| Bridge Scoring | |||||||||
| Clubs + Diamonds are collectively known as The Minors | |||||||||
| Hearts + Spades are collectively known as The Majors | |||||||||
| Firstly, for each trick won add points | |||||||||
| Club or Diamond | +20pts | ||||||||
| Heart or Spade | +30pts | ||||||||
| No Trump | +40pts for first trick, +30pts for any additional trick | ||||||||
| Secondly, add bonus points | |||||||||
| 1C | 1D | 1H | 1S | 1NT | Partscore Bonus (+50 pts) | ||||
| 2C | 2D | 2H | 2S | 2NT | |||||
| 3C | 3D | 3H | 3S | 3NT | Game Bonus (+300pts or +500pts) | ||||
| 4C | 4D | 4H | 4S | 4NT | |||||
| 5C | 5D | 5H | 5S | 5NT | |||||
| 6C | 6D | 6H | 6S | 6NT | Small Slam Bonus (+500pts or +750pts) | ||||
| 7C | 7D | 7H | 7S | 7NT | Grand Slam Bonus (+1000pts or +1500pts) | ||||
| Declarer must score 6 tricks + contract bid for the "contract to make" | |||||||||
| e.g. in 3NT you must make 6+3 = 9 tricks | |||||||||
| Example Scores: | |||||||||
| 2D + 1 | 20 + 20 + 20 | +50 | = 110 | ||||||
| 1NT + 1 | 40 + 30 | +50 | = 120 | ||||||
| 2S + 2 | 40 + 40 + 40 + 40 | +50 | = 210 | N.B. In the last two examples there are the same number of tricks in spades won (10 in total) but there are large score differences depending on contract bid. | |||||
| 4S = | 40 + 40 + 40 + 40 | +300 | = 420 | ||||||
| Each trick above your contract is called an overtrick | |||||||||
| Each trick short of the contract is called an undertrick | |||||||||
| If you fail to make enough tricks for your contract… | |||||||||
| For each undertrick +50 or +100 to opponents | |||||||||
| Bidding Guidelines: | |||||||||
| 1. Don’t bid too high otherwise you won't make your contract and opponents score points | |||||||||
| 2. Don't bid too low otherwise you'll only get a partscore bonus instead of a game or slam bonus | |||||||||
| Copyright 2004 Eoin O Fiachain http://www.eoinofiachain.com | |||||||||