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Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a plain trick-taking card game played with a standard 52-card deck. It is played by two pairs competing against each other, with the partners facing each other as in Whist . Millions of people play bridge worldwide in clubs, tournaments, online and socially, making it one of the world's most popular card ...
History of contract bridge. 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 creation of Biritch (or "Russian Whist") in the 19th century, and evolved through the late 19th and early 20th centuries to form the present game.
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TBW is generally regarded as the most prestigious bridge magazine. Currently, Jeff Rubens is editor and publisher. He took over from Edgar Kaplan who edited and published The Bridge World from 1967 to 1997. TBW is published monthly. Bridge Bulletin, a full-color magazine published monthly by the American Contract Bridge League.
Advanced techniques by declarer. card reading, also known as counting the hand. dummy reversal. endplay. coups. squeezes. suit combinations play. safety play. applying the principle of restricted choice.
A card game session comprising a number of rounds after which scores are finalised and a winner declared. To play a card of the same value of the card or cards on the table, for example in fishing games. matsch. A slam in certain Austrian or Bavarian games. Failing to win at least a quarter of the points available in some German games.
Playing time. 90 min. [citation needed] Chance. Moderate. Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks that were bid before play of the hand began.