Robert’s AiB Curriculum

This Adventures in Bridge curriculum is a guide for what to learn next. There are 10 levels of material for you to work through and the material in each level is divided into categories.

  • First is an introduction to the game, in case you are starting from scratch — What is Bridge?, etc…

  • Next is the core 10-level curriculum summary to help give you an idea of what you should master at each step along the way.

Note: (#) are the number of topics in each level of the curriculum. [#] is the number of the TWIB lesson that covers this topic.

Bridge for the First Time

If you are just getting started in bridge, I have a webpage with some options for ways to help you get started — START LEARNING BRIDGE HERE!

AiB Bidding Curriculum Summary: 10-Level

Levels 1-2 of the AiB Curriculum are covered in Robert’s Bidding Basics (TWIB 0.Section#). Level 1 is covered in Sections 1-14 and Level 2 is covered in Sectional 15-21.

BIDDING Concepts — Basics (2)

  1. Goals after Opening the Bidding - Finding Fits [0.9]

  2. Goals after Opening the Bidding - Exploring Game [0.9, 0.5]

NOTRUMP OPENINGS (2)

  1. Opening 1NT - Our Favorite Bid! [0.7]

  1. Balanced Opening Hand Overview - 2NT Openings [0.14]

2/1 GAME FORCING (1)

  1. Responding to 1-Major Openings - Intro to 2/1 GF [0.11]

Constructive Bidding — OPENER (7)

  1. Hand Type -Balanced and Unbalanced Hands [0.2]

  2. Hand Strength - “Opener’s Buckets” [0.3]

  3. Opening 1-Major (1H or 1S) [0.4]

  4. Opening 1-minor (1C or 1D) [0.4]

  5. Balanced Opening Hand Overview - Intro to Opener’s Rebids [0.6]

  6. Unbalanced Opening Hand Overview - 1-suited Hands [0.8]

  7. Unbalanced Opening Hand Overview - 2-suited Hands [0.8]

CONSTRUCTIVE BIDDING — Raises (0)

Constructive Bidding — RESPONDER (4)

  1. Responding to 1-minor Openings [0.10]

  2. Responding to 1-Major Openings [0.11]

  3. Responding to 1NT Openings [0.12]

  4. Responding to 2NT Openings [0.13]

Constructive Bidding — PREEMPTIVE OPENINGS (0)

HAND EVALUATION (1)

  1. Hand Evaluation Basics - Counting Points [0.17]

SLAM BIDDING Tools (0)

COMPETitive BIDDING — OVERCALLS (0)

COMPETitive BIDDING — DOUBLES (0)

COMPETITIVE BIDDING — General (0)