Bridge Base Basic information

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 Online (BBO) is the world's largest bridge-playing online platform, with about 10 million monthly visits as of November 2021. Originally created...

Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two...

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

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...

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...

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...

This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention. Meckwell is a method for defending against an opposing strong one notrump (1NT) opening...

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

Bonus amounts are different in rubber bridge and duplicate bridge. See Bridge scoring. Book (Noun) The basic six tricks that must be taken by the declaring...

Rex Bridge (Swedish: Rexbridge) is a version of contract bridge developed in Sweden in 1959 by Sten Lundberg. It gained some followers in Scandinavia...

Times, April 3, 1983. Based on standard hand evaluation methods Klinger, Ron; Husband, Pat; Kambites, Andrew (1994). Basic Bridge – The Guide to Good Acol...

phase of a contract bridge game convey information about the player's card holdings. Calls may be "natural" (that is, are based on a holding of the suit...

ISBN 1400051606. Pomerantz, Gary M. (2009). The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age (1st ed.). Crown Publishers. ISBN 978-1400051625...

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...

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...

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...

Klinger in collaboration with Pat Husband and Andrew Kambites (1994). Basic Bridge: the guide to good Acol bidding and play. Victor Gollancz Ltd in association...

American multi national champion and world champion in duplicate bridge. Shi started playing bridge in 2011 when she picked it up over learning to fly planes...

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...

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....

variants permit reneging with the 5 of trumps. Penalties for revokes vary: In Bridge, the penalty for a revoke is normally one or two tricks scored against the...

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...