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Lesson Topics of the Contract Bridge Course on CD
The Contract Bridge Course on CD contains all Bridge materials and lessons displayed on this website, plus 14 additional lessons and a great selection of practice deals (152 in total).
The course also features
- A Solo bidding facility to practise your bidding on 92 deals by yourself
- An extended 18 page Bidding Guide
- Separate pages for N, S, E and W, with all hands for all deals in the Course
- A Quiz for each lesson and Reviews for lesson 3 to 24
- Eight lessons on Card play Techniques, absolutely essential for every aspiring bridge player
(indicated by * below)
- Two comprehensive Subject Indexes, one for all lesson texts, and one for the topics and techniques featured in all 92 lesson deals.
The Course is suitable for beginners as well as intermediate players wanting to improve. It is also an ideal resource for bridge teachers with everything required to conduct reliable and effective Beginners and Intermediate courses.
Lesson topics are :
Beginners level
Lesson 1 - Making tricks without a Trump Suit
Lesson 2 - Making tricks with a Trump Suit
Lesson 3 - Hand Evaluation
Lesson 4 - No Trump Opening bids
Lesson 5 - One in a Suit Opening bids
Lesson 6 - NT Responses after a 1 in a Suit Opening
Lesson 7 - Bidding a New Suit
Lesson 8 - Suit Responses after a 1 NT Opening
Lesson 9 - The Indirect Finesse *
Lesson 10 - The Direct Finesse *
Lesson 11 - Bidding by a Passed Hand
Lesson 12 - Handling a Trump Suit *
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Intermediate level
Lesson 13 - Preemptive Opening bids
Lesson 14 - Overcalls & Takeout Doubles
Lesson 15 - The Deep Finesse *
Lesson 16 - Weak & Strong Two Opening bids
Lesson 17 - The Duck and the Throw In *
Lesson 18 - Hold Up and Avoidance Plays *
Lesson 19 - The Negative Double Response
Lesson 20 - Trump Play techniques *
Lesson 21 - Play by the Defence *
Lesson 22 - Optional bids by the Defence
Lesson 23 - Slam Bidding Conventions
Lesson 24 - Alternative Hand valuations
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