This informal course will introduce the rules and basic strategies of contract bridge.
We gratefully acknowledge support from Mitch Dunitz and the ACBL Educational Foundation, which contribute expertise and funding to help run the course.
The template of this website is borrowed from UC Berkeley CS 188, Summer 2022.
In order to inspire more people to learn and play bridge, we will provide a stipend of $15 for each session (up to $150) to each qualified student upon the completion of the course.
Students who meet the following criteria are qualified for the stipend:
The students are also encouraged to join the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL). Most students should qualify for the $5 junior membership, and we will reimburse the membership fee for the first year.
| Date | Session | Topic | Readings and Exercises |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | 0 | Intro, Rules of Playing [Doc] [Slides] | The ACBL Introduction to Bridge |
| Sep 27 | 1 | Intro, Rules of Playing [Doc] [Slides] | |
| Oct 4 | 2 | Card Play Techniques: Promotion, Finessing, Trumping [Doc1] [Doc2] |
Bridge Master Level 1, A1-A12 |
| 3 | Rules of Bidding; Opening [Doc1] [Doc2] [Slides] | ||
| 4 | Rebidding; Scoring [Doc1] [Doc2] [Slides] | The Bidding Flowchart | |
| 5 | Vulnerability, Forcing Bids, Preemptive Bids [Doc1] [Doc2] [Doc3] [Slides] | ||
| 6 | Artificial Bids [Doc] | ||
| 7 | Responses to 1NT Opening; Defensive Carding [Doc1] [Doc2] [Slides] | ||
| 8 | Slam Bidding; Doubles [Doc1] [Doc2] [Slides] | ||
| 9 | More Card Play Techniques | Play of the Hand in The 21st Century, Lessons 1 2 3 4 | |
| 10 | Mini Tournament |