Contract Bridge
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Deals 1 - 20
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Duplicate Bridge
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L.
lead
books
leading a new suit by the Defence
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Deal 5
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Deal 6
opening lead -
Bidding Guide p.14
opening leads in NT
opening leads in trump contracts
learn as you play
- with your friends
length points
limit bid
definition
response options
the limit bid concept
long suit -
developing a long suit
losers (losing tricks)
discarding losers on high cards
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Ex.2
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Deal 16
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Deal 18
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Deal 19
discarding losers by ruffing in Dummy
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Deal 15
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Deal 8
possible losers
in trump contracts
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M.
major suit
major and minor suits
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Bidding Guide p.1
major suit trump fits
making tricks
making tricks without a trump suit
making tricks with a trump suit
Mallon
, John - books
manners
- at the bridge table
Match point scoring
assigning an 'Average score'
- to a board
averaging Match points
calculating percentages
IMPs
- International Match Points (
IMP Table
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Match points per Table
simple Match points scoring
maximum pass
replies by the Opener
minimum - strong - maximum
opening hand
minor suit
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Bidding Guide p.1
better minor
opening bid
Mitchell movement for pairs
- playing duplicate
Mollo
, Victor - books
Movements for Duplicate bridge
Howell movement for pairs
Individual movements
Mitchell movement for pairs
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N.
No Trumps (NT)
making tricks in No Trumps
NT responses
- after a 1 in a suit opening
1 NT
opening bid -
Bidding Guide p.3
2 NT and 3NT
opening bids
NT responses to 1 NT opening :
Final bid
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Invitation bid
Opener's reply
- to a NT response, after his 1 in a suit opening
opening leads in NT
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Bidding Guide p.14
ranking
scoring trick points in NT
strategy in NT play
suit responses
- after a 1 NT opening
Negative Double -
Bidding Guide p.13
NOT drawing opponent's last winning trump :
Deal 8
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Deal 8 - Trick 6
Situation 2
Situation 3
number
odd number of pairs
in a Howell movement
table numbers
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O.
odd number of pairs
- in a Howell movement
Ogust Convention -
Bidding Guide p.6
Opener's reply after a suit raise
Opening bid
1 NT
opening -
Bidding Guide p.3
1 in a suit
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p.4
p.5
2 NT and 3NT
opening bids -
Bidding Guide p.2
1 Club
opening bid -
Bidding Guide p.2
2 Club opening bid -
Bidding Guide p.6
Weak 2 opening bids -
Bidding Guide p.6
balanced hand opening bids
better minor
opening bid
easy to remember
- points required
opener's 15 point barrier
Preemptive opening bids -
Bidding Guide p.7
when NOT to open the bidding
opening hand -
minimum - strong - maximum
opening leads -
Bidding Guide p.14
books
opening leads in NT
opening leads in trump contracts
Rule of 11
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Deal 10
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Deal 12
starting play after the auction
Overcalls by the Defence -
Bidding Guide p.8
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P.
part score - less than 100 trick points
bonus points
for part score, game and slam contracts
"Pass" sign -
in silent bidding
Passed hand
responses by a Passed hand
percentages
- how to calculate them from Match points
play
starting the play after the auction
points, hand evaluation -
Bidding Guide p.1
high card points
length points
opener's 15 point barrier
responder's 10 point barrier
shortage points
possible losers
- losing tricks in trump contracts
Practice Deals
- 1 to 60
Precision
- Bidding System
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Preemptive opening bids -
Bidding Guide p.7
priorities, bidding responses
after a 1 in a suit opening
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Q.
Quiz
Q 1
- Making tricks without a trump suit
Q 2
- Making tricks with a trump suit
Q 3
- Hand Evaluation
Q 4
- NT Opening bids
Q 5
- 1 in a suit Opening bids
Q 6
- NT responses to a 1 in a suit Opening bid
Q 7
- New suit responses to a 1 in a suit opening bid
Q 8
- Suit responses to a 1NT Opening bid
Q 9
- Bidding by a Passed hand
Q10
- Handling a trump suit
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R.
raise - in the bidding
of 1 in a suit opening
after a 1 NT opening :
Final bid
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Invitation bid
jump raise
by opener (after a suit bid response)
jump raise
by responder (after a 1 in a suit opening)
ranking
- of suits and NT -
Bidding Guide p.1
rebid
Redouble
- what does it mean
reference books
- on bidding and play
rescue bid
, after a 1 NT opening -
Bidding Guide p.3
responder (to opener)
bidding priorities after a 1 in a suit opening
bidding a new suit
response after 1 in a suit opnening
easy to remember
- points required
Negative Double -
Bidding Guide p.13
after opponent interference
NT responses after a 1 in a suit opening
rescue bid
after a 1 NT opening -
Bidding Guide p.3
responder's 10 point barrier
responses with 11-12 points
second bid by responder
after a 1 in a suit opening
suit responses
- after a 1 NT opening
reverse bid
rotation
- of vulnerability
ruff
cross ruff
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Deal 27
discarding losers by ruffing in Dummy
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Deal 15
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Deal 8
Dummy reversal
ruffing with a 4-4 trump fit
ruffing with a 5-3 trump fit
Rule of 11
:
Deal 10
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Deal 12
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S.
safety play
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Deal 13
scoring
bonus points
for part-, game and slam-contracts
scoring trick points in NT
scoring trick points in trump contracts
score calculator
score sheet
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second bid by responder
after a 1 in a suit opening
semibalanced
, hand shape -
Bidding Guide p.1
Sequence, in bidding -
Bidding Guide p.11
shift
jump shift
by opener
jump shift
by responder
short 1 Club
opening bid -
Bidding Guide p.2
shortage points
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Bidding Guide p.1
shuffling and dealing the cards
signals
, card - books
signals by the Defence
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Deal 19
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Deal 20
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R11 Example 2
singleton
- holding only 1 card in a suit
hand shape
shortage points
skip-over principle
in bidding
Slam contracts - making 12 or all 13 tricks
bonus points
for part score, game and slam contracts
valuation points required
for game and slam contracts
Small Slam - making 12 tricks
bonus points
for part-, game and slam-contracts
solid sequence
- of cards lead by an honour
Standard American
- Bidding System
Stayman Convention
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Bidding Guide p.12
and
Bidding Guide p.3
strategy, of Declaring side
strategy in the auction
strategy in NT contracts
:
Bidding Guide p.9
strategy in Trump contracts
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Bidding Guide p.9
strong
opening hand
suit
ranking
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Bidding Guide p.1
developing a long suit
sure winners
counting your sure winners
cashing in your sure winners
in a cross ruff game
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T.
table
table manners
table numbers
Take-out Doubles by the Defence -
Bidding Guide p.8
Teams competition
- IMPs scoring
traveller
- duplicate score sheet (
blank form
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touching honours
tricks, making
making tricks without a trump suit
making tricks with a trump suit
trick points
scoring trick points in NT
scoring trick points in trump contracts
trumps
making tricks with trumps
finding a trump fit
trump fits
major suit trump fits
8 card trump fit
4-4 trump fit
5-3 trump fit
trump contracts
handling a trump suit
opening leads in trump contracts
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Bidding Guide p.14
scoring trick points in trump contracts
strategy in Trump contracts
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U.
United Kingdom
- Bidding System used
unbalanced
, hand shape -
Bidding Guide p.1
up the line
, bidding suits
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V.
void - holding no card in a suit
hand shape
shortage points
vulnerable
- what does it mean
rotation
- of vulnerability
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W. - X. - Y. - Z.
Weak Two opening bids -
Bidding Guide p.6
Wei
, C.C. - inventor of the Precision System
winning the 4th trick in a 3-3-3-4 distribution
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Deal 7
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written cross
in silent bidding
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