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- A Guide to the Acol System - Generic description of the Acol bidding system, from the University of Warwick Bridge Club.
www.sunion.warwick.ac.uk/bridge/Acol/acol.sys.html
- A List of Conventions - List of about fifty commonly used bridge bidding conventions, with an explanation and actual example of each. The conventions are those used in the bridge-playing computer game Bridge Buff.
www.bridgebuff.com/convents.html
- ACBL Convention Card Information and Templates - Information on the preparation and use of Convention Cards, from the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).
acbl.lunaweb.net/templates/acbl/Details.asp?id=1833&PID=9753
- All About Bridge - Survey of commonly used bridge conventions, e.g. Blackwood, strong/weak/mini notrump, overcalls, cuebids, opening 2 bids, splinters, trial bids, takeout and negative doubles, and Stayman.
allaboutbridge.tripod.com
- An Unassuming Club - A bridge bidding system invented by Donald A. Varvel of Mountain View, CA, USA. It is based on an ambiguous 1 club opening, associated with 5-card majors, weak no trumps, and weak 2s.
www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/auc_don.htm
- Benji Acol System - Personalized version of the Acol bidding system, as developed by Tom Kelsey of the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
kininvie.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~tom/interests/system.html
- Bidding Guide - Introduction to standard American bidding.
www.math.cornell.edu/~belk
- Bridge Bidding Systems and Conventions - Thorough listing of bridge bidding systems and conventions, particularly those used in North America.
www.chemistry.ohio-state.edu/~heng/personal/b.html
- Bridge Conventions - Database of bridge bidding conventions.
www.gwilliams.org.uk/bridge/conventions
- Bridge Hand Generator - Tool for the generation of hands with specific types of suit and point distribution, in order to practice bidding.
www.alexio.nl/bridge
- Bridge is it - Concerned with bridge bidding systems, especially CLONE, based on a forcing weak/strong 1 club opening. Also features links to other bridge resources, particularly on bidding systems. Bilingual site (English/Norwegian).
home.no.net/raptor
- Bridge World Standard 2001 - Description of a bridge bidding system based on the preferences of leading players, and aimed at the needs of occasional partnerships. Some characteristics: 5-card major opening, strong no-trump, artificial strong two-club opening, weak 2s in the other suits, and inverted minors. The page is hosted on the Bridge World magazine site.
www.bridgeworld.com/default.asp?d=bw_standard&f=bwsall.html
- bridge7 - Overview of the standard 5-card major bidding system. Bilingual site (English and Turkish).
www.bridge7.com
- Bridge: Colonial Acol and LISA - Presentation of two bidding systems, one a US adaptation of the British Acol system, the other a modification of Standard American.
www.enteract.com/~kfeiler/bridge/bridge.htm
- Caliper - Bidding system from Norway based on a Big Diamond relay sequence.
home.no.net/foevsted/index.htm
- Contract Bridge Culbertson System - Contract bridge bidding, as developed by Culbertson. Culbertson's survey of good playing techniques is also included.
www.stjost.si/bridge
- Conventions - Survey of a large number of commonly used bridge bidding conventions and bidding systems.
www.bridgeguys.com/conventions.html
- Fifth Chair - Bridge School - Systematic approach to the teaching of bridge bidding, mostly according to North American practice.
www.fifthchair.org/lessons/school.html
- Finlay-Long Bridge Bidding System - Elaborate presentation of a bidding system based on weak no trumps, five-card majors and weak twos.
home.earthlink.net/~relong/ctbridge/timbob.html
- M.A.F. - The Ultimate Bridge Bidding System - A scientific bidding system from the Netherlands (5-card majors and different two-suiter openings). Bilingual site gives information in English and Dutch.
web.inter.nl.net/hcc/M.A.F
- Minimal Two-bids and Minor Suit Preempts. - Bidding convention from the Netherlands. Its most important feature is an ambiguous opening bid with 2 in a suit: it either shows the equivalent of a weak two opening or that of an Acol (i.e. strong) two opening.
www.kskylge.demon.nl
- Online Bidding Practice - Practice bidding on prepared deals with scores. Compare and check how other pairs have bid same boards. Try bidding competition with anonymous partner.
63.193.245.197/head.asp
- Power Acol - Description of the Acol bidding system, as played by one partnership.
www.eclipse.co.uk/~sa5046/poweraco.htm
- Precision Bidding System - Detailed description of the Precision Bidding System (strong 1 club opening, with 16+ points), as modified by one partnership.
acp.atlanta.ga.us/wang/bridge/gdum111.htm
- REGRESsion - Modification of the bidding system Regres, based on frequent openings with weak hands and opening passes with strong hands.
members.ams.chello.nl/denbe/index.html
- Roman System - Description of the basic features of the Roman bidding system that won many championships for the Italian Blue Team. The system relies on an artificial (although not necessarily strong) 1 club opening, and on canapé (i.e. bidding a short suit before a longer one).
www.vghks.gov.tw/Club/bridge/system/roman.htm
- SA-YC Simplified - This bidding system is a simplified version (as played on OKBridge) of the Standard Yellow Card (SA-YC) system of the ACBL (American Contract Bridge League). Its essential features include the strong no-trump, 5-card major and weak 2 openings.
www.annam.co.uk/sayc.htm
- The Blue Team Club System - Description of a complex bidding system invented in Italy. A major part of the information is in downloadable files only. Bilingual site (Italian/English).
www.mclink.it/personal/MC6246/BlueTeamClub/sistema.htm
- The L System - An original bridge bidding system presented by Hong Liu, based on very light openings.
www.angelfire.com/wy/hl
- Bridge Bidding Guide - Look-up tables for bridge bidding, with the most common conventions used in "Standard American" bidding, by Richard Pavlicek.
www.rpbridge.net/bgtc.htm
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