Zar
Points present a New
approach to Hand Evaluation and Bidding,
based on thousands of boards played by the world
top players on major WBF, EBF, ACBL events and
proved through over One Million of boards automatically
played on Double Dummy – the records of these
groups of hundreds of thousands of boards are
available for download here, under the “Support”
menu above. The Research under the “Theory” menu
proves in several different ways that Zar Points
manifest THREE times better performance
in hand evaluation over popular approaches like
Goren Points, Bergen Points etc., and TWO times
better overall bidding performance in all the
bidding areas – from part-scores, through Games,
to Slams and Grand Slams alike. Check the Downlods
page - you can find a ZIPed file for almost everything
on the website, including the Zar Points book,
and the Zar Bid Machine below. Everything
is FREE.
West
East
HCP
HCP
CTRL
CTRL
Set the hands above by adjusting
the sliders OR typing values
Zar
Points
open
.open
Zar
Points
Bergen Points
open
.open
Bergen
Points
Goren
Points
open
.open
Goren
Points
The
dependency below reflects Zar Superfit
Theorem
We
have
cards in
and
, so the opponents have
cards in
and
.
GAME
= 2 openings hands: Goren (13+13), Bergen
(20+20), Zar (26+26). 4M (fit), 3NT (no
fit).
Primary
Fit
Secondary
Fit
Fit
Zar Points
Total
Zar Points
One
Level difference equals: 3 Goren Points;
4 Bergen Points; or 5 Zar Points. SLAM
calculation: 26+2x3=32 Goren pt; 40+2x4=48
Bergen pt; 52+2x5=62 Zar pt. GRAND slams:
35, 52, or 67 pt.
Goren
Contract
Zar
Contract
Bergen
Contract
Note:
no deductions made for duplications, honors
in opponents suits, misfits, etc.
When both hands balanced with no 8 card
fit, contract set to NT -one Level down.
NAVIGATION
You
can control the sliders in three ways:
1)directly with the mouse; 2)using
the arrow keys to move the sliderleft-right; 3) typing a value in
the box next to the slider. You can use the
TAB key to switch contextually to the
next control "of the same category",
e.g. if you click on a slider and hit TAB,
it moves you to the next slider, while if
you are in a box typing a number, TAB will
move you to the next box to type in the next
number. "Reset" resets the
corrersponding hand.
Playing with the
Zar Bid Machine "builds your expert
intuition", showing you the:
1) importance of thinking in patterns
(or shapes) and controls rather than HCP
only
2) dependencies between the suits in
a hand
3) dependencies of the fits in both
hands of the partnership
4) dependencies between fits, misfits,
and the type of the contract (NT or Suit)
5) relationships between patterns, fits,
controls, double-fits, super-fits and Play
Level
6) potential of the two hands for Game,
Slam, and Grand in terms of Goren, Bergen,
and Zar
7) relative weight of the HCP, Controls,
Shapes, Fits, Superfits, Doublefits etc.
in the potential
8) differences in values among Goren,
Bergen, Zar in the area of opening bids
9) differences in approaching Games
and Slams decisions among the Goren, Bergen,
and Zar
10) defensive potential in terms of
controls and misfit (as opposed to offensive
Level-decisions)
11) defensive potential in terms of
the Zar Superfit Theorem (indicating the
Opponents superfits)
12) fit indication based on Zar Fit
Theorem "In bridge you always have
a fit" (Primary Fit indicator)
13) evaluation of the hand as an entity,
rather than a pile of individual cards
The
Machine above presented 3 "virtual
pairs" through both the Cavendish
2003 and Cavendish 2000 tournament
boards. Pair "Goren-Machine"
played Goren Points, pair "Bergen-Machine"
played Bergen points, and pair "Zar-Machine"
played Zar Points. The 2003 tournament was
played in both directions (NS and EW)
and the results were very iluminating.
Try the Machine yourself and then have
a look at the Cavendish results for
Goren, Bergen, and Zar.
Main
navigation spots of this website:
Let’s
have a quick look at the navigation through
the site. Refer to the main menu items
above.
Provides
the discussions of The Fit Theorem, The
Superfit Theorem, The LAW of Total tricks
etc. You have to have some math background
to read this stuff and realize what’s
going on.
Provides
the Bermuda Bowl Zar Points comments,
the DB-records for the Research, and some
additional support stuff that you would
need and enjoy anyway.
Provides
some “bits and pieces” of precious discussions
with many world champions, famous bridge
authors, and world-class players. You
will see comments from the editors of
different bridge magazines, too.
