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Bridge World Standard (BWS) is a bidding system in the card game contract bridge, first developed and serially published in 1967-69 as BWS 1968 by The Bridge World magazine. Like the Standard American Yellow Card (SAYC), it was intended "for use by impromptu or casual partnerships" and "as a basis for discussion by those who wish to formulate their own system."

The system was updated as the BWS 1984, BWS 1994, BWS 2001 and BWS 2017 editions. It is based on majority preferences of polled experts and readers of the magazine.

The system shares some similarities with Standard American and 2/1 game forcing, but with many advanced treatments.

References

1. The Editors (April 1967). "The Bridge World Standard". The Bridge World. 38 (7): 4–7. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help) through to The Editors (August 1969). "The Bridge World Standard, XIX". The Bridge World. 40 (11): 33–35. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
2. The Editors (April 1984). "The Bridge World Standard". The Bridge World. 55 (7): 19. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
3. The Editors, The Bridge World Magazine (May 2011). The Pocket Guide to Bridge World Standard (2001 ed.). New York, NY: The Bridge World Books. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-9753419-2-6. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. ^ The Editors (November 1993). "The Bridge World Standard—1994, V". The Bridge World. 65 (2): 19–26. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. ^ The Editors (December 1993). "The Bridge World Standard—1994, VI". The Bridge World. 65 (3): 17–26. {{cite journal}}: |last= has generic name (help)
6. "Bridge World Standard 2001". The Bridge World. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
7. "Bridge World Standard 2017". The Bridge World. Retrieved 28 November 2016.

External links

• The Bridge World magazine's main page for the Bridge World Standard system.

• Bridge systems