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Bridge scoring
Bridge scoring: the trick values, game and slam bonuses, and penalties of contract bridge, and how rubber, Chicago, and duplicate play convert deal results into matchpoints or IMPs (0-24 scale).
Chicago bridge
Chicago bridge, or Four-Deal Bridge, is a four-deal form of rubber bridge with a fixed dealer and vulnerability schedule (none, N-S, E-W, both), 500/300 game bonuses, and part-score carryover; it originated in Chicago.
Draw bridge
Draw Bridge (Pick-Up Bridge) is a two-player Honeymoon Bridge variant: 13 cards dealt each, 26-card stock, 13 no-trump tricks decide who draws replacements, then normal Bridge bidding, play, and rubber scoring.
Duplicate bridge
Duplicate bridge: tournament form of contract bridge, also called board bridge, in which identical pre-dealt hands are replayed at multiple tables and scored comparatively by matchpoints or IMPs, removing deal luck; governed by the WBF's Laws of Duplicate Bridge.
Honeymoon bridge
Honeymoon Bridge, also called Draw Bridge or two-handed bridge, is the family name for two-player adaptations of Contract Bridge, with a drawing phase or dummy hands replacing partners, standard bidding, and Rubber Bridge scoring.
Minibridge
Minibridge: simplified contract bridge introduced in Europe in the 1990s, replacing the auction with announced high card points (A=4, K=3, Q=2, J=1, total 40); the stronger partnership declares, and play and scoring follow bridge.
Rubber bridge
Rubber bridge, the traditional form of contract bridge, played by four players in two partnerships with fresh deals; two games of 100+ below-the-line points win a rubber, with vulnerability, rubber bonuses, and honors scoring.