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The Official
Encyclopedia of
BRIDGE Brent Manley Editor Mark Horton Co-Editor
Tracey Greenberg-Yarbro Co-Editor
7th Edition
Barry Rigal Co-Editor
The Official
Encyclopedia of
BRIDGE 7th Edition
Copyright 2011, 2001, 1994, 1984 by American Contract Bridge League, Inc. Copyright 1976, 1971, 1964 by Crown Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, digital or mechanical, without permission in writing from the publisher.
Published by the American Contract Bridge League, Inc. 6575 Windchase Blvd., Horn Lake MS 38637-1523 Manufactured in the United States of America by McNaughton & Gunn, Inc. 960 Woodland Drive, Saline MI 48176 Distributed by Baron Barclay Bridge Supply 3600 Chamberlain Lane #206, Louisville KY 40241 Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publications Data. Main entry under title: The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge ISBN: 978-0-939460-99-1
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CONTRIBUTORS This book is the product of a lot of work by a lot of people. The four principal editors are listed elsewhere in this book, as are previous chief editors. It is gratifying to note that most of the others who have contributed did so with the simple motivation of improving the product. If you helped and your name was left off this list, please know that the omission was not intentional.
Current edition
Past editions
Henry B. Anderson Bill Buttle John Carruthers Simon Cocheme Lee Daugharty Tom and Judy Dawson Herman De Wael Fred Gitelman Robb Gordon Terre Gorham Julie Greenberg Anna Gudge Peter Hasenson Per Jannersten Peggy Kaplan Paul Linxwiler Donna Manley Jan Martel Kelley McGuire Jean-Paul Meyer Pony Nehmert Julian Pottage Jeff Rubens Frank Stewart Ron Tacchi Bob van de Velde Jeroen Warmerdam Anders Wirgren
Jean Besse Larry N. Cohen Eric Crowhurst Albert Dormer Sue Emery Robert Ewen Richard Grenside Olof Hanner M. Harrison-Gray Diane Hayward Monroe Ingberman Jane Johnson Jared Johnson Patrick Jourdain Edgar Kaplan Fred Karpin Sami Kehela Rhoda Barrow Lederer Phillip Martin Marshall Miles Victor Mollo David Parry Tony Priday Bill Sachen Jess Stuart Alec Traub Dorothy Truscott Ray Telfer Sol Weinstein
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INTRODUCTION The 7th edition of the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge had its beginnings about 2006, when decisions were made about the format, the contents and the people who would be involved in putting it together. This edition of the book, first published in 1964, is a departure from previous editions. No doubt you have already noted that the shape and size are different, and perhaps you have noticed that the type size is larger. For the first time, the Official Encyclopedia of Bridge has photographs – lots of them. For the first time, the book comes with an index rather than multiple cross references. For the first time, the items have been separated into chapters rather than being run together in alphabetical order. Hundreds of items have been updated. Clutter has been eliminated. Some of the changes have come about because of the way people seek and obtain information in the 21st Century. For example, the list of winners at the North American Bridge Championships has been included on one of the CDs that accompany this book. A CD can be updated easily. Updating the print version is not practically or financially feasible. If you are interested in who won the Kaplan Blue Ribbon Pairs, you have only to make a couple of clicks on the ACBL home page to find
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out. The same goes for world championships – all the information is available on the World Bridge Federation home page. The changes in this edition of the encyclopedia are meant to make it more user friendly