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Source: Wikipedia After opener's one of a suit (X), partner's one of a suit response (Y) and opener's 1-level rebid (Z) (a very common sequence),...

Source: Wikipedia The Vienna coup is an unblocking technique in contract bridge made in preparation for a squeeze play. It is so named because it was originally published by James Clay (1804-1873) after...

Source: Wikipedia In the card game "contract bridge", a splinter bid is a convention whereby a double jump response in a side-suit indicates excellent support for partner's major-suit opening bid (at...

Source: Wikipedia The Smith signal (also known as Smith echo or Smith Peter) is an attitude carding signal in contract bridge showing additional values (or lack thereof) in the first suit led by the...

Wednesday, February 5, 2003 If you don’t see me winning any tournaments for a while, don’t be surprised. It’s not that I am becoming senile...

VII WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bal Harbour FL; Sept. 13-27, 1986 Source:  With great sportsmanship, Edgar Kaplan and Norman Kay reported in Saturday’s bulletin on a hand where...

VII WORLD BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS Bal Harbour FL; Sept. 13-27, 1986 Source: Jean Besse and Edgar Kaplan often are friendly adversaries at the commentators table at world...

The October 1969 issue of the ABTA Quarterly carries anecdotes by Harry Fishbein and Easley Blackwood about the conventions which bear their names, and...

Source: Minnesota Bridge November 11, 2017 Recently, your intrepid webmaster headed south to Carleton College to kibitz and chat with members of the Carleton Bridge Club. ...

Source: https://www.aarp.org A Bridge to Brainpower? Playing your cards right can help keep you sharp long after retirement l On the cusp of his 90th birthday, Leonard Melander...

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel          In past articles, I have been promoting the advantages of raising Partner’s 1st response of 1 in a major with only...

Source: wimpy-bridge by Jim Diebel           When most of us were taught the basics of bidding, we learned that the magic number of combined cards...

Source: Ginny & Jeff Schuett for Cuebidding without interference is an attempt to get to slam without using Blackwood, or before using Blackwood. Usually the...

Source: Wikipedia Negative free bid is a contract bridge treatment whereby a free bid by responder over an opponent's overcall shows a long suit in a weak hand and is not...

Source: Richmond Bridge Association PLAY TIPS 1- When a trump is led on the get go, assume the opening leader does NOT have the queen and play accordingly.   North...

Source: Wikipedia Muiderberg is a bidding convention in the card game bridge. It is a two-level preemptive opening based on a two-suiter with precisely a five-card major and a minor...

Source: Wikipedia Dummy reversal (also known as reverse dummy) is a technique in contract bridge whereby declarer uses trump cards to ruff from the hand with more (longer) trumps, and retains the trumps...