2nd Central European Open Team Championship

Results: U26 1. Czech Republic VV 2. Poland U26W 3. Russia U26 Mixed U21 1. Hungary U21 2. Czech Republic U21 X 3. Olimpijczyk BB2 U18 U16 1. Poland U16 2. Poland U15 3. Norway U16 We...

Central European Open Team Championship 2020 By Marcin Kuflowski

The Central European Open Team Championship has ended 🙂 Happily! Beautiful! Great! 🥇 gold medal in category U16 - POLAND: Kacper Kuflowski Franek Kurlit Aleks...

Haiti: Bridge Youth

Source: Fédération Haïtienne de Bridge Many Youth and Children Begin to play Bridge in Haiti. The Haitian Federation has made efforts to reach this level. BSU...

Poland: 1st Skawina Bridge Meeting 2020 Online

WEB Page Schedule  Saturday, 12th December 09:30 Team International Youth Teams Tournament u16 and u21 - 1st round 11:00 Team International Youth Teams Tournament u16 and u21 - 2nd round 12:30 Team International Youth Teams...

Gleaning clues from the bidding and play II By Omar Sharif

Source: The Victoria Advocate North-South vulnerable, West deals   Lead: K There are common misconceptions about playing certain suit combinations. For example, consider these two holdings:  x x...

An Unlikely Intergenerational Bridge Team

Source: The New York Times One afternoon during the height of coronavirus lockdowns, 16-year-old Finn Kolesnik found himself in a cold sweat. He was on...

My Journey to Life Master By Brian Zhang

Source: SiVY One summer day in 2018, I was at a party at my dad’s friend’s house, where I met Andrew and Charlie Chen. I...

International Review for the Sociology of Sport

Source: WBF The following letter and papers have been received from Prof. Samantha Punch of the University of Stirling “We are delighted to share with you...

A great bridge weekend in Busko By Marcin Kuflowski

Source: Marcin Kuflowski With a team like this, it's just playing bridge! ❤ A great bridge weekend in Busko with talented young people. The photo shows a...

Dansk Skolebridge: A bridge Introduction By Morten Bilde

Source: Dansk Skolebridge Facebook A somewhat different day in the school bridge: 4 hours in nice company with 44 students from the international school in Ikast-Brande,...

Better to count than to guess by Tim Bourke

Source: IBPA Column Service NOV 2020 **Source: wikipedia: Tim Bourke "is an Australian bridge player and writer. His joint project with Justin Corfield "the Art of Declarer Play" won...

Søren Bune (2001 – 2020).

Søren Bune from Denmark was just 19 years old, and had been playing bridge in youth events since 2012 aged just 11, achieving a...

Jumping in the Fourth Suit By David Bakhshi

Source: English Bridge December 2007 Issue 214 J A K J 8 6 5 2 A K J 5 2 K Q 10 9 8 5 A K Q...

The Deschapelles Coup by Brian Senior

Source: ABF Newsletter NOV. 2017 Although its aim is different, the Deschapelles Coup is a close relative of the Merrimac Coup which we looked at last...

WHAT is so special about opening a hand which is 5-5...

Source: Harold Schogger WHAT is so special about opening a hand which is 5-5 in clubs and spades? Holding any-other 5-5 combination it is customary...

2020 FISU WUC Mind Sports On Line Day 3

Source:  2020 FISU WUC Mind Sports online 2020 FISU WUC On Line Mind Sports  26-30 Octubre 2020, BBO Stanisław Gołębiowski– OC Member – Sports Manager (Bridge) “The three...

Quick, Quack, Quock Or the true value of a ten by...

In the fanciful world of assessing the trick taking potential of a hand in contract bridge, we refer mainly to the highest cards, that...

FedUpWithCorona Face-To-Face Event

Source: EBL If you, like most of us, are longing to get back to playing face-to-face international bridge, you should reserve the dates 8-13 February 2021 in...

Easy and Simple by Tim Bourke (AUS)

Source: IBPA Column Service OCT 2020 **Source: wikipedia: Tim Bourke "is an Australian bridge player and writer. His joint project with Justin Corfield "the Art of Declarer Play" won...

CKIS Bridge team brought three medals By Marcin Kuflowski

On October 20-24, the final of the National Youth Olympics in indoor sports took place in Lublin. The five-person CKiS team did a medal, and...