The NVBA Unit Game

The NVBA holds a weekly unit game on Thursday nights at the 3830 Seminary Road, Alexandria, Virginia. The game starts promptly at 7:00 and typically consists of an open section and (attendance permitting) a separate 99er section. For special events that may affect this, check the 2025 schedule and results or the printable PDF version below.

Unit game schedules

Address all unit game questions and scoring corrections to:
Chief Director Jim Gerding

Free Lessons for Newer Players

There is a free lesson for newer players before the unit game, starting at 6pm. These lessons are aimed at players who want to review or relearn the fundamentals of bridge. Here's a list of past and upcoming topics.

The lesson is free, but if you are also planning to play in the game, please help us start on time by paying for the game before the lesson starts.

Entry Fee

The regular unit game entry fee is $16. A discounted fee of $9 applies for players with under 100 masterpoints, juniors (under age 26), and full-time students. Newcomers with under 5 masterpoints pay only $2. If you haven't played at the unit game since before Covid, you can play your first time back for free.

The NVBA is cashless. Please bring your credit card.

If you preregister for the game at RSVP Bridge, you have the option to pay online in advance.

Guaranteed partners! At present, the unit game DOES NOT provide guaranteed partners. If you'd like to volunteer to BE a guaranteed partner, contact one of the partnership chairs below.

If you're looking for a partner, or, would like to volunteer to be a guaranteed partner, contact:
Unit Game - Amy Elmore
Sectionals - Livingston Johnson

If you're an ACBL member with fewer than 5 ACBL masterpoints, you only pay $2 at the NVBA unit game and sectionals. Also, any first-time player at the unit game plays free. See the director.

Historic unit game results

2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011

Alert! NVBA board approves "Transfer responses to 1♣ openers" at the Unit Game. Learn about these bids and the defenses to them.