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Gerber is a contract bridge convention devised by William Konigsberger and Win Nye from Switzerland [1] who published it in 1936; John Gerber of Texas introduced it to North America in 1938 where it was named after him.
Slam-seeking conventions are codified artificial bids used in the card game contract bridge. Bidding and making a small slam (12 tricks) or grand slam (13 tricks) yields high bonuses ranging from 500 to 1500 points. However, the risk is also high as failure to fulfill the slam contract also means failure to score the bonus points for a game ...
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 ...
Australian Bridge magazine, December 2000, pages 20-21. List of defenses against a 1NT opening (text corrupted, but does provide a listing). Official website; Bridge Buff website: commentary on the MONK convention. Pattaya Bridge Club website: list of defenses against a 1NT opening are briefly reviewed, including a comparison of Cappelletti and ...
John Gerber (May 18, 1906 – January 28, 1981) [1] [2] [3] was an American bridge player. Gerber was born in Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire (now Kropyvnytskyi , Ukraine ). [ 4 ] He settled in Houston, Texas , [ 5 ] where he died in a hospital at age 74.
The World Bridge Federation (WBF) is the international governing body for contract bridge.. Emulating the organizational concepts of the Olympic movement and its signature five rings, the World Bridge Federation encompasses the five continents (America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Oceania) represented by eight geographic Zonal Conferences.
In contract bridge, a cue bid (also, cuebid or cue-bid) is either a bid of the opponents' suit, or "slam seeking": a slam-investigating bid made during an auction's later rounds that shows control of a suit. Traditionally a cue bid is "slam seeking", but in the early 21st century the usage appears to be giving way to control bid.
Fourth suit forcing (also referred to as fourth suit artificial; [1] abbreviated as FSF or 4SF) is a contract bridge convention that allows responder to create, at his second turn to bid, a forcing auction. A bid by responder in the fourth suit, the only remaining unbid suit, is artificial indicating that responder has no appropriate alternate ...