Nillan and Magnus

We enjoy playing social as well as competitive (duplicate) bridge and we are members of one of the largest bridge clubs in the world (6000 members). When playing social bridge (usually only four players), we wanted the game to end with a ”fair” winner. That was difficult as long as we scored the hands without taking card quality into account. Being dealt good cards was many times much more important than playing well.

So, the idea of the FAIRBridge app was born. We started with a lot of statistical analysis of hands played in various tournaments and tweaking them in Excel before we had the appropriate algorithms in place. We then proceeded to wrap everything in an app, and FAIRBridge saw the light of day.

We use it every time there are four of us playing bridge at home. This means that we now know which side played the best when the game is over. This is especially important when playing Nillan’s parents…

If you want to get in touch with us, for any reason, please send an e-mail to magnus.backlund@fairbridge.se