Basic course – bidding for beginners

Natural bidding system based on basic bidding rules

General rules

Bidding lessons

  1. Introduction to bidding
  2. When to bid and when not?
  3. What to bid?
  4. How high to bid?
  5. Am I obliged to bid?

Bidding tool

Interactive tool that guides you through the bidding. You can find good contracts with almost no bidding experience.

  1. The opening
  2. 1♥/♠ opening – bidding with fit
  3. 1♥/♠ opening – bidding without fit
  4. 1NT opening – "Stayman convention"
  5. 1NT opening – "Stayman convention"
  6. 1♣ opening – first responses
  7. 1♣ opening – opener's rebids (second bid)
  8. 1♦ opening – differences with 1♣ opening
  9. Preemptive openings – further bidding
  10. Bidding after strong 2♣
  11. Bidding after strong 2♦
  12. Bidding after strong 2NT
  13. Overcalls
  14. Doubles