5.58
2023-12-31
Addition of two new bidding conventions, 2-over-1 and weak jump overcalls.
Added an extra sprinkle of AI to improve bidding and card play in many different scenarios.
Numerous minor improvements to the game presentation.
Individual hand scores now shown on tournament completion.
Significant update to the online bidding guide given the changes to support the additional conventions.
5.57
2023-06-10
A number of improvements to bidding and card play. Updated all dependant SDKs to latest versions.
5.56
2023-01-27
Additional updates to better handle part-scores and bidding to game hands.
5.54
2022-04-04
Significant number of small updates to both bidding and card play making the overall Bridge game stronger. Thanks for all your feedback, comments, tips and suggestions, please keep them coming. We hop you enjoy the update.
5.51
2022-01-06
Updated to support latest iOS versions.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixtures.
We hope you continue to enjoy our games in 2022
5.50
2021-09-17
Sorry, left some test code enabled in the engine for the previous release that override the selected user bidding conventions. Bit embarrassing!. Apologies for that, should now all be fixed and play the selected conventions again.
5.46
2021-01-06
Welcome to the 2021 version of Omar Sharif Bridge.
Updated dependent SDKs
A number of minor bug fixes.
Minor improvements to bidding/playing various classes of card distributions.
5.45
2020-09-11
Fix for occasional freeze after app is exited in the middle of dealing the cards.
Various improvements and bug fixes fetching tournament results.
Updated dependant SDKs = various fixes.
5.44
2020-08-11
Improved tournament result handling.
Some minor improvements to unusual bidding conditions.
5.42
2020-06-25
Numerous improvements to bidding and card play.
Extension of Gerber convention as response to 1 and 2 NT openings.
Additional information about timed tournaments.
Better returns from playing timed tournaments.
Added audio and visual indication of result arriving.
New view showing statistics of tournaments played along with outstanding tournaments.
5.41
2020-06-06
Better support for landscape orientation on small screened devices.
5.32
2019-12-13
Added an option in the Game preferences to show or hide the Bridge engine bids at the end of bidding. This gives those individuals that expressed a strong desire the ability to go back to the previous style end of bidding display.
Updated dependant SDKs = bug fixing
Added missing device dependancies
Updated to remove deprecated API dependancies
5.31
2019-10-15
Updated the bidding over screen to contain larger and clearer action buttons - as requested by a number of you particularly for smaller screen devices.
Now displays the bids the Bridge game engine would have made. You can choose to play the contract you bid, the engines contract or deal a new hand.
5.29
2019-10-04
Significant number of minor improvements to a wide range of bidding scenarios.
Some minor UI updates to allow faster game flow, e.g. jumping to a new hand immediately if bidding not reach your desired level.
5.27
2018-12-11
Update to better support new screen sizes.
Numerous minor improvements to better support all manner of fairly rare card distribution patterns in both bidding and card play.
5.25
2018-01-06
Welcome to the 2018 edition of Omar Sharif Bridge.
Featuring a faster and smoother user interface along with a stronger state of the art artificial intelligence engine, the 2018 edition celebrates over 35 years of us bringing you the best in Bridge card games.
5.24
2017-11-15
A couple of bug fixes, including dealing a different hand in Chicago Bridge tournaments on 4-pass openings.
Support for the iPhone X screen.
5.23
2017-10-21
Faster and stronger card play, in both attack and defence.
Significant number of minor improvements to bidding making an overall better game.
Better support for iOS 11 and newer devices.
5.22
2016-11-24
Significant update to include support for Chicago (four-deal) mini tournament Bridge along with free form Rubber Bridge. A number of minor improvements to various bidding and card play edge conditions.
5.14.20
2016-08-11
Substantial update to the card play engine. The engine now uses advanced searching to find the best card to play. This means the engine will sometimes take a short period of time to choose a card. You can disable the updated engine via the Game preferences if you wish.
5.12
2016-02-26
Added the ability to specify how cards get dealt when selecting a hand. This allows you to, for example, play a hand as declarer then play the same hand as defender + see how well you perform. This feature went missing somewhere, so thanks to those who emailed and commented.
5.1
2016-02-09
Various bug fixes and improvements
3.2
2012-05-17
Added support for the new 3rd generation iPad
3.1
2012-01-10
Added display preferences to choose either:
- Large cards across two lines
- Small cards across a single line
3.0
2011-10-04
Substantially improved game play engine
Now fully supports iPad and Retina
Improved UI for easier and more intuitive play
Ability to locate a variety of hands
Additional bidding convention support
1.22
2009-07-04
the Review Hand and Score Card views in Bridge now display correctly on latest release 3.0 devices