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Bridge

Bridge is, in my humble opinion, one of the most interesting (card)games out there. It keeps me busy for several hours a week, either because I'm playing or reading about it. I've started to play bridge in march 2003 and am eager to learn as much about it as I possibly can. Learning by doing seems the best approach but that is not always easy as I also have many other things to do.

Bidding

A while ago, I've tried to organize my thoughts on bidding in the form of a small booklet I've dubbed the system HeX. Older versions of this booklet can be found here (Biedermeyer-like), here (with 12-14 NT), and here (with new 2-level openings and other gadgets).

Since I wrote the above mentioned booklet, I've started a new partnership with Tom Olthof. We've set up a new system with one guilding principle: "back to basic". Notes on that system can be foud here

The 1430 RKC convention (Dutch)
The Lebensohl convention (Dutch)
The Raptor convention (Dutch)
The HeX system that I have played for a while
A constructive, interesting system for bidding at the two-level is Chemeleon (Dutch)
The weak no trump opening is quite popular. I read a very interesting approach to this opening in the Wally American system by Wim Gielen.
Highlights from the book vijfkaart hoog by Ed Hoogenkamp
The coCa convention against oppenents 1NT