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	solo whist - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		- whist with players playing independently: a version of the card game whist in which each of the four players plays on his or her own, instead of in the usual pairs
		Whist, game of cards played by two sets of partners using a full pack of 52 cards.
		Surakarta, city in southern Indonesia, on the island of Java, in Central Java Province, on the Solo River, at the confluence of the Dengkeng and...
	encarta.msn.com /solo+whist.html (158 words)

	whist - definition by dict.die.net
		whist n : a card game for four players who form two partnerships; a pack of 52 cards is dealt and each side scores one point for each trick it takes in excess of six [syn: long whist, short whist]
		Duplicate whist, a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round.
		Progressive euchre or whist, a way of playing at card parties, by which after every game, the losers at the first table go to the last table, and the winners at all the tables, except the first, move up to the next table.
	dict.die.net /whist (364 words)

	Prodigy Zone: The Game Zone
		Whist has many variants, but even more games that carry "whist" in their title, such as Boston whist, German whist, Knockout whist, and Solo whist, which while retaining the trick-taking element are otherwise sufficiently different to be treated as separate games.
		Whist is one of the oldest card games and is first referred to in 1529.
		The outstanding authority on whist in the 19th century was the British writer and doctor Henry Jones, who wrote on whist under the pen name "Cavendish".
	www.prodigyzone.com /games/games.php3?name=e_whist.html (322 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Solo Whist
		Solo Whist is a plain-trick game with trumps and bidding, closely related to the more elaborate and now obsolete game of Boston.
		Solo Whist is mainly played in Britain, having been introduced from the low countries in the late nineteenth century; it is also played to some extent in Australia and New Zealand.
		The old shareware Solo Whist program for Windows by Androcles has not been supported for many years, but is available for download here in case anyone still needs it.
	www.pagat.com /boston/solowhist.html (1566 words)

	WHIST. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Whist originated in England, where it was a development of earlier games (e.g., triumph) that were known in the 16th cent.
		In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, but it was Henry Jones (see Cavendish, pseud.) who first compiled (1862) a complete system of scientific whist play.
		Whist gave rise in the late 19th cent.
	www.bartleby.com /aol/65/wh/whist.html (196 words)

	Solo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Solo (known formally as Surakarta), a city in Indonesia
		Solo climbing, or soloing, a style of climbing in which the climber climbs alone, without somebody belaying him
		Solo exhibition, a display in a gallery, museum or other venue of the works of only one visual artist
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Solo (378 words)

	Taxe Collection: Bridge
		Bridge whist; how to play it with full directions, numerous examples, analyses, illustrative deals, etc., and a complete code of laws, with notes indicating the differing practices at the most prominent clubs.
		Short whist : its rise, progress, and laws : with observations to make any one a whist player / by Major A***** ; to which are added precepts for tyros / by Mrs.
		Short whist : its rise, progress, and laws : with observations to make any one a whist player / by Major A***** ; to which are added precepts for tyros by Mrs.
	library.nevada.edu /speccol/grc/taxebri.html (2343 words)

	SOLO, OR SOLO WHIST - Online Information article about SOLO, OR SOLO WHIST
		acceptance; (3) solo; (4) misfire; (5) abondance (or abundance); (6) misfire ouverte; (7) abondance dcclaree (declared abundance).
		rest " solo " can be declared over " proposition," misfire over solo, and so on.
		laws of whist obtain, where applicable, in such matters as following suit, revoking, the passing of the deal, andc.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SIV_SOU/SOLO_OR_SOLO_WHIST.html (786 words)

	Whist
		Whist was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Whist was derived from the older game Ruff and Honors, and in the twentieth century, the game of Bridge has displaced Whist as the most popular card game internationally among serious card players.
		There are other types of Whist, which have gained national popularity within a country and the rules have been varied to accommodate the players.
	www.bridgeguys.com /WGlossary/Whist.html (955 words)

	whist - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		WHIST [whist] card game for four players, those on opposite sides of the table being partners.
		Trick or treat at Guild whist day; Yesterday saw 24 keen card players descend on Birmingham from across the country for the Townswomen's Guild's first National Whist Tournament.
		MIAMI DADE COLLEGE: Bid whist makes its MDC debut: Bid whist, a popular card game in the African-American community, makes its tournament debut at Miami Dade College's Wolfson Campus as part of MDC's Black History Month celebrations.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/w1/whist.asp (457 words)

	solo - Definition, Synonyms, and Reference from OnPedia.com
		voluntary - composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a service or performance
		solo - a flight in which the aircraft pilot is unaccompanied
		solo - composed or performed by a single voice or instrument; "a passage for solo clarinet"
	www.onpedia.com /dictionary/solo (254 words)

	Parlett's Historic Card Games: Quadrille (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		A solo overcalls an alliance, but an elder player (one closer to the dealer's right) who bids an alliance may, if overcalled, raise her bid to a solo and so become Hombre by virtue of positional priority.
		Pay-offs are the same as for a solo, except that (a) the premium is half that of a solo (1 unit, or 2 in favourite), and (b) the player who surrendered her King is exempt from paying Hombre that premium, though not from paying for matadors, premiers or the vole.
		The non-partnership bids of médiateur, solo, and grandissimo may also be made with the vole announced, in which case they overcall the same bid without it but can be overcalled by a higher mode of play.
	www.davidparlett.co.uk /histocs/quadrill.html (3548 words)

	AllRefer.com - whist, Game & Hobby (Games And Hobbies) - Encyclopedia
		whist, card game for four players, those on opposite sides of the table being partners.
		In 1742, Edmond Hoyle published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, but it was Henry Jones (pseud.
		Cavendish) who first compiled (1862) a complete system of scientific whist play.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/W/whist.html (301 words)

	Encyklopedi :: encyclopedia : Whist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Whist, familj av kortspel som bygger på sticktagning.
		Progressiv whist är en särskild tävlingsform av whist.
		I traditionell svensk whist spelar man utan trumf, till skillnad från engelsk whist som spelas med trumf.
	www.encyklopedi.net /Whist (118 words)

	Rules of Card Games: German Solo
		Solo Whist - a descendant of Boston Whist played in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.
		German Solo is played with a 32 card pack consisting A, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7 in each suit.
		Solo is a fascinating card game for all ages.
	www.pagat.com /lhombre/solo.html (1929 words)

	Rules of Card Games: Whist
		This page describes the classic game of Whist which was played widely in the 18th and 19th centuries.
		Danish Whist, which exists in two forms: one with fixed partnerships, and one in which partners are chosen by calling an ace.
		Chris Davidson has released a Whist Portal through which Classic Whist can be played online against live opponents.
	www.pagat.com /whist/whist.html (1131 words)

	Solo Whist
		Solo Whist is mainly played in the United Kingdom, having been introduced from the low countries in the late nineteenth century and the game is also played to some extent in Australia and New Zealand.
		There are four players, each ultimately playing for themselves, though they form temporary alliances, for example one players against three players or two players against two players, for each hand.
		The object is to lose the last trick: the winner of the last trick pays the other three players as for a lost solo.
	www.bridgeguys.com /WGlossary/WhistSolo.html (1380 words)

	share*it! - Your Global Partner for Selling Shareware - SOLO-WHIST - SOLO-WHIST - An enjoyable card game for four ...
		Solo is a Shareware card game Four players play the game each holding 13 cards.
		Similar to Bridge the game is a bidding game but it is individualistic.
		The other calls are Solo 5 tricks, Misere - no tricks, Abondance - 9 tricks, Royal Abondance - 9 tricks, Open Misere - no tricks, and Super Abondance - 13 tricks.
	www.shareit.com /142462-2.html (252 words)

	Solo - WOWGM.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Solo ad is a single advertisement in an email published by the owner of an ezine/newsletter to his lists of subscribers.
		In music, a solo is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung by a single...
		Solo is actually a CD sampler aimed at priming fans for the upcoming release of...
	wowgm.com /Solo (1050 words)

	S :: German Solo
		The name German Solo is used on this page to distinguish this game from various other games called Solo, such as:Solo Whist - a descendant of Boston Whist played in Britain, Australia and New Zealand.Six-bid Solo (or Slough) - an ace-ten game also played in the USA.
		The relation to l'Hombre can be seen from the fact that the highest trump (Q) and third highest trump (Q) are fixed, and the second highest trump is the card that would normally be lowest in the trump suit, namely the seven.
		Note: Solo is not intended to be a source of income for players.
	aboutcardgames.com /data/17.html (1542 words)

	Whist Books for Sale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Whist Triad comprising The Laws and Principles of Whist by Cavendish, sixteenth edition, 1886, London, 288 p.; The Laws of Short Whist, edited by J.L. Baldwin and a Treatise on the Game by James Clay, 1881 London, 134 p.; The Philosophy of Whist by William Pole, Fourth edition, 1886, London, 248 p., vg
		Short Whist: Its Rise, Progress, and Laws by Major A. to which are added Precepts for Tyros by Mrs.
		Mitchell, John T. Duplicate Whist: Containing full explanation of the various methods of duplicate play now in vogue, individual schedules up to sixty-four and instructions for formulating team schedules up to any number.
	members.aol.com /FutileWill/Wh.htm (2533 words)

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		Partnership whist is a whist game played by two teams of two players each.
		Solo whist is a game for four people and considered a gambling game.
		One of the most widely played game of whist family is the Bridge and the best-known version is known as Contract Bridge.
	www.56cards.com (735 words)

	SOLO - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Solo-, Solo, solo, solo, solo (alcohol) : AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include SOLO: solo man, solo whist, han solo, accordion solo, alex & solo, more...
		Words similar to SOLO: alone, aria, soloed, soloing, lone, unaccompanied, unaided, unescorted, more...
	www.onelook.com /cgi-bin/cgiwrap/bware/dofind.cgi?word=SOLO (342 words)

	H2G2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Whist is the most basic of card games.
		It evolved from in the 18th Century from a game called Triumph, which is very handy for a quick game.
		There are three formal forms, 'Solo whist', 'Partnership whist' (sometimes called simply 'Whist'), and 'Knockout Whist', which is the most popular form, and the form most commonly associated with the game.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/pda/A647516 (59 words)

	Geona.com - whist - English Explanatory Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Points are scored for the tricks taken in excess of six, and for the honors held.
		a form of whist in playing which the hands are preserved as dealt and played again by other players, as when each side holds in the second round the cards played by the opposing side in the first round.
		“So whist and dead a silence.” Sir J. Harrington.
	www.geona.com /dictionary?q=whist (278 words)

	Euchre Card Game From Special K Software + 500 Card Game, Canasta, Whist, Bridge, Rummy Card Games
		Whist originated in England when it evolved from earlier games (e.g., Triumph and 'Ruff and Honours') which were known in the 16th century.
		Edmond Hoyle published A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist in 1742, but Henry Jones was the first person to compile a complete description of scientific whist play in 1862.
		Whist continued the evolution and gave rise to the game of Bridge during this century.
	www.geocities.com /Heartland/Forest/8063 (1004 words)

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