EBU: Junior Teach In Loughborough University: 1/3 Sept. 2017 (Photo Album)

Source: EBED Loughborough University: 1st - 3rd September 2017 The Junior Teach-In is English bridge's flagship junior teaching event, and is organised by EBED. Here a link...

EBU: October issue of English Bridge out now

Source: EBU The October 2017 issue of English Bridge is out now, and a printed version will be delivered to all eligible members in the...

Tactical Moves in Play by Terence Reese

Like chess, bridge has an opening, middle, and end game. An end game situation arise when a defender ( or it can be the...

Bridge and Humor: Hesitations

Did you ever stop to think and forget to start again? Winnie the Pooh MORE ABOUT HESITATIONS During a high stakes game one day, the legendary...

Miss Brash, Overly Optimistic As Usual, Lost this NT Contract By...

Make humanics your trumps. Study the art of playing the people as well as the cards. Remember that the human factor is allways at...

It’s Your Call

A Bidding Problem published in the second 2016 Italian Open and Ladies Teams Championships Bulletin. You will be able to compare your answer with...

Strip and End Play

To decide your plan of play in any deal, follow the order of choice of plays. Somewhere in that list will be the play...

My Favorite Safety Play By Sam Fry

Ludington Daily News – 23 Ago 1956 The somewhat esoteric jargon of bridge players—and, we admit, more particularly bridge writers—includes such as “grand coup ” “Deschapelles coup,”...

Tempo Matters by Yuan Shen

Source: Tempo matters by Yuan Shen June 19, 2015 for bridgewinners Visit Yuan Shen Bridge site For once, I don’t mean bidding/playing tempo and hesitations. Rather, I’d like to...

Making a Plan By David Baker

Source: The Kibitzer Fall 2014 This deal is from the Friday night Worldwide Pairs game held at our club. It contains many instructive lessons in both play...

BBO Star Rogerclee on Doubles Part 1

Source: BBO On Sunday, May 5th, BBO held a free teaching session, focused on doubles and general bridge advice. The host was US junior champion and...

Bridge Tips — Warm-Up By Eddie Kantar

Source: http://www.kantarbridge.com WARM-UP TIPS 1 Never, but never forget you are playing with a partner.  It pays to consider what things may look like from partner’s point of...

Ask Jerry: Opinion on our bidding by Jerry Helms

Source: www.jerryhelms.com        Dear Jerry, My partner and I would appreciate your opinion on our bidding of this hand:  J 10  K Q J 7...

Opening with 4 diamonds and 5 clubs By Andrew Gumperz

Source: andrew-gumperz.blogspot.com.ar Opening bids are the foundation on which subsequent bidding is laid. If the foundation is unstable, the rest of the auction may come tumbling...

Hand Evaluation: Zar Points By Zar Petkov

Ever wondered how experts bid “aggressive” games that “somehow,“magically” turn out to be cold? It’s simple: they just use their expert judgment, which advanced...

Five Uncommon Conventions You Should Play By Justin Lall

Source: Five Uncommon Conventions You Should Play (April 5, 2009) Generally I think most players, especially intermediates, play too many conventions. Most of the time they come...

Support Doubles By Joshua Donn

Source:  Bridge Winners  “Advanced players know the rules. Experts know when to break the rules.” - Anonymous Support doubles are one of my favorite conventions. The basic...

Test your Declarer Play by Beverly Kraft -Eric Kokish

Here are two declarer play problems:     (1) K Q 10 7 2 J 4 3 7 4 A Q 3 A J 4 3 Q 7 6 2 A Q 2 K 7 Contract:...

Careful Evaluation by Charles Goren

Toledo Blade – 16 Oct 1966 Both Vul. Dealer South. 6 K 8 7 2 K 5 K 10 8 7 5 3 Q 8 7 5 J 6 5 10 7 3 A Q...