Video: Thinking Bridge, Counting, Inferences, Analysis

Source: BridgeHands #16, Day 1 - Thinking Bridge, Counting, Inferences, Analysis

Do Not Ask With Two Losers By Phillip Alder

McCook Daily Gazette – 24 Jul 2002 Opening Lead: Spade Queen Peter Conrad an Australian author and critic, wrote. “Losing faith in your own singularity is the start...

Working the Vulnerability By Paul Lavings

Your strategy and tactics should vary, considerably according to the vulnerability. When you are not vulnerable vs. vulnerable, “green”, you can afford to be...

Matchpoint Strategy By Andrew Gumperz

Source: Andrew Gumperz Blogspot At Matchpoints, the number of total points by which you beat another score has no value at all. Being 10 points...

IMP Strategy For Swiss Teams, Knockout Teams and IMP Pairs By...

Source:  Steven Gaynor is a Diamond Life Master who lives in St. Louis Park MN. He is a member of the national Charity and Goodwill committees. In...

Let the opponents play in a vulnerable part-score By Andrew Robson

Source:  Let the opponents play in a vulnerable part-score ALTHOUGH (as we saw in Click here ) vulnerability is irrelevant at match-point duplicate in an uncontested auction, it...

Should you strain to bid vulnerable games? By Andrew Robson

Source: Should you strain to bid vulnerable games? By Andrew Robson IMPACT of vulnerability is much misunderstood. I often hear rubber bridge (or Chicago or teams...

Bergen Raises

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, Bergen raises are conventional treatments of responses to a major suit opening in a five-card major system. Developed by Marty Bergen and first published in April 1982, Bergen raises are...

Preempts with Fit By Steve Robinson

Source:  (an extract of): Preempts with Fit Steve Robinson, ask a group of his experts friends his thoughts about: Preempts with Fit Partner opens 3 favorable and you have five...

BRAND NEW!!!: The WBF Youth Bridge Training

The WBF Youth Bridge Training is a BRAND NEW!!! Facebook Group created by WBFY.  ‎Gilad Ofir‎:  WBF Youth Bridge Training Coordinator The new Facebook Group of the...

Play trumps now or later? – Learn how to play bridge...

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Slam-ish hands? When to jump to slam, and when to stay...

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Making “Redouble” Work for You By George Cuppaidge

Source: http://www.qldbridge.com/bulletin/qba/QBAJun14.pdf THIS is the hand that launched the writing of this article: 9  K Q 10 7 6 3  Q 10 9  A 10 7 You...

Australia: Interstate Youth Teams by Barbara Travis

Source: www.abf.com.au Newsletter; Sept2017Matt Smith, from the victorious NSW Youth Team, made his 4 contract where many others failed: Matt received the 8 lead, and realised...

Serious and Non-serious 3NT By Barry Rigal

Source: Slam-oriented auctions: Gadgets and Gizmos   This brings us to one of the more important patches that 2/1 requires. When in my youth I first read...

“So they doubled Stayman: What do I do?” By Billy Miller

April 2010 ACBL BRIDGE BULLETIN   When you open the bidding with 1NT, you usually feel confident that your side is going to be in control of...

Guidelines to bidding hands that don’t fit with partner’s

Source:  Ginny & Jeff Schuett for There is very little written describing the approach to bidding misfitting hands, but here are some general guidelines. 1. Most...

When should defender play passively? Aggressively?

Source:  Jim Diebel for Let’s look at leads and the important role they play when defending against both no trump and suit contracts. Consider...

Bridge & Humor: The Session From Hell – Round 1 by...

Source: Bridge Winners Note: “The Session From Hell” was originally written by Colin Ward. It is being reprinted on Bridge Winners with the author’s permission. Hands...