WebSite
e-bridgemaster.com

e-bridge Inc
88 Lexington Ave Suite #6C
New York, NY 10016 U.S.A

e-bridge Inc
2 Pekeris street
Rehovot 76100 Israel

email:
support@e-bridgemaster.com

REQUIREMENTS

Windows/95 or later

MEMBERSHIP RATES (US Dollars)

7-day free trial

$110/yr limited(up to 200 tournaments)
$160/yr, unlimited play
$50/yr Social Room only
$12/Mo (up to 15 tournaments)
$18/mo (unlimited)

Juniors get %50 off the above fees, and there are several special packages such as for Teachers, Bridge Journalists, ACBL members and ACBL patron members.

For more information about other special offers - just call us or send an e-mail.

We have membership rewards programs - check Friends Bring Friends - you benefit if your partners join, too.

If you do not wish to use a credit card online, you can call (212) 213-5854 or send a bank check in US funds (please indicate what package you are buying) to one of the addresses above.

REVIEWS

Colin Ward

PRESS RELEASES

French Bridge Federation and e-bridge Inc Sign Cooperation Agreement Click Here

Sweden's NBO and e-bridge sign cooperative agreement. Press Release Here

NEWS

February 2004 - Bridge lovers, Some new exciting activities are coming on e-bridge in the next few weeks:

3rd Internet Individual World Championship will start in March 2004. Prestige and cash prizes to the winners!

WBF Individuals to win free accommodation in Istanbul during World Bridge Olympics. Starts March 2004.

And more ........
Watch the site for details

e-bridge awards WBF Online Bridge Masters :: November 2003 - The first 2003 season of WBF Online Bridge Points (WOBPs) was a smashing success. Six players were awarded the rank of "WBF Online Bridge Master" (for life), and 21 players were awarded the rank of "WBF Online Tournament Player". The highest ranking player, zippone from Canada, was invited to a victory banquet of the Bermuda Bowl in Monte Carlo, and received the award from WBF's President Jose Damiani. (click here to see the photo from the prize giving ceremony). All other ranked players will receive their certificates by mail (see list), and the ranks will be registered in the official WBF registrar (click here to see WBF Master Point registrar).  A new 2004 season of WBF Online Bridge Points (WOBPs) will start on November 21, 2003.

A new 2004 season of WBF Online Bridge Points (WOBPs) will start on November 21, 2003 and end on November 10, 2004, after 12th World Team Olympiad. 2004 rules for award of WOBPs on e-bridge are similar to 2003:

Every tournament on e-bridge will be sanctioned to award WOBPs. See the full Rules version for a scale.

A player that will accumulate 500 WOBPs will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Tournament Player (WOTP)" whilst the player who accumulates 1,000 WOBP will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Bridge Master (WOBM)" for life.

A player who will accumulate 2,500 WOBP will be awarded the official WBF title of "WBF Online Bridge International Master (WOBIM)" for life.

Players winning WBF Online Bridge titles will be published in official WBF titles list, and receive WBF diplomas and plaques.

The player who accumulated the largest number of WOBPs in 2004 will be invited to the victory banquet of the 12th Bridge Olympiad November 6, 2004.

To be eligible to receive WOBPs the player must be a paid member of e-bridge or ACBLOnline, and the player must purchase a special upgrade of its subscription. An upgrade valid up to Nov. 10, 2004. The price of the upgrade is $39. Most of the money is transferred to the WBF to support worldwide bridge.

40% of WOBPs awarded in 2003 will expire on November 20, 2003, and the balance will count toward 2004.

To purchase WBF upgrade click here.

PAST NEWS

e-bridge invites you to participate in new exciting bridge events:

1. 3rd Internet Open Pairs World Championship, and 2nd Internet Individuals World Championship. Both events are scheduled to start on www.e-bridgemaster.com and on www.acbl.com at the end of February 2003. Click here for details.

2. North America College Teams Championship will take place on www.acbl.com on February 22. Finals will be played live at the Summer NABC in Long Beach.

3. Winter Teams League will start in February on e-bridge, watch the site for details.

4. Due to oversize 3 PM tournaments on e-bridge, The event will be split into two rooms on Mondays - Fridays starting February 2. Come early to select the room you want to play.

5. February is a special sales month on www.e-bridge4prizes.com. More money will be awarded to the winners. Visit the social room and try your skills to get more bang for your money.

6. Teaching lessons schedule on e-bridge and ACBL Online:

Mondays at 5:30 PM (17:30) Harold Schogger monitors supervised play

Tuesdays at 1:00 PM (13:00) Allan Lewis (lion_cub) offers bidding practice

Schedule of Events

The table above was accurate December 2001. Check web site for current schedules.

Special Features

New teaching programs will allow bridge teachers at all levels to offer lessons to students who subscribe to our site.

Vugraph coverage of all North American Bridge Championships and major tournaments around the world including the Cavindish and many World Championship events.

Weekly challenge matches featuring top players from around the world.

Partnership desk, and mentors to help new members learn their way around our site.

Harold Schogger hosts supervised sessions, Mondays at 5:30PM ET and Wednesdays at noon ET. The Monday sessions will be used to test the NEW e-bridge teaching rooms. Look for Schogger in the social room.

Fifth Chair has extended it's mentoring program. Anyone interested in the program as a mentor or a mentee, please contact bagelbroad through the e-bridge notes system.

Caitlin, founder of Bridge Forum, will be conducting Supervised play sessions Monday at 1pm, Friday at 1pm and Sunday at 7pm, all Eastern times. You don't need a partner, Just come and play with on the spot feedback. Look for Caitlin or Avery in the social room.

Newsletter

Monthly e-zine which outlines events and services. There is also offer a bridge forum on the web site to discuss the system, ask questions of the experts, make suggestions, etc.

REVIEW by Colin Ward from Rec.Games.Bridge

Competition: Almost exclusively North American, the competition would be similar to that found in your local club. Few internationalists to spectate, but some gems nevertheless. The manager, Drew Cannell, is one of the finest card players in the world. If gathering ACBL Masterpoints is your goal, E-Bridge is your best choice.

Courteous Players: This may be the strength of E-Bridge. Reflecting its ACBL orientation, most of the members are strong supporters of the ACBL "zero tolerance" policy. That said, courtesy is not usually a problem on any of the sites. Discourteous members are NOT tolerated on ANY of the pay sites--as they generally ARE on the free ones.

Staff: You will find the staff extremely helpful and available at the playing site.

Software: I find this to be the weakest part of E-Bridge, with its graphical approach and inflexible arrangements. Their programmers are an industrious lot, though, so expect this to change soon.

INTRODUCTION

Vugraphs of all the major bridge championships (Bermuda Bowl, Olympiad, NABC's, European Championships, Cavendish, Cap Gemini, NEC Cup, China Cup, etc...) Many sessions with expert commentary

The Essentials area, daily bridge columns, bridge information, education, entertainment, and theory from the best writers in the business (Mike Lawrence, Ron Klinger, Zia, Eric Kokish, Anders Wirgren, Bobby Wolff, Martin Hoffman, many others)

Tournament coverage (results, bulletins, interesting deals, etc ...)

Bidding Contests: All Systems Go!!, Interactive Bidding Challenge, International Bidders Panel

Bridge Bulletin boards patrolled by some of the worlds best players.

Discounted bridge vacations and cruises

Types of Games

Matchpoint, IMP, and individual tournaments. Team games offered in the free social room as well as rated and unrated IMP games. Robots also are available at unrated tables in the free social room.

Rating system

The rating system is called DAR. All tournament games (IMP and Matchpoint) are rated as well as games in the free social room at rated tables.