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Bridge Newsgroups, Mailing lists, and Discussion Sites
For descriptions and subscribing instructions visit David Stevenson's Bridge Newsgroups Page

USENET NEWSGROUPS
aus.games.bridge
news.winbridge.com
rec.games.bridge
rec.games.bridge.okbridge

DISCUSSION MAILING LISTS
OKBridge discussion list
bridge-laws mailing list: majordomo@rgb.anu.edu.au
NYC Bridge mailing list

DISCUSSION WEB SITES
Bridgetalk.com
Discussions of technique, systems, laws, online play, humor, news.



Online Bridge Playing




Bridge Base Online
Online bridge (including deals from major tournaments), partnership practice, library, chat rooms.

FunBridge
Free online game. In French and English. Ranking system compares players on the same boards.

Gamesquare
Dutch-English bridge site. Players of all systems welcome.

The International Online Bridge Club
An online bridge server.

MSN Games
Online bridge and other games from Microsoft.

Latinbridge Game Center
Online bridge and other services in Spanish.

OKBridge
Provides rubber, duplicate and team play. Includes Frank Stewart's bridge column.

pogo.com
Online bridge playing and other games.

StepBridge
Dutch and English sections

SWAN Games Company
Internet bridge club.

Yahoo
Yahoo Online bridge


Books, Software, and Commercial Products

Bridge Base Software Inc.

7notrumps.com
Daily article in problem format; informal tone.

aBookorGame
Books, games, puzzles, toys; new and used. Reviews. Interviews.

Baron-Barclay Bridge Supplies
Wide variety of bridge-related merchandise. Includes Frank Stewart's bridge column.

Marty Bergen
Marty Bergen Contract Bridge books, software, cruises, lessons and seminars, and other bridge related products.

Bermuda Regional at Fairmont Hotel
Special deals for tournament goers.

Bill Sachen
Items for collectors.

Blue Chip Bridge Ltd.

Joel Bradmetz
Softwares and articles devoted to automatic play.

Bridge 8.0
Game for Mac and PC. Link to a downloadable Demo (PC only), and interesting deals.

Bridge Base Software
Software, vugraph, bridge articles, and links.

Bridge Buff
Generators, play-and-defend modules, simulations.

Bridge Cloths Direct
Handmade bridge cloths.

The Bridge Dealmaster
Powerful simulator; organizational tool for teachers.

The Bridge Forum International
Online bridge school for players at all levels, with courses, supervised play, and forums.

Bridge Holiday
Annual holiday in Menorca.

Bridge Manager
Adds new features for use with Bridge Baron. Also works with GIB and all bridge programs using PBN deals. Free downloadable demo.

Bridge Overseas
Bridge holidays in the United Kingdom.

Bridge Plaza
Lineups, photos, articles, daily news, match records.

Bridge-us
Books.

The Bridge Shop
Books and other bridge merchandise.

Classic Personalized Gifts
Table covers: suedecloth in four sizes and ten colors.

Larry Cohen's Book Shop
Books.

Learn Bridge
Everything for the bridge novice and beginner: beginners' course, weekly e-zine, free tips, and puzzles

Kitty Cooper's Bridge Teaching Site

Dabrisoft Bridge Playing Software
Educational bridge software. Download a demo - online shopping.

D and B Publishing
Books on bridge, gambling, poker and puzzles.

Finesse Bridge
Cruises. Bridge vacations.

First for Bridge
Holidays for players in Madeira, Portugal, Menorca and the United Kingdom.

GioBridge

Game-Spreads
Top quality bridge table covers.

Good Bridge Argentina & My Good Bridge Store
Commercial bridge equipment with a unique flavor.

Great Game Products
Bridge Baron 11 includes learning to play bridge. Downloadable demo.

J. W. and S. Hardy
Contract bridge and go books, software and supplies; Brisbane, Australia.

Jannersten Bridge Supply
Specialized equipment for tournament bridge.

Eddie Kantar's Web Page

Paul Lavings Postfree Bridge Books
New books and large list of second-hand books.

Master Bridge
Excerpts from books for sale. A Guide to Being a Good Bridge Player available.

Master Point Press Books
Publisher and seller of bridge books.

Master Point Press - Bridge Blogging
A forum for bridge bloggers.

Master Point Press - Mastering Bridge
Instructional site where teachers and students can meet.

Micro Bridge Home Page

Mindracer Publishing
Products for the everyday player wanting to clear up common misunderstandings.

New Bridge Assets
Programs (including films and DVDs) of the 2004 Olympiad at Istanbul.

Piatnik of America
Playing cards.

playBridge Hand Generator
Hand-generation capabilities in several formats.

Play Bridge with John McIlrath
Products, publications, bridge sessions from John McIlrath, Sydney, Australia..

Playing Cards and More
Online source for Bridge playing cards and Bridge Gift Sets.

Scania Bridgekonsult
Book descriptions (with excerpts), articles, competitions, Scanis BridgeDealer simulator. In Swedish and English.

Scorer123
A Wondows95/Excel-based scoring program for pair tournaments.

T-Plus Bridge for Windows CE
Bridge for hand-held and palm-sized PC's running Windows CE. Port of Q-Plus bridge for Windows.

Q-Plus Bridge
Bridge program for Windows. "Easy to use; hard to beat."

Ron Klinger Bridge Lessons
Discussions of bridge games, techniques, duplicate bridge and more.

SevenNotrump.com
Gifts, name badges, accessories, novelties.

Let's Play Bridge
Downloadable functioning computer bridge game.

The 35 Steps
Revolutionary tool for teachers and beginners in Standard American and Acol 2009.

XContractBridge
Contract Bridge software for Linux (with free trial download) and Windows Mobile



Magazines and Publications


Australian Bridge

Bridge Magazine
Home page of Bridge Magazine and London Bridge Centre.

Bridge Plus Magazine
Home page of Bridge Plus Magazine.

Bridge Tidningen
Swedish-language publication

Bridge Today
Home page of Bridge Today Digest.

Bridgevaria.com
Free magazine. New contents every day. Puzzles, quizzes, problems, articles, readers' contributions, question-and-answer.

IMP Bridge Magazine
Magazine in Dutch, but Web site in English.

North Jersey Bridge News

Post-Mortem
Greater New York Bridge Association publication.

Tournament Administration
An analytical synopsis.



Online Columns

The Aces On Bridge
Reprints Bobby Wolff's bridge column.

The New York Times
Reprints bridge column on Mondays, Thursdays and Sundays. Internet-only column on Tuesdays and Fridays, also Wednesdays during newsworthy events.



Organizations And Tournaments

Bridge Forum International

ACBL District 3
Home Page. Tournament schedules.

ACBL District 18
Includes player and tournament information.

ACBL Unit 102
SunCoast Bridge Association (West Coast of Florida)

Atlanta Duplicate Bridge Center

ACBL Unit 190

ACBL Units 176 & 183
Contract bridge for the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.

ACBL Unit 207: Texas Capitol
Contract bridge in Austin, Texas with schedules and club news.

ACBL Unit 505: Sacramento
Unit bridge. Norcal tourney schedules. Sacramento visitor info.

ACBL Unit 509: Sonoma County, California
Contract bridge in Sonoma County.

American Contract Bridge League
Home page of the ACBL. Includes the Laws of Bridge with links.

Asociacion espanola de Bridge

Barcelona Bridge Club
Bridge in Barcelona every afternoon and evening

Bridgeclub Amadeiro & NBB-district Maasland & Meierij
Club news; local information about Dutch Bridge Federation. In Dutch.

Bridge in France
In French.

Bridge League of Finland

Buffett Cup
Details of next contest and history of earlier events.

Calgary Area Bridge Unit 390

Canadian Bridge Federation
Home page of the Canadian Bridge Federation.

Capital District Bridge Association
Home Page. Tournament schedules.

Contract Bridge Association in India
Latest resources for bridge education, tournaments, newsletter, assorted bridge information.

DESY Bridge Group
Electronic bridge resources catalogued; bidding systems.

Dortmund
Bridge Turnierclub Dortmund e.V.

Duplicate Bridge Association of Atlanta

Edinburgh University Bridge Club
Scotland's premier bridge site: club info, software, news, articles.

Fifth Chair Foundation
Information for beginners, students; more.

Franklin Bridge Center (Long Island, NY)

French bridge club

Greater New York Bridge Association
Includes Post-Mortem magazine.

Harrisonburg (VA) Duplicate Bridge Club

Hua Hin Bridge Club--Hua Hin Thailand
Thursday and Sunday at 4 p.m.

Hungarian Bridge Academy
Learn to play bridge in Budapest. Articles in Hungarian.

Le Bridge Club de l'Etang la Ville
(In French) Club activities (about 20 km from Paris); bridge articles.

Mid-Atlantic Bridge Conference

MIT/Draper Labs
Bridge Club.

Mind Sports Organization
Includes Online Charity Bridge Tournament and Charity World Simultaneous Pairs. 7th Mind Sports Olympiad, 16-25 August 2003.

Niagara Region of Canada
Duplicate Bridge in The Niagara Region with Paul Cronin. Contact info, coming events, weekly schedules, more.

Pattaya Bridge Club, Thailand
Free weekly newssheet, unique conventions section, more.

Portugese Bridge Federation

Recoleta Club de Bridge (Buenos Aires)
Bridge club, magazine, more. In Spanish and English.

Swedish Bridge Federation
Web site of the Swedish Bridge Federation

University of Michigan Bridge Club
Local schedules, lessons and library info, links, special contests (STAC, GNT, NAP).

World Bridge Federation

Youth Bridge in Australia (and elsewhere)




Personal Home Pages

Thomas Andrews
Free hand-generation software, double-dummy novelties, hand evaluation technique analysis.

Paul Cronin
Professional partner available for tournaments or cruises.

Hugh Darwen
Double-dummy problems, archives, competitions.

Kent Feiler

Jeff Goldsmith

For Bridge Players (by Richard Pavlicek)
Quizzes, humor, puzzles, articles, lessons, practice, systems, instant matchpoints, calculators, and more

Marvin French

John Gibson

Chris Hasney (money) bridge
Includes introduction to the game with emphasis on four-deal bridge.
Wat Hughes

Sid and Abby Ismail

Danny Kleinman
Articles and advice.

Mike Lawrence
Two newspaper-column equivalents. Questions and answers on bidding and play. New material daily.

Alvin Levy
ACBL District 24's District Director.

Ken Lindsay
Free downloadable book on hand evaluation and bidding for the advancing player.

Jim Loy

Xander Mahony

Claire Martel

Phillip Martin
Dail deal discussed in detail.
David Muller

Ted Muller
Ted's Bridge World. Includes anecdotes, DOS version Kaplan's Four C's Hand Evaluator

Michael O'Connor

Prakash K. Paranjape
Interesting problems and articles.

Yalcin Pekiner

Zar Petkov
Includes Zar points.

Shantanu Rastogi
Software, tournament news, deal of the week, more

Raymond Reynolds
Enables user modification of bidding rules.

Bridge In India
A news page and link site devoted to bridge activities in India. Founded by Raghavan P.S. (Dr)

Chris Ryall
Includes world-wide weak two-bid styles, exotic methods, defenses; ParadoX responses.

John E. Sheehan
A free e-book on this subject: The four hands of a bridge deal are structurally interdependent.

Sid and Abby's Bridge Page

Jonathan Steinberg
Steinberg, who represents District 2 (Toronto, Ontario) on the ACBL Board of Directors, posts his views and commentary after every meeting of the Board. Reports of both the most recent and earlier meetings are available.

David Stevenson

John Swanson
Interesting and informative bridge stories, both fact and fantasy plus information and reviews of John's book on international bridge, Inside the Bermuda Bowl.

Jeff Tang
Includes articles, conventions, etiquette.

Theodore Triandaphyllopoulos
Includes calculator for odds of combinations of missing cards.

Marco Troiani
Web site for Italian bridge players.

Ethem Urkac
Weekly bidding competition on competitive bidding problems.

Andrew van der Windt

Jos van Kan

Jannes van 't Oever

David Weiss
Assorted topics in bridge and psychology

.

Miscellaneous

Great Bridge Links
Ask Dr. Roth
Al Roth answers questions about bidding or play.



Blind and Visually Handicapped Players

Information and activities.
American Association of Artificial Intelligence 1997 Hall of Champions
Most effective programs in several fields, including bridge.

American Bridge Series by Chris Hasney and Jerry Pottier
Volume I is suitable for beginning players and students.

Ana and Waynef's SAYC simplified

Bridge for the Visually Impaired


Bridgecorner
Discussion board for tactics, partners and more.

Bridgeguys
Places emphasis on partnership agreements when applying any convention or treatment.

BridgeHandPro.com
A searchable bidding database featuring the world's top pairs.

BridgeHands
Encyclopedia (conventions, play, Laws). Free monthly newsletter, webhosting, book reviews/order.

Bridge Lessons: A Beginner's Guide
Lessons for beginners, with links.

BridgeRama
Articles, quizzes, lessons, practice, Q/A on bidding and play for all levels, more.

Bridge Scorer, Deal Generator, Timer, more

Bridge Site In Russian

Bridge Videos

Bridge World Standard 1994 Jim Loy's Reviews
The 1994 version of the system, with annotations.

Cards and Dominoes
Describes and evaluates various games, including Jo-Jotte (with material on Ely Culbertson).

Competitive Bridge
Bidding theory, duplicate tactics, beginners' aids, tournament info, more. CD available.

Cuebid.com
Wide variety of free services for bridge clubs.

Dan Hirschberg's Hand Evaluator
Algorithmic evaluation.

Double Dummy Corner
Archive of puzzles, continuing competitions.

Durango Bill's
Bridge mathematics, statistics, tournament movements.

Dynamic Dealer and Duper
Random generation, both simple and with parameters.

Easybridge
ACBL's new teaching method of Easybridge.

ForcePoint
ForcePoint hand evaluation counting in conjunction with controls; includes control-points-asking.

gammonU.com

Kit Woolsey's online backgammon magazine.
Great Bridge Links
Up to date site of Great Bridge Links

Kaplan Four C's Count [sometimes "Kaplan and Rubens Hand evaluator"]
(reference one)

Kaplan Four C's Count [sometimes "Kaplan and Rubens Hand evaluator"]
(reference two)

Kaplan-Sheinwold Interest Group
Messages, mailing list, system disucssion, question-and-answer, treatments, improvements, critiques, results.

Laws
David Stevenson: Supporting material for British edition of the Laws.

Jim Loy's Reviews
Reviews of, evaluations of, and competitions among software products.

Karen's Bridge Library
Instructional material for beginners and intermediates, how to play duplicate, articles, bridge in Champaign-Urbana IL.

Mind Sports Organization Worldwide/Mind Sports Directory
Bord games, puzzles, news, links, articles, upcoming events. Includes an ongoing poll to determine the most highly rated mind sports Internet sites.

Richard Sampson
Learn bridge online with top pro Richard "Twojacks" Sampson

Rules of Bridge
The rules of bridge--rubber, Chicago and duplicate--explained from scratch.

susheet.com
Provider of Websites where weekly groups and clubs can accumulate signups.

Texas Bridge
A soap opera about people who play bridge, with new episodes appearing three times a week.

The Bridge Player
Vintage articles on rules, playing strategies, and history of bridge, adapted from a 1911 British Encyclopedia.

World Bridge Club
Discussion and social network to find suitable bridge partners. Tools to assess skill level and describe bidding style.

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