Bridge World Standard Explained

Bridge World Standard (BWS) is a bidding system in the card game contract bridge, first developed and serially published in 1967-69^[1] as BWS 1968^[2] by The Bridge World magazine. Like the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), it was intended "for use by impromptu or casual partnerships" and "as a basis for discussion by those who wish to formulate their own system."^[3]

The system was updated as the BWS 1984, BWS 1994,^{[4] [5]} BWS 2001^[6] and BWS 2017 editions.^[7] It is based on majority preferences of polled experts and readers of the magazine.

The system shares some similarities with Standard American and 2/1 game forcing, but with many advanced treatments.

References

External links

• The Bridge World magazine's main page for the Bridge World Standard system.

Notes and References

1. The Editors. The Bridge World Standard. The Bridge World. April 1967. 38. 7. 4–7. through to The Editors. The Bridge World Standard, XIX. The Bridge World. August 1969. 40. 11. 33–35.
2. The Editors. The Bridge World Standard. The Bridge World. April 1984. 55. 7. 19.
3. Book: The Editors, The Bridge World Magazine . The Pocket Guide to Bridge World Standard . May 2011 . 2001 . The Bridge World Books . New York, NY . 6 . 978-0-9753419-2-6.
4. The Editors. The Bridge World Standard - 1994, V . The Bridge World. November 1993. 65. 2. 19–26.
5. The Editors. The Bridge World Standard - 1994, VI . The Bridge World. December 1993. 65. 3. 17–26.
6. Web site: Bridge World Standard 2001. The Bridge World. 28 November 2016.
7. Web site: Bridge World Standard 2017. The Bridge World. 28 November 2016.