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I would like to install a bridge-playing program (preferably a free one) on my laptop that I can use while travelling and lack access to the internet. Can anyone please suggest such a program I might obtain? Thanks much. .... wdc
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Posted 2006-January-08, 09:59
Jack is very good, has won 4 times in a row against other programs, and lost the final this year.
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:24
Bridge Master 2000 not free but excellent value for money.
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:31
Free: Thanks for your suggestion. How/where do I find "Jack"?
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:45
EasyBridge is freeware.
WBridge5 is freeware. It won the 2005 Computer World Championship. (But Jack will be back!)
It is in French. If you have Google Toolbar installed you can right-click your mouse to get a translation of the web pages.
My French is very limited. I am guessing that the abbreviations R, D, V correspond to Royale=King, Dame=Queen & Vassal=Jack. That is, a suit is A R D V 10 9 8 ....
I haven't tried WBridge5 yet. Has anyone? Any tricks to the setup?
WBridge5 is freeware. It won the 2005 Computer World Championship. (But Jack will be back!)
It is in French. If you have Google Toolbar installed you can right-click your mouse to get a translation of the web pages.
My French is very limited. I am guessing that the abbreviations R, D, V correspond to Royale=King, Dame=Queen & Vassal=Jack. That is, a suit is A R D V 10 9 8 ....
I haven't tried WBridge5 yet. Has anyone? Any tricks to the setup?
Peter . . . . AKQ . . . . K = 3 points = 1 trick
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"If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?" anon
"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
"This is how Europe works, it dithers, it delays, it makes cowardly small steps towards the truth and at some point that which it has admonished as impossible it embraces as inevitable." Athens University economist Yanis Varoufakis
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:47
As I am addicted to BBO, my co-worker always has Bridge Baron open as a window.
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:56
pdmunro, on Jan 8 2006, 05:45 PM, said:
My French is very limited. I am guessing that Royale=King, Dame=Queen & Vassal=Jack. That is, a suit is A R D V 10 9 8 ....
Lol, it's Roi, Dame, Valet
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Posted 2006-January-08, 10:58
Information about Jack can be found here: http://www.jackbridge.com
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Posted 2006-January-09, 18:09
AKQ: When I clicked on your link to EasyBridge I got the message that IE could not access that URL. The reason must have to do with my pc, right? Any suggestion for getting the download? Thanks.
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Posted 2006-January-09, 22:33
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AKQ: When I clicked on your link to EasyBridge I got the message that IE could not access that URL. The reason must have to do with my pc, right? Any suggestion for getting the download? Thanks.
Suggestion: Click the bar at the top of the page to "temporarily allow popups".
You may also have to click it a second time to be able to "download a file". These are security measures of WindowsXP.
You can send me a personal message if you wish. Click my name "pdmunro" at the side.
Another site with EasyBridge (and other bridge software) is
http://theoretica.informatik.uni-oldenburg...i/software.html
The copy of EasyBridge there is the penultimate version.
Peter . . . . AKQ . . . . K = 3 points = 1 trick
"Of course wishes everybody to win and play as good as possible, but it is a hobby and a game, not war." 42 (BBO Forums)
"If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?" anon
"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
"This is how Europe works, it dithers, it delays, it makes cowardly small steps towards the truth and at some point that which it has admonished as impossible it embraces as inevitable." Athens University economist Yanis Varoufakis
"Krypt3ia @ Craig, dude, don't even get me started on you. You have posted so far two articles that I and others have found patently clueless. So please, step away from the keyboard before you hurt yourself." Comment on infosecisland.com
"Doing is the real hard part" Emma Coats (formerly from Pixar)
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." Oscar Wilde
"Assessment, far more than religion, has become the opiate of the people" Patricia Broadfoot, Uni of Gloucestershire, UK
"Of course wishes everybody to win and play as good as possible, but it is a hobby and a game, not war." 42 (BBO Forums)
"If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?" anon
"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
"This is how Europe works, it dithers, it delays, it makes cowardly small steps towards the truth and at some point that which it has admonished as impossible it embraces as inevitable." Athens University economist Yanis Varoufakis
"Krypt3ia @ Craig, dude, don't even get me started on you. You have posted so far two articles that I and others have found patently clueless. So please, step away from the keyboard before you hurt yourself." Comment on infosecisland.com
"Doing is the real hard part" Emma Coats (formerly from Pixar)
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." Oscar Wilde
"Assessment, far more than religion, has become the opiate of the people" Patricia Broadfoot, Uni of Gloucestershire, UK
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Posted 2006-January-09, 23:15
I like GIB better than Jack, but it's not free.
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Posted 2006-January-10, 07:41
I dowloaded the free demonstration copy of Micro Bridge
http://www.threeweb....ge/dload_e1.htm
It is great. The free version has Standard American, as well as Acol. There is no time limit as far as I can tell.
The version you pay for allows you to set up your own bidding system, a function unique to Micro Bridge, I think.
Jack has reviews of the programs that have competed in the World Computer Bridge Championships (WCBC):
http://www.jackbridge.com/ewkprt.htm Micro Bridge gets a good rating.
These days all the top computer programs simulate possible hand holdings to make better decisions:
http://www.greatgameproducts.com/articles/...ge_article.html And, in defence, you have to signal properly to help your computer partner. It seems the WCBC contest has led to these improvements.
http://www.threeweb....ge/dload_e1.htm
It is great. The free version has Standard American, as well as Acol. There is no time limit as far as I can tell.
The version you pay for allows you to set up your own bidding system, a function unique to Micro Bridge, I think.
Jack has reviews of the programs that have competed in the World Computer Bridge Championships (WCBC):
http://www.jackbridge.com/ewkprt.htm Micro Bridge gets a good rating.
These days all the top computer programs simulate possible hand holdings to make better decisions:
http://www.greatgameproducts.com/articles/...ge_article.html And, in defence, you have to signal properly to help your computer partner. It seems the WCBC contest has led to these improvements.
Peter . . . . AKQ . . . . K = 3 points = 1 trick
"Of course wishes everybody to win and play as good as possible, but it is a hobby and a game, not war." 42 (BBO Forums)
"If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?" anon
"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
"This is how Europe works, it dithers, it delays, it makes cowardly small steps towards the truth and at some point that which it has admonished as impossible it embraces as inevitable." Athens University economist Yanis Varoufakis
"Krypt3ia @ Craig, dude, don't even get me started on you. You have posted so far two articles that I and others have found patently clueless. So please, step away from the keyboard before you hurt yourself." Comment on infosecisland.com
"Doing is the real hard part" Emma Coats (formerly from Pixar)
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." Oscar Wilde
"Assessment, far more than religion, has become the opiate of the people" Patricia Broadfoot, Uni of Gloucestershire, UK
"Of course wishes everybody to win and play as good as possible, but it is a hobby and a game, not war." 42 (BBO Forums)
"If a man speaks in the forest and there are no women around to hear is he still wrong?" anon
"Politics: an inadequate substitute for bridge." John Maynard Keynes
"This is how Europe works, it dithers, it delays, it makes cowardly small steps towards the truth and at some point that which it has admonished as impossible it embraces as inevitable." Athens University economist Yanis Varoufakis
"Krypt3ia @ Craig, dude, don't even get me started on you. You have posted so far two articles that I and others have found patently clueless. So please, step away from the keyboard before you hurt yourself." Comment on infosecisland.com
"Doing is the real hard part" Emma Coats (formerly from Pixar)
"I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning, and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again." Oscar Wilde
"Assessment, far more than religion, has become the opiate of the people" Patricia Broadfoot, Uni of Gloucestershire, UK
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