1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: U16 Turkey Team

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) U16: Turkey Team Players  Toygar Tuncay ALTUN  Umut Gorkem EREN  Serdal BORA Izzet Cagan ER  Halil KEYIK Aykan ATILA Egemen CIVICI Duru Naz MUTI Captain...

1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: Team Rosters

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) Participants U16   U26 1 France 1 USA 2 Denmark 2 Colombia 3 Greece 3 Japan 4 England 4 Chile 5 Canada 5 Canada 6 Turkey 6 France 7 USA 7 Indonesia 8 Italy 8 Denmark 9 Chinese Taipei 9 Croatia 10 Israel 10 Greece 11 Poland 11 England 12 Sweden 12 Bulgaria  13 China  13 Ukraine 14 Hungary 15 Italy 16 Botswana 17 Argentina 18 New Zealand 19 Ireland 20 Turkey 21 Czech 22 Australia 23 Israel 24 Scotland 25 Egypt 26 Slovakia 27 Sweden 28 Brazil 29 China

Entries Equal Ruffs Plus One By Phillip Alder

The Senior Life Master started his class by saying, “Anyone can cash aces and kings. But for success, most contracts require turning low cards...

1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: Format & Timetable

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) A. Format of the Championship 1. The Championship consists of two Series: Juniors (U26) and Kids...

1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: Results

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) RESULTS You will find here the results, when the Championships starts. stay tuned for updates

1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: Rules and Regulations

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) Rules & Regulations – Systems Policy The Rules & Regulations, including the Disciplinary Code, will be...

1st WBF Youth Teams Online Championships: Schedule

1st WBF YOUTH TEAMS ONLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS (March – July, 2018) Championship Schedule  First round Schedule will be published on: 11/3/18 Captains to inform organiser of their match...

Defense: Never Rests

Source: https://www.bridgehands.com/ When bidding, hand evaluation and effective communication is great - yet the real proof of the eating happens as the play begins... and proceeds.

Belladonna’s Hidden Card by Allan Truscott

Source: Chicago Tribune Dec 13, 1971. THE OLD World champions of bridge, appropriately from Italy and representing the Old World, declaively defeated the New World Chaimpions...

Would You Find the Winning Defense? by Marc Smith

Source: IBPA Bulletins; 2000 March Marc Smith reports a deal from the marathon England Trials (seven weekends) to select teams for the Camrose and next...

The Case of the Disappearing Trump Trick by Beverly Kraft –...

The only good news for declarer on today's deal is that the spade finesse works. The trumps are foul, and both minor suits lie...

College Bridge: Spring Online Team Tournament 1!

Source: http://www.acbl.org/ Congratulations to the winning teams from yesterday’s Spring Online Team Tournament! Each won a Team Travel Package to the Bridge Bowl for up to...

Play Too Fast Series – In the Bidding By Mike Lawrence

Source: Play Too Fast Series – In the Bidding By Mike Lawrence This article on bidding represents a small change from the normal items that...

Opening Leads: When to be Passive

Source: richmondbridgeassociation.org Some auctions (such as those where the opponents have shown a good source of tricks outside the trump suit) call for an aggressive, potentially...

What Message Conveys this Double? by David Bakhshi

Recently we received a bidding problem. On this occasion we asked Mr. David Bakhshi (ENGLAND) opinion. The Auction: West North East South 1 Pass 1 2 2 Pass 5 Dbl Pass Pass Pass What message conveys this double? Hola Fernando: I would say...

Avoiding the Enemy by David Bird

Source:   Friday December 19, 2014 How does bridge today compare with bridge 50 years ago? The general consensus if that the top players at that time...

Opening Leads: When to be aggressive

Source: richmondbridgeassociation.org Some opening leads are relatively easy. If you’re on lead after the opponents bid 1NT-3NT, for example, the old guideline of “fourth down from...

Dommerich Elementary students learn contract bridge by Tim Freed

Source: Winter Park / Maitland Observer Thurday, Feb. 8, 2018 There’s a competitive game of contract bridge happening every Friday in Maitland. It’s a complex game of...

Continue or switch? By August Boehm

Source:  December 2015 ACBL Bridge Bulletin When leading from an honor sequence, standard practice is to start with the highest honor. When following third hand,...

What Counts in Play by Terence Reese

Good players differ from average players mostly in this: that the good player tries to play all fifty-two cards, and the average player plays...