Laws & Ethics Publications

Rules and Regulations

Announcements and Alerts

• Announcing and alerting table
• Alerting in EBU online games

Blue Book

The Blue Book is the handbook of of EBU permitted understandings, your first point of reference to find out what you can play in different events.

• Blue Book
• Blue Book (pdf version)
• General Regulations – Rulings & Appeals in Matches Played Privately Online

Skyblue Book

The Skyblue Book was the supplement to the Blue Book and White Book for online bridge, but it has now been absorbed into those two books. The document below provides links to the relevant parts of the Blue Book and White Book for online regulations.

• Skyblue Book (pdf version)

The Laws

• The 2017 Laws of Duplicate Bridge
• Flow charts on the most commonly infringed laws

The White Book

The White Book is the EBU Tournament Directors Guide. It also has useful information for tournament players.

• White Book
• The White Book (pdf version)

Best Behaviour @ Bridge

• Best Behaviour @ Bridge
• Best Behaviour @ Bridge article in English Bridge

Competitions

League competitions

• Template regulations for league competitions

Tournament Directors (TDs)

Articles for TDs

• Board dealing security, by Gordon Rainsford
• Articles about 2017 Laws
• Appeals, by Gordon Rainsford
• Adjudicating Claims, by Gordon Rainsford
• Slow Play, by Gordon Rainsford
• Notes on polling & consulting, by Gordon Rainsford
• Scoring stratified events, by Gordon Rainsford
• Standard EBUScore settings, by Gordon Rainsford
• EBU TD ranks, by Gordon Rainsford
• IT & Scoring EBU events,by Robin Barker
• Recommended scoring methods used in EBU tournaments, by Frances Hinden. Includes a suggested scale for teams-of-eight matches where the four scores are added together.
• Web Mitchell Movements, by Gordon Rainsford
  • 16 tables, 12 rounds
  • 16 tables, 13 rounds
  • 19 tables, 13 rounds
• What is a logical alternative?, by Jeremy Dhondy
• Weighted rulings, by John Pain
• Responding and defending to 1NT, by Max Bavin
• The Neuberg formula, by Max Bavin
• Scoring fouled boards, by Nick Doe
• EBU regulations, clubs and club players, by Jeremy Dhondy
• The EBU and players with disabilities
• Appeal Guidelines
• Bidding Box Regulations
• 2015 WBF Screen Regulations showing changes from previous version
• Uploading results to Pianola
• Forms for Tournament directors

Players

Articles for players

• An index of 'educational' articles from English Bridge 2007 to present
• Defending against artificial systems, by Frances Hinden. Part One - Part Two - Part Three
• Doubling and alerting, by Jeremy Dhondy. Part One - Part Two
• Problems of discipline - call the director!, by David Stevenson
• The general approach - call the director!, by David Stevenson and Ian Spoors
• Pauses at trick one, by David Stevenson and Ian Spoors

Appeals

EBU Appeals Booklets

2016 - 2015 - 2014 - 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - 2002 - 2001 - 2000

Appeals Focus

Spring 2010; Spring 2011; Winter 2011; Autumn 2012; November 2014; November 2016; July 2018

International

World Bridge Federation Publications

• WBF systems policy
• WBF psychic bidding guidelines
• WBF code of practice
• WBF alerting policy
• WBF guide to completion of the WBF convention card

Scoring and points

How to Score

• Basic Bridge Scoring
• Full Bridge Scoring
• VP Scale Calculator

The 70% rule for Master Points

• About the regulation, and FAQs
• Suggested movements to help with compliance

Bridge Movements

• The mathematics of bridge movements, by John Manning
• A table of suggested movements for sessions to comply with the'70% rule'*
• Unusual (but useful) Movements for Clubs by Gordon Rainsford

* The '70% rule', came into effect from 1st January 2016. The regulation states that for a pairs session to be eligible for Master Points each player must play - or be scheduled to play - at least 70% of the boards in play. See here, or rule 3.1.4 in the Master Point & Licensing Handbook for more details.