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Ronald Eugene Andersen (May 26, 1941 – July 3, 1997) [1] [2] [3] was an American bridge player. He won 11 "national"-rated events at North American Bridge Championships, thrice-annual 10-day meets organized by the American Contract Bridge League, where he became known best as a superior live commentator in the vugraph room.
The American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) is a governing body for contract bridge in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Bermuda. [1] It is the largest such organization in North America having the stated mission "to promote, grow and sustain the game of bridge and serve the bridge-related interests of our Members."
Miles was an American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) Grand Life Master with more than 17,500 masterpoints [4] and was elected into its Hall of Fame in 2005. [5] [6] Miles wrote "many articles for The Bridge World, American Bridge Digest, Bridge Today, ACBL Bridge Bulletin and was a contributing editor to The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge."
The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (OEB) presents comprehensive information on the card game contract bridge with limited information on related games and on playing cards. It is "official" in reference to the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) which authorized its production and whose staff prepared and/or supervised its various editions.
The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by The Bridge World in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The American Contract Bridge League adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame [4] in 1995 by accepting the ...
Tops and Bottoms, C & T Bridge Supplies (1987), ISBN 978-0940257009; Jenny Mae the Bridge Pro, co-authored with Martin Hoffman, Granovetter Books (1994), ISBN 978-0940257184; Bridge Addition 96: New Age Inventions Tempered With Old-Fashioned Advice, Granovetter Books (1995), ISBN 978-0940257191. (Matthew Granovetter was the sole author.)
This is a list of bidding systems used in contract bridge. [1] [2] Systems listed have either had an historical impact on the development of bidding in the game or have been or are currently being used at the national or international levels of competition. Bidding systems are characterized as belonging to one of two broadly defined categories:
2/1 game forcing (Two-over-one game forcing) is a bidding system in modern contract bridge structured around the following responses to a one-level opening bid: a non-jump response in a new suit at the one-level is constructive and forcing for one round, a non-jump response in a new suit at the two-level is forcing to game, and