For beginners
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Bidding systems and countermeasures
| Conventions in responding to notrump openings | 12K | 2000.06.06 |
| Conventional intervention over 1NT openings | 9K | 2000.06.06 |
| Conventional major suit raises | 12K | 2002.01.31 |
| 3NT versus 4 of a major | 5K | 2002.02.15 |
| A tournament Acol | 20K | 2000.02.05 |
Bidding theory
| Ranges for natural non-forcing bids | 2K | 2000.01.05 |
| Valuation and fit in suit contracts | 19K | 2000.06.21 |
| Decisions in high-level competitive auctions | 6K | 2000.02.26 |
Logic, probability, and planning
| Trick-one blunders involving tenaces and entries | 2K | 2000.05.10 |
Card-placing and deception (coming)
The play of a single suit
| Safety plays | 5K | 2000.03.16 |
| The natural falsecards | 12K | 2002.02.28 |
Defensive carding
| Opening lead tables | 10K | 2000.04.03 |
| When a high card is not a signal | 8K | 2000.04.14 |
Endgames
| The rare trump endgames | 8K | 2000.06.10 |
| Squeeze endings | 88K | 2001.03.01 |
Communications
| Elementary holdups at notrump | 11K | 2000.04.12 |
| Developing dummy's side suit: Entry concerns | 5K | 2000.06.01 |
| Merrimac and Deschapelles coups | 7K | 2000.06.23 |
| Crisscross duck | 3K | 2000.07.09 |
| Internal blockage | 3K | 2003.08.20 |
Control
| The meaning of control | 6K | 2000.02.24 |
| Trump control | 26K | 2002.02.28 |
| Pseudocontrol | 12K | 2002.02.28 |
| Fast discards | 11K | 2002.02.18 |
| Avoidance plays | 13K | 2002.01.31 |
| Entry/tempo fork play | 6K | 2002.02.26 |
Ruffs, overruffs, and trump promotions
| Trump leads by the defence | 9K | 2000.07.11 |
| Trump promotion | 10K | 2000.06.10 |
| Trump gambits by the defence | 5K | 2000.06.22 |
Declarer's or dummy's side suit
| Safety moves in developing a side suit | 7K | 2000.06.15 |
| Complex holdups in declarer's side suit | 3K | 2000.07.09 |
| Odds and ends in developing dummy's side suit | 2K | 2000.06.17 |
Others on play
| Elements of elimination play | 56K | 2002.02.17 |
| Crossruffs, dummy reversal, and trump reductions | 31K | 2002.02.16 |
Some unusual hands
| An eccentric progressive squeeze | 2K | 2002.02.07 |
| Haagensen's suicide winkle squeeze | 2K | 2002.02.07 |
| Jacoby's double elimination | 1K | 2002.02.07 |
Links
| Bridge Corner | Discussion board |
| Bridgehands | An ambitious online bridge encyclopedia, under development -- recommended |
| Gamestalks | Collection of links on bridge and other games |
| World Bridge Federation | Has links to national associations |
| Canadian Bridge Federation | x |
| American Contract Bridge League | x |
| English Bridge Union | x |
| Great Bridge Links | x |
| infobridge | Instruction, in Italian |
| David Stevenson | Articles on bridge, including the laws |
| Bridge 7 | Articles, exercises, and software. In English and Turkish. |
| Master Bridge | Frank Fongasira's site. |
| Simplicity Bridge | Chris Hasney's site. |