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Duplicate bridge is a variation of contract bridge where the same set of bridge deals (i.e., the distribution of the 52 cards among the four hands) are played by different competitors, and scoring is based on relative performance. In this way, every hand, whether strong or weak, is played in competition with others playing identical cards, and ...
The score that is being compared against can be obtained in the following ways: In team events, it is the score from the teammates' table; In pair events, it can be: The datum score, most often calculated as the average score on board, excluding a number of top and bottom results. Sometimes, the median score is used instead.
A traveling scoreslip (also called a traveler) is a form used for recording the results of each deal in a duplicate bridge tournament. [1] In these tournaments, the four hands of each deal are placed into a board so that the same deal can be played by different competitors. Each time the deal (or board) is played, the result is entered into the ...
Nov. 8—The following are the results of the duplicate bridge games held in Odessa: — Oct 18: Club Appreciation, first place A, Travis Woodward and Kathy Young, second place A, Shirley ...
Donated by the Auction Bridge Club of Chicago in 1929, the trophy was originally awarded by the American Bridge League to the winners of the National Contract Championships Open Contract Team-of-Four (board-a-match scoring), [5] which became the North American Open Teams Championship held by the American Contract Bridge League.
Nov. 27—The following are the results of the duplicate bridge games held in Odessa: — Nov. 1: Club Championship, first place A, Amada Shaw and Scott Vaughan; second place A, Travis Woodward ...
International match points (IMP) within the card game of contract bridge is a measurement for conversion of the absolute contract bridge scores. The total point difference between two scores is compared to a scale ranging from 1 to 24. [1] [2]
The format recommended by the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL) [9] for five teams consists of two rings of interleaved matches shown in the following table, as this allows the players to score the first two matches after the second round. The last two rounds can use the same deals as the first two rounds if the groups of boards move as ...