Source: Mohave Daily Miner – 25 Jun 1985 In assessing his prospects in suit contracts, declarer is usually better off, if he starts by counting his losers. In...

Source: The Dispatch – 12 Oct 1981 Polite people don’t guess how much money you have, but a bridge expert keeps track of everybody’s winners and losers Dealer...

Source: Ocala Star-Banner – 23 Ago 1980 Dealer North None Vul 10 5 A 10 A K 6 5 3 2 10 9 4 Q 9 4 2 K 9 7 4 3 9 K 7...

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 7 Ene 1936 In many years at, and around, the bridge table I have encountered scores of magnificent plays. Perhaps I have a...

Source: IBPA Bulletins 2001 Truscott submits this deal from the Toronto ACBL Nationals, reported in the NY Times, 22nd July 2001, featuring Kyle Larsen, West,...

Source: Ludington Daily News – 30 Sep 2005 What is the primary reason that experts can play bridge better than non experts? A clue can be found in...

Among the various forms of deception available at the bridge table is one that used to be called ''the old Army game.'' The declarer...

Try today's deal as a defensive problem.  You are East, defending against 4after: Dealer West E/W Vul West North East South 1 1 Pass 1 2 2 3 3 Pass 4 End   West leads the Q and dummy produces quite a good...

Source: Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Champioships 2015 bulletins The flamboyant Zia Mahmood is one of the most difficult of modern players to play against, due...

Dealer East E/W Vul 6 Q 6 4 2 Q J 9 6 4 A K Q A Q 7 3 A K 8 10 7 2 9 8 6 West North East South Pass 1 Pass 1 1 1NT1 Pass 2 Pass 3NT Pass 3NT End 12-14 West leads...

Source: The Guardian Thursday 7 July 2011 I once had the distinction, if that is the right word, of making no tricks at all as declarer...

Source: The Evening Independent – Jun 15, 1964 Dealer North N/S Vul 9 6 4 K 9 4 K Q J 7 2 A 10 10 7 5 2 J 6 3 2 9 4 K...

25th January 2018 Who doesn’t want to win a free play’n’stay at the European Youth Pairs Championships and the following junior camp in Opatija, Croatia...

The Sunday Times International Bridge Pairs was conducted and contested as an invitational pair event, that was sponsored by the London Sunday Times. The field...

The Milwaukee Journal – 17 Nov 1975 Jim Jacoby was one of the world’s greatest bridge players. He inherited his bridge skill, from his father,...

Dealer South E/W Vul 5 3 K Q 7 K 8 6 3 K J 8 4 A 7 A 10 5 2 J 10 9 2 A Q 10 West North East South 1 21 22 3 Pass Pass Dbl Pass 3NT Pass Pass At least...

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We've all seen it happen, perhaps to ourselves. A player doubles a contract because he expects to take a number of trump tricks but...

Source: http://aces.bridgeblogging.com/ Dealer North E/W Vul A 8 6 5 4 A 2 A K 8 6 3 2 K Q J 9 7 5 Q 10 3 Q J 7 5 4 2 9 7 10...

Part I: An Extract from The Theory of Opening Lead By Krzysztof Martens High level of opening leading can be achieved solely by means of clear...