Good Reasoning Helps a Lot by Steve Becker

Source: Times Daily – 19 Oct 1982 Dealer West All Vul K J A 10 8 3 9 5 4 A K J 10 Q 10 7 2 K 5 K Q J 9 8...

The Trick One by Fred L. Karpin

Dealer South All Vul A Q 3 Q J 10 8 3 K J 10 6 4 8 7 6 7 5 4 2 7 4 A K 9 3 K 9 4...

Entry Management by Frank Stewart

Source: The Dispatch – 2 Ene 1995 When dummy has few entries, declarer must handle them with care. Dealer South N/S Vul 9 5 3 2 Q 4 3 6 5 3 K...

Working on Declarer’s Mind by Ulf Nilsson

Source: Friday 25 June 1999 44th Generali European Bridge Championships When the opponents bid a thin game and everything is working for them, the defenders...

Know when to say NO by Marty Bergen

Source: ACBL As I’ve illustrated: You shouldn’t try to bid every slam that just happens to make. You should never play partner for the perfect hand. If you...

Why do these things happen to me? by Alfred Sheinwold

Source: The Day – 29 Nov 1991 “Why do these things happen to me?” Unlucky Louie pleaded. “What now?” I sighed, knowing I would hear about it whether or...

Have You Discussed? When 4NT is not Blackwood by Barry Rigal

Source: Gold Coast Congress Bulletin 4 These days experts get very sniffy (in fact when do they not?) about using 4/Gerber. While it is true that...

To Finesse or not to Finesse by Fred L. Karpin

" He who lives by the finesse will perish by the finesse" Dealer East N/S Vul A Q 8 5 Q 5 2 A Q J 9 5 3 J...

2018 Australian Youth Bridge Week

Source: http://www.abfevents.com.au/ 6-12th January, in Canberra The 2018 Australian Youth Bridge Championships will be a special one. It is the 50th anniversary celebrarion of the Youth Week,...

USA1 Teams for 17 World Junior Championships SUZHOU (CHI) 2018

Source: http://usbf.org/ Photos by Peg Kaplan Photo: USA1 for the Patiño Cup: Adam Kaplan-Christian Jolly, Zach Grossack-Oren Kriegel, Ben Kristensen-Kevin Rosenberg. Under 21, who will be USA1 for the...

Card Reading by Jay Becker

Source: Reading Eagle – 23 Mar 1977 The secret of good dummy play is good card reading. This consists mainly of diagnosing how the unseen cards are likely...

Helgemo’s World of Bridge por Geo Tislevol & Geir

Source: 17th European Youth Bridge Team Championships Monday, 10 July 2000 We have spared no expense in securing permission from Five Aces to publish an extract...

Two, Three, or Four?

Source: https://skybridgeclub.com

The “Rule of Sixteen” by Andrew Robson

Source: https://www.andrewrobson.co.uk Sometimes - often - you can gain more by penalising the opponents than by making your own contract. This is particularly true when an...

A Devilish False Card by Zia Mahmood

 Source: Thursday 4 February 2010  When an opponent plays something that might or might not be a true card, it’s best to believe it. “Sorry, partner,”...

IMP’s Its all about…Bidding Games…Defeating Games…

2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC Source: IMP's Its all about...Bidding Games...Defeating Games...Achieving Plus Score In the Closed Room, North/South stopped in a reasonable part score. South has...

2017 Michael Seamon Junior USBC’s by Peg Kaplan

Source: Minnesota Bridge Today, eighteen teams of Juniors players, in four groups (3 open groups, categorized by age and one for female players) start competition...

In the Practice of Legerdemain by Charles Goren

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – 15 Jun 1948 Dealer South Neither Vul 10 9 7 6 3 Q 4 Q 7 3 Q 8 2 A 5 10 9 8 6 10 9 4 K 9 6...

Win at Bridge By Oswald Jacoby

Source: The Owosso Argus-Press – 20 Jun 1963 Dealer South N/S Vul K J 9 5 6 3 A 9 A Q J 4 3 4 K 9 7 4 Q 10 7 5 2 J...

Thinking outside the box By Phillip Alder

FEB. 6, 2015 There are some bridge players who can, to use a hackneyed term, think outside the box. Geir Helgemo, a Norwegian by birth...