This section of The Bridge Forum website contains articles about rules and rulings.

The ACBL’s convention charts are described at http://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/about/convention-charts.pdf. The Bridge Forum uses the ACBL Open Chart for its club games.

The ACBL’s alert procedures are described at https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/Alert-Procedures.pdf and modifications of those procedures for online play are described at https://web2.acbl.org/documentLibrary/play/AppendixO.pdf. The Bridge Forum uses the ACBL’s alert procedures for face-to-face club games and those procedures, as modified by Appendix O for online games.

In online games, this means alerting and announcing your own bids.

“Alerts: Alerts (including announcements) are made by the player making the call. An alerted call should be accompanied by an explanation. Stating the common or popular name of the convention is not sufficient. You are encouraged to explain calls even if those calls do not require alerts. Any call that would be alerted after the auction in live bridge should be alerted at the time of the call.”