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 played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, every hand, whether strong or weak, is played in competition with others playing identical cards, and the element of skill is heightened while that of chance is reduced. This stands in contrast to Bridge played without duplication, where each hand is freshly dealt and where scores may be more affected by chance in the short run.
Four-way card holders known as bridge boards are used to enable each player's hand to be preserved from table to table, and final scores are calculated by comparing each pair's result with others who played the same hand.
In duplicate bridge, players normally play all the hands with the same partner, and compete either as a partnership (in a 'Pairs tournament') or on a team with one or more other partnerships ('Teams tournament' - players are usually allowed to change partner within their team at any point if they wish). 'Individual tournaments' also exist, in which players change partnerships regularly during the tournament and are ranked on their personal performance.
Duplicatebridge 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...
honors, players often agree to play without the honor bonuses.) In duplicatebridge only: A partial-game bonus is received at the end of each deal for...
DuplicateBridge (also known as the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge and the Laws of Contract Bridge) is the official rule book of duplicatebridge promulgated...
to bridge rooms for casual play and teaching, BBO hosts many types of duplicatebridge tournaments, including events sanctioned by official bridge organizations...
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 trick-taking...
original western bridge (formerly named the Gateway Bridge) was opened on 11 January 1986 and cost A$92 million to build. The duplicatebridge was opened in...
A duplicatebridge movement is a scheme used in a duplicatebridge session to arrange which competitors play which opponents when, and which boards they...
the original two lane bridge opened in 1964. It was financed by the developers of the suburbs, LJ Hooker. The bridge was duplicated to two lanes each way...
competition bridge, including duplicatebridge (including at some online bridge websites), but rarely within any kind of companion bridge, and never if...
major or 1NT respectively on a later hand. This is very different from duplicatebridge where each part-score and game are worth fixed amounts and each hand...
followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. This ranking is used in the game of bridge. ♦♣♥♠ Alternating colours Diamonds, followed by clubs, hearts, and spades...
Look up duplicate, duplication, duplications, duplicator, or twofold in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Duplication, duplicate, and duplicator may refer...
receive the monthly Bridge Bulletin magazine. In addition to the Laws of DuplicateBridge (named Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge until 2008), the ACBL...
The English Bridge Union or EBU is a player-funded organisation that promotes and organises the card game of duplicatebridge in England. It is based...
played every year since 1975. A duplicate pairs competition is also part of the Romanian national championship. Duplicatebridge Scrabble variants (in Romanian)...
Who animated episode Dreamland, and in the In Plain Sight episode "DuplicateBridge" as a man in Witness Protection named Norman Baker/Norman Danzer. In...
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...
similarly.) An elaboration of this system is the Mitchell movement in duplicatebridge, discussed below, where north–south pairs play east–west pairs. In...
Duplicate Tsing Yi South Bridge or Duplicate Tsing Yi Bridge or Kwai Tsing Bridge is a 640-metre long bridge connecting Tsing Yi Island and Kwai Chung...
American multi national champion and world champion in duplicatebridge. Shi started playing bridge in 2011 when she picked it up over learning to fly planes...
This article describes the contract bridge bidding convention. Meckwell is a method for defending against an opposing strong one notrump (1NT) opening...
Jacoby and have gained widespread international acceptance by duplicate and rubber bridge players alike. In the article, Jacoby gave his name to the convention...
Whiteboard Game board Chessboard Checkerboard Board (bridge), a device used in playing duplicatebridge Board, colloquial term for the rebound statistic in...
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