The portable bridge format (pbn) is supported by most bridge programs.

You can analyse the deal with Gib, Jack, Bridgify (free) or Double dummy solver Bridge-captain (free).

Deep Finesse (free) requires a .txt file you can create that from PBN over here
Nice if you comment on this deal.

The input screen:

Enter cards of the deal

Creating a bridge diagram of the deal and auction for Word or the web

Creating bridge diagrams is a lot of work of course you can copy and paste but errors are quickly made.
Create a card diagram of a full deal with 45 mouseclicks in a little more than a minute!!!
A diagram of the auction takes even less time.
Works for the browser and for MS Word.
Now also creates pbn file format as output.
pbn naar html Use pbn to create html of a deal.
pbn to html Use pbn to create editable html hide cards, hide players, hide part of the bidding and move elements around
pbn to html Use pbn to create a board: deal, auction and play
pbn to pdf Use pbn to create pdf: deal, auction and play
pbn to text Use pbn to create a text file for Deep Finesse analysis

Creating a diagram of a deal.

Step 1: Pick dealer and vulnarability.
Step 2: Select the cards for west and click save.
Step 3: Select the cards for north and click save.
Step 4: Select the cards for south and click save.

The browser displays the complete deal . (but also the NZ, OW, WN, NO, N, Z, O, W hands)
Step 5: If you need to publish the page in word: select all ( CTRL+a ), then copy ( CTRL+c ), open a new document in Word, and paste ( CTRL+v ) it; ready.
Do you need to publish the page on your website: a right mouse click, then choose view source, select all ( CTRL+a ), then copy ( CTRL+c ), and paste ( CTRL+v ) it in your editor; ready.

Example deal Create a diagram of a deal

Create a diagram of the auction.

Step 1: Pick dealer and vulnarability.
Step 2: Pick a call by clicking on it.
Step 3: Pick the call of the next player by clicking on it, and so on.
Step 4: End the auction by clicking three times on pass.

The browser displays the html for the auction diagram.
Step 5:
If you need to publish the page in word: select all ( CTRL+a ), then copy ( CTRL+c ), open a new document in Word, and paste ( CTRL+v ) it; ready.
Do you need to publish the page on your website: a right mouse click, then choose view source, select all ( CTRL+a ), then copy ( CTRL+c ), and paste ( CTRL+v ) it in your editor; ready.

Example auction diagram Create an auction diagram

The diagrams follow the guidelines from the Bridge Writing Style Guide
The html is valid "WC3 XHTML 1.0 Transitional" and valid "WC3 CSS".


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