Competitive Bidding 3: Opening a Major By Yuan Shen

Source: BBO By BBOer Shengabus (Yuan Shen) For a long time, I've suspected that bridge has been misnamed. There's only one suit, and it's spades. So in...

Choosing the Right Line of Play by Jay Becker

The Evening News – Aug 21, 1986 Assume you’re declarer at six hearts and West leads he king of diamonds. How would you play the hand? North dealer....

Hand Evaluation For Slam Contracts Part 1 By A. Gumperz

Source: BBO 1 Introduction Effective slam invitations depend on the ability to envision that a pair of hands can take 12 tricks and the ability to...

When not to draw trumps By Josh Donn

Source: BBO On Sunday, June 24, at 1PM US Eastern Time (7PM Central European Time), we had a special 1 hour teaching session with star...

What’s the best way to game the bots when playing robot...

Source: These are the answers that were published: Andrew Gumperz, 25 years of tears and aspirations at the bridge table. Declare as often as possible. The robot...

What Makes for a Good Bridge Partner? By Bill Gates

Source:  I’m lucky that I get to play with bridge players who are dramatically better than I am, and who are nice enough that they...

Breakin’ the Rules — Walking the Dog by Joshua Donn

Source: Bridgewinners Breakin' the Rules -- Walking the Dog by Joshua Donn April 29, 2012 “Advanced players know the rules. Experts know when to break the rules.” – Anonymous  Walking the...

It was Anything but a Moysian Fit By Charles Goren

Source: SI Vault DECEMBER 09, 1957 Alphonse Moyse Jr. of New York recently became the fourth person and the first American to be named an honorary...

A Tale of Two Doubles

Source: 21st European Youth Team Championship; Bulletin 10 - 21 July 2007 The Belgian junior team finished finally in a slightly disappointing 14th place. Not so unexpected,...

Bridge By Susanna Gross

Source: www.spectator.co.uk  3 November 2012 In this country, Andrew Robson and bridge are practically synonymous: he’s the best known, and probably the best, player we have. His...

Bridge Logic: For Effective Bidding, Keep it Simple

Source: For Forbes India By SANJOY BHATTACHARYYA Effective bidding in bridge is a genuinely challenging task. Figuring out how to arrive at the best contract with...

Unlimited Fit-Jumps by Dimiter Zlatanov

Source: This article is part of a section devoted to weird, wild and wacky material. For bridge friends, lovers of arcana, pursuers of special interests,...

Hand Evaluation – Wasted HCPS ( Trapping )

Source: www.edmontonbridge.ca  By Bob Crosby A common method of hand evaluation is shown quite nicely by splinter theory. If you have duplication of value opposite shortness , the offensive potential of the...

Improving your 1NT Structure by Andy Hung Part 1

Source: www.abfevents.com.au THE SMOLEN CONVENTION Let’s say your partner opens 1NT (say 15-17 HCP, but the range does not matter) and you hold: What do you do? With 5-4 in...

Improving your 1NT Structure by Andy Hung Part 2

Source: www.abfevents.com.au SMOLEN EXTENDED In the previous article, we looked at how to show 5-4 Majors with game-forcing values opposite a 1NT (15-17 HCP) opening. This was via 3-Major...

European National Mixed Team Championships 2019

Source: http://www.eurobridge.org/ Following the announcement that the World Bridge Federation has included a World National Mixed Team Championship in its schedule for the World Championships in Sanya in...

‘t Onstein Jeugd Toernooi Circuit 2017-2018 by Kees Tammens

In the summer of 2016 the idea of a yearly national tournament cycle for youth bridge players got form. Nine events (including Dutch national...

2018 World Wide Bridge Contest

Source: WBF In Archive, Event update, News On 21st June 2018 We are pleased to confirm the winners of the 2018 World Wide Bridge Contest. In...

England: Junior Bridge During Summer Holidays

Source: Richmond Bridge Club Over the summer holidays we are running morning sessions of Richmond Junior Bridge. These are FREE for children 5+ and their...

Collegiate Bridge Bowl

Source: ACBL - American Contract Bridge League This August, college students will compete for their chance at more than $32,000 worth of scholarships in the Collegiate...