Junior Channel Trophy 2017 – First day Results

The Channel Trophy, 15th - 17th Dec. 2017 Channel Trophy 2017 - Ranking : Results after the first playing day: 

Learn Trump Management

Source: Mr. Bridge By A. Kambites How to Stay in Control THE main purpose of having a trump suit is to keep control of the hand. In...

Why didn’t They Raise 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...

Declarer Must Count the defenders’ hands by Frank Stewart

May 7, 2013 “I know declarer must count the defenders’ hands,” a club player said to me. “I try, but I forget what’s been played....

Junior Channel Trophy 2017 – 16 &17/12/2017

Source: Channel-Trophy-2017 Venue The event will be held at the Bridge Club Pieterman Koning Leopold-I straat 19, 3000 Leuven Belgium Googlemaps Club : 016/20.67.55 Secr : 0477/80.88.23 Spectators are very welcome...

The Art of Card Reading

Source: The Art of Card Reading at Bridge By Fred L. Karpin One of the greatest players the world has ever known was the late Helen Sobel,...

Breakin’ the Rules: Penalty Doubles by Joshua Donn

“Advanced players know the rules. Experts know when to break the rules.” – Anonymous Penalty doubles are one aspect of bridge where a creative player...

15TH WORLD BRIDGE SERIES

Source: http://www.worldbridge.org/ The World Bridge Series is an incredibly exciting and challenging tournament, with many different Championships available to participants. It is made even more interesting due to the...

Bridge Yesterday A Vienna Coup by Paul F. Zweifel

Source, www.pzweifel.com I frequently go over to visit my friend (and sometime partner) Lewis Barnett to thumb through his huge collection of old bridge magazines, including...

What A Glorious Hand 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...

The Dean of the Paradoxical Bridge Hands by The Aces

Boca Raton News – Jul 1, 1975 by The Aces Jan Wohlin of Stockholm, the dean of the paradoxical bridge hands, has come up with another gem. Jan...

Helen Sobel Never Did Learn by Oswald Jacoby

Source: Daily News – May 9, 1977 A perfect safety play is one that is going to work against any and all card combinations. Here is one that...

Junior Fundraising Rolls out

Source: http://www.ebu.co.uk 13 DEC 2017 Fundraising to send our four Junior Teams (U26; U26 Women; U21; U16) to the World Youth Teams Championships next year has begun...

How to be a Lucky Player

Source: robinsbridge.blogspot.nl  This is the title of the new book by Matthew Thomson, Australian professional bridge player. As mentioned previously here, Matthew is the best player...

Principle of Restricted Choice by Andrew Robson

Source: http://www.andrewrobson.co.uk If one opponent plays a critical card in a suit, his partner is twice as likely to have the adjacent card in the same...

Australia – Indonesia Youth Test Match

Photo: Francesca McGrath and Renee Cooper with President of SEABF. Source: http://www.abf.com.au Australia takes on Indonesia in a youth test match being played at the conclusion of the...