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For beginners
Bidding systems and countermeasures
Bidding theory
Logic, probability, and planning
Card-placing and deception (coming)
The play of a single suit
Defensive carding
Endgames
Communications
Control
Ruffs, overruffs, and trump promotions
Declarer's or dummy's side suit
Others on play
Some unusual hands
Links

For beginners
How bridge is played 15K 2000.04.18

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.

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