What to Lead By Susanna Gross

Source: www.spectator.co.uk Over the years, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, and canvassing opinion, about what to lead from AKxxx (or AK10xx) against no trump...

Making a Plan By David Baker

Source: The Kibitzer Fall 2014 This deal is from the Friday night Worldwide Pairs game held at our club. It contains many instructive lessons in both play...

Study those Early Discards by Terence Reese

Source: CAC 1975 Bulletin April 1975 My advice is to study the early discards and consider this point: From what holding would the defender most...

A Spectacular Discard Grabs the Headline by Zia Mahmood

Source: The Guardian, Thursday 11 November 2010 An unspectacular discard wins the hand Just as the most spectacular and satisfying move a player can make at chess...

Benito Garozzo Tells Us an End Play

Wikipedia: The Blue Team (Italian: “Squadra azzurra“) represented Italy in international contract bridge tournaments, winning sixteen world titles from 1957 through 1975. From 1964 to 1969 and during a 1972...

Enjoying Bridge by Sam Fry

What was the name of that old song? You know—Nobody Knows the Doubles I’ve Seen. The worst part of most of those bad penalty doubles...

Where are the Cards by Peter Hollands

Pete Hollands talks through his process of identifying where the missing cards are. Check out www.bridgevid.com for more.

How To Take More Tricks by Peter Hollands

Peter Hollands is a very talented young bridge player who was a grand master at 23 and has represented Australia and Victoria in open...

Bridge the Right Way II by Migry Zur Campanille

Source: BRIDGE THE RIGHT WAY HERE COMES THE SUN Here we are: we learnt the basics of bidding, we added some useful conventions to our repertoire we...

Competitive Bidding 2: They bid-and-raise-a-Major (Spades)

Source: BBO By BBOer Shengabus (Yuan Shen) Visit Yuan Shen Bridge site This series will focus on competitive auctions. I have an ambitious list of topics I...

Declarer Play of the 2013 Championships? by Marek Wojcicki

Source: 24th EUROPEAN BRIDGE YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS This morning I received an e-mail from Barry Rigal – the chairman of the Prize Committee of IBPA, concerning...

I Hate Ben Green! by Brian Senior

Source: 24th EUROPEAN BRIDGE YOUTH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Wrocław, Poland 11–20 July 2013 The views contained in this article are solely those of the author. The editors...

Ask No Questions of Bridge Experts by Alfred Sheinwold

Source: Eugene Register-Guard – Jul 17, 1970 When a bridge expert tells you about one of his favorite hands and relates that he played it in a tournament...

Timing is All – Sky Bridge Club

Source: https://skybridgeclub.com  

Losing a Trick Wins the Game by Victor Mollo

Nov. 25, 1976 BY ‘SELECTING the best of the columns that he wrote for a leading London daily, Victor Mollo has attempted to paint a...

Counting Out Opponent’s Distribution by Maritha Pottenger

Source: www.lajollabridge.com When counting, it is easiest to count with smaller numbers. When counting trumps, the simplest method is to count how many trumps the opponents...

Suzhou 2018: 17th World Youth Bridge Team Championships

Source: http://www.worldbridge.org 17th WORLD YOUTH BRIDGE TEAMS CHAMPIONSHIPS Jaime Ortiz-Patiño Trophy, José Damiani Cup, Gianarrigo Rona Trophy, Koç University Trophy The 17th edition of the World Youth Team Championships...

Suzhou 2018: 17 World Youth Bridge Team Championships: Accomodation

Source: WBF Suzhou 2018: 17th World Youth Team Championships The LOC has arranged in recommended hotels the following rates for full board accommodation ( including breakfast,...

Suzhou 2018: 17 World Youth Bridge Team Championships: Schedule

Source: WBF Suzhou 2018: 17th World Youth Team Championships Wednesday, 8th August from 10.00 hrs J, G, Y, K Teams registration Captains meeting 19.00 Opening ceremony Thursday 9th – Tuesday 14th August J,...

EBL: 14th Youth Pairs Championships – Registrations are now open

Source: EBL The 14th European Youth Pairs Championships will be staged at the Milenij Hotels Conference Centre (Conference Park 25/7) in Opatija/Croatia from Wednesday 11th to...