Beginner Bridge Class Materials

The lesson materials were last updated on June 20, 2025.

The following items (in PDF format) are of general interest:

• Simplified Bidding Summary (PDF)
• Graphical Opening and Responding Bidding Summary (PDF)
• Rubber/Chicago Bridge Scoring Summary (PDF)

The following are collections of slides that review (in simplified, summary form) the materials from the 6-lesson class below. These may be useful to a student as a quick refresher after taking the full 6-lesson course. The first is a PDF file in full color; the second is a PDF file in black and white.

• All Lessons Summary (PDF - color)
• All Lessons Summary (PDF - B&W)

The materials for each of the six lessons for the Beginner Bridge classes are identified by four icons:

• The class handouts (full-color, in PowerPoint format) are shown using the PowerPoint icon.
• The printable (black and white) class handouts (in PDF format) are shown using the PDF icon.
• The supplementary materials provided to augment the class handouts are shown using the PDF (supplem) icon.
• The bridge hands (both class and practice hands) are shown using the bridge hand icon but are in PDF format.