Bridge is probably the most extraordinary card game.
Progress requires a large volume of play to achieve fluency.
This free website provides a digital solution to teachers around the world.

The diagram of the selected deal is displayed. You can also enter the cards by hand. The declarer, whether he is the student or a robot, will always sit in South, with the dummy in North. The position of the student is to be selected at the top right:
Player seats SOUTH, Player seats EAST or Player seats WEST. Rotate the hands by the button Rotate Hands at the bottom right. Enter a partial diagram and then complete the hands randomly by using the button Complete at the bottom left. At any time, correct the diagram using the keyboard. The contract and the lead are filled in dedicated sections (see below).

Enter the beginning of the cardplay using the keyboard. Each trick (complete or not) is entered on a single line. Cards are indicated by the symbol of their suit (S for s, H for 3, D for 4 and C for c) followed by their value (A, K, Q, J, 10… 2).
In the example oppositebelow, the cardplay will start this way without the student being able to interact:
— 1^st trick: lead King of Spades, 6 of Hearts from the dummy, 3 of Spades from East, Ace of Spades from South;
— 2^nd trick: 3 of Clubs from South, 10 of Clubs from West and the student takes the control at this moment.

To indicate only the lead, just fill in one card (“SK” in the example above). Be Careful! The robot does not use specific signals. Without an indication of the lead, the robot will therefore lead an optimal card for the defense but one that may seem strange to a human player. The teacher is advised to enter this card unless the student is on lead.

Each card filled in the previous section may be commented by the teacher in order to be displayed to the student. To do this, enter in the Cardplay section numbered references in the form =n= after the cards desired (enter a space between the card and this reference). The corresponding numbers n will be displayed in the Comments section. Then, it’s possible to enter the text that should be displayed after the card has been played.

In the example above, the message “Top of sequence” will be displayed after the play of the King of Spades (“SK =1=”).

Entering this data is optional. The expected result is the number of tricks to be won by the declaring side. If the student sits in South, plays a 4 Spades contract and must find out how to win an overstick, indicate 11 tricks.
If this result is not indicated, the expected result will be by default the number of tricks needed to make the contract.

This data will only be used to congratulate the student at the end of the deal:
3 stars if the expected result (or better) is reached,
2 stars for one down,
1 star for two down,
no star otherwise. Note: This system is of course very “enthusiastic”: it also aims not to demotivate the student in case of failure.

Click on the dealer’s position to change it. Click Bid to open the box. Enter the auction, or only the final contract if you want to impose it without an auction. You do not have to enter anything in the modes without an auction. In the “Minibridge” modes in particular, the contract will be calculated on the play page according to HCP and distribution points. If you enter a contract and choose a “Minibridge” mode, it will be displayed if this contract and the calculated contract differs. You can alert a bid by clicking A after the bid has been made. You can comment a bid by clicking on it: the comment will appear in the Comments section below after being validated. Click Finish to complete the auction.

Choose to play…
Without dummy for the very first deals before introducing this part of the game. It will only be No Trump contracts, with the student having to win the maximum number of tricks.
With dummy but Without auctions in the following modes:
— “Do not display anything” for No Trump cardplay and the goal to win the maximum tricks;
— “Display the trump” for Trump or No Trump play and the goal to make the maximum of tricks;
— “Display the trump and the number of tricks to be made”;
— “HCP Minibridge” (only No Trump contracts);
— “DH Minibridge”;
— “HLD Minibridge”.

With dummy with auctions in the following modes:
— “Bid”, the most classic mode, in which the student will have to reproduce the bids that the teacher has entered. The bids of other players will be displayed by the system as the teacher has filled them: actually, the robot does not bid, it only reproduces these bids.
— “Display only the auctions”, where the auctions that the teacher filled will be displayed without interaction, after that the student can directly play the deal.