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 RULES 
 
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 SECOND EDITION 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 The Legend. 
 
 It is claimed that the game of Russian 
 Bank was first played in China in the 
 twelfth century. This claim is based upon 
 certain well-established facts, reasonable as- 
 sumptions and shrewd guesses. The year 
 is fixed by a statement of the French mis- 
 sionary Evariste Regis Hue, on Page 271, 
 Volume I, of his ''Travels in Tartary, Thibet 
 and China" where he says : 
 
 "Lastly, playing cards — into the origin of 
 which so many learned antiquarians would 
 not have busied themselves to inquire, were 
 it not that it marked one of the first applica- 
 tions of the art of engraving on wood — were 
 invented in China in the year 1120." 
 
 Other equally famous travellers and arch- 
 aeologists ascribe the invention to other 
 countries and earlier times ; but it is evident 
 that this does not invalidate Hue's state- 
 ment. The Chinese inventor may never 
 have heard of the cards said to have been 
 used in India as far back as the year 
 800 A.D. 
 
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 Of the many designs which have been and 
 are used to decorate and distinguish the 
 various sets, or packs, of playing cards 
 known in China, there is one series of de- 
 signs which have spots or pips similar to 
 those on a set of dominoes. The author has 
 played with such cards in China and, in- 
 deed, possesses a pack of these domino cards. 
 Further it is to be noted that there is a 
 game of dominoes, called "all-fives," "mug- 
 gins," or "stop" the object of which (in ad- 
 dition to getting rid of the cards originally 
 <irawn) is to match the dominoes so as to 
 make the sum of the pips on the end cards 
 exactly five or some multiple of five. The 
 player who so places the dominoes, and 
 makes the claim, gets 5, 10, 15 or 20, as 
 the case may be, added to his score; but 
 should he fail to make the claim at once his 
 adversary may say "muggins" or "stop" and 
 add the sum to his own score instead of 
 the players. Now the Chinese have from 
 time immemorial used the semidecimal sys- 
 tem, and are accustomed to think in terms 
 of five, so that in the absence of proof to the 
 contrary it may be taken for granted that 
 this form of the game with domino cards 
 was played by them from the time cards 
 
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 were invented. If this assumption is correct 
 it is easy to connect the Chinese game of 
 "Stop'' with the game of ''Stop'' now known 
 by the name of "Russian Bank." Q. E. D.! 
 
 One must be prepared to admit that there 
 may be some weak points in the claim ad- 
 vanced by the votaries of Russian Bank; 
 and it is only fair to say that the critics 
 have some strong arguments to urge 
 against it. 
 
 In the first place the pack of 52 cards 
 in four equal suits only came to be used ini 
 the fifteenth century, as the celebrated pack 
 of cards painted by Jacquemin Gringon- 
 neur, in 1392, for Charles VI contained 7S 
 cards ; that is, four suits of 13 cards similar 
 to those now in use, with the addition of a 
 "CavaHer" to each suit, plus a fifth suit of 
 21 "trumps," and a joker. It was only after 
 the hand-painted cards were replaced by 
 cards printed from wood blocks, in the first 
 quarter of the fifteenth century, that our 
 playing cards began, by a process of elimi- 
 nation, to approximate the present form. By 
 the same process the piquet pack of 32 cards 
 was arrived at before the year 1440. But 
 all this is by the way. 
 
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 In the second place it is asserted that the 
 game first played with packs of 52 cards had 
 little resemblance to Russian Bank. Be that 
 as it may, there was a game played in 
 France with two packs of 52 cards which 
 was known as Crepette and which resembled 
 R-Ussian Bank as closely as Whist resembled 
 Auction Bridge. And here we are on firm 
 ground and can trace : — 
 
 The History of the Game. 
 
 From France, Crepette in course of time 
 reached Russia; and from Russia was in- 
 troduced into Morocco by the Russian Min- 
 ister to the Court of the Sultan of Morocco, 
 ,M. Pierre Botkine, who afterwards served 
 on the Pelagic Sealing Conference. M. Bot- 
 kine taught his version of Crepette under 
 another name to Kaid General Sir Harry 
 Aubrey de Maclean, the Commander-in- 
 Chief of the Sultan's army, who it will be 
 remembered, was captured by the Moorish 
 brigand Raisuli in July, 1907. and held sev- 
 eral months by him for ransom. Raisuli at 
 one period confined Sir Harry in a well, and 
 only the faithfulness of the latter's Moorish 
 servant saved his life. 
 
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 When Sir Harry returned to London from 
 his captivity he showed his version of M. 
 Botkine's game to the Author and others in 
 the card-room of the St. Stephen's Club, 
 and it was promptly named the "Kaid's 
 Patience." 
 
 There was, however, an objection to the 
 association of the name of the distinguished 
 soldier with a game of cards ; so, after many 
 suggestions had been canvassed, it was de- 
 cided to adopt one made by the Author and 
 rename the game "Russian Bank" in honor 
 of the Russian Minister. The important 
 matter of the name having been agreed 
 upon, the game was developed by a number 
 of expert cardplayers ; and improved until it 
 bore but a slight resemblance to the original. 
 Rules were agreed upon to cover all the 
 more important points, but these rules were 
 never reduced to writing until after the Au- 
 thor introduced the game into the United 
 States in the year 1911, when the rules were 
 written out, submitted to a Committee of 
 the original London players and, after 
 unanimous approval, printed privately in the 
 year 1915. Under these rules the game has 
 been played in New York without much 
 change; but elsewhere the rules have been 
 
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 departed from, and methods of play have 
 tended to diverge. It was therefore decided 
 to re-write the rules with the wording modi- 
 fied in the direction of greater clearness, 
 definition and precision, and to make the 
 arrangement and sequence of the rules more 
 symetrical. In applying the rules to dis- 
 puted points in play one might keep in 
 mind, in relation to Russian Bank, the re- 
 marks of the Editor of the "Laws of Bridge, 
 with Cases and Decisions" published by 
 Thomas de la Rue & 'Co., Ltd., 1907, on 
 page XIV. "* * * Bridge is essentially a 
 gentleman's game; * * * the idea with 
 which the laws were first drawn ^p * * * 
 was that they were framed for gentlemen 
 playing with gentlemen * * *. By all 
 means, let the game be played strictly. Let 
 the proper penalty be always exacted * * * 
 but do not let the element of 'sharpness' 
 be imported into it. * ^ '*'" 
 
 The extraordinary variety in the game of 
 Russian Bank has been remarked by all who 
 play it, and this is doubtless due to the fact 
 that the game is played with 104 cards 
 which give an infinitely greater number of 
 combinations than can be obtained in 
 
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 Bridge, where only 52 cards are ever in play, 
 or in Piquet, where at most 64 cards or per- 
 haps 56 cards are employed. 
 
 This Second Edition of the Rules of Rus- 
 sian Bank was submitted to, and approved 
 by, an American Committee of Players sit- 
 ting in New York during the early months 
 of 1919. An International Committee sat 
 in London during the months of July to 
 October, 1919, under the Chairmanship of 
 Mr. Edward Sydney Luard, well-known in 
 Club-land throughout England and India as 
 a Committeeman and all-round sportsman. 
 Four-fifths of this Committee were "Orig- 
 inal Players" who learnt the game in 1908 
 from the Kaid. After certain verbal cor- 
 rections and amendments had been made, 
 the Rules as drafted by the American Com- 
 mittee were unanimously approved by both 
 the Committees, and in October, 1919, the 
 International Committee gave permission 
 to pubHsh under its authority. 
 
 The Author. 
 
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 The Rules of 
 
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 Authorized by 
 
 The International Committee. 
 
 1. The game of Russian Bank is played 
 by two persons, each with a pack of fifty- 
 two cards. The object of the game is to 
 dispose of the cards. The player wins who 
 first disposes of all of his cards. A card is 
 disposed of when it is played by the Player, 
 in accordance with the Rules, on the Banks 
 or in the Table or built upon the adversary's 
 Stock or Discard. 
 
 2. Each player shuffles and cuts the pack 
 of cards with which the other plays. Each 
 deals one by one from his pack, face down- 
 wards, twelve cards in a packet (called the 
 Stock) which he places at his right hand. 
 
 3. Each then deals the next four cards, 
 face upwards, from his pack and arranges 
 them in a line across the Board. These eight 
 cards and the spaces occupied by them are 
 called the Table. Sufficient space must be 
 
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 left between the two rows of cards which 
 constitute the Table within which to place 
 two other parallel rows of cards (called the 
 Banks). See Diagram I. 
 
 4. Each then cuts from the remaining 
 (thirty-six) cards of his own pack (called 
 the Hand) and the one cutting the lower 
 card begins the game. The cards in the 
 Hands should be placed in packets, face 
 downwards, at the left hand of the respec- 
 tive players. See Diagram I. 
 
 5. The Player (who has won the cut and 
 begins the game) takes from the Table and 
 places on the Banks any Aces in the Table, 
 and then any other cards that can be played, 
 in ascending sequences of the same suit, on 
 the Aces. A two plays on an Ace of the 
 same suit and so on up to the King, when 
 the suit is complete. See Diagram H. 
 
 6. The Table may then be re-arranged by 
 placing on any card, exposed in the Table, 
 any other exposed card of the next lower 
 value of a suit of the other color. Any 
 exposed card may be moved by the player 
 from any part of the Table to another part, 
 but only one card may be moved at a time. 
 See notes on ''weaving" Section 58. 
 
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 7. Since the cards are arranged in the 
 Table in the sequences of the next lower 
 value of a different color, it is obvious that 
 a King cannot be played in the Table except 
 in an unoccupied space. A red Queen can, 
 however, be placed upon a black King, a 
 black nine upon a red ten, a red six upon a 
 black seven or a black two upon a red three, 
 and so on. 
 
 8. After the Player has finished arranging 
 the cards in the Table, he turns up the top 
 card of his Stock. Should this card be play- 
 able on the Banks it must, under penalty of 
 being Stopped and losing his right to con- 
 tinue his innings, be so played. 
 
 9. A Stop may not be called before this 
 card has been turned, and the game is not 
 considered to have begun before the first 
 Player turns a card from his Stock. As long 
 as there is a card in the Stock the top one 
 must be turned up before turning one from 
 the Hand. 
 
 10. The player may continue to turn up 
 cards, one by one, from his Stock until they 
 can no longer be disposed of on the Banks, 
 or into a space, or on the descending se- 
 quences in the Table. There is no penalty 
 
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 for inadvertently exposing more than one 
 card when turning up from the Hand or 
 Stock. At a later stage of the game, after 
 the adversary has been the Player, the 
 Player may also dispose of his cards on the 
 adversary's Stock or Discard, as hereinafter 
 provided. Sections 29, 30. 
 
 11. The Player has the option of refrain- 
 ing from playing a card from his Stock when 
 playable on the descending sequences or into 
 the spaces, in which event it remains an 
 exposed card on his Stock. The Player has 
 the option of similarly refraining from play- 
 ing an exposed card of his Discard, or a 
 card turned up from his Hand. Under cer- 
 tain circumstances toward the end of the 
 game, (Sections 38, 70) the adversary may 
 compel the Player, to play on the Banks or 
 in the Table ; but the Player is never obliged 
 to build on the adversary's Stock or Dis- 
 card. 
 
 12. When the Player ceases to play from 
 his Stock, he must leave the last turned card 
 face upwards and on the remaining cards 
 of the Stock (if any). He then plays from 
 the cards in his Hand, turning up the top 
 card, and if he can dispose of it he may 
 
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 continue by turning up successive cards in 
 his Hand as long as he is able to dispose 
 of them, and if at any time he is again able 
 to play from his Stock he may resume such 
 play, and thereafter continue exactly as in 
 the event of an original play from his Stock. 
 
 13. If the Player is able to resume play 
 from his Stock, and can subsequently play 
 from his cards in Hand and in Discard, it 
 may be possible for him to play alternately 
 from these different packets until he ex- 
 hausts one or all of them. 
 
 14. The Player has been known to play 
 all the cards from his Stock and in Hand 
 before his adversary has turned a card. And 
 it happens frequently that the Stock v^ill be 
 exhausted on the first play. See Dia- 
 gram III. 
 
 15. When the Player cannot dispose of 
 the card turned up from his Hand, he places 
 it as his Discard, face upwards in front of 
 him, there to remain until his next turn to 
 play. This placing of a card on the Dis- 
 card is the signal that the Player is finished, 
 and that the adversary may begin. Cards 
 which have been turned up from the Hand, 
 and which cannot be disposed of, are placed 
 
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 in successive turns face upwards in a packet 
 on top of the original Discard. 
 
 16. The Player must, subject to his option 
 of first playing any other card on the Banks, 
 play the top card of his Discard on the 
 Banks whenever it can be so played, under 
 penalty of being Stopped and losing his 
 right to continue. When not playable on 
 the Banks he may play it on the Descend- 
 ing Sequences; or on the adversary's Stock 
 or Discard ; but a card cannot be played 
 from the Discard into a space in the Table. 
 
 17. Nor, while any card remains in the 
 Player's Stock, may a card in his Hand be 
 turned up if there is a space in the Table. 
 
 Note on Rule 17. 
 
 The Committee has received a letter say- 
 ing of this rule that "the combined intelli- 
 gence of two players cannot determine the 
 meaning.'' The Rule means that if there 
 are one or more unoccupied spaces in the 
 Table, and a card or cards remaining in the 
 Player's Stock, the space or spaces must be 
 filled from the Stock before a card is turned 
 up in his Hand. This rule may be evaded 
 by moving a card or cards already in the 
 Table so as to fill up the space or spaces 
 
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 temporarily while the Player "gets a look" 
 by turning up a card in his Hand. Most 
 players do this whenever possible ; but there 
 is frequently a danger that the space may 
 be lost and for this reason the evasion is 
 permitted. 
 
 18. Only when or after his Stock has be- 
 come exhausted may a space in the Table 
 be filled by a card turned up in the Player's 
 Hand. 
 
 19. When the Player has turned his last 
 card in his Hand and disposed of it, he then 
 turns over his Discard (if any) which there- 
 upon becomes his Hand. When the last 
 card in his Hand is turned up but not dis- 
 posed of, it becomes the top exposed card 
 of his Discard, and so remains until his 
 next innings. Then the top card of the 
 Discard, if not disposed of, becomes by be- 
 ing turned over the bottom one of the cards 
 in his Hand. 
 
 20. Cards may be turned more than once 
 and become alternately the Discard and the 
 Hand. When they are the Discard they 
 may never be played into a space in the 
 Table. When they become the Hand they 
 may be so played (if the Stock is ex- 
 
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 hausted). For example, there is one space 
 in the Table and the Player has two cards 
 left in the Discard — the King of Hearts 
 face upwards and under it the Queen of 
 Spades. He may not play the King of 
 Hearts into the space; but must turn over 
 the Discard (which then becomes his Hand) 
 and the Queen may (not must) be played 
 into the space. 
 
 21. The Player must, under penalty of 
 being Stopped and losing his right to con- 
 tinue, play a card on the Banks whenever 
 he is able to do so. (See Section 70.) 
 
 22. The rule as to the Stop applies to 
 cards in the Table, on the Player's Discard, 
 on his Stock, or turned up from his Hand. 
 
 23. The Stop may not be called during 
 the preliminary arranging before the first 
 Player has turned up the top card of his 
 Stock. 
 
 24. The Player may continue as long as 
 he can dispose of his cards, on the Banks, 
 in the Table, or on his opponent's Stock 
 or Discard, unless he transgresses the funda- 
 mental rule of the game, (which requires 
 that he at once play on the Banks a card 
 that can be so disposed of), when his right 
 
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 to play may be terminated by his adversary 
 calling ''Stop", whereupon the adversary 
 becomes the Player. The Player has the 
 option of the order of playing on the Banks 
 any one of two or more cards so playable, 
 but he must play one of them under penalty 
 of a Stop. 
 
 25. A card may be played on the Banks 
 either from the Table, the Discard, the 
 Stock or the Hand (as the card is turned 
 up) ; and the playing of one card on the 
 Banks may make it possible to play another 
 card already exposed. Failure to play such 
 a card gives the adversary the right to claim 
 a Stop. 
 
 26. In the event of a Stop by reason of 
 . failing to play on the Banks a card that is 
 
 in the Table, the cards remain as they are 
 when the Stop is called and in the event of 
 such a Stop, an exposed card lifted from the 
 Stock goes back to it, a card turned up from 
 the Stock becomes exposed on the Stock, a 
 card lifted from the Discard goes back to it, 
 and a card turned up from the Hand is re- 
 turned. If the Player is Stopped because of 
 playing a card from his Stock or from his 
 Discard or from the cards turned up from 
 
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 Jiis Hand elsewhere than on the Banks, the 
 card remains where he has played it, and 
 the adversary's failure to play it on the 
 Banks, upon his becoming the Player, will 
 subject him to a similar Stop. 
 
 27. In the event of the Player signifying 
 that he has finished his play while there re- 
 mains one or more cards exposed on his Dis- 
 card or his Stock which are playable on the 
 Banks, the adversary (then becoming the 
 Player) may reserve his right to call "Stop'' 
 imtil his adversary in turn again becomes 
 the Player, when he may call ''Stop" in the 
 event that the Player does not at once play 
 on the Banks an exposed card or cards so 
 playable. 
 
 28. A Stop may be called as soon as a 
 card which is playable on the Banks has 
 been placed elsewhere, even though the 
 Player may still be touching it. The ad- 
 versary may call ''Stop" at any time after a 
 card which is playable on the Banks has not 
 been so played, as for example, when such 
 a card has been exposed in the Table and 
 then covered. 
 
 29. Whenever the adversary has a card 
 exposed on his Stock or Discard the Player 
 
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 may build on either of such cards by plac- 
 ing on them a card or cards of the same suit 
 and in sequence, whether higher or lower^ 
 and may alternate by first placing a higher 
 and then a lower (or a lower and then a 
 higher) in sequence of the same suit. 
 
 30. The cards which may be so built on 
 the adversary's cards may be taken either 
 from the Player's Stock, Hand, or Discard, 
 or from the Table. Some Players call Build- 
 ing, ''Loading". 
 
 31. When the Player shall have disposed 
 of all his cards in accordance with the rules 
 of the game, whether on the Banks, into the 
 Table or by Building them, he wins thirty 
 points for the game ; and in addition thereto 
 two points for each card (if any) remaining 
 in his adversary's Stock, and one point for 
 each card remaining in his adversary's Hand 
 and Discard. See Diagram IV. 
 
 32. It is obvious that the lowest winning 
 score is thirty-one points, while in actual 
 play the know^n maximum score before the 
 1st of January, 1917, was one hundred and 
 nineteen points. On that date the Author 
 won a game of one hundred and twenty- 
 three points. The adversary was left with 
 
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 twenty cards in his Stock, counting forty- 
 points ; fifty-three cards in his Hand and 
 Discard combined and also lost thirty points 
 for the game. The points won and lost in 
 1000 actual games played average 56 gross, 
 or 26 in cards plus 30 points for game. The 
 stakes per point may be safely based upon 
 this average. 
 
 33. There is not one chance in two thou- 
 sand of wining a game of over one hundred 
 and twenty points; but it is believed that 
 the cards could be so arranged as to show a 
 total of one hundred and sixty-four. In this 
 case the loser would be left with thirty-four 
 cards in his Stock and sixty-six cards in his 
 Hand and Discard. 
 
 34. If either player abandons the game 
 he loses twenty points in addition to the 
 thirty game points plus two points for each 
 card (if any) remaining in his Stock plus 
 one point for each card in his Hand and 
 Discard. 
 
 35. If the loser of the game mixes without 
 counting them, any cards of his Stock with 
 those remaining in his Hand or Discard so 
 as to be unable to distinguish them, all of 
 his cards shall be counted at two points 
 apiece. 
 
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 36. If the loser, without counting them, 
 mixes his remaining cards with those on 
 the Banks or in the Table so as to be unable 
 to distinguish them the winner may claim 
 ninety points for cards plus thirty points for 
 game. 
 
 37. The game may be drawn by mutual 
 consent. 
 
 38. The game is drawn when both players 
 have a card or cards that cannot be disposed 
 of, irrespective of the number that each may 
 still retain. If the Player has in his Hand 
 any card playable in the Table he may be 
 required to play it when it has been turned 
 up in his Hand for the third time, provided 
 no other card has been disposed of on two 
 previous turns of his Hand. If the exposed 
 card on top of the Player's Stock is so play- 
 able, he may be required to play it after he 
 has twice turned over his Discard or his 
 Hand. See also Section 70. 
 
 39. The game is drawn if either pack is 
 proven incorrect, or imperfect, or redun- 
 dant. 'Troven" means to the satisfaction 
 of both players, or to the satisfaction of an 
 agreed arbitrator. Preceding games played 
 with the same pack or packs stand good. 
 
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 Terms and Definitions. 
 
 40. The Stock — Originally the first twelve 
 cards dealt by each player and placed in a 
 packet, face downwards, at his right hand. 
 Subsequently it may be topped by an ex- 
 posed card, which has been turned from or 
 built upon the original Stock, and is not dis- 
 posed of for the time being. Each Player 
 has the privilege of so extending the cards 
 built upon his Stock that he may ascertain 
 the cards so built thereon, but only with- 
 out changing their order. 
 
 41. The Table— The eight cards (four 
 from each pack) originally arranged in two 
 rows on the Board. Subsequently it con- 
 sists of these eight spaces, either empty or 
 occupied by single card or by cards that 
 have been played in descending sequences 
 of alternating colors. As a matter of con- 
 venience, most Players at the beginning of 
 the game arrange the higher cards on one 
 side of the Table and the lower cards on the 
 other side. 
 
 42. The Board — To distinguish the Table 
 from the Card-table, or other surface on 
 which the game is played, the latter is called 
 "The Board." 
 
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 43. The Banks — The eight spaces be- 
 tween the two rows of the Table and the 
 cards (consisting of the Aces and the cards 
 thereafter played upon them in ascending 
 sequences of the same suit) that may oc- 
 cupy these spaces. It is customary for each 
 Player to place the Aces from his pack on 
 the row to his right hand, and similar Aces 
 from the other pack are placed side by side. 
 
 44. The Hand — Originally the thirty-six 
 cards left to each person after first distribut- 
 ing the Stock and the Table. The cards of 
 the Hand are only to be turned up one at a 
 time for the purpose of play, and any card 
 that is not disposed of is placed face up- 
 wards on the Player's Discard. After the 
 Hand has become exhausted, the Discard is 
 turned over and then becomes the Hand. 
 The Hand must be placed face downwards 
 in a packet on the Board at the left hand of 
 the Player. 
 
 45. The Discard — The cards turned up 
 from the Hand which are not disposed of 
 and which remain face upwards in a packet 
 on the Board, the only card of the Discard 
 which may be seen by the adversary being 
 the top one. Each player has the privilege, 
 
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 however, of so extending his own Discard 
 that he may ascertain the cards contained 
 therein, but only without changing their 
 order. If he extends his Discard he must do 
 so openly in such a way that the adversary 
 may also see the cards. 
 
 46. Whenever the Player exercises his 
 option to extend (or ''spread") the faced-up 
 cards on his Stock or Discard, he must give 
 the adversary as good an opportunity of see- 
 ing all of the cards faced-up as the Player 
 has of seeing any one of them. 
 
 47. The Player must not for example un- 
 cover the "squeezers" only, if the adversary 
 is too near-sighted to see them; or "close 
 up" too quickly ; or extend his Stock or Dis- 
 card when the adversary is looking away, 
 or has temporarily left the Board. More- 
 over the adversary should never extend his 
 Stock or Discard, as by doing so his action 
 manifestly tends to distract the Player. 
 (As a counsel of perfection the adversary 
 should keep his fingers away from "the 
 Board"). In extending the Stock or Dis- 
 card the cards should only be spread, not 
 raised or lifted. 
 
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 48. A card is Played when the Player lets 
 go of it, even though still touching it; and 
 a card once played may not be replaced by 
 the Player upon his Stock, Discard or Hand. 
 
 49. Exposed Cards — The turned-up card 
 of the Player's Stock (if any), the top card 
 of the Player's Discard (if any), single cards 
 occupying spaces in the Table, and the cards 
 at the smaller end of the descending se- 
 quences in the Table are called '^exposed 
 cards.'' 
 
 50. Building — Playing on the exposed 
 cards of the adversary's Stock or Discard a 
 card of the same suit but of immediately 
 greater or lesser value ; a process which may 
 be continued as long as there are cards 
 turned up from the Player's Hand or his 
 Stock, or exposed cards which permit there- 
 of. This is one of the most interesting and 
 often decisive features of the game. 
 
 51. In building cards on the adversary's 
 Stock it is preferable to build upwards, as 
 this probably permits of the least opportun- 
 ity of the adversary being able to dispose of 
 them. If building on the adversary's Dis- 
 card, it is preferable to build downwards, as 
 his Discard will subsequently be played as 
 
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 his Hand with the cards in reverse order. 
 For example, unless there is some obvious 
 reason to the contrary, it would generally 
 be better play to build the six and seven on 
 the five exposed on the adversary's Stock 
 rather than to build the four and three on 
 the five ; but, if the five be exposed on his 
 Discard the four and three should be built 
 in preference to the six and seven. 
 
 52. It is useless to build on the adver- 
 sary's Stock or Discard from the descending 
 sequences in the Table unless other cards 
 are disposed of by the Player, for it is obvi- 
 ous that, in such circumstances, the adver- 
 sary can replace the card or cards w^here they 
 were taken from. Not only this, but it may 
 be of advantage to the adversary, in the op- 
 tion it gives him to replace or not. 
 
 53. The Player — Is the one who wins the 
 cut, and he remains the Player as long as he 
 can dispose of his cards, or until he is 
 Stopped or unless he previously signifies 
 that he has finished, by turning a card from 
 his Hand and placing it exposed on his Dis- 
 card. Then the adversary becomes the 
 Player and so remains as long as he can dis- 
 pose of his cards or until he is Stopped or 
 
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 signified that he is finished ; and so on alter- 
 nately. 
 
 54. In turning up cards, either from his 
 Stock or from cards in his Hand the Player 
 should turn up each card towards his ad- 
 versary so that the latter may see it before, 
 or at least as soon as, the Player does, and 
 a card is "turned" as soon as the adversary 
 can name it. 
 
 55. Until the adversary becomes the 
 Player he takes no part in the play except to 
 call **Stop", when the Player fails to play on 
 the Banks a card so playable; but the ad- 
 versary may call attention to errors of the 
 Player, who must thereupon correct them. 
 For example, the Player might place a red 
 eight on a red (instead of a black) nine in 
 the Table, or he might play on the Banks a 
 card not so playable, or, if playable, he 
 might play it on the wrong card. Such 
 errors involve no penalty. 
 
 56. Cards "Raised" and "Lifted"— A card 
 is "raised" as soon as a Player takes hold 
 of it, though it may not be "lifted" free from 
 the board. Simply touching a card is not 
 "raising" it. Although the words raise and 
 lift may be synonymous they are here used 
 
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 in the sense of raising a ladder and lifting 
 a weight. 
 
 57. Intentionally sliding a card from the 
 Stock or Discard or from one place in the 
 Table to another place is equivalent to 
 raising. 
 
 58. Weaving — The moving of a card from 
 one place to another in the Table is called 
 v^eaving. In theory it is against the rules 
 to move more than one card at a time ; but 
 in practice more than one card may, if the 
 adversary does not object, be moved if there 
 is a space (or spaces) in the Table, in the 
 process of re-arranging or "weaving''; but 
 always at the Player's risk of a Stop if one 
 of the cards be playable on the Banks. In 
 weaving to play on a higher card of a de- 
 scending sequence, when there is one space 
 two cards may be moved ; if two spaces, four 
 cards; if three spaces, eight cards. As the 
 Player should not ask his adversary to ''con- 
 cede" such moving of more than one card, 
 the adversary does not lose his right to call 
 a Stop if he replies in the affirmative. 
 
 59. When the Player has two unoccupied 
 spaces in the Table and the card he is about 
 to play fits under a descending sequence of 
 
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 three cards he loses an advantage unless he 
 moves two of the three cards before play- 
 ing into the Table. For example, there is a 
 descending sequence of black eight, red 
 seven, black six. Before playing a red nine 
 in the table move the black six into one 
 space and the red seven into another. Place 
 the black six on the red seven. Play the 
 red nine in the Table, place the black eight 
 on it, move the black six into the space; 
 place the red seven on the black eight, place 
 the black six on the red seven and there will 
 be still two unoccupied spaces. (Follow this 
 and all other examples with the cards be- 
 fore you on the Board and you will save 
 time). 
 
 60. Players while Weaving or Building 
 may hold the top card of the Stock or leave 
 it face upwards on the remaining cards (if 
 any) of the Stock. 
 
 61. The packs should be thoroughly 
 shuffled before every game. The packets 
 must not be shuffled during the game. The 
 Ace is the lowest card in cutting. Should 
 a player, in cutting, exposes more than one 
 card he must cut again. In the event of a 
 
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 tie, the cards in the Hands must be re-cut 
 until there is a decision. 
 
 62. Choice of seats and cards for the first 
 game may be decided by cutting. In subse- 
 quent games the loser has choice of seats 
 and the winner choice of cards. 
 
 63. A player may re-shuffle his own pack 
 before the game begins, but, if he does so, 
 it must be cut again by his adversary. There 
 is no penalty if the adversary neglects to 
 cut again. 
 
 64. In case of exposure of one or more 
 cards before the game begins, the adversary 
 may require a re-shuffle and (or) a re-cut. 
 
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 THE STOP 
 
 65. The theory of the Stop is extremely 
 simple ; the putting of the theory into prac- 
 tice is somewhat complicated. When a 
 Player begins his turn there is usually no 
 exposed card playable on the Banks. Be- 
 fore he has finished there may be ten cards 
 so playable. 
 
 66. The moment when the Adversary ac- 
 quires the right to call a Stop is when the 
 Player takes some definite action, in relation 
 to the cards, other than that of playing on 
 the Banks. The spreading of the Stock or 
 Discard is not such a definite action. 
 
 67. If the card playable on the Banks be : 
 
 A : The exposed card on the Player's Dis- 
 card. The Stop may be called when the 
 Player : 
 
 1. Raises a card in the Table or on the 
 Stock. 
 
 2. Turns a card in the Hand or in the 
 Stock. 
 
 3. Turns over the Discard to play as the 
 Hand. 
 
 4. Plays a card into the Table. 
 
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 B : The card turned over from the Hand, 
 but not yet played. The Stop may be called 
 when the Player: 
 
 1. Raises a card in the Table. 
 
 2. Raises or turns a card on or in the 
 Stock. 
 
 3. Raises a card from the Discard. 
 
 C: The exposed card on the Stock. The 
 Stop may be called when the Player : 
 
 1. Raises a card in the Table. 
 
 2. Raises a card from the Discard. 
 
 3. Turns a card from the Hand. 
 
 4. Turns over the Discard. 
 
 5. Plays a card into the Table. 
 
 D : An exposed card in the Table. The 
 Stop may be called when the Player: 
 
 1. Raises any other card in the Table that 
 is not playable on the Banks. 
 
 2. Raises a card from the Stock or Dis- 
 card. 
 
 3. Turns a card from the Hand or in the 
 Stock. 
 
 4. Turns over the Discard. 
 
 5. Plays a card into the Table. 
 
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 The above are simple cases. The more 
 complicated cases arise when two or more 
 exposed cards are playable on the Banks. 
 
 68. In general a Stop may be called as 
 soon as another exposed card is raised or 
 played or an unexposed card is turned. If 
 the Stop is called on a card being raised or 
 turned the card so raised or turned goes 
 back where it was, except when turned up 
 from the Stock. If the Stop is called after 
 a card is played the card so played remains. 
 There is an exception to this rule when the 
 card wrongly played into the Table instead 
 of on the Banks is the Player's last card. 
 In such a case the card, instead of remain- 
 ing, goes back to the Player and remains 
 face upwards as his Discard. 
 
 69. The right of the adversary to call a 
 Stop continues throughout the turn of the 
 Player in which the penalty is incurred, 
 and may be exercised at any time during 
 that turn until the card in relation to which 
 the penalty was incurred is played on the 
 Banks. But the adversary's right is sus- 
 pended whenever the Player is holding in 
 his fingers a card playable on the Banks 
 
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 other than the one in relation to which the 
 penalty was incurred. 
 
 70. A Player may deliberately incur the 
 penalty of a Stop on first going over his 
 Hand ; but may not do so after his Discard 
 has been once turned ; and after the turn of 
 the Player's Discard the adversary may re- 
 quire the Player to play on the Banks the 
 card for which the penalty has been in- 
 curred, and require the Player to continue 
 as if he had not been Stopped. The ad- 
 versary may likewise require the Player to 
 play on the Banks any card exposed on the 
 Stock that is so playable after the Player's 
 Hand and Discard are exhausted. 
 
 71. The Rule of Reason: 
 
 Where the intention of the Player to 
 make a play on the Banks is obvious the 
 adversary may not call a Stop ; as for ex- 
 ample, when a Player places on the Banks a 
 wrong card or places the right card on the 
 wrong pile of the Banks. In a similar spirit 
 Rule 61 of the Laws of Auction Bridge, 
 1904-7, which reads : ''A declaration once 
 made cannot be altered'' was held not to 
 
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 include slips of the tongue. See Decisions,. 
 Sections 80 to 89. 
 
 72. Disputes as to facts must, failing 
 agreement, be referred to the bystander (or 
 bystanders if there are more than one). The 
 burden of proof is on the one who claims a 
 penalty. Where the facts are not in dis- 
 pute but do not seem to be covered by the 
 rules the principle holds that no one should 
 through his own irregularity gain any ad- 
 vantage for himself or prejudice his adver- 
 sary. 
 
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RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 ETIQUETTE 
 
 73. The Etiquette of the game requires 
 that bystanders keep silent, and do nothing 
 to distract the players. At no time during 
 the game is it fair, or safe, to ask questions 
 or make remarks. 
 
 74. Whenever appealed to, it is the duty 
 of a disinterested bystander to decide a dis- 
 puted question of fact if he is able to do so. 
 
 75. If a bystander calls attention to any- 
 thing affecting the game he may be called 
 upon to pay all the stakes and bets of the 
 player whose interest he has prejudiced. 
 
 76. THE PLAYER MUST NOT:— 
 
 (a) Play a card from his Discard into a 
 space in the Table. 
 
 (b) Play a card from his Hand into a 
 space in the Table while any card remains 
 in his Stock. 
 
 (c) Touch any of his adversary's unplayed 
 cards ; neither those in his Stock, in his 
 Hand nor in his Discard. 
 
 (d) Take any card from the Banks. 
 
 (e) Look at any unexposed card in his 
 own Hand or Stock. 
 
 (f) Turn over a card or cards already in 
 the Table for the purpose of seeing from 
 which pack it, or they, came. 
 
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 (g) Turn up cards from his Stock or 
 Hand so that he can see them before the 
 adversary can. Some players insist upon 
 an agreement that any one so turning a 
 card after being twice warned, in the same 
 game, shall lose 30 points and 10 points for 
 each subsequent fault. 
 
 (h) Extend his Stock or Discard in such 
 a manner as to get a better look than his 
 adversary is able to. 
 
 (i) Ask his adversary to concede a play. 
 
 (j) Hold in same hand two cards, such as 
 one from Stock and one from Hand. 
 
 (k) Turn up more than one card at a time 
 from his Hand or Discard. 
 
 77 . Players who, through inadvertence or 
 thoughtlessness, frequently violate the eti- 
 quette of the game should agree to be pen- 
 alized. 
 
 78. Players who knowingly violate the 
 etiquette of the game should be ''boycotted/' 
 
 79. The adversary must not until he be- 
 comes the Player touch any of the cards on 
 the Board and particularly must not extend 
 his Stock or Discard or otherwise distract 
 the Player. 
 
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RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 DECISIONS 
 
 I 
 
 80. The Player lifts a card which has 
 fallen from the Board to the floor while 
 holding in his hand a card playable on the 
 Banks. The adversary claims a Stop. De- 
 cision against the adversary. 
 
 II 
 
 81. A missing card or cards found on the 
 floor is not proof that the pack was imper- 
 fect at the beginning of the game. 
 
 Ill 
 
 82. A missing card or cards found in the 
 box from which the pack was taken would 
 be proof of an imperfect pack. 
 
 IV 
 
 83. At the beginning of a game the ad- 
 versary inadvertently mixes up his Hand 
 with his Stock. Decision : The Player may 
 claim a drawn game or may draw from the 
 adversary's forty-eight cards (face down) 
 twelve cards to form the adversary's Stock. 
 
 V 
 
 84. One of the Banks is built up with one 
 or more cards missing. Decision: ''Both 
 
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 to blame." When, after the error is discov- 
 ered, the missing card or cards become play- 
 able it or they must be inserted where miss- 
 ing; and the Player continues as if there 
 had been no error. 
 
 VI 
 
 85. The Player turns from his Hand a 
 card which he holds w^hile he Weaves a 
 play which makes a space in the Table, in 
 doing which a card playable on the Banks is 
 exposed. The Player advances toward the 
 space the upheld card, it touches the Table 
 but before it is released a Stop is called by 
 the adversary. Decision : The adversary 
 spoke too soon. No Stop in this case until 
 the upheld card is ''played.'* 
 
 VII 
 
 86. The Player, instead of lifting and 
 playing a card in the Table playable on the 
 Banks, lifts another card in the Table and 
 is Stopped. The Player claims that as the 
 card lifted cannot possibly be played or dis- 
 posed of and can only be replaced where it 
 was lifted from, there was an obvious error 
 aod he had not incurred the penalty of a 
 Stop. Decision : No Stop. 
 
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 VIII 
 
 87. Hearts on the Banks are built up to 
 the five. The six and seven of Hearts are 
 both exposed. There is a black eight ex- 
 posed. There is an open space in the Table. 
 The Player lifts the seven of Hearts and is 
 Stopped. He claims his intention to play 
 the six of Hearts was obvious. Decision: 
 Against the Player. 
 
 IX 
 
 88. Circumstances the same as in Case 
 VIII except that the Player is not Stopped 
 until after he had played the seven of Hearts 
 on the five of Hearts on the Banks. Deci- 
 sion : No Stop. The Player's intention was 
 made obvious. 
 
 89. All questions as to these Rules ad- 
 dressed to the Publishers, ''Attention of the 
 Author of the Rules of Russian Bank," will 
 receive, in due course, the consideration of 
 the Committee. This also applies to sug- 
 gestions in relation to amendment of the 
 Rules. 
 
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RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 VARIATIONS 
 
 90. French Bank 
 
 or 
 "Crepette" 
 
 See Preface. There have been numerous 
 variations of Crepette, or Crapette, played 
 at different times and places in France and 
 England. In nearly all these variations 
 cards may be played into the Table from 
 either the Hand or the Stock before the lat- 
 ter is exhausted. In some there is no Build- 
 ing, and in many cases each Player may 
 play on only one side of the Table. 
 
 91. British Bank 
 
 or 
 "Stop Patience" 
 
 1. Thirteen cards are dealt for the Stock. 
 
 2. Cards can only be played into the Table 
 in descending sequences of the same suit. 
 The Player may play on such sequences on 
 both sides of the Table, but 
 
 3. The Player may only use the spaces 
 on one side of the Table. 
 
 4. In each turn the Player may turn an- 
 other card from the Hand if the first one 
 cannot be disposed of. 
 
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RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 5. The Player may Build on the adver- 
 sary's Discard and not on his Stock, and 
 may not Build with cards from the Table. 
 
 6. The Player may be Stopped for eight 
 reasons, two of which are for failure to play 
 on the Banks, and six for other errors and 
 neglects. 
 
 92. Belgian Bank 
 
 or 
 "Options" 
 
 When the Player has been Stopped the 
 adversary has the following options : — 
 
 1. If the card (or cards) playable on the 
 Bank is on the Player's Stock or Discard 
 the adversary may compel the Player to 
 play them before the Stop becomes eflfective. 
 
 2. And if the Stop arises through the 
 Player turning up a card in his Hand the 
 adversary may compel the card so turned 
 up to be exposed on the Discard instead of 
 being turned back. 
 
 This variation increases the penalties for 
 a Stop and is to the advantage of the 
 adversary. 
 
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 93. Italian Bank 
 
 Thirteen cards are dealt out for the Stock 
 and the top card of each Stock is turned up. 
 The lower of the two cards so turned be- 
 comes the Player. 
 
 This variation adds to the advantage of 
 the first Player. 
 
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EXPLANATION OF DIAGRAM 
 
 No. I. 
 
 IN POSITION FOR PLAY. 
 
 94. Here each of the players has dealt to 
 his right hand his packet of twelve cards, 
 face downwards, constituting his Stock ; has 
 arranged four cards, face upwards, in a line 
 across the Board, these eight cards consti- 
 tuting the Table ; and has placed his remain- 
 ing packet of thirty-six cards to his left, face 
 downwards. 
 
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 No. II. 
 
 AFTER "A" HAS BEEN THE PLAYER. 
 
 95. The cut having been won by A, he has 
 moved the Ace of Diamonds from the Table 
 on the Banks, and has then played from his 
 Stock and Hand until he cannot dispose of 
 any more cards, v^hereupon he discontinues 
 play leaving a card exposed both on his 
 Stock and on his Discard. B now becomes 
 the Player. 
 
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 Banks. 
 
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 CONCLUSION. 
 
 97. A has disposed of all his cards, leaving 
 B with six cards in his Stock, eight in his 
 Hand and three in his Discard. A wins 
 thirty points for the game, plus twelve 
 points for the six cards left in B's Stock, 
 plus eleven points for the cards left in Hand 
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RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Section 
 
 Abandoned Games 34 
 
 Aces 5 
 
 Aces to right-hand in the Banks 43 
 
 Adversary, The 55 
 
 Adversary, Etiquette for the 79 
 
 Adversary may compel play 38, 70 
 
 Adversary's Discard 10, 16, 29, 30, 50, 51 
 
 Adversary's Stock 10, 16, 29, 30, 50, 51 
 
 Banks, The 3, 5, 43, 94 
 
 Banks, Aces in the 5, 43 
 
 Banks, Cards Playable on the 5, 43, 67, 68 
 
 Belgian Bank, The Game of 92 
 
 Board, The 3, 42 
 
 British Bank, The Game of 91 
 
 Building or Loading 10, 16, 29, 30, 50, 51, 52 
 
 Bystanders, Duties of 73, 74 
 
 Bystanders, Penalty Incurred by 75 
 
 Card Played 48, 68, 85 
 
 Card Played, when it goes back 68 
 
 Card, Turning more than one 10 
 
 Cards, Choice of 62 
 
 Cards disposed of 1 
 
 Cards exposed before game begins 64 
 
 Cards exposed 6, 49 
 
 Cards held while Weaving 60 
 
 Cards lifted 56, 80 
 
 Cards missing from the Banks 84 
 
 Cards missing from the pack 81, 82 
 
 Cards mixed 35, 36, 83 
 
 53 
 
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 Section 
 
 Cards moved one by one 58 
 
 Cards moved one by one, exception 58 
 
 Cards, Option in playing 11, 24, 3S, 70 
 
 Cards playable on the Banks 8, 65, 66, 67, 68 
 
 Cards played 48, 68, 85 
 
 Cards raised 26, 56, 68 
 
 Cards slided 57 
 
 Cards touched . 56 
 
 Cards turned 9, 10, 54, 76 
 
 Cards turned back 26, 68 
 
 Cards turned up 9, 10, 49 
 
 Conceding a Weave 58, 76 
 
 Crepette or Crapette, The Game of 90 
 
 Cutting 2, 4 
 
 Dealing 2, 3 
 
 Decisions 80 to 89 
 
 Decisions, Questions for 89 
 
 Diagrams 94, 95, 96, 97 
 
 Discard, The 
 
 11, 13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 25, 27, 44, 45, 68, 94 
 
 Discard, The Adversary's 10, 16, 29, 30 
 
 Discard, The Adversary's, Building on... 16, 50, 51 
 
 Discard once turned ' 70 
 
 Discard, Spreading of 45, 46, 47, 66, 76, 79 
 
 Discard, Turning of 19, 20, 70 
 
 Disposing of cards 1 
 
 Disputes as to facts 72 
 
 Drawn games 37, 38, 39 
 
 Errors in play 55 
 
 Etiquette of the game 73 to 79 
 
 Etiquette for the Adversary 79 
 
 Etiquette for the Bystanders ....73, 74, 75 
 
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 Section 
 
 Etiquette for the Player Id^ 77, 7S 
 
 Evidence of intention 86, 87, 88 
 
 Exception to Rule on Cards Played 68 
 
 Exception to Rule Moving One by One... 58 
 
 Exposed Cards ' 6, 49 
 
 Exposed Cards before game begins 64 
 
 Extending the Discard 45, 46, 47, 66, 76, 79 
 
 Extending the Stock 40, 46, 47, 66, 76, 79 
 
 Facts, Disputes as to 72 
 
 Faulty pack 39 
 
 French Bank, The Game of 90 
 
 Game, Beginning of the 9 
 
 Game, History of the Preface 
 
 Game, Legend of the Preface 
 
 Game, Penalty for Abandoning the 34 
 
 Game, Scoring of the 31 
 
 Game, Variations of the 90, 91, 92, 93 
 
 Games, Abandoned 34 
 
 Games, Drawn 37, 38, 39 
 
 Games, Maximum 32 
 
 Games, Minimum 32 
 
 Getting a Look 17 
 
 Hand, The 
 
 4, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 25, 44, 94 
 
 History of the Game Preface 
 
 Intention of the Player 71, 86, 87, 88 
 
 Italian Bank, The Game of 93 
 
 Last card goes back. When 68 
 
 Lifting a card 56 
 
 Lifting a card from the floor 80 
 
 Loading or Building 10, 16, 29, 30, 50, 51, 52 
 
 Looking 17 
 
 5^5 
 
RUSSIAN BANK 
 
 Section 
 
 Maximum Games 32 
 
 Minimum Games , 32 
 
 Missing Cards 81, 82, 84 
 
 Mixing Cards before scoring 35, 36 
 
 Mixing Cards in Hand and Stock 35, 83 
 
 Moving Cards in Table or Weaving 58, 60, 76 
 
 Obvious Intention 71, 86, 87, 88 
 
 Option of the Adversary , 38, 70 
 
 Option of The Player 11, 24, 38, 70 
 
 Options, The Game of 92 
 
 Pack, Faulty 39 
 
 Player, The 1, 5, 53 
 
 Player, The, must not 47, 76 
 
 Player's Innings 8, 15, 24, 27 
 
 Player's Intention 71, 86, 87, 88 
 
 Player's Option on the Banks 24 
 
 Player's Option in disposing 11, 38, 70 
 
 Player's Option to incur Stop 70 
 
 Playing a card 48, 68, 85 
 
 Playing a card, Refraining from 11, 38, 70 
 
 Principles of The Rules 72 
 
 Raised card replaced 26, 68 
 
 Raising a card 56 
 
 Replacing raised card 26, 68 
 
 Replacing turned card 26, 68 
 
 Rule of Reason 71 
 
 Rules, Disputes under the 72, 89 
 
 Rules, History of the Preface 
 
 Rules, New 89 
 
 Rules, Principles of the 72 
 
 Scoring the Game 31 
 
 Seats, Choice of 62 
 
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 Section 
 
 Sequences, Ascending 5, 29 
 
 Sequences, Descending 6, 7, 16, 29 
 
 Shuffling 2, 61, 63, 64 
 
 Sliding a Card 57 
 
 Spaces in the Table 7, 16, 17, 18, 58, 59, 1(i 
 
 Spaces in the Table filled during play 17, 18 
 
 Spreading the Discard 45, 46, 47, dd, 76, 79 
 
 Spreading the Stock 40, 46, 47, 66, 76, 79 
 
 Stock, The 
 
 2, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 25, 27, 40, 94 
 
 Stock, Adversary's 10, 16, 29, 30 
 
 Stock, Building on Adversary's 16, 50, 51 
 
 Stop Patience, The Game of 91 
 
 Stop, The 8, 9, 16, 21 to 28, 65, 71 
 
 Stop as Player begins 27 
 
 Stop, Complicated Cases of 67 
 
 Stop, Decisions on 80, 85, 86, 87, 88 
 
 Stop deliberately incurred 70 
 
 Stop on failure to play 26 
 
 Stop on playing another card 67, 68 
 
 Stop on playing a wrong place. 26 
 
 Stop on raising another card 67, 68 
 
 Stop, on turning another card 67, 6^ 
 
 Stop, Right to, begins 28, 66 
 
 Stop, Right to, continues 28, 69 
 
 Stop, Right to, ends 69 
 
 Stop, Right to, suspended 69 
 
 Stop, Theory of the 65 
 
 Stop, Waiving, and forcing play 70 
 
 Table, The 3, 5, 6, 22, 25, 41, 94 
 
 Table, The spaces in 7, 16, 17, 18, 58, 59, 76 
 
 Table spaces filled during play 17, 18 
 
 57 
 
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 Section 
 
 Turned-Up cards 9, 10, 49 
 
 Turning cards 9, 10, 54, Id 
 
 Turning cards back 26, 68 
 
 Turning the Discard 19, 20, 70 
 
 Touching cards 56 
 
 Variations of the game 90, 91, 92, 93 
 
 Weaving 58, 60 
 
 Weaving conceded 58, Id 
 
 Winning the game 31 
 
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