MHem's Bridge Library
- Marilyn Hemenway's pamphlets and articles written for either ACBL or our Unit. Some of these haven't been published yet. Available here in pdf format.
Added June 2008
Unusual Versus Unusual
Trial Bid
Added March 2008
Alcatraz
Attributes of Good Bridge Players
Eight Ever
Added August 2007:
Reverses with Lebensohl
(this is a revision of a previous article)
Gimmicks (or Little Things to Add to Your Game)
Bidding Over the Opponents' Preempts
Leading, Signaling, and Discarding, Parts I-XIII
Things You Might Like to Know About Duplicate Bridge
The Many Faces of Duplicate Bridge
Hand Analysis
Bridge Etiquette and Rules (for duplicate bridge players)
Bracketed Knock Out Teams
Basketball and Bridge
Opening Leads
Some Little Known Bridgisms
The Law Wins - A Brief Look at the Law of Total Tricks
Grand National Teams (GNT) and North American Pairs (NAP)
Unauthorized Information at the Bridge Table
Reverses by the Opening Bidder
Book Review (Terrence Reese's books)
A Tale of Stiff Kings
Nebraska Regional Tournament
Upside Down Count and Attitude (UDCA)
Keeping Your Sense of Humor
Thursday Morning Bridge
Post Tourney Blues
The Bath Coup
Victum, Idiot, or What??
Stratified Games
Women in the Bridge World
Looking for 7 Matchpoints
Weak No Trumps
Senior Swiss Teams
Reminiscence of a National Championship
Principles of Bridge
He Who Hesitates
Crocodile Coup
Deschapelles Coup
Kickback
Many Faces of Duplicate Bridge (a bit different than the one above)
Merrimac Coup
Morton's Fork Coup
Redouble is a "Macho" Thing?
Trump Leads
What Could I Have Done?
Top Ten Worst Habits at the Bridge Table
Who Knows What the Card Holder Sees?
50 Ways to Lose Your Partner
What is this Game of Bridge?
Exclusion Roman Key Card Blackwood
My Guidelines for Better Bridge
Duck Duck Goose!
What Ever Happened to Penalty Doubles?
When the Opponents Interfere in Slam Bidding
Colorful Bridge Slang
Anticipate
Various "Rules" of Bridge
Odd Even Discards
There's No Crying in Bridge
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Links to Other Bridge Websites:
Here are links to some of our favorite bridge websites:
American Contract Bridge League (ACBL)
ACBL
District
14
ACBL District 14 Director, Sue Himel
ACBL District 14 Tournament Coordinator, Larry Brobst
American Bridge Teachers' Association
Audrey Grant Better Bridge
Baron Barclay Bridge Supplies
Bridge Base, Inc.
Bridge Clues, Mike Lawrence
Bridge Guys
Bridge Forum International
Bridge Forum International Archives
Bridge is Cool (for kids)
Bridge Proprieties, ACBL District 16
Bridge Results (for clubs using that service)
Bridge Talk Links
Bridge Today, Matt and Pam Granovetter
Bridge Trix, Bobby Wolff
Bridge World Magazine
Bridgeware
Center Mall Bridge Club - Results
Des Moines IA Bridge Center
Fifth Chair Bridge School
Fort Dodge IA Duplicate Bridge
Great Bridge Links
John McLeod's Bridge Rules & Variations of the Card Game
Kansas City (ACBL Unit 131) Bridge
Karen's Bridge Library, Karen Walker
McGregor Point Bridge Club, Ft Myers FL, Val and Rick Covalciuc
Northwest Iowa Bridge
OKbridge
Online Bridge
Richard Pavlicek Bridge Site
The Bridge Companion
General websites with games, including free bridge:
Yahoo
- Click on "Games", "Card", then "Bridge"
Pogo
- Under "Card & Board (Games)", click on "Bridge"
Reference - MHem's Library and Bridge Links