Sunday, May 19, 2024

Significance of a Slam Double

Source: Mohave Daily Miner – 18 Ene 1985 Dealer North. N/S Vul K Q 8 5 3 A Q 7 7 Q 10 8 2 J 9 7 6 4 2 10 9 8 Q...

Misfit hands Suggest Bidding at Low level

Toledo Blade – 27 Jun 1971 by Nap Nassr Bridge students are taught that as soon as their bidding sequences give a hint of the possibility of misfit...

Useful Space Principle

Source: Wikipedia The Useful Space Principle, or USP, was first articulated in a series of six articles in The Bridge World, from November 1980 through April 1981. (The...

Achilles Heel

Source: 13-15 April 2000 5th GENERALI WORLD MASTERS Achilles, the son of Peleus and Thetis, was educated as a young man by Chiron, the centaur...

Conventions: Baby Blackwood

Source: BridgeBum     Baby Blackwood is a 3NT ace-asking bid after a major-suit fit is found. It is just like Blackwood, except that it’s one level lower. Example...

Bridge History: The 4th Suit Forcing

Norman Squire formaly introduced the Fourth Suit to the public in 1957, in his book, The Theory of Bidding. This is an abstract of...

BBO Star Rogerclee on Doubles Part 2

Source: BBO      BBO Star Rogerclee on Doubles Part I On Sunday, July 21, we held a free teaching session on BBO hosted by US junior champion...

Overcalls By Joan Butts

Source: http://qldbridge.com WHEN teaching the topic of overcalls, and points required for making them, it’s good to highlight the difference between the one-level, eg 1(1) and...

Just Bridge by Beverly Kraft & Eric Kokish : CueBids

Readers tell us that they are not familiar with some of the bids they find in Just Bridge columns. In many cases, these are...

NT and Transfers over 1C by Yuan Shen

Source: Yuan Shen There's been long threads recently about transfers over a 1, and so I thought I would provide a small reference about why...

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