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The first bridge Hall of Fame was inaugurated by The Bridge World in 1964 and invested nine members between then and 1966 after which it ceased sponsorship. The American Contract Bridge League adopted the concept to recognize the achievements and contributions of those residing in its territory (USA, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda) and inaugurated its own Hall of Fame [4] in 1995 by accepting the ...
The Culbertson 4-5 notrump is a slam-seeking convention in the game of contract bridge. It was devised in the early 1930s by Ely Culbertson. Most four-notrump conventions (Blackwood and its variants being the best known) demand that bidder's partner define their hand using agreed codified responses. In contrast, the Culbertson 4-5 describes the ...
One of the most famous hands in his books is a seven notrump contract requiring a very advanced jettison play. High cards often get in the declarer's way, that is they block the effective play of the hand. A solution to these blocking problems is to throw away high cards. This unblocking coup is known as the jettison play.
Contract Bridge Blue Book (1930) 300 contract bridge hands (1933) – from the match vs. Beasley for Schwab Cup; Contract Bridge Red Book on Play (1934) Contract bridge complete: the Gold Book of bidding and play (1936) Jo-Jotte: How to Play and Win (1937) The Strange Lives of One Man (1940) The World Federation Plan (1942) Total Peace (1943)
The "Bridge Battle of the Century" was the name given to a celebrated 1931–1932 contract bridge challenge match ... Famous Hands of the Culbertson-Lenz Match ...
In contract bridge, various bidding systems have been devised to enable partners to describe their hands so that they may reach the optimum contract.Key to this process is that players evaluate and re-evaluate the trick-taking potential of their hands as the auction proceeds and additional information about partner's hand and the opponent's hands becomes available.
Bridges’ inspector gadget arms, his hands dangling at his knees, made him the ultimate bucket-fighting tool during two Wildcats championships and earned All-Defensive honors in Phoenix before ...
Hamman first qualified for a world championship in the open category by winning the American Contract Bridge League international trials in 1963, for the 1964 World Team Olympiad. That was a "pairs trial" from which the winning pair and two of the three runners-up would be selected as a 6-person team.