Why play bridge? Because no other card game brings together logic, memory, psychology and the pleasure of playing as a pair quite like it. In bridge, you never win alone: you build a shared language with your partner through the bidding, then play the hand like a small investigation in which every trick brings a new clue.<\/p>\n
Bridge has a reputation for being difficult, and it is true that the early days require some patience. But that is precisely what makes it so rich. Bernard Marcoux described it better than anyone in The Most Beautiful Game<\/em>:<\/p>\n \u00ab Pragmatic like Theseus, we will take hold of Ariadne\u2019s thread to emerge victorious from the labyrinth into which learning bridge has plunged us.At that moment, if you have endured everything, you discover the real pleasure, the real exaltation: you listen to the bidding, you watch the first two or three tricks, you count and you know, for sure, the location of all the cards.You visualize and play your cards in such an order that opponents are reduced to spectators.There is no game more difficult; there is no game more gratifying. It is the most beautiful game man ever invented. \u00bb On this page I have gathered the texts that have moved me most: testimonies from champions and writers, studies on the benefits of bridge, press articles, and resources for young people who want to learn bridge. Enjoy your reading, and perhaps see you soon at a table!<\/p>\n The Most Beautiful Game by Bernard Marcoux Le Bridge, c’est sportif <\/a>\u00a0Article des Echos f\u00e9vrier 2017 <\/div><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Le Jeu des Familles, la famille Bridge par Gloria Gufflet Love of the Game by Justin Lall<\/a> My Bridge Addiction by Debbie Buckley<\/a> <\/div><\/p>\n Argumentaire en faveur du bridge, par Michel Heger<\/a> <\/div><\/p>\n <\/div>\n
\n\u2014 Bernard Marcoux, The Most Beautiful Game<\/em><\/p>\nWhy Bridge\u00a0?<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a>Toutes les\u00a0raisons de se mettre au Bridge\u00a0– Dossier Presse 2022 FFB<\/a>
\nWhy Play Bridge on BridgeHands<\/a>
\nWhy Play Bridge on Bridge World<\/a>
\n<\/a>What is Bridge ,\u00a0I love Bridge on WBF<\/a>
\nWhy do you play bridge by Martin Mac Donald published in the Kibitzer on line 2003 <\/a>
\nThe Game that Trumps all others by Alexander Mc Call Smith <\/a>
\nG\u00e9n\u00e9ration\u00a0Bridge, \u00e0 vous de jouer\u00a0dossier r\u00e9alis\u00e9 par la FFB <\/a><\/p>\n![\"marcoux\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/marcoux.jpg\")
\n<\/a>Le plus beau jeu par Bernard Marcoux<\/a>
\nLe ciel du Bridge par Bernard Marcoux
\n<\/a>Philosophy in the boudoir<\/a>
\n<\/a>Focus sur le Bridge par Philippe Cronier<\/a>
\n<\/a>8 Reasons to play Bridge by Pamela Granovetter
\n<\/a>Bridge is one of the most fruitfuldisciplines in acquiring unselfish habits and desirable personality traits by Henry C. Link, Psychologist
\n<\/a>Individual Wellbeing and Bridge \u2013 An Empirical Analysis<\/a>
\n<\/a>Must read Bridge studies<\/a><\/p>\n![\"somerset\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/somerset.jpg\")
\nHow I like to Play bridge by Somerset Maugham<\/a>
\nBridge in the internet, I love you too, Claire by Linda Lee<\/a>
\n<\/em>Analyse du bridge fran\u00e7ais, intobridge<\/a><\/p>\n
\n<\/em>Le Bridge, Au bonheur des donnes, article de Claude Barjon\u00a0 Les Echos 1998<\/a>
\n<\/a>Vices et vertus du Bridge, <\/a>\u00a0Article de l’Express d\u00e9cembre 2000<\/em>
\n<\/a>Bridge and its Benefits to Society
\n<\/a>Bridge\u00a0an avalanche of pleasure<\/a>
\n<\/a>Handi Bridge <\/a>\u00a0Article de l’Echo R\u00e9publicain septembre 2017
\n<\/em>Aveugle, il m\u00e9morise toutes les cartes au Bridge<\/a>
\n<\/em>Clich\u00e9s\u00a0sur le Bridge par Abou Antoun
\n<\/a>Keep Bridge alive campaign by Samantha Punch University of Stirling<\/a><\/p>\n![\"jsteinbeck\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/jsteinbeck.jpg\")
John Steinbeck<\/a><\/p>\n\n
\n“Little irrirations of a mind over-crowded with anarchy. For bridge has a purpose, that of taking as many tricks as possible. The end is clear and very simple. But nothing in the lives of bridge-players is clean-cut, and no ends are defined. And so they retire into some orderly process, even in a game, from messy complication of their lives”
\nExtract\u00a0<\/a>from The Log from the Sea of Cortez by John Steinbeck<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\nL’amour du Bridge<\/h2>\n
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\n<\/a>The family of bridge by Sarah Teshome<\/a>
\n<\/a>Magie des Mots. Initiation au monde des tournois par Claire Martel\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/a>What Bridge has done for me \u00a0from abclunit390 <\/a><\/p>\n![\"justin_lall\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/justin_lall.jpg\" "\\"Justin")
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\nIs Bridge a good hobby ? by Andre Asbury<\/a>
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n![\"judykay_wolff\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/judykay_wolff.jpg\" "\\"Judy")
\nWhat is this Thing called Bridge by Judy Kay-Wolff
\n<\/a>Je ne me lasse pas du Bridge, le roi des jeux
\n<\/a>Pens\u00e9es de Bridge<\/a>\u00a0Claire Martel
\n<\/a>Hold on tight by Jan Stewart<\/a><\/p>\nPassion for Bridge<\/h2>\n
\n<\/a>Bridge Addict by Harold Pendergast\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/a>Relatives of Bridge Players Anonymous: a confession by Janice Arenofsky published in NABC Bulletin<\/a>
\n<\/a>Bridge is a highly contagious, progressive and incurable disease by Roger Bielawski <\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"solange\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/solange.jpg\")
No age barrier at bridge<\/h2>\n
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\nZach Garrison, 9 years old, youngest Life Master<\/a>
\nFor students raised on Ipod, lessons in bridge<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Glenda](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/gmoulton.jpg\")
\n<\/a>Age no barrier to new champion, Marshall Miles on\u00a0The new seniors by Peggy Kaplan <\/a>
\nJessel Rothfield (92 ans et 50 ans de bridge) was recently appointed to the ABF\u2019s Committee of Honour. Read her acceptance speech and her words about bridge<\/a>
\nUsing cards and Board Games to keep mind sharp, <\/a>a New York Times article, december 2015<\/em>
\n<\/a>Bridge 60+ \u2013 Marek Malysa<\/a>
\n<\/a>Bridge and elderly a successful project in The Netherlands \u2013 Eric Laurant
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\n<\/a><\/p>\nLe\u00a0Bridge\u00a0D’Jeun<\/h2>\n
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\nPlaying Bridge help students score in math <\/a>on North County Times\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/a>Recruitement of juniors\u00a0by Micke Melander
\n<\/a>Being a youth bridge coach<\/a>
\n<\/a>Bridge a path to Match A nine week middle school curriculum for beggining players and their teachers by John Hassett <\/a>
\nVideo de la Coupe Epsilon associant un joueur de moins de 30 ans \u00e0 un joueur de plus de 30 ans.<\/a>
\nBridge , l’atout jeunes par Florence Halimi\u00a0<\/a>
\n<\/a>Quai des Jeunes Bridgeurs \u00e0 Lyon
\n<\/a>Site de la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration mondiale pour les jeunes<\/a>
\n<\/a>![\"bridge_montagne_petit\"](\"http:\/\/www.clairebridge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/bridge_montagne_petit-150x150.jpg\")
Les colonies de Vacances Bridge<\/a>\u00a02025
\n<\/a>Coll\u00e9giens et champions de France de Bridge, <\/a>Dossier FFB<\/em>
\n<\/a>le bridge pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 dans la rubrique sport de l’\u00e9mission “Quotidien” de Yann Barthes sur TMC et TF1.<\/a><\/p>\n