The author's memoir about the first steps of contract bridge in Soviet Russia, from the late 60s to the late 70s. About the first matches played by Moscow bridge teams and about the leading bridge players at the time in Moscow. About Moscow tournaments and about Moscow teams playing at national bridge competitions. About environment surrounding the game of bridge under the totalitarian communist regime. And about the romance of bridge - the most intellectual game ever invented by man, and one that has attracted 200 million players around the word.