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Bridge: A Game of Cards, Logic, and Cooperation

Nicolae Sfetcu — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:11:51 +0000

The game of bridge is one of the best-known and most complex card games in the world. At first glance, it may seem difficult because it involves rules, a specific vocabulary, and many possible lines of play. In reality, bridge … Read More

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The Bridge Game

Nicolae Sfetcu — Wed, 09 Aug 2023 20:42:43 +0000

A comprehensive guide of bridge game: online games, variants, suits, hand evaluation, bidding systems, techniques, strategy, tactics. Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game of skill for four players, usually sitting around a table, who … Read More

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Bridge game – how to play

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 15:49:49 +0000

A session of bridge consists of a number of deals (also called hands or boards). A hand is dealt (or may have been pre-dealt), the bidding (or auction) proceeds to a conclusion and then the hand is played. Finally, the … Read More

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Trajan’s stone bridge on the Danube

Nicolae Sfetcu — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:51:51 +0000

Trajan’s Bridge reconstruction – Drawing Trajan’s bridge from Drobeta was built in only three years (103-105), following the plans of the architect Apolodorus of Damascus, the craftsman of Trajan’s Column in Rome. Wooden Scale model of Trajan’s bridge Apollodorus of … Read More

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Bridge on the Internet

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:45:03 +0000

There are several free and some subscription-based servers available for playing bridge on the Internet. OKBridge is the oldest of the still-running Internet Bridge services; players of all standards, from beginners to world champions may be found playing there. SWAN … Read More

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Bridge play techniques

Nicolae Sfetcu — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:14:13 +0000

Terence Reese, a prolific author of bridge books, points out that there are only four ways of taking a trick by force, and two of these are very easy: playing a high card that no one else can beat trumping … Read More

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Bridge Game Strategy

Nicolae Sfetcu — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:40:35 +0000

Bidding systems and conventions Much complexity in bridge arises from the difficulty of successfully arriving at a good final contract in the auction. This is a fundamentally difficult problem: the two players in a partnership must try to communicate enough … Read More

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Bridge tournaments

Nicolae Sfetcu — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:44:15 +0000

At its core, bridge is a game of skill played with randomly dealt cards, which makes each deal a game of chance. Despite this, chance can be largely eliminated by comparing pairs’ results in identical situations. This is achievable when … Read More

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History of the bridge game

Nicolae Sfetcu — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:15:38 +0000

Trick-taking games can be traced back to the early 16th century. Whist became the dominant form, and enjoyed a loyal following for centuries. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word bridge is the English pronunciation of “biritch”, an older … Read More

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Bridge game play

Nicolae Sfetcu — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:36:40 +0000

Two partnerships of two players each are needed to play bridge. The four players sit around a table with partners opposite one another. The compass directions are often used to refer to the four players, aligned with their seating pattern. … Read More

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