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DANNY KLEINMAN - Danny is a bridge theorist and author of The Principle of Restricted Talent (which he wrote with Nick Straguzzi), The Notrump Zone, and other books on bridge, and is a frequent contributor to The Bridge World magazine. The Website includes a Deal of the Week, articles by Danny on bidding, defense, and hand evaluation, plus a monthly newsletter.

BRIDGE FOR BEGINNERS
The newest web adventure for beginners . The Bridge Doctor: Perfect Online Bridge Club for Beginners. Learn how to play bridge online with contract bridge lessons covering bidding and the rules of bridge. Play ACOL or Standard American.

BRIDGE ENCYCLOPEDIA!
Here are some sites that take on the enormous task of on online bridge encyclopedia.

Contract Bridge on Wikipedia
Available in 16 languages. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.

Bridge7 - BIG SITE with lots of info.

BridgeHands Bridge Encyclopedia Well-indexed complete Bridge Encyclopedia

Contract Bridge on Wikiverse: Information on bridge mechanics and history. Managed by Katz.

Great collection of bridge quotes on Roger Boyar's web page. Click Here ::>

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Free Webmail for bridge players on the net a sturdy, FREE web mail product with anti virus scanning and spam filter. Click Here for more info

 

You have a wonderful site full of great and helpful content that is quite interesting to us, and we'd really like to be a part of it. James Yates

The sites on this page have been submitted within the last few months. This page is somewhat unmoderated. Our editors may not have had time to visit and review all the sites. The date is the day the address was added to this page. The URLs are generally removed once they have been added to Great Bridge Links properly. American Districts and Units will all be eventually found on the ACBL pages.

ALERT: NEW CLUB LINKS AND CLUB CHANGES FURTHER DOWN THIS PAGE.

If you would like your site listed here, send URL and brief description to jude06<at>greatbridgelinks.com

July 2008 :: circolo Resegone. A beautifull Bridge Club on Como Lake (Lecco town), only 40 Km form Milan and also very close to Switzerland. We play bridge every Thursday evening at 9:00 pm (mitchell couple tornament). Join us !

April 2008 :: Free Bridge Scoring Software as used by English Bridge Union. Pairs, Teams, Swiss Pairs & Swiss Teams software all compatible with Bridgemate (&Bridgepad) usage.

Mar 2008 :: Best of Bridge Blogs. Excellent page from the Bridge Advocate, the newsletter is published by ACBL District 8 (Illinois & portions of bordering states).

Mar 2008 :: www.bridgeblogging.com - A blog site about bridge, featuring bloggers such as Bobby Wolff, Mark Horton, Ray and Linda Lee, Roy Hughes and Barbara Seagram.

Jan 2008 :: New bridge Cards. These patented playing cards are great for many other games i.e. Solitaire & Texas Hold ‘em! Check us out! 

Jan 2008 :: Playing Cards and More. We are an e-commerce site
specializing in 100% plastic bridge size playing cards. We carry all the best brands: Bicycle, Copag, KEM, GEMACO, Modiano, Da Vinci, Rally, Aviator, and WPT. We are a family owned business and we pride ourselves delivery top-notch service to our customers. Use discount code: bridge10 for ten percent off!

Jan 2008 :: Vivisphere Publishing. We currently offer 14 bridge titles, some of which you are not currently offering on your site. One of our most popular books, "Serendipity in Bridge" by R. Jayaram was nominated for 2006 IBA Book of the Year.

Jan 2008 :: Plastic Playing Cards and Unique Card Protectors. We carry all the major brands of plastic and paper playing cards, and all other accessories you need to host a home game.We will offer a 10% discount when you make a purchase, just use the discount code of "shark10".

Jan 2008 :: Roberta Sez. Bridge teacher. Classes with Roberta are fun and easy to follow. She makes the learning process exciting – no droning lectures and weary note-taking, since you are given her "Roberta Sez" books at your first lecture. There's no boring memorizing when you use her award-winning Bridge Guide.

Dec 2007 :: Software: SMdummy. SMdummy generates from a *.bri or *.dup file (normally produced from a dealing machine) for all (unlimited number) boards in the tounament a html file, which can be shown on the clubs homepage .
The program generates the "Par Result" for a given Board, and You can
play the board single or double dummy. There is also now a new function "Problem Play" that can help you solve Single Dummy Problems.
It is also possible under "Deal" to "prick" in a given board, and have this analysed and saved as a html file, or you might read in a *.pbn file.
The program is based on the dll written by Bo Haglund, Stockholm
Sven Aage Madsen.

Dec 2007 :: Software: Ray's Bridge Game Ray's Bridge Game allows user's to write their own rules for bidding at Bridge. You can bid hands and watch how the rules determine the appropriate bid. There is a review window which interprets your partner's bid and tells you what each bid means in terms of point count and suit length. You can save hands to a file and bid all of the hands in the file at one time. Lot's more. Java. PC, Windows and Internet Explorer

Dec 2007 :: Book: 1/1 Game Force, Henryk Mach. It provides information in the following categories: bidding systems, conventions, bidding theory, and humor.

Sep 2007 :: E-Books - Lybrary.com. We are an ebook publisher specializing among other areas in bridge ebooks. We are currently publishing four ebooks by Eddie Kantar and an ebook on cheating at bridge.We will be able to offer more ebooks by Kantar and others in the coming months.

Sep 2007 :: Collection of Bridge Blogs, courtesy of the Bridge Guys.

Sep 2007 :: Electronic Bridge Accessories (EBA). Electronic Bridge Accessories (EBA) has a new website, replacing the old one that has been around for a dozen or so years. Bridge boards, cards, games, software and accessories. Dennis Yovich Director, EBA

Sept 2007 :: White Stallion Ranch. If you like play duplicate bridge and enjoy the idea of a new adventure, you'll want to be one of the first folks to sign up for this exciting new offering for our unique bridge vacation package at The Dude Ranch of Arizona ~ the White Stallion. Enjoy your favorite game and get a real true taste of the Old West. Call and get booked today!

Sep 2007 :: Free Bridge Blog. Frederick Staelens, Belgium.

Sept 2007 :: Cocktail Bridge Blog. This is my bridge blog started in July 2004. It is mostly on Croatian language but has a section on English texts. Frano Janãiç

Sep 2007 :: bridgeStudio. Fast and powerful solver of bridge double dummy problems. One can also download a library which uncludes about 840 double dummy problems. The library was created from Hugh Darwen's double dummy corner webpage.

July 2007 :: Jonathan Ferguson The Good, the Bad, the Ugly : Many hands, and good blog links too.

July 2007 - Bidding Quest - bridge practice software in three platforms: Windows, Mac & Linux

June 2007 :: BridgeMate - Electronic Bridge LCD Game (TG0277) We all know how difficult it is to find 4 friends to start a game when you wanted to. Now you can play Bridge anytime anywhere with BridgeMate LCD game.

June 2007 :: Roberto Bonari. I would like to add my personal version of the EHAA System in your "Individual conventions and System pages". You can also find it in www.legnanobridge.it (English version).

June 2007 :: Great site you have got on bridge links! Please, consider including www.bridgefestival.dk under the Danish links. It is the annual bridge festival in Denmark with teams and pairs tournaments. Also some international participation. Around 5000 bridge players come to play bridge in week 28, e.g. from 7-15 July this year. Best regards, Lars Schmidt Danmarks Bridgeforbund

May 2007 :: Rueful Rabbit Blog - focus on bidding innovation + reports on the exploits of Irish players in International competition.

May 2007 :: Goodyear Lew - A trial website about Bridge Culture including a Bridge BLOG, Bridge BBS & Bridge Pages. They are bilingual edition of Chinese & English!

April 2007 :: Bridge Diagrams. It is now possible to create a card diagram online in under 2 minutes. Works for MS Word and for the browser. Kind Regards, Richard van Haastrecht

March 2007 :: Bridge Review is a blog dedicated to the game of contract bridge written by excession and arctangent. We are (British)intermediate level bridge players playing mostly online. We will be writing about our experiences learning how to improve our game, reviews of books we read and general comments on hands that we play. We also hope to have a bidding system wiki in due course. Any feedback is most welcome.

March 2007 :: Bridgify - Free double-dummy analyzer (something that is hard to find elsewhere) for Windows with an easy-to-use (I think) user interface.

February 2007 :: Michael Chourdakis. Includes bridge, precision bidding, ZAR points, tournaments in BBO and more.

February 2007 :: Bridge Squeezes Complete:  This interactive software adaptation of Clyde E Loves classic text allows you to play all 129 exercises and 59 problems before proceeding with Love's analysis. The average player will find a wealth of information on planning and executing end plays, while even the expert can use it for polishing his technique. Free evaluation download offers the first 14 exercises.

January 2007 : bridgecorner.com. Discussion Board for Tactics, Partners and More

December 2006 :: Bridge Serbia. This is official site of Serbian National Bridge organization.

December 2006 :: Vang's Bridge Blog, Bucharest, Romania. Personal blog. including a review of the recent K. Martens books. Viorel Anghel

December 2006 :: 1.3 of BbnOrganiser. This program enables you to organise your personal bridge bidding system. The program, documentation, etc can be found at http://bbn.tistis.nl/ The main improvements in version 1.3 concern bug fixes. Best regards, Tis Veugen

June 2006 :: Unusual Hands, KingLira. Devoted to hands possibly arising in unusual circumstances at unusual times in unusual places, with unusual results. From prehistoric times into the future.

June 2006 :: John-Elder Pederson I am running one of the northernmost bridgepages in the world. Beside results, “small talk” and so about bridgelife in northern Norway I also combined my websites with info from my “Farm” wich is 300 km north of Arctic Circle where I live. I run my website in norwegian, but indexsite also in English, Germany and Spanish. When I present my Farmen Invitational on BBO VuGraph I always  make a main site in English. Please add my website www.nordpol.no Regards John-Eldar Pedersen, Norway

MISCELANEOUS CLUB LINKS : SOME NEW, SOME CHANGED

Many of the new links we receive from around the world are from bridge clubs. Keeping our club pages up to date is an enormous task and sadly, one that is rarely completed. To make things easier, I will simply list here any recent emails and when I have time, will transfer them into the appropriate club page.

Sept 2007 :: Bridge Playa San Juan Play Duplicate Bridge in Spain.

June 2007 :: Ogilvie Bridge Club in Paisley, Scotland. The site is to advertise the club and hopefully attract new members. We have teams who play in both the Renfrewshire League and the Western League.

May 2007 :: The Ealing Bridge Club Duplicate bridge at the Ealing Bridge Club, Polish Centre, 1 Courtfield Gardens, Ealing, London, England on Tuesday evenings. Sessions start at 7:30pm. Ealing Bridge Club is a friendly and popular bridge club, with around 12 tables each session. We use predealt boards at all sessions. The cost is £1 for members and £2 for visitors. PS: Please could you remove the reference to Cleveland bridge club (under London area) as this was the previous name of our club.

April 2007 :: Edinburgh University Bridge Club. You have us already in bridge clubs in Scotland but just to update the description: "Search our site for articles, deals of the week and an attached forum. If you're in Edinburgh feel free to join us."

March 2007 :: Dear Sir, I am president of the Ogilvie Bridge Club in Paisley Scotland. We have about seventy Members and play every Thursday Night.
We also havea number of teams who play in the local league competitions.
I would be grateful if you would add our club site and name to your list of British Clubs. Regards, Colin McCormack

February 2007:: Zürcher Bridge Club. Please change under Clubs in Europe, Switzerland, Zürcher Bridge Club the URL from www.umueller.ch to zuercherbridgeclub.ch Thank you Zürcher Bridgeclub /I. Wenzl

October 2006 :: 1. Wiesbadener Bridgeclub e.V. I would be pleased, if you would
include the club in your list of German bridge clubs. Sincerely Armin Grˆhners

October 2006 :: Godstone Bridge Club Godstone is a small village in the east of Surrey and we play duplicate bridge every Wednesday (starting at 7:30pm) and have a social duplicate bridge evening once a month (usually the first Saturday of each month) starting at 7:00 pm which can provide a more relaxed atmosphere for those looking for an introduction to playing duplicate bridge. Please look at our Website for further details and contact Geoff Smith

August 2006 :: Stratford upon Avon Bridge Club. UK. Contact Anne

August 2006 :: Leven Bridge Club, Leven, Fife Scotland. Contact: John Mitchell, Webmaster.

August 2006 :: Knysna Duplicate Bridge Club, South Africa. Our web page includes links to other bridge clubs in South Africa. Contact: Heidi Atkinson.

August 2006 :: Bermuda Triangle Bridge Club, Moscow. Contact: Denis Dobrin

April 2006 :: Novi Sad Bridge Club, Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia). (Serbian) (English) Serbian and basic info in English. Club and members information. Scoring program. Jugoslav Dujic.

January, 2006 :: Regent Bridge Club (Ireland) to your club listings. Also, the new Contract Bridge Association of Ireland.

December, 2005 :: Kings and Queens Bridge: Situated in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Kings & Queens offers bridge lessons for beginners through to advanced, & duplicate sessions for all levels with Ishmael Del'Monte & Ed Barnes.

December, 2005 :: Monza Bridge Club - I would like to add the address of our Bridge club to yr excellent website. The site is in italian. You'll find information about our Bridge Club in Monza, just north of Milano. We publish results from the local tournaments as well as from major championships. There are also Articles, News, upcoming events in North Italy and other information of interest. Best regards
Jan Johansson

December, 2005 :: Daten Bridge Club, Culcheth, near Warrington UK

November 4, 2005 :: Bridge Club de Lille Europe, France, Lille. Sebastien Skweres

October, 2005 :: Changes: Please note that the links to clubs in England lists in the London area lists Mill Hill Bridge Club which closed over three years ago. The Ace of Clubs has a new web site. There is an updated link to all the clubs in the London/Middlesex area which includes these and other changes at

October 2005 :: Crowthorne Bridge Club. We are a friendly club that plays every Monday and Tuesday evening from 7:20pm at the Pinewood Leisure Centre, Old Wokingham Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, RG40 3AQ Contact: Simon James Kearon

October, 2005 :: Bridge Club de Lille Europe, France, Lille. Contact: Sebastien Skweres

August 11, 2005 - Pattaya Bridge Club - Thailand, Asia. We meet 3 afternoons a week for social duplicate bridge. You might also like to note that the web site contains an enormous amount of bridge information, conventions etc that will be of interest to players of all standards, even the very advanced. Yours sincerely, Terry Quested, Director

August 1, 2005 - StepBridge Australia. The originaly Dutch based online bridgeclub can be found on www.stepbridge.com.au

August 1, 2005 - Bridgeland - Merle Schneeweis

April 16, 2005 - House of Cards Bridge Club - Christchurch, New Zealand The House of Cards Bridge Club offers bridge games and lessons for players of all abilities. The shop sells bridge books, cards, boards and gifts software - including learning software for the Acol system

March 1, 2005 - Auckland Bridge Club Could you please add our bridge clubs website to your list of great bridge links? We are situated in Auckland New Zealand and are the largest bridge club in the country. Chris Noldus ABC Webmaster

July 17, 2004 - SITE CHANGE : Roger Boyar's Lafetra Bridge Club 
Great source of bridge quotes and more. Owner Roger Boyar

 

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