Thinking Bridge: SF NABC Second Day

During each day of the NABC (National American) Eddie Kantar, one of the best American bridge writers, analyzes one bridge hand, for players who...

Strip and End Plays Examples By Roy Wilson

Source: http://www.acblunit559.com Here are several examples of how to improve your declarer play by using the Strip and End Play technique. What most players forget is this... You...

Avoid Being End-Played by Zia Mahmood

Every so often, something happens in bridge that at first appears unbelievable. Consider this diamond suit.... Source: The Guardian A K 9 5 3 A J...

Test Yourself

Bidding and card Play Problems from the 2016 Open and Ladies Italian Teams Championships Second Bulletin Saturday May 14 2016 Problem 1  Pairs, All Vulnerable A 3 2...

Mr.Blackwood…Next Time Perhaps.

As we know the Blackwood convention is currently of universal use: is part of almost every known and unknown bridge bidding system. Above you...

Principle of Restricted Choice

Source: Wikipedia In contract bridge, the principle of restricted choice states that play of a particular card decreases the probability its player holds any equivalent card. For example,...

Coup en Passant by Brian Senior

A fairly common play technique is the Coup en Passant. The fancy French name hides a pretty simple technique. Declarer attempts to make her small trumps by...

Criss – Cross Squezze Revisited by Daniel Gulyas

Believe it or not, I was a junior once, too. Back in 1992, the Hungarian team had great players, including my then partner, György (George) Szalay, who...

English Endplay by Michael Byrne

From the 2015 European Youth Teams Championships Tromso, Norway Italy gained a small win over England in the first of the U21 Championship, but it was England who...

Overcalls By Joan Butts

Source: http://qldbridge.com WHEN teaching the topic of overcalls, and points required for making them, it’s good to highlight the difference between the one-level, eg 1(1) and...