December 2019

Now that we have more players on Mondays, excpect for the STaC game we can have two sections again.  Section A will be unlimited with one or two strata--depending on attendance.  Section B will have an upper limit of 750 for its A stratum and 300 for its B stratum.  All Monday stratification will be based on the average masterpoints of each pair.

The STaC games the week of 12/9, including Monday afternoon's, require that the strata must be A=unlimited, B=2500, and C=750 and that there be only one section. Like all the other afternoon games this month, the STaC games are stratified by the average masterpoints of each pair.

2 Mon 1:30 PM Open/750/300 Charity Pairs ($80 pesos)
3 Tue 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)
4 Wed 1:30 PM Supervised Bridge ($60 pesos)
5 Thu 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)
6 Fri 9:00 AM Lesson, 9:30 Game Charity 299er Pairs ($80 pesos)
6 Fri 1:30 PM Charity Open Pairs ($80 pesos)

9 Mon 1:30 PM STaC Open/750/300 (1912039) ($90 pesos)
  Conditions of Contest  >> Silver points! <<
10 Tue 1:30 PM STaC Open Pairs (1912039) ($90 pesos)
  Conditions of Contest  >> Silver points! <<
11 Wed 1:30 PM Supervised Bridge ($60 pesos)
12 Thu 1:30 PM STaC Open Pairs (1912039) ($90 pesos)
  Conditions of Contest  >> Silver points! <<
13 Fri 9:00 AM Lesson, 9:30 Game 299er Pairs ($60 pesos)
13 Fri 1:30 PM STaC Open Pairs (1912039) ($90 pesos)
  Conditions of Contest  >> Silver points! <<

16 Mon 1:30 PM Open/750/300 ($60 pesos)
17 Tue 1:30 PM Charity Open Pairs ($80 pesos)
18 Wed 1:30 PM Supervised Bridge ($60 pesos)
19 Thu 1:30 PM Upgraded Club Championship ($60 pesos)
20 Fri 9:00 AM Lesson, 9:30 Game 299er Pairs ($60 pesos)
20 Fri 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)

23 Mon 1:30 PM Open/750/300 ($60 pesos)
24 Tue 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)
25 Wed 1:30 PM Supervised Bridge ($60 pesos)
26 Thu 1:30 PM Charity Open Pairs ($80 pesos)
27 Fri 9:00 AM Lesson, 9:30 Game 299er Pairs ($60 pesos)
27 Fri 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)
28 Sat 1:00 PM Unit Championship (L1912205A) ($50 pesos)

30 Mon 1:30 PM Inter-Club Championship (OS1907056) ($80 pesos)
  Conditions of Contest  >> Multi-site club game with a chance at a big overall score! <<
  Special Game Results  Overall game results will be posted here within 24 hours after the game.
31 Tue 1:30 PM Open Pairs ($60 pesos)

Your Board has been focused on attracting novice and former members to play in our open games. We want to remind everyone that bridge is a game of respect for all, regardless of experience. Please remember the "play nice" guidelines as posted on our bulletin board. Many thanks.

The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club cordially invites all those interested in playing bridge to visit us and enjoy the fun of bridge.

The club is located on the Carreterra in Riberas del Pilar on Lake Chapala between Mom’s Deli and the Maskaras Clinic. We are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons with games starting at 1:30 and ending before 5:00. Friday mornings feature a short lesson and a beginner game at 9:15. The doors usually open about 12:30 for afternoon games and 8:30 for Friday morning games so come by, say hi and make some new friends.

Don’t know how to play the greatest card game ever invented? No problem! The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club offers lessons for beginners and intermediates. Our friendly instructors will make you feel at home and have you playing in no time. Wednesday afternoons (November-March) starting at 1:30 are a great time to get your feet wet when the club offers lessons and supervised play. Come join us and have some fun.

They are well-known bridge devotees together with Dwight Eisenhower, Mahatma Ghandi, Deng Xiao Ping, Agatha Christie, Oprah Winfrey, Woody Allen, and Martina Navratilova.

The most challenging mental sport, bridge is a game of skill, concentration and infinite possibilities. It’s part science, part math, part logic, part reason and embodies cooperation, problem solving and has even been linked to higher test scores among children. It is an easy game to learn, a hard game to master and you don’t have to be an expert to enjoy it.

Millions of people worldwide play at home, in clubs or on-line. Many advance to tournaments or “duplicate” bridge to enjoy its social competitive aspects.

The medical profession is only now coming to realise that, as people are tending to live longer. Remain mentally fit may be as important as maintaining their levels of physical fitness. More and more often chess, bridge, backgammon and crossword puzzles are being cited as excellent activities for keeping the brain exercised and stalling the onset of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.

Bridge provides an excellent mechanism to improve a player’s:

• Logical thinking skills
• Mathematical ability
• Memory
• Teamwork
• Social skills
• Concentration
• Critical thinking ability
• Communication skills
• Problem solving ability, and
• Inferential reasoning

Bridge is one of the few games played today by people of all ages and nationalities.