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Free guides covering bidding, defense, scoring, and fundamentals. Written by competitive players for players who want to improve.
Defense
Bridge Opening Leads: What to Lead and Why
Opening leads explained: standard leads against notrump and suit contracts, and the mistakes that give away tricks. Practice with scored lead puzzles.
Bridge Defense Strategy: Tips for Better Defending
Improve your bridge defense with tips on signaling, counting, second-hand play, and when to lead trumps. Learn strategies that win more tricks.
How to Count Declarer's Tricks as a Defender
Count declarer's sure tricks to decide between active and passive defense. With a worked example deal and quiz.
What to Lead Against 3NT
How to choose your opening lead against 3NT: fourth best from your longest suit, top of a sequence, when to lead partner's suit, and when a passive lead wins. With a full example deal and quiz.
Scoring
Fundamentals
What is Double Dummy Analysis in Bridge?
Learn what double dummy analysis means in bridge, how double dummy solvers work, and why they are the best benchmark for evaluating your play.
The Limitations of Double Dummy Analysis
Double dummy analysis assumes every player sees all 52 cards. See how this differs from real bridge, per Richard Pavlicek's study of 80,000 deals.
How to Run a Bridge Simulation
Run a bridge simulation step by step: pick bidding or lead mode, set the hand constraints, generate matching deals, and read the double-dummy results.
What's New at BridgeDummy: August 2026
The BridgeDummy mobile app is live, partnership bidding runs on real boards, and simulations got a round of upgrades.
What's New at BridgeDummy: July 2026
Hand Insights research reports are live for premium members, the template library passed 150 scenarios, partnership bidding is on the way, and the Android app needs testers.
Bidding
Bridge Bidding Systems, Rules and Basics
Bridge bidding explained: auction rules, point count, opening bids, responses, and the main bidding systems (SAYC, 2/1, Acol). Practice with scored puzzles.
Jacoby Transfers Explained
Learn Jacoby transfers in bridge: bid 2 diamonds to show hearts and 2 hearts to show spades over a 1NT opening. Covers why transfers work, follow-up bids, and common mistakes.
The Stayman Convention Explained
Learn the Stayman convention in bridge: when to bid 2 clubs over 1NT, how opener responds, and how to find your 4-4 major suit fit. With example auctions and an interactive quiz.
Put theory into practice
Turn what you just read into reps: solve real hands and get instant 5-star feedback from double-dummy analysis.
Start Free PracticeLast updated April 2026