Bridge World Standard
Encyclopedia
Bridge World Standard is a bridge
bidding system
developed in 1967 and periodically updated, most recently in 2001. It is based on majority preferences of experts and readers of The Bridge World
magazine.
The system shares some similarities with Standard American
and 2/1 game forcing
, but with many advanced treatments.
Contract bridge
Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...
bidding system
Bidding system
A bidding system in contract bridge is the set of agreements and understandings assigned to calls and sequences of calls used by a partnership, and includes a full description of the meaning of each treatment and convention...
developed in 1967 and periodically updated, most recently in 2001. It is based on majority preferences of experts and readers of The Bridge World
The Bridge World
The Bridge World , the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing technical advances in bidding and the play of the cards, discussions of ethical issues, bridge politics...
magazine.
The system shares some similarities with Standard American
Standard American
Standard American is a common bidding system for the game of bridge in the United States, also widely used in the rest of the world. This system, or a slight variant, is learned first by most beginners in the U.S. and may be referred to as 'Goren'; a dominant version used in on-line computer...
and 2/1 game forcing
2/1 game forcing
2/1 game forcing is a bidding system in modern contract bridge in which, after a one-level opening bid, a non-jump response in a new suit at the two level commits the partnership to bidding at least game....
, but with many advanced treatments.
External links
- The Bridge World magazine's main page for the Bridge World Standard system.