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Download the American Contract Bridge League's "How to Keep Score in Bridge" Free !  See how easy it is to learn about Bridge on your iPod.

Windows Download Instructions: 
1) For error-free downloading, download this guide only to the hard drive on the computer connected to your iPod and make sure iTunes is running. 
2) Click on the graphic above.
3) Click on Open or Save in the download screen and follow the on-screen installation instructions.

The Game The world’s most challenging mental sport, bridge is a game of skill, communication and infinite possibilities. Millions of people worldwide play at home. Many advance to tournament or “duplicate” bridge to enjoy its social and competitive aspects.

Bridge is a partnership game using a standard deck of 52 cards dealt equally among four players. The players bid in a coded language to describe their hands to their partners and then play to make their contract. Generally, one suit is determined as “trump,” leading to the expression, “Play your trump card.” Duplicate contract bridge, in which each competitor or team plays identical hands under similar conditions, is the main form of competitive bridge. The primary goal of members of the ACBL is to achieve the rank of Life Master, requiring 300 masterpoints earned at club and tournament games.

History Bridge traces its origins to the British game of whist, first played in the 16th century. It may be named for the Galata Bridge in Istanbul, which British soldiers crossed during the Crimean War of the 19th century to reach a coffeehouse where they played cards. Contract bridge as we know it today began in the 1920s when Harold Vanderbilt came up with the early scoring system.

               
The American Contract Bridge League was founded in 1937. Today it is the largest bridge organization in the world, with more than 160,000 members living in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bermuda. A not-for-profit organization, the ACBL determines internationally recognized rules of bridge, sanctions clubs and tournament games, and encourages participation at all levels of proficiency and experience.

iPod requirements:  
3rd generation  or newer iPod (sold since April, 2003.) 
Firmware: Version 2.0 or later. This includes the new Nano, click-wheel iPod, iPod Mini, and the "no moving parts" iPods with the buttons above the wheel and the dock connector on the bottom. And the new 4th generation iPod with only the wheel.

Computer requirements: Windows 2000 or XP,
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
Hard Disk: 5 MB of available hard disk space.

 iTunes requirements: Version 4.6 or later.

Mac Download Instructions: 
1) For error-free downloading, download this guide to only the hard drive on the computer connected to your iPod and make sure iTunes is running. 
2) Click Download Here.
3) Unzip to a folder on your hard drive.
4) Copy the <City Guide Name> folder to the Notes folder on your iPod.
5) For the audio portion, if included, use iTunes to copy the Audio_<City Guide Name> folder to your Library and then update your iPod.
6) Go to the iPod Notes folder and open the  guide.