For Students Raised on iPods, Lessons in Bridge

Source: YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y. — Four bridge players stared down at their cards, trying to determine which team would play the role of the so-called...

Early Bird Gets the Worm By Alfred Sheinwold

Source The Day - 4 Dic 1982  Lead: 10 The early bird may get the worm, but the early duck gets the contract. Today's South took the jack of clubs,...

Deceptive Play By Josh Donn

Source: BBO Here I am now, to talk about deceptive play. But first I want to do a quick plug for a new bridge book...

International Bridge Press Annual Awards

Source: European Championships The IBPA has now arranged long term sponsorship to present its annual awards in Sanya, the home of the Hainan Bridge festival....

Splinter Bids and Bidding Theory By Andrew Gumperz

Source: http://andrew-gumperz.blogspot.com/ I was thinking recently about the development of the modern major suit raise structure. In the 1950's, the forcing major suit was a jump...

The Case of the Careless Expert By James O. Jacoby

Source: Ludington Daily News - 30 Oct 1986  Lead: 7 It's no secret that, if each trick lost by sloppy defense since bridge began were one floor of a skyscraper,...

Leading Low from a Doubleton Honor by Rixi Marcus

Source: BridgeIndia When, as a defender, you are about to attack from a holding such as J-x, Q-x or K-x, consider the possible advantage of...

No more math homework on vacation, but bridge laboratories By Nicoletta...

Source: No more vacation tasks, but bridge labs No more math homework on vacation, but bridge laboratories. And alternating school-based bridge work. Bridge as a...

Solution to Riddle N° 13 with Mike Doecke – Australia U26...

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27th European Youth Team Championships – Important Info

Schedule of Play and the Match Schedule are posted. For all of these you can check the links below. Schedule of Play Match Schedule U26 Open Teams Match...

Sub Trump Torpedos Defense By Oswald Jacoby

Source: Rome News-Tribune - 14 Ago 1975 Neither Vulnerable  2Opening bid: strong Lead: 10 One of the standard book plays is what might well be described as the submarine trump play. This...

Fourth Best Lead Flops By Alan Sontag

Source: The Argus-Press - 19 Abr 1978 Dealer North, Both Vul  Opening lead: Q The man who's worthwhile is the man who can smile when all his finesses go wrong. South...

Everything Depends On Who Gets Control By Alfred Sheinwold

Source: The Morning Record - 22 Mar 1965 When my younger daughter was married last month I had a serious talk with my new son-in-law: "Everything depends on how...

Hand of the Century?

Some years ago, Helgemo was playing in the US with Edgar Kaplan and made a seemingly impossible contract through a sensational piece of card...

Michael Xu – Youth Player of Note

Source:  Michael Xu is a young bridge player of note. Born in 2003, he lives in Palo Alto, CA – and just a quick read...

Heard at the Table by Dan Windsor

Source: 52nd Asia-Pacific Bridge Federation Championships Here are some funny comments I have heard at the bridge table: - After a complicated and confused auction, where opponents had...

U16s top the table in WBF Youth Online Championship

Source: EBU 11 JUN 2019 The England U16 team competing in the 2019 World Bridge Federation Youth Online Championship, have finished top of the table, 10...

Watching re-entries

Source: Herald Journal Watching re-entries, or creating re-entries, plays a very important part In bridge. A good defensive player is on the alert at all...

Give Trick to Not Lose Two By Oswald & James Jacoby

Source: The Telegraph - 16 Feb 1973  Opening:Q It is an absolute cinch to go down at four spades after West opens the queen of hearts. All South has...