1979, 24th Bermuda Bowl en Rio de Janeiro This was Board 8 of the first U.S.-Australia match. shown on Vu-Graph:   Dealer: West Vul None  K 3  K 9...

Source: 14-28 June 1997 43rd GENERALI EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS What will surely be remembered as the most dramatic deal of the Championships took place in the...

Source: 14-28 June 1997 43rd GENERALI EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS People who know me, know also that I am a lazy player, which means that I'm almost never...

Source: 14-28 June 1997 43rd GENERALI EUROPEAN BRIDGE CHAMPIONSHIPS We can't resist pointing out that the title of this article is part of a quotation by the...

Source: Wikipedia Journalist leads are an opening lead convention in the game of contract bridge. The method is designed to solve some problems with traditional agreements regarding opening leads....

Source: Wikipedia In the game of bridge, a Grosvenor gambit or Grosvenor Coup is a psychological play, in which the opponent is purposely given the chance to gain one or...

Source: Wikipedia A game try (also called a game trial bid) in the card game of bridge is a bid that shows interest in bidding a game and asks partner to help...

Source: Poor Bridge of the Week My worst trump fit ever By Claes de Graaff  On a cold February evening, my regular partner Kees and I were...

         WHEN partner opens the bidding and you are looking at 17HCP, it is natural to consider the possibility of a slam. Yet slam will...

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...