![]() ![]() This has led to the still unresolved dispute as to whether the name of the game derives from the term ‘bridge’ as that which is cast between the players of a couple or, instead, it derives simply from the euphonic transposition of the term “biritch”. At the same time, in the Middle East, a similar game of Russian origin, “Biritch” included in the whist-bridge category gains popularity. The game is still individual and only in 1873, in Buyukdere on the Bosphorous “Whist-bridge” is introduced, like the modern version with four players in two competing couples. And this is still today the main reason for the success of the game. Hoyle’s intuition was to contextualise a good card game conceiving it as a social vehicle with deep moral significance. ![]() The popularity became such that the expression “according to Hoyle” became synonymous of exemplary conduct even beyond the card game. The game began to attract also the more privileged classes and its success grew to the extent that in 1742 Sir Edmond Hoyle codified it with specific rules in his “Short Treatise”, published in London, on the game’s technique. Of its direct ancestor, “Whist”, we have confirmed knowledge in England since the 16th century, when it was commonly played among the humbler classes. The card game known as bridge has ancient roots dating back to the dawn of time.
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