-suit squeeze is a unique squeeze play in contract bridge that occurs with an awkward defensive distribution of one suit. It is a kind of immaterial...

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...

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...

have cards of that suit in one's hand. This is useful in games such as bridge. For instance, one player can lead with the suit in which his partner is...

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...

the player who cannot follow suit is required to ruff. In others, like Bridge and Whist, he may instead discard (play any card in any other suit). Normally...

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...

transfer, or simply transfers, in the card game contract bridge, is a convention in most bridge bidding systems initiated by responder following partner's...

This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. Systems listed have either had an historical impact on the development of bidding in the game...

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...

The Bridge Federation of India (BFI) is the governing and controlling body of contract bridge in India. It was established in 1952. It is registered under...