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origins of
duplicate bridge are
based on the
emergence of
duplicate whist in the game of
whist. In the
introduction to his book
Duplicate Whist, the author...
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early 1890s,
Whist was
quickly replaced by the new game of
Bridge in clubs.
Whist was
still pla**** as a
social game, in club
individual duplicate cardplay...
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interests in
duplicate whist trays were
purchased by The
Duplicate Whist Co. in 1899,
which introduced a tray
known as the Paine's
Duplicate Whist Tray after...
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American citizen. He
became interested in
duplicate whist at the age of 34, in 1888, when he read of a
duplicate match in his
native Glasgow and was instrumental...
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bearing his name, for
cards and
players first used in
duplicate whist and
subsequently in
duplicate bridge. He was also an
accomplished mathematician and...
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premise of
duplicate bridge had
previously been used for
whist matches as
early as 1857. Initially,
bridge was not
thought to be
suitable for
duplicate competition;...
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terms are used in
contract bridge,
using duplicate or
rubber scoring. Some of them are also used in
whist, bid
whist, the
obsolete game
auction bridge, and...
- In the
Chicago World's
Columbian Exhibition of 1893, the
patented Duplicate Whist Trays, of
Ihling Bros. &
Everard won a top award. At the turn of the...
- classics, Ladies'
Chautauqua Circle, Ladies'
Music and Art League,
Duplicate Whist Club,
Republican Women's Club, and Five O'Clock Tea Club. She founded...
- unavailable, dog-eared
cards could be
trimmed smaller.
Narrower cards,
known as "
whist-sized" or "bridge-sized" cards,
probably first appeared in
Europe and enabled...
