Source: bridgeblogging.com I am often amazed at the strength of inferences one can draw from the game of bridge. Inspired by hands that partner and I held...

Source: www.andrewrobson.co.uk You have led low and dummy has only low cards. Because the third player should play high, but cheaper of touching highest cards, you...

There is a lot of humour at the bridge table, especially if you can laugh at yourself. A customer ordered my last copy of...

Source: Negative Inferences by Marshall Miles Perhaps you won’t consider the following hand a problem. True, it shouldn’t have been. But it is the sort of...

Source: Tucson.com As a rule, a grand slam should not be undertaken unless the chances in favor of making it are at least 2-to-1. These odds...

Many juniors of long ago that reached eventually the top of international bridge, will remember with great joy the twelve fabulous years (1993-2004) in...

Source: It's Your Call Partner opens the bidding, your right-hand opponent bids your void at the five level and you have a strong hand with...

Source: http://csbnews.org Medellin, June 6, 2016 We all know how cruel the bridge gods can be and we often bemoan our fate at their hands. Every once...

Source: IBPA Column Service IMPs  Dealer South All K Q 7 6 3 A J 6 4 Q J A K A J 9 4 2 K 9 8 A 9 8 5...

Source: Mr Bridge Nobody is vulnerable and RHO deals and opens 3. What do you do with this? You have a hand on which you would happily...

Source:  Most players know they should not attempt a grand slam unless the odds are substantially in their favor. The percentage chance to make it...

Source: https://www.andrewrobson.co.uk Some bids in bridge are complete “sign off’s” - e.g. 1NT-2. Some are invitational - e.g. 1-3, and some force partner to speak again...

Source: Percentages I found a useful summary in a bridge book the other day, and thought I’d share it with you. It’s from Sharpen Your Bridge...

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

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

Source: Tucson.com It is a fundamental principle of defense to assume that every contract can be defeated. This might be impossible in many deals because declarer...

Source: info.ecatsbridge.com No, I don't mean questioned the pedigree of your opponents' mothers. Or their bridge-playing skills. It's a pity the players in this world championship are...

Source:  When Ed Becker and Dick Coulter finished their session in the Saturday morning 49er game, they knew they had a possible winner. At it...

Source:  Bilde, Birman Take LM Pairs Dennis Bilde and Alon Birman are two longtime friends who played together only one time before they entered the Nail...

Source: ecatsbridge.com Shortly after his miraculous escape from the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes, the world’s greatest consulting detective,spent some weeks recuperating in Italy. Many...