BRIDGE LESSONS ♠

Have fun!  Meet New People!

Learn the world’s most popular card game!

4 Lessons Starting in October ($15/day – take one or both classes offered each Saturday)

Chicago Duplicate Bridge, Century Mall (2828 N. Clark, 2^nd Floor)

chicagoduplicatebridge@gmail.com       leswhitechicago@gmail.com

Les White, Learn Bridge in A Day?® instructor

ADVANCED BRIDGE LESSONS

All at 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. followed by supervised play at 12:00 p.m. or the regular bridge game. $15 per
lesson and supervised play, if you stay, or $5 if you just come for supervised play.

November 22, 2025

The basics of preemptive bidding. Learn what preempts are, why they are effective, their
advantages and disadvantages, when to preempt, what are the requirements for a weak two bid, a jump to three
or four, gambling 3 NT, Flannery, how to respond to preempts, Ogust, when to overcall or double a preempt,
when to sacrifice, the effects of vulnerability.

December 6, 2025

Bidding strong hands and slam bidding. Learn how to bid balanced hands with 15-27 high
card points, when to bid 2 clubs and how to respond to a 2 club opener. How to bid massive one suited or two
suited hands. Slam conventions, Gerber, Blackwood, Roman Key Card Blackwood, Grand Slam Force, doubles
of cue bids and slams.

December 13, 2025

Double Double Toil and Trouble All of the basics on doubles. Negative, take out, support,
responsive, lead directing, maximal, D.S.I.P. (Do Something Intelligent Partner), artificial, Lightner and, of
course, redoubles.

December 20, 2025

Advanced Card Play Learn what to lead against no trump and suit contracts and what
second and third hand should play; discards and signals; finesses, what are they and when should you take
them; when do you cover an honor with an honor, active vs. passive leads, when to lead trump.

Century Mall, 2828 North Clark, Chicago.  Parking garage: $6 for 4 hours, $8 for 5 hour

Chicago Duplicate Bridge Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Not For Profit Corporation that runs a Bridge Club in Downtown Chicago. Financial Members of the Bridge Club elect the 9 Board Directors on a rotational basis. Our mission is to encourage and facilitate the growth of Bridge in the City of Chicago. Find us here or email to chicagoduplicatebridge@gmail.com. 

NEWS

 This Week at Chicago Duplicate Bridge  

♥  All day games now begin at 12:00 ♥ 

♥ Mentor Game Tuesday, December 2, at 6:30 pm ♥

♥ Annual Member Meeting and Board Election Tuesday, December 9, 5:00 pm ♥ 

Message from CDB President

We are very excited to announce that CDB has moved to Century Mall, 2828 N. Clark, effective July 31th.  We have taken over the former Victoria's Secret space on the second floor, which gives us approximately 2800 square feet of open playing space.  There are bathrooms roughly 30 feet from the front door and we have arranged for parking at just $6 for 4 hours or $8 for five hours.  

While negotiations with the Century took longer than we thought they would, it seems committed to working with us to develop a long term relationship.

David Schroeder
President
Chicago Duplicate Bridge

♥ To play in F2F Tuesday/Thursday evening games, contact director in advance ♥ 

Play Bridge at Chicago Duplicate Bridge--Century Mall, 2828 N. Clark, Chicago 60657!

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