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Contract bridge — Bridge declarer play Alternative name(s) Bridge Type trick taking Players 4 Skill(s) require … Wikipedia
contract bridge — [kän′trakt΄] n. a form of bridge, developed from auction bridge, in which only the number of tricks named in the contract may be counted toward a game, additional tricks being counted as a bonus score * * * ▪ 2003 For a sample contract bridge… … Universalium
Whist — Infobox CardGame title = Whist subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 4 play = Clockwise card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards = 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = England related … Wikipedia
whist — whist1 /hwist, wist/, n. a card game, an early form of bridge, but without bidding. [1655 65; earlier whisk, perh. identical with WHISK, though sense relationship uncert.] whist2 /hwist, wist/, interj. 1. hush! silence! be still! adj. 2. hushed;… … Universalium
Glossary of contract bridge terms — These terms are used in Contract bridge[1][2] , or the earlier game Auction bridge, using duplicate or rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in Whist, Bid whist, and other trick taking games. This glossary supplements the Glossary of card… … Wikipedia
History of contract bridge — The history of contract bridge, one of the world s most popular partnership card games, dated back to the invention of trick taking games in the early 16th century, such as whist. Bridge itself forked off from whist with the creation of the game… … Wikipedia
Romanian whist — is a variant of whist which is similar to the English or American game Oh Hell! It is currently popular in Romania, and there it is called whist .The best chess player in Christendom may be little more than the best player of chess; but… … Wikipedia
Solo whist — Infobox CardGame title = Solo Whist subtitle = image link = image caption = alt names = type = trick taking players = 4 play = Clockwise card rank = A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 ages = num cards = 52 card deck = Anglo American origin = England… … Wikipedia
Bridge Whist — is a card game, a variation of Whist popular in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Later variations of the game led to auction bridge and contract bridge.ee also*Contract bridge history for a history of bridge … Wikipedia
bridge whist — card game popular from the 1890s through 1910, and the second step in the historical progression from whist to bridge whist to auction bridge to contract bridge. See whist. * * * … Universalium
