Brief History and International Tournament of Contract Bridge

Nowadays many people in the world play the bridge, but maybe you just take it as a kind of entertainment. Today, I would like to introduce brief history of the bridge and tell you bridge is not just a leisure activity.

The first record of some rules which are similar to contract bridge rules was in 1886. After these rules were established, the game gradually became popular among the American and British. In 1925, an American, Harold Stirling Vanderbilt, modified the old rules and created new rules. After that, a lot of people learned it and the contract bridge became popular in a few years. Now, almost all the rules of contract bridge is set out in 1925.

Many athletes compete in sports, including the bridge players. Bridge is like a kind of sports, and many players compete in the international tournaments. The biggest and the most famous tournament is called Bermuda Bowl. In many bridge players' eyes, bridge to the Bermuda Bowl is like soccer to the World Cup. It hold every two years in the different cities in the world. The first time is held in Bermuda, so we call it "Bermuda Bowl".

By the way, you can watch the Bermuda Bowl Broadcast on BBO. Click "watch bridge" and then click "broadcast", and you can watch it immediately even if you are not in the field. Just enjoy it and have fun!