Source: www.andrewrobson.co.uk          The Ten gets a raw deal in bridge - counting for no points yet worth many a trick. However one...

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, avoidance play is a play technique whereby declarer prevents a particular defender from winning the trick, so as to eschew a dangerous lead...

Source: Wikipedia Texas transfer, or simply Texas, is a bidding convention in contract bridge. Originated independently by David Carter of St. Louis and Olle Willner of Sweden, and used in...

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, the principle of restricted choice states that play of a particular card decreases the probability its player holds any equivalent card. For example,...

Dealer North E/W Vul A Q 3 2 --- A 8 7 4 Q J 9 7 5 --- Q J 10 5 4 10 6 3 2 A 8 6 3 K...

by Michael Rosenberg June 12, 2013    Michael Rosenberg This was board 27 of the second day of the USA 1 Final (board 87 of the...

Do you ever bid quite reasonably to a contract that turns out to be totally revolting?. In the first hand you arrive in 3NT...

St. Petersburg Times – 18 Oct 1951 Both vulnerable. North deals Opening lead: four of spades. There has been observed a tendency on the part of less experienced players...

Source: www.bridgeforeveryone.com This deal gets my vote for the best defense ever. It occurred during the 1985 International Team Trial to pick the U.S. team for...

Source: http://info.ecatsbridge.com In Boynton, an exclusive small town outside Palm Beach, Florida, in the USA, there is a very peculiar museum annexed to the local bridge...

This fine example of defensive bidding and defensive play is from the 1968 Blue Ribbon. The Bidding: Because North-South were vulnerable, while his side was...

Source: www.eurobridge.org 11th November 2017 The 14th European Youth Bridge Pairs Championships and the 3rd Youth Bridge Coach Seminar will be held at the Sport Hall, Opatija, Croatia, from wednesday 11th to 18th of July...

Source: Bocchi & Madala Big Bang Bridge It ran the year 2001 and I was hired by George Jacobs to play an American National with...

On many hands declarer can count sufficient tricks for his contract but his difficulty lies in being at the right place at the right...

In the city of Montevideo (ROU) from May 26 to June 3, 2012 was held the IV South American Transnational Bridge Festival, Montevideo 2012. After...

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

Source: IBPA Bulletin Nov 2017 Dealer West All Vul A 10 9 2 5 2 K 9 5 2 A Q 6 8 7 6 J 4 J 10 8 4 10 8...

Source: IBPA Bulletin Nov 2017 I suffered the following recently, in a team match against Ola Rimstedt (East): Dealer West N/S Vul 10 K 7 3 2 K J 10...

Declarer can sometines keep a dangerous defender out of the lead by giving up a trick in one suit in exchange for a trick...

On many no trump hands declarer has to force out two defensive winners before he can run his tricks. It may be essential to...