Stanford Bridge Club

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This is the old bridge club website with older information. For the current bridge club schedule and information, please visit the new bridge club website.

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Stanford Bridge Club-specific links (old)

Report from the California Capital Open Swiss Championships. Team of four from Stanford entered and qualified for the second day of the event. You can see the scores from both tables in the morning and afternoon sessions. A few hands have been written up in detail.

Results and hands played by the Stanford team (first half and second half) in the Internet World Bridge Championships, on April 26, 2000. Participants were Shuzhen Chen, Nelson Lu, Riccardo Leone, and Theodore Hwa. (Unfortunately, we were knocked out the first round, so we only played one match.)

Results and hands from the 1999 Junior Collegiate Team Championship (zipped) played by Stanford on OKBridge on April 17, 1999.

Various bridge terms coined by Stanford Bridge Club members.

Other Bridge Information

An introduction for the complete beginner to bridge is here.
A pointer to the rec.games.bridge FAQ, and the rec.games.bridge style guide..
Lee Edwards' convention card editor utility.
District 21 Home Page (with schedules and directions for local tournaments, as well as a partnership request page)
American Contract Bridge League(ACBL) Home Page
The nearest place to play in ACBL-sponsored club games is the Palo Alto Bridge Club, with games every day of the week.
Or play bridge on the internet via OKBridge. I play under the ID thwa.

Individuals' bridge-related home pages

Jos van Kan's play and defense problems. Very well done (IMO).
Richard Pavlicek's bridge page -- excellent page with online quizzes, articles, bidding systems, and practice hands, a study in squeezes, and much more.
David Stevenson's bridge page, with a collection of articles written by many people on a variety of topics.
Thomas Andrews with a collection of deals satisfying unusual properties, a hand dealer(with source code), and other items.

(anything below this line is really old)

News Flash:

Stanford Finishes Third in 1996 Intercollegiates

May 19th, 1996: For the third time in the past four years, the Stanford Team has finished among the top 3 teams in the country at the National Intercollegiate Bridge Championships. The team, consisting of Joel Singer, Mahesh Viswanathan, Eric Ruben, and Emil Aalto, traveled to Memphis last weekend to play against some of the best college teams from around the country. The team came back from a disappointing performance in the qualifying round by dominating the 5-team consolation round robin to secure third place. Meanwhile, Texas A&M defeated a favored York University team in the finals to take the 1996 Intercollegiate title.

Stanford to Defend Title in 1996 Intercollegiates

February 25th, 1996: The Stanford Collegiate Team traveled to Long Beach, CA yesterday, where it overwhelmingly defeated Harvey Mudd College to win this year's intercollegiate regional competition. The team will travel to Memphis May 17th-18th to play other schools around the country for the national title. The victorious team members are Joel Singer, Mahesh Viswanathan, Eric Ruben, and Emil Aalto.

The final score over the 52 board match was 276-83, leaving no doubt as to the winning team. Neither Berkeley nor Caltech managed to put together a team for the event this year.

Stanford wins big in Big Match III

November 13, 1995: Stanford's A team has won the third annual "Battle for the Ax", pounding the Cal Weenies 96-17. The team took off to a 36-1 lead in the first half, then continued to domainate Cal 60-16 in the second.

The Stanford B team was not so fortunate, losing 23-35 in a tightly fought match. Stanford was down 17-26 at the half, then gave up 3 more in an extremely low scoring second half.

The story of the A team match is available, as well as board-by-board results of both matches.

Stanford Bridge Team wins National Title

Monday, May 22, 1995: The Stanford Bridge Team traveled to Memphis last weekend and emerged victorious at the National Intercollegiate Bridge Championships. The team came back from a 5th place finish in the first qualifying session to top the field of 7 teams in the qualifier, then defeated runner-up University of Pennsylvania in the 24-board final. Team members were Steve Altus, Scott Benson, Bert Hackney, and Joel Singer.

Scores from Memphis:

  Qualifying round:
     Stanford  40,  Harvard University 0
     Stanford  19,  University of Pennsylvania 5
     Stanford  22,  University of Texas-Austin 6
     Stanford  26,  York University 7
     Stanford  30,  University of Memphis 17
     University of Illinois 29,  Stanford 23

  Final: 
     Stanford 80.5
     University of Pennsylvania 50

Previously, the team had won the Region 15 ACU-I Intercollegiate Bridge tournament, defeating rivals Berkeley and Caltech, to earn the right to participate in the national final.

Scores from Big Match II, November 1994:

   Stanford A      63
   UC Berkeley A   40

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