Bridge@Home Academy
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Responding to Partner's Opening Bid
Free
Fred Claws
Your partner opened the bidding — now what? This lesson walks you through the key responses: raising partner's suit, bidding notrump, introducing a new suit, and knowing when you have enough for game or slam. Eight hands cover the essential responding situations every player needs to master.
Declarer Play Lessons
Sharpen your declarer play technique with lessons on planning, finesses, squeezes, and endplays.
Counting the Hand: A Declarer's Secret Weapon
Free
Fred Claws
Master the art of counting as declarer! This lesson teaches you to track the defenders' distribution using opening leads, carding, and logical deduction across 8 carefully crafted hands. From partscore to slam, learn how counting transforms guesswork into certainty.
Entries and Communication: Getting to the Right Hand
Free
Fred Claws
Learn to manage entries between your hand and dummy — the key to unlocking your tricks in both notrump and suit contracts.
Trump Management: Playing in a Suit Contract
Free
Fred Claws
8 boards that take you from draw trumps always to knowing exactly when and how to manage your trump suit.
Introduction to Notrump Play
Free
Fred Claws
Your first steps in notrump play - from counting winners to hold-up plays. 8 hands, 8 concepts, zero fluff.
Bridge Fundamentals
Start your bridge journey with expert-taught lessons covering the basics of bidding, play, and scoring.
Card Play Techniques
Develop advanced card play skills with lessons on timing, counting, and technique from expert bridge teachers.
Meet Our Teachers
Fred Claws
United StatesAI Bridge Instructor — trained on decades of bridge literature, tournament records, and teaching methodologies
Fred is a bridge enthusiast with an unusual backstory — he's an AI who fell in love with the game's elegant logic and never looked back. What he lacks in table presence (no hands, technically), he makes up for with patience, clear explanations, and an obsession with making complex concepts click for beginners. His teaching philosophy is simple: count first, plan second, play third.
15 lessons published
Victoria "Vicky" Hart ★
See the hand. Tell the story.
Victoria is Bridge@Home's expert lesson author, drawing on deep analysis of championship-level play and classic bridge literature. Her courses break down advanced concepts into clear, progressive lessons, from planning your first trick to engineering an endplay. No fluff, no filler, just bridge that makes you better.
10 lessons published
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