Intro
Contract Bridge is a
card game derived from
Auction Bridge (which
in turn is based on
Whist). It was
constructed by
Harold S. Vanderbilt during a cruise to
Havana in
1925. The first game ever is considered to have been played on
November 1 1925, and the
participants were Francis Bacon III, Dudley L. Pickman, Frederick S. Allen and Vanderbilt himself.
Vanderbilt introduced a new scoring system which rewarded correct and precise
bidding. The new game was made very popular during the thirties by
legendary players such as Ely Culbertson. The first world
championships were held in 1950.
Rules
The full, but rather hard to read, rules of the game :
A more accesible writeup:
Bidding convent
Short glossary
- 5
- 5 card major
- B
- blackwood, best minor, bid, bridge bidding
- C
- contract, cuebid
- D
- deal, declarer, double, drury convention, dummy, duplicate bridge
- G
- game, gerber, grand slam
- H
- hand, high card points
- J
- jacoby transfer, jump shift
- M
- major suit, minor suit
- N
- negative double, notrump, NT
- O
- odd trick, opening bid, overcall
- P
- part score, partner, pass
- R
- redouble, rubber
- S
- small slam, standard american yellow card, stayman, strain, suit
- T
- takeout double, trick, trump
- V
- vulnerable
- W
- weak two bid
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