Blackwood at its worst By O. Jacoby

Source: Kingman Daily Miner - 12 Sep 1977 <  Jim: "We get so many letters about the Blackwood convention that we really ought to devote some more articles...

Employing the Losing Trick Count

Source: Toledo Blade – by Gene Benedict When you have a distributional hand and your partner has supported one of your suits, the Losing Trick...

The Shortness Rule by Eric Kokish

Source: May, 2006: In his column of  the  ACBL bulletin Eric Kokish answered this question: Dear Eric, I held as West A K 10 5 A...

Bergen Responses to Gambling 3NT

From the book by Marty Bergen (1985), Better Bidding with Bergen — Volume One, Uncontested Auctions. 4 says let’s play in a Part Score 4...

Bid More with Shortness By Andrew Gumperz

Source: andrew-gumperz.blogspot.com When is the most advantageous times to intervene over an opposing preempt: with shortness in the opponent's suit or with length? Let's take an example: Auction (2)...

How to be a Good Partner

Source: How to be a Good Partner 1. Don't give lessons (unless you are being paid to do so). 2. Never say anything to your partner...

Principle of Fast Arrival

Source: Wikipedia In the game of contract bridge, the principle of fast arrival (also known as the principle of slow arrival) is a bidding treatment widely used in game forcing auctions whereby: Bidding game directly, usually...

Hand Evaluation: Principle of Fast Arrival

Source: Hand Evaluation - Principle of Fast Arrival Decades ago , the principle of fast arrival was the cornerstone of 2/1 bidding or Jacoby 2NT. If you got...

Australia: YOUTH BRIDGE NEWS with Leigh and Bianca Gold

Source: ABF June Newsletter AUSTRALIAN ONLINE YOUTH TOURNAMENT With face to face bridge on a hiatus and the ANC cancelled, youth nights have migrated online. Over...

ABF On-Line Youth Tournament

Source: Australian Bridge Federation The ABF have agreed to hold a Youth tournament online over all the states and territories semester holidays during June and...

World Online Youth Championships: KO Stage

Source: EBU Participants Draws Results Announcements Articles The World Online Youth Championships have now reached the KO stage. England U26 finished 2nd in Premier League group B and have qualified for...

Norway: School Championship in Bridge

Source: Bridge.No Date: June 6. Group Games (10-16), finals and bronze finals (16-18) Location:  S torefjell Resort Hotel . NB! The school championship will be online this year, on BridgeBaseOnline + zoom For whom: 5-10. class and high school How?  The idea...

As Time Goes By: First Live Tournament

Source: Bridge Scanner The 38th International Bridge Festival "Albena 2020" will be held on the pre-announced dates June 23 to July 5 and the pre-announced...

Improving Your Game by Barry Rigal

 Source: 52nd Gold Coast Congress Bulletin 4 2014 Gold Coast Official Site **Source: wikipedia  Barry Rigal is a bridge player, author, commentator and journalist. Born in England in 1958. Rigal...

Well Planned By Tim Bourke (AUS)

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

Riddle N° 37 with Gilad Ofir – WBF Youth Coordinator

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WBF 3rd Youth Online League 2020 – KnockOut stage by Gilad...

Dear All: ✨ We finished the qualification stage of the 3rd WBF Youth online leagues and you were great! ✨ After a short review process, we are ready...

3rd WBF Youth Teams Online Championships Round 7 – Final Results

Participants Draws Results Announcements Articles U26 Premier league A & B:U 26 First Division:U26 Women Premier league A & B:U16 Premier League & First Division: Don’t forget to follow us...

South American Youth Trials 2020

Source: http://csbnews.org/ The South American Youth trials for the next Salsomaggiore World Championship (ITA) 2021 ended yesterday. Category U 26: Chile won the qualifying Round Robin, and...