Knowra Contract bridge Contract bridge Contract bridge is a four-player trick-taking card game played by two partnerships. An auction sets a contract that one partnership must fulfill by taking a specified number of tricks in a chosen strain.
Bridge bidding : The auction in bridge, where players use calls to set a contract or pass. Partnerships exchange information through calls before choosing the contract.
Playing card : A card from a standardized deck used in games and other activities. Bridge is played with a standard 52-card deck.
Whist : A traditional trick-taking card game for four players in two partnerships, played without bidding. Whist supplied bridge's partnership and trick-taking foundations.
Duplicate bridge : A form of bridge in which multiple partnerships play the same deals and compare results. Duplicate scoring controls for differences in the cards dealt.
Declarer play : The play phase in which declarer tries to fulfill the contract using both partnership hands. The contract's success depends on declarer's management of the combined hands.
Bridge hand : The thirteen cards dealt to one player in a bridge deal. Each player's hand is the private information behind bidding and play.
Biritch : A nineteenth-century card game, also called Russian whist, with features associated with early bridge. Biritch introduced bidding-like features in bridge's ancestry.
Chicago bridge : A four-deal form of bridge with fixed vulnerability assignments, often used for social play. Its short, structured sessions suit casual games.
Defensive play : The play of the two defenders, who try to prevent declarer from fulfilling the contract. The defenders contest each trick after the auction ends.
Bridge suit : One of the four suits—clubs, diamonds, hearts, or spades—used in bridge bidding and play. A contract names a suit as trump or specifies notrump.
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