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*) The New Zar Points Bidding Book 

This download contains the PDF of the New "Zar Points Bidding Backbone" book - ZIPed to about 0.5 MB. Contains valuable information about the game of bridge in general, on top of the Zar Points Bidding fundamentals. Exhaustive research on The Law of Total Tricks is also included.

1) The 5-part Zar Points Book

This download contains the PDF of "Never Miss a Game Again:, "The finer Arts", and "The Research" (like the Article above) plus the Bermuda Bowl Discussions and the Critics, comprising 130 pages, ZIPed to about 1.5 MB.

2) The 3-part Zar Points Article

This download contains the PDF of "Never Miss a Game Again", "The finer Arts of Zar Points", and "The Research" in a book-format comprising 70 pages, ZIPed to about 900 KB.

3) The Database Records for the Research

Contains separate ZIP files with the corresponding targeted research (the Hands, Goren and Zar Valuations, Controls and Control

Points, Fits and their distribution among partners, Best DD-contract, etc.).

- File 3ntDBs.zip contains:

...... File 3NT2K with over 2,000 contracts in 3 NT

...... File 3major70K with over 70,000 contracts in 3 Major

- File 4majorDBs.zip contains:

...... File 4Major63K_set1 with over 63,000 contracts in 4 Major

...... File 4major42K_set2 with over 42,000 contracts in 4 Major

...... File 4major63_db1 with over 63,000 contracts in 4 Major in TAB-delimited format

- File 5minorDBs.zip contains:

...... File 5minor27K_set1 with over 27,000 contracts in 5 minor

...... File 5minor43K_set2 with over 43,000 contracts in 5 minor

- File SlamDBs.zip contains:

...... File 6Slams35K with over 35,000 contracts in Small Slam

...... File 7grand10K with over 10,000 contracts in Grand Slam

...... File 7grandHCP27 with contracts in Grand Slam with 27 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP29 with contracts in Grand Slam with 29 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP31 with contracts in Grand Slam with 31 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP33 with contracts in Grand Slam with 33 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP35 with contracts in Grand Slam with 35 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP37 with contracts in Grand Slam with 37 HCP

...... File 7grandHCP40 with contracts in Grand Slam with 40 HCP

4) The Bermuda Bowl Discussions

Contains over 40 Bermuda Bowl Boards discussions, primarily from the Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, and the dramatic Final of the 2003 Bermuda Bowl matches. All from Zar Points perspective, of course.

5) The Bidding Systems

Each system contains the Convention Card of the partnership and the written Notes and Explanations, which is the more valuable part of this materials.

Over a dozen Bidding Systems including those of Meckwell, Hamman, several partnerships of Benito Garozzo etc. See the "Bidding Systems" Menu for a list of the partnerships involved. NOTE: There are some typos and errors, but I decided to leave them the way they were presented to the WBF with no intervention on my side.

6) WBF Materials of interest

The materials include:

- WBF Opening Bid Instructions;

- WBF Opening Bid Form;

- WBF Opening Bid Example;

- Guidelines of the WBF to Completion of the WBF Convention Card;

- Guidelines of the WBF Systems Policy;

- WBF Bermuda Bowl Systems Regulations;

- WBF Bermuda Bowl Conditions of Contest;

- WBF 2000 Olympiad Systems Regulations;

7) The Italy - Norway Semifinal Match

The records of the boards. No comments of any kind.

8) The USA1-USA2 Semifinal Match

The records of the boards. No comments of any kind. 

9) The Italy - USA1 Dramatic Final Match

The records of the boards. No comments of any kind. 

Enjoy:

ZAR