Source: 16th European Junior Teams Bridge Championship Great Britain's Justin Hackett is one of the many players who, having won the Junior European Team Championships, has gone on...

Source: IBPA (1999) The 1999 Levendaal Award for Best Play by a Junior Winner: Martin Schaltz (DEN) Journalist: Ib Lundby (DEN) Third generation Lizzi and Jørgen-Elith Schaltz were...

Though the name does not include the word Coup, a Smother Play clearly belongs to that category of play technique. It is another piece...

Source: Mr Bridge I firmly believe in: "seven-card suits should be trumps." You will almost never lose control when you have seven or more trumps in...

Source: The Montreal Gazette - 19 May 1938 When the declarer's trump suit is headed by the K-J-10 it is, of course, desirable that the lead be from...

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...

The Bath Coup is a very common manoeuvre. It is a ducking play which enables declarer to keep control of a key suit. The...

Source: http://www.abf.com.au Most partnerships haven’t defined their strategy for third and fourth seat openings. Sort yourselves out with this quiz on third seat openings, nil vulnerable:  ...

Source: http://info.ecatsbridge.com I started to play seriously in 1967, at the Summer North American Championships in Montreal, my home town. As I had less than 100...

Source:  Newsletter of Trumps Bridge Center , March 2006 South was Henri Svarc who for many years was one of the best French players. See if...

The WGM Gabriel Chagas, once explained the way to play this kind of weak suits, he called the technique the Intra-Finesse. Dealer West All Vul. West North East South Pass 1 Double Pass 1 Pass 3 Pass 4 Pass Pass  Pass When...

Source: Wikipedia The Deschapelles Coup, named after a 19th century french chess and whist player Alexandre Deschapelles, is the lead of an unsupported honor to create an...

Source: Wikipedia The Merrimac coup (also known as Hobson's coup or Hobson's choice) is a contract bridge coup where a player (usually a defender) sacrifices a high card in order to eliminate a...

Trump Promotion:  Occurs when declarer is forced to ruff high in front of a defenders card to prevent an over ruff, and, in the...

Visit the Official Site Special Entry Fees for Bridge Youth The Festival will be played at the Casinò Palace located in Venice Lido. All the tournaments are...

Source: www.qldbridge.com Paul Marston has been one of Australia’s leading bridge identities for close to thirty years. Apart from his ownership of the exceptionally successful Grand...

Source: 16th European Junior Teams Bridge Championship The last time I visited Vienna I inevitably found myself in one of the many cafes that are located in...

Source: 1st European Open Bridge Championships. Bulletin 4 – Wednesday, 18 June 2003 Adversity lurks at every turn. Even an optimist like you knows that...

Successful defense requires fast thinking. In particular a defender must use the bidding to picture the strength of declarer's hand. This information, plus that...

Counting the opponents hands to determine their respective distributions gives you a big edge over the declarer who does not bother to count at...