Help

Login Help 2

Please visit our Login Troubleshooting page for help with all your log in and password reset problem.

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Passwords are encrypted in our database so we are unable to tell you your current password.

To get a new password or reminder of Username use the 'Get New Password' option on the log in page. You will be sent an email with a link to reset your password.

If you don't receive the password reset email (check your spam folder) or your email program prevents you clicking on the link in the email, just contact us and we will send you a new password or username reminder.

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Renewals and Payments 5

Log in first and you will be taken straight to your Account page, then select 'Add/Renew Membership', see below. See also our Payment help video

If you are using a smart phone, first tap the three line and then select 'Add/Renew Membership'

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To renew your membership, log in first and select 'My Account' from top right of page where you'll find the renewal option.

1. Prinatable bidding practice - face to face

On the Bidding Practice page, most of the topics have a printer icon at the right hand side. This will print a selection of bidding practice hands. Cut the first page in half and each partner takes their strip of hands. Bid the hands together then compare with the solution.

2. Prinatable bidding practice - how to use it if you can't meet face to face

One partner can to generate a printable bidding practice sheet from the Bidding Practice page and save it as a pdf (or copy it to a Word document). Then email it to your partner and you can practice together on Zoom (or similar tool). Decide who is North or South and hide the other half of the sheet. Then off you go!

3. Working through a quiz together on Zoom (or similar tool)

Open a zoom session and one partner share's their screen. This way you can work through any quiz together and discuss as you go.

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In the bidding practice activity you bid the whole auction with computer partner. If you don't see the 'Next' button it means the auction isn't complete and it's your turn to bid again.

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Bidding Systems 2

No Fear Bridge UK www.nofearbridge.co.uk uses the Acol bidding system which is standard for the UK. This system uses Weak No Trump and 4 card majors.

Opening bid of 1NT 12-14 points.
Opening bid of 1 or 1 Only needs 4 cards.

For the 5 card majors and strong NT system you will need our other site www.nofearbridge.com

Opening bid of 1NT 15-17 points.
Opening bid of 1 or 1 Must be at least 5 cards.

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No Fear Bridge uses the Acol bidding system, which is standard for the UK. Some aspects of the Acol system have more than one reasonable interpretation. No Fear Bridge takes account of the following:

The current syllabus of the English Bridge Union teaching materials.
Recommendations from current leading bridge writers.
Feedback from bridge teachers.
Preferences of the No Fear Bridge management, especially to avoid complications for beginners and improvers.

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Display Problems 3

Some things to check:

Make sure you have not accidentally switched on rotation lock (solultion for iPhone is below).
Check the zoom level setting in the web browser. Make sure it is set to 100% and not higher. Or if already set to 100% try reducing slightly.
Android phone: Go to settings Display (Brightness, Eye comfort, Text and display size). Make sure display size is set to Default.

To unlock the rotation on iPhone:

Open the phone's Control Center from where you control brightness, volume etc.
Find the lock icon. If it is displayed with a white background it means rotation is locked, tap it to disable lock.

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If you are playing one of the activities where 'Preferences' option is shown at top right, try changing 'App window size' to 'smaller'.

Alternatively it could be your browser Zoom settings is set to higher than 100%. Try Zoom Out or Reset or 100%.

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This is most likely due to browser text size settings. It may be the browser text size is set to larger than 100% ('normal').

In your web browser setting, make sure 'Font Size' (text size) is set to 'Medium' or 'Normal'.

Note that if you use the browser 'Zoom' option instead of 'Text Size' option this will enlarge the size of everything on the page and not just the text size.

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Gift Voucher And Introducing Friends To Bridge 2

You can purchase a No Fear Bridge gift voucher from the member's page. You will receive an email containing the gift voucher which you can print or forward to the recipient.

If you are a member, log in and you'll find 'Gift Voucher' option in left hand menu bar.

If you're not a member just register for the free trial to get a password to log in and then you will be able to purchase the gift voucher.

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We have a free video course suitable for anyone with no previous experience of bridge or card games. The course introduces bridge by starting with a simplified game called MiniBridge which can be learned in a short time.

It's also great for playing with children. If you know someone who would like to find out about bridge in an easy way, just tell them to google for 'No Fear Bridge Minibridge' or send them this link MiniBridge

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Live Bridge 4

We have several weekly sessions where you can play live, online with other members of No Fear Bridge. There are no table fees - it is free to members. There are 3 type of session:

Topic practice. 16 set boards on a specific topic. Separate sessions for beginners and advancers.
Social bridge. Play 20 random deals. Stay with the same four.
Duplicate bridge. Two sessions: one is super gentle for beginnners and newcomers to duplicate bridge (12 boards), the other is faster for people with some experience playing duplicate (16 boards).

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It's very easy to play in one of our Live Bridge sessions. There is nothing to download or install.

Click on the image below for a video demonstration of how to join a session.

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If you wish to play in a No Fear Bridge live bridge event, please ensure your system is suitably set up to allow playing on Real Bridge.

Device requirements and troubleshooting tips tell you how to check your camera, microphone and speakers and provide guidance if you have difficulties.

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Our aim is to provide genuinely stress free bridge games which might not be available elsewhere, where no-one will be made to feel uncomfortable or belittled. We are after all "No Fear" Bridge!

Our clubs rules are:

1. Be friendly and courteous at all times.
2. Never criticise or offer advice unless asked.

For the Friday Duplicate sessions there are no prizes or masterpoints and results are not uploaded to EBU for NGS ranking. For those experienced players who like a more serious game there are plenty of other opportunities to play competitive duplicate bridge online.

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Making The Best Use of No Fear Bridge 9

Everyone is different and we each find we are better at certain styles of learning than others. No Fear Bridge was designed to support students learning and practicing between lessons from teachers by offering different methods of learning and practice.

For those who like to dip in and read materials on specific topic as the need arises we have the Topic Index and Key Word Search features.

For those who like to learn by 'doing' we have have the Practice Activities with feedback to improve different areas of your game e.g bidding, declarer play, defence, leads etc.

For those who like a more structured approach we have the Guided Learning section with 'courses' that you can work through at your own speed.

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Short introductory video showing the new site layout (Aug 2024)

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To find all our resources for a specific topic, select 'Topic Index' from the left hand menu bar. Here you will find an alphabetical list of bidding and play topics.

Then selecting a topic will take you to the Topic Page where you will find the reference materials and practice activities.

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You can search reference materials for a specific bridge topic. You'll find the Search option from the Help and Search dropdown menu.

The search feature searches key words in the titles of Handouts, Tutorials and Tips.

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One of the great things about No Fear Bridge is that you can focus in on a specific area of your game to make efficient use of your time.

The practice activities are grouped by activity type, e.g. bidding, declarer play, defence, leads etc. and can found from the 'Practice Activities' dropdown.

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No Fear Bridge practice activity 'Levels' (hands, quizzes etc. are broadly as follows:

Level 1: Very easy. Straightforward problems for new beginners.

Level 2: Quite easy. A little more thinking required but should be solvable by students who have completed about 2 years learning.

Level 3: Harder. Challenging for learners but should be solvable by average club level players.

Advancer Zone (Level 4): Hard. Challenging for average club level players.

All activity types are grouped by level. You can expand and collapse the lists by selecting the level title.

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Stopping to make a plan before playing even the first card from dummy is most important for all bridge players, whatever level.

We have video courses on planning the play (see Courses page under Guided Learning).

There are also hundreds of hands where you can practice making a plan and then go ahead and play the hand. You'll find these from the Practice Activities drop down menu.

Watch a video demo of the Plan the Play feature.

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This feature allows you to bid the whole auction with all four players. Partner's and opponent's bids are made by the computer. It is a great way to practice bidding a complete auction, e.g. sequences using Transfers, Blackwood etc.

Watch the video demo of using the Bidding Practice activity.

You'll find the Bidding Practice acivities from the Practice Activities dropdown menu.

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You will find printable information on Duplicate Bridge Scoring, Rubber Bridge Scoring, Vulnerability and Duplicate Bridge Tactics from the Topic Index page section called "Scoring, Vulnerability and Tactics".

Test your scoring skills with the scoring "Millionaire" quizzes.

Learn more about duplicate bridge scoring with our Introduction to Online Duplicate video.

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Playing Hands 9

Click the centre box to start the next trick when it's the defender's turn to play (i.e. you lost the trick).

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Look for underlined bids in the auction box, e.g. Play Hands, Bidding Practice etc. You can click on the bid for an explanation.

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There are display preferences available in most of the activities. You can, for example, choose one of 3 playing card layouts including a large index version.

When you are playing an activity, look out for the cog wheel icon labelled 'Preferences' at top right of the page and set your own preferences.

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If you are working through a set of hands you just need to jot down the number of the last hand you played, then you can continue from the next one when you return.

Select the topic you are working on and click on the box that shows hand number. This brings up a list of all the hands in this set and you can select any hand to start from.

This also works from the 'Hand of the Day' section where you can play any hand from the past 7 days.

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The My Hands feature allows you to save and play hands that you wish to repeat for any reason. You will find the 'Add to My Hands' button via 'More Options' on the final page of any hand you play.

Select the 'My Hands' button in the left menu bar to play the hands you have saved.

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The animation of the defenders cards relies on JavaScript, which is normally enabled by default in browsers. Check your browser settings. You need to enable JavaScript again in your browser.

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When you select a set of hands from the menu, there is a number to the right of the topic description e.g. Finessing (9). The 'Next' button moves on to the next hand in this topic. If if there is only one hand for the topic e.g. Drawing Trumps (1) the next button just repeats the hand as there are no more hands to show for this topic.

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Are you looking for more advanced hands to play? You will find these in the 'Advancer Zone'. Select 'Advancer Zone' in the left hand menu bar.

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Almost all of the hands are provided by our chief bridge consultant, Richard Granville, being selected or adapted from actual hands that have come up at the table during duplicate bridge sessions. As a result of Richard's regular contributions since 2009 we now have the amazing total of over 3000 instructional hands for all levels up to Advancer.

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Security and Privacy 2

No Fear Bridge does not disclose email details to any third parties except to those parties involved in the processing of credit card payments. Privacy Policy

For security reasons we do not process credit cards at No Fear Bridge. We use secure third party payment processors: Opayo (formerly Sagepay) and Paypal. Payment card details are never received or stored by No Fear Bridge.

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We run regular security checks on our server to protect No Fear Bridge from viruses and other malicious software.

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Slowness and Connection Issues 3

Check our server status page. If it shows that the server is running normally then it will be a browse or device issue.

1. First try clearing your browser cache.

2. If still unable to connect, try rebooting wi-fi router.

Contact us if neither step 1 or 2 solves the issue.

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Slowness and disconnections on iPads are often caused by browser or device issues (lack of memory). Please try both of the following:

Clear iPad browsing data: Go to 'Settings', then 'Safari', then 'Privacy and Security', then 'Clear History and Website Data' and select 'Clear'.
If you have lots of Apps open, this can slow down the iPad. To close apps: Double-click the Home button to see open apps. Swipe up to close.

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You can check the server status on our server status page.

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Weekly Quizzes and Leaderboards 7

At some point you may have accidentally selected iPad 'Reader' view when visiting the page and now the iPad is always displaying it in 'Reader' view.

To solve this, follow these instructions and see illustration below.

1. Visit the page again and tap on the AA in the address bar.
2. Select 'Hide Reader View.

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The quizzes run from Monday to Sunday so you will see this week's score on your progress graph next Monday.

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The weekly leads challenge needs to be completed at the first attempt. If you open the leads quiz but don't continue and then go back to it later it won't record your score on the leader board.

The first time you attempt the quiz you get a message at the beginning 'Your score will be recorded on leaderboard after question 10.' If you have previously opened the quiz the message will instead say 'Your score will be not be recorded on leaderboard as you have previously started or completed this week's challenge. First attempt was not completed.'

Next time you do the quiz, check the message at the start of the quiz. If your score still isn't recorded as expected please let us know.

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Once you have previously scored a 10 out of 10 in the beginner's quiz your name will no longer appear on the beginner's quiz leaderboard. Time to move up to the main weekly quiz!

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You can practice with past weekly quizzes without your score being recorded. Select 'Past Quizzes and Leaderboards' on the main weekly quiz page. This will list past quizzes so that you can test your skill.

Why not give it a try? Your weekly quiz score is a good quide to your progress:

0-5 You probably want to start with the Beginner's weekly quiz.
6-10 Get plenty of practice on the level 1 topics.
11-15 You've got the basics, now get some more practice on the level 2 and 3 topics.
16-20 Good.. you're well on your way!

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You can track your progress over time for each of the weekly quizzes.

Make sure to take this weeks quiz to get an entry on your graph which you can access from the 'My Progress' option in the left hand menu bar.

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Score 20/20 on the 20 question Weekly Quiz 5 times within a 12 week period and become a Weekly Quiz Graduate. You will geta certificate and also a small prize.

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