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''Bridge d'Italia'' is the official
magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual content (media), content forms. Magazines are generally fin ...
for the Italian
contract bridge Contract bridge, or simply bridge, is a trick-taking game, trick-taking card game using a standard 52-card deck. In its basic format, it is played by four players in two Team game, competing partnerships, with partners sitting opposite each othe ...
game federation, Federazione Italiana Gioco Bridge (FIGB). It has been published since January 1938.


History and profile

The magazine was first published in January 1938 under the title ''Bollettino Mensile'' (''Monthly Bulletin''). In November that year the title was changed by the Fascist administration to the ''Monthly Bulletin of the Italian Ponte Association''. Between December 1941 and 1946 the magazine temporarily ceased publication due to
World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. In 1946 the magazine could publish only one issue with the title ''Bridge'', and from 1947 its frequency was made monthly. In 1953 the magazine was renamed as ''Bridge d'Italia'' of which
editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The editor-in-chief heads all departments of the organization and is held accoun ...
was Cesare Guglielmetti. The other editors-in-chief were Luigi Firbo who succeeded Cesare Guglielmetti in 1957 and held the post until June 1970 when Guido Barbone was appointed to the post. From April 1986 Riccardo Vandoni was made the editor-in-chief of the magazine. ''Bridge d'Italia'' has a print and an online edition. The print edition is published ten times a year. The magazine is headquartered in
Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...
.


See also

* ''
The Bridge World ''The Bridge World'' (TBW), the oldest continuously published magazine about contract bridge, was founded in 1929 by Ely Culbertson. It has since been regarded as the game's principal journal, publicizing technical advances in bidding and the pl ...
'' * List of contract bridge magazines


References


External links


FIGB website (Italian)

Online edition
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