Improve your bridge with me By Migry Zur Campanile

Surce: www.migry.com How many times have you been confronted with declaring a hand with so many possible lines to choose from that it resembled like a...

Bridge Game is full of inferences By Phillip Alder

Source: www.thedalleschronicle.com Who said, “We do not learn by inference and deduction and the application of mathematics to philosophy, but by direct intercourse and sympathy”? Interestingly, when...

All Misunderstand

Source: St. Petersburg Times – Jan 19, 1948 DON’T get too upset when you and your partner have a misunderstanding. All partnerships have them upon occasion, especially during...

Defensive Player Should Attempt to Visualize What Partner Holds

Source: Spokane Daily Chronicle – 20 Mar 1930 The great mistake the average player makes on defensive play is not trying to visualize what is in his partner’s...

Get out of the way

Source: ACBL   Dealer North E/W Vul Q 6 4 8 7 5 A K Q J 10 5 2 A K J 7 3 Q J 10 9 8 6 K 3 West North East South 1 Pass 1 2 DBL Pass 4 Pass Pass Pass Your partner’s...

Defender’s Dilemma by H.Schenken & R. Frey

Source: The Milwaukee Sentinel – 18 Sep 1959 Dealer South E/W Vul 7 4 2 K Q 8 J 9 6 J 10 7 3 A 10 6 9 7 4 3 A 5...

Common Defensive Theme by Justin Lall

Source: Justin Lall Playing matchpoints you pick up  A Q 9 2 A T 6 3 J 5 2 8 7. Starting on your right it goes (1)...

Reading the Cards by Omar Sharif

Source: Herald-Journal – 7 Nov 1989 Dealer West All Vul A 10 9 6 2 A J 9 J 2 J 6 4 3 6 5 4 3 2 9 8 7 5 A 8 3 5...

Bridge Cowards Die Often by Alfred Sheinwold

Source: Eugene Register-Guard – 21 Ene 1978 The coward dies a thousand deaths at the bridge table. The brave man takes his chances and often manages to...

The Ace of Trumps Run Away by Victor Mollo

Source: Victor Mollo’s Bridge Club By Victor Mollo Papa and the Hideous Hog exchanged hostile glances. They had known in their bones that they would cut together,...

The Opposition Trial Bid By Christer Andersson

Source:  8th European University Championship – Wrocław – Bulletin 3  I have had many long discussions with partners about how to invite game after a sequence...

How To Bid Strong Semi Balanced Hands

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

Count Your Tricks Not Your Points

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Sure Tricks fade Away by Oswald jacoby

Source: The Palm Beach Post – 20 Dic 1968 In the 1968 team trials at Atlantic City every pair got to three no-trump with the North and South cards...

How to Lose a Sure Trump Trick by Zia Mahmood

Source: The Guardian Thursday 12 May 2011 One of the most frustrating experiences in bridge is to hold a seemingly sure trump trick – and see...

Winning Play by Fred L. Karpin

Dealer East None Vul Q J 10 8 5 K 3 A J 10 9 8 6 8 7 7 6 3 2 9 5 Q 7 5 4 2 K 9 6...

Integrate the Fit Into Evaluation By Phillip Alder

Source: Ludington Daily News – 9 May 2005 When we evaluate the strength of a hand, initially we count high-card points. If we have primarily aces and kings,...

‘t Onstein Jeugd Toernooi Circuit 2017-2018 by Kees Tammens

In 2016 Monique Melchers stood in the Netherlands at the cradle of a new idea called ‘t Onstein Jeugd Toernooi Circuit. Dutch Juniors that...

The Defensive Surround Play

Source: www.acblunit559.com/ This particular play is a bit obscure and most likely even some of the best players in your club do not understand it.  It’s...

Pairs Tactics by Andrew Robson

Source: Andrew Robson Bridge Club Pass Partner’s Take-out Doubles More Often ONE of the nice things about pairs is that a bottom is only a bottom....