Chicago (bridge card game)

Chicago, also known as Four-deal Bridge and Short Bridge, is a form of contract bridge and a variation of rubber bridge in which one or more sets of four deals are played and scored. It takes its name from the Standard Club of Chicago, where it originated in the early 1960s, and suits club and home play. The auction and the play of the hand are the same as in rubber bridge, but a rubber consists of exactly four deals, so a set typically lasts about twenty minutes and its length is more predictable than rubber bridge. Four to seven players can take part by rotating partnerships after each set of four deals. Vulnerability is fixed in advance: neither side on the first deal, only the dealer's side on the second and third, and both sides on the fourth. Scoring is recorded on a pad with an X marking each dealer, and part-score handling is somewhat akin to rubber bridge.