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25 unusual facts about Contract bridge


4th Computer Olympiad

As with each year's Computer Olympiad, computer programs competed against each other at a variety of games, including Awari, backgammon, bridge, chess, Chinese Chess, draughts, Gin rummy, Go, Go-Moku, Othello, Renju and Scrabble.

A Hand of Bridge

The opera consists of two unhappily married couples playing a hand of bridge, during which each character has an arietta in which he or she professes their inner desires.

Alain Gerbault

After the war, he took up tennis, becoming the French champion, and also bridge, at which he achieved an international rating.

Alex Martelli

According to Martelli's self-evaluation, his proudest achievement is the articles that appeared in The Bridge World (January/February 2000), which were hailed as giant steps towards solving issues that had haunted contract-bridge theoreticians for decades.

Alfredo Versace

Alfredo Versace (born June 4, 1969), is an Italian professional bridge player.

Carl Ferris Miller

He was a skilled bridge player and traveled the world with the Korean national team.

Cezary Balicki

Cezary Balicki (born August 4, 1958) is a Polish bridge player holding the title of World Grand Master.

China Qiyuan

Zhongguo Qiyuan (Simplified Chinese: 中国棋院) is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess affairs under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China.

Drew Casen

He is an all-around expert games player and has excelled in such games as bridge, poker, backgammon, golf, and bowling.

Eldad Ginossar

Eldad Ginossar (born June 14, 1981) is a professional bridge player from Israel.

Ethel Jones Mowbray

To keep her mind sharp, Mowbray enjoyed playing with three bridge clubs.

Eunice Rosen

Eunice Marya Rosen (born September 6, 1930) is an American bridge player.

Gabriel Chagas

Gabriel Pinheiro Chagas Filho (born December 7, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian bridge player.

George Rosenkranz

George Rosenkranz (born as György Rosenkranz, August 20, 1916, Budapest) is a Mexican scientist in steroid research and a professional bridge player.

Heliopolis Sporting Club

The activities of the club included water polo, swimming, diving, squash, tennis, golf, cricket, hokey, bridge, bowling, soccer, handball, basketball, Volleyball, Speed ball, Ballet, Gymnastics, Snooker, Athletics and different kinds of dancing.

Maccabiah bridge collapse

Elizabeth Sawicki, 47, a member of the delegation's bridge team, died July 26 from complications from infection.

Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence

Through a series of flashbacks and flashforwards, we learn Laurence, a former bridge champion who now teaches the game to wealthy women, went to the airport to pick up Daniel but missed him because the flight landed early.

No Census, No Feeling

The boys work their way into the home of a socialite (Symona Boniface) who is concerned with a lack of participants in her weekly Bridge game.

Ramesh Gokhale

Ramesh Gokhale (died September 30, 1988) was an Indian bridge player.

Tony Forrester

Anthony R. (Tony) Forrester (born 1953) is an English bridge player and writer.

University of the Third Age

There are also many less-educational activities - 'Games', including bridge tuition and duplicate bridge playing groups; 'Health, Fitness & Leisure', including countryside walks, Theatre/Concert Clubs, Travel Clubs, Dance in all its forms etc.

William Lindsay Gresham

His death went generally unnoticed by the New York press, but for a mention by a bridge columnist.

William Rosen

William Albert (Bill, Billy) Rosen (born September 12, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American bridge player, best known for winning the 1954 Bermuda Bowl world championship.

World Mixed Pairs Championship

The World Mixed Pairs Championship is a bridge championship for mixed-gender pairs held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships.

World Women Pairs Championship

The World Women Pairs Championship is a bridge championship held every four years as part of the World Bridge Championships.


25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know

25 Bridge Conventions You Should Know is a book on contract bridge co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and British player and author Marc Smith.

Aegean Park Press

Aegean Park Press is a publisher based in Walnut Creek, California, specializing in cryptology, military intelligence, contract bridge and Mayan languages.

Alexandre Deschapelles

After his defeats of John Cochrane and William Lewis two years later, Deschapelles switched to playing Whist (the Deschapelles coup in Contract Bridge is named after him).

Dorothy Naum

She participated in several Galesburg All-City Championships, while her other hobbies included bowling, contract bridge, knitting, needlepoint and watching sports, especially the National Basketball Association games.

Highly unusual method

Highly unusual methods (also HUM) is a class of contract bridge bidding systems defined by the World Bridge Federation.

Little Major

The Little Major is a bridge bidding system devised primarily by Terence Reese.

Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand

Planning the Play of a Bridge Hand is a book on contract bridge co-written by Canadian teacher and author Barbara Seagram and British author David Bird.

Säffle Spade

In the game of contract bridge, Säffle Spade (or Säfflespader in Swedish) is a forcing pass system developed by Einar Bergh and Pontus Svinhufvud (Säffle is the name of a small city in Sweden, where they lived in the past).