I have a previous version of Bridge Baron (for either Windows or Macintosh).  What’s new in Bridge Baron 20?
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• Greatly expanded defensive lead and signal agreements


• 26 new play problems from the bridge book "A Computer's Twist"


• Improved bidding and play


• 3 new bidding conventions: Soloway Jump Shifts, Meckwell, Lebensohl after Reverses


• Seven new bridge tournaments for free


• 24 new challenging problem deals for a total of 288 challenges


• Improved graphical user interface, including the ability to replay tournament deals


• States a line of play for all claims


• Improved bidding agreement flexibility (set your own takeout-double level)


• Now draws negative inferences (gaining information not only about bids made, but also about bids not made)


• Seven new bidding conventions including Two-Way Drury, Multi-Landy, and Graded Ogust


• Increased feature set on the Macintosh


• New tournaments and new challenges


• You can now see what Bridge Baron is “thinking” about, at higher levels of bidding and play


• At higher levels of bidding and play, while Bridge Baron is “thinking”, you can force it to bid or play immediately by clicking the “Bid Now” or “Play Now” button


• The option to choose among hand evaluation methods, such as long-suit point count or short-suit point count


• On the Mac, vastly improved user interface


• Improved bidding and play, including improved Two-over-One bidding, improved matchpoint-focused bidding and play when playing tournament deals at matchpoints, and more realistic double-dummy cardplay
• Bridge Baron can optionally alert and announce bids
• We have greatly expanded and improved the statistics
• Improved claiming by Bridge Baron, especially in notrump contracts
• Twelve new bidding conventions: Leaping Michaels, Kokish Relay, McCabe Adjunct, Snapdragon Doubles, Bart, Rosenkranz Redoubles, Mixed Raise Jump Cue-Bid Responses, various 3-level responses to 1NT, and Jacoby Transfer Superacceptances with Working Doubletons


• Bridge Tournaments, including the 2006 Cavendish at cross-IMPs
  
• 24 new Bridge Challenges have been added, totaling 240 problem deals in all
  
• Improved bidding and play
  
• Improved! Now choose to open 1NT with a 6-card minor or a stiff honor
  
• Improved! Now choose to play Puppet Stayman after 1NT, after 2NT, or both
  
• All 53 octillion (that’s 53 billion billion billion) bridge deals as possible random deals in Bridge Baron
  
• Improved double-dummy capabilities.
  
• Double-dummy and par-contract solvers