“Contract Bridge is likely the most challenging card game extant; it is certainly the the most obsessive for its ranks of zealous followers. The initial progenitor of all Bridge forms is the game of Triumph, which gained currency about A. D. 1500. In the mid seventeenth century, Triumph evolved into Whist, a partnership game for four players. The change from Whist to Bridge occurred about 1886with a publication in London of a small pamphlet, titled Biritch or Russian Whist.”

Source: The Theory of Gambling and Statistical Logic (Revised Edition) 1977, Chapter Eight, Contract Bridge, p. 252

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "Contract Bridge is likely the most challenging card game extant; it is certainly the the most obsessive for its ranks o…" by Richard Arnold Epstein?
Richard Arnold Epstein photo
Richard Arnold Epstein 27
American physicist 1927

Related quotes

Bertrand Russell photo
Hunter S. Thompson photo

“A nervous blonde nymphet who thought that politics was some kind of game played by old people, like bridge.”

Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005) American journalist and author

1970s, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 (1973)

Edgar Allan Poe photo
HoYeon Jung photo

“Squid Game is a story about human nature that most people can already relate to, yet everything is communicated through easy-to-follow childhood games.”

HoYeon Jung (1994) South Korean model, actress

Source: "Exclusive: How Squid Game’s Hoyeon Jung Went from Model to Star of Netflix’s Biggest Hit" in Vogue https://www.vogue.com/article/squid-game-star-hoyeon-jung-interview (7 October 2021)

Carl von Clausewitz photo
Anthony Kiedis photo
Jerome K. Jerome photo

Related topics