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...

used 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...

A., eds. (1994). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (5th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 278. ISBN 0-943855-48-9. LCCN 96188639...

concepts, defined in the glossary of contract bridge terms, are essential to understanding bridge scoring: Bridge scoring consists of six to eight elements...

The history of contract bridge may be dated from the early 16th-century invention of trick-taking games such as whist. Bridge departed from whist with...

The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. It is the largest...

devices. In 2018, Bridge Base Online was inducted into the American Contract Bridge League's Hall of Fame for its long-term commitment to bridge. As of February...

A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more parties. A contract typically involves...

used 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...

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

Bridge, or more formally contract bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill and chance played by four players. This article consists of lists of bridge...

points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement for conversion of the absolute contract bridge scores. The total point difference...

Honeymoon Bridge is a term for various forms of two-player Bridge games. Variants include Double Dummy where four hands are dealt, as in Contract Bridge. Nikki...

Barbu, 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...

This list is a compilation of contract bridge players, writers, administrators and personalities who have been recognized for their skills, achievements...

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...

Official Encyclopedia of Bridge - Biographies and Results (compact disk) (7th ed.). Horn Lake, MS: American Contract Bridge League. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-939460-99-1...

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...

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...

horse racing enthusiast, and at one time ranked among the world's top contract bridge players. He was the recipient of high civil honors from multiple countries...

"The Bermuda Bowl | World Bridge Federation". Retrieved 1 May 2024. "Vanderbilt Previous Winners" (PDF). American Contract Bridge League. 2014-03-24. p. 6...

related to Bridge, Pinochle and Euchre. It appears like a simplification of contract bridge such that a skilled spades player can learn bridge relatively...

Duplicate Bridge (also known as the Laws of Duplicate Contract Bridge and the Laws of Contract Bridge) is the official rule book of duplicate bridge promulgated...

L. Berkowitz (born November 23, 1949) is an American professional contract bridge player. He is from Old Tappan, New Jersey. In 1998, he came as close...

Optimum contract and par contract are two closely related (and sometimes confused) bridge scoring terms in the card game contract bridge. The optimum contract...

performance at contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms Matchpoints, a method of scoring in contract bridge; see Glossary of contract bridge terms...

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...

Lebensohl is a contract bridge convention whose variants can be used in the following situations: by responder after an opponent's overcall of a one notrump...

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...