Welcome to Notrump.org - a great resource for all things bridge!

Notrump.org is my (Robert S. Todd) personal website for all things bridge.  This website currently includes the following great material:
1.  Bridge lessons written by me and others.
2.  An excellent and ever-growing collection of links to other bridge website around the world.
3.  Bridge articles, news, events, and information from the world.
4.  Challenging bridge problems written by me and others.

We will hopefully be bringing the following new features in the near future:
*A personal biography of my bridge life.
*Recommendation for bridge books - beginner to expert.
*Connection to sellers of bridge books, supplies, etc...
*An email list with periodic bridge problems for those who are always looking for new challenges.
Me in Estoril, Portugal
2005 World Bridge
Championships

Picture Credits to
Elisabeth van Ettinger,
Bridge Magazine IMP

Bridge Feature - Dec2005/Jan2006 (click here)
This months bridge feature is an article I wrote about a hand from the Bridge Arena in Helsinki, Finland. 
A brief summary of this hand was given as "Test Your Play" in December 2005 issue of Sunshine Bridge News (The ABCL District 9 Bulletin) in the Unit 219 section.


Bridge Lessons
Introductory Bridge Lessons - These lessons are targeted at two groups of players:
1.  Players that have taken beginning duplicate bridge classes (Easy Bridge!, etc...) and are looking to continue their bridge education.
2.  Players that have played rubber bridge for many years and are interested  in learning to play duplicate bridge.

Bidding Lessons
Notrump Bidding
 Major Suits Bidding
 Other Bidding Tools
Balanced & Semi-Balanced Hands
Responding to 1N & 2N Openings
Example Notrump Hands
 Major Suit Responses & Conventions
Major Suit Raises - Jacoby 2N
New Minor Forcing
Support Doubles
 Responding to Takeout X
Keycard Blackwood
Responding to Weak-Two Bids
Michaels Cuebids
Unusual Notrump

Other Lessons
Defensive Discarding


2005 World Bridge Championships

Picture Credits to Robert S. Todd

Estoril, Portugal - The site of the 2005 World Bridge Championships which included the Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Senior Bowl, and Transnational Teams!
My Articles from 2005 World Bridge Championships


Bridge Links
Online Bridge Play and Forums
Bridge Base Online - online bridge play
Swan  Games - online bridge play
OKbridge - online bridge play
The Zone - Microsoft online bridge play
BridgeTalk.com - online bridge discussion forum
Rec.Games.Bridge - Google's online bridge discussion forum
Yahoo Bridge - Yahoo's online bridge listings

USA Organizations
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)
BridgeIsCool.com - ACBL bridge website for youth
ACBL District 9 Website
ACBL District Unit 219 Website
Tallahassee Duplicate Bridge Club (TDBC)
Fifth Chair Foundation - bridge education website

International Organizations and Information
International Bridge Press Association (IBPA) - This is a great organization that helps bridge journalists find and share information.
European Bridge League (EBL)
World Bridge Federation (WBF)
Finnish Bridge League
Bridge Plaza - Netherlands bridge information

Events
2005 Bridge World Championships Estoril, Portugal

News and Magazines
The Bridge World - The best bridge magazine in the world!
ACBL Bulletin
Sunshine Bridge News - ACBL District 9 bulletin
IMP-Bridge - Netherlands bridge magazine
AustralianBridge.com - The official Australian bridge magazine

Bridge Information
Larry Cohen's Website - bridge information of all kinds
Fred Gitelman - interesting bridge articles
Pavlicek School of Bridge - Richard Pavlicek's bridge website
Bernie Chazen
Partnership Bidding Practice - Mike Becker gives great hands each month for you and your favorite partner to bid and score.
EcatsBridge.com - British bridge website
Hand Records from the 2005 World Championships
PlayBridge.com - online hand generator
Hand Evaluation - a collection of hand evaluation articles
Karen's Bridge Library
Bridge Conventions List
SAYC - An outline of The Standard American Yellow Card system
2/1 Outline - An outline of a general 2-over-1 game forcing system
Sue Himel - some nice bridge articles
Phantom Club Summary
ACBL Teaching Software - Learn to Play Bridge teaching software
More Bridge Links


Bridge Scoring Information

IMP Table
Point
Difference 		I.M.P. Point
Difference 		I.M.P. Point
Difference 		I.M.P.
20 - 40 1 370 - 420 9 1500 - 1740 17
50 - 80 2 430 - 490 10 1750 - 1990 18
90 - 120 3 500 - 590 11 2000 - 2240 19
130 - 160 4 600 - 740 12 2250 - 2490 20
170 - 210 5 750 - 890 13 2500 - 2990 21
220 - 260 6 900 - 1090 14 3000 - 3490 22
270 - 310 7 1100 - 1290 15 3500 - 3990 23
320 - 360 8 1300 - 1490 16 4000 and up 24


30 Victory Point Table 20 Victory Point Table
IMPs
 VPs
0
 15-15
1
 18-12
2
 19-11
3
 20-10
4
 21-9
5-6
 22-8
7-8
 23-7
9-10
 24-6
11-13
 25-5
14-16
 26-4
17-19
 27-3
20-23
 28-2
24-27
 29-1
28+
 30-0
IMPs
 VPs
0
 10-10
1-2
 11-9
3-4
 12-8
5-7
 13-7
8-10
 14-6
11-13
 15-5
14-16
 16-4
17-19
 17-3
20-23
 18-2
24-27
 19-1
28+
 20-0


25 Victory Point Table (commonly used in European events)
Match Point
Difference 		V.P. Match Point
Difference 		V.P. Match Point
Difference 		V.P. Match Point
Difference 		V.P.
0 - 3 15-15
 21 - 25 19-11 44 - 49 23-7 69 - 76 25-3
4 - 10 16-14
 26 - 31 20- 10 50 - 55 24-6 77 - 85 25-2
11 - 15 17-13
 32 - 37 21-9 56 - 61 25-5 86 - 94 25-1
16 - 20 18-12 38 - 43 22-8 62 - 68 25-4 95 + 25-0