Orlando 2018: A Bunch of the Best Bridge Articles

The 15th World Bridge Series in underway at the Orlando World Center Marriott. WBF will broadcast a live show during the last match of the day,...

The Rosenblum Cup: Phase of 32; segment 3; board 3

The 15th World Bridge Series in underway at the Orlando World Center Marriott. WBF will broadcast a live show during the last match of the day,...

The Road Gets Rougher by Brent Manley

Orlando, Monday, 24th September 2018 Source: http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18-files/bulletins/Bul_04.pdf At the end of the Swiss qualifying for the knockout phase of the Open Teams, Team CONNECTOR, with players from...

The Rosenblum Cup

The 15th World Bridge Series in underway at the Orlando World Center Marriott. WBF will broadcast a live show during the last match of the day,...

Poland Girls v USA U 26 by Fernando Lema

Orlando, Sunday 23 September 2018 In match seven of the Junior Triathlon Teams Championship Poland Girls faced USA U26; the match from the beginning to...

Picking a Winner by Barry Rigal

Source: http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18-files/bulletins/Bul_03.pdf What a difference a lead makes. In our third round match both tables bid to 3NT in almost exactly the same fashion. The difference...

Expensive Switch by Brian Senior

Source: http://championships.worldbridge.org/orlandows18-files/bulletins/Bul_02.pdf I wasn’t planning to do a match report on Round 4 of the Rosenblum Swiss Qualifying but I just happened to be browsing the...

15th World Bridge Series – Let’s Start!

Source: http://www.worldbridge.org/ The 15th World Bridge Series in underway at the Orlando World Center Marriott. We will broadcast a live show during the last match of the day,...

To Do A Thing Well By Alfred Sheinwold

Source: The Dispatch – 8 Abr 1980 Poor Alfred’s Almanac advises: If you want a thing done well, don’t do it yourself. Get help from an opponent. Dealer South...

The Plan LXIII by Tim Bourke (AUS)

Source: IBPA Column Service Sep 2018 Dealer South. Both Vul K 6 4 7 2 9 7 4 A K 7 4 2 Q J 9 Q J 10 K 10 3 2 J...

Hold-Up Plays and Dangerous Hand in NT by Maritha Pottenger

Source: www.lajollabridge.com The purpose of a hold-up play is to exhaust one defender of cards in a particular suit. This is especially true at no...

Back in the Saddle: Marty Bergen & Larry Cohen

Source: ORLANDO-FALL NABC 2016-NOV. 24-DEC. 4 Results/Bulletins    Facebook The celebrated partnership of Marty Bergen and Larry Cohen saw its heyday in the mid- to late Eighties. The...

15th World Bridge Series – The Championship Secret

Source: http://www.worldbridge.org/ Players in the World Bridge Series may be interested to know about how the hands are generated for the event, and how we can...

The Everlasting Battle by Paulo Brum (BRZ)

The late Gabino Cintra, a World Pairs champion (playing with Marcelo Branco) from Brazil, liked to wax poetical about the everlasting battle between spades...

Junior Teach-In a Grand Success

Source: https://www.ebedcio.org.uk/ EBED's annual youth bridge residential weekend, The Junior Teach-In, was attended by 49 children and 17 accompanying adults at Phasels Wood Scout Activity Centre,...

Re-evaluation by Declarer After a Fit by Marty Bergen

Source: ACBL Distribution plays a crucial role in good slam bidding. Here’s a review of the step” that should be used by the declarer after...

Finding the Killing Defense by Bobby Wolff

Source: The Spokesman-Review – 25 Ene 2003 On the anniversary of the conversion of  Saint Paul on the road to Damascus, here is a deal from a...

(Your Name), Bridge Detective by Eddie Kantar

Source: ACBL When play to a trick has been completed – you lead, dummy plays, partner plays and declarer plays, you will often be able...

Secret Leaks Hit the Bridge World by Zia Mahmood

by Zia Mahmood for The Guardian, Thursday 2 December 2010 Secret documents revealed yesterday throw new light on this deal, played in a match held to...

Just Bridge by Beverly Kraft & Eric Kokish : CueBids

Readers tell us that they are not familiar with some of the bids they find in Just Bridge columns. In many cases, these are...