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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 competing partnerships, [1] with partners sitting opposite each other around a table. [a] Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and with friends at home, making ...
Contract Bridge For Beginners is a book written by Charles Goren on the rules and basic strategies of contract bridge. First published by Simon & Schuster Inc. of New York in 1953 [1] and by Eyre & Spottiswoode of London in 1959, each has been reprinted numerous times. The book contains an introduction to the then relatively new bidding system ...
Pivot. 1) (Adjective) Of the suit that both defenders must guard in a double squeeze. 2) (Verb) In party bridge, to change partners while remaining at the same table. 3a) (Verb) In duplicate bridge, to play one round in a given direction, and the next round in the opposite direction at the same table.
Walsh convention. See the 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 opening bid of 1 ♣. [1] The convention has its origins in the Walsh System [2] developed by Richard and Rhoda Walsh. [3]
Romex system. The Romex system is a contract bridge bidding system designed by Mexican bridge expert George Rosenkranz. [1] Key features of Romex are the multiple meanings attributed to certain bids, such as the dynamic one notrump and the Mexican two diamonds.
In the versions of the official Laws of Duplicate Bridge issued by the World Bridge Federation and the American Contract Bridge League, the collective term for the suits and notrump is denomination. However, The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge, 6th Edition, states that the "modern term is strain". Accordingly, use strain unless quoting the "Laws"
C. Contract bridge card play (4 C, 26 P) Cheating in bridge (3 P) Contract bridge competitions (2 C, 15 P) Contract bridge bidding (2 C, 29 P) Contract bridge by country (5 C)
Baron convention. The Baron bidding system in contract bridge was developed in England in the 1940s [1] as a variant of Acol and incorporates several conventions including the Baron Three Clubs, the Baron Notrump Overcall, the Baron Two Notrump Response and the Baron Two Spades and Three Spades.