(ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The Fast Open Pairs is a four session MP pairs event, two qualifying sessions and two final sessions...

The Google Fast Pair Service, or simply Fast Pair, is Google's proprietary standard for quickly pairing Bluetooth devices when they come in close proximity...

stud, where the player with the lowest-ranking face-up card is required to open the first betting round for a minimal amount, ties can be broken by suit...

Fast Pairs or 10K Fast Pairs is held at the Fall American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) North American Bridge Championship (NABC). The 10K Fast Pairs...

substantial departures from early Standard American methods. Most tournament pairs now assemble their own system from a variety of new treatments and conventions...

some of the chance element is eliminated by comparing results of multiple pairs in identical situations. This is achievable when there are eight or more...

the Wernher Open Pairs is a four session matchpoint pairs event, with two qualifying sessions and two final sessions. The event is open to any player...

certain hand shapes to bid awkwardly, and a high percentage of hands are opened with one diamond, including in some cases hands with only a doubleton diamond...

scoring, there can be good reasons to make safety plays. Suppose that, at pairs, declarer is in a standard contract, one that the majority of the field...

contract bridge played by two competing pairs using a particular method of scoring. A rubber is completed when one pair becomes first to win two games, each...

bridge, the partners are not determined at the outset by virtue of prior pairing — they are determined at the end of the bidding. Using a standard 52-card...

conventional bids, leads, discards and signals. In ACBL-sanctioned games, all pairs are obliged to have such a card, which must be identical for both members...

jump-support partner. See Forcing notrump for additional details. Some pairs play a variant in which the 1NT response to 1♥ or 1♠ is semi-forcing. Since...

is largely due to the special value that tournament play, especially the pairs game, places on major suits. Since the mid-1980s, the negative double has...

in 1948 with Tobias Stone, to show the minor suits after the opponents opened in a major. The convention concept is now generally extended to show the...

exotic overcalls. An example are the canapé overcalls used by the Italian top pair Norberto Bocchi and Giorgio Duboin. In canapé overcalls the suit bid typically...

With only four cards in a major suit, the opening bidder is expected to open one of a minor suit (which may show less than four cards in that suit) or...

this hand might be opened with 1♠ as a psych, trying to stop opponents from reaching a likely game or even slam. Some might open with a 1♥ psych, to...

apparently comprised two men and two women, presumably playing as mixed pairs.) They were runners-up in 1933. In 1930 they were also runners-up in the...

of pairs. All boards and most pairs move after every round according to guide cards placed on the tables, or carried by the players (usually one pair, or...

no higher) in a competitive auction. Thus, if with an eight-card fit, a pair is safe to bid to the two level but are unsafe to go to the three level....

opening bid. 13 to 21 HCP: hands of 13 HCP or more are strong enough to open with natural bidding, including: minimum opening hands with 13 to 15 HCP...

reluctant to open on level 1 for fear of being outbid by perceived opponents' major. For example, the hand ♠ 3 ♥ 94 ♦ KQJ963 ♣ AJ92 might reasonably open 3♦ in...

position. Many perceive hands with 6-card suit and 11 HCP strong enough to open at the one level; see Rule of 20. Agreements should ensure no gap between...

bridge player. North American Bridge Championships (2) Blue Ribbon Pairs (1) 1966 Mixed Pairs (1) 2007 North American Bridge Championships (2) Men's Board-a-Match...

reverse must show values at least one trick beyond the minimum needed to open. For example, following 1♦ – 1♠ ; 2♥ – ?, responder may have a weak hand...

apparent signoff. It may well be that North wants to bid a slam, but has two fast losers in the spade suit. After South bids 4♠ showing control of the spade...

Transnational Open Teams Championship (1) 1997 World Olympiad Teams Championship (1) 2000 North American Bridge Championships (2) Fast Open Pairs (2) 2013...

2002. The EBL organizes youth events annually in July, for youth teams and pairs that represent EBL member countries. The European Small Federations Trophy...

four to six players, some by transnational teams or by pairs, almost none by individuals. "Open Classification". World Bridge Federation (WBF). Archived...