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Free guides covering bidding, defense, scoring, and fundamentals. Written by competitive players for players who want to improve.

Defense

Opening Leads in Bridge: A Complete Guide

Learn how to choose the right opening lead in bridge. Covers leads against notrump and suit contracts, standard lead conventions, and common mistakes to avoid.

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Bridge Defense Strategy: Tips for Better Defending

Improve your bridge defense with practical tips on signaling, counting, second-hand play, and when to lead trumps. Learn the defensive strategies that win more tricks.

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Scoring

Bridge Scoring Explained: Matchpoints vs IMPs

Understand the difference between matchpoint and IMP scoring in bridge. Learn how each format changes your strategy for bidding, play, and opening leads.

5 min readRead

Fundamentals

What is Double Dummy Analysis in Bridge?

Learn what double dummy analysis means in bridge, how double dummy solvers work, and why double dummy results provide the best objective benchmark for evaluating your play.

4 min readRead

Bidding

Bridge Bidding Basics: A Beginner's Guide

Learn the fundamentals of bridge bidding - hand evaluation, opening bids, responses, and essential conventions like Stayman and Jacoby transfers. Start bidding with confidence.

7 min readRead

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Last updated April 2026